Plans for up to 200 homes in South Bristol have been approved despite concerns it will make the council a “hostage to fortune” by agreeing them before knowing the details. Some residents objected to the proposals by the city council’s housing company, Goram Homes, amid fears about adding to traffic problems and GP waiting times with so many new properties, including as many as 130 houses and 70 extra-care flats for elderly people.
But the development control committee granted outline planning permission unanimously on Wednesday, December 7, for the new estate on the former site of New Fosseway School, off Wells Road in Hengrove, which was demolished a decade ago. All the assisted living apartments and 30 per cent of the houses will be classed as affordable.
Green Cllr Guy Poultney told the meeting there was a lot to like and the extra-care housing met an unmet need but that because the application did not yet have any details other than road access, councillors were being asked to accept the principle without knowing enough. He said: “The affordable housing looks very high quality in an area that can stand high density.
