{"id":415396,"date":"2025-09-11T09:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415396\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:04:13","slug":"322-bed-bristol-student-accommodation-scheme-gets-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415396\/","title":{"rendered":"322-bed Bristol student accommodation scheme gets green light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Watkin Jones, a developer and manager of residential for rent, has received approval from Bristol City Council for a 322-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme will include commercial space at ground floor level, heat source air pumps, an electric heating system and PV panels to allow the scheme to connect to the forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristol.gov.uk\/council\/policies-plans-and-strategies\/energy-and-environment\/bristol-heat-network-local-development-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local District Heat Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The development, known as The Ionic, will be Watkin Jones\u2019 third in the regeneration area of Temple Quarter and is a short walk away from Temple Meads railway station.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The firm is also developing a <a href=\"https:\/\/ukpropertyforums.com\/joint-venture-to-deliver-60m-bristol-student-accommodation-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nearby 204-bed PBSA scheme for Moorfield Group and Tiger Developments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The site is located within the Silverthorne Lane Conservation Area and aims to \u2018enhance the area\u2019s heritage\u2019, according to the developer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben Wrighton, Head of Planning &amp; Development at Watkin Jones, said: \u201cSecuring planning consent for this scheme tackles Bristol\u2019s student housing shortage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 Foundations strategy and Bristol\u2019s vision for economic vitality, community wellbeing, and placemaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme is expected to be completed in time for the 2028\/29 academic year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Watkin Jones<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a9 Western Whistle (powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/ukpropertyforums.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ukpropertyforums.com<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign up to receive our weekly free journal, The Forum\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ukpropertyforums.com\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watkin Jones, a developer and manager of residential for rent, has received approval from Bristol City Council for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-415396","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-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115184865366443591","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415396","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=415396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}