Overview
- Residents say a 500,000 sq ft, 20m-high warehouse was advanced without standard consultation under an extant 1957 Severnside planning consent.
- Locals describe loss of sunlight and privacy, continuous night floodlighting, construction disturbance, and report estate agents warned of up to 10% home value drops.
- South Gloucestershire Council states the 1957 consent leaves it with limited control over industrial, storage and distribution development in the area.
- Claire Young MP has raised the case in the House of Commons and is urging legislation to apply modern conditions to legacy permissions.
- A government spokesperson says planning rules are being updated and that councils must review old permissions, while construction continues with completion expected in April.