Winterbourne Parish Council Report - Village Design Statement

No doubt some of you will remember this was raised at the Annual General Meeting of the Frenchay Preservation Society meeting in November 2014. By those present it was unanimously cheered and applauded as a way forward to expand on the Conservation document which was approved by South Gloucestershire Council in 2007.

It was explained that our remit for such a statement should be of a wider geographical area. After some discussion your Parish Councillors feel obliged to extend any study to be bordered on the South West by the Bristol City Council, to the West by the M32 , to the North by the A4174 Ring Road until it crosses the River Frome and follow the river boundary then Southwards, ending on the Bristol boundary. This is a much larger area than that contained within the Special Planning Document affording Conservation Status but encompasses what is widely considered to be Frenchay in South Gloucestershire.

In order to proceed we need to hold a Public Meeting, under the auspices of Winterbourne Parish Council who have volunteered support to this cause. This will be held in Frenchay Village Hall on Thursday March 19th at 7.45pm.

Please bear in mind that a Village Design Statement is a Planning document and will be bound eventually in law and statute. More will be explained at the meeting. Meanwhile, put this date in your diary. As local people, your input is required.

Your Parish Councillors:
Carol Thorne; David Fletcher; Eurof Lewis; Paul Kembrey