A planning application seeking permission to convert a vacant shop in Rodway Road to a hot food takeaway has been withdrawn after the applicant failed to meet a deadline for providing technical information about a proposed new extraction flue. The premises, at 106 Rodway Road, most recently housed a computer sales and repair business known as Rodway Computers (formerly AKW
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A planning application has been submitted to South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to build four three-bed houses in Bay Tree Close, Patchway. The applicant, John Baylis Construction Ltd, wishes to build the new homes on a plot of vacant land that previously had permission for five two-bed houses, granted as long ago as November 1986 but now lapsed. According to the
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Housebuilder Persimmon has submitted a planning application for 1,100 homes at Fishpool Hill, south of Filton Airfield. The development, which includes a local centre and a primary school, will be constructed on agricultural land north of the Henbury Loop railway line, between the A4018 in the west and Charlton Common in the east. The land lies within the ‘New Charlton’
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Brunel Ford, the main Ford dealership in Bristol, is looking to relocate its Muller Road (Horfield) car showroom and maintenance facility to a site on Hayes Way, within the Charlton Hayes development in Patchway. The firm has submitted a planning application to South Gloucestershire Council for the “erection of a motor dealership to provide vehicle sales, servicing, repair and MOT
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A detailed planning application has been submitted to South Gloucestershire Council for a new custody centre and police station on the former Bensons site on Gloucester Road, Patchway. The custody centre, one of three centralised units across the Avon and Somerset Police area, will house 48 cells and serve Bristol, South Gloucestershire and parts of North Somerset. The new police
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Still no agreement with last remaining house owner in terrace earmarked for demolition The developer behind a scheme to demolish twelve terraced houses on Gloucester Road in order to provide more car storage space for the nearby Drive Vauxhall garage has asked South Gloucestershire Council for more time to complete a legal agreement required by a condition attached to planning
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A new gym could open soon in Patchway following the submission of a planning application to change the permitted usage of a unit in the Smith’s Complex, near Patchway Roundabout. The application, registered with South Gloucestershire Council on 19th December, seeks to change the use of the building from ‘retail store’ (class A1) to ‘fitness studio’ (class D2). Signage on the building
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