The owner of a landmark former bank in Bristol that has become a roofless-eyesore over the past ten years has asked council planners again if he can demolish it - or demolish most of it and leave the façade of the building intact. But local residents and councillors say they are concerned that the old Edwardian bank building in Bishopston might just be allowed to ‘fall down’ anyway, with dozens objecting to two different planning applications submitted by the owner. Back in March, Bristol Live revealed that council planners had refused to give permission to the building’s owner Omid Jalil’s plan to build a six-storey block of flats in place of the prominent 110-year-old bank building on Gloucester Road.
Now, Mr Jalil has returned with two slightly different applications . Read next: Landmark Gloucester Road bank building can't be demolished rule planners Read more: Calls for apology after Bristol Rovers refer to 'disabled' fans and 'normal' fans The first was submitted by Mr Jalil in mid-April. He applied to Bristol City Council for permission to demolish the old bank building, with the façade that faces Gloucester Road and Longmead Avenue partly retained.
Then, last week, Mr Jalil submitted a second planning application, which asked if prior notification was required to demolish the bank completely. That would appear unlikely, given that the main reason the council’s planners gave in March for refusing the six-storey flats plan was because the building itself w.
