Plan for 15 homes at Andrews’ former HQ

PLANS have been unveiled to convert the former Andrews Property Group headquarters in Keynsham into 15 homes.

The company announced in May last year that it was to leave its base at the bottom of Bath Hill, opposite the Memorial Park gates, after more than 30 years. Its new registered office address is 42b High Street in Keynsham.

Now Chipping Sodbury Developments Ltd has submitted a ‘prior approval’ application to Bath & North East Somerset Council to change the use from offices to residential.

It wants to convert the main building, the Clockhouse, into 11 homes, with a mix of studio, one-bed and two-bed apartments. Two two-bed flats are planned at the Lodge, while two studio apartments are proposed in The Barn.

External alterations to the Clockhouse and the Lodge, as well as new fencing and a wall to form a bin store and bike store, were approved in June last year.

The new application states that the site already has a parking area in the rear courtyard and each of the 15 properties would have one space.

The existing secure cycle store in the courtyard would accommodate up to 20 cycles.

The plans attracted one comment of objection, which stated: “This is not an appropriate location for building yet even more homes that Keynsham simply does not have the infrastructure to support.

“These proposals will only add to existing traffic problems.”