The old swimming pool site
Supermarket group ALDI has recently purchased the old swimming pool site on Crow Lane from Bristol City Council. ALDI intend to submit a planning application to build a supermarket and housing on the site. Residents will be able to comment on these proposals as the planning process unfolds. However, this is the third suggestion for the re-use of this site as previous proposals for housing and a church have been withdrawn. It would seem that several parties have attempted to identify what we both need and want from this prime site, and what the community can sustain from a business perspective. It seems therefore, that the community needs to have more influence on the planning proposals that affect us.
Bengoughs House closes, Brentry House to follow?
Bengoughís House, a 40-bed elderly people's home in Henbury, closed in January. It was run by Bristol Charities who will now convert the site (incorporating the neighbouring area once occupied by the John Milton clinic), into a very sheltered housing scheme, aimed at providing elderly people a more independent life. Additionally, we now hear that Brentry House, another 40-bed elderly peopleís home run by Bristol City Council is also under threat of closure. Whilst the new very sheltered housing provided by the Bengoughís facility will undoubtedly be a more suitable home for some, the local, 24 hour, specialist, City Council provided care offered by both Brentry House and the old Bengough's House is much needed by many elderly people in our area.
- The issue of developments in Henbury and Brentry will be discussed at our Community Conference on 28th June 2008, at Wesley College from 9.30 to 2.00pm.
- If you would like to join the campaign to save Brentry House from closure, please contact Carole Pyle on 0117 950 4000
2 comments:
3/7/2008 Aldi have published their proposal to build a store alongside a 40 unit housing development on the former swimming pool site. They have legally cut down 17 mature trees before tree protection orders were in place.They did this as they freely admit because otherwise they would not have been able to sell the building land. Bristol City Council is now taking action to prevent this kind of action anywhere else in the city on land being sold by the council.
Aldi will present their proposals to the Community Council on July 17th.
Why do we need an Aldi? We already have a discount super-store in the Coop, which ahs the added advantage of being owned by its customers and not therefore syphoning off profits to go to sharehoders.
Clearly the Coop is struggling to keep going and Aldi will destroy it.
Secondly, parking outside the school already makes this a very dangerous area for our young people - the extra traffic caused by Aldi will make this situation far worse.
Geoff
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