The stated priority of the chancellor’s Spring Budget last week was to grow the economy.
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The stated priority of the chancellor’s Spring Budget last week was to grow the economy.
Persimmon South West has withdrawn its planning application to build a housing estate on Farleigh Fields, Backwell.
Families “left in limbo” as they wait for new programme to be introduced
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has announced a partnership with the ground-breaking UK-wide art education project, The World Reimagined, which will see the firm sponsor two globe sculptures, one in Bristol and the other in London.
Bristol hoteliers have broadly welcomed news that the city’s Clean Air Zone will begin in November, providing a welcome boost to their businesses in an increasingly greener, cleaner world.
A planning Inspector has ruled that 125 houses can be built on farm fields in Backwell with the demolition of two houses on the A370 to provide access.
Landowners and local authorities are likely to welcome having an additional method of recourse, through criminal enforcement channels, when faced with unauthorised encampments
Bristol’s Deputy Mayor, Councillor Craig Cheney, has this week visited the new Chocolate Factory development in Bristol to understand how the scheme has transformed an iconic part of the city’s history and improved availability and affordability of homes in the area.
Some vulnerable and tenanted families in Bristol and North Somerset will be able to sleep a little more soundly thanks to a city centre hotel.
Around 150 people packed into the Backwell Parish Hall in North Somerset to question plans by North Somerset Council to build 1,120 new homes in the village by 2038.
A Town Planning expert has told a Public Inquiry in Weston-super-Mare how people living in Backwell have “been heavily involved in 40 years of resisting unpopular proposals on Farleigh Fields”.
An expert witness called by North Somerset Council told a Public Inquiry at Weston Town Hall that building a housing estate on Farleigh Fields, Backwell will “irrevocably harm the character and appearance of this place”.
An eight day planning inquiry is to be start on Tuesday March 15 into plans by Persimmon Homes to build a housing estate on farmland in Backwell, North Somerset.
Hayley Steel, a partner specialising in non-contentious construction at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP, looks at whether retrofitting homes could help achieve Government plans for net zero by 2050 and a 78% reduction in harmful emissions by 2035.
Council plans to cut museum budgets in the coming year are a “false economy” which will damage Bristol’s post-pandemic recovery, says an independent charity.
The average house in North Somerset has almost doubled in value in the last 20 year to £552,200, according to Parker’s Estate Agents based in Backwell.
A North Somerset property agent and a radio presenter have launched a new podcast that takes an entertaining look at the property scene along with hints and tips for house-hunters, landlords and property owners.
Government plans to claim £4bn from property developers to fix cladding issues are ‘light on detail’ and ‘important questions remain unanswered’, says Peter McHugh.
People across the Dorset Council area that are in digital need can now apply for a free device and data.
A young man calling for a change in the law to prevent abusive partners from inheriting victims’ estates is a casualty in the trade-off between “certainty and fairness” in law.