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Photo of concerned residents gathered at a field gate near the junction of Westfield Lane and Harry Stoke Road.

Monday 4th February 2019 SH (Editor)

Drop-in session to address concerns over revised plans for 763 homes at Harry Stoke

Residents of Harry Stoke have expressed concern over revised plans for a proposed housing development that would see 763 homes constructed on land immediately east of Harry Stoke Road. The greenfield site forms part of a wider area which was designated in South Gloucestershire Council’s Local Plan, adopted in 2006, for the construction of a total of 1,200 homes. Outline

Land at Harry Stoke planning layout (February 2019, extract)

Tuesday 5th March 2019 SH (Editor)

Councillors and residents await revised plans for 763 homes at Harry Stoke

Local councillors and residents say they still have major concerns over recent amendments to a detailed planning application to build 763 new homes on land east of Harry Stoke Road. Housebuilder Crest Nicholson, which recently acquired the land, held an information session in Stoke Gifford on 5th February, at which visitors were told that further revised plans are due to

Photo of Cllr Toby Savage, Kit Malthouse and Tim Bowles standing beside the new Stoke Gifford By-Pass.

Monday 11th March 2019 SH (Editor)

Housing minister makes flying visit to the Stokes

The government’s housing minister Kit Malthouse paid a flying visit to the Stokes on 31st January as part of a trip to the West of England Combined Authority (Weca) area to view sites where new homes are being built, or are planned. Accompanied by Tim Bowles, regional mayor, and Cllr Toby Savage, leader of South Gloucestershire Council, he visited the

Photo of Adrian Kerton (right) and local resident David Shore at the ‘moat’.

Monday 22nd April 2019 SH (Editor)

Call to preserve historic Harry Stoke ‘moat’

As Crest Nicholson prepares to begin construction of a 763-home development in Harry Stoke (subject to final planning approval), a local history enthusiast is calling on the developer to preserve a historic water feature… By Adrian Kerton The ‘moat’ at Harry Stoke has always been regarded as an insignificant small pond, but now the surrounding scrub has been cleared, it

A collage of signs advertising various housing developments at Harry Stoke.

Tuesday 17th September 2019 SH (Editor)

Update on the 2,600+ new homes coming to the Stokes

Anyone who has driven along the A4174 Ring Road between Abbey Wood and Hambrook recently can’t failed to have noticed the plethora of housing developer signs that have sprung up along the northern edge of the road, with Crest Nicholson and Linden Homes telling us that some new development is ‘Coming soon’ and urging us to ‘Register now’. Journal readers

Photo of a sign advertising Crest Nicholson's Brooklands Park housing development.

Sunday 20th October 2019 SH (Editor)

Green light for 763-home development at Harry Stoke

Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has secured final planning approval for a 763-home development on land at Harry Stoke. The new estate will also have a community centre, nursery and shops, but there will be no GP or dental surgery. A baseline of 194 affordable homes (25.4 percent of the total) are to be provided through a joint venture between Crest

Aerial view of Crest Nicholson's Brooklands Park housing development at Harry Stoke.

Saturday 16th November 2019 SH (Editor)

Crest Nicholson lays foundations of first homes at Harry Stoke

Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has wasted no time in getting started on its new 763-home Brooklands Park development in Harry Stoke, with foundations for the first properties going in just weeks after final planning permission was granted on 19th September. As previously reported, work on constructing a new east-west link road across the site, already approved under outline permission granted in

Photo of construction activity at Brooklands Park, showing the soon-to-open marketing suite.

Tuesday 17th March 2020 SH (Editor)

Marketing suite opens for first of 2,600+ new homes coming to the Stokes

Housebuilding giant Crest Nicholson has announced that it will soon be opening a marketing suite at its new 763-home development at Brooklands Park in Harry Stoke.

Wednesday 5th October 2022 SH (Editor)

Parish council withdraws from Harry Stoke community centre project

A project to provide a community centre to serve the residents of around 1,200 new homes in Harry Stoke has suffered a setback after Stoke Gifford Parish Council pulled out of negotiations to run the new facility. Funding for the construction of the centre is being provided by the housing developers, as part of their community infrastructure commitments.

Monday 6th March 2023 SH (Editor)

Plans for new primary school at Brooklands Park look set to be scrapped

Plans to build a 315-place (1.5 forms of entry) primary school on the Brooklands Park housing development in Harry Stoke could be scrapped, if the recommendations of a recent officer report are accepted by South Gloucestershire Council. The move would lead to some children having to travel up to 2 miles to attend existing schools in adjacent areas.