Plans to convert a former porn studio in Bristol have been beaten off by local residents.
Plans for a change of use of a former porn studio to ahouse of multiple occupancy have been rejected by Bristol Council.
The Bristol Post reported that plans werein place to convert the disused smut hutinto a HMO plus block which could housearound 40 people.
However residents raised concerns that the property would become a magnet for transient workers and wouldbe worse for the community.
As suchBristol City Council was hard on developerMike Hobbins andthey rejected due to fears itcould leave what is a residential family area limp with disappointment.
The Bristol Post reported the Council as having said: "The proposed development, being located within an established residential community, comprising a large proportion of family housing, would be harmful to the area's residential character and social cohesion."
The studio had been runby Phil Barry, the husband of adult film star Cathy Barry, but residents were quick to beat off the plans claiming it would 'bludgeon the neighbourhood to death'.
Hobbins had suggested putting 20 doubles rooms into the building, offering six-month contracts with fixed rent costs, including bills and refered to it as away of 'solving the housing crisis in Bristol'.
