Eyesore Residents' concern site could still lie empty after building demolished

CONCERNS remain that the site of one of Bristol's notorious eyesore buildings could remain vacant for years to come, even after it is eventually demolished.

- Ellie KENDALL

Earlier this week it was announced that Bristol City Council had been granted permission to demolish the Kernow Building on the corner of Mina Road and Tyne Street in St Werburgh's which has been derelict for some 25 years.

Work is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks, with a letter to residents having been sent out on October 22 advising them of the plan.

The news comes after the Post reported back in August that Bristol City Council chiefs had been granted the power to demolish the building and then send the bill to the owner who has refused to do anything with it for this time.

After the roof collapsed last year, local residents renewed their campaign to get the council to act. Bristol City Council has previously taken legal action against the building's owner, landlord and property owner Mushtaq Ahmed, and he was fined for failing to comply with community protection notices and remedial orders, but has only erected scaffolding and has not carried out works to sort out the building.