Agents acting on behalf of social housing provider Bromford have revealed plans to redevelop the site of the former Travellers Rest pub (a.k.a. Hungry Horse) on the A38 Gloucester Road [map].
The pub closed after the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 and has been boarded up for the past two years after owners Greene King concluded there is no demand for it to reopen.
In a 3-week public consultation held during April, Bromford asked for people’s views on its proposals to build a block of 27 apartments on the site.
The housing association has drawn up plans for the 1-acre site for a mix of 1- and 2-bedroom apartments in a single block made up of 2- and 3-storey components. The plans include 34 parking spaces, landscaping and the planting of new trees to increase privacy.
The plans also include the stopping up of the accesses on and off the A38 and a new vehicular access formed onto The Common to the south.
Senior land manager Patrick Jenkins said:
“We know there is significant demand for more affordable housing across South Gloucestershire, with more than 4,500 households currently waiting on the council’s housing list. A large number of those are in need of 1-bedroom-homes, so this development offers us a chance to meet that demand through the construction of a modern, affordable apartment block on a brownfield site.”
Bromford is currently considering the responses received during the public consultation before making a formal planning application to South Gloucestershire Council later this year.
This article originally appeared in the May 2022 issue of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine (on page 27).
