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etermined and passionate residents are always behind Southmead’s triumphs and for this project it’s no different. Driven by the Community Plan in 2015, Southmead Development Trust has been working with and on behalf of the community, and in partnership with Bristol City Council to take forward a scheme for 120 new homes: one of the biggest resident led housing schemes in the UK. The aims of the project are to support the centre of Southmead to thrive, improve the range of affordable housing, and to create long term income streams to support community services and ac�vi�es such as those at The Ranch. We received planning permission for the scheme in 2021 but since then we have experienced some challenges. This means we are proposing to make some changes to the proposals. In April we ran a survey and drop-in event at the Greenway Centre to gather ideas and sugges�ons to feed into the emerging designs. Thank you to everyone who has got involved! The reason why the proposals for Glencoyne Square are changing is because we have been impacted by the pandemic, escala�ng building costs, and some changes in requirements for community space. WHAT IS CHANGING? Design principles and Ground Floor Community & Enterprise Space The revised proposals will s�ll follow the principles set out during the original Planning Approved Scheme. It will extend the current Arnside shoping area to create a new ‘hub’ for community uses with housing above and an upgraded open space.
Aerial view of the scheme approved in 2021
View along Ullswater Road looking East in 3 storey scheme approved 2021
View South East from Embleton with metal cladding, approved scheme 2021
The original scheme had ground floor space allocated to a new health centre, library, and community space. However, Bristol City Council have decided there will not be a new health centre as the NHS was unable to offer the rent for the space being sought by the Council.
The Council are s�ll considering a new library on the ground floor which is included in the revised proposals. What was to be the health centre space now needs a new use. This could be for alterna�ve community health or community enterprise uses that support the library. Possible ideas put forward
