Category Archives: Planning

Bank holiday Tesco slag off space filler

Posted on May 4, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

As news filters through that City Chairman Steve Lansdown may be about to generously give us a large Tescos retail shed in exchange for our greenbelt land at Ashton Vale to build his new football stadium on, it might be … Continue reading →

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Red alert! Planning gain games

Posted on April 28, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

More on the Bristol City Stadium saga … This weekend found the Cancer merrily spinning away for City chairman Steve Lansdowne with a generous little page 3 hagiography on his ascent up the Sunday Times Rich List while their ‘star’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Bristol South, Developments, Education, Labour Party, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics, Southville | Tagged , , , , , , , , | There are 69 comments

Grove Woods: more intrigue

Posted on April 16, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

by anon-y-mouse It was revealed at the recent Council meeting to confirm the Tree Preservation Order by John Mair, the land agent for Grove Wood, that the ownership of the wood had been transferred to Rhino Group Ltd. We’ve now … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Bristol, Bristol East, Developments, Environment, Frome Vale/Fishponds, Planning | Tagged , , , , | There are 36 comments

Sprawl news

Posted on April 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

News drifts in about the land assembly process for the new Bristol City FC stadium at Ashton Vale. Predictably it features a lot of familiar faces on that small but influential local developer scene. At the beginning of December 2007, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol South, Conservatives, Developments, Elections, Environment, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | There are 21 comments

Joined-up government

Posted on April 4, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Anyone see this in today’s Cancer? Plans to start modernising Bristol’s primary school provision are under threat. Projects in the first phase of the council’s citywide Primary Review are facing pressures because of rising costs and falling income. Kate Campion, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, Bristol Evening Post, Conservatives, Developments, Easton, Education, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Planning, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 9 comments

RED TROUSERGATE: favours for the rich

Posted on April 2, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

And so it comes to pass. Our Through the Looking Glass council does it again. Now they’ve managed to grant planning permission to build a tower block on their own protected park land. Public land that’s not for sale; never … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, Developments, Easton, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics | Tagged , , , , | There are 37 comments

RED TROUSERGATE: Bishop proposing multi-million public money favour to ol' Red Trousers!

Posted on March 29, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Despite Bristol City Council officers still quite deliberately failing to take a decision regarding the sale of our protected public park land to developers Square Peg (Blogger passim), the controversial Chocolate Factory development planned on the land at Greenbank is … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, CONsultants, Developments, Easton, Environment, Housing, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics, Transport | Tagged , , , , | There are 40 comments