South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has chosen to quash its decision to grant planning permission for a new helicopter base in Almondsbury, on a green belt site just across the M5 motorway from north Bradley Stoke, following a legal challenge from a determined objector. The new base would serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police
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[Letter] No objection to proposed helibase
With reference to the article in the June edition of the BSJ magazine concerning the proposed new helicopter base at Almondsbury (‘Councillors demand noise barrier if new helicopter base approved’), I live at Woodlands Park and have no objections whatsoever to the siting of the new base. We have lived here for eight years and have never been troubled by
Continue readingMP calls public meeting to discuss helicopter base planning application
Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, has called a public meeting to discuss a planning application for a new operations base for the Great Western Air Ambulance and the police helicopter which has been submitted for a green belt site in Almondsbury, just across the M5 motorway from the RAC building in north Bradley Stoke. The public meeting will be held
Continue reading[Forum] Almondsbury helibase: Air ambulance chief’s comments challenged
In response to the previous Journal news article ‘Councillors demand noise barrier if new helicopter base approved‘. Thank goodness for Caroline Sullivan raising this matter with the people of Bradley Stoke. The Great Western Air Ambulance is a superb adjunct to the NHS in saving lives in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset and Bristol.
Continue readingCouncillors demand noise barrier if new helicopter base approved
Bradley Stoke town councillors have demanded the provision of noise attenuation barriers for Woodlands Park and Ormonds Close should plans for a new helicopter base near the Almondsbury Interchange be approved by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The new base would serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) and National Police Air Service (NPAS), whose helicopters are currently based
Continue readingParish and town councils to discuss Almondsbury Interchange helicopter base plans
Parish councils in Almondsbury and Bradley Stoke are to discuss a controversial planning application for a proposed new helicopter base on on green belt land close to the M4/M5 junction, just across the M5 motorway from the RAC building in north Bradley Stoke. The new base would serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police Air Service, whose
Continue readingPlan for new helicopter base near Almondsbury Interchange
Property consultants Alder King have announced the selection of a preferred site for a new helicopter base to serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police Air Service. Currently based at Filton Airfield, the air ambulance and police helicopter service has been looking for a new site for their joint helicopter base since last September.
Continue readingCricket club to stage consultation events on plans for new nets at Baileys Court
Bradley Stoke Cricket Club (BSCC) has announced plans to replace and re-site the “dilapidated” practice nets at its Baileys Court ground and is inviting local residents to attend two informal ‘drop-in’ consultation events to find out more about the project. The club says the Bailey Court nets are now the only ones in Bradley Stoke, after the nets that were previously at
Continue readingOffice complex set to be demolished to make way for care home
A collection of office buildings on a large site in north Bradley Stoke looks set to be demolished to make way for a care home after South Gloucestershire Council granted outline planning permission for a proposed redevelopment scheme. Under the plans, Fountain Court, a group of five two-storey office blocks on the north side of Woodlands Lane, located between Woodlands
Continue reading‘Drop-in’ consultation event on council’s 13-year detailed planning document
A ‘drop in’ public consultation event at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre on Tuesday (15th July) will give residents a chance to express their views on how Bradley Stoke and other parishes across South Gloucestershire should be developed, protected and improved over the next 13 years. The event focuses on South Gloucestershire Council’s recently-published draft Policies, Sites and Places Plan, which
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