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

This is the full text of the supplementary comments I submitted to the planning website on 18 August 2026 following a council invitation to participate in a second round of consultation. (I assume everyone who objected in the first round received this invitation. For most people, the second round closed on 19 August 2026.) ----------------------- I OBJECT to application 26/11841/F: Thank you for your letter of 5 August 2026 notifying revisions to this application and providi

This is the full text of my objection to the St Joseph's planning application. It was submitted to the planning website on Saturday, 6 June 2026. If you want to use this to help you file your own submission, you're welcome to do so but (a) you should write your response in your own words and (b) you must assume responsibility for what you write; the information below is supplied in good faith and I have tried to be accurate, but ultimately you must do your own research. (I h

Updated: It’s difficult to say definitively how Harringay Real Estate's proposals will fare when they’re assessed against Bristol City Council’s published policies governing student accommodation. (Updated 24 May 2026 after formal application submitted. Other updates below.) But one factor that could influence the outcome is already obvious—it stands directly opposite the St Joseph’s site on the other side of the street. Woodland Court is a commercially managed developme

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