Hanham Green Belt

Meadows known as The Batch in Hanham, Bristol On 17 August 2026, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published a completely rewritten National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). It replaces the version published on 12 December 2024 — the one under which the recent appeal decision granting 140 homes on grey belt land at The Batch in Hanham, was assessed (although confusingly, the new Local Plan is being assed under the 2023 version of the NPPF). This is the first...

The aftermath of the fire at Hencliff Wood in Hanham, Bristol Following South Gloucestershire Council planning application P23/01330/O, developers secured outline planning permission on appeal to build 140 houses on the prized land south of Hencliffe Way and west of Castle Farm Road. While the loss of open green space is itself a bitter pill for our community, the core issue now extends far beyond land use: it is a matter of urgent public safety. A Warning Written in Smoke: The Hencliff Wood...

The Batch in Hanham, South Gloucestershire With Parliament’s summer recess fast approaching, Westminster is expected to publish its final, comprehensively rewritten National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) as early as next week. Following a winter consultation period that concluded in March, this update represents the most radical structural and policy shake-up to English planning in over a decade. For communities like Hanham—where the precious buffer of the Green Belt prevents urban sprawl...