Nine storey student scheme on former B&Q site approved
Plans for a nine-storey block of flats for 330 students near the University of the West of England (UWE) have been approved.
South Gloucestershire councillors granted planning permission for the building on a former B&Q site at Filton Retail Park.
This was despite concerns about road safety as the apartments will be near the ring road, just to the north.
Planning officer David Stockdale said the site was highly sustainable and located near two railway stations, bus routes, UWE’s bus terminal and shops and that a nearby NHS building was higher.
He added that the new site is next to a traffic lighted pedestrian crossing.
