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Elizabeth Shaw Chocolate Factory - Bristol |
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The buildings of the old chocolate factory had been planned to be
demolished by Persimmon Homes, but through the hard work and
perseverance of the local community and the chocbox group , it looks like these building have
been saved. Various people gave evidence at the public inquiry
including George Ferguson (Acanthus Ferguson Mann Artchitects) in relation to
the architecture, Jackson Moulding (Ecomotive) on sustainability, Peter
Lipman (Sustrans) on transport, Jari Moate (BEST) on employment, and
Barry Pearce (Planning Aid) on consultation.
The Bristol based property regeneration company, Squarepeg has now bought
the Elizabeth Shaw Chocolate Factory site at Greenbank, Easton, and has publicly declared its intention to undertake a
comprehensive consultation with the local community, before submitting
a planning application to Bristol City Council.
There could be opportunities for self finish homes on the site, but
at this early stage in the consultation process there are lots of
variables which need resolving. If you would like to feed into the consultation process have a look at the site set up by Squarepeg.
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Homes for Good Exhibition 2008 |
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Friday and Saturday March 28th and 29th 10 - 4pm 
Homes for Good is already well known for showing
ways to create sustainable buildings: from constructing buildings using
local, natural materials, energy efficiency measures and renewable
energy technology, to promoting lifestyles that help reduce
consumption, save energy and make sustainable living easy.
This year’s exhibition is taking place in the Showering Pavilion at the
Bath and West’s royal county showground.
Homes for Good Website
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The mission: to build an eco-home. The budget: laughable. The secret
weapon: straw. The Independent finds out how one man got back to nature –
and how you can build a den the same way. Go to Independent site to see the article. Click below to take you there.
Check it out 
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Planning permission granted for office block |
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The office block in St Werburghs, the final piece to the Ashley Vale site in Bristol, has received planning permission for six flats and the ground floor to house workspace and a community facility. Progress is underway to get the renovation rolling.
Ashley Vale Action Group (AVAG) in conjunction with the 'occupants to be' are setting up a common-hold company which will own the building. The six sets of occupants will then own their own flat as a leasehold to the commonhold. This way the commonhold can take ownership of the renovation, ensuring the development meets the standards it sets and keeps the overal costs down.
The current plan is to provide communal heating using a wood pellet boiler system, supported by solar hot water panels and some PV. Funding is being looked into, and hopefully the Low Carbon Building Programme is able to support community projects!
The whole of the building will also of course be externally insulated, and triple glazing is currently being budgeted in.
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BBC 1 News shows the Ashley Vale Site. |
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 BBC1 News showed some images of the Ashley Vale Action Group site in Bristol on the national news in relation to the European Commission's announcement of 'historic' plans to make europe the first economy of the low-carbon age.
See the footage
The plan of action against climate change aims is for a 20% cut in the EU's greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, which could rise to 30% with a global deal.
Also, each country has been given a target for renewable energy. The UK has a target of 15%, whereas Swedan which has a thriving renewables industry has been given a tougher figure of 49%.
See rest of the BBC Story
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