South Gloucestershire Council has granted formal planning permission for the new UWE Stadium in Stoke Gifford, following successful conclusion of negotiations over the scheme’s ‘Section 106’ obligations. Councillors originally resolved to approve the 21,700 seat stadium in July, subject to completion of the Section 106 agreement which sets out its contributions and enhancements to local infrastructure and amenities. With negotiations
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The 21,700 seater stadium that Bristol Rovers plan to build on land near the University of the West of England (UWE) in Stoke Gifford, is now unlikely to be ready for the start of the 2014/15 season, as the club had originally hoped. Media reports in the past week have quoted Club Chairman Nick Higgs as saying that the opening
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Councillors at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) have approved detailed plans for 166 homes to be built by Crest Nicholson on land at Harry Stoke. The homes, ranging from one-bedroom flats to five-bedroom houses, will form part of a new development that will eventually consist of 1,200 dwellings. The Harry Stoke site was first earmarked for development in SGC’s Local Plan,
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Plans to build a University Technical College (UTC) on the site of the former Filton High School in New Road, Stoke Gifford, look set to be given the green light by a planning committee later today (Thursday 13th). Officers at South Gloucestershire Council have recommended approval of the plans for the new college, which will have a capacity for 440
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The construction of a new stadium for Bristol Rovers on the UWE site in Stoke Gifford, which is dependent on the football club obtaining planning permission for the redevelopment of its existing ground in Horfield, could be impacted by an “objection” recently lodged by Tesco. Rival supermarket group Sainsbury’s has submitted plans to demolish the Memorial Stadium and replace it
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South Gloucestershire Councillors have today (Thursday 19th July) approved plans to build a new 21,700 seater stadium near the University of the West of England (UWE) in Stoke Gifford. The stadium, which will become the new home for Bristol Rovers Football Club, was approved subject to a planning obligation relating to a suite of transport measures including contributions toward local transport
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A planning application to convert a vacant retail unit in Parsons Avenue into an Indian takeaway looks set to be given the green light by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) at a planning committee meeting later this week. Owned by Merlin Housing Society and formerly trading as the ‘Just Dogs’ grooming parlour, the unit has been empty since 28th February 2011.
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Traffic congestion and on-street parking in residential areas remain top of the list of concerns following a meeting of Councillors today at the site of the proposed new Bristol Rovers stadium in Stoke Gifford [map]. Local residents in the adjoining Cheswick Village housing development have said they fear that traffic entering and leaving the stadium on match days will cause
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The Concord Medical Practice in Braydon Avenue, Little Stoke, has submitted a planning application for an extension that will see its floorspace more than double in size. Management at the 12,300 patient GP practice have been exploring options for expansion for a number of years and an initial planning application was submitted in December 2008, only to be later withdrawn
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Local residents are to be given the chance to address members of the South Gloucestershire committee that is considering a planning application to construct a 21,700 seater sports stadium in Stoke Gifford. Members of the public are invited to attend a ‘site meeting’ of South Gloucestershire Council’s Development Control (West) Committee on land between Long Down Avenue, Cheswick Village, and
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