Latest in ongoing row lasting years over fence on playing fields View 2 Images

A high school can put a controversial fence back up on playing fields without applying for planning permission. Councillors have given an exasperated plea for both sides of the fence row to try to get along, and called for Bristol City Council to appoint impartial mediators.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of council tax payer money have been spent on external legal fees in the years-long row over whether there should be a fence around Stoke Lodge playing fields. The fields were used by Cotham School but also the local community who live nearby.

Earlier this year a High Court judge ruled that the school should be allowed to put a fence back up . Then campaigners urged the council to issue an “Article Fo

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