Bower Ashton Residents Association

Application No. 09/02242/P

Revised Planning Application for New Stadium, notification letter details -

"I refer to the above planning application and can advise you that revised proposals have been submitted covering the following matters:

• Deletion of one of the proposed housing areas know as “Southlands”.
• Deletion of the proposed pedestrian route between Ashton Vale Road and the proposed stadium site.
• In principle designs for a footbridge route connecting Baron’s Close with the proposed stadium site, that would be subject to a future"

Sainsbury's on Stilts?

Sainsbury's biggest store in South West at Ashton Gate.

Article suggesting - 9,000 Sq Metres site (about 3,500 sq m larger than current site) ground floor parking + 2 floors.

Somerset Council blocks access road development to new stadium

"Farcical ludicrous biased" says BCFC chief.

Cycling and Walking Link

Public consulation on the Ashton Court section until 29th Jan 2010. See link to consulation details (with a map) near the end of page.

Brunel Way to Clanage Road work commencing, costing £196,000 due to finish in Feb 2010.

Megabowl development restarts

Taylor Wimpey Bristol has begun work on flats at the former Megabowl site between Brunel Way (A370) and the Bower Ashton allotments.

Hartcliffe to Long Ashton - South Bristol Link

Consultation document, with scheme details and a map. Also a printed form and email address for comments up to 31st Dec 2009.

Ashton Park Development

Proposal:   Outline planning application with Environmental Impact Assessment for the development of land currently in uses including agriculture, a golf course and landfill with a mixed use development comprising 9500 dwellings; 60,000m2 of employment space; retail development; sports and leisure facilities; health and community facilities; hotel; strategic and local transport infrastructure; strategic and local green infrastructure including public open space and play space; water attenuation features; a secondary school and up to six primary schools and waste to energy facility; with all matters reserved for subsequent approval.

Site Address: Land within North Somerset and Bristol West and South of A370, and to the North and South of Bridgwater Road A38, bounded by Barrow Hospital to the West, the lower slopes of Dundry Hill to the South, and the Bristol city edge at Highridge, Bedminster Down and Ashton Vale to the East and North East.

To find out more about the application, and view the plans & drawings you can:

• View them online www.bristol.gov.uk/swbue
• Visit the planning office (by appointment – Tel: 0117 922 3097) at Brunel House, St George’s Road, BS1 5UY
• Visit Marksbury Road Library at Marksbury Road, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 5LG
• Visit Bishopsworth Library at Bishopsworth Road, Bristol, BS13 7LN

In the UWE Bower Ashton campus

A meeting was held on Sept 23rd 2009, below are some notes from the briefing. This is still pre-planning application so all details are subject to change.

The plan is for 9,500 homes running up the valley from Ashton Vale, approx 1/3 of the land area will not be built on with green areas running along the brooks and flood areas that run through the area.

Phase I development - Northern area close to Ashton Vale, dense residential

Phase II District Centre development

• South of the Phase I development with a large undeveloped area in between.
• 10,000 sq m office space
• 'Decent' sized supermarket schools, health centre, services and other shops.
• 60,000 sq m light industry (this may be including all other areas)
• No warehousing in plan

Transport/infrastructure detail

• A370/A38 link east of Barrow Tanks, could form part of the SW link road which has funding allocated.
• Rapid Transport bus link through the centre of the development, it would run through a 'small corridor' of the hanging woods above Ashton Vale.
• No rail link planned.
• 'Kitchen computer' in all homes with next bus arrival times.

Power and Heating

• 100% supplied to all properties from waste, through a process called 'gasification' see - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasification

Housing Mix

• 'large proportion' of social housing.

The Regional Spacial Strategy (RSS) supports the use of Green Belt Land but Councils (Bristol + others) likely are to appeal

From: Cycling City
Sent: 09 September 2009 17:28

Subject: Clanage Road Toucan Crossing

Dear all,

Many thanks for your recent comments on the consultation for the Clanage Road toucan crossing. Below is a summary of the comments received, and how we intend to take them into account when taking the project forward. Our intention is to continue with the scheme, with a few minor amendments. The next stage of the process will be the advertising of the legal orders necessary for the crossing, speed limit reduction and the double yellow lines. We expect this to take place during late Autumn early Winter.

The majority of the comments received on the toucan crossing proposals were positive, although many had reservations regarding one element of the scheme or another. Most were happy that a crossing proposal was coming forward after a number of years of campaigning. However, due to the location of the crossing on the bend (sited in order to make as direct a connection with Kennel Lodge Road as possible) the signal design had to be altered to enable adequate sight lines to the proposed signals resulting in an unusual road layout. Residents were concerned that having two sets of signals in a short stretch of road was not in-keeping with Bower Ashton's status as a Conservation Area. As a result we are taking steps to reduce the number of poles and lights by removing the proposed advanced stop line on the approach to the Kennel Lodge Road junction. We propose to retain the traffic island at its original location as this will serve as a traffic calming feature for motorists approaching the crossing on the bend.

As part of the proposals we are also intending a reduction of the traffic speed from 40mph to 30mph. This again was largely supported, although many questioned why a 30mph limit was not proposed as far as the edge of the Bristol Local Authority Area at Rownham Hill. The main reason for not extending the 30mph limit beyond the turning for the nursery is that there would be no visual indication for motorists that they are still within a 30mph limit. As a result it was decided to take the proposed 30mph limit to the extent of the existing street lighting as rule 124 of the Highway Code states: "The presence of street lights generally means there is a 30mph (48km/h) speed limit unless otherwise specified. Law RTRA sects 81, 86, 89 and sch 6".

Comments received on the double yellow lines used for junction protection were mixed, with some residents questioning the need, whilst others requesting they be extended. On balance we are proposing to keep the extent of double yellow lines as shown on the consultation drawing. We received comments that not all arms of the junction were wheelchair accessible. This has been rectified with the addition of dropped kerbs and tactile paviors on all arms of Clanage Road, Kennel Lodge Road and Courtlands Lane.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions relating to this scheme.

Kind regards,

Jon Usher
Project Officer, Infrastructure

Cycling City Team
Brunel House
BS1 5UY
0117 9036285

Residents Association Chairman's reply to the crossing proposal.

Notification Letter (needs Adobe reader), this includes information on where to view the plans and how to comment on them. Consultation period ends on July the 28th 2009.

If the planning applications is approved construction would begin in early 2010 and playing would commence in August 2012.

The economic gain for Bristol as well as the potential for major games and events to be played was discussed by the BCFC development team. The construction itself would also be a major development at a difficult time for the construction industry.

Since previous consultations, there has been a 5m height reduction, the landfill dump would be removed to lower the playing field and overall stadium height, with the moved material put beneath the stadium stands. All facilities (restaurants, conference centre and so on) would be in the heated west stand, which would be active on non match days.

Other items of note:

• Low lying reed bed & wildlife area set aside for flood area at high tide.
• Rapid transit route cuts through the site by the reed bed area.
• Car parking restriction in BCFC car park, minimum of 3 people per car.
• No change to existing A370 feeder roads to the new stadium.
• Ashton Vale access only for emergencies and pedestrians.
• Park & Ride currently not allowed for football parking use.
• Local parking schemes on match days proposed for Long Ashton and Ashton Vale.

Some of my concerns would be:

• Congestions at end of play especially the A370 eastbound junction with Ashton Road leading into Bristol.
• Potential overload of traffic when both Ashton Court and BCFC are busy.
• Ashton Court Estate car parks likely to becoming secondary car parks during Saturday matches.
• Flooding at Ashton Vale, any overspill of the flood area I think would go into Ashton Vale rather than the stadium.
• In view of the clubs stated ambitions to join the premier league and host major events I don't think this location and road infrastructure will cater for the huge increase in visitors if they actually achieve this.

Peter

Bedminster residents against Tesco's expansion into Ashton Gate (BERATE).

Petition to oppose building a Tesco's on the site of Ashton Gate stadium:

E-petion against tesco expansion.

Thanks to Philip & Jo for the two links.

Park Life Issue 109

As a small part of changes throughout BS3 the map below shows proposed new double yellow line parking restriction in red, these are likely to come into effect in August 2009.

In addition to Brunel Way and its feeder roads, double yellow lines are also likely to extend to Winterstoke Road and would have a dramatic effect on parking during BCFC home games.

Summary of consultation replies from Bower Ashton & part of Ashton Gate.

Percentage feel there is enough space to park vehicles on the street	69.8%
Percentage that agree to implementation of parking scheme by LSOA	23.2%
Percentage of respondents who ticked Q4A 'No need for a scheme, parking is not a problem'	47.2%

Local group opposing the proposed 10,000 home development Ashton Park in the Green Belt between Bower Ashton, Ashton Vale, Dundry and Long Ashton.

Proposed route: Temple Meads Station, Temple Quay, Cabot Circus, The Centre, The Museum of Bristol development at Wapping Wharf, Spike Island / Cumberland Road, The potential new stadium for Bristol City FC and Long Ashton Park & Ride.

• External link to Bristol Council: Rapid Transit bid ...

• External link to n-somerset.gov.uk site: 08/P/2399/F