Bristol Council has been consulting again on an Urban Living Supplementary Planning Document. ‘Urban Living’ is a policy that prioritises housing growth in certain city areas, with denser development, primarily on brownfield sites.
Urban Living SPD – revised version Read More »
The Purcell Study investigating options for the Ashton Court Mansion is nearly finished. We understand that an initial draft has been delivered to the City Council and comments and feedback are awaited.
Update October 2018 Read More »
The Council has approved the scheme to create office accommodation using shipping containers positioned within the historic walls.
Cargo Work – update Read More »
The Society supports the redevelopment of the site at 1-3 Ashton Road (the Old Brewery) with an intensified density. However, the Society does not support the height of the two blocks of flats
The health impacts of air pollution are well known. Alan Morris delves behind the headlines on air pollution and proposes actions to improve it.
Air pollution in Bristol Read More »
The Broadwalk Shopping Centre has been in administration since January 2017 and action is required to safeguard its future. The Society supports the scheme presented by Keep Architecture.
Broadwalk Shopping Centre Read More »
The Society unreservedly supports the redevelopment of this vacant site. The design of the new building is superior to the lapsed permission.
Portwall Gate – 100 Temple Street Read More »
In 2018 the Council granted planning permission for a 8 floor block of student accommodation. The developer, the F3Group, has made a second post-permission proposal to extend the permitted building to 14 floors.
Update 21 St Thomas Street Redcliffe Read More »
The University Hospitals Bristol (UHB) proposes to build a Cardiology Research Unit (CRU) at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
Bristol Royal Infirmary – new extension Read More »
Watkins Jones, a student accommodation specialist, has acquired a large site on the opposite side of Backfields to the former Coroner’s Court. The Society strongly supports redevelopment of this site but regrets that it cannot support this proposal.
The developer Umberslade has new plans for the offices on the corner of Cumberland Road and Wapping Road that the image shows.
Cargo Work – Wapping Wharf Read More »
The Civic Society was ultimately unsuccessful in their bid and the selected purchaser was Ian Johnson, a Clifton resident with the excellent track record of sensitively restoring the Observatory on Clifton Down.
St Michael’s Update October 2018 Read More »
