Government minister Michael Gove has promised to ‘look closely’ at the plan to build 260 new homes on wildlife-rich meadows in South Bristol, after the saga was raised in parliament by the local MP.
Kerry McCarthy quizzed Communities Secretary Michael Gove on the scheme by the Government’s housebuilding and development agency Homes England to build new homes on Brislington Meadows. The Bristol East MP said Homes England had a new strategic plan to build on brownfield sites first, but was pressing on with its project to build on a greenfield site there.
Mr Gove said he sympathised with the point Ms McCarthy was making, and agreed that the green belt is a ‘valuable environmental asset that we need to protect’. The case was raised in the House of Commons after residents and local councillors wrote to Mr Gove, urging him to tell Homes England to drop the scheme.
