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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Estel Farell Roig

Imperial Apartments IS suitable for children, council finds and will start rehousing families there

Bristol City Council is to restart housing families with children at a former office block.

A council review into the controversial Imperial Apartments development has found that the site is "suitable for many families with children". Back in mid-February, Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees announced the council was to pause housing families with children there while a review was carried out as he admitted there are "some challenges" at the site.

This came after BristolLive reported on many concerns from residents at the former Parkview office complex in Hengrove and a request from the Bristol South MP to stop housing families with children at the development, with the Lib Dems then joining the call and one councillor urging the council "to take responsibility".

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