Converting countryside stables into family home ‘will disturb historic burial ground’ View 2 Images

Converting a countryside stables north of Bristol into a family home could disturb a centuries-old Quaker burial ground. The burial ground has been in use since the 17th century and the peace of its rural location is crucial to the practices of the Quakers. But there will soon be neighbours.

Two years ago a family received planning permission to build replacement stables on a property next to the burial ground, on Greenhill Lane south-west of Alveston . Now they have also received permission from South Gloucestershire Council to convert this into a three-bed home.

Councillors on the development management committee voted six to three to permit the conversion. But they heard how th

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