Former Bristol magistrates’ court building set to be replaced by student flats
Plans to convert one of Bristol’s city centre eyesores into student flats have been recommended for approval.Councillors on the central development control committee will vote on the proposal to convert the former magistrates’ court in Nelson Street into 348 flats next Wednesday.
This comes after a previous application to turn the site into a Travelodge hotel were shelved.
The application, made on behalf of GWJ 1999 Hybrid Settlement Trust, is for a ten-storey block of student flats around a central courtyard with two commercial units underneath …