Decision due on homes after road safety worries

A decision is due on a development of 14 homes that have sparked road safety concerns.

The properties are in the middle of a larger development of hundreds of homes on the northern fringes of Bristol, in Stoke Gifford.

But the proposed homes on the corner of Hambrook Lane and the new Stoke Gifford bypass have caused particular concern with the local parish council saying the junction is already "particularly hazardous".

South Gloucestershire Council will make a decision later in the week.

The parish council and several neighbours have called for an alternative access route while one objected citing a lack of green space in the area, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Hundreds of new homes are already being built alongside the new bypass which meets the more rural Hambrook Lane.

One person who is objecting said: "We all enjoy living on Hambrook Lane and the quirks that come with it.

"Along with it being poorly lit, the lane narrows in various places along its course, so will become unsafe with any more proposed increases in traffic levels.

"The harm this increased traffic will bring to the existing residents will be unmeasurable."

Agents representing the developers said "sufficient space" has been provided for vehicles to "safely manoeuvre" onto Hambrook Lane.

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