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Revised plans for 460 student flats
Developers have submitted revised plans for 460 student flats in St Philip’s.
Avon Capital Estate wants to build student accommodation of varying heights comprising 17, 14, 11 and eight storeys on Albert Road, a predominantly industrial area, with commercial ground floor space.
The development will form part of the Temple Quarter regeneration plans, and was designed in conjunction with the University of Bristol.
In the new plans submitted to the city council, developers have moved the building’s footprint four metres away from the River Avon, after concerns were raised over the impact of flooding on the area.
Under the revised plans, the building has been moved back from the River Avon by four metres – image: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Back in March last year, Bristol Civic Society raised concerns about how the building would fit into the council’s Local Plan’s desire to achieve “an enhanced, multi-purpose greenway on the river frontage.”
Developers said the new design offers a “flood defence solution, setting a precedent for the area, delivering flood defences in line with the Bristol Avon Flood Strategy”.
They added that the new design would “allow the incorporation of the greenway, whilst creating a stronger and more active building frontage to Albert Road”.
Other changes include updates to the design to improvise the frontscape along Albert Road to ensure consistency with other developments in the area, and plans to expand the width of Albert Road footway for pedestrians.
The height of the building remains the same as in the initial plans, something Bristol Civic Society objected to initially, raising concern about the “harmful impact the proposal would have on views towards the Totterdown escarpment”.
An animal rescue charity, Bristol Animal Rescue Centre, which has been located at the current neighbouring site for over 100 years, has objected to the development on the grounds that there is insufficient evidence to “to ensure that the proposal will not have an unacceptable impact upon our existing operations”.
Main image: NPA Visuals
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