Dominus has been recommended for planning approval for its purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Bristol after council officers recommendations.
The scheme will redevelop a brownfield industrial site in the St Philips area of the city. The new £45m project promises jobs, green space, student homes and a community hub in a bold makeover of a fenced-off industrial site.
Dominus is applying to redevelop the site, currently known as Premier Business Park on Sussex Street, with PBSA and a new community centre.
The new site, called New Henry Yard, sits opposite the Dings residential area and is identified in the Old Market Quarter Neighbourhood Plan for mixed-use regeneration. It is close to the new University of Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus opening in 2026, where an estimated 4,600 students will study.
The plans, designed by the Bristol team at architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, are made up of two buildings, both of which would be highly sustainable targeting the demanding BREEAM Excellent standard.
The second building includes 549 managed student homes, a new community hub, a planted courtyard, gym and social/study spaces. The student homes are made up of 284 cluster rooms, 169 studios and 96 townhouse rooms.
Original plans for the scheme were turned down in June last year over councillors’ concerns about students living on an industrial estate and that there would be too much commercial land lost. The new application will be considered by members of Bristol City Council’s development control committee on 30 April 2025.
