{"id":44478,"date":"2026-03-13T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=44478"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:36:30","slug":"huge-23-storey-block-of-flats-approved-despite-local-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2026\/03\/13\/huge-23-storey-block-of-flats-approved-despite-local-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge 23-storey block of flats approved despite local outrage\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PrincessFinal.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The green light has been given for south Bristol\u2019s tallest tower. Bristol City Council approved these plans despite local objections, since blocking it could lead to a \u00a31million legal challenge from the developers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Objections span environmental,&nbsp;aesthetic&nbsp;and historic concerns, along with the pressure it could put on local services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We spoke to the Bristol Civic Society and BS3 locals to see how they felt about&nbsp;the go-ahead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The green light has been given for south Bristol\u2019s tallest tower. Bristol City Council approved these plans despite local objections, since blocking it could lead to a \u00a31million legal challenge from the developers. Objections span environmental,&nbsp;aesthetic&nbsp;and historic concerns, along with the pressure it could put on local services. We spoke to the Bristol Civic Society [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":44481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1623],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44482,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44478\/revisions\/44482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}