Breaking Bread plans to pop up again in summer
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THE successful Breaking Bread pop-up restaurant village on Bristol’s Downs is set to return this summer, providing Bristol City Council gives planning approval.
An application has been received for a slightly bigger version of the event that ran in 2020. It saw chefs from some of the city’s top restaurants put on quality al-fresco dining as indoor restaurants were either closed or battled reduced capacity indoors.
Organisers also hope to have a 90-seat tented venue for theatre and comedy this summer to help the city’s creative economy get back on its feet. If approved the tipi-village will go up in April and be dismantled in October. (21/00440/F)
Golfers could be practising their driving from a huge three-storey building, and possibly working on their high rope skills, or their ability with a boule if a south Swindon golf club’s plans are approved.
But some fear the impact on younger golfers who will have nowhere to learn the game.
Broome Manor Golf Club’s owners Twigmarket Ltd has put in a proposal to expand its driving range on the site of the nine-hole course, along with constructing an adventure golf course for children, football pitches, a petanque piste and a high ropes adventure course.
The company, which bought the course from Swindon Borough Council in 2014, says expansion is needed to keep the course viable.
The current 33-bay one-storey driving range building would be extended and have two floors added as well as new food and drink facilities.
But the proposal has caused concerns it may damage youth participation. North of the driving range the club wants to build three allweather small football pitches for five- and seven-a-side games and extra parking.
They will be put on land used by the last three holes of the nine-hole course. (S/21/0037)
A new beach access ramp is being planned at Lower Sea Lane, Charmouth, on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast.
If agreed by Dorset Council it will be sited south of the Heritage Coast Centre, alongside the existing concrete steps which lead down to the beach.
The application for the concrete ramp comes from the parish council and is similar to a previous consent which was approved in March 2018 but not completed.
In the new application the parish council says that poor access to the West Beach is seen by some visitors as a problem when visiting the area. (WD/D/20/003206)
Plans to build up to 30 new homes in a Somerset village have been scrapped after a developer lost two appeals.
Nottinghamshire-based developer Toft Hill Ltd lost a legal battle against South Somerset District Council in April 2019 over plans to build 56 homes on Station Road in Milborne Port, near Sherborne.
The developer responded by submitting two sets of plans which reduced the number of homes on the site in the hope of securing planning permission.
The council refused both proposals, arguing a safe access could not be provided and the village’s primary school could not expand to cope with additional pupils.
The developer has now lost both its appeals to the Planning Inspectorate against these decisions.
Dorchester Prison is to continue being used for war games and ghost hunts – a use which first started in early 2019.
Dorset Council has now given formal permission for the games to continue although the proposals met with opposition from some neighbours.
Dorchester Town Council did not object to the change of use application but asked for restrictions on hours.
Objections included fears about disturbance, the impact on the tranquillity of the riverside walk and a claim that paranormal tours are disrespectful.
Owner City & Country, which has owned the site since 2013, says it has not abandoned proposals for 185 homes on the town-centre site, mainly by converting the cell blocks and other buildings.
The developers have struggled to bring the housing scheme about and have been looking for other companies to join them, or for someone else to take over the housing project.
Airsoft games organisers, Cracking Day Limited, have used the prison occasionally for its games sessions. These involve firing non-marking pellets at other competitors while ‘capturing’ various objectives. The company holds similar events in the former Gloucester Prison.
Conditions on the continued use include airsoft gaming being limited to no more than four weekend events and two weekday events per calendar month with airsoft gaming limited to between 10am and 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays, and between 5pm and 10pm Monday to Fridays.
The permission will be limited to three years with an expiry date of 15 April 2024 to allow the site to operate over the Easter holidays.