More than 700 new homes could be built on the site of the Aviva Centre and within the footprint of a neighbouring retail park in Stoke Gifford, according the latest draft of a planning blueprint being prepared by South Gloucestershire Council. The local authority’s emerging Local Plan for the period 2025 to 2040 has recently had 17 extra housing sites added to it…
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Plans for an “excessively tall” nine-storey block of flats for 330 students near the University of the West of England (UWE) have been approved. South Gloucestershire councillors granted planning permission for the “landmark” spiral-design building on the former B&Q garden centre site at Filton Retail Park in Stoke Gifford, despite concerns about road safety…
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Plans to build a large student accommodation block on a vacant plot within a Stoke Gifford retail park have moved a step forward with the submission of a formal planning application. The proposed building ranges from five to nine storeys in height and provides 330 student bedrooms. It is intended for students attending the nearby UWE Frenchay Campus and, once complete, would be managed by the university.
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Plans to build a student accommodation block on an unused part of a Stoke Gifford retail park have been revealed by Canada Life Asset Management, in partnership with UWE. The proposed building, ranging from five to nine storeys high, would be built on the footprint of the garden centre of the former B&Q superstore at Filton Retail Park, off Fox Den Road.
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