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Carriageworks decision deferred
People power seems to have won the day for the Carriageworks and Westmoreland House – at least temporarily – as city councillors voted to defer their decision over the future of the site thanks in part due to the overwhelming number of objections to the scheme from local residents and businesses.
Many of those against the plans marched from Stokes Croft to Millennium Square on Wednesday afternoon to attend the planning meeting in At-Bristol.
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But in all likelihood the plans by London developer Fifth Capital will probably still go ahead, with the chairman of Bristol City Council’s development control committee saying that he does not feel there are not enough justifiable grounds to refuse the scheme.
Fifth Capital’s proposals for the site includes the restoration of the Grade II* listed Carriageworks building, commercial space within its arches, the demolition of Westmoreland House, and new residential buildings with 116 family homes and flats created.
Committee chairman Alex Woodman proposed the following issues that need to be addressed by planning officers in greater detail before their next meeting in July:
- Cycle parking provision is currently inadequate
- Look at the new buildings’ relationship to 108 Stokes Croft, especially light
- The overbearing nature of the proposed elevation onto Ashley Road
- Disabled access
- Lack of Section 106 agreement to improve junction of Ashley Road and Stokes Croft
- Greater certainty over what the units will be used for
- Use of renewable energy
- The development should not be gated
- Positive intention to redevelop the site within a suitable timescale
- Look at mix of affordable housing
- Air quality
Read one senior planner’s objections to Fifth Capital’s plans.