This might cause a bit of a fuss…
Yankies, KOR Developments Ltd of Tiley House, Hartcliffe Way, have put in a planning application to redevelop the old Esso garage on the Bath Road. The site is situated on the banks of the River Avon at Totterdown Bridge about halfway between the Three Lamps and The Paintworks. It’s also very close to the site of the proposed Arena.
Big deal you think. Well it might be when you hear the developer is proposing four residential buildings comprising of 108 apartments with 121 parking spaces. And here’s the killer… It’s proposed that one of the buildings will be twelve storeys high. That’s the same height as the tower blocks across St Philips at Lawrence Hill…
Full details and drawings are available at UKPlanning (Application no. 07/02745/F). The planning officer dealing with the case is John Douglass who you can speak to on 0117 922 4933.