Local Plan

• Your say / Environment

  ‘Valuable spaces are at risk of being overlooked’

  Mark Ashdown says the council should press forward with plans to designate new local green spaces

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• News / Housing

  Developers slam council’s plan for 35,000 homes

  The controversial 'Local Plan' would see several new homes built over the next 15 years

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• News / Development

  Development to be allowed for first time on greenbelt surrounding Bristol

  There will also be large expansions of some villages and the creation of new communities

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• News / Brislington

  Plans submitted for a new ‘sustainable community’ in Bristol

  35 per cent of properties on site would be allocated as affordable housing

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• Your say / Bristol Tree Forum

  ‘It seems inevitable Bristol will see a steady, inexorable biodiversity decline’

  The chair of Bristol Tree Forum warns Bristol's nature is being "hollowed out"

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• News / Local Plan

  City centre could become ‘tree desert’

  Bristol Tree Forum say our city "will be destroyed" if the draft Local Plan is adopted

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• Your say / Politics

  ‘Tackling the housing crisis and climate crisis are not mutually exclusive’

  Tony Dyer writes ahead of Bristol City Council submitting a new Local Plan

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• News / Local Plan

  Fake lawns could be banned in new developments

  Artificial grass does not support biodiversity gain or nature recovery

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