South Glos agrees to submit plan to Inspector

At Wednesday night's South Gloucestershire Council meeting the Policies, Sites and Places Plan was approved for submission to the Planning Inspector.

It had already been agreed at a meeting last week that more time was needed to consult people on the Local Green Spaces before the council can decide the final list of sites to be put forward. The council will make a decision on that at a future meeting.

As at last week's meeting, Claire Young explained local people's concerns about the Gypsy and Traveller site policies, which would take land out of the much valued Green Belt. She was one of a number of councillors to vote against the plan being submitted. Once again she also had to defend local residents who had opposed extra housing in Westerleigh, this time in response to a document circulated to all councillors by the agent for one of the landowners.

There will be a six week consultation period on the plan, with responses being passed to the Inspector. This will be your final opportunity to make representations if you are unhappy with what South Glos Council proposes. The separate consultation on the green spaces will run in parallel.

We will let you know how to respond to both these consultations when the details become available.