{"id":412545,"date":"2025-09-10T07:18:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/412545\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T07:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:18:20","slug":"watkin-jones-cleared-for-more-bristol-student-beds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/412545\/","title":{"rendered":"Watkin Jones cleared for more Bristol student beds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"mfp-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/assets\/news_articles\/2025\/09\/1757485095_wj-ats-bristol-c03----sep-25-ben-wrigton.jpg\" title=\"The Ionic will be Watkin Jones\u2019s third PBSA scheme in Bristol\u2019s Temple Quarter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/750x500_top_1757485095_wj-ats-bristol-c03----sep-25-ben-wrigton.jpg\" alt=\"The Ionic will be Watkin Jones\u2019s third PBSA scheme in Bristol\u2019s Temple Quarter\" class=\"captioned-image__image responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Ionic will be Watkin Jones\u2019s third PBSA scheme in Bristol\u2019s Temple Quarter<\/p>\n<p>Bristol City Council has approved Watkin Jones\u2019s plans for the development of 322 purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) bedrooms alongside ground floor commercial space.<\/p>\n<p>The development, to be known as The Ionic, will be Watkin Jones\u2019s third PBSA scheme in Bristol\u2019s Temple Quarter. <\/p>\n<p>Located within the Silverthorne Lane Conservation Area, the building will incorporate heat source air <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/search\/pumps?utm_source=tci_news&amp;utm_medium=auto_keyword_link\" title=\"Search for suppliers of Pumps\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-linked-keyword\" rel=\"noopener\">pumps<\/a> an electric heating system and photovoltaic panels (PV), enabling the scheme to be connected to a planned local district heat network.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Wrighton, head of planning &amp; development at Watkin Jones, said: \u201cSecuring planning consent for this scheme tackles Bristol\u2019s student housing shortage. By delivering high-quality homes in a key growth area, we are helping to ease housing pressure and support a more sustainable, inclusive city, reinforcing Watkin Jones\u2019 Future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/view-companies\/Civil-Engineering-Foundations-Contractors\/943\/1\/foundations?utm_source=tci_news&amp;utm_medium=auto_keyword_link\" title=\"Search for suppliers of Foundations\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-linked-keyword\" rel=\"noopener\">Foundations<\/a> strategy and Bristol\u2019s vision for economic vitality, community wellbeing, and placemaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is expected to be completed in time for the 2028\/29 academic year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"margin-top--md margin-bottom--md\"><b>Got a story?<\/b> Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/mailto:news@theconstructionindex.co.uk?subject=News%20Story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news@theconstructionindex.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ionic will be Watkin Jones\u2019s third PBSA scheme in Bristol\u2019s Temple Quarter Bristol City Council has approved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,33973,41585,5168,41582,41583,41584,41581,41580,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-412545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-building","11":"tag-civil-engineering","12":"tag-construction","13":"tag-construction-companies","14":"tag-construction-contractors","15":"tag-construction-contracts","16":"tag-construction-jobs","17":"tag-construction-news","18":"tag-england","19":"tag-great-britain","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115178786322960282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}