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Old Building Bristol Royal Infirmary Marlborough Street City Centre Bristol BS2 8HW

26/10482/NMANon-material amendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 March 2026

Council decision: Non material amendment - agreedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission 19/04331/F Mixed use development comprising the conversion of part of the Old BRI Hospital building to accommodate 62 residential flats (C3 Use Class) alongside external alterations; retention and refurbishment of Fripps Chapel for community use (A3, D1 or D2 Use Class); demolition of the remainder of the buildings and erection of a part 4, 5 and 6 storey building to provide 416 students beds (Sui generis) and 123 sq m of ground floor commercial floorspace (A1, A2, B1, D1 and D2 Use Class) associated landscaping; private access road, car parking and cycle parking. Non-Material minor Amendments sought to the facade and internal layout.

Received
6 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 15 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Old Building Bristol Royal Infirmary Marlborough Street City Centre Bristol BS2 8HW. Bristol has handled 546 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 7 days quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Central. We hold 349 applications in total for the BS2 postcode area.

77% of amendment 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 8HW
Application type
Non-material amendment
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
62
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14678301
Documents
31
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St. James' Parade
  • Listed building: Grade II: Chapel Wing (only) to the former Bristol Royal InfirmaryOn this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
  • Brownfield land register: Old Building Bristol Royal Infirmary Marlborough Street City Centre Bristol BS2 8HWRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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