Charfield station

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[Red Squirrel]

Some progress towards a new train station at Charfield, near Wotton-under-Edge. Jacobs, on behalf of Network Rail, have submitted the following application to South Gloucestershire Council:

P21/023/SCR | Screening opinion for the creation of a railway station including platforms and footbridges; car parking; bus interchange; highway improvements, and associated works. | Land Off Station Road Charfield South Gloucestershire GL12 8SY

According to the application:

Charfield Rail Station will provide much-needed access to the rail network for a catchment of up
to 14,500 residents within a 5km radius, reducing pressure on the road network in an area which
has high levels of car dependency due to limited of alternative transport modes and long
journey distances to key employment clusters in the North Fringe and Bristol City Centre.
The new station will lie at the heart of the village, presenting a unique opportunity to promote
access to the station by walking and cycling, with both existing and proposed new developments
in Charfield all located within a 10-minute walk of the Station.

Details are available at https://developments.southglos.gov.uk/online-applications/

Search for P21/023/SCR

[DaveHarries]

Good. A step in the right direction.

Dave

[infoman]

Only just spotted this

https://consultations.southglos.gov.uk/CharfieldStation/consultationHome

Shame as it would have been nice to have visited (now gone) the public consultation/s

[stuving]

Only just spotted this

https://consultations.southglos.gov.uk/CharfieldStation/consultationHome

Shame as it would have been nice to have visited (now gone) the public consultation/s

Don't CGIsts have some funny ideas about realism? Like the leaves on the trees are all fluttering in the breeze, but the people are all frozen rigid. And not one of them was looking at a phone, let alone fingering the screen.

[Ralph Ayres]

...and it's always a lovely sunny day!  It's much more important for prospective users to see what it will be like on a wet and windy day, or a cold and drizzly night.

[Red Squirrel]

The following planning application has been submitted to South Glos Council:

Installation of 2 no. platform railway station with station forecourt ((including cycle parking, bus shelter and car parking), erection of pedestrian footbridge and accessible lifts, passenger waiting shelters, creation of car park off Station road, with associated infrastructure and works to Sta... | Land Off Station Road Charfield South Gloucestershire

Go to www.southglos.gov.uk/planning-applications and search application number P22/05778/R3F for full details.

(Some people seem able to link directly to these things; I've never managed to work out how it's done!)

[paul7575]

The following planning application has been submitted to South Glos Council:

Installation of 2 no. platform railway station with station forecourt ((including cycle parking, bus shelter and car parking), erection of pedestrian footbridge and accessible lifts, passenger waiting shelters, creation of car park off Station road, with associated infrastructure and works to Sta... | Land Off Station Road Charfield South Gloucestershire

Go to www.southglos.gov.uk/planning-applications and search application number P22/05778/R3F for full details.

(Some people seem able to link directly to these things; I've never managed to work out how it's done!)

I think a significant majority of local authority planning sites don’t allow linking directly to application pages and documents, or they leave you with cookies to allow you yourself to get back directly, but that doesn’t help anyone else. It’s probably done so you can’t bypass the terms and conditions page, where you often need to tick a box. I usually just post the planning application reference number and leave it at that.

[Noggin]

This may be of interest, I think Gareth Dennis and a few others would have something to say about the sleeper spacing in the video ;-)

https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/charfield-train-station

Does anyone know when the half-hourly stopping service on the line might come to pass?

[grahame]

From Bristol Live

Planners could give the go-ahead for a new train station in a village in South Gloucestershire next week. Charfield lies on the railway running from Bristol to Gloucester but has been left without a station for almost 60 years, although that could soon change.

The £22-million station would be built off Station Road in the centre of the village, with two platforms, a pedestrian footbridge, a bus stop, covered cycle parking, and car parking. The village’s old train station shut in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts, when many stations across the country closed.

[chuffed]

A date was mentioned as being operational by the end of 2024! .How does Charfield reopening circumvent the much derided GRIP^▸ (Guide to Railway Investment Projects - Network Rail's process for project management of schemes through development and implementation) process??
If only Port Zed was up and running by the end of next year?!

[Red Squirrel]

I’m told that South Glos have just granted Planning Permission for Charfield Station.

Keep ‘em coming!

[Red Squirrel]

I’m told that South Glos have just granted Planning Permission for Charfield Station.

...or not quite: From Gazette Series:

Update on Charfield train station

3rd March By Alex Seabrook

A new train station in a South Gloucestershire village is about to be given the green light by planners.

But a neighbour living next door to where the station will be built has complained that public announcements from the Tannoy will wake her up every morning.

Construction work could soon begin on the £22-million train station in Charfield, as South Gloucestershire Council is expected to grant planning permission imminently.

The station will run regular passenger trains to Bristol and Gloucester from about 6.30am until 11.30pm.

Transport planners hope the new station, which has been discussed for three decades, will improve access to jobs, education, shops and leisure. Councillors on the strategic sites delivery committee voted to approve planning permission on Thursday, March 2.

But due to a council error with a public consultation, the final decision on granting planning permission will be taken in the next few days.

...continues

[Red Squirrel]

Ah, right, this is more like it:

LOCATION: Land Off Station Road Charfield South Gloucestershire
DESCRIPTION: Installation of 2 no. platform railway station with station forecourt ((including cycle parking, bus shelter and car parking), erection of pedestrian footbridge and accessible lifts, passenger waiting shelters, creation of car park off Station road, with associated infrastructure and works to Station Road, Wotton Road and Little Bristol Lane.
REFERENCE NO: P22/05778/R3F
With reference to your correspondence this is to inform you that this application has now been considered and the Councils decision is: Approve with Conditions.