Hundreds of flats approved for Bristol's new canal-side community

Plans have been approved for hundreds of new canal-side flats in Bristol despite concerns over expensive rents. Developers now have planning permission from Bristol City Council to build 434 homes east of Temple Meads on Silverthorne Lane on an empty industrial plot of land.

Studio Hive already had permission to build 371 homes on plots two and three of Silverthorne Lane, at a development known as the Iron Works. But they applied for permission to increase this by 63 more apartments, as well as new businesses on the ground floors of the buildings.

The plans were approved by seven votes to two by the development control B committee on Wednesday, August 27. The application parked a wider debate about build-to-rent develop

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