High Court dismisses claim to block Bristol Zoo housing development
A campaign to block plans to build 196 homes on the former Bristol Zoo site have suffered a major setback after a judicial review was rejected.
The High Court dismissed the challenge brought by Save Bristol Gardens Alliance, which had argued that Bristol City Council unlawfully used outdated metrics to calculate biodiversity and carbon emissions, and failed to properly assess the loss of open space.
The ruling clears a major obstacle to the sale of the 12-acre Clifton site, which Bristol Zoological Society closed in 2022 after 1... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
