A developer has published plans for up to 250 new student flats on Church Road in Redfield. The project includes buildings of up to six storeys, as well as open spaces, communal areas, car and bicycle parking.
The unnamed firm has sought outline planning permission from Bristol City Council for the former Co-operative Funeralcare site, on the corner of Church Road and Brook Street. The appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the site have yet to be finalised, the project’s dedicated website explains.
But 3D illustrations of the development show an L-shaped, low-rise construction facing Church Road and Brook Street, while the parking facilities and communal areas behind back on to gardens of Heber Street houses.
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The developer describes the site as “in a highly accessible location, close to frequent public transport routes/hubs, walking and cycling routes and facilities/services within the local centre”, as well as offering “good connections to the city centre”.
Its vision is to provide “a well landscaped proposal” which causes “no adverse loss of light or overshadowing of neighbouring occupants”. The scheme has been designed to ensure that “privacy distances are retained”, it adds, and that there will be an on-site management team to “minimise disruption to residents” while managing traffic at the start and end of term.
The proposals represent “an opportunity to redevelop a brownfield site, directly adjacent to a local shopping area”, the website explains, making “great use of previously developed land in a sustainable location”.
Three lime trees on the pavement at the Church Road side of the would-be redevelopment “need to be protected and retained”, it adds, while green technologies will be deployed to “minimise environmental impacts” of the scheme, which will “significantly improve the appearance of the site”.
A public consultation on the plans, to be submitted on behalf of the unidentified developer by Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd, is now underway. Bristolians can read more about the proposed scheme and share their thoughts up until Tuesday 11 October.
A spokesman for Stokes Morgan declined to reveal the identity of their client, but told Bristol Live: “The plans are still in the early stages, just illustrative and design at the moment. Floor plans and elevations are still to come.”
He confirmed that no applications have yet been submitted to Bristol City Council: “We’re putting the concept forward and any feedback will be taken into consideration at the design stage,” he added.
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