Hundreds of new student flats are planned to replace a large Chinese food wholesaler behind Temple Meads train station, with a decision due next week. The development would see 471 flats built in a 12-storey building on the current site of Chanson Foods on Avon Street, just along the road from Motion.
Bristol City Council’s development control committee is set to vote on granting planning permission for the huge scheme on Wednesday, July 20. The wider Temple Quarter area east of the train station is earmarked for a major redevelopment, with hundreds more student flats planned.
The University of Bristol is also planning to build a new campus there, and a new entrance to Temple Meads is on the cards as well. Developers said the new student flats would not be visible from Station Approach, the road which leads to the main entrance of Temple Meads station.
