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Bristol General Hospital flats go on sale
Flats in one of Bristol’s most famous landmark building redevelopments have gone on sale, less than two years after the controversial plans were approved.
The General Hospital building, parts of which dates back more than 150 years, has been redeveloped to include a series of luxury apartments.
More than 200 one- to four-bedroom homes have been included in the Grade II-listed building, as well as in the converted chapel.
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Yesterday, the first tranche of apartments were put on sale, with the cheapest two-bedroom flat going for £250,000 and a three-bedroom house on the market for a cool £560,000.
The redevelopment plans sparked controversy in 2012 when councillors gave the go-ahead for the scheme to develop housing and retail on the site.
An independent report had said developer City & Country should pay £1.2million towards local projects and make 40% of housing affordable.
But the developers claimed that would have made the scheme uneconomic and insisted mistakes had been made in the report.
Having initially opposed the plans, councillors made a sharp U-turn following a second independent report which warned that the council’s case for refusing the application earlier this summer would not stand up to scrutiny on appeal.
For more information about the development, visit the City & Country website…
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