We’ve worked closely with the local community to understand their needs and priorities for this part of the city. Here’s what the submitted plans look like.
- Entrances from the Bath Road will create new connections between south Bristol and Bristol Temple Meads Railway Station, the new University of Bristol campus and the wider Temple Quarter area.
The connection on the north side of Bath Road will include stairs and a lift. On the south side of the road an existing access road will lead people down and under the road into the site. - The existing footbridge will link the site with Temple Quarter and St Philip’s Marsh.
- The existing ‘Brock’s Bridge’ will be the only vehicle route into the site for residents and visitors (emergency access will remain available to the access road to the south west). People will also be able to walk and cycle across the bridge. The proposals are designed to be largely ‘car-free’, promoting walking and cycling across the site instead.
- Benefits to biodiversity with tree planting and habitat creation across new green spaces. The new buildings are designed in a way that allows people to live and work sustainably with solar panels on the roofs and sustainable heating tapping into the Bristol Heat Network.
- Four buildings with up to 520 new homes. The homes will be a variety of sizes and tenures to cater to the varied community.
- This building is planned to incorporate a flexible mix of commercial uses, such as makers’ spaces.
- A hotel and conference centre will support Bristol’s visitor economy. The hotel will have around 160 rooms for people to stay. The conferencing centre will include a large room with the capacity for around 200 with three smaller rooms.
- Two new office buildings will be carefully designed to respond to modern workplace needs.
Affordable homes
In addition to our commitment to deliver the national policy level of affordable housing, we are working with Bristol City Council, the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, and Homes England to deliver 40% of all housing for social and affordable rents, shared ownership, and Keyworkers at sub-market rents.
The Bath Road
We understand how important the Bath Road connection is to the local community from the feedback we’ve received during our previous consultation. There are a number of challenges that need to be considered such as the height difference of at least 6 meters between the site and the Bath Road.
We’re proposing creating walking and cycling access from the Bath Road. As shown at (1a) on the map and the image above.
Hybrid planning application
Part of the application is ‘detailed’, providing all information necessary to secure full planning permission (including detailed elevations). This relates to the first office building to be delivered to the north west corner of the site.
The rest of the application is in ‘outline’, setting out the principles and parameters of the development, with further detail to be submitted through future applications.
