A proposed curry house in an area lacking takeaways has been rejected by councillors because the applicant refused to give any information about traffic, parking, noise and smells.
Bristol City Council development control committee members said they would have granted permission had the details been provided, even though the plans for the new shop in St Anne’s breached the local authority’s policy on how close a hot food outlet could be to a school.
Usman Mahmood, who has run The Gilmore convenience store next door in Birchwood Road for 12 years and has had an extension built for the takeaway due to requests from customers, presented a petition signed by 130 people hoping councillors would give the go-ahead.
