Developers can build 17 new apartments on Gloucester Road after councillors made a U-turn on their decision to refuse permission. Planning officers warned Bristol City Council would likely lose if the developers appealed the decision, costing taxpayers thousands.
Last month the development control B committee voted to refuse planning permission for the flats on the corner of Gloucester Road and Berkeley Road, due to concerns about road safety and over-development. But the committee has now backtracked, granting permission after all.
The apartments will be built in a converted Methodist chapel, previously home to an electrical shop, with three storeys and some retail space kept on the ground floor. The U-turn was made during a committee meeting on Tuesday, June 13.
