A new Beefeater restaurant has opened within the new mixed-use development at Fox Den Road, Stoke Gifford (behind Sainsbury’s). Branded as ‘The Gifford, Bristol’, the new eatery officially opened to the public on Monday 17th June, although local residents had been offered the opportunity to sample the menu at selected staff training sessions during the preceding week…
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New Aldi store opened by Paralympic gold medallist Stephanie Millward
Aldi opened its tenth store in Bristol today, Thursday 13th June 2024, with the launch of its Stoke Gifford branch within the new mixed-use development on Fox Den Road (behind Sainsbury’s). The store opened at 8am with ParalympicsGB swimming gold medallist Stephanie Millward cutting the ribbon alongside pupils from St Michael’s CofE Primary School.
Continue readingStoke Gifford Aldi store set to open in June
Stoke Gifford’s new Aldi store, located on a newly developed mixed-used site at Fox Den Road (behind Sainsbury’s), is due to open on Thursday 13th June 2024. A Costa drive-through became the first unit on the site to begin trading when it opened its doors in early April. Other businesses on the development that will be opening soon are a Premier Inn and a Beefeater restaurant.
Continue readingGreen light for massive totem sign at Fox Den Road development
With rapid progress being made on the new mixed-use development on land at Fox Den Road, Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has recently approved a further supplementary planning application for advertising signage at the site. Planning consent has now been granted for a 6m-high double-sided illuminated totem sign…
Continue readingNine-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…
Continue readingPlans 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.
Continue readingNine-storey student block could be built on part of former B&Q site in Stoke Gifford
Plans to build a student accommodation block on an unused part of a Stoke Gifford retail park have been revealed by Canada Life Asset Management, in partnership with UWE. The proposed building, ranging from five to nine storeys high, would be built on the footprint of the garden centre of the former B&Q superstore at Filton Retail Park, off Fox Den Road.
Continue readingGroundworks under way at Fox Den Road for Aldi and Premier Inn development
Work has started on the construction of a major new hotel and retail development near the existing Sainsbury’s store in Stoke Gifford. The multi-million pound project will see the construction of a Premier Inn, Beefeater restaurant, Aldi supermarket and a Costa Coffee drive-through on the land at Fox Den Road.
Continue readingTrees felled around site of new Aldi & Costa
The wholesale felling of trees around a large parcel of vacant land behind the Sainsbury’s store in Stoke Gifford has exposed the site of new mixed-use development that will include an Aldi supermarket, a Costa drive-through, a Premier Inn hotel and a Beefeater restaurant. Construction is now set to begin “in the second quarter of 2022”
Continue readingAldi & Costa scheme moving forward
The project to build a new mixed-use development comprising of an Aldi supermarket, a Costa drive-through and a Premier Inn hotel on land at Fox Den Road, Stoke Gifford, has taken some small steps forward over the summer.
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