Clifton and Hotwells
Improvement Society (CHIS)

CHIS Planning Applications considered archive

Gill Blakeman, Planning Coordinator

This page gives more details of applications considered at least one year ago.

You may also want to look at our other planning pages.

• Current or recent considered applications (updated 25 March 2014)
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Applications

Details of the following will be found below

• land off Princes Lane (to the rear of 412 Hotwell Road) "The secret garden"
• 52 The Mall Bristol BS8 4JG
• Chesterfield Hospital 3 Clifton Hill Bristol BS8 1BP
• 3 Berkeley Crescent BS8 1HA
• Students Union, Queens Road
• Mortimer House Nursing Home Clifton Down Road Bristol BS8 4AE
• 101 Queens Rd BS8 1LW
• The Boston Tea Party 39 Regent Street Bristol BS8 4HR
• 27 The Mall Bristol BS8 4JG
• Avon Gorge Hotel
• Globe Sports, Jacobs Wells Road
• Sutton House, Clifton Down Bristol BS8 3HT (bottom of Canygne Rd)
• Christian Science Church, Kensington Place BS8 3AH
• 71 Princess Victoria Street Bristol BS8 4DD
• Portcullis
• Greyhound Public House 32 Princess Victoria Street Bristol BS8 4BZ
• 36-40 Princess Victoria Street Bristol BS8 4BZ
• Sion Hill Car Park
• 1-3 Alma Vale Road Bristol BS8 2HL (Edwards Garage)
• 50 Princess Victoria Street
• Clifton Observatory, Clifton Down
• Former Rifle Range and Squash Court, Canynge Road
• Clifton Library Princess Victoria Street Bristol BS8 4BX
• Trafalgar House, The Promenade
• Polack’s House, 1-3 Percival Road
• 17 Vyvyan Terrace garage
• ORANGE PCS LIMITED - APPLICATION TO ERECT MOBILE PHONE MAST ON CHRISTCHURCH GREEN, OPPOSITE THE CHURCH
• Robert Smith Unit, 11 Mortimer Road:Proposed unit to treat class A drug users
• Bridge House, Sion Place and 12 Gloucester Row, Clifton
• McArthur Warehouse, Gas Ferry Road 8211

land off Princes Lane (to the rear of 412 Hotwell Road) "The secret garden"

• 2 February 2013: Costs not reduced, but additional costs requested by the Council turned down. Pledges called in to pay £2186 to the Council and £1440 to the developer
• 17 Dec 2012: Application for reduction of costs
• 6 Dec 2012: Application for hearing turned down
• 12 Oct 2012: Council and developer have confirmed they will contest. Offers of pledges are still welcome to show support
• 21 September 2012: Submitted an application for Judicial Review. Should know if it has been accepted in 2 weeks time. Hearing may be in 6 weeks time
• 5 September 2012: A new campaign group has been formed called Bristol Save Avon Gorge Environment (BSAGE).
  On 27 June, the Development Committee of Bristol City Council granted permission to build a five bedroomed house on the side of the Avon Gorge, following a recommendation by the Planning Department. This is land designated as Important Open Space and is also unstable. Many irregularities have subsequently been identified .

  The group will ask for a Judicial Review at High Court to get the permission quashed (which has to be done before the 20th of September) and to be able to apply for a Protective Cost Order, and will raise funds by asking for pledges in case it loses.

  CHIS supports the formation of this group but is not directly involved with it.

  For more detail, contact Maggie Shapland, 97 Princess Victoria Street, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4DD (Email address: Maggie.Shapland@gmail.com)

• June 2012: Discussed by Development Committee- Wednesday 27 June 2012. Granted CHIS statement present at the committee meeting.
  
  This means that even land designated as Important Open Space can be developed, and Council planning policies mean nothing.
• March 2012: An independent expert is looking at the ground investigation report
• Feb 2012: The ground investigation report is now available to view on line (in addition to a sustainability statement). CHIS statement.
• May 11: 11/01883/F, 11/01884/LA: Proposed residential dwelling, with associated access onto Princes' Lane, car parking, amenity space and refuse storage. Works to existing boundary walls. CHIS statement.
  June 11: CAP restated its position that any development in the Gorge would cause irreparable harm to the character of this internationally recognised landscape and to the setting of the many heritage assets in the conservation area. The Panel restated the objection that it made to the pre-application consultation in December 2009:

  “The Panel noted that the site was listed because it was formerly part of the curtilage of 412 Hotwell Road. The retaining walls to the terraces were in poor repair due to lack of maintenance. Nothing had been built between Tuffleigh and Windsor Terrace for at least 100 years. This was an important part of the landscape of a nationally important conservation area and an iconic view of Bristol from the Suspension Bridge. The public enquiry in 1971 on the hotel extension established the importance of this hillside … … … … A dwelling would inevitably have domestic paraphernalia that would damage the view. The slope is also a wildlife network that must be preserved.”

  The Panel strongly objected to the principle of development.

  June 11: CHIS submitted a 12 page precise tabulation of the relevant Planning Policies and Conservation and Design provisions which are contravened or ignored in the developer’s statement. In summary:

  1. In principle construction in the Avon Gorge is unacceptable. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation within view of and from the Clifton Suspension Bridge and beyond.
  2. The site has always been a garden and orchard; it was sold as such and should be restored appropriately.
  3. No geological survey is offered nor an archaeological appraisal. The site is unfit for any building, least of all one of this size and mass of a five double bedroom, four storey house. Geological fault lines and history demonstrate the unwisdom of such a construction.
  4. The developer’s statement conflicts with or ignores numerous planning and heritage and environmental policies, including: B1, B2, B5, B13, B16, B20, B21 & B22 as well as NE1, NE2, NE6 and NE9 plus PPS3, PPS5, HE9, HE10 & PPG16.
  5. The Clifton and Hotwells Character Appraisal is incorrectly quoted or misrepresented, e.g. in relation to views and the characteristic landscape of Bristol.
  6. Consultation comments made in 2009 by the Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society and the Conservation Advisory Panel are absent.
  7. The heritage assertions are inaccurate generally: see NE1 (protection of open spaces) and NE2 (protection of man-made landscapes) etc.
  8. The history and character of Prince’s Lane preclude approval of the proposed development and such precedents as are cited lack merit.
  9. The design and quality of the proposed construction are at the same time claimed to be of notable distinction in impact as well as almost invisible to observers, a contradictory assertion.
  The combination of the natural landscape of the Avon Gorge, the grade l listed Suspension Bridge and the Georgian terraces of Clifton makes for a site of national importance and international renown. The proposed development constitutes an assault upon this unique distinctiveness, of benefit to nobody but the developer.
• Dec 09: 09/05158/VC Proposal now change to remove all the orchard trees in order to prepare the land for potential development pre-planning.
  Granted retrospectively
• Dec 09: Conservation Advisory Panel stated- The site is listed as it had been part of 412 Hotwell Road. The retaining walls of the terraces were in poor repair due to lack of maintenance. There was no information in the document showing any detail of building or fenestration.
  However, the pre-application could be considered as a matter of principle. Nothing had been built between Tuffleigh House and Windsor Terrace for at least 100 years. This was an important part of the landscape of a nationally important conservation area and iconic view of Bristol from the Suspension bridge. The public inquiry in 1971 on the hotel extension established the importance of this hillside. Setting aside the practicality of access, construction and services on this site, the terraces and walls would be obscured by the proposed development.
  The historic fabric and form must be preserved and retained. The previous buildings on the site were merely glass houses and sheds. A dwelling inevitably would have domestic paraphenaila, thus damaging the viw. The slope is also a wildlife haven which must not be disturbed.
  The panel strongly objected
• Oct 09: CHIS examined the proposals with care, and understood the developer’s aim to create a dramatic building which would at the same time blend with its surroundings. However they were clear that the land had been sold as a garden, and that there should be no development of the face of the Gorge.
  They have consistently opposed the development of all private open space in Clifton over the past five years on the grounds that Clifton is already over-developed, and that in a conservation area the space between buildings is as important as the buildings themselves. CHIS was created 40 years ago to oppose development on the face of the Gorge and wishes to remain true to its principles.
  They were also of the opinion that the access on Prince’s Lane was far too narrow, and that any attempt at building would threaten the properties on the Portway below. The problems of rubbish disposal, let alone services and drains, or the provision of car parking space had clearly not been addressed.
  They were clear that they would oppose any proposal, however ingenious.
• Oct 09: The developer presented rationale behind the proposed massing of the single dwelling and how the design ensures the house blends into its setting (using photomontages). The proposal seeks to retain an open space aesthetic, incorporate ‘green’ technology & positively preserve the site setting.

52 The Mall Bristol BS8 4JG

Nov 2012: Now a guitar shop (moved from Princess Victoria Street

May 2012: 11/02252/F
Proposal: Change of Use from Retail (A1) to mixed use delicatessen (A1) and Cafe (A3) Comments by 29 May
Appeal Ref: APP/Z0116/C/12/2174378
An appeal has been made to the First Secretary of State against the City Council’s decision to issue an Enforcement Notice regarding an alleged breach of planning control at the above site. The breach alleged is without the grant of planning permission the unauthorised change of use from Retail Unit (A1) to Café/Restaurant (A3).
The unauthorised change of use is unacceptable for the following reasons:-

• The introduction of this A3 use to this primary shopping frontage undermines the retail provision and vitality and viability of this part of the Clifton Shopping Centre, contrary to policy BCS7 of the Bristol Core Strategy and policy S5 of the Bristol Local Plan.
• The A3 use by virtue of its unregulated opening hours and outdoor customer seating area to the rear would cause harm to the amenity of the neighbouring residents adjacent and above, contrary to policy BCS23 of the Bristol Core Strategy, Policy S8 of the Bristol Local Plan and Policy Advice Note 17 “control of food and drink uses”

Requirement of Notice -

• Cease all A3 (Café/Restaurant) activities from within this A1 (retail) unit

The appellant contends the following: -

• That planning permission should be granted for what is alleged in the notice.

Chesterfield Hospital 3 Clifton Hill Bristol BS8 1BP

10/04593/F, 10/04594/LA Redevelopment of The Chesterfield Hospital to include: demolition of 1930s extension to Clifton Court; internal alterations to create new sanitary and support accommodation; demolition of 1930s Stafford Lodge building removal of mature beech tree overlooking Fosseway Court; construction of new 3-storey hospital building and single storey extension to stable block on eastern boundary. www.thechesterfieldhospital.com

29 August 2012: The sweet chestnut is looking heathy. This magnificent sweet chestnut is Bristol's Oldest tree and is 400 years old.

• 30 August 2013: Update
• 23 August 2013: Update
• 9 August 2013: Update
• 2 August 2013: Update
• 12 July 2013: Update
• 5 July 2013: Update
• 28 June 2013: Update
• 14 June 2013: Update
• 7 June 2013: Update
• 31 May 2013: Update
• 31 May 2013: Update
• 24 May 2013: Update
• 17 May 2013: Update
• 10 May 2013: Update
• 3 May 2013: Update
• 26 Apr 2013: Update
• 5 Apr 2013: Update
• 25 Mar 2013: Update
• 15 Mar 2013: Update
• 8 Mar 2013: Update
• 1 Mar 2013: Update
• 22 Feb 2013: Update
• 15 Feb 2013: Update
• 3 Feb 2013: Update
• 30 January 2013 6pm: Meeting organisd by Nuffield in the Orangery, Goldney House, Lower Clifton Hill to talk about developments at the Chesterfield
• 25 January 2013: Update
• 21 January 2013: Update
• 4 January 2013: Update
• 28 December 2012: Update
• 21 December 2012: Update
• 14 December 2012: Update
• 8 December 2012: Update
• 26 November 2012: Update
• 16 November 2012: Update
• 9 November 2012: Update
• Week Commencing 5th November
  Concrete works to the main structure will continue with another slab pour planned for Wednesday. This slab pour will be smaller and less complex than the pour we carried out on Thursday this week.
  Depending on your vantage point, you may see the building rise above the boundary wall as be start to construct the columns and temporary works up to and including the first floor slab.
  Roof repairs to the Grade II* listed Villa building will continue with the first of the new slates being installed this week.
  We will also start the cleaning, surveys and repairs of the stone façade of the Villa
• Saturday 3rd November
  A small gang will be on site carrying out minor works in the Villa and main building basement
• 28 October 2012: Update
• 12 October 2012: Update
• 5 October 2012: Update
• 21 September 2012: Update
• 14 September 2012: Update
• 7 September 2012: Update
• 29 August 2012: Update
• 24 August 2012: Update
• 17 August 2012: Update
• 27 July 2012: Update
• 20 July 2012: Update
• 13 July 2012: Update
• 6 July 2012: Update
• 22 June 2012: Update
• 15 June 2012: Update
• 8 June 2012: Update
• wed 6 june 5:30-7:30 public information meeting. orangery, goldney hall
• 1 June 2012: Update
• 18 May 2012: Newsletter
• 18 May 2012: Update
• 18 May 2012: Update
• 5 May 2012: Update
• 27 April 2012: Update
• 20 April 2012: Update.
• 5 April 2012: Update.
  The traffic order resulted in the following response from the Chesterfield Campaigners (CHNA):
  Dear Mr Nicholson, BCC TTRO rules clearly state the applicant needs to provide three weeks notice of thr date when the restrictions are to be enforced. Please refer to the relevant site on BBC web site.
  To date we have had a general notice and now one week's notice.
  Steve Weaver and the Highways Office confirmed three weeks notice is the case.
  CHNA are also in dispute with Highways on the extent of the restrictions required on Clifton Hill given the CEMP and site delivery procedure document clearly state that all heavy vehicle ingress and egress will be via the lower garden car park and the villa car park will be used for villa refurbishment only (from January earliest according to your own plan). Justification on the grounds of low loaders needing access is groundless as your own CEMP states there will be no vehicle waiting on the road.
  CHNA will look forward to three weeks notice of the date the yellow lines will be enforced.
• 30 March 2012: Update
• 4 March 2012: Update
  4 March 2012: Drawing
• 1 March 2012: Update
• 12 Dec 2011: Presentation at Public meeting relating to Traffic, site management, demolition and construction
• 21 Nov 2011: I would like to inform you that Nuffield Health, in partnership with our newly appointed contractor Vinci Construction UK Ltd will commence works on safeguarding the Chesterfield Hospital site and protecting the Grade JJ* listed Clifton Court on Monday 28th November 2011. This initial work, in agreement with Bristol City Council will include:
  • Installing secure hoarding around the perimeter of the site
  • Erection of the tree protection zones in conjunction with the arboriculturalist
  • Erection of scaffolding and protective shrouding around the Grade JJ* listed building to protect it from the rigours of the impending winter weather
  If you have any queries regarding this work please contact our Chesterfield Enquiries helpline: • Telephone: 07917 240937 • Email: thechesterfieldenquiries@nuffieldhealth.com
  Yours sincerely Ashley Livesey
• 19 June 2011: The hospital’s original plans for improvement (10/04593/F, 10/04594/LA) were deferred at the last Planning Committee meeting, and their new proposals will be the subject of a new public consultation on 24th, 25th June at the hospital. Subsequently granted at the July development committee meeting.
• 9 June 2011: Pre App Meeting at The Chesterfield (B Worthington, G Blakeman & R Bland)
  The Chesterfield management outlined their current position. The previous application had been deferred at the previous meeting of the Planning Committee, after some very late opposition. They had taken on board the criticism, which was concentrated on alleged parking problems, and concern over a self-sown Beech tree. They had altered the servicing arrangements, and had sought to clarify the parking situation. CHIS members were clear that the proposal was an excellent one, that the hospital was on the same footprint as formerly, with just 30 beds, that the problem of overlooking was unchanged, that the safety of the ancient Sweet chestnut was guaranteed, and that they would do what they could to ensure that their members were aware of the real facts about the proposals, partly by using their website.

  Key facts.

  • The 1930s building does not meet modern standards, and will be demolished, but the new build with be on the same footprint, and be the same height, but there will be 30 beds, and a new MRI scanner in the basement.
  • In the garden, which will be properly landscaped to permit parking for 18 visitors, using a new access route from the south, there is what is probably Bristol’s oldest tree, a magnificent Sweet Chestnut, which will be preserved.
  • Servicing will be through the back entrance, and the largest vehicles involved will be the SITA lorries. All other deliveries will be by vans, and efforts have been made to minimise the disruption this might cause.
  • There will be minimal staff parking in front of the main house, which will house the hospital administration. There is a travel plan for administrative and domestic staff, involving special relationships with the West End car park.
  CHIS believes that having a new small modern state of the art hospital run by a medical charity that has been involved in Clifton for the past fifty years is exactly the kind of private facility that a city of Bristol’s wealth and prestige needs. The Charity at present operates at present from St Mary’s on the triangle, a site that has proved to be too restricted to meet modern standards.
• 09/03774/F withdrawn

3 Berkeley Crescent BS8 1HA

12/00382/LA, Internal works in association with a change of use from B1(a) office use to a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) for 7 persons. 12/00383/F Change of use from office use (Use Class B1(a)) to a 'House in Multiple Occupation' (HMO) for 7 persons. Granted despite best endeavours

Students Union, Queens Road

• Dec 2013: Dec 2013 refurbishment
• Nov 2013: Nov 2013 refurbishment
• Sept 2013: Sept 2013 refurbishment
• July 2013: July/ August refurbishment
• May 2013: May/ June refurbishment
• April 2013: April refurbishment
• Dec 2012: Dec 2012 refurbishment update
• Nov 2012: Nov 2012 refurbishment update
• Oct 2012: Oct 2012 refurbishment update
• Sept 2012: Sept 2012 refurbishment update
• June 2012: June 2012 refurbishment update A crane lift will take place this coming Friday 6 July between 10 and 11:30. This will restrict vehicular access turning into Gordon Road from Queens Road. PC Nick Boyce will be in attendance.
  We are also looking to organise another residents meeting with the possibility of including a hard hat site visit and will circulate available dates in the next few weeks.
• May 2012: May 2012 refurbishment update
• April 2012: Apr 2012 refurbishment update
• March 2012: Mar 2012 refurbishment update
• Jan 2012: Jan 2012 refurbishment update
• Dec 2011: Dec 2011 refurbishment update
• Nov 2011: Nov 2011 refurbishment update
• Sep 2011: Sept 2011 refurbishment
• Aug 2011: Aug-Sept 2011 refurbishment
• May 2011: Students union refurbishment
• 27 October: Development Committee voted in favour 5:2 due to the 16m maple trees being a small sacrifice and very little worry about planning concerns.
• 22 September: Planners supported refusal at the Development Committee meeting on the grounds of the lower ground floor extension by virtue of its siting and scale would result in a form of development out of context with the character and appearance of the area; loss of three mature trees of considerable amenity value. Decision deferred until Development Committee meeting on 27 October 6pm to allow a visit to the site.
• 17 Aug 2010: 10/03404/F students Union building.
• The building, which houses the Students' Union and other University and public facilities, is located on a prominent site in Clifton. The University is keen to involve near neighbours, local amenity groups and key stakeholders, as well as University staff and students, during the scheme design and planning stages. ABC has been appointed as an independent facilitator to organise a programme of public consultation on behalf of the University and the project team. £25,000,000 is the projected total cost of all phases
• Two rounds of public consultation will be taking place; beginning with a drop-in style exhibition in the Queen's Road Building in April 2010 with a follow up round in early June in the Queen's Road Building foyer from 8 -- 13 June Tuesday to Saturday 9am - 10pm, Sunday 2pm - 10pm. On display will be more detailed proposals including information on later phases of the project.
  During the week of the exhibition there will be two opportunities for members of the public to also meet the project team. At the time the consultation information will also be made available online at www.bristol.ac.uk/estates/queens-road-building.
• 9 Feb: Pre-app: Details
  The intention is to re-finish the projecting balconies. The choice of finish will be given careful consideration as part of the emerging strategy for the proposed materials of the new extension and public realm.

Mortimer House Nursing Home Clifton Down Road Bristol BS8 4AE

Jan 2012: 12/00052/F, 12/00053/LA
Proposal Residential conversion of existing Grade II* listed property to incorporate 6 no. houses with associated car parking and landscape works. Granted

101 Queens Rd BS8 1LW

• October 2011: Application No. 11/04246/F Second floor extension to form 2 no. apartments and alterations to existing facades. Granted!
• October 2011: Appeal dismissed
• 24 August 2011. The developers confirmed at the inquiry that they would not go ahead with the plans 08/05172/F to extend the building by two storeys since it is not financially viable. The current choice is between a neutral two floor building and a five floor building on a prominent corner
• Public inquiry 101 queens rd APP/Z0116/E/11/2151088 10/05243/F Demolition of existing building and erection of five storey building containing 10 no. apartments and new retail floorspace (either within Class A2 or A3) was refused so is now subject to a public inquiry on 23 and 24 August 2011. Results expected in October.
  The Council has sent all correspondence received as part of the application including the comments from CHIS. CHIS attended the Inquiry and spoke/present evidence. This is at the discretion of the Inspector and I suggest that you contact the Inspectorate as soon as possible to discuss this issue. The Case Officer at the Inspectorate is Jennifer Saunders and she can be contacted on 0117 3728353 (DD).
  Revised plans have been submitted as part of the appeal. These relate to the size of the lift and alterations to the basement layout. The appearance of the building or scale has not been altered materially as a result. The appeal file can be viewed by making an appointment (please phone 0117 922 3000 to do so) however the Council have scanned in the plans received for our assistance.
• 30 Dec: 10/05273/F Feb: withdrawn Second floor extension to form 2 no. apartments within a mansard roof and alterations to existing facades.
  demolition not needed for this!

  1 March: refused

• 21 Dec 2010: 10/05243/F & 05244/LC - Demolition of existing building and erection of five storey building containing 10 no. apartments and new retail floorspace (either within Class A2 or A3). Elevation
  flier CHIS is vigorously opposed to the scheme on the grounds of unacceptable massing, weight and design of the development which would be at one of the entry points to the Clifton Conservation Area.
• 8 April 09: granted at Development Committee meeting.
  See the montages for the replacement of the current building at 101 Queen’s Road.

  View from St Pauls Rd

  View from near Students Union

  View from Pembroke Rd

  View from near Queens Court

  
  The Planners are recommending it to be granted.
  CHIS is vigorously opposed to the scheme on the grounds of unacceptable massing, weight and design of the development which would be at one of the entry points to the Clifton Conservation Area.
  
• January 09: Application No. 08/05172/F. This flier may help.

  View from near Students Union (totally out of context)

  Side elevation (dwarfs ImagePrint!)

  Proposal Part 2/part 4 storey extension to existing two storey student accommodation building to provide 4 storey residential development comprising 12 no. one, two and three bedroom apartments and new retail premises within Use Classes A2 & A3.

  a further application for a new building on this most prominent site in Clifton, directly across Queens Road from the Queens Court flats (much disliked by Nicholas Pevsner).

  The form of the building is utterly inappropriate in a setting of grand neo-classical Georgian villas set in landscape setting of trees and lawns on Queen's Road, and of Georgian terraces. Its form, scale, massing and materials are to the detriment of 99 Queens Road, and surrounding listed buildings. It is incongrous within the locality and fails to preserve the character and appearance of Clifton Conservation Area contrary to policies B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, and B15 of the Bristol Local Plan.

  This scheme is mainly in render rather than ashlar bath stone, sited hard on the back of pavement without a soft landscape setting, and of a rather tired and dated architecture entirely inappropriate here. The applicant has failed to even submit a ground floor plan, has provided no contextual street elevations or sections, has not provided a contextual site plan, and has provided only a highly selective photomontage, showing the scheme only in context wit the ill fitting red brick flats which Pevsner had pleaded should never be allowed to happen again.

• Sept 08: Appeal withdrawn!
• Aug 08: Appeal downgraded to written representation
• June 08: Appeal considered at a Public Inquiry
• 08/00412/F 29 Jan 08: Redevelopment of existing student accommodation to provide four storey residential development comprising 14 no. one, two and three bedroom apartments.
  and 08/00413/LC Demolition of existing student accommodation in Conservation Area
• 24 Oct 07 Refused
  This was opposed by virtue of its form, scale, and relationship to surrounding buildings.

The Boston Tea Party 39 Regent Street Bristol BS8 4HR

Application No. 11/01792/F Proposal Proposed change of use of the highway to allow the placement of tables and chairs on the pavement.

• 6 January 2012: Appeal allowed with the proviso that ony 2 tables and 4 chairs are placed outside as opposed 6 tables and 12 chairs
• August 2011: Refused due to inadequate pavement width

27 The Mall Bristol BS8 4JG

• 4 August- closing date 25 August:
  Application No. 10/02989/A Proposal Installation of various signage comprising; 2 no. externally-illuminated projecting signs, 3 no. internally-illuminated menu boxes, 7 no. externally-illuminated fascia signs, 12 no. externally painted lettering on glass and 6 no. canopies over windows including 3 no. with painted lettering.
  Application No. 10/02990/F Proposal Installation of new painted wooden shopfront with timber windows with stall riser with painted timber entry doors with glazing panels and installation of canopies over entry door and windows.
  Application No. 10/02993/F Proposal Installation of mechanical ductwork to rear of building.
• 5 August: licensing hearing
• A/10/2121026.NWF: Appeal to Planning Inspectorate. Views submitted by 15 March. Progress and comments can be made to http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/pcsRefusal overturned!
• 10/00104/X Type of Application: Variation/Deletion of a Condition Proposal: Removal of condition no. 2 of approval ref. 09/04196/F, in order to use the whole of the ground floor space as Use Class A3.
  This is 393 square metres so could be a huge restaurant! More details. Refused: The proposed use of the whole of the ground floor would be detrimental to the amenities of the local residents above the use and nearby by leading to increased noise and disturbance and other deleterious affects which are detrimental to residential amenities. As such the proposed use is contrary to policy S8 of the adopted Bristol Local Plan 1997
• 09/04196/F granted- but no more than 35% of the space can be A3
  Proposal: Change of use of the ground floor unit from use class A1 (retail) to use class A1 (retail), A3 (restaurant and cafe) or A4 (Drinking establishments) or a combination thereof.
  Please write in before 2 December
  This is 393 square metres so could be a huge restaurant!
  More details

2 - 16 Clifton Down Road Bristol BS8 4AF (WH Smith Block)

• 
  Feb 2013: 13/00780/F | Demolition of existing building and redevelopment of site comprising retail floor space (Use Classes A1, A2 and A3), 14 residential apartments (Use Class C3), open space, car parking, ancillary servicing and new access arrangements, together with alterations to the highway. (Major Application). Granted.
• May 2010: Application No. 10/01775/F,10/01776/LC
  Proposal Demolition of existing building and redevelopment of site comprising retail floorspace (Use Classes A1, A2, A3 and A4), office floorspace (Use Class B1), open space, car parking, ancillary servicing and new access arrangements together with alterations to the highway.
• Pre-application March 10:
  The design is for an increased number of shops, with offices on upper floors of the part along Kings Road. There is no residential accommodation proposed.
  The shops would be on two levels, the lower one below that of the present shops, together with a small underground car park for people working in the building. Two lifts would give disabled access to all floors.
  There would be a lowered piazza, with trees, accessed by a flight of steps at the north end, open to the road in roughly the same space as the present raised space. The entrances to the shops on Boyce's Avenue and Kings Road would face those roads. Bin spaces would not be on the surrounding roads but within the complex. There would be pedestrian access from Clifton Down Road to Kings Road within the complex.
  Proposed pictures

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  Plans will be submitted later this year.
  Queries to:Woodward AP Ltd, Dyrham Lodge, 16 Clifton Park, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3BY

  Avon Gorge Hotel

  8 March 10: work has started on the roof of the Avon Gorge Pumproom purely to enable it to become watertight and prevent deterioration to the structure. The work will take 6 weeks. Restoration is a future project.
  

  Globe Sports, Jacobs Wells Road

  Feb 2010: 10/00425/F - Demolition of rear premises, alterations and extension to existing street fronting building and erection of a new building to provide 48 units of student residential accommodation.
  There was a drop-in evening at Globe Sports, Jacob's Wells Road on 8th December.
  Spencer Back Director AngusMeekArchitects The Cedars, 60 Arley Hill Cotham, Bristol, BS6 5PP t +44 (0)117 9428286 f +44 (0)117 9420495 e sback@angusmeek.co.uk

  Sutton House, Clifton Down Bristol BS8 3HT (bottom of Canygne Rd)

  Feb 2010: The unauthorised dormer window has finally been removed and work on reducing the height of the conservatory of this fine grade II listed house.
  This is a very sorry saga of planning applicaions for retrospective work from March 08: 08/30136/LB Enforcement Case: Unauthorised and illegal works to this Listed Building while Mr Bishop, Head of Planning has kept been informed, leading to Mar 09 when the Council brought prosecution proceedings against Mr Hale regarding recent construction of rear dormer and unauthorised demolition of front boundary wall.

  More details CHIS and The Conservation Panel were very disappointed when application for retrospective consent had been granted. We warned that this would set a regrettable precedent.

  09/03895/F and 09/03913/LC Christian Science Church, Kensington Place BS8 3AH

  
  2009: Permission granted at Development committee meeting. 5 voted for, 3 against
  Full demolition of church and erection of 8 apartments
  Recomended for refusal. To be considered at Development Control (Central) 3 Feb 6pm
  • Inadequate justification has been submitted in order to demonstrate that the building is not capable of continued use as a community facility or economic or sensitive adaptation to other community uses. There is a demonstrable need for community facilities within the locality that could reasonably be accommodated within the existing site or building in an economic and sensitive manner. Finally, the loss of the land/property would not form part of a larger scheme for the development of community services serving the needs of local people, and no compensatory facilities of an equivalent community benefit are provided. The proposal would therefore result in the unacceptable loss of an existing community service building and land and would therefore be contrary to Policy CS1 of the adopted Bristol Local Plan (1997).
  • . The proposed first floor balcony to the rear of the proposed building would unacceptably overlook the rear amenity space of The Cottage resulting in a loss of privacy for the occupants of this property and harm to their residential amenity. The proposals would therefore be contrary to Policy B9 of the adopted Bristol Local Plan December 1997.

  71 Princess Victoria Street Bristol BS8 4DD

  Jan 10: Application No. 10/00149/F Type of Application: Full Planning Proposal: Change of use of former garage to an office (Use Class B1), including alterations to the front elevation and modifications to the roof.
  

  Portcullis

  • Nov 09: Application No: 09/04246/F Proposal: Renovation of existing rear terrace/ Customer beer garden. Boundary wall and minor Works to renovate existing rear window
    Refused: the use of the yard as a beer garden does not require planning permission and the proposed terracing and paving materials will not have a harmful effect on the listed building, we have refused the application under delegated powers for the following reason: The raised terrace paving will facilitate the increased use of this area by customers resulting in a detrimental effect on the amenities of the local residents by reason of increased noise and disturbance contrary to policy ME4 of the Bristol Local Plan 1997. The accompanying application for listed building consent has been approved as this solely relates to the terracing and materials to which there is no objection.
  • July 09: 09/00802/F. Retention of timber decking of the yard area
    Refused due to detrimental effect on the amenities of the local residents by reason of increased noise and disturbance contrary to policies S8 and EC1 of the Bristol Local Plan. Also because timber decking is not a suitable material for a traditional building. The works are poorly considered and lack quality and design and relate poorly to their immediate local context. The works fail to preserve the local building and its setting contrary to sections 16(2) and 66 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and Policy B13 of the Bristol Local Plan

  Application No. 09/03285/F Greyhound Public House 32 Princess Victoria Street Bristol BS8 4BZ

  Proposal Change of use of land previously associated with bank to outside seating/smoking area associated with public house.
  granted 24 Nov 09. Trial period for 1 year. No use after 9pm.

  Application No. 08/04326/F 36-40 Princess Victoria Street Bristol BS8 4BZ

  
  8 April: Application refused
  Proposal: Change of use from 2 no. car garages and 2 no. retail units to A3 use (Restaurant/Cafe).
  Application No. 08/04327/A 36-40 Princess Victoria Street Bristol BS8 4BZ
  (a huge site) for 110-115 covers, possibly more. More details
  Comments by 24 March
  Type of Application Advertisement
  Proposal Externally illuminated, fascia sign, hanging sign and canvas canopy and internally illuminated, menu case.
  Date Registered 13 February 2009
  Applicant Cote Restaurants Ltd
  Case Officer Daniel Rogers (dan.rogers@bristol.gov.uk)
  Tel No. 0117 922 3766
  E-mail Comments to north.planning@bristol.gov.uk

  08/01958/F & 01959/LC – Sion Hill Car Park

  5 Nov 08:granted at Planning meeting press release from Sion Hill group concerned about the fact that 20% of the land is unregistered.
  Development of vacant site comprising 3 apartments on Sion Hill, 4 apartments on Sion Place and 6 on-site car spaces. Demolition of boundary wall.

  1-3 Alma Vale Road Bristol BS8 2HL (Edwards Garage)

  29 Sept 08: granted Application No. 08/03912/F
  Proposal: Refurbishment of existing villa to create 4no additional flats (total 11 flats). Refurbishment of existing listed garage to create commercial space. Reconstruction of existing workshop to create 3no new courtyard houses.
  Revised after community involvement, who objected to the victorian villa being demolished
  Nov 07: withdrawn 07/04439/F: Part demolition of existing buildings and erection of a single building providing 64 no. student studios and 3no. student cluster flats with retention of listed facade. Comments you may wish to consider

  06/00811/X/C - 50 Princess Victoria Street

• June 08: Planning Inspectorate overturns Planning decision
• 25 February: notification of appeal APP/Z0116/A/08/2066333/NWF 05/00191/F Variation of condition 9 attached to planning permission 05/00191/F to extend opening hours to 08.00 to 22.00 Mondays to Saturdays and 09.00 to 18.00 on Sundays.
• January 2008: Application to extend opening hours refused and extend licensing hours (to be heard on 13 Feb 08)
• October 2007: Application to extend opening hours 07/04751/X
• 20 September 2006: Alcohol license granted with conditions:
  • alcohol can only be served from 10am
  • alcohol can only be served to people seated at tables (max 48)
  • alcohol must be ancillary to a meal
  • must be a prominant notice advising that alcohol will only be served with a snack
  • only wine, champagne, one lager on tap, one beer on tap may be served
• On 20 September at 10am, the application for a license will heard at the Council House. Please attend if you wish to make any comments.
  Variation of conditions 2, 3, 4 and 9 attached to planning permission 05/00191/F to increase the percentage of floor space allocated to the café AND to supply hot food.
  Refused (Maggie represented Princess Victoria Street objectors)! at Development Committee Meeting 5 July 2006 despite planners recommending increase in floorspace, opening times and hot food.
  • Max covers from 48 to 60
  • Client will be applying for a license for alcohol
  • Background music will be played
  • It will operate 8:00-22:00 Monday to Saturday (previously agreed to be 20:00), 9:00-18:00 Sunday
  • Rubbish will be collected daily from the streets in black plastic bags

  07/05728/LA & 05730/F – Clifton Observatory, Clifton Down

  • Oct 08: Granted
  • 21 dec 07: Construction/reinstatement of the first floor observatory to form viewing terrace and external works.
    CAP considered its previous minute to apply as none of the issues raised had been answered. In addition the details submitted were completely inappropriate, such as sand/cement rendering and the building of an external bin store. The Panel was not able to make a decision on the principle of making a new dome owing to lack of information and satisfactory details. These proposals were completely inappropriate for a Grade II* listed building. An appropriately qualified professional should be employed. The Panel strongly objected.
  • 05/00520/LA/C - Clifton Observatory Completion of proposed conversion works (what proposed conversion works?) and retention of works for proposed café/restaurant. There has still been no reply to our letter enquiring about the fact that there had been no planning application since 1980. A copy has been sent to Cllr Janke. We have made a study critique on the Observatory bringing old drawings to the attention of English Heritage etc. CAP (the Conservation Advisory Panel) which advises the Council, were concerned that the application for works to a grade 11* listed building must have a conservation strategy report and an archaeological report; neither had been provided. The dome or drum is one of the most important aspects of the building; this has not been included in the application.
    Copy of a letter written to The Editor of the Evening Post 3rd November 2005
    Sir,
    Your editorial comments might carry more force if they were based on facts. CHIS does not oppose the construction of a dome on the Observatory. It welcomes one of appropriate design, as the report in your own newspaper states and in fact, for 30 years have advocated the restoration of this sadly neglected building.
    In the recent court hearing CHIS opposed a dangerous road project not the visitor centre itself. The proposed road is still dangerous, especially to the disabled and children. The Society's funds are not affected by the costs award as you have implied repeatedly since the money has long been pledged separately by supporters.
    Your contempt for proper protection of listed buildings and sites does no service to the city you claim to celebrate.
    If you consult us we will happily provide accurate information.
    Yours faithfully,
    Brian Worthington
    Chairman

    Former Rifle Range and Squash Court, Canynge Road.

    • July 08: After 5 years of refusals, application granted at Development Control Central Committee
    • March 08: Another application!
    • Nov 07: Appeal dismissed by Planning Inspectorate. "In the absence of an appropriate scheme for redevelopment, I consider that demolition of the existing buildings on the site would fail to preserve the character and appearance of the Clifton Conservation Area"
    • March 07: Canynge Road refused for 3rd time 9-0 with one abstention at the Development Control Central Committee.
    • September 06: Note that Clifton College Rifle Range & Squash Courts Canynge Road has reappeared.
    • September 06: Note that Clifton College Rifle Range & Squash Courts Canynge Road has reappeared. CHIS will continue to oppose this.
    • 20 April 2006: We have won the Canynge Road Appeal for a second time! More details

    
    07/04551/FB: Clifton Library Princess Victoria Street Bristol BS8 4BX

    Nov 07: withdrawn
    Alterations to the existing courtyard to create a level access for the disabled, cleaning of the existing stone facade and installation of platform lift. Comments you may wish to consider

    07/04197/F & 04198/LA – Trafalgar House, The Promenade

    2007: Erection of a new 3 meter high fence to rear boundary. Granted

    07/03415/F – Polack’s House, 1-3 Percival Road

    2007: Retention of car park and garden walls to rear of property. Granted
    The invitation is for 'CHIS' to inspect, but it may be that others would like to make their own arrangements to inspect the sample render panel and make comments before 19 November. It is important that the Council gets as many letters (hopefully of objection) as possible as this precedent would drive a coach and horses through everything we have achieved on Canynge Road. All our Conservation Area would be at risk of materials being used which are flagrantly not in keeping.
    The test of acceptability is whether the render would be in keeping with the rubble stone villas of north Canynge Road. Would it enhance or preserve the Conservation Area? Whether there is harm to the character and appearance of the conservation area? And most importantly, would it blend with the historic architecture of the area, as opposed to the houses of Canynge Square and Canynge Road south?

    17 Vyvyan Terrace garage

    16 June 2010: Development meeting to consider application 10/01519/LA, 17 Vyvyan Terrace garage listed building consent.
    Passed 5 for, 3 against
    2007-2009: Application to turn the garage into a two storey house granted with conservation area consent instead of listed building consent
    07/04124/F & 04125/LC – Demolition of existing double garage. Construction of a two-story building comprising garaging at ground floor with accommodation above

    ORANGE PCS LIMITED - APPLICATION TO ERECT MOBILE PHONE MAST ON CHRISTCHURCH GREEN, OPPOSITE THE CHURCH

    
    24 Oct 07 Refused
    CLIFTON and CHIS SAY NO!!!
    APPLICATION NO: 07/03664/F WITH Bristol City Council,
    Site Address: Land Adjacent To Clifton Down Road Bristol
    Proposal: Installation of an 8m high telecommunications lamp post with a Devon equipment cabinet located at ground level with an electric pillar adjacent.
    Applicant Orange PCS Ltd
    E-mail Comments to: north.planning@bristol.gov.uk Orange has applied to site a mobile phone mast on Christchurch Green opposite the church by the bus stop - and you must say 'no' by FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 07 NOW EXTENDED TO 10 OCTOBER.
    • Radio frequency radiation from mobile phone masts is very likely to cause cancers. Also it can't be controlled so is all around the area
    • Orange was recently forced to take down a mast in Berkley House in Staple Hill, Bristol, because 7 people got cancer (3 have died & 4 are terminally ill)
    • The Health Protection Agency (an independent statutory body advising the government) says that cancer clusters occur from living close to phone masts
    • The US, New Zealand and Australian governments have BANNED mobile phone masts in residential areas and near schools
    • Local schools and Christchurch nursery are very close by - research by EC doctors says that children near to phone masts suffer from learning difficulties, concentration and behaviour disorders eg ADD, ADHD, heart disorders, tumours and leukaemia the list is endless!
    • Researchers say phone masts should be AT LEAST 500M from homes and schools
    • Clifton is a historic and beautiful area with very old and listed buildings. The mast will be 8m - higher than the houses and trees. It will be a terrible eyesore. As well as a health risk it's very ugly!
    • Christchurch Green has been granted to the citizens of Bristol by an old charter several hundreds of years ago. Why is this monstrosity being proposed? Do we as citizens not have a say?
    • There are several masts nearby, why more? http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/ Mobile mast site finder
    WHAT CAN YOU DO? Write to: David Bishop, Director of Planning, Bristol City Council, Brunel House, St Georges Street, Bristol BS1 5UY (quote the application no above) and the two ward councillors: Barbara.Janke@bristol.gov.uk or Brian Price at brian.price@bristol.gov.uk... or Stephen Williams, MP, House of Commons, London.
    Go online: www:bristol.gov.uk/planning, or Telephone: Mr Angelo Calabrese at Bristol City Council on 0117 922 3058 or north.planning@bristol.gov.uk
    TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU THINK BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!

    Robert Smith Unit, 11 Mortimer Road:Proposed unit to treat class A drug users

    27 September 2006: AWP decide not to pursue the use of 11 Mortimer Road as a drug clinic! The next step would have been on 18 October 2006: Decision by Scrutiny Commission about whether the clinic constitutes a substantial variation of service
    More details about the 9 month fight

    01/02913/F/C - Bridge House, Sion Place and 12 Gloucester Row, Clifton

    July 2006: Permission granted
    14 June 2006: Bristol City Council Planning team have advised the applicant that the proposed roof terrace to Bridge House does not fall within the scope of the 2001 planning permission and therefore has not been formally approved by the local planning authority. The developer has been advised to seek to regularise the situation by submitting an application for permission to undertake the works, which would clearly now be a retrospective application.
    8 June 2006: letter written to Vicky Lewis Environment, Transport & Leisure:
    It would appear that there have been several alterations to the approved plans for this application:
    • The reinstatement of the roof of Bridge House together with the integral restoration of the end of Gloucester Row was welcome but the addition of three major roof ‘party’ terraces overlooking a large number of properties in the neighbourhood in addition to the Suspension Bridge itself. The increased height of the central terrace is unacceptable.
    • The alteration of the roof line to enable the private party decks to have a view of the Bridge.
    • The addition of a second floor balcony on the west facing façade of Gloucester Row is unacceptable as no listed terraced building in Clifton has such an appendage. It is incorrect architecturally, and does not represent best conservation practice.
    • The omission of the reinstated flank façade of 12 Gloucester Row facing the Suspension Bridge. This improvement should be regarded as an integral part of the application and not one that can be dispensed with without vitiating the entire consent.
    All of this is completely unacceptable and we should initially like to register our disquiet.
    It would be appreciated if this letter were recorded as representing the views of all members of the Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society and not just those of the signatory or of CHIS as a single objector.

    McArthur Warehouse, Gas Ferry Road 8211

    Planning Application 03/01463/X/C and 03/01464/F/C McArthur's Warehouse has featured in Private Eye - not a flattering article with regard to the planning outcome. At the meeting on 16 March 2005, the councillors voted to uphold their original approval, and thus demolish the warehouse. The demolition was agreed by the casting vote of the Chairman, Richard Eddy - the committee were equally divided. Predictable, but very sad.
    After a very great deal of lobbying by the Civic Society, the chair Richard Eddy agreed to reconsider the application at the committee meeting held on Wednesday 16 March. The 10 page report is now on the web and recommends demolition despite the Secretary of State, the Government of the South West, English Heritage, Civic Trust, and the original recommendation of the Central Development Committee report in February 2004.
    14 March Read my letter that I have submitted, demonstrating the weak, contradictory arguments for demolition
    Evening Post 14 March 2005
    Bristol Civic Society is furious over the latest move in a planning wrangle over a redbrick derelict Victorian warehouse near the ss Great Britain. Councillors are being advised to confirm a controversial scheme to tear down McArthur's Warehouse in Gas Ferry Road and replace it with a complex of three buildings up to five storeys high around a courtyard to provide offices, homes, upmarket bars or restaurants and service shops. The Civic Society has come up with its own plan to retain the warehouse, which it believes sets the scene for Brunel's masterpiece nearby.
    An original scheme by Quada developers was given approval by the council's planning committee in September 2000. But before the official approval notices were sent out, the scheme was "called in" by the Secretary of State and a public inquiry was held. The four-day hearing was unusual because the council's planners, who backed the scheme, found themselves cross-examined by the main objectors - the civic society. The outcome was in favour of the Civic Society and therefore planning permission was refused.
    Quada drew up a revised scheme with some modifications, including reducing the maximum height of buildings from seven to five storeys, which was submitted to the city council in May 2003 and not discussed by councillors until eight months later. English Heritage revealed that it was drawing up a report which was assessing the possibility of saving the warehouse and converting it. The council's planning officers suggested deferral so demolition could be further examined. But councillors gave approval, subject to conditions.
    This prompted the Government Office for the South West to put planning approval on hold and it was later called in for a second time. A second public inquiry was expected to be held in February 2005, but English Heritage withdrew its objection on Christmas Eve, which led to the call-in being scrapped. The power to give planning permission has now been returned to the council's planning committee, which discussed the issue on Wednesday.
    Planning officer Ian White says in a report there are no new matters which warrant the councillors changing their minds from previous decisions. But Stephen Macfarlane, of the Civic Society, is furious that a second public inquiry is not going ahead. He said: "If we had been told earlier, then we could have mounted our own case against the scheme. "It's not a bad building which is being proposed - it's just in the wrong place. This site is so important because it provides the backdrop to the ss Great Britain. If the buildings are too high, then the ship is lost. McArthur's Warehouse is so important because it is end-on to the ship, whereas the developer's scheme is to utilise all the dockland behind the ship. We fought this case at the first public inquiry and won. But now we've had the rug pulled from underneath our feet. What's happened is absolutely disgraceful."
    Mr White says in his report that the background work which was done in preparation for the second public inquiry included the viability of saving the old warehouse. This led to a consultant's report which said the warehouse detracted from the character of the area. He said English Heritage withdrew its objection after a partial collapse inside the warehouse which led irs officials to believe that its retention and conversion was only "marginal at best" and therefore not worth fighting at a public inquiry.
    Michael Woodman-Smith would be pleased to provide members with further information, and details of the new material which we have obtained since the committee decided to allow the redevelopment last year. This includes the report commissioned by English Heritage which establishes the viability of the retention and restoration of the warehouse which we believe would create the best setting for the SS Great Britain. We have produced extensive 3D imagery of the proposed redevelopment (both before and after), together with in addition the proposals by SS Great Britain Trust to redevelop their own site with further 6 storey housing.
    McArthurs Warehouse Application
    • (A) Variation of Condition No 3 attached to permission 00/00201/LC, to allow Conservation Area Consent to be implemented in conjunction with a different Planning Permission.
    • (B) Comprehensive redevelopment scheme for 3 No replacement buildings with a mixed use scheme comprising A1, A3, B1, B2 and C3 uses.
    The enquiry about MacArthur's Warehouse will not now take place in February 2005. The Secretary of State has handed it back to Bristol City Council. We are trying to get it reconsidered by the Planning Committee.

    This is a historic building directly behind the Great Britain, is one of few original warehouse buildings left in the docks and has associations with Brunel and should not be demolished. Pictures of warehouse and from across the river.

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