A 15-year blueprint for more than 20,000 new homes, 25,000 extra jobs and infrastructure across South Gloucestershire has been published. The draft Local Plan includes a huge expansion of Bristol’s ‘urban edge’ onto swathes of countryside to the east of the city, including green belt land.
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Council offers new planning support to help residents build annexes and outbuildings
If you are interested in adding an annexe or outbuilding to your existing property, South Gloucestershire Council has published new guidance to help you understand and navigate the planning system and develop a high-quality project to meet your needs.
Continue readingSouth Gloucestershire adopts long-term planning blueprint
South Gloucestershire’s long-term planning blueprint, or Core Strategy, has been formally adopted by the council following a majority decision at last week’s Full Council meeting. The decision follows last month’s approval of the strategy by independent Government Planning Inspector Paul Crysell, who concluded that the strategy was ‘sound’ and suitable for adoption subject to a number of final modifications. As
Continue readingInspector approves South Glos Core Strategy
South Gloucestershire’s Core Strategy has been approved by the independent government planning inspector appointed to consider whether it is ‘sound’ and suitable for adoption. The decision by inspector Paul Crysell, subject to a number of modifications being made by the council, follows last summer’s detailed public examination in which Mr Crysell considered the views of hundreds of local people, organisations
Continue readingFinal Core Strategy report expected in June
Government planning inspector Mr Paul Crysell is expected to deliver his final report on South Gloucestershire’s Core Strategy in June, following a further consultation period that began last Friday (22nd March). Over the next six weeks he will be inviting members of the public to comment on modifications to the strategy that he believes are necessary to make it ‘sound’
Continue readingExtra Core Strategy hearing day to consider possible housing sites
Possible locations for additional housing development in the district will be discussed this week (Thursday 7th March) when the public examination of South Gloucestershire’s long-term planning blueprint, or Core Strategy, is re-opened for one day. Government-appointed Planning Inspector Paul Crysell reviewed the strategy in detail at a public examination last summer and proposed a number of modifications, including suggesting that
Continue readingInspector requests additional hearing day for Core Strategy
Local residents and businesses are being invited to have their say on potential locations for additional housing development in the district between 2012 and 2017. The Inspector responsible for reviewing South Gloucestershire’s long-term planning blueprint, or Core Strategy, is to hold an additional day’s hearing session during March to hear the public’s views. Following the public examination last summer, the
Continue readingCouncil registers “strong objections” to Inspector’s housing supply recommendations
Proposals to further increase the number of homes to be built in South Gloucestershire between 2012 and 2017 are unjustified and could jeopardise the district’s hard-fought goal of balanced and sustainable development, South Gloucestershire Council has warned. The changes to the district’s long-term planning blueprint, or Core Strategy, were requested by the Government-appointed Inspector responsible for the Strategy’s public examination
Continue readingParties unite to slam government planning rule changes
Councillors in South Gloucestershire have united to criticise the Coalition government’s recent changes to planning rules which water down developers’ obligations to provide much-needed affordable housing. At a meeting of Full Council held on 17th October, Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors joined Labour members in slamming the Coalition for giving an unelected quango powers to override agreements with developers over
Continue readingHave your say on further changes to South Glos planning blueprint
Local people are being invited to have their say on draft modifications to South Gloucestershire’s proposed district-wide planning blueprint, or Core Strategy. The strategy was reviewed by an independent Government Inspector during June and July and in his preliminary findings, published last month, the Inspector endorsed the vast majority of the council’s proposals. However, he has also made a number
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