MINUTES

OF THE MEETING OF THE

JOINT SITE INSPECTION OF THE CENTRAL AREA COMMITTEE, NORTH AREA COMMITTEE AND PLANNING AND REGULATORY COMMITTEE

Tuesday 26th August 2003

Inspection Commenced: 2.00 p.m. Inspection Concluded: 5.45 p.m.

PRESENT: Councillors Greta Lewis (Chairman), Jeremy Blatchford, Peter Burden, Robert Coleman, Bob Cook, Alan Cotton, John Crockford-Hawley, John Daws, Glyn Duck, Peter Fisher, Tony Lake, George Morris, Michael Nobes, Elfan Ap Rees, Howard Roberts, John Norton-Sealey, Chanel Stevens, James Tonkin, Barry Walters, Deborah Yamanaka

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE: Councillors Ian Bates, Astra Brand, Nick Brown, Isabel Cummings, Ann Harley, Peter Kehoe, Bob Steadman, Arthur Terry.

NAC 91

Application No 03/P/1333/F – Construction of four new car parks, pedestrian underpass, new golf pavilion, new golf greens and trees, new public toilets, new highway access point, new paths and fences, new drainage, tree removal, demolition of kiosk at Ashton Court Estate, Long Ashton

The Committees met at the application site detailed above. Mr P Wilkinson, Parks Service Manager, Bristol City Council outlined the proposals and Mr K Auston, Landscape Architect, English Heritage, outlined the history of the site in relation to the proposal. Members attended a coach tour of the site, followed by a tour of the Mansion Gardens.

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Chairman

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