southbristolvoice
February 2020
February 2020 No. 52
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FREE EVERY MONTH in Bedminster, Southville, Ashton & Ashton Vale INSIDE NEW SKATE AREA IN SIGHT FOR THE 'DEANER' P3 Caraboo, the giant bat lantern, wowed crowds as it led over a thousand through the main streets of BS3 for the annual Bedminster Winter Lantern Parade. For more photos, see page 21.
What next for St Catherine's? A decision to refuse the development of a 17-storey tower block in the heart of Bedminster has been deemed by campaigners as a “huge victory for local people”, while developers behind the Bedminster Green project and local business leaders say that the outcome was a “huge blow” and “significant setback” for the area. Major plans for the £50m regeneration of St Catherine’s Place in East Street, which would see a new cinema and refurbished
shopping centre, plus 205 new homes, were rejected at a council meeting on January 22. The application – which attracted 221 objections and 104 responses in support – was deferred by planning committee members in November as a transport plan for Bedminster Green was still unfinished. Issues with transport had since been addressed, however, the case officer still recommended the application for refusal ahead
of the recent council meeting due to its ‘height, scale, massing, inadequate public realm and overall design quality’ and the impact it would have the ‘existing residential amenity’. The plans won the backing of the Bedminster Business Improvement District (BID) but failed to satisfy local campaign group WHaM (Windmill Hill and
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WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR MEN TO TALK P9 MUCH-LOVED ASDA CHAMPION MARKS 30 YEARS P14
ECO-CONSCIOUS BEAUTY SALON OPENS IN BS3 P15
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