Residents living alongside an overgrown railway embankment in South Bristol have said they are concerned after house-builders finally won a seven-year battle to develop the unusual site - and began work to clear the undergrowth this week.
The arrival of contractors to begin clearing some of the embankment in Ashton Vale and start work preparing the ground for what Bristol City Council described as a ‘major’ application back in 2015, was the first sign many residents living nearby had that the long saga was reaching its conclusion.
Residents and environmental campaigners have called on the developers to do more to save a range of specially protected species that they say live on the embankment.
