An update from WHaM about the Bedminster Green proposals is below.
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Bedminster Green continues to keep us on our toes. You will probably have heard that the 2 Appeals against BCC’s planning decisions for the Pring site were dismissed by the Planning Inspectorate. Reassuring that the Inspector supported BCC’s planning team.
The five building plots:
St Catherine’s – planning approved for shops and apartments, building could start anytime.
Little Paradise – planning approved for rental apartments and multi storey car park, building could start any time.
The Pring site – planning refused for student towers.. Nothing happening for now…….
The Green and Hereford St – major development proposals. Please go to www.bedminstergreen.info for details of Plot 5 and to complete the feedback survey, deadline April 30th.
Dalby Av & Whitehouse Lane site – plans submitted for student towers for 800+ students, Revised plans are now on the portal – deadline 14th April. Cut and paste the following link to access the documents: https://pa.bristol.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=QKR5KVDN0DG00
Plans for student towers on the NCP carpark (on Dalby Av) and Whitehouse Lane were submitted in Dec 2020 and many of you made comments on the planning portal. As a result of the feedback received the developer, Sydney Freed (Holdings), has revised their plans. To anyone who is not in the industry its not easy to spot the changes, there is a summary from the developer* (below).
- Note from TRESA: the application continues to be overbearing and will block views across the city. Historic England has continued to object, stating: “The amended scheme presents some positive moves to vary the palette of external materials and addresses the format and proportions ascribed to principal elevations. However, there is still little positive response to the site context and therefore the proposed blocks would still be considered discordant with their setting.” The images show the view from Bedminster train station with and without the proposed development.
Developer’s summary of changes:
- Reduction in the number of student beds from 837 to 819;
- Improvements to the articulation and architectural language of the buildings, including varying the brick and cladding colours, to reduce perceived mass, add variety and interest, and to further reinforce local distinctiveness;
- Reconfiguring the ground floor layout to both buildings by swapping out bedroom space for amenity space where privacy concerns were raised, improving cycle parking provision and providing an additional fully accessible bedroom;
- Alterations to the main entrance to Building B to improve visibility and wayfinding;
- Redesign of Building B to improve daylight into the core and circulation areas;
- Redesign of Building B to reduce height adjacent to Windmill Hill City Farm; and
- Moving back the building line of Building B to accommodate improvements to public realm and movement along Whitehouse Lane, in coordination with the Council’s developing package of wider improvement works.