Tag Archives: Development Control (South and East) Committee

"Six in bits"? Greenbelt grab nodded through with barely a wimper

Posted on November 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol City Football Club are to get a new stadium on the city’s greenbelt at Ashton Vale after councillors voted 7-2 in favour of the controversial development last night. At a very long meeting featuring a very short debate – … Continue reading →

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"Say yes", "say no", say what you like …

Posted on November 2, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol City FC are ratcheting up their pretty blatant efforts to lobby members of Development Control (South and East) Committee in advance of the crucial stadium planning meeting on Wednesday. They’ve even gone and put together a little ad campaign … Continue reading →

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Tesco Ashton Gate: the land is ours!

Posted on September 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Looks like the cover’s blown on the Lib Dems’ claim that the Bristol City stadium and Ashton Gate Tesco developments are purely planning matters to be dealt with by their hand-picked team … Continue reading →

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Development Control (South and East) Committee (part 1)

Posted on August 16, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Sharp eyed observers may have noticed that a special meeting of the Development Control (South and East) Committee of Bristol City Council is scheduled for 6.00pm November 4. And the Bristol Blogger can confirm that this will be the planning … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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