Another new town Plans for 1,000 new homes are set to be unveiled

PLANS for a new primary school, community centre and 1,000 new homes will be unveiled later this month as another new town extension to Bristol is announced.

- Tristan CORK

Developers Barwood Land are looking to develop a vast swathe of what is currently green belt land to the east of Whitchurch, off the A37, and includes the land and headquarters of well-known equine charity HorseWorld, but also goes significantly beyond there.

Barwood Land has announced it is holding a public consultation on its proposals, which take in all the green fields from Whitchurch Village to the southern edge of Stockwood in Bristol, and over to the woods next to the village of Queen Charlton, near Keynsham.

That event is planned for later in June, and the developers will then be submitting a planning application to Bath and North East Somerset Council to gain permission for the development later in the year.

The land at Horseworld has long been mooted for development, but the plans for 1,000 homes and the area covered by the proposals are much bigger than previously discussed for just the HorseWorld site.