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

By Andrew Waller, 16 June 2026 ​​More than 160 respondents lodged objections to plans for 132 student beds at the former St Joseph’s care home in Cotham Hill. With the public consultation now closed, only 3 people supported the proposal—meaning the ‘No’ vote was roughly 98%. Green councillors Serena Ralston and George Calascione, who represent Clifton Down, the ward in which St Joseph’s sits, have asked for the proposal to be referred to a planning committee. If the cit

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

Residents have signalled opposition to plans to convert the former St Joseph’s Care Home in Cotham Hill into 131 studio flats for students. ​ Developer Harringay Real Estate has set up a website to seek public opinion on the proposal, as a step towards submitting a planning application in April or May. The website can be viewed here. People have until 25 March 2026 to submit views via the site’s feedback page. ​ If and when a planning application is submitted, it may struggle

Reaction to the plan to convert former St Joseph's care home into 131 student studio flats