Here’s a copy of the newsletter distributed by the development team at Laing O’Rourke. It’s in pdf format.
As you’ll see, it has contact details for the people leading the consturction work.
The next one is due at the end of October, so if you have any questions or suggestions, do get in touch with Laing O’Rourke.
Trees
KCG is in process of attempting, with the City Council to replace the dead cherry in Saville Mews and to plant a red oak on the Prior Hill corner of Kingsdown Parade where, last winter, the City felled three moribund cherries. Unfortunately the replacement saplings all died.
New Members
Are you a member of your local Conservation Group? You can find KCG’s aims on its recently redesigned website www.kingsdown.org.uk. You will soon receive a letter to invite you to become a member. If you are already a member, please use the application form to invite a friend or neighbour to join our group.
Development in the rear gardens of 26 and 27 Somerset Street
The developer has withdrawn its application to build a block of 14 single bedroom flats with internal kitchens and bathrooms.
St. Paul’s Supplementary Planning Document
You can find a copy of this document on the City Council’s website www.bristol-city.gov.uk. The committee will prepare a response. The proposals in the SPD are vague.
Personalised travel planning for Clifton and Cotham
The details of this project that KCG has received from travelcc@sdgworld.net (Leila Beggin 07973 616246) are on the website.
Westmoreland House and the Carriage Works
City Council’s Cabinet had approved the compulsory purchase order for this long derelict eyesore. There have been news articles about the City Council’s long awaited action in the Evening Post and on BBC Bristol. After years of doing nothing, the buildings’ owners have submitted a pre-planning application, which will delay the process of redevelopment.
St. Michael’s Church
Welcome news , by Easy Runner has applied for planning permission to use the redundant Church for retail purposes. This should stop further decay to the building’s fabric. The committee will raise concerns about the maintenance of the churchyard and some of the interior fittings at the City Council’s Conservation Advisory Panel.
Photo archive
Visit Kingsdown’s photo-archive on the website. There a vast number of photographs past and present, from panoramas to details of exterior ironmongery.
Wheelie bins
Some neighbours have called a meeting at the Ark on the 25th September at 8.00 p.m. to discuss the problems caused by the City Council’s blanket introduction of wheelie bins. Houses in the Conservation Area will receive a letter to invite them to this meeting but everyone is welcome.
Next Meeting of the committee is at – 8.00 p.m. on the 4th October. If anyone has a matter of concern about Kingsdown to raise, please email the secretary at insideout73@blueyonder.co.uk.
You can find an information-sheet (in ‘pdf’ format) on this new City Council project, or you can ring Kai Paulden on 0117 985 8903 or mail him at kai.paulden@sdgworld.net
The City Council has approved the University’s Masterplan as a Supplementary Planning Document. KCG has appointed a sub-group to prepare KCG’s response to the City Council and to the University both in respect to the Supplementary Planning Document and the anticipated applications to develop each stage of the plan.
The City Council has refused the owner of permission to build in the front garden. Among other reasons to refuse permission is the grounds that new building should not be permitted in the front gardens on the north side of Kingsdown Parade. The full reasons for any refusal of planning permission can be found at www.bristol-city.gov.uk/ccm/content/Environment-Planning/Planning/publicaccess-for-planning.
Some neighbours have called a meeting at the Ark on the 25th September at 8:00pm to discuss the problems caused by the City Council’s blanket introduction of wheelie bins. Houses in the Conservation Area will receive a letter to invite them to this meeting but everyone is welcome.
Every house in the Conservation Area will shortly receive a letter to invite them to join Kingsdown Conservation Group. Kingsdown is a small Conservation Area. We depend on the talents and energy of neighbours. The committee does its best to tell everyone what is going on via the website and the notice boards. Additional pairs of hands are always needed. Do you have time to help? Do you have specialist knowledge? KCG attempts to respond to matters that concern the area. The plans of the University and the Hospital affect us all. We would like to be more pro-active. Do you have ideas? Are you available to help with working parties organised to maintain Montague Green or improve Spring Hill? Please join KCG and volunteer.
The next meeting will be at 8:00pm on 7th September at 43, Kingsdown Parade.
If anyone has a matter of concern about Kingsdown to raise, please email the secretary at insideout73@blueyonder.co.uk.