People living in 166 flats proposed to be built on the banks of the Floating Harbour would have to be rescued by the emergency services in the event of a flood, council planners have been told. And building there, on the Caravan Club site at Baltic Wharf, would represent a risk to life, the Environment Agency experts have warned.
In the latest back-and-forth between Environment Agency officials and flood risk planning consultants, the Environment Agency has reiterated its objections to a council plan to build new homes on the site of the caravan park, a plan which has caused huge controversy in Bristol over recent years.
The plan would see the caravan club evicted by Bristol City Council and the site handed over to its house-building company Goram Homes. Goram’s plan is for blocks of flats totalling 166 new homes, with the ground level lowered and shops and bars on the ground floor.
