The new coalition Government have stated their
intentions to rapidly abolish the draft South
West Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) and
a commitment to protect the Green Belt.
This was confirmed by the
Secretary of State letter to Council
Leaders on 27th May 2010. It will be up to Local
Planning authorities to determine locally the quantity of
housing in their area, and further guidance is expected on
this.
The Council have opposed the urban extension
and the resulting change to the Green Belt, both objecting to
the emerging RSS and through its draft
Core Strategy.
Further information
For more information about the South West Bristol urban
extension, you can download copies of our South West Bristol
newsletter.
Issue 1 - September 2008
Issue 2 - January 2010
Background work
Extensive consultation has taken place on the RSS proposed
development. You can find out more about this work on our
Planning Together Workshops page.
Work has taken place to look at options and choices related to
different forms and scales of potential development. A
consultancy team led by Broadway Malyan were commissioned to
prepare a master plan, alternative spatial options, design codes
and a delivery plan. This work is being used to inform the
Core Strategy and is available to view below.
-
South West Bristol Environmental and
Development context (pdf, Apr 10, 25.5MB)
- South West Bristol Masterplan (pdf, Apr
10, 15 MB)
- South West Bristol Design Codes
(pdf, Apr 10, 19MB)
- Delivery Plan (pdf, Apr 10, 2.6MB)
- South West Bristol Spatial
Options (pdf, Apr 10, 8.4MB)
A
scoping report was produced and consulted on
during 2009 and a
Draft Green Belt Assessment, February 2010
was produced and consulted on early in 2010. Given the proposed
abolition of the RSS, no further work on this is proposed at
this time.
Related development proposals
Landowners in the area are also bringing forward their proposals
for developments in this area.
LandTrust Developments has submitted a
planning application for a major development in the area known
as Ashton Park. Details are available on their
Ashton
Park website.
Bristol City Football
Club is planning to build a new stadium in the Ashton Vale
area with a planning application recently approved subject to the
signing of a Section 106 agreement.
For more information about the South West Bristol urban
extension contact our
Planning Policy
team.