Bristol gym operating without planning permission ‘damages trust in the system’

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Planning bosses have faced questions about allowing a gym in Bristol to operate without planning permission and how that 'damages trust in the system'. Kulture Training Club in Fishponds opened in July but then two weeks later was refused planning permission .

But Bristol City Council has allowed the gym to stay open, despite complaints from neighbours about music blaring in the early hours of the morning . Developers must apply for planning permission for all sorts of things, like converting a building into a gym — in theory.

But in Bristol little enforcement takes place if permission is refused and the development goes ahead anyway. Planning permission is supposed to protect neighbours f