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21-storey tower could be part of development near Temple Meads
A major mixed-use development could include a 21-storey tower block next to Bath Road.
In the first designs revealed for the Mead Street site, architects say that they “have developed a proposal with green, public space at its heart”.
Up to 900 new homes could be built on the 8.5 acre site close to Temple Meads, with an outline planning application due to be submitted in early 2022.
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Ground-floor commercial space will be taken up by small businesses, cafes and shops.
Developers are also promising to provide a “new bespoke home” for Freedog trampoline park and Flashpoint climbing centre within the new development if planning permission is secured.
The Mead Street site is part of the city council’s Bristol Temple Quarter – photo: Google
“The team has given very careful consideration to the scale, massing and positioning of the buildings to maintain views through the site, respecting the key principles set out in the council’s Urban Living SPD,” says the proposals by London architects Sheppard Robson and landscape architects Townshend Landscape Architects.
“The scheme prioritises walking and cycling in what is currently an environment dominated by vehicles.
“It also seeks to ensure that the new and existing residents are fully integrated, to create a vibrant, healthy and beautiful place for the whole community.
“In returning this to the residential area it was before the 1950s ‘slum’ clearances, we will also be creating hundreds of new jobs in what we believe will be a highly-desirable and highly-sustainable new neighbourhood.”
Proposals for Mead Street as seen looking across the roofs of Totterdown houses – illustration: DPZ Investors
The site is approximately 400 metres long and 90 metres wide, and currently occupied by several industrial buildings and warehouses including one used by Europcar.
Developers’ plans hark back to the days when this area was a high-density residential community before homes were demolished in the 1950s to make way for industry.
“While there are existing residential areas at Totterdown, St Luke’s Road and onwards towards Bedminster, the Mead Street area is still dominated by industrial units.
“However, given the city’s significant unmet housing need, we feel the time has come to return this brownfield site into a highly-sustainable, new community of homes.”
Initial proposals are for a large central green, with the buildings overlooking it – illustration: DPZ Investors
Main image: DPZ Investors
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