Bungalows in South Bristol could now be built despite city planners refusing permission for the controversial plans. Developers want to build five bungalows on a site at risk of flooding and previously home to natural habitats and wildlife.
Bristol City Council refused planning permission for bungalows on the site behind Marksbury Road several times, with the latest refusal in August last year. But local property mogul Alex Fry appealed to the government’s planning inspectorate, which has now granted permission.
Last summer councillors on the development control committee raised concerns that the green space had been “bulldozed” before the developers carried out a crucial ecological survey — which then unsurprisingly found “nothing of particular ecological value”.
