Wessex Water’s very own paw patrol detected 86 precious newts in Harry Stoke before new pipes were laid underground. Springer spaniel Freya and springer-cocker Newky (pictured above) sniffed out the amphibians, which were safely relocated under licence by Natural England prior to work starting on the scheme.
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The owners of a property in the old hamlet of Harry Stoke are opening their garden to the public for two days this month to raise funds for a number of charities. The event forms part of the National Garden Scheme, which this year will see over 3,500 gardens opening on selected dates to benefit numerous good causes.
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As Crest Nicholson prepares to begin construction of a 763-home development in Harry Stoke (subject to final planning approval), a local history enthusiast is calling on the developer to preserve a historic water feature… By Adrian Kerton The ‘moat’ at Harry Stoke has always been regarded as an insignificant small pond, but now the surrounding scrub has been cleared, it
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Crest Nicholson has published a strategic masterplan for an area of Green Belt east of Harry Stoke and south of Bradley Stoke where it is foreseen that 2,000 new homes will be built by 2027. The masterplan amplifies the vision and objectives for development set out in South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Core Strategy, adopted in December 2013, which identifies the East
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has produced an updated version of a document that defines its “vision” for an area of Green Belt land east of Stoke Gifford, where it is foreseen that 2,000 new homes will be built by 2027. The ‘East of Harry Stoke New Neighbourhood’ was identified as a strategic housing site in the council’s Core Strategy planning
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Concerned local residents who attended a public meeting called to discuss proposed new housing developments on green belt land to the east of Harry Stoke claimed they haven’t been properly consulted on the plans that could see 3,200 new homes constructed by 2027. Today’s meeting in Little Stoke Community Hall, organised by the Hambrook Lane Action Group, was attended by
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Councillors at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) have approved detailed plans for 166 homes to be built by Crest Nicholson on land at Harry Stoke. The homes, ranging from one-bedroom flats to five-bedroom houses, will form part of a new development that will eventually consist of 1,200 dwellings. The Harry Stoke site was first earmarked for development in SGC’s Local Plan,
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House builder Crest Nicholson has submitted detailed plans for the first phase of its 1,200 home development on former green belt land at Harry Stoke. The application, for 166 dwellings, comes seven months after a masterplan for part of the development (phases 1 & 2 with parts of phases 3 & 5) was approved by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), in
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