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A Kingsdown Winter Warmer Indeed!

Post author By helen
Post date January 20, 2026
No Comments on A Kingsdown Winter Warmer Indeed!

You couldn’t get a more neighbourly party than the one held on Sunday evening. The amount of chat and conversations, new connections made and old neighbours reunited, exceeded even Kingsdown’s expectations. The ‘committee’ which organised…

Post author By helen
Post date November 28, 2025
No Comments on Marlborough Hill HGV Petition

There has been repeated problems with large HGV vehicles coming up Marlborough Hill and causing damage to No.6 Kingsdown Parade, the new corner house. The HGV have caused damage to the house when they attempt…

Post author By helen
Post date November 14, 2025
No Comments on Bristol’s Co-Living Supplementary Consultation

Co-Living is a relatively new form of accommodation. It is a purpose-built, short-term residential scheme that provides studio accommodation with access to shared communal facilities under a single management company. It claims to provide a…

Post author By Richard Storer
Post date November 12, 2025
No Comments on My Garden of a Thousand Bees at St. Matthews Church

Friday, 14 November⋅7:30 – 9:30pm My Garden of a Thousand Bees at St. Matthews Church A film and talk by filmmaker Martin Dohrn Join us for a special evening of this award winning film about…

Post author By helen
Post date April 22, 2025
No Comments on AGM and Talk ‘Kingsdown’s Wildlife Around the Year’

Our AGM this year will be held at St Matthews Church on Wednesday 7th May. Doors will open at 6.45pm for the start of the AGM business at 7.15. After the election of officers and…

Post author By helen
Post date March 7, 2025
No Comments on Western Harbour Proposals

Also known as the Cumberland Basin Redevelopment, the public viewing of the Western Harbour draft masterplan came to a close on March 9th, 2025. Full of controversy over its replanning of the network of roads;…

Post author By helen
Post date January 29, 2025
No Comments on Broadmead and our Tall Buildings Policy

KCG have commented on all recent major developments at the bottom of our hillside. Here in the historic centre of Bristol, Broadmead and the Bearpit we are about to see a surge in the construction…

Post author By helen
Post date January 21, 2025
No Comments on Premier Inn’s Planning Alterations

The planning application of the Premier Inn, one of the controversial tower blocks which will be arising from around the Bearpit, has submitted minor alterations. So KCG took this chance to send in their…

Post author By mike stuart
Post date February 16, 2024

Debenhams Site Application – 23/04490/F (Tower to the left) Premier Inn Application – 23/02827/F (Two towers to the right) The Kingsdown Conservation Group has objected to both applications and would encourage individuals to do the…

Post author By mike stuart
Post date January 11, 2024

Planning Application 23/04490/F Proposal to demolish former Debenhams building and build a mixed use development with 28 storey tower. The Kingsdown Conservation Group strongly objects to this application. The proposal significantly fails to meet the standards of…

A Kingsdown Winter Warmer Indeed!

Marlborough Hill HGV Petition

Bristol’s Co-Living Supplementary Consultation

My Garden of a Thousand Bees at St. Matthews Church

AGM and Talk ‘Kingsdown’s Wildlife Around the Year’

Western Harbour Proposals

Broadmead and our Tall Buildings Policy

Premier Inn’s Planning Alterations

KCG’s response to the City Centre’s Tall Buildings

KCG’s Objection to City Centre Planning Application