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Community-led 36 homes and heart space in Lawrence Weston backed despite planners warnings
Bristol city councillors grant permission unanimously despite concerns over lost grass verges
10:37, 20 APR 2021
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Plans for 36 homes and a “heart space” co-designed by the community in north-west Bristol have been approved unanimously against officers’ recommendation.
Ambition Lawrence Weston (ALW) residents’ group and United Communities housing association were granted permission despite the development breaching planning policy meant to protect grass verges from being built on.
36 community-led homes approved in Lawrence Weston
By Adam Postans, Monday Apr 19, 2021
Plans for 36 homes and a “heart space” co-designed by the community in north-west Bristol have been approved unanimously against officers’ recommendation.
Ambition Lawrence Weston (ALW) residents’ group and United Communities housing association were granted permission despite the development breaching planning policy meant to protect grass verges from being built on.
The proposed layout of the Bristol City Council-owned site at Astry Close, where 16 postwar semi-detached houses were bulldozed in 2012 after suffering “concrete cancer”, is also “overcrowded” with the impact on privacy for new and existing householders deemed “too severe”.
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By Adam Postans, Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
A “demoralised” Labour councillor broke ranks with a stirring speech criticising the mayoral model, as a bid to hold a referendum on whether to scrap it was defeated.
Mike Davies, a councillor for Ashley ward, became the latest to rebel against the party whip on Tuesday when he seconded a Lib Dem motion calling for Bristolians to be given a fresh say on having an elected mayor.
He told full council the current system had made the role of members “hollow” and let communities down.
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