A decision is due on huge plans for 140 new homes in Lockleaze on the site of an old council depot. Goram Homes, the council-owned developer, is seeking planning permission to build 140 homes off Dovercourt Road. Bristol City Council’s development control committee is set to vote soon on whether to grant permission.
Local residents and councillors have raised fears that the site, on the council storage depot between Dovercourt Road and the railway, only has one small access road. Developers said they would redesign the road, making it more suitable and safe for future residents.
The 140 homes would include a mix of two, three and four-storey buildings, comprising about 63 apartments and 77 houses. Thirty per cent of the homes would be classed as affordable housing. The council received 183 public objections to the plans, and three letters in support.
