UNBELIEVABLE: Downs committee - The Untold Story

New café plans for the Downs would likely be blocked by 160-year-old Victorian law

The controversial café has been planned for years and was granted planning permission last summer

Bristol Post · Mar 1, 2023

Bristol backs the way the Downs are run

The first big survey of its kind endorses the plan for the future

Bristol Post · May 17, 2022

Cafe planned for The Downs toilets rejected in shock U-turn

Planning committee members feared it was a "slippery slope" to development

Bristol Post · Apr 7, 2022

Merchant Venturers hit back at critics who want them to give up Clifton Down

The MVs say they bought Clifton Down to protect it from housebuilding and get no benefit from their continued involvement

Bristol Post · Jan 25, 2022

Merchant Venturers asked to give Clifton Down to city of Bristol

Campaigners say it's time for the ancient trading organisation to give up the land and their role in managing it

Bristol Post · Jan 21, 2022