Mike Bell’s TropicanaWatch

These images show the relative size of the amended Tropicana development versus the original plan, the failed Mace plan and the current Tropicana development.
Many residents are worried about the overall size of the development so these images are helpful if giving a sense of height.
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The amended plans for Henry Boot for the Tropicana have been submitted to North Somerset Council.
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Here is what Henry Boot say the main changes are:

A reduction of the height of the overall building by 10 metres (34.5m-24.5m) with the building now being lower than Carlton Mansions;
Additional active frontage on the [...]

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Henry Boot are due to submit their formal planning application for the Tropicana redevelopment in February. The Weston and Somerset Mercury are reporting that a meeting of North Somerset Council next week will rubber stamp amendments to the original consultation plans.
So here it is folks: we’ll get to the nitty gritty and see, at last, [...]

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