Photo of the exterior of a medical centre building.

Concord Medical Centre submits plans to expand by increasing building heights

A local GP practice has submitted plans to increase its internal floorspace by more than a third, by adding extra floors to its existing building. Concord Medical Centre, in Braydon Avenue, Little Stoke, wants to add one extra floor to two wings of the building, increasing the gross internal floorspace by 38.6 percent. The number of off-road car parking spaces provided would remain unchanged.

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Planning layout for a housing development.

Plans approved for latest batch of 143 homes along Stoke Gifford By-Pass

Detailed plans for a further 143 homes along the Stoke Gifford By-Pass have been approved by officers at South Gloucestershire Council. Submitted by Crest Nicholson, the application relates to Phases 2.1, 2.2a & 2.2b of the developer’s ‘South of the Railway’ site, which has outline planning permission for a total of 1,290 homes, a local centre, community facilities, landscaping and open space.

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Revised plans submitted for 229 homes on land between Highbrook Park and A4174

Revised plans have been submitted for the final two phases of a 1,200-dwelling housing development in Harry Stoke which was granted outline planning permission more than 15 years ago. Crest Nicholson, working in cooperation with Sovereign Homes, wants to build 229 homes on a parcel of vacant land that lies between the existing Highbrook Park estate and the A4174 Ring Road.

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Visualisation: Looking north from Filton Retail Park.

Nine-storey building for UWE students granted consent despite road safety concerns

Plans for an “excessively tall” nine-storey block of flats for 330 students near the University of the West of England (UWE) have been approved. South Gloucestershire councillors granted planning permission for the “landmark” spiral-design building on the former B&Q garden centre site at Filton Retail Park in Stoke Gifford, despite concerns about road safety…

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Visualisation: Looking north from Filton Retail Park.

Plans submitted for student accommodation block on former B&Q garden centre site

Plans to build a large student accommodation block on a vacant plot within a Stoke Gifford retail park have moved a step forward with the submission of a formal planning application. The proposed building ranges from five to nine storeys in height and provides 330 student bedrooms. It is intended for students attending the nearby UWE Frenchay Campus and, once complete, would be managed by the university.

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Kings Drive HMO plans refused despite costly appeal warnings

Plans to turn a family home into seven bedsits on a “cramped” estate in Stoke Gifford have been refused by councillors against the advice of officers despite warnings of a costly appeal. Councillors justified their decision on the grounds that a parking survey provided insufficient information because it took place in July when all the students who rent flats in the area and their cars were away.

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