Developer First Base has submitted an application for a £175m mixed-use scheme to Bristol city council which includes plans for 166 homes.

The Soapworks development will also see 200,000sq ft of commercial space and a 159-room hotel delivered on a site on the edge of the city centre. The scheme will centre around the restoration of the grade II-listed Victorian former base of soap and candle firm Christopher Thomas & Brothers, which has more recently served as homeware showroom for city department store Gardiner Haskins.

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