Marlborough House
It makes commercial sense to convert Marlborough House to residential accommodation.
It makes commercial sense to convert Marlborough House to residential accommodation.
The conversion to residential use would prevent this prominent unlisted building of merit falling into disuse and decay.
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This Grade II listed building has stood empty for some years. The University has applied for listed building consent to enable it to bring the building back into use.
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Change Real Estate, a local development partnership propose to develop the land between Redcliff Street and St Thomas Street to construct 117 flats over commercial floor space.
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Urban Creation proposes to convert these long empty offices into 80-85 student bedrooms with laundry facilities, common room, bicycle hub and bin store.
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The Society fully supports the University’s proposal to create its principal reception area behind the Queen’s Road shop front.
The Council has obtained funding from the Government’s cycling ambition programme to build new cycleways. The Society supports the construction of two new bridges at Camden Road and close to the Banana Bridge.
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Bristol Civic Society welcomes the draft Bristol Council cycling strategy document, but thinks that significantly more work is needed to make it a robust strategy.
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In 2004, the developer (Umberslade) obtained outline planning permission for 592 dwellings of which 20% would be affordable housing. The Society supported the principle of development but unsuccessfully objected to the quantity of construction.
Former staff and students at the St Matthias Humanities campus of UWE speak warmly of their time there. But the campus is to close in September and the site is to be redeveloped.
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Redevelopment of the New Bridewell Police Station and for Juvenile Courts to provide student accommodation.
This is the current position (May 2014) of the AVTM, which has been a heavily contentious issue.