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Planning application 09/P/1486/O for 500 houses in Failand

The application has now gone to appeal, based on the failure of North Somerset Council to decide the application in time. An external Planning Inspector will hold a Public Inquiry starting on 9 March 2010 in Long Ashton and lasting for 8 days, then make a recommendation to the Secretary of State.

Mercury Article - 21 January (opens in new window)

North Somerset Case File (opens in new window and you may need to scroll down to see content)

Planning Inspectorate Case File (opens in new window)

To object to the proposal, use the "Comment On Application" link at the top of the online case file or send a letter to:

Development and Environment Directorate
Development Control
Somerset House
Oxford Street
Weston-super-Mare
Somerset
BS23 1TG

- quoting Ref. Mike Cole 09/P/1486/O

Although the site notice recommends sending objections by October 2009, keep sending them in if you have not already done so, as all objections up to the decision date have to be taken into account.

Both Long Ashton and Wraxall & Failand Parish Councils voted unanimously to object to the application as did the North Somerset Central Area Committee.

Working Group website (opens in new window)

Ashton Vale application

The Failand application has been made at the same time as the huge application to build 9500 houses in Ashton Vale, presumably with the intention of riding on the back of it. Planning officers will be busy dealing with this huge application.

South West Bristol Urban Extension Planning Application (opens in new window)

Our position should be that if development has to take place it should be in Ashton Vale contiguous with Bristol, not in Failand, but it would be far better to redevelop existing urban areas of Bristol to a high architectural and environmentally friendly standard than allow unsustainable urban sprawl and destruction of Green Belt countryside.

ADSL2+ and FTTC

When will we get faster broadband speeds from ADSL2+ and Fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) in Failand? See the Broadband section for information.

www.failand.org.uk