Digging in: council rejects plan for allotments in greenbelt near Bristol

Privately-run project calls decision 'a real shame' but local people concerned at 'aggressively growing business' and threat to wildlifeIt sounds a progressive, imaginative project. A beautiful hilltop allotment site that would serve the people of Bristol keen to get out in the fresh air and grow their own fruit and veg, but who cannot find plots in their city.However, members of a planning committee have dealt a severe blow to the scheme after people who live near the site in the well-heeled village of Abbots Leigh launched a fierce campaign against the privately run project, arguing it would blight their idyllic greenbelt area. Continue reading...