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Bristol’s Co-Living Supplementary Consultation

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date November 14, 2025
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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…

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My Garden of a Thousand Bees at St. Matthews Church

  • Post author By Richard Storer
  • Post date November 12, 2025
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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…

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

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date April 22, 2025
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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…

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Western Harbour Proposals

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date March 7, 2025
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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;…

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Broadmead and our Tall Buildings Policy

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date January 29, 2025
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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…

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Premier Inn’s Planning Alterations

  • Post author By helen
  • Post date January 21, 2025
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  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…

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

  • 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…

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KCG’s Objection to City Centre Planning Application

  • 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…

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Debenham’s proposed 28 storey tower block

  • Post author By mike stuart
  • Post date December 27, 2023

Planning Application  23/04490/F Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a mixed use development comprising residential (Class C3) and commercial (Class E) floorspace, together with amenity space, landscaping and public realm works, car parking, vehicular access, and…

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City Centre Proposals & KCG’s response

  • Post author By mike stuart
  • Post date October 5, 2023

Bristol City Centre Development and Delivery Plan This plan describes the vision and strategies for the future of Bristol’s City Centre, in particular Broadmead and Castle Park.  To see the whole document, look at :…

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