Category Archives: Planning

News release: BEDMINSTER RESIDENTS AGAINST TESCO’S EXPANSION INTO ASHTON GATE (BERATE)

Posted on July 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

NEWS 5th July 2009 Greater Bedminster Residents meet to form “No-Superstore” Campaign Group More than 70 people from Greater Bedminster packed into a meeting room at the Southville Centre on Friday night, to hear more about the proposed Tesco superstore … Continue reading →

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Tesco: value range vagueness from the Dim Prawn

Posted on July 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Lucky recipients of South Bristol MP Dawn Primarolo’s ‘Hear From Your MP’ e-newsletter will have already read the Prawn’s fence-sitting on Tesco’s at Ashton Gate. But here it is for the rest of you: ASHTON GATE SITE Several residents have … Continue reading →

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World Cup footBALLS of confusion

Posted on July 2, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Are we in need of the Council House equivalent of a Kremlinologist to explain what the Lib Dem leadership’s view of the proposal to build a Tesco Extra on Ashton Gate might be? A couple of Lib Dem cabinet members … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Bristol South, Developments, Lib Dems, Local government, Planning, Politics, Southville, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | There are 32 comments

RED TROUSERGATE: land still not sold, another bloody CONsultation in the offing …

Posted on June 25, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Red Trousergate saga continues … David Bishop’s dodgy deal with George Ferguson last year to sell off protected public park land on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path still rumbles on. These are some questions and answers from tonight’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, CONsultants, Developments, Easton, Environment, Lib Dems, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 4 comments

Extra! Extra! Extra! Tesco Ashton Gate latest

Posted on June 23, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Been reading through the presentation about this proposed new store Tesco and Bristol City FC propose to build at Ashton Gate again. It’s all there … It’s a “sustainable development” and even “A Sustainable Store”. “Offering a further choice of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Local government, Planning, Politics, Southville, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , | There are 71 comments

World Cup footBALLS

Posted on June 22, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s really nice that Tory Councillor Peter Abraham of Stoke Bishop is such an enthusiastic cheerleader for a Tesco superstore to be built miles from his ward in Ashton on the site of Bristol City’s current Ashton Gate stadium. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol South, Conservatives, Developments, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics, Southville, Stoke Bishop, The Downs, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , | There are 6 comments

CONsultation of the week: Ladies and gentleman Tescos and Bristol City FC are floating in space

Posted on June 21, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Here’s a sample of the Bristol City FC/Tesco CONsultation that took place at Ashton Gate this weekend about building a supermarket on the site. The full document is below. Further comment seems superfluous … Here’s the full document: Bristol City … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol South, CONsultants, Developments, Environment, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics, Southville | Tagged , , | There are 3 comments

It's Red Trousers wot won it!

Posted on June 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Confirmation – as if we really needed it – that Red Trousered architect, George Ferguson, is an utterly deluded egomaniac and public school twit of the very highest order. Wondering who was the – ahem – architect of the Lib … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Lib Dems, Local Elections 2009, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics, Southville | Tagged , | There are 3 comments

City council: crap legal threat of the week

Posted on May 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The saga of the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft’s artwork destroyed by Bristol City Council “by mistake” takes a new laughable legal turn. Having now made a very public and PR-friendly apology for the news media‘s benefit, the council has … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashley, Bristol, Bristol West, Environment, Graffiti, Local government, Planning, Politics, Stokes Croft | Tagged , , | There are 18 comments

RTPI

Posted on May 7, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

It looks like the city council’s planning officers are off doing whatever the hell they feel like again to help their private developer friends without going to the bother of consulting elected politicians. It says here that the Royal Town … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, CONsultants, Developments, Education, Housing, Local government, Planning, Politics, Transport | Tagged , , | There are 27 comments