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« on: November 16, 2018, 22:55:16 »
FOSBR▸ (Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways) have put an enquiry on their Facepack page asking if anyone knows what is happening at Chittening. Apparently a new access track has appeared with signs saying "Balfour Beatty Rail".
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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2018, 09:58:34 »
Balfour Beatty put in a planning application for a Bioenergy facility at Chittening (14/03210/F) but this was refused on air quality grounds. Maybe this is related?

Edit: I'm having trouble following this, but it looks like they may have got permission on appeal. No indication of a rail connection that I can see though.
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2018, 13:10:33 »
Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 17, 2018, 09:58:34
Balfour Beatty put in a planning application for a Bioenergy facility at Chittening (14/03210/F) but this was refused on air quality grounds. Maybe this is related?

Edit: I'm having trouble following this, but it looks like they may have got permission on appeal. No indication of a rail connection that I can see though.

Supplied by a siding perhaps? The FOSBR▸ (Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways) Bookface pages had no clear answers to the question they posed last time I looked.
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« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2018, 15:21:42 »
Quote from: johnneyw on November 17, 2018, 13:10:33
Supplied by a siding perhaps?

If we're looking at the same site - which seems likely - then no. Application goes into some detail about the road access onto the A403; if there was to be rail access they'd mention it, but they don't.
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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2018, 10:11:50 »
Looks like it might not amount to much then. I think the 'Balfour Beatty Rail" bit got curtains twitching!
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