Car-related land uses dominate Bristol-area planning list, from co-living site to car wash appeal
Three planning documents from Bristol and North Somerset councils show car-related sites at different stages: a proposed housing scheme on a Feeder Road site, an advertisement for homes near a park-and-ride, and an appeal over an unpermitted car wash.
North Somerset Council's weekly planning list includes an application for consent to place two non-illuminated signs on land east of Long Ashton Park and Ride, which would advertise a nearby residential development [1]. Bristol City Council has received two related requests for a scoping opinion on a mixed-use scheme at Feeder Road that would include up to 1,204 co-living units, 130 buy-to-rent homes, and commercial space [2][3]. Separately, the same council is processing an appeal against an enforcement notice for the unpermitted operation of a car wash and creation of a vehicular access on Church Road, Redfield [4].
Read together, these filings show car-related sites and uses appearing in multiple stages of the planning process: a park-and-ride fringe is being used to advertise housing, a Feeder Road address that includes the name Autochoice is proposed for a large housing development, and a car wash is the subject of an enforcement appeal [1][2][4]. The documents do not indicate a single policy, but they illustrate the range of car-adjacent land uses that Bristol-area planners are handling alongside a major housing proposal.
Sources
- North Somerset Council planning weekly list: Advertisement Consent for the siting of 2no. non-illuminated Post and Panel signs relating to a nearby residential development.
- Bristol City Council planning applications weekly list: Request for a Scoping Opinion as to whether an Environmental Impact Assessment is required for a mixed use development comprising up to 1,204 co-living units, up to 130 buy-to-rent, commercial space, and internal and external amenity areas. (please note that this is not a planning application and therefore we are not carrying out public consultation on the proposal at this stage)
- Bristol City Council planning applications weekly list: Request for a Scoping Opinion as to whether an Environmental Impact Assessment is required for a mixed use development comprising up to 1,204 co-living units, up to 130 buy-to-rent, commercial space, and internal and external amenity areas. (please note that this is not a planning application and therefore we are not carrying out public consultation on the proposal at this stage)
- Bristol City Council planning applications weekly list: Enforcement Notice Appeal - Without the grant of planning permission: i) the material change of use of part of the land to operate a car wash and ii) the creation of a vehicular access onto Church Road, involving works to the highway.
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