Business leaders have urged city council planners to back a project to build a new ‘Sporting Quarter’ at Ashton Gate Stadium, as well as 510 new homes on a green field site on the edge of the city.
Business West, which says it represents more than 22,000 businesses and employers across the region, has given its ‘strong support’ to two planning applications submitted by the Lansdown family, which are set to finally be decided next month.
The first would see a sports and conventions centre built next to the existing stadium, alongside a 232-room hotel, multi-storey car park, a block of 125 flats and new offices, on land currently occupied by Wickes DIY store and other local businesses between Ashton Gate Stadium and Winterstoke Road.
