AHR lodges plans for 245-home harbourside scheme in Bristol

CGI CARGO building at night from across harbour

Mixed-use proposals are tweaked after criticism from former RIBA president George Ferguson

AHR has submitted plans for a 245-home mixed use scheme in Bristol’s harbourside Wapping Wharf district.

Developer Umberslade said the proposals responded to pre-application feedback by removing a two-storey rooftop restaurant from a 12-storey block, and reducing the height of another building by one floor.

Former RIBA president and past elected mayor of Bristol George Ferguson was among the critics of the earlier proposals. He said the proposed tall buildings, of which the 12-storey block was to be the highest, would “smother” views of the listed dockside cranes in front of the development.

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