Image credit: Bristol Design Bristol city is regenerating responsibly, putting sustainable growth at the heart of everything it does. The city has strong demand for more housing; must provide jobs for the growing population and at the same time, Bristol wants to enhance its already well-regarded public spaces and natural environment.
This ambition creates wide-ranging investment opportunities for partners who share Bristol’s values and believe in being part of the city’s long-term outlook.
Avonmouth is at the centre of Bristol’s industrial, warehousing, energy generation and recycling, and new value-adding ‘circular economy’ activities.
The area is looking to attract more advanced manufacturing and engineering companies on a ‘net zero’ model, and to expand its ‘circular economy’ activities.
At the same time the logistics sector will continue to grow, but, as connectivity and infrastructure improves this will be balanced with manufacturing and processing, a focus on emerging opportunities in food, construction, aerospace and other advanced engineering. All this will offer higher quality jobs to benefit local communities. Find out more
Bristol City Council is working with local residents, businesses, landowners, developers and other stakeholders to guide the long-term regeneration of central Bristol. A City Centre Development and Delivery Plan (DDP) is being prepared. It will identify what needs to be done to:
A draft of the DDP will be consulted on shortly, with endorsement by Council Cabinet likely to be sought by the end of 2023. For further information please visit Bristol City Centre DDP.
432 Build to Rent apartments and duplexes in central Bristol.
Prestigious site located opposite Bristol Temple Meads.
Extensive public realm and sustainable travel improvements.
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Bristol City Council is working in partnership with the local community to guide and shape the long-term transformation of the land either side of the River Frome in St Jude’s, known as Frome Gateway, located just to the north of the Cabot Circus regional shopping centre.
Our ambition is for Frome Gateway to become an exemplar neighbourhood recognised for high-quality and sustainable design and construction, its unique identity and community spirit, and its ability to support communities to live healthy and sustainable lifestyles. We want the regeneration of Frome Gateway to be the city’s most bold and ambitious response to the climate and ecological emergencies to date and are exploring this as a priority design theme.
To do this, the Council is working with the community to produce a Regeneration Framework for the area. For further information please visit Frome Gateway.
Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, has set a target to deliver 2000 homes a year in the city by 2024, with 1000 of them to be affordable. At the same time Bristol City Council is scaling up its council house building programme, with a proposed £1.8 billion investment to deliver 9000 new council homes as part of a 30 year plan through a combination of land-led and developer-led schemes.
These, and other measures we will take in the near term to help us achieve the Bristol One City Plan vision that "by 2050 everyone in Bristol will live in a home that meets their needs within a thriving and safe community" are outlined in Project 1000: Affordable Housing Delivery Plan 2022-2025. The Project 1000 approach is designed to ensure the best use of Bristol City Council’s resources of land, time, money, and influence in order in order to:
For more information please visit www.bristol.gov.uk.
Bristol has a growing population and need to provide more housing in sustainable urban locations. At the same time we face strong demand for industrial and employment space, and vacancy levels for industrial across the city are low. Bristol City Council is keen to explore new forms of development that enable us to use land as efficiently as possible to help us meet these challenges.
Industrial intensification and co-location with residential are under active consideration as delivery solutions. Given the emerging nature of this market, thinking is at an early stage. Bristol City Council is eager to hear from developers, funders and managing agents providing similar spaces in other locations or looking to enter the market, and who are interested in seeing such space come forward in Bristol.
Development brief for around 1,500 homes and 500 jobs in Bristol Temple Quarter.
Working with Bristol City Council and West of England Combined Authority Temple Quarter joint delivery team.
Engagement with developers and their consultant teams.
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2 buildings out of 3 were due to be vacant within 3 years.
Phased extension and refurbishment to create uplifted space that is attractive to the next generation of occupiers.
Reduction of car parking an introduction of end of journey facilities.
Easy feasibility studies reviewed balance of aesthetic upgrades, planning risk, energy performance, return on investment and carbon cost.
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The 130 hectare site of brownfield land will transform over the next 25 years into a thriving, well-connected mixed-use community. The regeneration will create up to 10,000 new homes, 22,000 new jobs and bring £1.6 billion each year to the city economy.
The project features the renewal and upgrading of Bristol Temple Meads Station, creating capacity for further rail services and new access points to the station. Immediately adjacent to the station, the University of Bristol is developing a new city centre campus with a strong focus on innovation.
Significant investment in flood defences is planned so that the full potential of the area can be fully unlocked. Find out more
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1990s replica of 1950s goods sheds.
Deconstruction and redevelopment using existing steelwork as a ‘kit of parts’.
Active retail/leisure use on ground floor.
3 floors of office space above.
Public realm improvements.
Engagement with neighbours including We The Curious and Watershed.
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Bristol’s harbourside has become one of the city’s best loved destinations – a place where people increasingly want to live, work and spend their leisure time.
The Western Harbour area provides an opportunity to unlock space for sustainable and affordable homes close to the city centre, create new jobs, provide sustainable travel options, create good-quality public space, and improve access to the water.
The council is currently undertaking consultation to develop a city-wide vision for the future of the area that will inform and underpin a masterplan and delivery strategy. Find out more
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The Whitehouse St Framework was endorsed by Bristol City Council Cabinet in March 2023. The Framework sets out the vision for the regeneration of the area, informed by extensive engagement with the local community, and will guide and shape redevelopment proposals to support the transition to a genuinely mixed-use neighbourhood in Bedminster. New homes, employment floorspace (including industrial space) and community space will be delivered and help revitalise this area, support businesses on nearby East St and Bedminster Parade and facilitate the integration of the existing community with new residents and businesses moving into the area.
The regeneration of the Whitehouse Street will deliver:
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Temple Quarter is one of the UK’s leading regeneration and infrastructure development programmes. Home to financial and professional services, and creative hub.