A plan to build 157 new homes on a hillside in South Bristol that has never been built on before has attracted an unprecedented 457 objections so far. And as well as hundreds of local residents objecting to the plans to build on the Western Slopes between Knowle West and Bedminster, the developers are also coming up against objections from environmentalists and experts within City Hall itself.
The plans from Lovell Homes have become among the most objected-to in recent years in South Bristol, but with continued wrangling between council planning officers and the developers over the impact on nature, and the plans for the narrow road the development is on, it could be months before the application is put before councillors to make a decision.
Lovell Homes want to build 157 new homes in what will effectively be two cul-de-sacs off Novers Lane, the narrow country lane that rises up from Bedminster to Knowle West and Inns Court.
