Bristol news in brief

By [srkaina]

More than 13,000 people have responded to a consultation on plans for a residents' parking scheme.

The results were to be discussed at a meeting of Bristol City Council at 2pm today.

The scheme would see vehicle owners paying £40 for a parking permit, £80 for two or £500 for a third.

The consultation ran from June until August, when the council sent out 50,000 questionnaires to residents and businesses to gauge interest in the proposals.

A number of campaign groups were set up opposing the scheme, and dozens of people in Southville put up "say no to residents parking scheme" signs in their windows.

Despite some criticism of the plans, the council will today recommend pushing ahead with pilot schemes.

Campaigners fighting proposals to build thousands of homes on green belt land on the outskirts of Bristol are urging people to submit their views on the plans before tomorrow's deadline.

Among the areas earmarked for homes is a plot of 200 hectares of green belt stretching from the A38 at Dundry near the Barrow Tanks, right down to the A370 Long Ashton bypass to Ashton Vale, where 9,500 homes are proposed.

Representatives from campaign groups are due to hand in their objections to the Regional Spatial Strategy to bosses at the Government Office of the South West at Temple Quay at 4pm on Friday.

Campaigner Debbie Nicholls, who represents Dundry Residents Action Group (Drag) said she would be handing over nearly 500 letters of objection from people in the village.