Dear Resident of Brimsham (or interested party)
Public MeetingA public meeting was held on 12 April at Yate Parish Hall, on Station Road.
The meeting was led by Chris Wilmore (Lib Dem town councillor) and Steve Webb the local MP.
Background
The South Gloucestershire Core Strategy Document set out a plan for the county and was directed by the previous governments dictat that 33000 homes had to be built in the county. After the last general election Wilfred Pickles the minister responsible for local government stated in June 2010 that councils were no longer bound by this directive. Unfortunately his directive was challenged and overturned in the courts.
New legislation is due in November in the localism bill to allow local communities a greater say in changes that happen in their areas. Unfortunately South Gloucestershire Council has voted to proceed with the core strategy plans for 3000 houses to be built in Yate.
Many developments are now being proposed by developers to try to get them approved before the new legislation is passed by Parliament. It seems they are being aided and abetted by the county council.
The Developments
The following developments are progressing through the planning stages of Stakeholders consultation(S), Public Consultation(P), Concept statement(CS), Application(A) and Consent(C).
170 Houses - Coopers1 Factory grounds - Located opposite Westerleigh Common Stages complete - S,P,CS,A,C]
228 Houses - Sea Transport Stores (Now Known as Elswick Park) - Located at the end of the Chipping Sodbury Bypass. [Stages complete - S,P,CS,A,C]
70 Houses - Coopers2 Factory site - Located opposite Westerleigh Common [Stages complete - S]
170 Houses - Barnhill - Located behind Chipping Sodbury High street [Stages complete - S,P,CS,A,]
250 Houses - Peg Hill - Located opposite the Skateboard park on the road joining Brimsham Park to the Wickwar Road.[Stages complete - S,P,CS,A,]
3000 Houses - Yate North - Located to the North of Brimsham Park [Stages complete - S]
2-300? Houses - Located between Engine Common and North Road Close to North Yate [Stages complete - S]
Slides
The following link directs you to a site showing the slides presented at the meeting
Meeting slides link
Making Comments
The following link takes you to a document providing advice from local councillors on the comments you might like to consider when writing to the council.
Comments link
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How to stop the development
- The only way to stop development or at least make the council think again is to lodge your views with the council at each planning stage.
- The Yate town councillors have objected to these proposals, have launched a petition, please follow the link and sign the petition.Link to Petition
- The Yate town councillors provided guidance on how to object see link.
- There will be a Core Strategy enquiry either in July or September this year. We need to raise as many signatures and objections as possible to help us convince the planning inspector that the proposals for the 3000 houses in the core strategy are turned down.
Please, Please, Please take action
- Tell everyone you know about the campaign get them to Email Brimshamparkcampaign@gmail.com
- Actively look for opportunities to raise your voice either in person, on paper or via the Internet.
- Tell your locally elected officials how you feel.
Next Steps of the campaign
We now have a core number of people who have registered as willing to actively support the campaign by Emailing Help to the email address.We now aim to create a campaign organising group and raise the level of the campaign both of awareness throughout Yate and the surrounding area, through the press and writing out to groups or organisations that can help use.
If you would like to join the Helper group please email Help to Brimshamparkcampaign@gmail.com
