One of South Bristol’s most controversial planning applications for new homes on a green field site looks almost certain to be refused by councillors after a series of experts said they should not be built. Bristol City Council’s transport and roads department, the council’s ecology expert and urban design officers have all said they can’t support the proposal to build 157 new homes on the Western Slopes, near Knowle West.
And a total of 461 objections from local residents and organisations have been submitted to the council - one of the highest numbers of objections received for a planning application in recent years in Bristol.
The planning application by housebuilder Lovell Homes has also already been heavily criticised by local MP Karin Smyth, who objected to the way the plans put people who'd be living in the social housing homes were located backing on to the industrial estate to - in the words of the developer - provide a 'buffer' for the noise from the industrial units for the people in the homes for sale further up the slope.
