Overview - Updated 28/08/07 but not completed - still many more projects to list - just look through this thread for them all
City Centre(ish)
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1) Avon Gorge Hotel (+possible reopening of Clifton Rocks Railway) - still being planned
2) Bristol University Masterplan (at least 1 major iconic tower included in Masterplan) - masterplan approved, individual planning applications still to be submitted
3) SS Great Britain dock redevelopment - planning approved and construction started
4) Harbourside - under construction - should finish this year
5) Museum of Bristol - Approved and construction about to start
6) Old Bristol and West Tower reclad - Under construction - completion 2008.
7) Redcliffe Wharf - Partner still being sought by Bristol City Council. Temporary beach on site at moment.
8) Cabot Circus/Broadmead Expansion - major expansion under construction - opening 2008
9) OneDoveStreet - Still being planned.
10) Temple Quay 1 - Virtually finished
11) Temple Quay 2 - Construction started
12) Bristol Arena - still being finalised
13) Finzells Reach - Construction/demolition started
14) St Mary le Port - back to the drawing board. New plans later this year
15) Bridewell Island - Urban Splash named development partner Bristol City Council. In planning
16) Conversion of old offices into new Hotel.

Under Construction
Cabot Circus
500m pound redevelopment of the main shopping centre to now be called - work well underway to be finished in 2008. Includes new 2nd tallest tower in city above the new Harvey Nichols store in the Quaker Friars development area
http://www.bristolcitycentre.com
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Finzels Reach
Redevelopmend of the old Courage Brewery in the City Centre - including a new footbridge over the harbour between the site and the shopping centre. Work has started on site with demolition.
http://www.finzelsreach.com/
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Harbourside
Controversial Wholesale redevelopment of the harbourside of Bristol. Phases 1 and 2 completed with the final phase 3 due for completion in 2 years time
http://www.bristol-harbourside.co.uk/
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Colston Hall
Work has started on the new foyer building for Colston Hall. The art-deco Colston House building next to the hall has already been demolised and construction of the new foyer started in July 2007. Whilst the foyer building is being constructed, the council are looking for further funds (around £20m) to refurbish the hall itself.
http://www.colstonhall.org/redevelopment
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Museum of Bristol
New £20m Museum for Bristol replacing the old Industrial Museum on the Floating Harbour. The Industrial Museum closed it's door in Oct 2006 and the new Museum should open in the summer of 2009.
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/Museums-Galleries/the-museum-of-bristol.en
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Paintworks Bristol
New 'Creative Corner' in south east Bristol includes TV studios (home of Deal or No Deal!).
http://www.paintworksbristol.co.uk/
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The Radisson Hotel, Broad Quay Tower
Recladding of the old Bristol and West Building Society HQ building and refit into a new 4 star hotel for the Radisson Hotel Group. Due to open late 2008
http://www.e-travelguide.info/radissonbristol/images/main/radisson-bristol1.jpg
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Temple Quay 2
Temple Quay 2 is now under construction as Temple Quay 1 is finished and the majority of the office space within it let.
http://www.templequay2.co.uk
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Symes Avenue South Bristol
£20m complete reconstruction of the shopping arcade in a very run down area of South Bristol.
New supermarket is moving to the site and the existing shops are being replaces plus a new library/community building. Shops in the new arcade have already opened, the supermarket and community building should open by the end of 2007.
http://www.symesavenue.com/
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In Planning

St Bridewells Island
Urban Splash have been selected as preferred developer of this site on the west side of Broadmead. Initial plans were received much more warmly than the plans that Deelay Freed came up with for the St Mary-le-Port redevelopment nearby.

St Mary-le-Port redevelopment
£150m redevelopment of the western end of Castle Park in the city centre. Developer Deeley Freed has been chosen by the council but their original plans to create a food-market based on the successful one at Borough Market in London. The plan took too much of the current green space in Castle Park so was very unpopular. Developer is now working on new plans.
http://www.stmaryleport.com/

Cattlemarket Road
Mixed use development comprising office, retail, residential, leisure and student accommodation in new and the refurbished former Post Office Sorting Office, adjacent to Temple Meads station. The 'creative quarter' for Cattlemarket Road proposes a series of new mixed use buildings that compliment and enhance the regeneration of the existing Post Office Sorting Depot buildings and their setting. Building on the positive aspects of the site, the design will increase the number and intensity of uses helping to create a vibrant sustainable development. The new buildings will provide Student Housing, Flexible Office Space and Studio Workspaces.
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One Dove Street
Just outside the City Centre along the M32 motorway in the St Pauls area of the city. Initial consultation with locals done in spring 2007 and 3 different scenerios were put forward with one of them, the developers preferred scenerio include a very tall (for Bristol) tower at between 20-40 storeys.
http://www.onedovelane.co.uk/
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Bristol University Masterplan
£250m masterplan announced and outline planning permission awarded in 2006. Detailed planning underway with a landmark tower included in phase 2 of the masterplan.
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Bursar/masterplan.html
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Bristol Arena
The never ended saga of the proposed 10,000 capacity Bristol Arena at Temple Meads. Final design originally due to to be announced by the end of 2005, to be completed by 2009. It's now 2007, with no design and stories of no money. May appear at some point.
http://www.templequarter.com/bristol-arena/

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Football Stadiums
Both football clubs are planning on redeveloping their grounds (Bristol City to rebuild their East End stand, Bristol Rovers doing lots more to their ground because the Memorial Ground really needs it).
Bristol Rovers have announced that redevelopment of the Memorial Ground will start in 2008 and they've already announced they'll be playing their home matches at Cheltenham Town ground during the rebuilding.
Bristol City have announced they're planning on starting work on the East End in Summer 2008. But they said the same thing about the summer of 2005 and 2006. It all depends on how well they do in the football league.

Bristol Rovers Proposals for Memorial Ground
http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/StadiumRegenerationIndex/0,,10328,00.html
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Bristol City Proposal for Ashton Gate
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St Marys Redcliffe
The Council have also announced a consultation on the environment around St Mary Redcliffe church which, at the moment is being choked by a dual carriageway outside it, but changes to the roads around the centre mean that this road doesn't need to be quite so major.

Lakeshore South Bristol
New apartments and offices on the site of the old Wills Tobaco offices near Hartcliffe being planned by Urban Splash http://www.lakeshorebristol.co.uk/
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Wildlife Conservation Park North Bristol
Bristol Zoo has £50m plans for a new Wildlife Conservation Park near Cribbs Causeway http://www.conservationpark.org.uk/
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Concorde Museum North Bristol
New Museum for Concorde to be built at Cribbs Causeway. Concorde was partly built in Bristol and the very last flight of any of them was coming back to the city. Since then, it's been temporary housed in Filton with a temporary visitors centre. Money is still being raised to build a new permanent museum for it at Cribbs Causeway, a major shopping/leisure centre near the M5.

Southmead 'Superhospital' North Bristol
£374m reconstruction of Southmead Hospital in North Bristol followed by a downgrading of the other main North Bristol Hospital (Frenchay) afterwards. Not sure of the status of this - planning was approved early 2007 for completion in 2009.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4155900.stm


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Colston Hall design is unveiled

The design for the multi-million pound redevelopment of Bristol's Colston Hall has been unveiled.

Work is due to begin soon on renovating the Victorian concert hall to turn it into a venue for the 21st Century.

But before the builders can move in, Bristolians are being given a chance to have their say about the plans.

Residents can also give their opinion on the designs for the new Museum of Bristol, which will be built on the site of the Industrial Museum.

The two rebuilding projects are part of a scheme to boost Bristol's reputation as a city of culture.

The revamped Colston Hall will boast a number of cafes and bars as well as rehearsal rooms, studios and a redesigned main hall.

Paul Barnett, from the city council, said: "As soon as this hall is open, it will be full."

The designs are on show at the Architecture Centre, Narrow Quay, in Bristol, until the middle of September.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4156324.stm

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Work to start on Broadmead revamp

Work will begin in September on the first phase of the £500m revamp of Bristol's Broadmead shopping area.

Developers, the Bristol Alliance, said the necessary compulsory purchase orders had now been completed on all properties including Tollgate House.

The first part of demolition work will start on the old post-war shopping area in the Penn Street area.

The work will include the re-routing of Bond Street and Newfoundland Road. The scheme will be finished in three years.

Traders in Broadmead recently voted in favour of becoming a Business Improvement District (BID).

All businesses will now be required to contribute 1.5% of their rateable value over the next three years.

The money will be used to improve store location signage at the entrances, new paving, and replacing street furniture.

Under the scheme retailers will get more of a say in the running of the centre.

The old Courage Brewery will be converted to this by HDG Mansur:
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and conected to Castle Park via the Mobius bridge designed by Hakes Associates:
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The site for the new Arena next to Temple Meads station:
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Does anyone know what is happening to the old Post Office sorting building?
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Finally, update on construction of the new bus station (photo taken about 1 month ago):
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There was a story in the local paper last month that said that the owners of the old Post Office sorting centre are about to submit plans to convert it into apartments.

Personally, I'd rather the whole place was bulldozed and rebuilt from the ground up rather than keep the existing building - which isn't exactly going to be winning any architect awards anytime soon.

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god i love this bridge, why the hell cant we have a huge version of this over the thames ??? or anywhere else for that matter !

yeah but will it help it compete with cities like nottingham???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4155900.stm


As nice as the design might look I think it's terrible shame to get rid of the old Colston Hall - they at least keep the old frontage. It's quite sad that the developers manage to do what the Luftwaffe couldn't - destroy the place. If they want to build a nice concert hall demolish some of the nasty concrete buildings that sprang up after the war in that area.

They're not going to knock down Colston Hall.

What they are going to do is knocked down Colston House next door (which is also listed but English Heritage have already approved the plans because Colston Hall is more important) and rebuild that to be the main entrance to Colston Hall. Colston Hall will have some work done on it but it'll still be there afterwards.

Ive finaly brought a digital camera.Is there any where you want me to go?

The Crest Nicholson harbourside development; Temple Quay; Bus/coach station, Broadmead redevelopment when it starts plus some random street/urban scenes. Try and get a good vista point, say the top of the Travel Inn on Bond Street or from that balloon thingy on Castle Park.

They're not going to knock down Colston Hall.

What they are going to do is knocked down Colston House next door (which is also listed but English Heritage have already approved the plans because Colston Hall is more important) and rebuild that to be the main entrance to Colston Hall. Colston Hall will have some work done on it but it'll still be there afterwards.

Ah right, thanks for enlightening me :cheers: ! From the BBC article it sounded like the Hall could of been knocked down.

yeah but will it help it compete with cities like nottingham???
I'm pretty sure that Bristol is already a lot more popular than Nottingham...

Bristol is pretty good for riverside/harbourside appartments now. Don't come here if you want to watch good football though! :(

Bristol is pretty good for riverside/harbourside appartments now. Don't come here if you want to watch good football though! :(
And you won't find much good football in Nottingham either.

Haha. Yes, both Nottingham clubs are doing worse than our clubs.

But forest won't be in League 1 for SEVEN years...

Haha. Yes, both Nottingham clubs are doing worse than our clubs.

But forest won't be in League 1 for SEVEN years...
You'll see bodies floating in the Trent if they are. :uh:

Been into Bristol unfortuantely most of my photos have failed as i had my new digital cam set on video.Only two construction photos came out the rest are buildings.Ill be back down there soon with more photos.How do i find the Bristol arena site from templemeads station.Thanks
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From the southern end of Temple Meads platform 12/13 or from the Bath Road.

2 bits of new today:

1) Work officially started today on the Broadmead extension with a ceremonial 'cutting of the first sod' by some important Bristol folk (leader of the council and that sort of group). They also announced that as part of this, they're going to rebrand Broadmead. The name for the extension is going to be 'The Merchants Quarter' and, eventually, this name will spread to cover the rest of the shopping centre with the old bits called 'Quakers Friars at The Merchants Quarter' and 'Broadmead at The Merchants Quarter'. Not sure about the name change - and I don't think it'll stick anyway. The problem is that 'The Merchants Quarter' could be in any city whereas no-one else has a Broadmead - it's a distinctively Bristolian name (even if no-one else quite understands what it means). Details of the extension are at http://www.bristolcitycentre.com

2) Bristol Zoo have unveiled their plans for a new Giant 'National Wildlife Conservation Park'. The aim of the park would be to replicate the animals natural habitat as far as possible and there would be tigers, bears giraffes, rhinos, cheetahs and wolves there. There would be different zones including a coral reef, a congo basin, african savannah, central american swamp and a chinese forest. There would also be a native wetland area, heathland and woodland for UK animals. The park would be just by the M5 motorway by J17. Details of the new Zoo plans are at http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/join/nwcp

Does anyone know what is happening to the old Post Office sorting building?
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WE WILL SORT OUT THIS MESS
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145176&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144906&contentPK=13377553

A Former Royal Mail sorting office which has become one of the city's worst eyesores is set to be transformed into flats and offices for hi-tech media firms. Councillors are expected to approve the scheme at a council planning meeting tomorrow.

The derelict building in Cattle Market Road is considered a key site in the regeneration of the St Philip's area of the city and is one of the first sights to greet visitors arriving by train at Bristol Temple Meads station.

It has been empty for the past eight years since the Royal Mail moved its main sorting office for the city to Filton. Since then, it has fallen into disrepair, attracting vandals and drug addicts.

Rather than demolishing the old sorting office, Jersey-based developer Shepherdess Holdings wants to turn the ground floor of the 1960s concrete-framed building into commercial space for small to medium-sized firms in the creative industries, such as television, advertising and the internet.

The upper six floors - together with the upper floors of an adjoining 1930s building - would be converted into 107 apartments.

A third building which would be erected on the east of the site would provide studio-type office space.

Council planning officials have described the scheme as "bold and imaginative".

Planning officer Ian Collinson said in a report to councillors: "Overall, this is a very exciting proposal and a unique development opportunity for the city.

"The proposed development is bold and imaginative and has the potential to deliver significant improvements to the character and appearance of the local area."

The council has not received any objections to the scheme.

The South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) says the plan "could help to regenerate a disadvantaged area of Bristol". Shepherdess Holdings' sister company Media Office bought the site for £2 million from the Post Office in 2000. Its identity was not revealed at the time of the sale, when it outbid SWRDA, which wanted the site for the Bristol Arena project.

The company, owned by Thai real estate firm Kian Gwan, announced plans to convert the building into offices for website designers and internet-related firms.

But the plans were abandoned with the collapse of the dotcom bubble. They were revived earlier this year.

In July, the Evening Post reported that Bedminster teenager Daniel Jones spent a week in intensive care at Bristol Children's Hospital after falling 20ft through a glass roof of the building and fracturing his skull.

The 13-year-old Ashton Park school pupil's mother Rachel Joyner contacted the Post to warn of the dangers facing children who used the vandal-hit site as a playground.

Bristol Wood Recycling Project, which is based in Cattle Market Road near the railway bridge, wrote to the council with concerns over the future use of their site if the scheme went ahead.

Although their base lies outside the redevelopment site, the developers have promised to provide them with a new home on the sorting office site.

The planners' report says: "The proposed development involves retaining and refurbishing the existing former Royal Mail sorting office buildings on site rather than demolishing and rebuilding. To re-use these large, tall structures positioned towards the centre of this large site have provided a considerable design challenge.

"The scheme proposes to break up the mass of the building in a number of ways including introducing a new gallery between buildings A and B (the existing buildings on site) to help create a sense of separation between them."

A walkway will be created next to the Floating Harbour.

Would be better if was demolished instead.
Looking from Eastville this morning i can see a large crane behinnd Tollgate tower maybe for the broadmead redevelopment.Ill try and get down there for photos but not this weekend im busy.

DEMOLITION WORK BEGINS
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=13418780&folderPk=83726

Work has begun demolishing the bridge over Bond Street. Bond Street was closed from 7.30pm yesterday until 6.30am today in both directions between its junction with Newfoundland Street and the Old Market Roundabout as contractors moved in with cutting equipment to start demolition work.

A group of students took advantage of the traffic-free carriageway and played a game of football in the road.

The road closure will be repeated for the next three nights. The demolition of the old Allied Carpets building at the end of the M32 motorway has also begun.

The works are part of the £500 million project to rebuild Broadmead shopping centre. For more information, visit http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/broadmeadtravel .

I hope its not that blue foot bridge.That's where i like to take photos from.

Photos taken November 5th
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Is Tollgate MSCP going? It's so ugly!

Yes, Andrew, demolition is planned from March to July next year.

Excellent!

Great projects for Bristol. Good to see work is underway

Yeah!

HARVEY NICKS TO OPEN IN CITY
11:00 - 21 November 2005
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145176&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144906&contentPK=13539769&folderPk=83726

Upmarket department store Harvey Nichols has confirmed it is coming to Bristol as part of the multi-million Broadmead redevelopment project. The "Boutique" shop will be a smaller version of its flagship store in London's Knightsbridge.

And it has also emerged that an 18-storey apartment block looking out over Castle Park will tower above the new store.

A computer-generated image of the new store shows the tower block with 200 flats near the new square at Quakers Friars.

Harvey Nichols, whose Knightsbridge store was a favourite of the late Princess Diana, will be the centrepiece of the revamped Quakers Friars area, which is currently mostly used as a car park.

The designer store will stand in Broad Weir on a site which was occupied by a Poundstretcher store. The building which housed Poundstretcher, which has been closed for some time, will be demolished to make way for the new development.

When the new designer store opens it will be the sixth Harvey Nichols store in Britain, along with stores in London, Leeds, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Manchester.

The deal is seen as a coup for the Broadmead redevelopment.

Broadmead manager John Hirst said: "If you look at the places Harvey Nichols' stores are located, it is the sort of cities we aspire to.

"It's great to be seen to be in the premier league. For them to come to Bristol is a great indicator of how they see us."

He said he expects other retailers to sign up to the development now Harvey Nichols is on board.

The store will feature top brands in fashion, fragrance and beauty, a food market and a restaurant.

Mr Hirst said: "Developers have been in talks with Harvey Nichols for a long time. They had an interest to come to the city because they realised the great potential."

The announcement comes just days after a row broke out over the name for the £500 million Broadmead redevelopment. Community groups said the name Merchants Quarter is a reminder of Bristol's role in the slave trade.

The new Harvey Nichols store is called a Boutique store and will be smaller than the new House of Fraser department store which will occupy the flagship site in the Merchants Quarter regeneration scheme at the end of the M32.

The Quakers Friars area will contain a public square surrounding the remaining parts of the 13th century Dominican Friary there.

Designed by Bristol firm Alec French Architects, the scheme will contain 30 new shops, taking up 150,000 sq ft, two brasseries and more than 200 flats.

Harvey Nichols' chief executive Joseph Wan said: "Bristol has a great lifestyle culture and affluent population which fits perfectly with our brand."

Keith Stone, of Bristol Alliance, which is leading the redevelopment of Broadmead, said: "This world renowned retailer is an ideal anchor store for Quakers Friars, which will be transformed into a cafe society area, breathing new life into this historic setting."

Helen Bell, spokeswoman for the Bristol Alliance, said the new Bristol store would be very similar to a Boutique store Harvey Nichols opened in Dublin recently. She said: "Obviously it won't be on a par with Knightsbridge but it will be a large and prestigious store."

Other retailers who have signed up include H &M Hennes, New Look, Arcadia as well as House of Fraser. A deal with US operator National Amusements to provide the UK's first Cinema de Lux with 13 screens was signed this year.

Earlier this month Evening Post readers were invited to enter a competition to name three streets being created as part of the shopping centre. We are drawing up a shortlist and readers will be able to vote for their preferences from November 28 to December 4. The winner will be announced on December 7.

Great news about Harvey Nicks. Just what Bristol needs, along with a few more Waitrose.

So the new Marlborough St Bus/Coach Station is open. I was down there last weekend and took some photos:

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Its basic yet has lots of natural light and is perfectly functional. Compare with Digbeth Coach Station in Brum, Yuck!

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Yeah looks pretty basic, but it's a bus station - it doesn't have to be fancy. It's clean and it's modern, that automatically puts it above most other cities bus stations, most of which are horrible places.

More news - this time of a new tower!

SAILING INTO THE FUTURE
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=13568393&folderPk=83726

11:00 - 25 November 2005
A 13-storey sail-shaped tower is the centrepiece of a £250 mil- lion masterplan to turn Bristol University into one of the best teaching and research institutions in the world. The tower, which is proposed on a site in Tyndall Avenue next to the university's sports centre, would provide a dramatic new high point on Bristol's skyline and be visible for miles around.

It would stand about 55 metres high (180ft) - some 60ft taller than the Wills Memorial Building in Queen's Road, which is 36 metres high (120ft).

Two city office blocks - Castlemead in Broadmead at 80m (262ft) and the former Bristol and West building in Broad Quay at about 60m (200ft) - are both 17 storeys high but are built on lower ground and would look up to the new building.

The new tower would be the jewel in the crown of a new complex called the students' learning resource centre.

This would replace the existing library, which is now considered out of date, and provide study rooms for teaching and quiet rooms where students can work on their own. It would also create areas for seminars, events and the university's many societies.

The buildings around the tower would house the facilities currently found in the students' union building in Queen's Road.

Bath-based architects Feilden Clegg Bradley drew up the plans for the tower after taking on board the university's needs.

When this second phase of the masterplan is completed - probably in 2010/ 2011 - the students' union building would be declared surplus to requirements.

It is not clear at this stage what would happen to the current students' union building, which occupies a three-acre site, but one of the options would be to sell it off for redevelopment.

The first phase of the university's masterplan, which has been drawn up in partnership with Bristol City Council, would be the £38 million redevelopment of the old children's hospital site, which the university bought for £3.4 million in 2001.

The site would house a new School of Biological Sciences, which is currently housed in Victorian buildings that are considered inadequate for the 21st century.

Phase Three of the masterplan would be to redevelop the lower part of the children's hospital site for medical sciences, and Phase Four would be to redevelop The Hawthorns site, probably for social sciences and the arts.

Funding for the scheme is expected to come from borrowing and from sales of surplus land and facilities.

Tyndall Avenue would be turned into a Home Zone-type thoroughfare which allows traffic but gives priority to pedestrians and cyclists. Pavements would be removed and vehicles would have to travel at slow speeds.

The masterplan will be published on Monday, triggering a six-week consultation period so people can put forward their views.

If planning approval is agreed, the masterplan will provide the broad principles for the major project which is expected to see the university emerge as one of the best in the world.

It is currently rated 49th in the world and sixth best in Britain but the new facilities are expected to attract some of the best academics for teaching and research and catapult the university much nearer the top of the league.

The university's vice- chancellor, Professor Eric Thomas, said: "The views of people who live or work locally will help us get this right. The university is on an upward trajectory, with exciting implications for the wider community in Bristol and the South West."

I like this tower.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/p889e5f0dd6edc1a3cf44ae940221ec28/f15282d0.jpg

Ooh - that's actually quite nice. The only reservation I'd have on it is that aren't there already plans for some 'sail-like' towers down at Temple Quarter?

I know Bristol has a big maritime thing going on, but does every tower need to be sail-shaped?

Landmark tower to be demolished
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/4509246.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41099000/jpg/_41099680_tollgate203.jpg

Work is getting under way to pull down one of Bristol's tallest buildings.

Tollgate House, which has 18 floors and stands 77 metres high, has dominated the city's skyline at the end of the M32 for 30 years.

When it was built in 1975, it was considered to be one of the UK's most modern office blocks, boasting full air-conditioning.

It cost about £3.5m to build and will cost about the same to demolish to make way for a new multi-storey car park.

The work is part of the £500m revamp of Bristol's Broadmead shopping area.

A tower crane has been erected and the building will be demolished floor by floor from the top.

Tollgate House's architect Dick Thatcher said: "I don't think I'm sad. I am just looking at it as progress, nice building as it was at the time.

"It did all sorts of things for Bristol. It did well for the client, well for the users. It just fell behind like a dinosaur."

Work is well under way at Merchants Court now. For those who have not looked at the Broadmead Masterplan website, this is the new tower that will sit on top of Harvey Nicks - 16 floors.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/AlecFrenchtower.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/ai_quakers_02_full.jpg

I also read in The EP last week that there are plans for 140m high wind turbines at Avonmouth!!

Here's a bit of info for you:

Broadquay and Marsh Street Development Bristol


Situated in Bristol City centre the project comprises demolition of existing low rise buildings, retention of the existing tower block and provision of a mixed development of Hotel Residential and A3 use.

The existing tower block is to be stripped back to its frame as part of an enabling demolition contract additionally the height of its existing frame is to be reduced prior to replacement with a lightweight frame to form upper floors.

The development is complicated by the presence of existing Medieval walls which are to be incorporated within the design of the new project.

Retention of the tower has been subject to protracted negotiations with Bristol City Council, the resulting project is to have graduated colouring so that the tower blends into the skyline.



Client: Imperial Properties Ltd
Contract Period: tbc
Contract Value: £33 Million

http://www.opco-construction.co.uk/marsh1.jpg http://www.opco-construction.co.uk/marsh2.jpg http://www.opco-construction.co.uk/marsh3.jpg

http://www.opco-construction.co.uk/currentprojects-data.asp?projectid=27

i assume merchants court is NOT on this site -
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=909
am i right?

When I was back in Bristol over christmas I noticed that it looks like work has started on Broadquay - it was all boarded up, but from the top deck of a bus going past, you can see over the boards and see that there's workmans huts with the name of a demolition company written on them.

Also, Broadmead has really kicked off now - the old Allied Carpet/Littlewoods building has already been knocked down and, it's not until you're actually at the (current) east end of Broadmead looking across at the (rapidly being knocked down) Tollgate Tower do you realise just how much there's extending the shopping centre. They're almost doubling it!

It looks like they're going to finish off the blocks around Harbourside this year as well - I thought they were supposed to open in 2007 but looking around, quite a few of them look almost externally completed already.

And, down at Temple Meads - once again nothing seems to be happening. But that's being developed by the Government (through the South West RDA) and not by private investors - so that's no surprise. I thought they were supposed to be announcing the final design of the Bristol Arena by the end of last year which is going to go down there.

i assume merchants court is NOT on this site -
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=909
am i right?

No, it's not.

Actually, you need to update your Bristol listings a bit. Broadquay Central was cancelled (and I don't think it ever actually got approved). The new Broadquay project that Andrew mentioned is now going ahead on that site and they're just recladding the existing tower and not knocking it down.

You're missing St Mary Redcliffe church from your Bristol listing - it's the tallest building in the city!

And Avon House is now a hotel and no longer office.

Thanks for clearing that up dronkula, I didn't know anything about the development that I posted the info about, I just saw it and thought it'd be of interest on this thread. I was wondering how this related to the other proposal for the building and which was the active proposal.

thanks dronkula. it WAS approved but as you say hasnt been built... we're not missing st mary redcliffe. its tall because of its spire, youre looking at the heights rated by roof arent you :) i realise in some lists there's no way of ordering the spire by height, we forgot to do that. dont worry itll be done soon enough now jay is off maternity leave.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=685

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/4593BristolUniversityLearningResourceCentre_pic1.jpg

I like the new learning resource centre, it looks really cool and the masterplan for the area looks like it could be pretty smart as well.

Why is there such seeming developer reluctance to propose, or local authority reluctance to approve, tall buildings in Bristol? Given the extent of activity in Cardiff - not to mention Swansea and even Newport - I would have expected something to be happening in a larger, more prosperous city like Bristol.

Partly it's because Bristol is doing alright already without big new (tall) developments. Places like Swansea and Newport are trying to encourage new businesses into them. Bristol manages to attract those businesses without having to stick them all in a nice shiny-new tower.

Also, until recently, the policy in Bristol was that no building could be taller than something like 90m as that's the height of St Mary Redcliffe church. Thankfully, that particular policy has now been scrapped and several 'zones' have been identified for tall building.

I would also say that tall buildings are more of an issue in Bristol given the history of the city. In comparison Cardiff, Swansea and Newport are more modern and you could build tall practically anywhere in the centre of any of those cities (within reason) without compromising the settings of their historic buildings. That's not to say that tall buildings in Bristol would be out of place, rather that more care has to be put into their placement, massing, design etc. Hence the recent tall buildings policy by Bristol city council to give some guidance to developers. Now that that guidance is there tall buildings will be less of a minefield for developers and the city should see more high rise proposals, indeed it allready is starting to see those proposals.

Colston Hall development approved
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4612460.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41216000/gif/_41216084_colston_schematic203.gif

An ambitious £20m scheme to transform Bristol's Colston Hall into one of the UK's top entertainment venues has been approved by city councillors.

The redevelopment will retain the Victorian listed building while creating a new landmark foyer.

It will include state-of-the-art box office facilities, bars and cafes and improved disabled access.

With the Cabinet's approval, work will start on preparing a detailed planning application to be submitted in May.

The scheme, due to be completed by the end of 2008, is supported by a £7m grant from the Arts Council England.

Deputy council leader Simon Cook said: "We can now move forward with our ambitious plans for Colston Hall.

"This exciting development is both deliverable and affordable and will transform Colston Hall into a centre of regional importance."

Some rather small images of the Broadmead Merchants Quarter under development.

Tollgate house is now reday for demolition:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/Zapotek27.jpg

Site for the new Harvey Nicks and resi tower above:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/Zapotek26.jpg

Hi Guys, A newbie here. Really enjoyed reading the stuff about my home city and also enjoyed the photo's of the new delevopments going on around the city (when the weather gets a little better I will hopefully get out and about and take some pictures).

I'm not sure if you guy's have seen this site before but there are some cool pictures of tollgate house before the demolition work started. Check it out on....

http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/tollgate_house_is_a_now_derelict_19_story_building_in_the_centre_of_bristol.htm

Something else happening down by the train station:

APPROVAL FOR NEW PUBLIC PIAZZA AT TEMPLE GATE
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=14193645&folderPk=83726

11:00 - 16 March 2006
Train and bus passengers arriving in Bristol will be greeted by a multi- million pound gateway development after planners gave the go-ahead for the Temple Gate site. The area near Temple Meads station will now undergo a complete rejuvenation which will see shops, offices and 220 flats rise from the current derelict office blocks.

Bristol & Exeter House will be retained but Herbert House, which stands on the corner of Lower Station Approach and Temple Gate, and Collett House, which stands behind it, will be demolished.

Bristol & Exeter House will be flanked by new buildings to create a new public piazza that will make for a much more attractive "front door" to the city.

Bristol City Council approved the plans despite fears that buses running from the station would be disrupted during the revamp work. Some councillors were also worried that the project's design was too boring.

But the development control (central) committee gave its approval after hearing two previous schemes for the site had been rejected.

Planning officer Ian Collinson said the site, opposite the Empire and Commonwealth Museum on Station Approach Road, was a "gateway into Bristol" and deserved to be redeveloped well.

He said: "I think everyone would agree the current buildings are fairly unattractive and don't provide a good 'front door' to Bristol."

Once the new scheme is finished, people will be able to walk from the station to Cattle Market Road.

This means that when the long-awaited 10,000 seat arena is built at the nearby former Bath Road sidings, pedestrians will have a short walk from the station to the venue.

The plans, submitted by Bristol Exeter House Ltd, will see Collett House, Herbert House and the former telephone exchange demolished.

The five new blocks, up to eight storeys high, will contain offices and flats. Shops restaurants and bars will be built on the ground floors of the flats. At night, the glass in the offices will be illuminated in different colours.

A new road will be built to the site from Cattle Market Road and there will be basement parking on the site for residents and workers.

The developer has agreed to 44 of the one-, two- and three-bedroom flats being used as affordable housing.

They have also agreed to give £510,000 to a variety of cycling and walking schemes, £200,000 for public transport, £260,000 for recreational facilities and £160,000 for public art.

It IS boring.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/IMGP0227.jpg

Bristol & West Tower redevelopment (about 2 weeks old):

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/PICT0027.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/PICT0029.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/PICT0028.jpg

Arena architect teams are named
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41504000/jpg/_41504392_arena.jpg

The architect team for the new Bristol Arena has been named.

Burland TM has been appointed as masterplanner of the site with HOK sport architecture chosen to design the arena building and facilities.

Richard Olsen of Bristol Waterside Arena Ltd said: "From the start, BWA has been committed to delivering a world-class development on the site.

"The first step in this process is putting together a world-class team to design the scheme."

'Step forward'

James Burland added: "There is a real opportunity to create something fantastic for Bristol on the Arena site but there are challenges that need to be overcome before we can achieve this.

"Our first task is to fully understand the site and the surrounding areas - only when we have done this will we begin to develop detailed designs."

Ian Thompson of South West Regional Development Agency said: "This is another important step forward for the Bristol Arena and it is very encouraging that we have been able to attract a design team of this calibre for the project."

The project has so far cost £13m, a figure which has included buying the nine-acre site and clearing it.

Bottom line - This will not be ready in 2008 as planned then.

Since last year they've been saying it'll be ready in 2009. The original 2008 date was just for when we were trying to be capital of culture in that year.

Once we lost that, they had a look at it again and went for a later date and do it properly. We waited at least 20 years for this, one more year isn't going to hurt.

The guys that'll eventually be running it also run the MEN at the moment so hopefully it should be pretty successful

More good news for Bristol! Although the 'Landmark Office Building' next to Bristol Bridge will (hopefully) not be anything tall - it's not the right location for a tall building.

Firm picked for £150m development
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4875478.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40665000/jpg/_40665908_view203.jpg

Developers Deeley Freed Estates have been chosen as the preferred partners for a £150m development based in Bristol's city centre.

The St Mary le Port site covers the historic Castle Green area.

Landowners Bristol City Council, Morley Fund Management and Strand Street Properties will now work with the firm on a planning application.

If successful, work to create the multi-million pound development will start in 2007.

The scheme will be a mix of offices and residential with retail and leisure outlets.

The proposals from Deeley Freed also includes a landmark office building next to Bristol Bridge.

The scheme will now face a review period and a detailed public consultation.

Last week from Colston Tower

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2553/dsc000082an.jpg

The old Bristol and West tower as it is today 7/4/06

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Tollgate April 21st 2006
)btw how do i make the pics smaller im using tinypic.ive got more to post?)
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21st April 2006
http://tinypic.com/w1fr0k.jpg

Crikey - I was just trying to work out where that 2nd picture was taken and then realised the stuff on the left used to be the shops around Quakers Friars. When I was back there at Christmas all the shops there were still trading and didn't seem to give any indication they would be gone a few months later!

They're working fast!

In other news, they've decided to drop the purposed new name for the shopping centre. They were going to call it 'Merchants Quarter' but there was an outcry because it could have been intrepreted as Slave Merchants. Personally, I'm just glad they're scrapping that name cos I think it's bland and boring and not unique to the city (any city can have a Merchants Quarter - but there's only 1 Broadmead!).

There's now an outcry for people complaining that this is political correctness gone mad though - although no-one really liked the name anyway! Some people just like complaining!

Bristol&west Tower April 21st 2006
http://tinypic.com/w1g2rm.jpg

Here's the rest of them.
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This is the ugly building to be demolished near Bristol bridge.
http://tinypic.com/wm1gxt.jpg

It was to hot to get out of the car ill get some better photos soon :)
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looks like the luffewaffe has visited bristol again.

looks like the luffewaffe has visited bristol again.
Hahaha! Yeah, though I think this time what'll replace those 'blitzed' areas will be much better than last time!

The website for the new Bristol shopping centre development http://www.bristolcitycentre.com has had a major overhaul and now includes 3 webcams (with a 4th coming soon) at http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/webcams.asp?pageid=77

Just a reminder - this is a half billion pounds development which they're hoping will lift the City centre from it's current 23rd place shopping destination in the country to number 7 and includes 1 new tower next(ish) to the existing Castlemead Tower above a new Harvey Nicks stores .

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/cgi3.jpg
http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/cgi2.jpg

The new tower will be in the shadow on this webcam picture.

http://webcams.merchantsquarter.co.uk/camera306-07-17_08-00-01-49.jpg

Nice piccies & webcam shot - Good to see Brigadoon luxuriating in the summer heat....

Any news on some of the other stuff going on in the city -
-the warehouse development by the SS Great Britain
-the replacement for that lump opposite the main library
-Any of the new stuff in Redcliffe
-temple quay & temple meads area
-university redevelopment
-I thought they were going to knock down that block of brutalist 50's stuff around New Bridewell police station & the courts... any progress / proposals??

At the other end of Broadmead is the St Mary le Port scheme - http://www.stmaryleport.com/index.html.

The council recently announced their development partner for this - but it's not been a popular choice. A few months back they had the 3 'finalists' give a presentation to the public over their initial plans and the least popular developer seems to have been chosen.

Anyway, next weekend (21st-23rd July) the new developers will have an exhibition in the Galleries shopping centre (nearby) to show people what their initial ideas are.

There's already a campaign against this - their plans include building on Castle Park next door http://www.savecastlepark.co.uk/

The council and (other) developers had a similar situation when they started redeveloping Harbourside. It took 3 different proposals from the developers before they finally produced something that was not hated by everyone in Bristol. The Save Castle Park group are hoping to get a similar campaign going to force the developers to do the right thing here as well.

On the Uni redevelopment front, the council have just accepted and adopted the masterplan produced by the Uni.

So, that basically means they've accepted what they want to do, they'll just need to submit detailed plans for each new development. As long as it sticks to the masterplan and if it's not too controversial, they should be waved through.

However, I suspect their proposed 'sail' tower will not be waved through - it'll go to a PI because it would be so big and would be visible pretty much from everywhere in central Bristol.

At Redcliffe, there was a story the other week (which I've now lost) which said that they've come up with a final plan for the area now and just need to get it rubber stamped and then find some money to pay for it all. Not sure how 'radical' the plan will be - during the consultation they were talking about removing the big roundabout from outside the Church (which is now pretty much surplus with the changes made further east to the road network).

Also, the council have asked for developers to come up with plans for Redcliffe Wharf.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4754341.stm

Bids invited for revamp of wharf
Boats at Redcliffe Wharf: picture from Bristol City Council
The wharf occupies the eastern end of the harbourside
Developers are being invited to come up with a scheme to regenerate part of Bristol's Redcliffe Wharf.

The city council said it was seeking a development that was "sensitive to the historic and landscape importance of the site".

The wharf housed a former glassworks and became a centre for warehousing.

The closing date for initial bids is 3 July with a shortlist then being drawn up from which a "partner" will be chosen.

The area to be developed is a 0.68 hectare site at the eastern end of the harbourside.

The brief sets includes such criteria as the height and size of any new buildings which must accommodate views of the St Mary Redcliffe Church and other views to and from the harbour.

The council also wants to see new public open space with improved public walkways and access to the quayside.

It is also asking any developer to improve mooring facilities on the waterfront including a continuation of the existing boat building tradition on the wharf and refurbishment of derelict buildings on the site.

Good news...

i imagine the sail tower will get the inevitable reaction from the 'don't build anything new... anywhere... ever' brigade; Surely the fact that a chimney to burn hospital waste is now an iconic feature of the skyline provides a bit of a positive precedent.... fingers firmly crossed!!!

I've got a feeling that an instutuion as powerful & important to the city as Bristol Uni could get most things (within reason) rubber stumped.... any timeline on submitting plans & getting on with the build?

Some new developments - now approved

AWW SCHEME, GLASSFIELDS IN BRISTOL, GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION

http://www.aww-uk.com/ProjectPage.asp?name=offices&pgno=1&intprojectid=415

Planning permission has been granted to pull down the old IBM building on Temple Way in Bristol and replace it with a new scheme that will create a new commercial quarter with a public open space at the centre of the city.

The existing building, which has been vacant for 18 months, will be replaced with 400,000qsft of commercial office space in two new buildings, a separate building with 48 homes, a cafe and public open space.

The three-acre site, owned by Royal London Asset Management, will be known as Glassfields, a reference to its historical past when it was used to house a glassworks.

The two new office blocks will house up to 3,000 with the buildings facing towards the public space. The 48 one and two-bed apartments will also face this public area. A pedestrian walkway and cycle path through the public space completes the link between Temple Meads and Broad Mead locating the site in a prime position for access from the railway station and the city centre.

Mark Alker Stone, Project Architect for Glassfields and Director of AWW, said:
"Our aim is to give this scheme a real presence so it becomes a landmark address at the gateway of Bristol. It will combine the best of contemporary architecture with a sensitive approach to the historic context of the site and will contribute to the regeneration of this part of the city."

AWW, one of the leading architecture and interior design practices in the South West, has contributed heavily to the regeneration of Bristol and were highly commended for their urban regeneration work at the Architect of the Year Awards. Other schemes include the Broad Quay redevelopment, offices and apartments on the Courage Brewery site, offices at Portwall Lane and Legal HQ offices on the waterfront.

Agents for the Glassfields scheme will be King Sturge & DTZ; a marketing exercise will commence soon to attract tenants for the offices.

AWW LANDS CATHEDRAL FIRST
http://www.aww-uk.com/ProjectPage.asp?name=mixed+use&pgno=1&intprojectid=844

AWW has secured permission to convert Bristol’s crumbling Grade-II Clifton Pro-Cathedral (1848) into flats - the first former UK cathedral to be commercially redeveloped.Bristol City Council last week approved AWW’s plan, devised in collaboration with conservation architect Richard Pedlar and CSJ Planning Consultants, to adapt the property into 80 apartments and a single townhouse. Some 38 apartments will be created in the existing structure, considered one of Bristol’s finest buildings at risk, while a cluster of new blocks at the rear of the cathedral will provide an additional 42 flats. The former 580 sqm school hall is to be transformed into offices and the cathedral vaults given over to car parking. The Pro-Cathedral in Park Place, Clifton, has been mostly derelict since the Catholic Church relocated to Clifton Cathedral in the early 1970's. It was de-consecrated in the 1970s and briefly occupied by the Steiner Waldorf School until the mid 1990s. Pevsner calls it 'a building rather strange than attractive'. Developer Urban Creation paid £2.1 million from Ashfield Land for the site. Director Darren Sheward believes it is one of the last major redevelopment opportunities in Clifton. ‘These wonderful buildings are in a very sad and sorry state...This is a complex and difficult site to redevelop which has been fraught with structural difficulties over many years,’ he said.

seems to me everything in bristol is destruction rather than construction.

To use an old cliche...

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

There's a lot of crap stuff in Bristol if all the developments go ahead, it'll completely change to the face of the city.

The main problem though is that at the moment there doesn't seem to be a masterplan - it's all being done piecemeal. Even the three schemes at different corners of Broadmead Shopping Centre (The eastern extension, St Mary-le-Port scheme and Bridewell Island) are pretty much ignoring each other.

Meanwhile, as usual, projects that the council has a finger in, as opposed to when they just turn land over to the developers and let them get on with it, go no-where. The plans for the new Bristol Arena were meant to be finalised and announced by the end of 2005. It's now the 2nd half of 2006 and there's still no sign of them...

The new tower will be in the shadow on this webcam picture.

http://webcams.merchantsquarter.co.uk/camera306-07-17_08-00-01-49.jpg
Good to see there is a webcam.Is that castle park to the left and the galleries top of pic.I need to go into town but its just to hot at the momment i take some photos soon.I dont no why the buildings next to McDonalds are not being demolished those definitely need to go.

more news of minimal excitement.... every little helps i spose!


WORK STARTS ON NEW CITY HOTEL
10:40 - 26 July 2006
Work has started to convert the former Royal Sun Alliance building in the centre of Bristol into a luxury £35 million hotel. The project is expected to take 39 weeks to complete, with the opening of the four-star Macdonald Holland House Hotel scheduled for March 2007.

The hotel on Redcliffe Hill will have 275 bedrooms with 15 conference and business suites seating up to 300, a restaurant and bar, luxury spa and state-of-the-art fitness suite.

A total of 150 full-time and 80 part-time jobs will be created as a result of the development at Phoenix House.

Owners hope the new hotel - a joint venture between UK hotel operator Macdonald Hotels and Cardiff-based property development company Rightacres - will emulate the success of the Cardiff hotel of the same name which opened in April 2004.

Ian Edwards, managing director of Holland House Hotels, said: "After the successful launch of Macdonald Holland House in Cardiff, this project seemed like the next natural step towards building the Macdonald Hotels brand.

"This is an exciting time for us with many challenges ahead and we are looking forward to contributing to the business community of Bristol."

Destination Bristol's marketing manager Vicky Weir said: "Macdonald Holland House will encourage further business visitors and conference organisers to the city as well as provide a luxury accommodation establishment for leisure visitors benefiting both the local economy and regional tourism scene."

Macdonald Hotels and Resorts operates 65 hotels and six resorts throughout the UK and four resorts in Spain, controlling a business with an annual turnover in the region of £250 million.

First established in 1990 by Donald Macdonald and colleagues, the company was floated in 1996 before it returned to private ownership under Mr Macdonald's chairmanship in 2003. The group now concentrates on the premium four and five-star hotel market.

Last September Bristol planners turned down an application to turn Phoenix House into a block of 159 flats for students and low-income workers, saying it would be detrimental to the area.

But last month they supported the hotel scheme, saying that it would "generate significant social, economical, environmental and physical benefits".

They said it would bring a long-term vacant building back into use, generate employment and enhance the tourism trade.

Should be a good hotel. Macdonald Holland House in Cardiff is also in a converted office building and is generally considered to be at least as good as the two 5-star hotels in the city, despite being only a four. Rather smart conversion too:

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/277MacdonaldHollandHouse_pic2.jpg

More good news!

THE £10M INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=15004277&folderPk=83726

Bristol has won a £10 million lottery grant to create a new museum for the city. Work on the new Museum of Bristol to replace the existing Industrial Museum is set to start next month after the Heritage Lottery Fund yesterday confirmed £10.27 million of funding was secured for the project.

The new museum is being created to tell the city's story from mediaeval times to the present day under the slogan "What makes Bristol Bristol?"

The Museum of Bristol is expected to be open in summer 2009 and will provide 2,500 sq m of new exhibition space over three floors, a rooftop gallery with views across the city centre, education spaces, engine sheds, workshops and improved disabled access.

Hmmm, new planning application submitted - 06/03241/F

Full planning for

"Erection of six storey Civil Justice Centre, laying out of piazza, highway works including narrowing of Redcliff Street and reorganising of ramp access and car parking for 1 Redcliff Street."

After seeing the CJC they're building in manchester.. is this cause for some excitement?? No scanned plans on the BCC planning website yet so i'm just gonna enjoy the possibilities before the sorry truth is revealed

Which end of Redcliff Street is this? Is this is end by Bristol Bridge or the end by St Mary Redcliff church?

If it's the St Mary Redcliff end, then it could be the start of renovation of Redcliff which'll include the replacement of the roundabout outside the Church with a new pedestrianised piazza.

It's the Bristol bridge end; 1 redcliffe street is the tall building on the corner of redcliffe street & Victoria street so this is going to be squeezed into the current car park space. Odd looking thing - the plans are now on the website -

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/findCaseFile.do?appName=planning&appNumber=06/03241/F

The design statement offers some reasonable context & whilst the design looks horrible in some pics i reckon theres a chance that this could be one of the few things that look better in practice than on the sales pitch.... (as long as the red colour is NOT made up of those dodgy plastic red tiles they stick on new builds these days)

The end result (sometime post completion) should be a new bridge from king street to bull wharf leading to a public piazza outside this building; the new footbridge will suck people onto the redcliffe side of the floating harbour and be a catalyst for the regeneration of the area.

The other end of redcliife street & the replacement of the roundabout is probably some time off - they've offered the last riverside site for sale (the other side of the roundabout & redcliffe bridge) & given permission for this new Macdonald Holland House hotel that should be finished next year (hopefully looking a bit more 21st century than that 1980's style blancmange they produced in cardiff -see pic below) but i would have thought the whole of the central redcliffe area between Victoria street & Redcliffe street will be well on the way to completion before they start on redcliffe way.... would be great to be proved wrong though & see it all fall into place soon ...... I stayed in the city inn last week & had a wander round - the entire block of Warehouses (used to be Pilkington Glass & Porsche etc) is now empty & primed for the wrecking ball........

Although the proposed tower is only 55m high, it'll be on top of a hill that's 83m high - so the top of the tower will be 138m AOD. You'll be able to see this tower from miles around in all directions.

THIS IS YOUR UNIVERSITY, TOO
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10:40 - 11 August 2006
Work is under way on the £250 million development project that aims to transform Bristol University into one of the world's leading educational establishments. The university also hopes the changes will help destroy the belief among many Bristolians that it is 'off limits' and has little to offer residents. Adam Stones reports on what the revamp will mean for the non-student population of the city

Around £250 million is being pumped into a building redevelopment and refurbishment project that aims to catapult the university to the top of the league. The concept masterplan that will steer the development - which includes some new landmark buildings for the city - was recently approved by the city council's cabinet and work is now under way on making the plans a reality.

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There is also a concept to build a 13-storey sail-shaped tower, proposed for a site in Tyndall Avenue next to the university's sports centre.

Built in what has been described as a "spinnaker" design, it will provide a dramatic new high point on Bristol's skyline and be visible for miles around.

It would stand about 55 metres high (180ft) - some 60ft taller than the Wills Memorial Building in Queen's Road, which is 36 metres high (120ft).

Details of new Bristol Arena to be announced soon.

Only 9/10 months late - they were supposed to be announcing all this by the end of last year. Still, some progress is being made and the architects coming up with the new plans have a pretty good portfolio (Emirates Stadium, City of Manchester Stadium). The company that'll eventually run the Arena also currently run the Manchester MEN Arena.

Unfortunately, the NIMBY's are complaining about traffic chaos and car parking issues. The site is a huge brownfield plot next to the main train station where there's also loads of bus routes so it's not unreasonable to assume that people might take public transport to the site....

Concerts are generally held at night when car parks in the area are fairly empty anyway. And there's not really any residential areas nearby anyway. Totterdown is probably the closest - and that's at the top of a fairly steep hill so I can't see too many people willing to park up there.

ALL WILL BE REVEALED ON ARENA IN AUTUMN
10:40 - 21 August 2006
Plans for Bristol's long- awaited arena are likely to be revealed in the autumn. A team of architects is currently drawing up a masterplan for the £150 million complex next to the railway station at Temple Meads.

The 10,000-seat arena - the jewel in the crown of the area's major regeneration project - is expected to eventually play host to the world's biggest rock and pop stars.

It will also put on sport events, exhibitions and conferences.

The blueprint will be put on public display so people can put forward their views.

Their comments might lead to some revisions of the scheme before a formal planning application is submitted to Bristol City Council - probably early next year.

Councillors must give planning approval before building work can start.

Residents have already expressed concerns that the new arena will bring traffic chaos and a loss of parking spaces.

A possible solution is a car park beneath the arena or punters being directed to the multi-storey car park near Temple Meads station.

Ian Knight, from the South West of England Regional Development Agency, which formed a partnership with the city council to deliver the scheme, said: "A project of this scale and complexity has to balance many elements, including the mix of uses on the site, road and pedestrian access, building costs and design.

"We also need to be confident that any investment we make on behalf of the public will be put to the best possible use.

"It is vital that we get all the pieces of the jigsaw in place so we can present a cohesive plan for public consultation.

"The fact that there has been no news on the project can be disconcerting for local people.

"However, we are making good progress and public consultation should start in the autumn."

If there are no delays, the arena's operators are hoping to open for business in 2009.

Two world-leading architects' firms were announced in March to draw up the plans for leisure, office and residential use on the nine-acre site.

Burland TM, which has been appointed as masterplanner of the entire arena site, worked on the City of Manchester Stadium, which hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games and is now the home of Premiership football club Manchester City, and the International Athletics Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

HOK sport architecture has been selected to design the arena building and associated facilities.

It has designed some of the world's best known sport, entertainment and public assembly buildings including Arsenal Football Club's new Emirates Stadium.

great news about the arena. I will not get started on the public transport option even in this area of bristol.

Harbourside is coming along. New bits were open there last weekend. The old Bristol n West tower in the centre is coming along aswell. fully striped - no photos tho.

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Quick update from the webcam:

The crane in this picture is for the new tower/Harvey Nicks store. This tower will eventually be the 2nd highest in the city at a whopping 65m. Ok, so it's not exactly a biggie - but it's next to the highest tower in the city - Castlemead (at 80m) so it's kinda the start of the Skyscraper District.

http://webcams.merchantsquarter.co.uk/camera306-08-31_10-00-01-35.jpg

Just in case you're wondering, that whole area is going to be transformed into a european like Plaza. The white building in the middle is what's left of a 13th Century Abbey. Until recently it was the city's Registry Office. As part of the redevelopment it's going to become a Raymond Blanc Restuarant.

I've just got back from Bristol and the whole place is one giant building site with tower cranes jutting into the sky on just about every second corner of the city centre. Frankly I don't know why everyone is shouting so much about Brum, Manc and Leeds on these boards because Bristol is pissing all over them at the moment as far as development is concerned...I was well impressed. Nothing too tall though, just some reclading. I've not been to Bristol that much, but I like what I see!

i was there on Tueday and it looked nice. i cant wait to go back there when they have finished all this work.

Great news this :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/5348130.stm
Club submits revised stadium plan
Plans to turn Bristol's Memorial Stadium into an 18,000-seat stadium for Bristol Rovers FC and Bristol Rugby Club are being submitted.
Previous attempts to develop the site have failed as residents living nearby are concerned about increased congestion and lack of parking spaces.

This time the club has spent 11 months consulting residents and has held six exhibition days.

A decision on the development could be made by the city council by Christmas.

If approved, work could start early in 2007 with completion in time for the 2009 season.

The club said the revised plans also included accommodation for 500 students, a 112-bed hotel and a large restaurant.

Bristol Rovers FC bought the stadium from Bristol Rugby Club in 1998, who they now share it with.

The current capacity for the stadium, which was built in 1921, is 12,000.
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Quick update from the webcam:

The crane in this picture is for the new tower/Harvey Nicks store. This tower will eventually be the 2nd highest in the city at a whopping 65m. Ok, so it's not exactly a biggie - but it's next to the highest tower in the city - Castlemead (at 80m) so it's kinda the start of the Skyscraper District.

http://webcams.merchantsquarter.co.uk/camera306-08-31_10-00-01-35.jpg

Except that the previous second tallest building in the City (70m ish) was knocked down to make way for the new Merchants Quarter carpark. Back two steps and forward one. However, the Harvey Nicks tower should be far superior.

Bristol is never going to be a high rise City - if only Project 360 (150m) had been built a couple of years back...

The latest news that I have on the arena development is that more work on the site is about to be undertaken by SWRDA. This is 'remedial' work designed to prepare it for any subsequent development that might take place (for example decontaminating the land or reinforcing the river bank). It is due to begin in September.

The reports that were aired recently on BBC Points West and in the Evening Post regarding plans for the site being on show in the next few months are somewhat wide of the mark. They stem from a press release put out by SWRDA that says that consultation will begin in Autumn. The nature of the consultation, as I understand it, is to determine the requirements that will be put on the developer when they start their planning work. So, plans are far from ready to be put on show.

At the moment SWRDA, Bristol City Council and the developers are still negotiating the commercial aspects of the project. Until that side of things is sorted no further work will be done on drawing up plans (though the architects must be dreaming up ideas).

Essentially there are 4 stages of the public consultation: the first
is in determining the requirements the developer must meet in
planning; the next is in the actual planning of the development; the third is during the build phase; and the final stage is ongoing
consultation with the community during management of the arena.

The first stage is due to take place beginning in October and running through to December this year. it is likely to involve a 'drop in' meeting that will explain the plans to date and invite comments on issues of concern.

I was informed by TRESA, the Totterdown Community group who are in touch with SWRDA over the Arena Issue

Other news is the second phase of Paintworks on the Bath Road in Brislington is underway. Located near Arnos Vale Cemetary the redevelopment has seen the transformation of a series of old victorian industrial buildings into an up market mixed use development of workshop and offices uses, apartments, exhibition space, bar and live/work units. See www.paintworksbristol.co.uk (http://www.paintworksbrsitol.co.uk). The about paintworks section has some great before and after photos.

Before http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8366/paintwork2ax0.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paintwork2ax0.jpg) After http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6014/paintworks1ra3.th.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paintworks1ra3.jpg)

Phase two is a bit more of the same and the conversion of the old trading estate offices. The rest of the site is also likely to be redeveloped to create an interesting new area of bristol between the Bath road and the river Avon.

Ok - it's roughly 1 month since the last webcam pic of the new tower - and the core has really shot up!

http://webcams.merchantsquarter.co.uk/camera306-10-01_18-00-00-96.jpg

Other news is the second phase of Paintworks on the Bath Road in Brislington is underway. Located near Arnos Vale Cemetary the redevelopment has seen the transformation of a series of old victorian industrial buildings into an up market mixed use development of workshop and offices uses, apartments, exhibition space, bar and live/work units. See www.paintworksbristol.co.uk (http://www.paintworksbristol.co.uk). The about paintworks section has some great before and after photos.

Phase two is a bit more of the same and the conversion of the old trading estate offices. The rest of the site is also likely to be redeveloped to create an interesting new area of bristol between the Bath road and the river Avon.

I'm actually really excited by The Paintworks. I used to live just around the corner from here and the old industrial estate really needed sorting out. To turn it into a media village is a great idea and seems to be working. It probably helps having the ITV West TV studios just over the road(ish) and getting Endemol as one of the clients already on the site as well is a major coup (Deal or no Deal is filmed here now).

All they need now is for someone to finally get their act together on building the Avon Weir further downstream to stop this bit of the river being tidal and this will be a really become the place to be in the South West for these sort of businesses.

I live near the Paintwork too and its definitely one of the most exciting developments in Bristol. Not only is it a quality development, but Verve, the development is also the management company and are only allowing real creative businesses to take space.

I agree the Avon Weir idea would be ideal for this stretch on the new cut and could probably kick start a few other interesting developments in this part of the city. Hopefully the developers of the Arena will pull there finger out and get it started.

Other news in that part of the City is that the Former TGI Friday on Avonmeads is being refitted for a Marks and Spencer Simply Food. It will be opening in early November. It seems that Brislington is on the up.

Heres a goodie!!! :toilet:



DEVELOPER UNVEILS PROPOSALS FOR ST MARY-LE-PORT

The historic heart of Bristol city centre could become once again one of the city’s most important places to live, work and shop, in new proposals for the regeneration of St Mary-le-Port unveiled by local developers Deeley Freed.

The proposals favoured by Deeley Freed would see the creation of a new South West food quarter complemented by new homes, offices and public spaces and would also deliver major improvements to Castle Park. The development would help knit Broadmead, the old city and Redcliffe back together, providing an attractive focus for the area, drawing people from across the city to St Mary-le-Port.

This is one of four approaches to the masterplanning of the St Mary-le-Port site being presented by Deeley Freed to the public at an exhibition in the ruins of St Peters Church from Saturday 14th to Friday 20th October. The different ideas on show reflect the range of views from the first phase of consultation, from a redevelopment of just the existing redundant office buildings, which offers minimum benefits for the city and Castle Park, to the proposal preferred by the developers and Council.

The preferred option would provide a new shopping area - believed to be one of the first of its kind in the UK. This would provide a permanent, vibrant marketplace for regionally produced food and drink in a new green public square surrounding the ruins of St Mary-le-Port church. It would re-establish the market tradition which made the area the hub of the city for more than a thousand years and complement St Nicholas Market and the nearby Farmers’, Slow Food and Fresh markets.

Offering subsidised rents to attract local independent producers it would provide a sustainable alternative to buying food from supermarkets and the idea has already received the backing of leading food experts such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Barny Haughton, Stephen Markwick and Andrew Moore of Somerset Food Links.

The food quarter would be complemented with cafes and restaurants, new homes, including affordable housing, and offices which would be built to achieve the highest environmental ratings. The developers are looking at innovative ideas to create ‘green’ buildings, such as ‘living’ roofs and using water from the docks to cool the buildings.

In addition to the honeypot effect of the development itself, the preferred proposal would also create new and improved pedestrian and cycle routes to link it to surrounding areas. The medieval St Mary-le-Port street would be recreated, linking St Nicholas Market via the ruins of St Mary-le-Port to St Peters Church. A new route would also be introduced connecting Broadmead and Redcliffe from Union Street via the new footbridge planned across the river from Castle Park to the redeveloped former Courage Brewery site.

One of the most important potential benefits of the development would be major improvements to Castle Park, much of which is underused and suffers from social problems, partly due to its poor layout and lack of facilities. The regeneration of St Mary-le-Port could release a package of improvements worth £2 million from the developers which would deliver much of Bristol City Council’s Castle Park Improvement Plan.

The comprehensive improvements would include recreating the line of the historic Castle Street as a pedestrian and cycle route; providing large south-facing grassed sitting areas overlooking the floating harbour; new seating, lighting and planting throughout; creating a new exhibition area for outdoor events; and introducing a children’s play trail around the park. A ‘transition’ zone connecting the park to the new development around St Peters Church would create St Peters Square, a major new public space, as well as new gardens and sitting areas which border the road, together with stepped green sitting steps to the south, again with views over the water.

David Freed, director of developers Deeley Freed says: “The regeneration of St Mary-le-Port provides a unique opportunity to create a new heart for the historic centre of Bristol. We are proposing a development that builds on the city’s growing reputation as Britain’s capital of food and delivers a vibrant mix of homes, shops, cafes and offices which act as a real magnet for people living and working in the area. It will help knit the area back into the city and fund major improvements to the park which will become a place far more people can use and enjoy.

“We are very excited about these proposals and hope that people will take time to consider the potential a development like this can offer the city when they visit the exhibition.”

http://www.stmaryleport.com

Greetings,

Does anybody know what going on with the redevelopment of the old Bristol and West tower on the city centre as work has came to a complete standstill for the last month or so? Has the developer ran out of cash?

Thanks in Advance
Yogib52

Another webcam update - 20 days later and it looks like the core has topped out.

So, that'll be 50 days from starting the core at the end of Aug to now. How long as Pan-Penisular been going up? :)
http://webcams.merchantsquarter.co.uk/camera306-10-21_16-00-02-60.jpg

^^I can see that from stapleton rd eastville park end.Sorry for the lack of photos im very lazy and haven't been to town for about three months now i usaly shop and go elsewhere hopefully one of these days will nip out one day between lunch break or after work.

Greetings,

Does anybody know what going on with the redevelopment of the old Bristol and West tower on the city centre as work has came to a complete standstill for the last month or so? Has the developer ran out of cash?

Thanks in Advance
Yogib52
I went past the old Bristol and West tower the other day and workers were on site but only a few, they seemed to be drilling foundations or pilot holes. Radisson, who will occupy the hotel say on there website that the hotel is due to open Feb 2008. The hotel will offer 150 guestrooms, a restaurant and lounge bar, extensive health and spa facilities, car parking and extensive conference and meetings facilities. I've heard that the ground floor of the rest of the development will have four restaurants or bars.

Hope this helps

On the Broadmead expansion, new tenants confirmed and touted include: Next, Monsoon, Hobbs, Karen Millen, Hogo Boss, Ted Baker, Carluccio's (Italian Deli/cafe) Lush (restaurant not soap), Nando's and Yo Sushi. Personally I want a Hotel Chocolate Shop, best chocolates ever!

Other rummours I've heard include:
1. A proposal for a temporary beach on Redcliffe wharf before the redevelop happens
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/9043/redcliffebeachso0.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=redcliffebeachso0.jpg)
2. Phase one of the Courage Brewery site (offices) is soon to start on site with completion in 2009
3. Negotiations on the Bristol Arena have reached a point were there is still a 20 million pound funding gap and there this will come from is unclear.

The latest news that I have on the arena development is that more work on the site is about to be undertaken by SWRDA. This is 'remedial' work designed to prepare it for any subsequent development that might take place (for example decontaminating the land or reinforcing the river bank). It is due to begin in September.

The reports that were aired recently on BBC Points West and in the Evening Post regarding plans for the site being on show in the next few months are somewhat wide of the mark. They stem from a press release put out by SWRDA that says that consultation will begin in Autumn. The nature of the consultation, as I understand it, is to determine the requirements that will be put on the developer when they start their planning work. So, plans are far from ready to be put on show.

At the moment SWRDA, Bristol City Council and the developers are still negotiating the commercial aspects of the project. Until that side of things is sorted no further work will be done on drawing up plans (though the architects must be dreaming up ideas).

Essentially there are 4 stages of the public consultation: the first
is in determining the requirements the developer must meet in
planning; the next is in the actual planning of the development; the third is during the build phase; and the final stage is ongoing
consultation with the community during management of the arena.

The first stage is due to take place beginning in October and running through to December this year. it is likely to involve a 'drop in' meeting that will explain the plans to date and invite comments on issues of concern.

I was informed by TRESA, the Totterdown Community group who are in touch with SWRDA over the Arena Issue
A strong rumour suggests that talks between the city council/SWRDA and the developers over commercial aspects of the development have broken down and that the Arena will not be going ahead.
Anyone know any more?

Beeb have got a nice diary of the latest goings on in Broadmead here:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/image_galleries/broadmead_nov06_gallery.shtml

Does anyone have a huge/hi-res photo of Bristol Rovers and City's ground? Can't seem to find any decent ones on Google. I'm using it for backgrounds on FM2007.

Hi Guys,

Just some information on some proposed redevelopment at temple meads station in Bristol which has appeared out of the blue in today's evening post.

Cheers
Yogib52

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=16112770&folderPk=83726&pNodeId=144922

How is the arena development doing? Are there any plans to have a top level hockey team there? Can you imagine what the rivarly would be like bewteen the Cardiff Devils and a Bristol team?!

Hi Guys,

Just some information on some proposed redevelopment at temple meads station in Bristol which has appeared out of the blue in today's evening post.

Cheers
Yogib52

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=16112770&folderPk=83726&pNodeId=144922

This includes a 15 story resi tower on Temple Back. Wish the Project 360 tower had gone ahead :(

Does anyone have a huge/hi-res photo of Bristol Rovers and City's ground? Can't seem to find any decent ones on Google. I'm using it for backgrounds on FM2007.

I'll have a look. If not I can take one of Ashton Gate for you from inside the ground on 16 December and PM you. Empty or full? 5mbs OK?

At last! Some potential good news about the Arena.

ARENA IS READY FOR GO-AHEAD
10:40 - 11 December 2006
Bristol's long-awaited arena project could get the go-ahead at a meeting in the city this week.The private sector consortium behind the project, Bristol Waterside Arena Ltd (BWA), are hoping for approval at a meeting with the South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) and Bristol City Council on Friday.

New plans and drawings for the site have been put together and are expected to be released this week.
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=16157234&folderPk=83726&pNodeId=144922

More good news!

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BRIDGING THE GAP
00:01 - 15 December 2006

Work is set to start next month on a £200 million redevelopment of a former city centre brewery after a two-year delay.The Finzels Reach project at the former Courage Brewery includes a spectacular 40-metre (131 feet) long footbridge, spanning the water from the development site to Castle Park.


The Mobius Bridge will be made of twisted white steel which will reflect its surroundings during the day and be lit up at night. It could even continuously change colour at night if one light scheme idea goes ahead.

Planning permission was granted in April 2005 for the project but a legal dispute between the developer HDG Mansur and Bristol City Council delayed its start.

This has now been resolved and construction work will start in January to transform the rundown site into a complex of 384 apartments, plus offices and shops.

The original planning conditions stated that HDG Mansur must build 93 affordable homes at the site.

City council spokeswoman Katharine De Lisle said soon after this the firm claimed it could not afford to provide any low-cost housing.

But after lengthy negotiations it has signed a planning agreement, adhering to the original number of affordable homes. HDG Mansur chief executive Harold D Garrison said: "We are delighted to have successfully overcome our last major planning hurdle.

"Finzels Reach will increase employment opportunities in Bristol city centre, encourage significant inward investment and continue the growth of a diverse residential population.

"All of this will aid and enhance the vitality and viability of the immediate area and the city centre as a whole."

Councillor Dennis Brown (Lib Dem, Henleaze), the executive member for development control, said: "We are very pleased to have resolved negotiations on this project, which will be a massive boost to the city centre.

"In addition to securing the regeneration of the site, there is an excellent package of benefits in place for people who live and work in the city centre. I look forward to seeing work start on site."

The planning agreement also requires the developer to fund transport and highways improvements, public art and a contribution to local education.

The construction will take place in phases, with demolition work starting in January.

The whole project is expected to be completed by 2010 and the bridge will be one of the last parts to be finished.

The development is named after Conrad Finzel, the owner of the Counterslip Sugar Factory, which stood on part of the site in the 19th century.

The brewery was closed by Courage's parent company, Scottish & Newcastle, in 1999.

The developer aims to revive the 300-year tradition of development on the site by building a micro-brewery there.

http://domain780178.sites.fasthosts.com/images/3/projects/652.jpg
New Cattlemarket site to be revamped... How wicked does this look... Awsome project... go to the following link to see more...

http://domain780178.sites.fasthosts.com/afm/project.aspx?mid=94&sectorID=44&type=&pid=177

Greetings,

Does anybody know what going on with the redevelopment of the old Bristol and West tower on the city centre as work has came to a complete standstill for the last month or so? Has the developer ran out of cash?

Thanks in Advance
Yogib52

I think there have been a shift in plans... they are putting more buildings on there and making the new buildings higher than first expected...

This includes a 15 story resi tower on Temple Back. Wish the Project 360 tower had gone ahead :(

What happened to the Project 360 tower in bristol??? They not doing it now... Back to drawing board???

Thanks...

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/687Project360_pic5.jpghttp://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/687Project360_pic4.jpg
THIS LOOKS AMAZING... WHY NOT DO IT??? BRISTOL CITY COUCIL SUCK!!!

Proposed on the site of a listed pub the idea to allow construction was to cantilever the tower over it. What have they done wrong??? taking new with the old...

Project 360 is dead. The building was too close to St Mary Redcliffe and would detract from it. The developers have long since moved on.

I went past the old Bristol and West tower the other day and workers were on site but only a few, they seemed to be drilling foundations or pilot holes. Radisson, who will occupy the hotel say on there website that the hotel is due to open Feb 2008. The hotel will offer 150 guestrooms, a restaurant and lounge bar, extensive health and spa facilities, car parking and extensive conference and meetings facilities. I've heard that the ground floor of the rest of the development will have four restaurants or bars.

Hope this helps

On the Broadmead expansion, new tenants confirmed and touted include: Next, Monsoon, Hobbs, Karen Millen, Hogo Boss, Ted Baker, Carluccio's (Italian Deli/cafe) Lush (restaurant not soap), Nando's and Yo Sushi. Personally I want a Hotel Chocolate Shop, best chocolates ever!

Other rummours I've heard include:
1. A proposal for a temporary beach on Redcliffe wharf before the redevelop happens
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/9043/redcliffebeachso0.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=redcliffebeachso0.jpg)
2. Phase one of the Courage Brewery site (offices) is soon to start on site with completion in 2009
3. Negotiations on the Bristol Arena have reached a point were there is still a 20 million pound funding gap and there this will come from is unclear.

http://www.alecfrench.co.uk/images/broad_quay/broad_quay1.jpghttp://www.alecfrench.co.uk/images/broad_quay/broad_quay_model.jpg
The Bristol and West tower is being redeveloped as we speak (or write)... Heres some pics of the finished thing of what it may look like... Im not sure when it will be complete but i think its going to be around end of 2007 to mid 2008...

That's *not* the current Broadquay/Bristol and West Tower plan. That one was rejected by the council because it's too close to Queen Sq. This plan would've been for them to knock down the existing tower and build a new one next to it.

This is the plan that they're actually doing now - it's just recladding the existing tower:

http://www.opco-construction.co.uk/marsh1.jpg

Oh my mistake... Who are the architects of this scheme? In the picture it looks like they are building more buildings in on the same site... They seem to be piling on site which is usally only do for buildings which are going to be over 4 storys... Any news?

Does anyone know whats happening with Westmoorlands House on Stokes Croft? I heard that they are redeveloping it???

Also any more news on The Temple Gate Redevelopment (Near Temple Meads Station)???

Thanks...

The old Post Office sorting depot on Cattlemarket road has Planning permission for the conversion of the two main buildings and a new building next to the water for office and residential and active ground floor uses. The buildings at the front of the site on the image supplied by Gee31 are not covered by the permission. Bristol City Council still own the front part of the site and did not want to get involved with the application.

Not sure much will happen on this site until the arena development gets underway. Some of the associated development with the arena, e.g. residential and offices is likely to happen on the front part of the site and the City Council Pest Control depot which is South West of this site. There is talk of another entrance to Temple Meads from this side by extending the concourse under the station. This could then provide a direct link from the station via a new pedestrian bridge over the new cut to the arena site.

Part of the planning permission of the Old Post office depot was to provide money towards a harbourside walkway so the site could be accessed from Temple Quay.

As I was walking through Castle Park the other day I took these pictures of a new addition (all be it a temporary one) to the Bristol Skyline. I Believe it is going to be in place for the next six or so weeks.

By Day:

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1527/dsc00088un9.jpg


And by Night....

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/2681/dsc00095bl6.jpg



And as it was a nice sunny day I took this picture of the new broadmead development. It really shows just how many tower cranes they are using to complete this development (there are another two or three not shown in this photo.

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7310/dsc00089oj7.jpg


Cheers
Yogib52

Its a 40m high portable one. Don't know which company its rented from. Similar to the one that was in Birmingham City Centre.

Hi All,

I've noticed that a lot of the buildings in UK & Eire quick search for Bristol have no pictures on their profiles, can anybody take a picture and get it added for the profile of the building? If so how do you go about it? I wouldn't mind snapping a few of them as I go pass a good few of them every day when I walk into work.

Just as a side point I find it a little strange that the Marriott hotel on Castle Green isn't included on the listings for Bristol. It seems like a pretty tall building, taller than the Barton House office building which is listed as having 15 floors, only because it has several floors of NCP car park underneath it – It only has 7 actual floors.

Regards,
Yogib52

Hi Guys,

Here a bit of a stange one which was included in todays evening post.

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144936&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144919&contentPK=16249625&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch

Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year!
Yoigb52

Hi Guys,

Here a bit of a stange one which was included in todays evening post.

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144936&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144919&contentPK=16249625&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch

Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year!
Yoigb52

The hotel is a real possibility... The plans i think will get approved especially because its Holiday Inn... I think I can get some pics of what it will look like... I will try to post them if i can get hold of them... If anybody else has any pics of the project then please post them...

Merry Xmas, And Happy New Year!!!

How is the new arena coming along? Has it started being built yet and are there any plans for a pro hockey team to play there?

How is the new arena coming along? Has it started being built yet and are there any plans for a pro hockey team to play there?

Its starting construction this coming year (2007)... There was talk earlier this year about a ice hockey team but not at the New Arena... but Im not sure wether it will happen...

Are you sure? What is the final design then?

Finzils Reach starts this year.

Apparently it went for PP approval in December - but I've been looking online and haven't managed to find any designs for it!

http://www.itvregions.com/West/News/Bristol+Arena+plans.htm

"Bristol Arena plans
15 December 2006, 07:37

Plans for a ten thousand seat arena in Bristol are likely to be given the go ahead later today.

If they're approved, it will be built next to Temple Meads station, and will host concerts and sporting events. There are also plans for houses and an entertainment centre in the surrounding area. "

The masterplanner of the whole Arena site is Burland TM (although the Arena itself is being designed by HOK). Here's what's on their website for the area:

http://www.burlandtm.com/_sgg/mbm3_1.htm

http://www.burlandtm.com/userfiles/IMG_8950_copy.jpg

Just in case any of you guys haven't got access to an evening post...

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144913&command=displayContent&sourceNode=200267&home=yes&more_nodeId1=144916&contentPK=16330808

The city council have got around to approving the redevelpoment around the SS Great Britain.

Yet more low rise developments in Bristol, sigh… I know its not very appropriate for this site but when are we going to get some decent hi-rise stuff in Bristol?

Happy New Year
Yogib52

The main thing is to have a well designed building that fits in well with its surroundings. But we don't generally even get that , let alone high rise buildings. Where will high rise buildings go now. None planned in Harbourside, none in Temple Meads area, and one in Broadmead redevelopment (Harvey Nicks), thats it.

The main thing is to have a well designed building that fits in well with its surroundings. But we don't generally even get that , let alone high rise buildings. Where will high rise buildings go now. None planned in Harbourside, none in Temple Meads area, and one in Broadmead redevelopment (Harvey Nicks), thats it.

Im sure when the time is right BRISTOL will get the high rise buildings you are after... However most of the time offering high rise buildings is a ploy to get companies and people to tha particular city but BRISTOL does not need this as of yet as BRISTOL attracts people and compaines without these tall buildings that other cities are building...

Also BRISTOL is probably the Hilliest LARGE City in the country and i recon that this has somthing to do with the building height... DO you recon The Wells Memorial is probably as tall the HSBC TOWER in Canery Wharf (1 Canada Square) if you take the height from SEA LEVEL???

I Know Bristol doesn't need high rise buildings to attract investment into the city but it would be nice to have a couple of new landmark buildings above the 6 or 7 story height maximum of the current batch of new developments – Apart from the Harvey Nick’s development.

I vaguely remember seeing an artist impression of 15 a story building some where in temple quay area a few month ago. Does anyone else remember seeing this or am I going mad????

Hi Guys,

Here a bit of a stange one which was included in todays evening post.

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144936&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144919&contentPK=16249625&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch

Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year!
Yoigb52

Excuse my confusion - is this the highrise on top of the old beefeater (i think its a Premier Inn now) Or the building above the carpark next door to the abomination of 5102 (heading towards the spectrum building)

Excuse my confusion - is this the highrise on top of the old beefeater (i think its a Premier Inn now) Or the building above the carpark next door to the abomination of 5102 (heading towards the spectrum building)

Ummm, No i think that tall building (The Premier Inn) is getting Reclad and also being updated but its not where the new Hoilday in is going... Im pretty sure it isnt anyway...

Ummm, No i think that tall building (The Premier Inn) is getting Reclad and also being updated but its not where the new Hoilday in is going... Im pretty sure it isnt anyway...

Yeah its the one next to 5102. With the Carpark underneath and sculpture in front. Just to the left of the E marker on here:-

http://www.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&q=car+parks&near=Bristol&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=17&ll=51.459228,-2.590123&spn=0.004786,0.00854&t=k

Apparently it went for PP approval in December - but I've been looking online and haven't managed to find any designs for it!

http://www.itvregions.com/West/News/Bristol+Arena+plans.htm

"Bristol Arena plans
15 December 2006, 07:37

Plans for a ten thousand seat arena in Bristol are likely to be given the go ahead later today.

If they're approved, it will be built next to Temple Meads station, and will host concerts and sporting events. There are also plans for houses and an entertainment centre in the surrounding area. "
The lastest I have on the Arena is the response TRESA have received from the SWRDA.

"The main partners involved in the proposed Bristol Arena development (South West RDA, Bristol City Council, Bristol Waterside Arena); held the latest in a series of progress meetings on Friday 15 December. Positive progress was made towards resolving some of the many issues involved in this complex project, particularly in areas such as planning and transport. These included the latest architectural improvements to the proposed building and other design solutions allowing best access to and from the site. With a project as complex as this, there are always many issues to discuss and resolve in the spirit of moving forward. Work continues on a number of further issues, and the partnership hopes to commence the next stage of community involvement early in 2007."

I don't think the site went for PP approval, just the evening post getting over excited. Interesting that the architectural details are being discussed before any meaningful public consultation, but hopefully this might mean that the design will incorporate some taller buildings and happen sooner rather than later.

Thanks to Dronkula for the nice concept masterplan. Bristol City Councils tall buildings guidance identifies the site as a suitable location for tall buildings and the attached pic shows what might be on the cards.

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2153/bristolarenabw8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Memorial stadium given go-ahead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6272765.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40932000/jpg/_40932052_203_mem1.jpg
The stadium will be expanded to hold 18,000 people

Plans for Bristol's Memorial Stadium to be expanded to an 18,000-seat capacity venue have been given the go-ahead.
The plans had been recommended for approval after the council received 991 letters supporting the scheme and 592 against during a consultation period.

They include a parking zone for residents and provision of transport including a park and ride service.

A noise report submitted with the plans suggested that by fully enclosing the stadium, noise levels would be reduced.

A series of conditions to restrict activities and opening hours have also been proposed to protect those living nearby.

The stadium on Filton Avenue, Horfield, is home to Bristol Rovers Football Club and Bristol Rugby Club.

The lastest I have on the Arena is the response TRESA have received from the SWRDA.

"The main partners involved in the proposed Bristol Arena development (South West RDA, Bristol City Council, Bristol Waterside Arena); held the latest in a series of progress meetings on Friday 15 December. Positive progress was made towards resolving some of the many issues involved in this complex project, particularly in areas such as planning and transport. These included the latest architectural improvements to the proposed building and other design solutions allowing best access to and from the site. With a project as complex as this, there are always many issues to discuss and resolve in the spirit of moving forward. Work continues on a number of further issues, and the partnership hopes to commence the next stage of community involvement early in 2007."

I don't think the site went for PP approval, just the evening post getting over excited. Interesting that the architectural details are being discussed before any meaningful public consultation, but hopefully this might mean that the design will incorporate some taller buildings and happen sooner rather than later.

Thanks to Dronkula for the nice concept masterplan. Bristol City Councils tall buildings guidance identifies the site as a suitable location for tall buildings and the attached pic shows what might be on the cards. Click for an enlarged version.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7724/bristolarenasf9.th.jpg (http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bristolarenasf9.jpg)

That does look like a cool design... Just two questions

1. When is this development going to get the final go-ahead and start consturction?

2. Who are the primary architects for this project?

Its a really good project and I hope they put some really tall buildings on there and also make them look a little different and good so that they can stay up with times.

You got any more pics of the proposed development?

Thanks.

That does look like a cool design... Just two questions

1. When is this development going to get the final go-ahead and start consturction?

2. Who are the primary architects for this project?

Its a really good project and I hope they put some really tall buildings on there and also make them look a little different and good so that they can stay up with times.

You got any more pics of the proposed development?

Thanks.
No more photos i'm afraid, the previous one and the image posted by Dronkula are both conceptual, so are likely to change. Currently Burland TM are masterplanning the whole site and HOK Architecture are designing the Arena building. I've not heard anything about specifc architects for individual buildings, but would imagine Atkins Walters Webster, Stride Treglown or Acanthus Ferguson Mann are likely to be involved.

I would also speculate that the planning application for the site will cover access, layout, use, scale and siting of buildings but not the specific design of individual buildings, (except the arena potentially). Once the site has outline permission for the masterplan, then the component parts of the the site will be addressed individually to get full planning permission for the reserved matters, such as architecture.

I have no further information on timescale but think that if they consult on the masterplan soon, then submit the application in the spring/summer then it might start later in the year. To be honest the SWRDA are keeping very quiet about it all so who knows how long it will take!

The important thing is the inital application will probably set out building height, so hopefully those four large towers on the waterfront will be proposed, and due to development viability issues requiring a significant amount of higher value development (office or residential) then they might even be a bit bigger then the standard 6 or 7 stories we are use too.

Sorry this is all speculation, but based on how these developments are generally progressed, it might give an indication of what is happening.

at last they are going to start construction on the colston hall project... :)

Demolition work begins at hall
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41216000/gif/_41216084_colston_schematic203.gif
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6327249.stm

Demolition work to make way for a multi-million pound development of a new foyer at Bristol's Colston Hall has begun.
The £20m project is funded by Bristol City Council and Arts Council England and is due for completion in 2008.

The scheme includes a performance area, education suites and two café bars.

"These spaces will seamlessly link the new foyer to the current building and main auditorium," said a Bristol City Council spokesman.

Councillor Simon Cook added: "When this new foyer building is completed, the hall will stand out as one of the great music venues in the UK.

"But it will also be able to play an even greater role in developing local talent and the stars of the future."

Hello everyone! Here's my first post. The Bristol skyline is prickling with tower cranes at the moment. I'll try and get some pics if I get a chance, but here are some taken from the Bristol City centre website. :) These are probably the best pics of the development I've seen and they give you a good idea of the scale of it.

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/img-418-large.jpg

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/img-420-large.jpg

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/img-423-large.jpg

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/img-424-large.jpg

wow. thats huge.

Wow! Cool pictures. Which web site did you get them from?

Welcome to skyscapercity forum!!

Kind Regards
Yogib52

Wow! Cool pictures. Which web site did you get them from?

Welcome to skyscapercity forum!!

Kind Regards
Yogib52



There are loads of pics of Bristol City Centre and skyline here:

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery.asp?PageID=72&Page=1&Category=&Keywords=

Here are some more which were taken in the August:

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/8787.JPG

This one is looking East towards Temple Meads Station. You can see Temple Quay 1 (where my work is) which is largely built out, and the Temple Quay 2 site which has been partially developed for housing. A tower crane has just gone up on the TQ2 site and two 6 to 7 storey mixed use housing/B1 blocks are about to commence. Beyond Temple Meads, on the curve of the River is the site for Bristol Arena which is supposed to start late 2007/early 2008. I think ground works have been completed.

If you follow the road that sweeps past the Broadmead development you can see the vile blue/white/grey 51 02 residential conversion of the stallinist Avon House monolith. You can also see the empty concrete office building next to it which is referred to in the thread above and whic is set to be converted into a hotel...although I have no info about this.

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/8788.JPG

Bristol City Centre looking South towards the harbourside.

I'm not a Bristolian, but I've lived in Bristol for 7 years and I find it fascinating. Its such a mixture of historic beautiful streets and squares which wouldn't look out of place in Bath...but at the same time there is a real range of hideous 70's office blocks.....

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/CRW_3760.jpg

Some of the new development is dull as sh1t, but at the same time some of the stuff down at the harbourside is quite weird and industrial looking....which works in a curious way given the industrial heritage of the harbourside.

I don't think Bristol will ever challenge Brum or Manchester for talls, but I think that it will develop a striking tower cluster in Broadmead. The Council's tall building guidnace makes Broadmead its prime tall building area and there are plenty of crappy 60/70's low rise dross that could be redeveloped with retail below and commercial/residiential above. There is an oval shaped residential tower going up as part of the Broadmeand expansion. I think its up to about 6 ot 7 storeys now...you can see it in the pics I posted earlier.

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/8784.JPG

In this pic you can see Castle Park which was where Bristol's main shopping streets were before the Luftwaffe detroyed it.

This is what it was like before WW2:

http://www.stmaryleport.com/assets/bristol_past.gif

Across the floating harbour from the Park is the Courage Brewery site which has been partially redeveloped and should have the second phase starting this year. Its a mixed use 6-7 storey development of offices and residentail.

Part of castle Park nearest the bottom of the pic and up to the bombed out shell of the church, which is the blitz memorial, will be redeveloped in 18 months tme as part of the St Mary Le Port development. This will involve the demolition of the two 60's/70's officer buildings within that part of the Park and the creation of a square around the church nearest the bottom of the Park made up of offices/resi and A3. A new bridge is to be built across to the Courage site as part of the scheme which looks like a mobius strip. Heres a pic of it...its really funky!

http://www.hughpearman.com/illustrations5/40hakesmobiusbridge_01.jpg

Wow! That's looking great, it's a bigger scheme than I thought.

I would like to of seen these dull buildings demolished aswell as Avon house further along.
http://i2.tinypic.com/2ywu9p3.jpg

Things are looking great in Bristol, lets only hope they hurry up and sort out the public transport!!!
Can someone else please give us another public transport option apart from First bus/train/plane/car/bike/shopping trolley/we want don't want to give anybody else a chance.com!

:bash:

I would like to of seen these dull buildings demolished aswell as Avon house further along.
http://i2.tinypic.com/2ywu9p3.jpg

I think that once the Cabot Shopping Centre opens these crappy low rise 60's buildings will come under a lot of pressure to be redeveloped. The route from the Cabot Centre to House of Fraser/Debenhams/M&S will be one of the prime footfall areas. I wouldn't be suprised if we saw some mixed use retail/office and retail/resi along there...who knows a few talls? I would have thought that whole block from BHS round to Etam to Broadmead (street) would be a prime candidate for a retail redevelopment to compliment Cabot. I think Cabot is just the start...Broadmead has underperformed for years and Bristol's wealth has grown exponentially in the last 10 years....a faster GDP per head growth than any other city in England except for London.

Things are looking great in Bristol, lets only hope they hurry up and sort out the public transport!!!
Can someone else please give us another public transport option apart from First bus/train/plane/car/bike/shopping trolley/we want don't want to give anybody else a chance.com!

:bash:

Step 1 is to get rid of that abomination called South Goucs. Once this is done then Bristol should set up a PTE. I think the rail protests in Bath/Bristol may mark a watershed...people really have had enough. First is taking the p1ss big time. How they were evr allowed to operate on a monopoly basis as they do is a disgrace. The buses are sh1t beyond belief and I would gladly put all of bristol's bus drivers in a pit and hurl in some petrol bombs....they're a right bunch of pricks. Even when they don't speak english they manage to exude a couldn't care less atitude.

Have you ever seen this plan for an avon metro that was exlored in the early 80's.

http://www.newearth.demon.co.uk/rail/am/index.htm

May be a little ambitious nowdays but I'm sure that just by using and re-using the commmuter and freight lines for frequent metro type services you could make a lot of people's lifes a lot easier. I lived in newcastle for 5 years and can't praise the T&W Metro enough...it p1sses all over most cities' transport systems in the UK...including the new LRT schemes in Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield. It would be great to have something even halve as good in Bristol.

SAVE @BRISTOL!

Half of the @Bristol attractions - Wildwalk and the IMAX Cinema, are due to close in April because the whole complex doesn't get any subsidy but 'only' makes £4.5m a year and needs £6m a year to cover costs.

Please sign this petition to get the Council to find the neccessary funding to keep this going.

http://bristol.epetitions.net/

Step 1 is to get rid of that abomination called South Goucs. Once this is done then Bristol should set up a PTE. I think the rail protests in Bath/Bristol may mark a watershed...people really have had enough. First is taking the p1ss big time. How they were evr allowed to operate on a monopoly basis as they do is a disgrace. The buses are sh1t beyond belief and I would gladly put all of bristol's bus drivers in a pit and hurl in some petrol bombs....they're a right bunch of pricks. Even when they don't speak english they manage to exude a couldn't care less atitude.

Have you ever seen this plan for an avon metro that was exlored in the early 80's.

http://www.newearth.demon.co.uk/rail/am/index.htm

May be a little ambitious nowdays but I'm sure that just by using and re-using the commmuter and freight lines for frequent metro type services you could make a lot of people's lifes a lot easier. I lived in newcastle for 5 years and can't praise the T&W Metro enough...it p1sses all over most cities' transport systems in the UK...including the new LRT schemes in Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield. It would be great to have something even halve as good in Bristol.
Thanks for the Metro link.

The Avon Metro, I can't help but think what if they had actually done this! The idea is simple but one central underground route from harbourside round to temple quay/meads would meet so many needs and link all the surburban extensions.

Interesting how Lawrence Hill is the central interchange, guess this is due to the difficulties of getting so many routes into and out of Temple Meads.

I would improve the plan by extending the red route to Bristol Airport and having a link to Cribbs/Aztec/Parkway.

Shame this isn't on the cards but thanks for fueling my imagination.

Paul

Latest Update from TRESA on the Arena. They have been trying the freedom of information Act route to find out more. This is the response they got from Steve Parry head of planning at Bristol City Council

Sincere apologies for the delay in getting back to you on your approach for information. Although there was a variety of publicity last year , there is still no formal arrangement in place by which the proposed developer (Bristol Waterside Arena) will work up a detailed scheme for eventual submission as a planning application. Extensive working between the the city council, the South West Region Development Agency and BWA has continued over the last year to progress this large , complex project. A decision by the partners on the programme for taking the scheme forward is expected in Spring 07 . In advance of that , the SWRDA is due to commence remediation of the site in March . There is, therefore, a lot of work in progress in a preparatory sense, but as yet , no formal documentation the above mentioned programme expected in the Spring, will set out the framework for preparing the scheme, which will include opportunities for involvemnt of local people, key stakeholders and other interests.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6360653.stm

This story has popped up on the local news about a significant development of the strip of unsightly buildings fronting onto the M32 (Newfoundland Street) from the St Pauls Sports Centre, past the M32 Garage and down nearly as far as Portland Street/Square and back into St Pauls. Sounds like it could be interesting. I might pop down the see the exhbition one lunch time.

http://www.gvagrimley.co.uk/x7592.xml

Found this short report about the office market in Bristol....apparently there are 26 office schemes in the development pipeline with planning permission. This explains all the hoardings and tower cranes around.

They're just about to start redeveloping Temple Back (the old tram shed frontage) opposite the firestation into a 5/6 storey office block.

http://www.epr.co.uk/images/temple-back_01_315.jpg

http://resources.kingsturge.com/contentresources/property/tempimages/1/2807069295_1.jpg

http://www.epr.co.uk/architect_offices_temple-back.html

Hoardings and scaffolding have gone up on the old brown glass IBM building next to the Evening Post Building, fronting Temple Way. This is to be redeveloped as "Glassfields", a 7/8 storey office complex all the way back down Avon Street as far as the end of the RBS Buildings.

http://www.acefolio.com/assets/arch/147/images/415/3_large.jpg

http://www.aww-uk.com/ProjectPage.asp?name=offices&pgno=1&intprojectid=415

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/download/asset/?asset_id=13875041

Thought some of you might be interested in seeing this. Its the planning guidnace for the Old (yet still occupied) Clerical Medical Building on Temple Way.

It advocates a tower element to any redevelopment, nearest the river...watch this space!

I have been told that the windows in the Clerical Medical Building are made from the same glass as those in Concorde....worth a mint apparently. There's predicted to be lots of interest to demolish this building and salavge the windows.

This website of the developer Stride Treglown shows many new buildings proposed in Temple Quay 2...and nearby Victoria Street.

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/Architecture/VictoriaStreet.html

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/Architecture/images/offices/nd3-1.jpg
Temple Quay 2 new riverside office scheme


A new office development is u/c along Portwall Lane (opposite St Mary Redcliffe). Its called Portwall Place and is scheduled for completion in December 2007. The link below has an image of the completed development.

http://www.kingsturge.co.uk/commercial/property/portwall-place_portwall-lane_bristol_130706113825_11081.htm

This is Hartwell House on Victoria Street which is currently u/c.

http://resources.kingsturge.com/contentresources/property/tempimages/1/28120612698_1.jpg


This image shows a potential new tower planned for the old Norwich Union Building on Victoria Street (note the name on the side of the building "Victoria Tower". I'm not sure this would get past the planners even if it is standing next to the second tallest building in the City...No 1. Redcliffe. I notice that they have deliberately not shown the height of the building on the photo to avoid controversey at this stage.

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/Architecture/images/offices/victoriastreet.jpg

Step 1 is to get rid of that abomination called South Goucs. Once this is done then Bristol should set up a PTE. I think the rail protests in Bath/Bristol may mark a watershed...people really have had enough. First is taking the p1ss big time. How they were evr allowed to operate on a monopoly basis as they do is a disgrace. The buses are sh1t beyond belief and I would gladly put all of bristol's bus drivers in a pit and hurl in some petrol bombs....they're a right bunch of pricks. Even when they don't speak english they manage to exude a couldn't care less atitude.

Have you ever seen this plan for an avon metro that was exlored in the early 80's.

http://www.newearth.demon.co.uk/rail/am/index.htm

May be a little ambitious nowdays but I'm sure that just by using and re-using the commmuter and freight lines for frequent metro type services you could make a lot of people's lifes a lot easier. I lived in newcastle for 5 years and can't praise the T&W Metro enough...it p1sses all over most cities' transport systems in the UK...including the new LRT schemes in Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield. It would be great to have something even halve as good in Bristol.

Firstly, some great posts by Pickle33 and yeah welcome to SkyScraperCity... Theres alot going on here thats apperent and it will all be coming to a head around 2008... The Metro plan is absolutly amazing if they would have done it... The problem is that Bristol City Council are a bunch of idiots and they dont realise its the way forward. Every other city not only in the UK but in the world has started using metro etc yet Bristols Council think it wont work... Hmmmm.... What a load of TOSH!!! I tried to help the cause myself by doing a report with ITV but they are so stubborn they wont listen to anyones ideas and plus they have the head stuck up First Buses ASS!!! Cant wait for the PTE (Transport For Bristol) to kick in, that will shake things up... Im not sure if you can remember the report it was about 3 months or so ago and we went to nottingham to see how thier trams system works... Its really good and though Bristol is huge compared to that city it would at least be a start... Dennis Brown (Bristols Transport Minister) is a complete idiot, I had a conversation on the phone with him and he talks utter RUBBISH!!!

Well one day perhaps we will get what we need here...

Anyways, I saw the Brown glass building with the boards around it... Its going to be a great development fronting Temple Quay... Apparently somone I know in King Sturge says that Microsoft have bought some of the space in there for the Internation Products Sector of their company and also for the XBOX Sector, We shall see...

Theres so much going on in Bristol already that its hard to keep track but I did see that report that theres going to be a Huge Development (by knocking down all the current buildings and building nice new ones) on the edge of the M32 (St Pauls)... Nightclubs, Bars, Shops, Appartments etc... £300 Million is what they are spending and thats not pocket change to say the least... The plans are going to be Submitted around the end of the year and the project is geared up to be completed by 2010...

CITY WILL TAKE SHINE TO 'UGLIEST' BUILDING'S NEW LOOK
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144913&command=displayContent&sourceNode=200267&home=yes&more_nodeId1=144916&contentPK=16661825
16:03 - 16 February 2007

The first panes of glass have been installed on one of the city's landmark buildings.The Bristol & West tower on Broad Quay - once dubbed the ugliest building in Bristol - has been stripped down to its skeleton ready to be encased in glass panels and turned into a luxury hotel.

Once work is complete, the glass panels will be dark nearer the ground floor of the tower and will gradually get lighter towards the top.

The idea is to make the building look as if it disappears into the sky and to reflect the skyline and surrounding buildings.

After months of activity preparing the ground, developers have now put up three large glass panels on the south side of the tower to give a hint of what the finished scheme will look like.

Developers say the project is on schedule and building work will be complete on the tower by the end of the year ready for it to be internally fitted and furnished.

The tower was formerly occupied by the Bristol & West building society but will become a four-star Radisson SAS hotel with more than 170 bedrooms.

A number of other buildings will be going up on the surrounding site, including 160 apartments in a six-storey curved building with a metal-clad raised roof. There will also be buildings of between seven and 10 storeys with space for businesses, bars and restaurants.

It is expected work on these buildings and apartments will be completed by March 2008.

There had been calls for the building to be demolished but the consortium of planners and architects behind the project decided it was possible to rebuild the tower using the shell as a frame.

The proposals were drawn up by Bristol-based architects Atkins Walters Webster, while CSJ Planning were agents.

Julie Laming, planning consultant with CSJ Planning, said: "There has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes.

"They have now finished the archaeological surveys and work has been going on apace with preparing the ground on all the sites that make up this scheme.

"If you look at the south side of the tower - the side that faces Prince Street - you will see three large glass panels that are examples of what will be there when it is finished.

"We will start the building phase of the project soon - building all elements up from the ground at the same time."

http://www.acefolio.com/assets/arch/147/images/743/3_large.jpg

This picture is a proposal to reclad the Clerical Medical Building....nothing too imaginative there then! I hope they bite the bullet and build something tall on this site. A nice tower would be a great gateway building into the Temple Business Quarter.

CITY WILL TAKE SHINE TO 'UGLIEST' BUILDING'S NEW LOOK
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144913&command=displayContent&sourceNode=200267&home=yes&more_nodeId1=144916&contentPK=16661825
16:03 - 16 February 2007

The first panes of glass have been installed on one of the city's landmark buildings.The Bristol & West tower on Broad Quay - once dubbed the ugliest building in Bristol - has been stripped down to its skeleton ready to be encased in glass panels and turned into a luxury hotel.

Once work is complete, the glass panels will be dark nearer the ground floor of the tower and will gradually get lighter towards the top.

The idea is to make the building look as if it disappears into the sky and to reflect the skyline and surrounding buildings.

After months of activity preparing the ground, developers have now put up three large glass panels on the south side of the tower to give a hint of what the finished scheme will look like.

Developers say the project is on schedule and building work will be complete on the tower by the end of the year ready for it to be internally fitted and furnished.

The tower was formerly occupied by the Bristol & West building society but will become a four-star Radisson SAS hotel with more than 170 bedrooms.

A number of other buildings will be going up on the surrounding site, including 160 apartments in a six-storey curved building with a metal-clad raised roof. There will also be buildings of between seven and 10 storeys with space for businesses, bars and restaurants.

It is expected work on these buildings and apartments will be completed by March 2008.

There had been calls for the building to be demolished but the consortium of planners and architects behind the project decided it was possible to rebuild the tower using the shell as a frame.

The proposals were drawn up by Bristol-based architects Atkins Walters Webster, while CSJ Planning were agents.

Julie Laming, planning consultant with CSJ Planning, said: "There has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes.

"They have now finished the archaeological surveys and work has been going on apace with preparing the ground on all the sites that make up this scheme.

"If you look at the south side of the tower - the side that faces Prince Street - you will see three large glass panels that are examples of what will be there when it is finished.

"We will start the building phase of the project soon - building all elements up from the ground at the same time."

I'm reall really disapointed by this scheme...you've got to ask yourself that when even the renders look sh1t....there's no hope for the real thing!

http://www.ginkgoprojects.co.uk/projects/stratstud/images/broad_quay.jpg

The tower just looks "plonked". Its at such an awkward angle compared to the new buildings either side. I'm sure they could have done something more imaginative if they'd tried! I really laughed out loud when the developer said the building would be clad so that it disappeared....I mean for f*cks sake.....did the councillors really believe you can make a 200 foot tower disappear? They are soo gullable....what ever posessed them to reject the orginal scheme which was far more refined and befitting this prominent location.

http://www.alecfrench.co.uk/images/broad_quay/broad_quay3.jpg

The original tower would have worked really well and would have complimented the Cabot Tower brilliantly. Its decisions like this which inspire me to crush local democracy in all its poxy forms. Local politicians are total f*ck-wit cretins!

I'm reall really disapointed by this scheme...you've got to ask yourself that when even the renders look sh1t....there's no hope for the real thing!

http://www.ginkgoprojects.co.uk/projects/stratstud/images/broad_quay.jpg

The tower just looks "plonked". Its at such an awkward angle compared to the new buildings either side. I'm sure they could have done something more imaginative if they'd tried! I really laughed out loud when the developer said the building would be clad so that it disappeared....I mean for f*cks sake.....did the councillors really believe you can make a 200 foot tower disappear? They are soo gullable....what ever posessed them to reject the orginal scheme which was far more refined and befitting this prominent location.

http://www.alecfrench.co.uk/images/broad_quay/broad_quay3.jpg

The original tower would have worked really well and would have complimented the Cabot Tower brilliantly. Its decisions like this which inspire me to crush local democracy in all its poxy forms. Local politicians are total f*ck-wit cretins!

Ok, I agree that the POLITICS need sorting in Bristol as it has become a very important city for national politics... However I like the scheme at Broad Quay, I think they could have done better with the tower but the amount they are putting on the site including all the new 5-8 story buildings is good. they are making the site very dence which is a good use of all the space... Maybe they could have done better if they were allowed to knock down the tower but I think they have done well with what they have been presented... Give it a chance and I dont think it will look bad once complete...

What do you think of the chances of the hotel having a bar/restaurant on the top floor? How cool would that be? Every time I look at Colston tower I think how cool would it be if they had a bar which the public could visit on the top floor looking out over the sights of Bristol.

'Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways' ( http://www.fosbr.org.uk/index.php )
are a group actually doing something about the transport crisis in bristol. They recently campained for, and won, the retention of a subsidy for the severn beach line..... This should hopefully mean a half hourly service on the line. They have a good proposal to use existing rail lines - providing a usable service (that pulls in the punters) will presumably be a springboard for future developments & the holy grail of new tracks!!!


Realistic proposal (not radically different to the other proposal) below.

http://www.fosbr.org.uk/img/img2.jpg

This Finzels reach thing is looking pretty good... just restarted development i hear.... finish 2009/10

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big.jpg

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big1.jpg

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big10.jpg

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big6.jpg

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big5.jpg

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big4.jpg

gonna feel pretty different south of the river when this is done.... time to relocate the central fire station methinks

What do you think of the chances of the hotel having a bar/restaurant on the top floor? How cool would that be? Every time I look at Colston tower I think how cool would it be if they had a bar which the public could visit on the top floor looking out over the sights of Bristol.

That would be cool but i think they leave the top floors as rooms because they get the most money for them... You never know though they might see it as a feature and put one up there...

SAS Radisson are building that hotel... Go on their website and put it in as a request via email stating why you think they should put in a sky bar in the new Bristol Hotel they are opening and they may listen... Tell them obviously that there isnt one in Bristol at the moment and also it could become a big attraction here, ETC ETC...

'Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways' ( http://www.fosbr.org.uk/index.php )
are a group actually doing something about the transport crisis in bristol. They recently campained for, and won, the retention of a subsidy for the severn beach line..... This should hopefully mean a half hourly service on the line. They have a good proposal to use existing rail lines - providing a usable service (that pulls in the punters) will presumably be a springboard for future developments & the holy grail of new tracks!!!


Realistic proposal (not radically different to the other proposal) below.

http://www.fosbr.org.uk/img/img2.jpg

WOW... That would be great... Theres been a few people posting things about the railway system and I think if they built any of the ideas that have been presented then we would be on our way to tackling the traffic problem... The other one that was presented was the Bristol Metro which i think would be better, the link is below...

http://www.newearth.demon.co.uk/rail/am/index.htm

However the one presented by FOSBR would be a great start and of course it could always be expanded and changed... Ask the FOSBR to have a look at that website also and see if it helps their case or even if the could push that idea...

Finzels Reach development looks great... Shame they didnt put some taller buildings on there... It looks good though, I went past it the other day and the amount of building going on there is crazy so its good they have finally started it also I love the Bridge, very cool and unique... They knocking it all completly down and then rebuilding???

Does anyone know whats happening with the St Mary Le Port development, Has it been passed yet???

Latest on the Civic Justice Centre on Redcliffe Street is that it has been recommended for approval, Including £350,000 towards the bridge linking Redcliffe Street with King Street.

This is an image of the new Office Development on Portwall Lane mentioned earlier.

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8586/portwalllanetv2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Work has started on the new Showcase bus interchange in Old Market. I agree with other posts, Buses alone are not the answer to Bristol Transport Problem.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7650/oldmarketcn6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Office Development has been proposed on the triangle below the Clifton Pro Cathedral Site.

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3517/stcatherinescourtdi2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

agreed - Avon Metro scheme is much better than the FOSBR scheme. The thing with the FOSBR one is that (as you say) it's a stepping stone to the better solution, it uses all existing tracks & therefore needs minimal investment to get it off the ground to provide a half hourly service to all stations on the route.

Once this basic service is up & running & people can realistically use the trains as an alternative to other modes of transport then funding should be sought to increase the network - laying new tracks through the city centre from temple meads to clifton down via broadmead would change it from being a ropey suburban railway into a genuine city transit system.

Perhaps more contraversially & although i love the Bristol-Bath cycleway, i think this desperately needs to be reinstated as a suburban railway....... it passes through massive amounts of population from the far eastern suburbs (where there are huge developments of new towns) into town. I'd hate to lose the cycle track but it's surely cheaper to rejig the route for bikes in the denser urban areas & share the space as you get out into the rural stuff at staple hill......

Perhaps more contraversially & although i love the Bristol-Bath cycleway, i think this desperately needs to be reinstated as a suburban railway....... it passes through massive amounts of population from the far eastern suburbs (where there are huge developments of new towns) into town. I'd hate to lose the cycle track but it's surely cheaper to rejig the route for bikes in the denser urban areas & share the space as you get out into the rural stuff at staple hill......


I think the Avon Valley Railway might also have a few problems with that.

The Avon Metro scheme is long dead - and it aint coming back. The FOSBR scheme is, to put it optomistically, 'challenging'.

At the moment, keeping the Severn Beach line running is a priority and it wouldn't be too unrealistic to get the Portishead line running again for commuters - it's already been reinstated to take cargo from the Docks so it just needs an extra half mile of track from there to Portishead town and then some new stations rebuilt.

jjmacjj...

Where do you get all your images from? Some really good ones... Also people that find these developments try to put down the source of the article so that we can look into it more should we want to...

Cheers!!!

Another Development that has permission is 32-36 Victoria Street. This is an office development of 76,000 sq ft at the junction of Victoria Street and Counterslip. The development is 'Grade A' office specification over ground and 5 upper floors. Ground floor retail frontage to Victoria Street. Detailed planning permission granted. Construction to commence Summer 2007. Available end of 2008.

With this, Temple Back and the Finzels Reach, the Fire station is looking like a prime target for development. The images are PDF so here is the link below

http://www.cubex-land.com/Images/Victoria%20Street/32-36%20Victoria%20St%20pdf.pdf

Also on the Cubex site is a small office development on Anchor Road.

http://www.cubex-land.com/Projects.htm

Dear all, There not tall i'm afraid but there are some details and images of other developments in the city centre.

Huller House and the Cheese Warehouse on Redcliffe Backs are being redeveloped to form 42 apartments and 4 commercial units. Huller House is Grade II listed and is being fully converted with a new penthouse at roof level. The Cheese Warehouse has a historic concrete frame which is being retained and with a new external fabric, the design adds a further 2 storeys at roof level which house penthouse apartments with terraces overlooking the floating harbour. These buildings are the last warehouses to be renovated and converted along this stretch of the floating harbour.

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/706/hullerhouseuu9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Cabot House is behind the Council House and Central Library. The scheme provides 8,500m² of office space, 25 new residential units and assorted A1/A3 units, as well as reinstating all the existing public car parking currently occupying the site.

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7425/cabothouseyi5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This image is a more recent one

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4078/cabothouse2ms0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Other developments include The O and M sheds on Welsh back adjacent to Redcliffe Bridge, Not got many details but it will be some mixed use leisure development.

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/7908/bristoloshedrm6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Finally a small image of the Great western dock development that got permission recently.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/6600/greatwdockul1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

There is so much development going on at the moment and hopefully some good news on St Mary Le Port and The Arena in the next few months with continue the high level of activity and maybe provide us with somthing iconic.

Cheers to everyone for the good posts lately, particularly jjmacjj for the Finzels reach images and Pickle33 for the Broadmead ones.

Finzels reach images from

http://www.h4mail.com/enweb/news.aspx

H4 group produced the images for HDG Manser

some more form the site...


http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big8.jpg

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big9.jpg

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big7.jpg

How cool is that bridge!!!!!

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_3d_image_Aerial_02.jpg

another goodie from above - same website

Can anyone provide progess updates for Temple Gate or Temple Quay 2?

http://www.ballymoreproperties.ie/site/ba_frameset.php

Shows some pics of the proposal (i thought these were approved) for temple gate... is this starting or due to start? (you have to go to page 2 of the uk developments section - click on temple gate for 5 pics & a bog!?!)

For temple quay 2 there are loads of pics on the stride treglown website including this office report doc.. pages 26 - 29 show some interssting TQ2 pics - approved?? started??

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/offices/offices.pdf

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/Architecture/images/offices/nd3-1.jpg

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/Architecture/images/offices/nd4-1.jpg

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/Architecture/images/offices/nd8_9-1.jpg

Theres loads of stuff on www.stridetreglown.co.uk - including the offices on cannons marsh - anyone know the status?

Finzels reach images from

http://www.h4mail.com/enweb/news.aspx

H4 group produced the images for HDG Manser

some more form the site...


http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big8.jpg

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big9.jpg

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_news_big7.jpg

How cool is that bridge!!!!!

Thats a very cool bridge!!! The whole project looks very nice and very expensive as everything else in and around Central Bristol!!!

Can anyone provide progess updates for Temple Gate or Temple Quay 2?

http://www.ballymoreproperties.ie/site/ba_frameset.php

Shows some pics of the proposal (i thought these were approved) for temple gate... is this starting or due to start? (you have to go to page 2 of the uk developments section - click on temple gate for 5 pics & a bog!?!)

For temple quay 2 there are loads of pics on the stride treglown website including this office report doc.. pages 26 - 29 show some interssting TQ2 pics - approved?? started??

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/offices/offices.pdf

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/Architecture/images/offices/nd3-1.jpg

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/Architecture/images/offices/nd4-1.jpg

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/Architecture/images/offices/nd8_9-1.jpg

Theres loads of stuff on www.stridetreglown.co.uk - including the offices on cannons marsh - anyone know the status?

The ballymore project (Temple Gate) is in planning, I spoke to a ballymore representative yesterday (20/02/07) and they said they are hoping the plans will get passed very soon and then they have to finish a existing project so that they can pull workers to Bristol to start this one... They will be starting it very soon I believe and as soon as I does you will know about it as it will be all over the news because of its location in the Temple Quarter!!!

Temple Quay 2 has been passed and they have already started building on the site... The developers are Castlemore and theres many different plans but the best and most recent are the ones with the 3 towers...

http://www.templequay2.co.uk/images/aerialshots/hires/0.jpg

You can see the 3 towers in the back and these are earmarked for apartments... The green area to the right of the marked out area is a massive apartment and housing development by Barrat Homes and its called The Zone... half a Million pound for a 1 Bed apartment... Well thats me out then... Prices are crazy!!!

Theres also going to be a bridge which I think looks like the following picture:-

http://www.pricemyers.com/LHStrip/RF_Civil_files/bristol_bridge_large.gif

A little about the Bridge
A competition winning design for a 51m span footbridge over Bristol's floating harbour. The structure is a portal frame with a stainless steel stressed skin. Laser cut perforations in the surface reveal the inner ribbed structure at night. The surfaces of the structure have been carefully modelled to allow them to be developed into flat sheets, so that they can be easily fabricated.
http://www.pricemyers.com/LHStrip/RF_Civil_files/bristol_bridge_cutaway.gif

Nhs trust bosses are to press ahead with the first buildings of the new £374 million development at Southmead Hospital.Work is due to begin this summer after the board of the North Bristol NHS Trust, which is leading the project, and the strategic health authority granted formal approval for an academic centre and pathology building as part of the hospital's redevelopment plans.

The trust was given permission for the buildings by the city council, following approval last year of the trust's outline planning application for new acute hospital facilities as part of the Bristol Health Services Plan.

Work on the two facilities, to be carried out by Laing O'Rourke, is expected to start in late summer.

The buildings are expected to be completed by Summer 2009.

The trust's deputy director of projects, Tricia Down, said: "Getting the go-ahead for these two schemes marks the start of real tangible progress towards our goal of a new hospital at Southmead, to serve the populations of north Bristol and South Gloucestershire and further afield by 2013."

The 6,000 sq ft purpose-built academic centre will be developed in the northern part of the site to accommodate North Bristol NHS Trust's training and education facilities and the research activities currently undertaken at Southmead by the University of Bristol.

The pathology building will provide a state-of-the-art blood science and genetics facility.

The 5,000 sq ft building will house a fully automated laboratory for non-specialist blood science work that will be backed up by a series of specialist laboratories.

In addition, it provides laboratory space for the regional genetics services that are currently housed at North Bristol NHS Trust.

The new facilities will replace the Lewis Laboratories as well as other older parts of pathology across both acute sites.

Both new facilities will be linked by a landscaped square.

Meanwhile, health leaders at North Bristol NHS Trust are still waiting for the Department of Health to give the finalised specifications of the new acute hospital at Southmead the go ahead.

Once the Department of Health gives the green light, the trust will advertise the scheme to PFI firms via the Official Journal of the European Union.

The trust will then select up to three consortia who have registered their interest in the scheme to work with them over a period of 10 months in designing a new facility.

Following detailed evaluation, one of those consortia will then be selected to complete the design work and build the new hospital.

The target date for completion of the new facilities is 2013.

Ms Down said the trust was confident that the Department of Health would make the announcement soon.

She said: "We have been working very closely with the Department of Health and it has no issues with the scheme. We are just waiting for it to announce the scheme along with a batch of others for the country.

"We have no concerns about it going ahead and hope the announcement is imminent."

The new hospital will consist of five inter-related 'zones' for in- patients, emergency services, ambulatory care such as outpatient clinics, a zone for core clinical services such as theatres and a fifth for support services such as IT and staff education.

It likely that there will be separate entrances to the zones, helping to keep patients separated from the central hospital.

Designers are working with clinical staff at North Bristol NHS Trust to identify how departments can best be linked, for example how the Emergency Department can be close to operating theatres and x-ray facilities.

Beds in the new hospital will be provided in clusters of 96, divided into three units of 32 beds each, which can be further subdivided into multiples of eight.

About three-quarters of inpatient beds will be in single rooms, with some areas such as critical care having a higher proportion.

Services at the main entrances may include restaurants, cafes, newsagents and pharmacies. But Barbara Harris, of the Save Frenchay Hospital group, said the challenge to plans to build an acute hospital at Southmead would continue.

She said: "We are aware that enabling work is taking place and we are very concerned about this.

"They (the trust) have still not been given the go ahead to get PFI money and they are still in £100m of debt. We feel that are carrying out enabling work to show they have already started the project but no one has fired the starting gun.

"We are already challenging the Independent Sector Treatment Centre in North Bristol and we won't stop there. We want to challenge the validity of the whole Bristol Health Services Plan.

"We hope that our challenge will halt the work and get the plans looked at properly."

http://www.nbt.nhs.uk/services/capitalprojects/images/smd_floor_plans.jpg

On the 2nd February the Strategic Health Authority approved a full business case to greatly improve heart services for patients across the city and beyond.

The £65 million project has two key elements: a new regional adult cardiothoracic centre, to be located at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, plus expanded cardiology facilities at North Bristol Trust.

The purpose-built cardiac centre, which will cost £57 million, will bring services for adult heart and chest patients under one roof in light, spacious surroundings with state of the art technology.

Work on the project will begin this spring and the centre is planned to open in early 2009. As the regional centre for adult cardiac services, the BRI treats thousands of patients a year throughout the South West, as far down as Cornwall.

The state of the art theatre suite is a ‘first’ for the country, in that it will enable cardiac surgical teams, cardiologists and radiologists to work together on a complex case. For example, the cardiology team will be able to stabilise a patient with severe angina (chest pain that can lead to a heart attack) before the surgical team proceeds immediately with an operation if required.
Similarly, aortic stenting (when a ‘cage’ is placed onto the main artery to avoid the need for opening the chest wall) can be performed in the new theatre. In both these scenarios, patients will no longer have to be moved between departments, often at some distance.

The other key element of the business case is the expansion of cardiology facilities - two additional cardiology catheter laboratories will be built at Frenchay Hospital, at a cost of £7 million, and are due to open in late 2007. The extra catheter laboratories will mean that fewer patients from north of the city will have to travel to the BRI for cardiology procedures, including angiograms and angioplasties (where a ‘balloon’ is inserted into a blocked artery). The business case is a joint bid between United Bristol healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the BRI, and North Bristol NHS Trust, which manages Southmead and Frenchay Hospitals.

On the Transport theme, has anyone seen The ATS Ultra system? It is a spin off company from Bristol University, that has developed a Private Rapid Transit System. This is what it looks like:

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/6857/ultra1xp2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The stated advantages of the system are:

Immediate service
Average waiting times, even in peak periods, average
around 10 seconds.
Non stop direct travel anywhere on the network.
Travel is safe
The system is available to all
ULTra is energy efficient
Meets Kyoto sustainability targets 60% reduction in carbon emissions now
Installation flexibility: Small scale infrastructure may be readily integrated into buildings.

Attached is a report with lots more information:

http://www.atsltd.co.uk/media/pdf/ultra_summary_comparative_info.pdf

And some case studies for different applications

http://www.atsltd.co.uk/media/casestudies/case_studies.pdf

The company has a test track in Cardiff and is now half owner by BAA. The first scheme is a pilot scheme being built at Heathrow airport linking T5 with a parking area. It should open a few months after T5.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5013/ultraimage4up6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9726/ultraheathrowdp3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5300/ultraheathrowimage1kq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9192/ultraheathrowimage2gf2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The Website has a lot more images including a few computer generated one of it at Heathrow: http://www.atsltd.co.uk/

Personally I think this looks amazing, cheap, no waiting, personal, direct, elevated or at ground level, it can even go into buildings. The best thing is that the costs are reasonable and if the trip generation is as high as they predict then it could potentially be built privately because over the long term there will be a profit.

On the Transport theme, has anyone seen The ATS Ultra system? It is a spin off company from Bristol University, that has developed a Private Rapid Transit System. This is what it looks like:

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/6857/ultra1xp2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The stated advantages of the system are:

Immediate service
Average waiting times, even in peak periods, average
around 10 seconds.
Non stop direct travel anywhere on the network.
Travel is safe
The system is available to all
ULTra is energy efficient
Meets Kyoto sustainability targets 60% reduction in carbon emissions now
Installation flexibility: Small scale infrastructure may be readily integrated into buildings.

Attached is a report with lots more information:

http://www.atsltd.co.uk/media/pdf/ultra_summary_comparative_info.pdf

And some case studies for different applications

http://www.atsltd.co.uk/media/casestudies/case_studies.pdf

The company has a test track in Cardiff and is now half owner by BAA. The first scheme is a pilot scheme being built at Heathrow airport linking T5 with a parking area. It should open a few months after T5.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5013/ultraimage4up6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9726/ultraheathrowdp3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5300/ultraheathrowimage1kq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9192/ultraheathrowimage2gf2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The Website has a lot more images including a few computer generated one of it at Heathrow: http://www.atsltd.co.uk/

Personally I think this looks amazing, cheap, no waiting, personal, direct, elevated or at ground level, it can even go into buildings. The best thing is that the costs are reasonable and if the trip generation is as high as they predict then it could potentially be built privately because over the long term there will be a profit.

Looks brilliant and seems it would work... I spoke to the company that owns this idea ATSltd and they answered some key questions... This would be a great system in Bristol and they have even done a case study and looked at Bristol. The first step is to get rid of Dennis Brown (Transport Minister)!!!

They could have lines running above roads etc and that would cost nothing compared to building new roads, bus schemes and rail track... The other thing is how would they cover a massive area like Bristol? well at the start they would do a central line which would literally take you around the Central Area of Bristol and then may expand lines etc or build new lines all over the city where it would need it. A exchange over hub would bee needed i recon though.

They had a trial system in Cardiff - i think it wasnt used due to expense and the low number of people accomodated in each pod + chance of vandalism. Keeps being brought up by the council here, hope at least one city gives it a proper go.

They had a trial system in Cardiff - i think it wasnt used due to expense and the low number of people accomodated in each pod + chance of vandalism. Keeps being brought up by the council here, hope at least one city gives it a proper go.

Yeah i saw the case study... So did you actually get to use it? If so was it good...

I have heard the price is amazing compared to the other systems in place and also dont buses get vandalised aswell... What ever the system may be from Metro rail or underground systems theres always a chance of vandalism isnt there?

I think they might be targeting Bristol for a trial but am not 100% sure... even if theres a low number of people surly the idea can expand to build bigger pods possibily for 8 people (double the size of the current pod) and if it does transport a small number of people but has loads of pods then surly it would work. The concept is there i think!!!

Apparently there is an active test track, still in use in Cardiff and also one in bristol at Avonmouth. ATS Ltd are based in Thornbury, so i'm sure they would love to do something in bristol. I heard that the cardiff scheme has dropped because the Council did not have the funding.

On the vandalism front, the Pods can have CCTV, air con and radios installed so it'll be easy to monitor and potetnially keep passengers entertained so they don't feel like vandalising the interior.

Yeah i saw the case study... So did you actually get to use it? If so was it good...

I have heard the price is amazing compared to the other systems in place and also dont buses get vandalised aswell... What ever the system may be from Metro rail or underground systems theres always a chance of vandalism isnt there?

I think they might be targeting Bristol for a trial but am not 100% sure... even if theres a low number of people surly the idea can expand to build bigger pods possibily for 8 people (double the size of the current pod) and if it does transport a small number of people but has loads of pods then surly it would work. The concept is there i think!!!


The problem with Bristol is that the council has limited funds so the failing schools and massive social services departments suck up all the cash. The consistently poor council is trying to address this but this always means the transport plays second fiddle. Its frustrating but the situation is the same at national level.

The worst thing is any money available for transport infrastructure in the Uk will most likley be consumed by the olympic games.

Thats why Ultra is exciting, you would not be reliant on the public sector for the majority of the set up costs. The system is like air traffic control so the number of pods could be really high. The system in cardiff was a trial so the general public could not use it unless they were invited to trial the system. The ATS website there is a video of people trialing the system.

I think Cardiff might go down the line of expanding the rail service as there is alot of new areas they need to connect up now (bay, sports village). Would have loved to have seen a monorail rather than Ultra - looks a bit gimicky and 'sweet' - do you know what i mean?

I know i was supposed to start construction this year as the plans were approved last year (2006) but I dont know wether its started or not???

Heres some pics and theres going to be some towers, not super high but enough to make them aparent on Bristols skyline...

http://www.feildenclegg.com/images/projects/img//1244-M-001-UNIVERSITY-OF-BRISTOL-MASTERPLAN.JPG

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/4593BristolUniversityLearningResourceCentre_pic1.jpg

http://www.feildenclegg.com/images/projects/img//1244-P-003-UNIVERSITY-OF-BRISTOL-MASTERPLAN.JPG

http://www.feildenclegg.com/images/projects/img//1244-P-002-UNIVERSITY-OF-BRISTOL-MASTERPLAN.JPG

http://www.feildenclegg.com/images/projects/img//1244-P-005-UNIVERSITY-OF-BRISTOL-MASTERPLAN.JPG

Any information would be welcomed...

There's at least one tower crane over this part of the Uni precinct at the moment. Last time I drove past it looked like they were demolishing parts of some of the existing 1960's buildings there.

Thing is that I haven't seen any planning applications for any of these buildings yet. The masterplan may have been approved by the Council but I'm pretty sure that no full planning applications have come forward yet. You can bet that if there are any major talls there will be at least a rummble of discontent from the Cliftonites and the Evening Post will be winging away with its usual perochical clap-trap. This area is identified as suitable for iconic tall buildings in the Council's tall buildings SPD http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=760092&....so I doubt there would be much trouble in getting any such plans approved.

http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Bursar/masterplan06/appendix9.pdf

I don't know whether any of you have seen this but I've found this link which shows the impact of some of the proposed talls at the Uni on Bristol's skyline...from different views.

http://www.h4mail.com/3d/h4_3d_image_Aerial_02.jpg

another goodie from above - same website

I love this development! Once St Mary Le Port is built this whole area will be transformed. I'd love them to relocate the firestation and reorganise the roads around it to incorporate the Cornubia pub back into the street-scape. Its such a shame its been almost obliterated by that low rise 1970's crap on the corner of Water Lane and Victoria street. There's unlikely to be any talls allowed in this area according to the Council's tall buliding guidance; which is a real shame because this area could probably accomodate some tall residentials quite nicely. The Council want to protect views of St Mary Redcliffe and Temple Meads Station.

I love this development! Once St Mary Le Port is built this whole area will be transformed. I'd love them to relocate the firestation and reorganise the roads around it to incorporate the Cornubia pub back into the street-scape. Its such a shame its been almost obliterated by that low rise 1970's crap on the corner of Water Lane and Victoria street. There's unlikely to be any talls allowed in this area according to the Council's tall buliding guidance; which is a real shame because this area could probably accomodate some tall residentials quite nicely. The Council want to protect views of St Mary Redcliffe and Temple Meads Station.

What firestation does everyone talk about??? Is it a nice building??? Or somthing you think should be renovated???

What firestation does everyone talk about??? Is it a nice building??? Or somthing you think should be renovated???

The Avon Fire Brigade HQ sits right opposite the Courage Brewery Site on Counterslip. Its a large site with a 3 storey office block/fire station on 2 sides with the remainder of the site a yard with a tower and crushed up cars for them to practice on. Developing the fire station site would make a huge difference to this part of the City.

Residents in Hartcliffe will soon be celebrating a brand new library for their community as building works on the new facility gets underway. In the meantime, the old library will close its doors for the last time on Friday, March 2, 2007.

The old library building will be demolished to make way for the £20 million redevelopment of Symes Avenue, which will see a brand new Morrisons supermarket and a new community building - housing the new library and new offices for the Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership (HWCP).

The new library will have state-of-the-art facilities and will offer a wide range of services from the latest titles to computer-based learning. It is planned to open in the summer.

And just so local library users don’t miss out on their regular read, the city council has organised for a temporary library service to operate from a Portacabin in the Rose Garden area of Symes Avenue from Monday, March 19.

Councillor Simon Cook, executive member for leisure services, said: “It is exciting to know that in a few months time local residents will have a brand new library. This is further evidence of the council’s drive to provide first-class library facilities for communities across the city.

“Until then, we ask borrowers to bear with us and to continue to use the nearby temporary library. Although the level of lending stock and other facilities might be restricted, borrowers can still expect the same high standard of customer care from our staff.”

Tracy Edwards-Brown, Chair of HWCP, added: “Work on the new community building is progressing well and we are all excited about it opening in the summer. The new library is a key element of the community building and will encourage local people to come in and find out what’s happening in Hartcliffe and how they can get involved.”

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/image/?image_id=15920008

The Avon Fire Brigade HQ sits right opposite the Courage Brewery Site on Counterslip. Its a large site with a 3 storey office block/fire station on 2 sides with the remainder of the site a yard with a tower and crushed up cars for them to practice on. Developing the fire station site would make a huge difference to this part of the City.

You got any pictures of it??? Is it going to be redeveloped??? Anybody looking at the project?

You got any pictures of it??? Is it going to be redeveloped??? Anybody looking at the project?

The pictures of Finzells Reach posetd earlier show the fire station site. I don't think there are any plans to redevelop it at present, but I'm sure that land values in this area are going up and once Finzells reach and Temple back are built there will be huge pressure for the Fire station site to be redeveloped.

I love this development! Once St Mary Le Port is built this whole area will be transformed. I'd love them to relocate the firestation and reorganise the roads around it to incorporate the Cornubia pub back into the street-scape. Its such a shame its been almost obliterated by that low rise 1970's crap on the corner of Water Lane and Victoria street. There's unlikely to be any talls allowed in this area according to the Council's tall buliding guidance; which is a real shame because this area could probably accomodate some tall residentials quite nicely. The Council want to protect views of St Mary Redcliffe and Temple Meads Station.

I agree, these two development areas will change this part of the city dramatically and the fire station is the obvious next site to link them back towards Temple Quay. Below is a link to the part of the Redcliffe futures SPD, showing the planning framework to develop this site.

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=11236001&

If it happens then it should create a new open space near the Cornubia and one next to Temple Church. Also it appears there is a bit of scope for an iconic flat iron building on the corner of Victoria street and Temple street. I like the historic photo, makes you appreciate what this part of the city looked like before all the current crap was put up!

There is a picture of the fire station on the last page.

This links to the rest of the Redcliffe SPD, it covers the whole of Redcliffe. Including the Brewery, Redcliffe Wharf and St Thomas.

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Environment-Planning/Planning/planning-policy-documents/redcliffe-futures/redcliffe-futures.en?page=2

I agree, these two development areas will change this part of the city dramatically and the fire station is the obvious next site to link them back towards Temple Quay. Below is a link to the part of the Redcliffe futures SPD, showing the planning framework to develop this site.

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=11236001&

If it happens then it should create a new open space near the Cornubia and one next to Temple Church. Also it appears there is a bit of scope for an iconic flat iron building on the corner of Victoria street and Temple street. I like the historic photo, makes you appreciate what this part of the city looked like before all the current crap was put up!

There is a picture of the fire station on the last page.

This links to the rest of the Redcliffe SPD, it covers the whole of Redcliffe. Including the Brewery, Redcliffe Wharf and St Thomas.

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Environment-Planning/Planning/planning-policy-documents/redcliffe-futures/redcliffe-futures.en?page=2

Thanks for posting those links that was really interesting. :) When they refer to a "flat iron" building I wonder how tall they will allow? The pictures I posted earlier showed a blue/green glass tower (Victoria Tower) proposed for this site....and right next to the cheese grater...a tall proposal may be a goer, but I suspect that the timber framed older buildings along temple street may set the tone for this site in terms of scale and massing.

Talking about bluey green glass, I saw the first few panes on the side of the old B&W Tower this morning. Its hard to get an idea of what they will look like since they were just single panes on different parts of the south facade...I'll keep my fingers crossed for this one, but I'm not all that confident that the end result will be particulalry attractive.... as sort of very provincial version of the Stock Exchange reclad. I also notice that 2 more tower cranes have gone up on the Broad Quay site...looks like this site is going into full scale production after a 3 month lull.

On another aside...what do people think of the name "Cabot Circus" which was announced today for the Broadmead extensions..... what a croque! Pointless West were there interviewing acrobats on the tower cranes and filming builders scratching their ars*es....top quality regional news fodder as per! :ohno:

Thanks for posting those links that was really interesting. :) When they refer to a "flat iron" building I wonder how tall they will allow? The pictures I posted earlier showed a blue/green glass tower (Victoria Tower) proposed for this site....and right next to the cheese grater...a tall proposal may be a goer, but I suspect that the timber framed older buildings along temple street may set the tone for this site in terms of scale and massing.

Talking about bluey green glass, I saw the first few panes on the side of the old B&W Tower this morning. Its hard to get an idea of what they will look like since they were just single panes on different parts of the south facade...I'll keep my fingers crossed for this one, but I'm not all that confident that the end result will be particulalry attractive.... as sort of very provincial version of the Stock Exchange reclad. I also notice that 2 more tower cranes have gone up on the Broad Quay site...looks like this site is going into full scale production after a 3 month lull.

On another aside...what do people think of the name "Cabot Circus" which was announced today for the Broadmead extensions..... what a croque! Pointless West were there interviewing acrobats on the tower cranes and filming builders scratching their ars*es....top quality regional news fodder as per! :ohno:

Yeah the tower cranes are there and ready to do some serious building... Also i cant believe how fast "Cabot Circus" is being developed... and what with the name... "Cabot Circus" they should hae stuck with Merchants Quarter!!!

Thanks for posting those links that was really interesting. :) When they refer to a "flat iron" building I wonder how tall they will allow? The pictures I posted earlier showed a blue/green glass tower (Victoria Tower) proposed for this site....and right next to the cheese grater...a tall proposal may be a goer, but I suspect that the timber framed older buildings along temple street may set the tone for this site in terms of scale and massing.

Talking about bluey green glass, I saw the first few panes on the side of the old B&W Tower this morning. Its hard to get an idea of what they will look like since they were just single panes on different parts of the south facade...I'll keep my fingers crossed for this one, but I'm not all that confident that the end result will be particulalry attractive.... as sort of very provincial version of the Stock Exchange reclad. I also notice that 2 more tower cranes have gone up on the Broad Quay site...looks like this site is going into full scale production after a 3 month lull.

On another aside...what do people think of the name "Cabot Circus" which was announced today for the Broadmead extensions..... what a croque! Pointless West were there interviewing acrobats on the tower cranes and filming builders scratching their ars*es....top quality regional news fodder as per! :ohno:

Yeah its an interesting read, hopefully some of it may happen soon, particularly the bit on Redcliffe Wharf and the Cornubia area. I've heard that Westmark are the preferred developer fot he Wharf so should see some proposals this year. On a similar front is the Nelson Street SPD. Potentially a bigger scope for Talls in this area than Redcliffe.

http://http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=8933002&

It would be really good to have two flat irons along Victoria street. The Strides image of the one you provided is interesting, but i'm doubtful that anything over 6-7 storeys will happen. That Tall buildings SPD sort of confirms it, but it would be good to have something Like the real Flat Iron in New York.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5811/flatiron2vg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yeah i'm dreaming but even something 10-12 storeys would really make an impact on either of the locations. Can't see BCC going for it though because of the impact on St Thomas Church/timber frames and Temple Church/kings head respectively.

I have also seen the Blue glass panels on the Broadquay tower, like you say, its difficult to tell, Don't think it's going to make it disappear though! I really hope this looks good, i know it will look better than it did before, but I hope i'm pleasantly surprised by the overall result. The other buildings might help the overall massing of the development, but no doubt the colour of these buildings will be contrasting rather than complimentary. Like the piss poor public art recently installed on Temple Way. I heard that one of the units at the bottom has been taken by Thai Classic restaurant.

Cabot Circus, Circus seems to be popular for retail, Plymouth's Drakes's Circus opened at the tail end of last year. Not the best name, I thought Merchants quarter was a good ronseal name for a development, but it's to late now. Don't think we should really get into the Broadmead name debate, all the choices consulted on were a bit limp.

This email is doing the rounds...

From: Avril Baker Consultancy [mailto:info@abc-pr.co.uk]
Sent: 23 February 2007 17:35
To: 'Avril Baker Consultancy'
Subject: St Mary Le Port update


Dear stakeholder



St Mary le Port development plans - update



I am writing with an update on the masterplan proposals for the St Mary Le Port site.



Since the feedback report covering the second round of consultation was published, the developers, Deeley Freed, and Bristol City Council have had time to review comments and input regarding proposals and will be taking a fresh approach to the regeneration of the area around and including St Mary le Port.



Deeley Freed and the project team will now work up more detailed designs for the scheme following feedback from the public who said they wanted to see what the buildings would actually look like before they could back the plans. Many felt they needed to see how the scheme would relate to the park and surrounding buildings and that the original masterplan approach did not provide sufficient information to allow them to make an informed decision on this important project.



The developers have also brought in extra design advice to help with the project, architect George Ferguson of Acanthus Ferguson Mann (immediate past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects), and conservation architect Richard Pedlar, a director of Bristol-based Richard Pedlar architects. Auckett Fitzroy Robinson will continue as the masterplan team and lead architects on the project.



George Ferguson is advising on how to bring together the different groups who have an interest in St Mary le Port to create a strong focus and ‘sense of place’ for the development. He will be working with stakeholders to agree a shared vision for the project which can be translated into an outstanding design for this key city centre site. Richard Pedlar will be ensuring that the designs take account of the historic importance of the site, which was at the heart of the Saxon origins of the city.



Deeley Freed have agreed with Bristol City Council that the development should minimise impact on Castle Park , following public concerns about loss of green space on the park, whilst still providing a viable scheme which delivers the key benefits of the project. The aim is to remove the existing eyesore of derelict buildings and provide a mixed use development featuring food retail which will improve connections between Broadmead, the Old City and Redcliffe, enhance the setting of St Mary le Port church and provide benefits to the area.



The developers are working closely with the Council as they work up their plans which they do not expect to present to the Cabinet for several months. Once Cabinet approval has been given for a proposal, Deeley Freed will seek planning permission for the development, and a further period of statutory public consultation will follow.



Project updates will be posted on the St Mary Le Port website (www.stmaryleport.com) and we will continue to notify you of any news relating to the proposed development.



Once again, on behalf of the Deeley Freed team and the joint landowners I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time and trouble to give their views so far.



If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.



Best wishes

Avril Baker

Stakeholder Coordinator

For pictures and designs please go to:
http://www.labarchitecture.com/ and in the project list click on museum of bristol (its at the top).

Plans to build the £18.6million Museum of Bristol look set to be given the go-ahead this week.City planners are expected to give the thumbs-up on Wednesday as the bid has already been recommended by planning officers.

Under the proposals, Bristol Industrial Museum at Princes Wharf would be transformed into a state-of-the-art attraction.

The council hopes that the new museum will attract more visitors than its predecessor. The Industrial Museum pulls in around 120,000 people a year - it's hoped the Museum of Bristol will attract 250,000.

The Industrial Museum building dates back to the 1950s and is made up of the L and M Sheds, both of which will be kept and refurbished.

The north facade will also be preserved and will have new sliding doors with a new entrance. There will also be a single-storey roof extension and ground floor cafe as well as a roof-top function area.

A new city centre community is also being planned for the Wapping Wharf site, with the construction of 600 new homes, shops, restaurants and a 150-bedroom hotel.

The Industrial Museum closed its doors for the last time on October 29 last year. Some of its 700 exhibits, including historic printing and packaging machinery, shipping memorabilia, buses, cars, helicopters and part of a Concorde fuselage, have been moved into storage in other parts of the city and elsewhere in the UK.

The iconic cranes and trains will be preserved as a key part of Bristol's industrial dockside heritage.

The new museum is likely to display anything from Banksy's art to pieces of Bristol Blue Glass, photographs of the St Paul's Carnival to pictures of the Bristol riots of 1831.

It will tell the city's story from mediaeval times to the present day - under the slogan What makes Bristol Bristol?

Last year the Evening Post invited readers to send in their stories about what makes Bristol Bristol - and these ideas will be worked into the content of the museum.

Julie Finch, director of the Museum of Bristol, has told the Post: "This will not be a static museum.

"There is an energy about the new museum and it will develop and change over time once it opens - it will have come a long way from labels in cases."

The city council's central development control committee will meet on Wednesday at the Council House.

The museum's planning report states: "The refurbishment and expansion of museum facilities on this site will be of significant cultural benefit for the city and will also help to secure the mixed use regeneration of the Wapping Wharf site.

"The external design of the museum is considered appropriate to the building and will enhance the character and appearance of this part of the city docks conservation area and the proposals are considered acceptable.

"Details of the alterations to the building will represent a positive enhancement to this historically important building."

I hope this works - anything I've missed?

http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~afu210/bristolmap.gif

1) Avon Gorge Hotel (+possible reopening of Clifton Rocks Railway) - still being planned
2) Bristol University Masterplan (at least 1 major iconic tower included in Masterplan) - masterplan approved, individual planning applications still to be submitted
3) SS Great Britain dock redevelopment - planning approved
4) Harbourside - under construction - should finish this year
5) Museum of Bristol - final planning and go ahead soon
6) Old Bristol and West Tower reclad - kinda under construction
7) Redcliffe Wharf - Partner still being sought by Bristol City Council
8) Cabot Circus/Broadmead Expansion - major expansion under construction - opening 2008
9) OneDoveStreet - Still being planned.
10) Temple Quay 1 - under construction/finished(??
11) Temple Quay 2 - Being planned - construction about to proceed (already under construction maybe?)
12) Bristol Arena - still being finalised
13) Finzells Wharf - being planned, construction starting soon?
14) St Mary le Port - back to the drawing board. New plans later this year
15) Bridewell Island - Development Partner still being sought by Bristol City Council
16) Conversion of old offices into new Hotel.

That's off the top of my head. Anyone want to give an update on each of these? Also, anything I've missed. Actually, duh! Colston Hall as well.

I hope this works - anything I've missed?

http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~afu210/bristolmap.gif

1) Avon Gorge Hotel (+possible reopening of Clifton Rocks Railway) - still being planned
2) Bristol University Masterplan (at least 1 major iconic tower included in Masterplan) - masterplan approved, individual planning applications still to be submitted
3) SS Great Britain dock redevelopment - planning approved
4) Harbourside - under construction - should finish this year
5) Museum of Bristol - final planning and go ahead soon
6) Old Bristol and West Tower reclad - kinda under construction
7) Redcliffe Wharf - Partner still being sought by Bristol City Council
8) Cabot Circus/Broadmead Expansion - major expansion under construction - opening 2008
9) OneDoveStreet - Still being planned.
10) Temple Quay 1 - under construction/finished(??
11) Temple Quay 2 - Being planned - construction about to proceed (already under construction maybe?)
12) Bristol Arena - still being finalised
13) Finzells Wharf - being planned, construction starting soon?
14) St Mary le Port - back to the drawing board. New plans later this year
15) Bridewell Island - Development Partner still being sought by Bristol City Council
16) Conversion of old offices into new Hotel.

That's off the top of my head. Anyone want to give an update on each of these? Also, anything I've missed. Actually, duh! Colston Hall as well.


some biggies that are missing (off the top of me head) - all mentioned previously in this thread

Temple Gate - Ballymore mixed use scheme around bristol & exeter house at temple meads - awaiting approval i think

Glassfields - between temple way & temple quay 2 (over the old IBM building etc) - reserved matters planning submitted

Wapping Wharf - mixed use redevelopment behind the new Museum of Bristol - in planning

CJC & new bridge - south of bristol bridge next to the robinson building pending approval

some buildings u/c in redcliffe

the new build opposite bristol library - in planning?

queen square - new build opposite the whole in the wall pub - almost complete?


Also, theres an article on property week (that i can't access online as i'm not a subscriber) about Urbab Splash purchasing 100,000 sq ft of civic buildings in bristol city centre.... anyone know any more or able to get any details???

more on Redcliffe Village developments (the block of land in the middle of Redcliffe currently warehouses.... 2 office buildings - Centro East & Centro West....

http://www.midshiresestates.com/index.html


http://www.midshiresestates.com/images/big_pic.jpg

http://www.midshiresestates.com/images/bottom_back.jpg

This pdf brochure gives a bit more detail

http://www.midshiresestates.com/images/Centrobrochure.pdf

some biggies that are missing (off the top of me head) - all mentioned previously in this thread

Temple Gate - Ballymore mixed use scheme around bristol & exeter house at temple meads - awaiting approval i think

Glassfields - between temple way & temple quay 2 (over the old IBM building etc) - reserved matters planning submitted

Wapping Wharf - mixed use redevelopment behind the new Museum of Bristol - in planning

CJC & new bridge - south of bristol bridge next to the robinson building pending approval

some buildings u/c in redcliffe

the new build opposite bristol library - in planning?

queen square - new build opposite the whole in the wall pub - almost complete?


Also, theres an article on property week (that i can't access online as i'm not a subscriber) about Urbab Splash purchasing 100,000 sq ft of civic buildings in bristol city centre.... anyone know any more or able to get any details???


I can't confirm but I know that Urban Splash were the front runners for the Bridewell Island site. This is all old civic buildings Police/fire/courts etc so could be the one.

some biggies that are missing (off the top of me head) - all mentioned previously in this thread

Temple Gate - Ballymore mixed use scheme around bristol & exeter house at temple meads - awaiting approval i think

Glassfields - between temple way & temple quay 2 (over the old IBM building etc) - reserved matters planning submitted

Wapping Wharf - mixed use redevelopment behind the new Museum of Bristol - in planning

CJC & new bridge - south of bristol bridge next to the robinson building pending approval

some buildings u/c in redcliffe

the new build opposite bristol library - in planning?

queen square - new build opposite the whole in the wall pub - almost complete?


Also, theres an article on property week (that i can't access online as i'm not a subscriber) about Urbab Splash purchasing 100,000 sq ft of civic buildings in bristol city centre.... anyone know any more or able to get any details???

Temple Gate was refused, however I suspect that a new planning application will come forward this year. What they were planning there was utter sh1t....multicoloured pastic cladding....I don't think so.

The CJC development is making contributions towards a new footbridge...I don't think the Council could justify getting them to fund the whole thing. There are other developments dotted around the CJC which would potentially make up any shortfall though....I think the Council can hang on to such contributions for up top 10 years before they have to hand them back....but I suspect the bridge will easily get built within that time.

There is a large-ish site in the heart of the Temple Quay 1 complex that is still not developed. I think it was originally going to be for a new hotel, but there's been little in the way of interest and they developers may have changed tack....has anyone got any info about this? It faces right on to the floating harbour at one side and faces the Square on the other.....surely it must be ripe for a developer?

pretty sure that ballymore got turned down for their first scheme at temple gate (in 04/05) but have already submitted a revised proposal that is pending approval.... might be wrong; but thats how i understood it..??

yep - look at post #51 on page 3 by dronkula... reported in the toast in 2006.... temple gate approved!!!

Castlemore have finally undated the Temple Quay 2 website... Its not brilliant but give you some info and some images of what it will look like...

http://www.templequay2.co.uk/

This is the link to the Bristol online planning access for Temple Gate. It states when it got permission.

http://e2eweb.bristol-city.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=INJ9UNDNXI000

And this is the link for all the documents and plans that accompanied the planning application.

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/findCaseFile.do?appName=planning&appNumber=05/03818/F

This is the link to the Bristol online planning access for Temple Gate. It states when it got permission.

http://e2eweb.bristol-city.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=INJ9UNDNXI000

And this is the link for all the documents and plans that accompanied the planning application.

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/findCaseFile.do?appName=planning&appNumber=05/03818/F

Sorry, I must have missed that planning approval....I was wondering why they hadn't taken down their Temple Gate banners from the site. :nuts:

Found these little jpgs of the Raddisson Hotel on Broad Quay (reclad B&W Tower) that I haven't seen before. I wish there were better images available...the ones I've seen are rubbish.

http://www.delphpropertygroup.com/images/property/t-broadstreet.jpg

http://www.conferences-uk.org.uk/logos/conferences-uk.org.uk_conference_image_3166th.jpg

Surely there must be sharper renders on the web somewhere? The developer is Crosby Homes, but I can't even track down their website.

I think there is also a Broadquay image from Queen Square floating about, but I don't seem to have it.

Attached are images of Temple Back which is currently under construction. So far the site is being cleared, the building partially demolished, (they are keeping the facade) and they have been driving girders into the harbour bed to expand the harbour wall to create space for a walkway. the first image is from Temple way.

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2974/templebackpr2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

These are the Temple Back frontage

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4708/templeback01315dk5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9938/templeback02fulloz5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The last one is the residential element of the scheme at the Brewery end.

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5763/templebridgeuq9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Theres a planning app in at the moment to amend some minor details of the Broad Quay scheme... impacts everything except the tower

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/findCaseFile.do?appName=planning&appNumber=07/00771/F

there some elevations in there that provide a bit more detail.... no fancy pics though

ALSO

Island Site, Temple Quarter, Bristol
RPS was appointed as planning consultants to advise on the redevelopment of a prominent city centre site adjoining Grade I Listed Temple Meads Station in Bristol. The proposal involves partial demolition of a Listed Building and redevelopment with a landmark building comprising 12,000 sq.m office and 1,000 sq.m of leisure uses.

Pdf with image....

http://www.rpsplc.co.uk/resources/rpsgroup/casestudies/91.pdf

There's a continued push to get trains on the tracks in bristol to provide decent commuter networks.

A 'detailed' blog - only for those who are seriously interested - it proposes extensions to current routes as well as a circular avonmouth line (using mostly current track) which overall would provide a number of services at local stations - enough to make them viable as commuter stations..

http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=673.0


and the timetable they are proposing which will provide these services

http://www.shinewithstyle.co.uk/literature/Draft%20Greater%20Bristol%20Metro%20Proposals.pdf

(warning... this takes a bit of effort to make sense of it but for those so inclined, pretty interesting.....)

Client: Jephson Housing Association

Location: Bread Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

AWW have been appointed by Jephson Housing Association for the redevelopment of the Grade II Listed buildings, forming part of the Old Soap Works. The development provides 53 mixed tenure apartments for the Association with some new build elements and converstion of the existing buildings.

http://www.acefolio.com/assets/arch/147/images/942/2_large.jpg

http://www.acefolio.com/assets/arch/147/images/942/1_large.jpg

http://www.acefolio.com/assets/arch/147/images/942/3_large.jpg

Client: Jephson Housing Association

Location: Bread Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

AWW have been appointed by Jephson Housing Association for the redevelopment of the Grade II Listed buildings, forming part of the Old Soap Works. The development provides 53 mixed tenure apartments for the Association with some new build elements and converstion of the existing buildings.

http://www.acefolio.com/assets/arch/147/images/942/2_large.jpg

http://www.acefolio.com/assets/arch/147/images/942/1_large.jpg

http://www.acefolio.com/assets/arch/147/images/942/3_large.jpg

The old soap works are those warehouses which burned down a couple of years ago.....wonder when it will start?

Finzells Reach has started...walked past it on the way to work this morning and there are hoardings up and workers on site. Looks like they're putting in utilities in front of the large brick, edwardian building next to the bridge. I reckon the bulldozers and wrecking balls will be on site any day now. This will be the mother of all construction sites when its in full swing. :)

Work has finally begun on a £255+ million redevelopment of part of Bristol's former Courage brewery, after a two-year delay.

A ground-breaking ceremony took place yesterday to mark the beginning of construction of the Finzels Reach project.

The scheme includes a landmark 40-metre long bridge which will span the water from the development site to Castle Park.

The bridge will be an arch of twisted white steel, which will reflect its surroundings during the day and be lit up with continuously changing coloured lights at night.

The development will include apartments, offices, shops, open spaces, restaurants and bars.

The site on Counterslip Passage has remained empty since Scottish and Newcastle closed the brewery in 1999, ending a 300-year tradition of brewing on the site.

Other parts of the former brewery have already been redeveloped.

Developer HDG Mansur was granted planning consent for the 2.3 hectare Finzels Reach site two years ago. But the start of work was delayed by a dispute with Bristol City Council over the number of affordable homes to be built.

This has now been resolved and demolition work has finally begun.

The project is expected to take three years, with the bridge being one of the last parts to be finished.

HDG Mansur chief executive Harold D Garrison said: "This day has been long-awaited by HDG Mansur and we are tremendously excited to have finally started on site at Finzels Reach. We are encouraged by the level of interest already being shown in the development.

"We are grateful to Bristol City Council for all their support up to this point and proud to be involved in a scheme that complements and further demonstrates the period of development and growth that Bristol is currently experiencing."

The ceremony was attended by local dignitaries, including Lord Mayor Peter Abraham.

"He said: "I am very pleased that we have finally started work on this project. We have done very well out of it because the developer has agreed to pay for new footpaths and this bridge. I am very hopeful this will be a real asset to the community."

The development is named after Conrad Finzel, the owner of the Counterslip Sugar Factory which stood on part of the site in the 19th century.

This is good news, I walked past yesterday and there was a big banner on the old main gates with a website address, but it has been taken down as it wasn't there this morning.

In addition to the Finzels Reach article in the Evening Post there is another one for One Dove Lane and a link to there web page.

http://www.onedovelane.co.uk/index.php

No images as yet though.

planning app in to knock down the hill house hammond buiilding and replace it with a 6 story hotel... no pictures uploaded by BCC as yet but could be interesting. I think this is the 'orrible 50's pile above the artichoke pub.... what will happen to the pub i don't know? I'm not in bristol so is anyone can confirm the location i'd be interested to know....

planning app in to knock down the hill house hammond buiilding and replace it with a 6 story hotel... no pictures uploaded by BCC as yet but could be interesting. I think this is the 'orrible 50's pile above the artichoke pub.... what will happen to the pub i don't know? I'm not in bristol so is anyone can confirm the location i'd be interested to know....

Yeah your right, A Tulip Inn Hotel is proposed on the corner of Lewins mead and Lower Maudlin Street.

These links are to artistic impressions on BCC website

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Drawing-182308.pdf;jsessionid=ADE12DA830EAEFFB3E54682EC1C73B19?extension=.pdf&wmTransparency=0&id=182308&wmLocation=0&location=VOLUME1&contentType=application%2Fpdf&wmName=&pageCount=1

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Drawing-182333.pdf;jsessionid=ADE12DA830EAEFFB3E54682EC1C73B19?extension=.pdf&wmTransparency=0&id=182333&wmLocation=0&location=VOLUME1&contentType=application%2Fpdf&wmName=&pageCount=1

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Drawing-182290.pdf;jsessionid=ADE12DA830EAEFFB3E54682EC1C73B19?extension=.pdf&wmTransparency=0&id=182290&wmLocation=0&location=VOLUME1&contentType=application%2Fpdf&wmName=&pageCount=1

Looking at these, i'm not sure the Artichoke will remain!

I also found this information on the proposal on the Stride Treglown Website. The hotels brochure has an image and this blurb

http://www.stridetreglown.co.uk/hotels/index.html

The Bristol Tulip Inn is a new 150 bed hotel development proposed for a city centre site adjacent the prestigious Broadmead redevelopment. The Tulip brand which originated in the Netherlands is fairly new to the Uk market and the board were keen to establish a foothold in the city.

Above an A1/ A3 commercial unit, the hotel accommodation includes a bar and restaurant open to the double height reception and with views over the neighbouring historic St. James Park. A dedicated business centre insures the commercial viability of the scheme. Bedroom accommodation on the site has been maximised in a T-shaped footprint above the communal 2-storey podium and car parking provided in the neighbouring public facility.

Architecturally, the site fronts a hierarchy of three streets which evokes a slightly different design response in terms of frontage, scale and materials which the design succinctly addresses. An articulated and sculptural stone corner treatment creates a bold statement at the busy Lewins Mead traffic intersection. Elsewhere metallic panels, red facing brick and coloured render both enhances and responds to the existing context. The scheme is due to be submitted for Planning Approval in early March 2007.”

Yeah your right, A Tulip Inn Hotel is proposed on the corner of Lewins mead and Lower Maudlin Street.

These links are to artistic impressions on BCC website

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Drawing-182308.pdf;jsessionid=ADE12DA830EAEFFB3E54682EC1C73B19?extension=.pdf&wmTransparency=0&id=182308&wmLocation=0&location=VOLUME1&contentType=application%2Fpdf&wmName=&pageCount=1

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Drawing-182333.pdf;jsessionid=ADE12DA830EAEFFB3E54682EC1C73B19?extension=.pdf&wmTransparency=0&id=182333&wmLocation=0&location=VOLUME1&contentType=application%2Fpdf&wmName=&pageCount=1

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Drawing-182290.pdf;jsessionid=ADE12DA830EAEFFB3E54682EC1C73B19?extension=.pdf&wmTransparency=0&id=182290&wmLocation=0&location=VOLUME1&contentType=application%2Fpdf&wmName=&pageCount=1

Looking at these, i'm not sure the Artichoke will remain!

I think the Artichoke will go to make way for the big Building and I have even heard that they maybe making it taller as for the buildings surrounding them are pretty tall and its at the bottom of a hill... The artichoke may be part of the development and might take a unit on the Ground Floor...

This will be a great development and would lift that area of Central greatly... If it gets plans approved I hope somebody also redevelops the buildings opposite aswell... They need it badly...

We shall see...

Yeah your right, A Tulip Inn Hotel is proposed on the corner of Lewins mead and Lower Maudlin Street.

These links are to artistic impressions on BCC website

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Drawing-182308.pdf;jsessionid=ADE12DA830EAEFFB3E54682EC1C73B19?extension=.pdf&wmTransparency=0&id=182308&wmLocation=0&location=VOLUME1&contentType=application%2Fpdf&wmName=&pageCount=1

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Drawing-182333.pdf;jsessionid=ADE12DA830EAEFFB3E54682EC1C73B19?extension=.pdf&wmTransparency=0&id=182333&wmLocation=0&location=VOLUME1&contentType=application%2Fpdf&wmName=&pageCount=1

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Drawing-182290.pdf;jsessionid=ADE12DA830EAEFFB3E54682EC1C73B19?extension=.pdf&wmTransparency=0&id=182290&wmLocation=0&location=VOLUME1&contentType=application%2Fpdf&wmName=&pageCount=1

Looking at these, i'm not sure the Artichoke will remain!

Is it alright to say its a bit generic looking?, but its alot better than what's there now so i guess i shouldn't complain.

:)

Is it alright to say its a bit generic looking?, but its alot better than what's there now so i guess i shouldn't complain.

:)

agreed........ it wouldn't look out of place at an airport.... if they use decent quality building materials it'll be ok though is spose

The old soap works are those warehouses which burned down a couple of years ago.....wonder when it will start?

Finzells Reach has started...walked past it on the way to work this morning and there are hoardings up and workers on site. Looks like they're putting in utilities in front of the large brick, edwardian building next to the bridge. I reckon the bulldozers and wrecking balls will be on site any day now. This will be the mother of all construction sites when its in full swing. :)


I think Finzells Reach is probably the most exciting thing going on at the mo.... it will completely transfrom the feel of central bristol when done; there's a real 'why cross the river' feel in bristol at the mo with the hidden delights of redcliffe alien to most people. This will provide an incredible linkage between all the disparate parts of the city centre and is also a super high quality development to boot. It's going to be reminiscent of Shad Thames in London; just south of Tower Bridge - without the ponce factor!!!

I think Finzells Reach is probably the most exciting thing going on at the mo.... it will completely transfrom the feel of central bristol when done; there's a real 'why cross the river' feel in bristol at the mo with the hidden delights of redcliffe alien to most people. This will provide an incredible linkage between all the disparate parts of the city centre and is also a super high quality development to boot. It's going to be reminiscent of Shad Thames in London; just south of Tower Bridge - without the ponce factor!!!

I work in a building south of the fire station/Finzels reach near the Cornubia pub and the amount of developments in this part of the city is gonna change it beyond recongnition.

The Redcliffe and Temple Areas have so much potential and its finally good to see things really starting to happen. Imagine what this part of the city will be like once these developments happen. Key:

Red - Under construction
Yellow - with permission or pending a decision
Dark Blue - due on site soon
Pink - In planning
Green - Potential sites
light blue - recent completions

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8985/redcliffemapsw7.png (http://imageshack.us)

I heard a will back that urban initiatives were commissioned to produce a development framework for Temple Meads and the surrounding sites. Has anyone ever seen this? All i've heard is proposals for a new entrance/transport interchange for Temple Meads in the evening post. Potentially they could also have a rear entrance on the former post office depot by extending the concourse under the station.

Has anyone else heard that they are going to put a WINDMILL on the TEMPLE MEADS roundabout???

I thought I read somthing about it in the paper or online... If so does anyone have any pictures???

Theres a planning app in at the moment to amend some minor details of the Broad Quay scheme... impacts everything except the tower

http://e2edocs.bristol-city.gov.uk/WAM/findCaseFile.do?appName=planning&appNumber=07/00771/F

there some elevations in there that provide a bit more detail.... no fancy pics though

ALSO

Island Site, Temple Quarter, Bristol
RPS was appointed as planning consultants to advise on the redevelopment of a prominent city centre site adjoining Grade I Listed Temple Meads Station in Bristol. The proposal involves partial demolition of a Listed Building and redevelopment with a landmark building comprising 12,000 sq.m office and 1,000 sq.m of leisure uses.

Pdf with image....

http://www.rpsplc.co.uk/resources/rpsgroup/casestudies/91.pdf

This RPS proposal is for where exactly??? Is it for the Portwell Lane East site???

This RPS proposal is for where exactly??? Is it for the Portwell Lane East site???

Its the two old hotel buildings directly south of the Temple Circus roundabout. I've labelled it the Island Site on the map posted earlier today.

Yes i've also heard that the Council want to put a wind turbine on the roundabout. This BBC article is from last summer.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/5042154.stm

New helix wind turbine for city

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/1267/41720096helixturbine203vk0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The turbine is designed to be quieter than traditional models. A revolutionary new £30,000 helix-shaped wind turbine is to be built on a roundabout in Bristol. The turbine differs from traditional models, with smaller blades which can be made to hold tiny LED lights which 'paint' a video screen in mid-air.

Its makers, XCO2, say the 20 metre mast is "virtually silent and vibration free", and hope its sculptural design will make it popular in urban areas. Bristol's turbine will be situated at the Temple Circus junction. Paid for by the city council, its 'screen' will show art, environmental messages, and even Christmas lights.

XCO2 spokeswoman Julia Groves said: "We are hoping Bristol's will be the first 'display' turbine. We started speaking to the city council about two years ago, back when the London boroughs wouldn't give us the time of day. "The city has quite an aggressive energy-efficiency programme, and this is its way of showing that." She said the company wanted to see more turbines in towns and cities across the UK.

"City-dwellers and businesses use the most energy, and yet wind power generation has tended to be almost exclusively rural - we want to bring the debate into the city."

There are plans to build further turbines in London and Swindon in the coming months

hi there...

Is there any more news of Bristol Arena or what they are doing with that massive site on Cattlemarket Road (The Old Post Building)???

Any renderings would be welcomed...

Thanks...

Found this piccie... no details except
"Broadmead Offices, Bristol - currently in design development" by EPR Architects

http://www.bd4jobs.co.uk/Pictures/Web/r/t/y/epr3.jpg


Don't know where or how likely but it looks fantastic!!!

Found this piccie... no details except
"Broadmead Offices, Bristol - currently in design development" by EPR Architects

http://www.bd4jobs.co.uk/Pictures/Web/r/t/y/epr3.jpg


Don't know where or how likely but it looks fantastic!!!

That looks amazing, do you think its one of the two office buildings north of the new broadmead car park? This will definitely help create a gateway to the city. This is the student accomodation the other side of temple way from the Castlemead tower.

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/282/broadmeadphoenixcourtow5.png (http://imageshack.us)

Another Broadmead image

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/606/broadmead5wp3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

A few images of Quakers Friars.
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3203/quakerfriarssp9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/544/quakersfiarrsmodelxj9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This is report on broadmead from the Chapman Taylor website. http://www.chapmantaylor.com/data/prj_uploaded/69_fs.pdf

Found this piccie... no details except
"Broadmead Offices, Bristol - currently in design development" by EPR Architects

http://www.bd4jobs.co.uk/Pictures/Web/r/t/y/epr3.jpg


Don't know where or how likely but it looks fantastic!!!

WOW... that would look cool... Bit confused where it would go though... Where did you find the picture??? Surly they must know wherer they are designing the building for... Looks quality though...

WOW... that would look cool... Bit confused where it would go though... Where did you find the picture??? Surly they must know wherer they are designing the building for... Looks quality though...

As has been mentioned there are failrly large office blocks planned which act as "gateway" buildings into the new Broadmead multi storey, fronting onto Newfoundland Street. It could also be on the site in the web cam pic here which is between the row of terraces and the new student flats (Pheonix Court)

http://webcams.bristolcitycentre.com/camera107-03-26_12-00-00-93.jpg

Here's a recent pic of the Broadmead Tower.

http://www.bristolcitycentre.com/gallery/75403894_dGz1gEZ6.jpg

Just wondering if anybody got any pics or info on that small tower which was supposed to be going next to the new Magistrates Courts and Bus Station... I remember seeing a picture of it before but have not seen much work being done on it as of yet... The plot is on the enterance of the bus station where the Coaches and Buses turn in to go to their bays...

Cheers...

Just wondering if anybody got any pics or info on that small tower which was supposed to be going next to the new Magistrates Courts and Bus Station... I remember seeing a picture of it before but have not seen much work being done on it as of yet... The plot is on the enterance of the bus station where the Coaches and Buses turn in to go to their bays...

Cheers...

I've heard that this tower is to be the Key worker housing element of the Bus depot/Magistrates Court scheme. Looking closely I count 12 storey's

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5748/busdepotwr9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I've also heard today that Carlyle Skelton Development Group who bought Temple Way House last year plan to demolish it rather than refurbish it as previously thought. Images of the refurbishment scheme are on the AWW website and have been posted earlier in this thread. Apparently they are hopeful of getting on site in October, following Clerical Medicals move to their new Harbourside building in the summer. The developer is currently putting together a planning application but is proposing to increase the size from 124,000 sq ft to more than 230,000 sq ft, Potential for something a bit bigger maybe!

http://www.skeltongroup.com/portfolio11.htm

Also a reserved matters planning application is pending consideration with Bristol City Council. This is for building A on the Glassfields development (old IBM) on Temple Way and follows the outline approval last year of the whole scheme. Click on associated document to have a look at the plans and elevations.

http://e2eweb.bristol-city.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?keyval=JDCJWWDN98000&searchtype=PROPERTY&module=P3

Saw this article in the evening post today
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=16969006&folderPk=83726&pNodeId=144922
SEE WHAT'S IN STORE FOR WATERFRONT'S OLD SHEDS
10:40 - 27 March 2007

This is the multi-million pound waterfront development planned to transform one of the last remaining rundown parts of Bristol's harbourside.The scheme, called Waterside, aims to transform the O & M Sheds in Welsh Back into cafes, bars, restaurants and apartments.

Developers expect to submit a planning application for the former storage sheds to the city council in May and, if permission is granted, work could begin in the autumn.

The sheds, which were built in 1937, are owned by the city council. O-Shed has been judged to be in good condition and will be converted into space for two bars or cafes. M-Shed is in poor condition and is earmarked for demolition.
It will be replaced by a mixed-used building containing bars, restaurants or cafes and 12 apartments. Cordwell Property has been appointed by Bristol City Council as the developer for the project.

Development director Tom Wilcox said: "The O & M Sheds site offers us a fantastic opportunity to deliver a top-quality landmark development that will become one of the most attractive waterside meeting places in the South West.

"The proposed development has already attracted great interest and we are currently close to exchanging contracts with two major London-based operators who are keen to have a presence at Waterside."

Council leader Barbara Janke said: "Over recent years, the centre of Bristol has been transformed through substantial regeneration.

"As part of our plans, we have been looking for a suitable scheme to secure the redevelopment of the O & M sheds site. The development proposed by Cordwell is an excellent solution and will bring this important city centre location back to life with a mix of cafe bars and housing."

These is link to the developers site with more information under news and portfolio.

http://www.cordwell-property.co.uk/
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2690/oandmshedzr4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/4134/bristoloshedrv2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Dear all

I'm planning on going out and taking a few pictures of some of the developments going on in Bristol at the moment. Does anyone have any preferences or requests?

Thanks

Dear all

I'm planning on going out and taking a few pictures of some of the developments going on in Bristol at the moment. Does anyone have any preferences or requests?

Thanks

Try to take smaller projects aswell as large projects... Every corner of bristol is being transformed and it would be nice to see some of the lesser known about projects aswell...

Theres a massive project going on on Gloucester road (the old audi VW garage near the kwik fit)... any news???

also some of the projects out of side of Central Bristol if possible...

Thanks

[QUOTE=PJ1979;12366399]I've heard that this tower is to be the Key worker housing element of the Bus depot/Magistrates Court scheme. Looking closely I count 12 storey's

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5748/busdepotwr9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Who are the designers for this project???

[QUOTE=PJ1979;12366399]I've heard that this tower is to be the Key worker housing element of the Bus depot/Magistrates Court scheme. Looking closely I count 12 storey's

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5748/busdepotwr9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Who are the designers for this project???

I believe it was Building Design Partnership, but there is nothing on their webpage. The image posted is from the Bristol City Centre Strategy and is credited to them and a Cabe design review i've seen also confirms them as lead architects..

This is very good news for Bristol. Urban Splash have a great track record and this is a prime site right in the centre of Bristol.

AN ARRESTING SITE IN THE CITY CENTRE
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=16978900&folderPk=83726&pNodeId=144922

A Former police station, fire station and court complex in the city centre has been sold to a developer renowned for breathing new life into old buildings.Urban Splash, which is currently converting the former Imperial Tobacco headquarters in Hartcliffe into flats, plans to transform the Grade 2 historic buildings, including the old Bridewell police station just yards from Broadmead.

It has bought the development site - now named Bridewell Island - for an undisclosed sum and is now working closely with the city council to make sure the buildings, some which date back to the 1870s, are well preserved.

Details of what the redeveloped site will include have not yet been finalised but it is likely to include a mixture of homes and businesses, with shops or restaurants a possibility given its location next to Broadmead.