A planning application which would see the demolition of a number of Victorian buildings on Gloucester Road and the erection of new four storey accommodation, has received major backlash from local residents. Plans to demolish the buildings at number 489 Gloucester Road and 2 Filton Avenue has received some 70 public comments on the application so far (at time of writing), with the majority of them objecting against the development, which many say is "far more significant" than they first realised.
Outlines for the plans, which were submitted/published to the council's planning page on October 18 2022, include knocking down the buildings and replacing them with nine residential apartments and seven small houses, along with cycle parking, waste storage, landscaping and other works. The site sits just over the road from the Memorial Stadium and right next to a very busy junction of the A38.
Currently, the main properties (489 Gloucester Road and 2 Filton Avenue) are in use as four HMOs (house in multiple occupation) with between four and five bedrooms each. The planning application reads: "The two first floor properties have HMO licenses for five bedroom properties and the two ground floor properties are four bed HMOs.
