A new £2 million creative learning centre in Easton is set to win planning permission.

At a meeting tomorrow councillors will be urged to give consent for the centre on a wedge-shaped derelict piece of land next to a sliproad at Junction 3 on the M32.

The centre would include a library and state-of-the-art facilities to provide learning programmes for needy people.

It would also have facilities for youngsters, like a creche.

People are in favour of a centre but are worried that 40 car parking spaces would not be enough.

Members of the Greek Orthodox Church and Hellenic Centre nearby are against the plan because they believe it would cause traffic congestion.

They are also against the loss of open space and say that parking provision is inadequate.

The plan, which is being put forward by the city council's libraries department, has been revised since a public meeting in August last year to discuss the issue.

Most of the scheme, which includes 59 flats, seven industrial units and community meeting rooms, is three storeys high.

But the main block, which fronts Millpond Street, includes a tower which rises to seven storeys.

Planning officer Ben Burke is recommending to councillors that approval is given.

He says in a report to the planning committee: "The proposal would regenerate a derelict site within an area of high deprivation, providing the area with much needed community facilities, family housing and affordable dwellings."

The complex is being funded with a £1.9 million grant from the National Lottery.

It would be built near to Millpond Primary School, a youth centre and a health centre in nearby Claremont Street.