Wednesday 15 May 2013

Student block for Lower Bristol Road

There are plans for a major development of a new student block on the Lower Bristol Road at the Old Mill site.

This application is a positive one and should help clean up a rather dilapidated area and provide the extra footfall to our local shops to ensure that they survive in our community.


Erection of student accommodation (sui generis) (comprising 279 student bedrooms in studio/cluster flats and 50 bedrooms in 7 No. town houses) comprising 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 storeys in height; together with 4 No. parking spaces (3 disabled and 1 management space); 96 covered cycle spaces; 2 No. covered refuse/recycling stores; covered plant room; vehicular access from the east (Mill Lane); emergency/maintenance vehicular access from Lower Bristol Road; new hard/soft landscaping treatment, following demolition of existing industrial/office buildings (revised resubmission)
Application reference: 13/01876/EFUL received on 01/05/2013