Housing Police and NHS bosses object to plans for 22-storey tower

A DEVELOPER proposing what would be the tallest building ever built in South Bristol has tweaked the plans - but there are still concerns from both police and the NHS over the project.

- Tristan CORK

Developers first unveiled their plans for a large-scale regeneration project on an industrial estate in Bedminster a year ago, but earlier this month they submitted revised plans saying they were changing things after feedback from council planners and local residents.

But the development firm Galliard and Apsley House still face something of a battle to convince city councillors to give the go-ahead for the transformation of two industrial estate sites on Princess Street, on the other side of the railway line from Victoria Park in Bedminster.

The plans would see four blocks of flats built either side of New Queen Street, as part of the wider Whitehouse Street regeneration project, that has been proposed by the city council for the past few years.

One of the blocks would be 22 storeys, with another 12 storeys. The 22-storey block would be the tallest building in South Bristol, overtaking Northfield House in Bedminster, the last and tallest council tower block built in Bristol, in 1969, which is 19-storeys high.