{"id":19668,"date":"2021-09-07T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityfieldmarketing.com\/?p=19668"},"modified":"2022-01-24T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T06:33:00","slug":"yew-tree-farm-call-to-preserve-bristols-green-spaces-as-new-homes-threat-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityfieldmarketing.com\/yew-tree-farm-call-to-preserve-bristols-green-spaces-as-new-homes-threat-looms","title":{"rendered":"Yew Tree Farm: Call to preserve Bristol’s green spaces as new homes threat looms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An opposition councillor is calling on Bristol\u2019s mayor to save the city\u2019s green spaces from being obliterated by new housing.<\/p>\n

Conservative<\/a>\u00a0representative Richard Eddy wants Labour\u2019s\u00a0Marvin Rees<\/a>\u00a0to give a \u201ccast iron\u201d commitment that Bristol\u2019s green belt, parks and farmland will be preserved.<\/p>\n

The proposal, which city councillors will vote on next week, comes as the city\u2019s last working farm, Yew Tree Farm, continues to come under threat from a\u00a0developer\u2019s plans to build 200 new homes<\/a>\u00a0there.<\/p>\n[vc_empty_space height=\"20px\"]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

It also follows a\u00a0reversal<\/a>\u00a0by the city\u2019s ruling\u00a0Labour<\/a>\u00a0administration over plans to build housing on Brislington Meadows and a\u00a0commitment<\/a>\u00a0by Mr Rees that he will \u2018look again\u2019 at whether to redevelop the Western Slopes, an important wildlife corridor in south Bristol.<\/p>\n

Cllr Eddy said\u00a0Bristol City Council<\/a>\u00a0ought to be building\u00a0housing<\/a>\u00a0on so-called \u2018brownfield\u2019 sites - which have been developed before - before using greenbelt land or other green spaces.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo-one denies that a city such as Bristol needs appropriate new residential development for its population to be housed,\u201d the\u00a0Bishopsworth<\/a>\u00a0representative said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, I am far from convinced that the current Labour mayoral administration has achieved sufficient progress in regenerating under-used \u2018brownfield\u2019 sites. The council ought to be prioritising \u2018brownfield\u2019 re-use before considering destroying our precious \u2018green belt\u2019 and \u2018green-lung\u2019 open spaces.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUnless the mayor signals a radical change here, unique environmental assets such as Yew Tree Farm - Bristol\u2019s last working farm - and the beautiful Western Slopes could disappear forever under the bulldozer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s office did not respond to a request from the Local Democracy Reporting Service for comment.<\/p>\n

Yew Tree Farm is a small family enterprise in south Bristol that produces a range of organic pork, beef, eggs, fruit and vegetables, and seasonal jams and chutneys.<\/p>\n

It\u00a0added honey<\/a>\u00a0to its produce list last week, winning the backing of the West of England\u00a0metro mayor<\/a>, Labour's Dan Norris, who has put promoting and enhancing the environment for bees in the region as a top priority.<\/p>\n

But farmer Catherine Withers, whose family owns 28 acres outright at Bristol\u2019s last self-sufficient farm and rents a further 15 acres adjoining it, has been warning the farm's future is under threat because the city council has plans to allow homes to be built there.<\/p>\n

The council's emerging Local Plan is set to strip Green Belt status from the 15 acres Catherine rents close to Bridgwater Road, and already developers Redrow have plans for 200 new homes to be built there.<\/p>\n

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