Alan Morris

The site is largely cleared of buildings except for the Coop’s derelict former furniture factory, a Moderne-style that faces Bath Road. The Society supports the construction of higher-density housing in this area.

The Hadley Property Group proposes to construct 159 apartments in a 16-storey residential tower (14 above street level) with lower blocks facing the Bath Road. Commercial space will be along the riverside area.

The Society strongly supports the Bristol Music Trust’s application to carry out phase 2 of the transformation of the Colston Hall to ensure that the Hall meets standards of audience experience, acoustic performance and accessibility.

The Society supports the Cathedral School’s scheme to improve its teaching facilities and increase its pupil numbers. The School wishes to alter and extend two buildings that face Anchor Road.

Councillors approved this scheme to build a much bigger new apartment block that will overbear the restored West Purifier House; this is a planning mistake.

The Council has advised the University that it would not support the demolition of 29 Park Row. The University has now applied for permission to demolish the cheap industrial buildings behind 29 Park Row.

Stoke Park is a Grade II registered historic park, and a Conservation Management Plan has been written that aims to find a balance between protecting its important historic and ecological features.

Bristol Zoo has applied for planning permission to continue using land on the Downs off Ladies Mile as an overflow car park. The use of the Downs as an overflow car park cannot be allowed to become a permanent solution.

The Society supports building 198-room Jury’s Inn which will serve the emerging business and leisure uses in Old Market and the Temple Meads Enterprise Zone.

The Society welcomes the reuse of the redundant building, and supports the proposal to provide 93 purpose-built student bedrooms, although it would have preferred conversion to flats.

Bristol Council is implementing a new cycle route along Prince Street, which has been the subject of consultation. Where the cycle route meets the Centre at Broad Quay, there are changes to the public realm, which is the subject of a planning application.