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Decision due soon on plans to build hundreds of flats on old industrial site
A decision is due soon on permitting plans to build hundreds of flats on an old industrial site.
Developers are hoping that Bristol City Council will grant them permission for the Iron Works development on Silverthorne Lane with 63 more apartments than previously planned.
In 2022 planning permission was granted for 371 homes, offices, restaurants and cafes on plots two and three of the wider Silverthorne Lane development that also includes a secondary school and student flats.
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Now Studio Hive is applying for permission to change the plans for plots two and three, increasing the number of homes from 371 to 434 instead.
None of the homes would be affordable.
The flats would be split across five blocks, stretching up to 14 storeys tall.
There would be only 16 parking spaces, although the site is close to the city centre and Temple Meads, so future residents would likely not need to rely on a car.
A new canal walkway will be created along the north side of the Feeder.
The development will form part of the regeneration of land off Silverthorne Lane, in Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone (TQEZ) – image: Studio Hive
The plans will be discussed by councillors on the development control B committee on Wednesday, August 27, who will vote on whether to permit the changes to the development.
The wider Silverthorne Lane development was subject to a row lasting years due to fears of flooding, with the government ultimately intervening to allow the planned buildings to go ahead.
According to the developers, the changes are needed due to the different economic climate as well as new building safety rules.
They set out the updated plans on a website created specifically for the two plots of the Silverthorne Lane regeneration.
This said: “There has been a need to review the plans for the residential-led development of plots two and three in response to the changing regulatory and policy context.
“This in turn has provided an opportunity to identify enhancements to the proposed residential development and public realm at the heart of the wider Silverthorne Lane regeneration to deliver the Iron Works, a vibrant new canal-side community in Bristol’s Temple Quarter.”
The plans also include 1,500 square metres of shops, restaurants and offices. A new ferry stop will be created, as well as “high-quality public accessible open space”, on a former industrial site that was closed off to the city. Around 100 new trees will be planted on the site.
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