Statement submitted to Planning Committee B (meeting 2 September 2026) with respect to recommendation to approve change of use of St Joseph’s care home to student accommodation (application 26/11841/F). (I will not be able to attend the meeting, so this statement is submitted in writing only.) Submitted text follows: ---------------------- Chair, I endorse, in full, the objection submitted by Councillor Guy Poultney (Cotham), setting out very clearly why this applicat

Edited Transcript of YouTube video of Bristol City Council Planning Committee B on 2 September 2026: Planning application 26/11841/F for change of use of former St Joseph’s care home at Cotham Hill, Bristol, to student accommodation. Notes: 1. This is the YouTube transcript, edited by Andrew Waller, The Noise Pages (www.thenoisepages.com). I have removed unnecessary timestamps and “ums”, “ers” and other verbal tics, including duplicated words and phrases, and used ellipse

By Andrew Waller, 21 August 2026 Councillors will decide the fate of the St Joseph’s planning application, now revised down to 126 student beds, at a committee meeting in City Hall on Wednesday, 2 September 2026. The meeting starts at 6pm. A recommendation by planning officers to approve or reject the application will be published on Bristol City Council’s websites on Wednesday, 26 August. Look in either of these locations: The planning portal: The report will appear on the d