CSJ PLANNING

Revised Consent from Queen Anne House, Queens Square, Bristol

Thursday 02nd February, 2012

CSJ Planning Consultants have been successful in securing vital revisions to an extant office consent at the junction of Queens Square/King Street, Bristol.  The original permissions granted in July 2010 provided for substantial redevelopment of the site and refurbishment for fine Georgian terraces of Listed Buildings.

The newly approved revisions allow for the substantial upgrade of the energy efficiency for the building and rationalised floor plates for the creation of prime Grade A space.  The consents will allow owners, Titan Investments, to market a new opportunity including the latest institutional requirements to safeguard against sustainable obsolescence. 

This small scale, but critical scheme, to accommodate revised M&E plant requirements has come forward in close conjunction with the Local Planning Authority and English Heritage.  The minor alterations have been sensitively designed to avoid impacting on such an important historic skyline.  In addition car parking has been reduced, with cycle parking enhanced and considerable construction savings made to achieve a viable, cost effective development proposal.

The tangible result of the revised permissions will improve the viability of the scheme and enable the refurbishment of the Listed Building at risk, whilst delivering 300 to 400 job opportunities in a currently derelict/empty part of Queens Square.  The enhancement to this part of the Conservation Area will be considerable.

Project Director, Mike Orr, said “It was a pleasure to work closely with Bristol City Council with most parties attaching significant weight to the new National Planning Policy Framework achieving a ‘yes’ at every level.  This was positive planning and regeneration at its best.”

 

Next news item >