Seawalls cafe and toilets: March 2020 update
A second application to demolish the public toilets at Seawalls and replace the building with a café and new toilets meets the Society’s main concern almost completely.
Silverthorne Lane: Feb 2020 update.
There have been further revisions to this massive scheme on land between Silverthorne Lane and the Feeder Canal. The Society cannot support the height and mass of the proposed residential accommodation.
BRI car park: Second Feb 2020 update
A Planning Inspector has refused the Hospital’s appeal against the Council refusal of its planning application to build a new 820-space car park on the site of the Eugene Street flats above Marlborough Street.
Land at Airport Road
The Society supports the Council’s initiative to develop land that it owns beside Airport Road. The development will provide 173 new homes.
59-68 Feeder Road St. Philips: February 2020 update
The Council has refused this planning application. The Society’s objections anticipated many of the reasons for refusal.
Leisure Island: February 2020 update
The Council has refused this planning application. The Society’s objections anticipated many of the reasons for refusal.
BRI car park: February 2020 update
A planning Inspector heard UBH’s planning appeal on the 21/22 January 2020. We expect a decision in March.
Vauxhall House and Payne’s Shipyard
Between the New Cut and Coronation Road, Crest Nicholson propose to demolish the site to build up to 158 flats with car parking, landscaping, access, infrastructure and a riverside pedestrian path.
New University Library: Feb 2020 update
The Society supports redevelopment of the Hawthorns and the construction of a new Arts and Social Sciences Library (the Library) but regrets that it cannot support the current scheme.
Should Bristol become a high rise city? – 5th March 2020
On 5th March, the Bristol Civic Society will hold an open discussion at 7:00 pm at the Arnolfini, with talks by four of Britain’s best-respected experts on urban densification.
Idling action and School Streets
Bristol City Council has embarked on two schemes to influence driver behaviour to help reduce air pollution – Idling action and School Streets. A Bristol Walking Alliance meeting on 6th January was given a briefing on the two schemes.
Bonnington Walk
The Council proposes to build 188 new homes on the south side of Bonnington Walk, Lockleaze. The development will be a mix of private sale and affordable units on, approximately, a 50/50 basis.