1. Avon Gardens Trust What Makes Us Different?1
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Avon Gardens Trust What Makes Us Different?
ONE Former County, R.I.P – 1996
TWO Major Urban Areas
FOUR Universities
THIRTY NINE Sites on the HE Register of Parks and Gardens
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY Paying Members

2. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF OUR TRUST2
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF OUR TRUST
GAZETTEER
DIVERSE AREA
FOUR UNITARY AUTHORITIES
SMALL MEMBERSHIP

3. WHAT WORKS FOR AVON PLANNING SUB COMMITTEE SECOND OPINION3
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DO NOT OVERWHELM THESE ADDITIONAL EXPERTS WITH PLANNING JARGON OR DOCUMENTATION.
SIMPLY GIVE THEM ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR THEM TO MAKE AN INFORMED RESPONSE.
WHAT WORKS FOR AVON
PLANNING SUB COMMITTEE
We have 5 members covering the 4 authorities
SECOND OPINION
We have 3 full committee members to consult if there is disagreement on a planning application among the PSC
ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE
We can consult other Trust members if the planning application requires particular expertise

4. Dodington Park

5. Dodington Park

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Sir James Dyson is in trouble with South Gloucestershire Council after adding a luxury swimming pool to Dodington House Orangery; a Grade I listed building within the Grade II* registered Dodington Park.
A Grade I Orangery
Set within the wider Dodington Park Estate which is Registered Grade II*

8. The swimming pool complex

9. The Pool at Dodington

10. Historic England Appraisal

11. Notice of decision

12. Leigh Court

13. Tudor Manor House

14. Proposal Address: The Orchard, 252 Pill Road, Abbots Leigh, BS8 3RA
Application Reference: 16/P/1538/F
Address: The Orchard, 252 Pill Road, Abbots Leigh, BS8 3RA
Proposal: Planning application to demolish an existing bungalow (C3 use).
Construction of new single storey building containing 4no. supported accommodation flats (C2 use), with associated landscaping and car parking.

15. Landscape Strategy Proposal

16. Proposed site on top of the Tudor Pleasure Garden

18. Remains of the pond in what was
a Tudor Pleasure Garden

19. Neighbourhood Consultation
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Freeways Trust are hosting a community consultation for an informal discussion, regarding its proposal on land within its ownership where there is currently a bungalow located across from the Brackenwood Plant & Garden Centre.
Only two people turned up – the owner of Brackenwood Garden Centre and the couple who live in Myrtle Cottage.
Neighbourhood Consultation

20. Avon Gardens Trust Response
Summary: The Avon Gardens Trust objects to this application due to the harmful effect on the nationally significant Grade II Registered Leigh Court Park and Garden (in particular the Tudor pleasure garden), the settings of the Grade II* listed Leigh Court and its curtilage-listed pleasure garden buildings, and the potential irrevocable damage to HER site of Archaeological and Historic interest: HER 43606, which is situated around and within the application site.

21. Reasons Avon GT gave for refusal
2009 application refused
Potential for repairs to the historic landscape appreciated
Change of residential use to a secure care unit at odds with the historic setting
Abandoning opportunity of ever conserving the remains of a Tudor Pleasure Ground
Infrastructure unable to support increased transport and emergency vehicles on narrow, unlit track

22. Decision dated 14 November

23. Claverton Manor

24. Pre-App Consultation
The American Museum at Claverton Manor, Bath, approached Avon Gardens Trust and invited us to a presentation and a site visit to this Georgian mansion and designed landscape.
They need to increase visitor numbers and are considering developing a new American garden.
Avon Gardens Trust have been asked to submit ideas for this new garden.