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38 Albert Road Bristol BS2 0XA

23/03896/SCRScreening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 March 2024

Council decision: EIA Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for a Screening Opinion as to whether an Environmental Impact Assessment is required for the demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment to provide a predominantly student accommodation led scheme (sui generis), along with potential commercial space (Class E) on the ground floor. The proposed building could be up to 22 storeys and provide approximately 500 student beds, with accommodation set across the upper floors, while refuse, cycle storage, plant, post, gym, staff and study rooms on the ground-floor alongside the commercial unit. Externally: landscaping, parking with emergency access to St Philips Footbridge. (Please note that this is not a planning application and therefore we are not carrying out public consultation on the proposal at this stage).

Received
6 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lawrence Hill
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Nov
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 158 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 38 Albert Road Bristol BS2 0XA. Bristol has handled 1,217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 17 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Lawrence Hill. We hold 349 applications in total for the BS2 postcode area.

83% of outline applications at Bristol City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS2 0XA
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Ashley, Easton And Lawrence Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2023
Consultation expiry
22 November 2023
Consultation end
22 November 2023
Target decision date
27 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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