A meeting to discuss proposals to increase housing in South Gloucestershire by 33,000 will be held next Tuesday.

The Southern Brooks Area Forum, which covers Bradley Stoke and neighbouring district wards, will be held at the Greenfield Centre in Winterbourne on 2 September.

The meeting is billed as “giving local people the opportunity to quiz council members and officers about issues and concerns that affect their area”.

South Gloucestershire Council has already reacted angrily after the new housing allocation in the area went up from 21,500 to 32,800 following a review.

Baroness Andrews’ proposed modifications to the South West Regional Spatial Strategy would place an “intolerable strain” on the county’s infrastructure according to the council.

The meeting gets under way at 7pm with doors open from 6.15pm.

Worrying news has appeared in the press suggesting a slow down in the Bradley Stoke housing market.

The Scotsman has run an article suggesting Scotland’s slowdown is not as bad as it is in England – and researched areas that have been affected before.

Bradley Stoke faced a huge number of problems during the housing crash in the 1990s.

But, as recently as the past few weeks estate agents have been denying any problems; even saying on-air on BBC Radio Bradley Stoke that the market was “buoyant”.

Now, Alan Emery from Ocean Estate Agents in the town said family houses which this time last year were selling are now either going cut price or not at all.

The Scotsman suggested houses in the town which were selling for £290,000 are now on the market at £250,000 and not selling.

“This time last year we had 80 properties to sell and now we have 240. Yet the buyers have disappeared. There are too many houses and not enough buyers,” said Mr Emery.

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