YTL has submitted final detailed plans for the proposed Bristol Arena – and they reveal the venue will feature an outdoor cinema, Christmas ice rink and sports courts. Artist’s impressions include huge public squares in front of the refurbished Brabazon hangars on the former Filton Airfield site. The projected opening date for the arena complex is late 2026 at the earliest.
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A former pub in Filton looks likely to be bulldozed and replaced with a five-storey block of student flats after councillors unanimously granted planning permission. South Glos Council’s Development Management Committee approved the demolition of the vacant Bristol Concorde (Brewers Fayre) pub, which will be replaced with 99 student beds for UWE.
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Councillors have unanimously approved yet another two large houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in Filton despite fierce local opposition. The town’s residents are “bearing the brunt” of new bedsits as more and more family homes are turned into shared accommodation, largely for students, a planning committee was told.
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A property developer has submitted plans to demolish the existing buildings at the Filton Central Garage site and replace them with a three-storey accommodation block providing 71 student bedsits. The ‘front’ aspect of the development would face onto Rectory Lane, with the ‘rear’ backing onto the existing Toolstation store and the A38 Gloucester Road North beyond.
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South Gloucestershire Council has granted planning permission for the new North Filton Station, which will connect rail services to the new community, known as ‘Brabazon’, being developed on the former Filton Airfield site, as well as visitors to the new YTL Arena Bristol. It is hoped the station will be complete by 2026, allowing an hourly service to on the Henbury Link.
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Plans have been submitted to build a group of eight industrial/warehouse units on a parcel of vacant land within the Horizon 38 business park in north Filton. The site lies to the rear of the Village Hotel Bristol and borders Gipsy Patch Lane to the north, Taurus Road to the east and Bullfinch Close to the south.
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More than £3.1m will be invested into improvements to the local transport infrastructure in north Bristol and South Gloucestershire as part of the plans for the YTL Arena Complex on the former Filton Airfield site. The money is intended to help support sustainable transport and drive down car dependency.
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A planning application for the construction of a Travelodge hotel and a Greggs drive-through near the entrance to the Abbey Wood Retail Park in Filton has been recommended for approval by officers at South Gloucestershire Council.
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Plans for a new 17,000 capacity concert arena on the former Filton Airfield site have been approved, despite concerns about its potential impacts on traffic congestion. The target opening date for the venue is “early 2023”.
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The owners of the Abbey Wood Shopping Park have submitted a planning application for a Travelodge hotel and a Greggs drive-through on land close to the MoD Roundabout on the A4174 in Filton. The proposed site lies just to the east of the existing McDonald’s restaurant.
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