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UK: Revised plans have been submitted for a coliving scheme on a brownfield site in Bristol.
The proposed residential building in Southville would provide 100 one-bedroom studio apartments and communal facilities for young professionals and key workers.
Applicant Alec French Architects reduced the number of studios by 13 in response to local planners’ comments and to comply with Bristol City Council’s draft Co-living Supplementary Planning Document
This will enable developer Land & Buildings to increase the size of the apartments.
A variety of shared spaces including communal kitchens and lounges, a gym and a coworking space for residents will feature in the proposed St John’s Gate coliving scheme in Coronation Road.
Also included in the plans are communal gardens, courtyard spaces, and rooftop terraces offering panoramic views of the city.
The development, if approved, will replace a 1950s office block, two poor quality houses and other unused structures.
Submitted to Bristol City Council, the application is for a change of use to an existing planning consent for the residential redevelopment of the brownfield site, changing it to coliving use.
Alec French said it has also taken measures to increase daylight levels and expand the building’s internal and external communal areas.
Mercedes Cebrian, associate architect at Alec French, said: “We have listened carefully to city planners and believe our revised scheme will provide a range of benefits for the local area, while complying fully with draft planning standards for co-living in Bristol,” she said. The provision of 100 coliving studios in an area with a notable shortage of housing suitable for single people will help to relieve pressure on the family housing market. It will also greatly improve what has become an eyesore site. We propose to replace a run-down structure with a building of higher architectural quality that will be sensitive to the local surroundings.”
Neil Cartwright, strategy director at Land & Buildings added: “We are delighted with the updated scheme, which involved Alec French and Bristol City Council planners working closely together to improve the original submission. A consent for the change of use to a coliving scheme will ensure that a new development can be delivered.”
Highlights:
- Revised plans have been submitted for a coliving scheme on a brownfield site in Bristol
- The proposed residential building in Southville would provide 100 one-bedroom studio apartments and communal facilities for young professionals and key workers.
- Applicant Alec French Architects reduced the number of studios by 13 in response to local planners’ comments and to comply with Bristol City Council’s draft Co-living Supplementary Planning Document
- This will enable developer Land & Buildings to increase the size of the apartments
