Officers at South Glos Council have recommended approval of a planning application for the final two phases of a 1,200-dwelling housing development in Harry Stoke. However, a decision on the application will now be made by a committee of councillors after Stoke Gifford ward member Neel Das Gupta successfully invoked the ‘call in’ procedure.
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Revised plans submitted for 229 homes on land between Highbrook Park and A4174
Revised plans have been submitted for the final two phases of a 1,200-dwelling housing development in Harry Stoke which was granted outline planning permission more than 15 years ago. Crest Nicholson, working in cooperation with Sovereign Homes, wants to build 229 homes on a parcel of vacant land that lies between the existing Highbrook Park estate and the A4174 Ring Road.
Continue readingHousebuilder hosts ‘walking bus’ from Harry Stoke to St Michael’s Primary School
Local housebuilder Crest Nicholson recently partnered with St Michael’s Primary School, Stoke Gifford, on a ‘walking bus’ initiative as part of Walk to School Week. Pupils, parents, guardians, carers, teachers and staff of the school took part in two walking buses on Thursday 18th May, that began at Crest Nicholson’s Highbrook View and Brooklands Park developments in Harry Stoke.
Continue readingPlans for new primary school at Brooklands Park look set to be scrapped
Plans to build a 315-place (1.5 forms of entry) primary school on the Brooklands Park housing development in Harry Stoke could be scrapped, if the recommendations of a recent officer report are accepted by South Gloucestershire Council. The move would lead to some children having to travel up to 2 miles to attend existing schools in adjacent areas.
Continue readingParish council withdraws from Harry Stoke community centre project
A project to provide a community centre to serve the residents of around 1,200 new homes in Harry Stoke has suffered a setback after Stoke Gifford Parish Council pulled out of negotiations to run the new facility. Funding for the construction of the centre is being provided by the housing developers, as part of their community infrastructure commitments.
Continue readingMarketing suite opens for first of 2,600+ new homes coming to the Stokes
Housebuilding giant Crest Nicholson has announced that it will soon be opening a marketing suite at its new 763-home development at Brooklands Park in Harry Stoke.
Continue readingCrest Nicholson lays foundations of first homes at Harry Stoke
Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has wasted no time in getting started on its new 763-home Brooklands Park development in Harry Stoke, with foundations for the first properties going in just weeks after final planning permission was granted on 19th September. As previously reported, work on constructing a new east-west link road across the site, already approved under outline permission granted in
Continue readingGreen light for 763-home development at Harry Stoke
Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has secured final planning approval for a 763-home development on land at Harry Stoke. The new estate will also have a community centre, nursery and shops, but there will be no GP or dental surgery. A baseline of 194 affordable homes (25.4 percent of the total) are to be provided through a joint venture between Crest
Continue readingUpdate on the 2,600+ new homes coming to the Stokes
Anyone who has driven along the A4174 Ring Road between Abbey Wood and Hambrook recently can’t failed to have noticed the plethora of housing developer signs that have sprung up along the northern edge of the road, with Crest Nicholson and Linden Homes telling us that some new development is ‘Coming soon’ and urging us to ‘Register now’. Journal readers
Continue readingCall to preserve historic Harry Stoke ‘moat’
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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