Cubex has been given planning permission from Bristol City Council for its 22-storey purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Bristol.
Located next to the River Avon near Bristol Temple Meads station, Cubex’s PBSA scheme is close to the University of Bristol’s £500m Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus.
The development was approved unanimously by councillors despite some concerns about the height of the scheme.
To mitigate the concerns, Cubex published an image that showed how the building would fit in with the local area once all the other planned buildings had been built.
“One of my primary concerns about this whole area is the height of the buildings. There isn’t something we can point to and say this is how high a building should be.”
Rob Bryher, Committee Chairman and Councillor, Green/St George West
The new PBSA building in Albert Road will be home to 531 students next to the University of Bristol’s new campus. The development will include a mix of studio flats and cluster beds. There will also be commercial space on the ground and first floors. This PBSA development forms part of the Temple Quarter regeneration area.
Cubex will pay for flood defences, create a new boulevard, and build a route for pedestrians and cyclists to get to the riverside walkway and St Philips footbridge leading to Temple Island.
“It meets local student housing need, provides low-cost employment use, increases the public realm in an imaginative way, increases tree planting, improves transport and includes flood prevention.”
Richard Eddy, Councillor, Conservative/Bishopsworth
