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[Delirium]

Noticed flats were up for sale at this residential development at the Portishead marina. Nothing amazing but it appears to include a fairly decent massing of ground floor retail units.

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/det...atured_listing

[Delirium]

Originally Posted by BoyamIjealous

Not brilliant pics, taken through the wired windows at the back of the Oncology centre:





but that's what's happening at the BRI.

Charz for the photog's Baij.

Still can never get over how hideous the main building is, it's like they want people to die....

[bertyboy]

Originally Posted by geoffbradford

It would seem that the General Hospital scheme has hit a snag. The planners recommend refusal solely on the grounds of inadequate proposed S106 contributions. The independent financial report suggests that the developers have overpaid for the site and points out that it's not the city council's job to subsidise them. Presumably some sort of compromise will eventually be reached. There are some good illustrations on pages 75-79 of the report.

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/committee...1/0829_4-1.pdf

That seems like an awful balls-up on C&C's part. Looks like someone has confused acres and hectares when putting in the bid!
The sad thing is that if BCC do (rightly) insist on s.106 obligations and 20% affordable housing, then C&C will value-engineer this to within an inch of its life to try and make some sort of profit.

[BoyamIjealous]

Originally Posted by Delirium

Charz for the photog's Baij.

Still can never get over how hideous the main building is, it's like they want people to die....

Having spent time as an inmate at BRI, I find it hard to disagree. The Oncology building, by contrast, is much more easy going, and has better food.

[dronkula]

Talking of hospitals, the EP is reporting that Southmead Hospital has now been externally completed and the builders are now moving on to fit out the insides of it.

[Pickle33]

Originally Posted by tpm

I guess this will replace the awful 33 Victoria Street building?

Its hardly a tower...I wish they would have the courage to put something tall on that site which would act like a cluster with no 1 Redcliffe (cheese grater) tower. I know they're trying to create a more intimate street scape around there, but that seems to be a odds with the way the area is changing due to its proximity to Temple Quay.

[tpm]

Originally Posted by Pickle33

Its hardly a tower...I wish they would have the courage to put something tall on that site which would act like a cluster with no 1 Redcliffe (cheese grater) tower. I know they're trying to create a more intimate street scape around there, but that seems to be a odds with the way the area is changing due to its proximity to Temple Quay.

I think Bristol media habitually use 'tower' whenever something has at least four storeys, and 'skyscraper' when it has nine storeys or more

[RupertSB]

Originally Posted by dronkula

Talking of hospitals, the EP is reporting that Southmead Hospital has now been externally completed and the builders are now moving on to fit out the insides of it.

Some excellent shots of the new super hospital.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-19347244

Flying back from Newcastle last weekend, the plane banked over the city centre to give great views over the whole of Bristol. I could clearly make out Southmead Hosiptal, which was visible even when we passed over keynsham and started the final phase of the decent to Ludgate. It's enourmous!

[Pickle33]

Originally Posted by tpm

I think Bristol media habitually use 'tower' whenever something has at least four storeys, and 'skyscraper' when it has nine storeys or more

so provincial hopefully the new mayor will have more persepctive on these things.

[Pompey77]

Originally Posted by RupertSB

Some excellent shots of the new super hospital.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-19347244

Flying back from Newcastle last weekend, the plane banked over the city centre to give great views over the whole of Bristol. I could clearly make out Southmead Hosiptal, which was visible even when we passed over keynsham and started the final phase of the decent to Ludgate. It's enourmous!

Impressive pictures. Theres an opportunity on the 5th, 16th and 25th of october to have a look round the site and at the mock up rooms, not sure if this is open to everyone or just members of the foundation trust, but might be worth a look.

[BoyamIjealous]

Originally Posted by RupertSB

Some excellent shots of the new super hospital.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-19347244

Flying back from Newcastle last weekend, the plane banked over the city centre to give great views over the whole of Bristol. I could clearly make out Southmead Hosiptal, which was visible even when we passed over keynsham and started the final phase of the decent to Ludgate. It's enourmous!

It looks absolutely fabulous. I hope I never get to use it.

EasyJet seem to turn over Hicks Gate roundabout onto finals for 27 at Lulsgate. Ryan Air always cut the corner, to save fuel, and turn over Brislington. This is how I can tell which airline it is without looking.

[geoffbradford]

The planning application to demolish the ice rink in Frogmore St and replace it with student flats has been submitted. While it's an architectural improvement on the present building, it seems a great shame to lose a profitable ice rink with no replacement in sight.

Hardly fits in with an Olympic legacy of encouraging participation in sport.


http://planningonline.bristol.gov.uk...=M8WPXZDNK8000

[Benj]

Originally Posted by Benj

The land is still owned by the City Council .... on a 999 year lease to the developer.

There was no cycle / shopmobility facility included in the planning agreement in the end. Therefore if it does get built, bonus.

Not a very exciting project i know, but just to clarify:

- - The land remains under council ownership and is NOT part of the 250 year lease the rest of Cabot Circus is
- It was used to store site offices and construction materials and is now being landscaped and returned to the council
- Long term plan seems to be to use for a transport use, perhaps BRT.

[RupertSB]

Originally Posted by Pompey77

Impressive pictures. Theres an opportunity on the 5th, 16th and 25th of october to have a look round the site and at the mock up rooms, not sure if this is open to everyone or just members of the foundation trust, but might be worth a look.

Would be very interesting to see. If I'm around I will call in, thank you for the info.

[RupertSB]

Originally Posted by BoyamIjealous

It looks absolutely fabulous. I hope I never get to use it.

EasyJet seem to turn over Hicks Gate roundabout onto finals for 27 at Lulsgate. Ryan Air always cut the corner, to save fuel, and turn over Brislington. This is how I can tell which airline it is without looking.

It was Easyjet - impressive!

[BIGcider APPLE]

You can see the roof 'fins' of the hospital from my house in staple hill.

[bertyboy]

Originally Posted by BIGcider APPLE

You can see the roof 'fins' of the hospital from my house in staple hill.

Ooh, an SSCer who lives around the corner from me!

[Delirium]

REJECTED.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-19420328

[BIGcider APPLE]

Originally Posted by bertyboy

Ooh, an SSCer who lives around the corner from me!

Yup. Ssc hotbed up here mate!

[BoyamIjealous]

Originally Posted by RupertSB

It was Easyjet - impressive!

I have spent some time flying light aircraft, so see these things with a different eye. I also spent the last half-hour of a flight from Spain to Stansted in the jockey seat between the pilots, with a headset on. I heard a Ryan Air pilot ask Stansted, in a strong Sooth Efrikan accent, for a straight-in clean approach to join right base for runway 22"(in other words, straight line at highest possible speed, no flaps until I decide I need them), only to be told that "You can go round and join the queue like everybody else. And that's the worst try at an Irish accent I have ever heard". Apparently, they picked up a lot of redundant SAAF pilots cheap a few years back.

The ideal for a pilot is to fly clean until as late as possible, probably about 180 knots, in a straight line to a few miles from the airport, then put down flap and undercarriage, touch down, taxy to a terminal, and get on ground power ASAP. It's better for local residents, too, because they don't make so much noise when they aren't mashing the air up so much. But especially at busy airports, it helps the controllers to have everybody lined up at the same speed.

I asked why the rush to ground power. It cost (then) £16 ph to plug the Boeing 737 into the socket at Stansted, but £36 ph to run the APU instead. The aircraft was due to leave for Munich after a 40 minute turn around, and the difference could be the difference between profit and loss for the flight. Given the list price for a B737 is around $70 million, this startled me somewhat, but explains why airlines want to shut down engines as soon as they can. Ryanair just take it to an obsessive level.