Residents of Knowle fighting plans for a huge development to replace the Broadwalk Shopping Centre say they are saddened and angered by a council officers' report which recommends the project be given planning permission.
The decision on the scheme to demolish the shopping centre, multi-storey car park and snooker hall and build 817 apartments in blocks up to 12-storeys high will be made by councillors next Wednesday. Earlier this week, Bristol Live broke the news that the recommendation is that planning permission is given, with council officers saying that, on balance, it should go ahead.
Laura Chapman, from the Knowle Neighbourhood Planning Group, said she felt planning officers had simply 'cut and pasted' statements on key issues from the developers' own statements, and claimed there had been little scrutiny on a scheme which will fundamentally change Knowle forever.
