RESIDENTS UNITE TO PROTECT PARISH ENVIRONMENT
In a bid to safeguard their local environment,
residents of several South Gloucestershire villages in Olveston
Parish have worked together for the past two years to produce
a Parish Design Statement. The document provides a suggested
blueprint for any future development in the Parish.
The local residents will be celebrating the completion of
the 24 page Design Statement at Olveston Parish Hall on 6th
March by cutting a specially designed cake, which was iced
in the shape of the Parish boundary.
The aim of the new Parish Design Statement is to provide guidance
to the community and developers on how alterations, extensions
and new developments can be produced sympathetically to complement
the local, mainly rural, area.
The Parish Design Statement is being be published
on 6 March and all households in the Parish, which includes
Olveston, Tockington, Old Down, Ingst, Lower Hazel and Awkley,
will receive a free copy. Architects, builders and developers
will also be able to refer to document at the local planning
office, and on the internet.
Radio Bristol personality Trevor Fry, who has
supported the development of the plan, cut the celebration
cake. He said, "The local community felt they had to
do something to try to stop ugly development in this area.
It has taken two years and everyone involved has put a lot
of effort into researching, writing and producing the Design
Statement. I am delighted it is now completed and hope that
the document will lead to an outbreak of good design in the
South Gloucestershire area." |
