Hopes are high that plans for upgrades to three motorway junctions near the proposed Brabazon mixed-use development on the former Filton Airfield will be finalised in the autumn. It comes as South Gloucestershire councillors approved a six-month delay so that talks on the changes can continue between applicants YTL Developments, the local authority and National Highways…
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A “historic decision” has been taken to approve revised plans for a giant housing development on the former Filton Airfield. YTL Developments now has planning permission to build 6,500 homes on the site, more than twice the number included in its original masterplan. The first phase of 3,675 dwellings is predicted to be completed by 2036, with later phases extending to 2048 or beyond.
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YTL Developments has secured planning permission for four 8-storey apartment blocks on the former Filton Airfield site. The purpose-built student accommodation will be capable of providing 1,514 bedrooms along with associated communal facilities. The scheme is intended to be open in September 2026, by which time the proposed North Filton Station should be operational.
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A homeowner has been blocked from building a garden fence to protect his young children from a busy road in Patchway. South Gloucestershire Council refused planning permission for the 1.85-metre high boundary fence due to the impact on views and an underground oil pipeline. A council planning officer said the fence would “stand out” from the rest of the housing estate.
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YTL Developments has been granted planning permission for the next phase of new homes at Brabazon, the new neighbourhood for Bristol taking shape on the site of the historic former Filton Airfield. Consisting of 339 dwellings, the second residential phase will be built on Parcel E1, which lies to the east of the currently under-construction Phase 1, near Blenheim Roundabout.
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Officers at South Glos Council have given the green light to a controversial planning application for the erection of a large block of flats in gardens behind a row of shops on Coniston Road. The proposed development comprises four separate HMO dwellings providing a total of 22 bedsits. The applicant says the units are foreseen for use as student accommodation.
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Plans have been put forward to construct a complex of four trade units and a fast food restaurant with drive-through capability on the site of the former Motorline Toyota car dealership on Gloucester Road, Patchway. The proposal has received a frosty reception from two local town/parish councils, whose concerns relate to traffic and the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.
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A new masterplan submitted by YTL, the firm behind the redevelopment of the former Filton Airfield, attempts to show how the number of new homes being built on the site could be increased from the currently approved 2,675 to as many as 6,500. This would be achieved by building apartment blocks with heights up to 18 storeys (and for two buildings up to 30 storeys).
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The firm behind the redevelopment of the former Filton Airfield has announced its intention to submit a revised masterplan that could allow the number of homes built on the site to be increased from the currently approved 2,675 to as many as 6,500. The uplift would be achieved by increasing the proportion of apartment blocks within the mix of property types to be built…
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Work on building the first batch of new homes on the former Filton Airfield is set to begin before the end of the year after South Gloucestershire Council approved the first ‘reserved matters’ planning application to come forward for the massive 143ha (354 acre) site. Outline permission for development of the site as a whole was granted in 2015, with
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