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New cinema could become only one in south Bristol
A new cinema built in place of a shopping centre could become the only one in south Bristol.
Developers want to knock down Broadwalk Shopping Centre and its car park in Knowle to build almost 900 new homes and a shopping street.
And fresh planning documents reveal a two-screen cinema could also be part of the £150m scheme.
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The proposals by Redcatch Development Partnership show a cinema would occupy part of the basement of the development, which will be known as Redcatch Quarter.
Broadwalk Shopping Centre in Knowle could be knocked down to make way for a pedestrianised street lined with shops – photo: Redcatch Development Partnership
Above the cinema would be buildings as high as 12 storeys with up to 880 flats and shops on the ground floor.
The blocks would make up a new pedestrianised street connecting Wells Road to Redcatch Park – and a dentists and library would also be included in the development.
There would be up to 360 underground car parking spaces for residents and up to 1,455 cycle parking spaces.
But a snooker club could close under the regeneration plans, which were first announced in 2018 and resurfaced on a larger scale at the start of this year.
It is also unclear how many of the existing shops in Broadwalk Shopping Centre – which include B&M, Iceland and Poundland – will be part of the new development.
A cinema could be built underneath the current site of Broadwalk Shopping Centre – photo: Charlie Watts
The new cinema would likely become the only one in the south of the city, with the only other one – a Cineworld at Hengrove Leisure Park – to be demolished to make way for housing.
But there is also a campaign to stop the demolition of a former cinema in Knowle West, which is also earmarked for a housing development.
The last operating cinema in Knowle was The Gaiety on Wells Road, which was torn down in 2000 and is now sheltered housing.
Developers hope they will be granted planning permission for the Redcatch Quarter project later this year.
Main photo: Redcatch Development Partnership
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