Bristol Zoo has vowed to press ahead with its plans to redevelop a key site next to the historic attraction in Clifton, despite the High Court this week quashing its permission for a 62 home scheme.

The decision to approve the planning permission on a car park site adjacent to the Bristol zoo, granted by Bristol City Council in September last year, was quashed after the council accepted it had failed to properly take account of heritage advice from Historic England “as a material consideration”. This followed a legal challenge to the decision by the Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society.

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