Controversial plans to turn a care home for ten people into temporary housing for 27 people have been withdrawn after the local councillor said it 'degrades human dignity’.
Bristol property company Connolly & Callaghan, the city’s biggest provider of emergency accommodation for the city council, has withdrawn its plan to turn the care home building in Southville into a huge house in multiple occupancy (HMO) after a big backlash from people living nearby. The firm said it withdrew the plans to 'allow time' for council housing officers to explain to C&C exactly what 'their requirements regarding facilities for occupants' will be.
C&C’s original proposal would have seen the property at 8 Acramans Road, close to Holy Cross Primary School, converted into accommodation for up to 27 people - with five toilets, three showers and two baths between them.
