Bristol Walking Alliance has been asked by the Bristol City Council City Centre Development Team to engage with a Bristol City Centre Retail & Leisure Study which has initially commissioned a survey of landowners, businesses, residents and other stakeholders.… Continue reading
Author: Roger Gimson
Bonnington Walk development
New housing is being proposed in a planning application (20/02523/FB) for a greenfield site south of Bonnington Walk in Lockleaze. The development site includes a section of Concorde Way, a key walking and cycling route between the centre of Bristol and its northern fringe towards Cribbs Causeway.… Continue reading
Clanage Road and Festival Way
A pending planning application (20/01655/F) proposes to build new housing between Ashton Avenue Bridge and Clanage Road. This would force a diversion of ‘Festival Way’, the main pedestrian route between the Floating Harbour and Ashton Court.… Continue reading
Airport Road route at risk
BWA and Bristol Cycling Campaign have submitted a joint public statement to a City Council planning committee meeting that is considering a new housing development along Airport Road in South Bristol.… Continue reading
Soapworks development
A planning application (20/01150/F) for redevelopment around the old Soapworks / Gardiner Haskins building proposes a new pedestrian route through the site from Old Bread Street to New Thomas Street. However, the new tall surrounding buildings may make it a windy sunless canyon.… Continue reading
Temple Quarter Campus
The University of Bristol has submitted a detailed planning application (19/05746/M) for its new campus beside Temple Meads Station. The design of the public realm near the junction with Cattle Market Road has gone though several iterations, but the latest proposals are an improvement in terms of giving clear and relatively direct routes for both pedestrians and cyclists passing the campus as well as those terminating or originating there.… Continue reading
Downs Place and Movement
In 2015, the Downs Committee asked the City Design Group of Bristol City Council to produce a Place and Movement Framework for the Clifton and Durdham Downs. This proposed a number of scenarios for improving walking cycling and key recreational facilities for Downs users.… Continue reading
Commenting on Public Realm proposals
Whenever proposals are put forward for changes to the public realm (a planning term for all outdoor areas where the public is allowed access) Bristol Walking Alliance is keen to comment from the perspective of the pedestrian.… Continue reading
Quakers Friars proposals
A planning proposal (19/04061/F) has been put forward to improve the public realm around Quakers Friars, in Bristol city centre, in order to attract more people to this retail and restaurant area.… Continue reading
Silverthorne Lane early proposals
Within the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, significant development is expected in the St Philip’s Marsh area over the coming years. One early proposal is to redevelop the area between Silverthorne Lane and the Feeder Canal being put forward by Feeder Estates LLP, a partnership managed by Square Bay.… Continue reading