This week’s list of notable planning applications made to the city council
How the flats replacing Document would look(Image: Westworks)
A large music venue could soon be demolished and replaced with hundreds of flats according to 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 refurbishing a shop and turning an old pub into a shop and housing. 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.
Demolishing music venue and building flats
Developers have applied for planning permission to demolish a huge music venue and build flats. Document is located on Pennywell Road in St Jude’s and was set up by the team behind Motion, which recently closed. The club is inside an old document storage warehouse, in a part of the city behind Cabot Circus that is set to be regenerated as part of the Frome Gateway project.
Orangestar Capital is planning to build 416 flats across four blocks with the tallest stretching up to 17 storeys, and the other three a maximum of six storeys. Workspaces, shops and cafes would be created as well as new pedestrian routes through the site. All the homes would be owned and managed by a build-to-rent company, instead of being sold to homeowners.
The site was bought by the developers in 2018, when it was vacant. Document has “done a great job over the past few years” according to planning documents, and could continue to use the building while developers try to secure planning permission and get ready for construction.
The Document arts venue on Pennywell Road in St Judes(Image: Google Maps)
Refurbishing a shop and flats above
A building home to a shop and flats could soon be refurbished. Developers have applied for permission to refurbish the building home to Pizza Bella on West Street in Bedminster. They are planning to add another storey on top of the two-storey building, for a new two-bed apartment. The neighbouring Belvino wine shop would also be refurbished as part of the refurbishment.
Pub becoming a shop and housing
A vacant pub on East Street in Bedminster could soon be converted into a shop and housing. The Assembly has been left empty for four years and was unsuccessfully put on the market. Now its owners are applying for permission to turn the building into shared housing with a small shop at the front. The plans include a giant 16-bed house in multiple occupation.
Betting shop converted into a flat
A betting shop in Redfield could soon be converted into a flat. The Betfred shop is located on the corner of Whitehall Road and Victoria Parade and already has a flat on the first floor. The shop would become a two-bedroom apartment on the ground floor, with the first floor flat unaffected by the changes. Architects said losing the betting shop would benefit the community.