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Wednesday 24th November 2021 SH (Editor)

New homes application ‘called in’ after officers recommend approval

A planning application to build 21 affordable new homes on one of the last remaining building plots in Bradley Stoke has been recommended for approval by officers at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). However, a committee of councillors will now determine the application after it was ‘called in’.

Monday 14th June 2021 SH (Editor)

Plans submitted for new homes near Willow Brook

A planning application has been submitted to build 21 new dwellings on one of the last remaining building plots in Bradley Stoke. The proposed site is a vacant plot of land adjoining Hornbeam Close, directly opposite the Tesco filling station at the Willow Brook Centre.

Photo of the entrance to Woodlands Golf & Country Club overlaid with an image from the front cover of South Gloucestershire Council's Emerging Local Plan (2023).

Wednesday 30th October 2019 SH (Editor)

Might golf course homes scheme now resurface?

A development company’s promotion of Woodlands Golf Course as a potential site for up to 2,000 new homes could be given renewed impetus following the news that a strategic housing plan has effectively been thrown out by government inspectors. South West Strategic Developments Ltd (SWSD) put forward the Trench Lane site as a candidate for large-scale housing development when the

Photo of Bradley Stoke South ward councillors Roger Avenin (left) and John Ashe standing in front of a sign at the entrance to Woodlands Golf & Country Club.

Wednesday 30th January 2019 SH (Editor)

New petition launched against proposals for 2,000 homes at Woodlands Golf Course

Two local councillors have launched a second petition against a developer’s plan to build 2,000 new homes on the site of a golf course on the borders of Bradley Stoke. The proposals for the development of Woodlands Golf Course are not supported by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) as they fail to fit in with the strategic vision for the region

Friday 19th October 2018 SH (Editor)

Delay may benefit golf course homes scheme

The ‘examination in public’ of a crucial strategic planning document which designates acceptable sites for major housing developments in the West of England over the next 18 years has been delayed by several months after independent inspectors appointed by the government requested additional information from the area’s four councils. The delay could give the promoter of a scheme to build

Map showing the site of the proposed Woodlands Garden Village.

Sunday 26th August 2018 SH (Editor)

Councillors raise concerns over developer’s plan for 2,000 homes at Woodlands Golf Course

Local Conservative councillors John Ashe and Roger Avenin are raising awareness of a land development company’s continued efforts to have the Woodlands Golf Course site included in a crucial strategic planning document, potentially opening the way for 2,000 new homes to be built at this location. One of the purposes of the West of England Councils’ Joint Spatial Plan (JSP)

Thursday 26th November 2009 SH (Editor)

Frampton Cotterell residents fear a “mini-Bradley Stoke”

Residents of the Windmill Green area of Frampton Cotterell say their community will be turned into a “mini-Bradley Stoke” after housing developer Barrett won an appeal over the right to build 200 homes in the village. The slur comes less than a year after a director of the South West Regional Development Agency apologised to Bradley Stoke Mayor Robert Jones