Plans revealed for 21-storey Bristol tower

Plans for a major mixed-use development in Bristol – which would comprise up to 300 student rooms, commercial space and a 21-storey tower – have been revealed.The application concerns the NCP Rupert Street Car Park in the city centre, with the eight-storey asset comprising 498 spaces.It is surrounded by high rise buildings, a number of which are being replaced or converted to residential use.The site also includes two retail units at ground floor level occupied by Evans Cycles and Professional Music Technology.Details of the plans for the plot have been revealed in a request for an EIA Screening Opinion submitted to Bristol City Council by Pegasus Group on behalf of PBSA Group Holdings S.a.r.l and joint applicant CP Co 3 Ltd.Proposed is the demolition of the existing car park and retail units to allow for a major mixed-use development.The applicant proposes the submission of a full planning application which will comprise up to 450 car parking spaces, 3,225 sq ft of commercial space, up to 300 co-living units, 300 student rooms across a mixture of studio and cluster flats, and landscape and public realm enhancement.The building would range in height up to a maximum of 21 storeys.The document notes that, if backed, the scheme would take approximately two to three years to complete. It would also create job opportunities.Meanwhile, the wider report notes that it is considered the proposals “do not constitute EIA development and would not require an Environmental Statement to be submitted”.”It should be emphasised that the site is in a strategic location and will secure the supply of future key workers, young professionals and students and their associated economic expenditure, as well as simultaneously supporting the local housing supply,” it added.”The proposals ensure the provision of high quality, modern accommodation units in a sustainable setting to support the needs of a range of social and demographic groups within the local and wider area.”