TURBO ISLAND CONSULTATION

Turbo Island Consultation by Bristol City Council Urban Design Team Tomorrow, Wednesday from 11 am on Turbo Island.
Apologies for incredibly short notice, but there will be a public consultation on Turbo Island from 11 am til 3pm, where you can discuss with the Urban Design team what you would like to see happen with this iconic site in the heart of Stokes Croft...


A HISTORY OF TURBO ISLAND

The grass area of Turbo Island (originally 71 Stokes Croft) was a bomb site. BCC refused to allow it to be redeveloped because of sightlines on the junction and a potential road widening scheme on Stokes Croft. There has been an advertising hoarding on it since 1944.
The former Avon County Council sold the freehold of the land on 06-DEC-1995 to MAIDEN POSTER PROPERTIES at a completion price of £32,500 (CSS Property reference 87317/DISP). BCC regularly sell off surplus highway land and the plans for road widening had been scrapped.
Their hoarding is legal as BCC failed to take enforcement action against them when it was refused planning permission in 1997. BCC do not receive any revenue from this hoarding.