Housing Minister urges Government not to build homes on 'key green lung'

A LABOUR MP and minister has called on her own Government not to build homes on a wildlife-rich open space, and said she will 'continue to look for realistic ways to prevent' it.

- Tristan CORK

Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy has reiterated her opposition to a plan by the Government's housing and development agency Homes England to build homes in Brislington.

As the Post reported yesterday, Homes England has announced it was pressing on with a plan to build 260 homes on the Brislington Meadows, a series of fields in between Broomhill and Brislington, and had appointed a house-builder to continue the work.

Developer Keepmoat has been appointed as Homes England's chosen housebuilder, and it is they who will go back to Bristol City Council to ask for permission for its detailed plan for the homes on Brislington Meadows.

Bristol City Council refused outline planning permission but Homes England won on appeal, and now Keepmoat are being given the job of getting a detailed plan through City Hall.