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Issue 621 A4 THE WEEK IN East Bristol & North East Somerset FREE Issue 625 29th April 2020 Digital edition Council calls a halt to plans for wedding venue but business continues Controversial plans to hold marquee weddings at Bickley saying there is a need because of a lack of alternative venues Farm at Hanham Abbots have been refused by South and demand for a rural setting and the ability for couples to Gloucestershire Council. choose their own catering/ entertainment. The marquee would When an initial planning application went in last June to erect a only be in place part of the year (1st April to 31st October) and marquee attached to an existing barn for the change of use for there would be a limited visual impact as it can be screened a wedding business called Bickley Barns, the marquee was al - from many viewpoints. The weddings would be an additional ready in place. Continued on page 3 The application sparked concerns including the impact on the Green Belt, Hanham Abbots Conservation Area, and road safety, and the noise that would be created. A planning enforce - MAKE MONEY ment officer warned at the time that the marquee was “a breach of planning control”. FROM HOME No Investment Required! The application was withdrawn last September and although the Thousands of regular people are now weatherproof PVC was removed, the frame remained in situ. supplementing or even replacing their Applicant Graham New then came back with an application just income by starting their own home before Christmas which he hoped would address the concerns business. raised. It’s time to unleash your inner entrepreneur. 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Hanham Abbots Parish Council had objected to the proposal, The application also included acoustic and transport assess - saying there was inaccurate information on the application form ments. and voicing concerns including the number of events, estimated However, the council last week rejected the plans, saying the to be around 26 a year, insufficient car parking, noise distur - case put forward for very special circumstances to allow devel - bance and light pollution. opment wasn’t very special, nor outweighed the harm to the Hanham District Green Belt Conservation Society and the Green Belt. It was considered it would also harm the character Friends of Hanham Abbots Conservation Society, along with 22 and appearance of the Hanham Abbots Conservation Area and local residents had also raised concerns. failed to reach the highest possible standards of planning and On their Facebook page this week, Bickley Barns’ state they design. have six spaces available for 2020 and 2021 and are “flexible” Insufficient information had been submitted to determine on dates. “Our opening months are from April - September & we whether the proposal would have a prejudicial noise impact on can hold up to 120 day guests and an additional 30 for the people living nearby, and whether the proposal would have a evening.” severe impact on local roads. No analysis of accident data had Scam calls over face masks Heart-warming support Trading Standards have told the police that a number of residents in the Saltford and Corston have been called on their for nursing home The Kingswood police beat landline from a fake 01225 number claiming to be from the gov - team and the community of ernment. Oldland Common came The automated voice said that the government is instructing together last Thursday them to wear a facemask and to press a number on the keypad evening to clap for the staff to make a purchase. The residents recognised it as a scam. and residents of Edgemont Saltford Parish Council is reporting scam numbers used to Trad - View Nursing Home in the ing Standards and asks people to get in touch if they have any High Street. to pass on: “Remember, if you receive a call purporting to be from The home has lost several of a 01225 number giving government instruction to buy a face its residents to the coron - mask, hang up.” avirus . Police say it is likely that the scammers will continue to make calls in other areas. /2: 6WHYH%HOODP\ 29(5+($'6 /2:(5 &DUSHWV 35,&(6 Would like to thank all of our customers over the years for their continued support. In the interest of the health and wellbeing of our customers and the local community we have decided to close at this time. We will reopen as soon as the situation improves. We will better any like for 07860 441776 like all inclusive quote The Week in • Wednesday 29th April 2020 3 Plans for five homes on land overlooking roundabout Developers have asked for planning permis - sion to build five homes on land off Tabernacle Road in Hanham. CDC Ltd has submitted the proposal for the three- bed houses on the area of scrubland that over - looks the roundabout on the A431, near the new Magpie Court development. Access to the four semis and one detached home would be from Tabernacle Road to the east. Plans drawn up by Oxford Architects say the homes would be “highly thermally efficient and sustainable” and there would be parking for 11 cars. The application says the principle of development on the site has been agreed through an application granted in June 2006, which has lapsed. The current proposal seeks to provide one extra home, “making more efficient use of space and ad - dressing the pressing need for new open market housing stock”. The planning reference is P20/06621/F and the deadline for comments is 12th May. 4 The Week in • Wednesday 29th April 2020 Kylie’s Mobile Over £400k reaches charitable Foot Care Foot Health Care is considered causes in West of England Key Work by the Government. Trust. 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