More than 60 residents have objected to plans for up to 140 new homes to be built in Lockleaze. Bristol City Council is proposing to create a new residential development on the site of a parks and highways department storage depot on Dovercourt Road, as part of plans to build 2,000 homes a year in the city.
Public consultation has been ongoing since March 2021 and an application for outline planning permission was submitted on February 8, although it has not yet been approved. It proposes that there will be 64 houses, 32 one-bedroom flats and 44 two-bed ones, and at least 30 per cent of these will be affordable homes.
A planning statement submitted by the council as part of the application says that this will "address an identified housing need in the city and Lockleaze, where there is a shortfall". But 68 locals have lodged objections to the proposals on the council's planning website as of March 24. Their concerns span a wide range of issues, including an increase in traffic in their area.
