Plans to convert a former special educational needs school in Bristol into luxury retirement flats look set to be refused. St Christopher’s School in Westbury Park opened seven decades ago but developers are applying for permission to convert the site into 116 apartments.
The two-hectare site next to the Downs could soon become a retirement village, with the historic school buildings converted into extra care apartments and several new buildings constructed too. But the plans have sparked a wide range of concerns from many locals.
Problems with the plans include the loss of provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND), as well as the loss of several large mature trees which would be chopped down to make way for the new extra care apartments.
