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Council-owned housing company to develop 12 sites across Bristol
Locations in Lockleaze, Knowle West and Westbury-on-Trym are among a dozen sites that could see homes built on by the housing company owned by Bristol City Council.
Goram Homes hope to build 1,700 new homes across the city on sites which include a former school, a car park and close to Bristol’s historic castle.
Plans for the land on Castle Park – currently a city council depot – are for the new homes to be built alongside a water source heat pump which will use liquid from the Floating Harbour as a heat source for local businesses and homes.
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An estimated £250m is set to be spent on construction of the new projects with a target of 75 per cent of that spend earmarked for local companies.
The full list of new sites for development is:
- Castle Park depot, BS2
- New Fosseway, Hengrove, BS4
- Novers Hill, Knowle, BS4 (two sites)
- SS Great Britain car park, Caledonian Road, BS1
- Spring Street, Bedminster, BS3
- Dovercourt Road depot, Lockleaze, BS7
- Portwall Lane car park, BS1
- St Ursula’s, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9
- Knowle West Health Park, Knowle, BS4
- A & B Bond warehouses, Cumberland Road, BS1
Castle Park Depot – photo: Martin Booth
B Bond warehouse – photo: Martin Booth
Dovercourt Depot – photo: Martin Booth
Portwall Lane car park – photo: Martin Booth
Spring Street – photo: Martin Booth
Goram Homes’ developments aim to contain as much as 55 per cent affordable homes.
“A share of any profit made will be reinvested back into the city via Bristol City Council,” say the company.
Goram Homes managing director, Stephen Baker, said that they have “an amazing opportunity to build homes which create new communities in locations across Bristol”.
He said: “I’m particularly proud that our developments will include affordable homes in the numbers that our city really needs.”
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees said: “It’s really exciting to see Goram Homes’ ambitious plans for the future. They will be an important part of the solution to the housing crisis and our recovery from the pandemic.
“The 600 affordable new homes in their pipeline will help to address one of Bristol’s biggest challenges.”
Main photo of Spring Street by Martin Booth
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