A hotspot for anti-social behaviour at a shopping centre could be removed under new plans recently submitted. Each week Bristol City Council receives dozens of planning applications seeking permission for a whole range of developments.
Over the past seven days, those applications also included replacing a bungalow with apartments and converting a workshop into a flat. Here’s this week’s round-up of notable planning applications submitted to the council.
Every week dozens are validated by the local authority and we have selected some of the more interesting proposals. All planning applications submitted to the council have to be validated and are available for inspection by the public. Anyone is also allowed to submit comments about the applications — whether in support or objection.
The majority of applications are decided by planning officers at the council under delegated powers. However, some will go before elected councillors who sit on planning committees. No dates have been set for when the planning applications below will be determined. They can be viewed by going to the planning portal on Bristol City Council’s website.
Removing ‘magnet for anti-social behaviour’ at shopping centre
A tower feature at the Eastgate Centre could be removed, as part of other changes. Those included replacing the cladding and glazing on Unit H, where the Next clothes shop used to be, and installing new doors to access the building.
The tower and columns above the empty shop fronts, next to Pets At Home, is a “magnet for anti-social behaviour”, according to planning documents. The covered corner creates a “dark undercroft area”, and will be removed.
In planning documents, architects said: “As part of a wider refurbishment programme for Eastgate Retail Park, the applicant is seeking to improve the appearance of Unit H and its immediate environment in order to reduce increasing anti-social behaviour, declining interest in the retail spaces and to encourage new tenants to the Retail Park.”
Bungalow replaced with apartments
A two-bedroom bungalow on Kensington Park Road in Brislington, could be demolished and replaced with four one-bedroom apartments in a new two-storey building. The site only has two parking spaces, which would be allocated to the two ground-floor apartments. A bike shed would accommodate four bicycles.
In planning documents, architects said: “The existing site presents an opportunity to provide additional living accommodation of a good standard. We believe this application should be viewed as an uncontentious opportunity to provide high quality dwellings and the proposal respects the character of the area, local planning policies and the national space standards.”
Workshop converted into flat
A workshop below a house on Dundridge Lane in Troopers Hill, could be converted into a one-bedroom flat. The flat includes a living room, bathroom, bedroom and kitchen.