5000 plus houses - comments by the bagful

Local people have been sending in hundreds of paper and electronic responses to the South Gloucestershire Core Strategy consultation - and they're not at all happy at the options the Conservative-led council is putting forward.

The photo shows Lib Dem Cllr Pat Hockey with the latest bagful of responses.

In another move, local residents in the St John's Way area of Chipping Sodbury have set up their own website bs37action.com to protest about plans to build 1500 houses on the open countryside opposite their homes, alongside the River Frome.

Among their concerns are the increased risk of flooding, increased traffic congestion in Chipping Sodbury and Yate, and potential damage to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Well worth a click!