development

Future of Cities

Cities of the future must prioritise the health of people and the planet

Preventing ill-health from poor-quality urban environments, and promoting fairness, are at the heart of a project Bristol is helping to lead.

Daniel Black
Daniel Black (Program director of TRUUD)

Future of Cities

Urban growers are quietly laying the ground for a food revolution. Can it become a reality?

Tom Wall
Tom Wall

Reports

A CGI image of the proposed Redcatch Quarter, which would replace the Broadwalk Shopping Centre in south Bristol.

South Bristol shopping centre will be knocked down after planning councillors’ shock U-turn

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)

Area in Focus

A population explosion is coming to Bedminster. So what does the future look like?

A wave of new housing developments is coming to Bedminster, Southville and Windmill Hill. So a new community project asks what the future should hold for the area.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Bristol City Council investigates notorious property boss for potential breach of legal order

Alex King
Alex King
Image of Save Redfield Cinema campaigners and UWE students presenting plans at a public meeting (credit: Alex Turner)

Reports

Campaigners seek new community asset listing for pub with hidden cinema in bid to stop flats plan

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Area in Focus

Image of Maria Perrett and Alex Bugden of Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust, which developed the concept of a local lettings policy with residents (credit: Alex Turner)

Local housing for local people in Lockleaze: can it work?

Hundreds of new homes are coming to Lockleaze, but some of the developments have not been popular. Can a change in the rules on who gets new social housing in the area bring benefits for locals?

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

Image of a digital mockup of the St Mary le Port development plans in Castle Park, Bristol (credit: MEPC)

Community support for Castle Park development was overstated, claim members of local group

Plans to develop the derelict site around St Mary Le Port in central Bristol were approved by councillors, but questions are now being raised about how the views of local residents were used during the process.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Totterdown residents react after councillors approve controversial high-rises

The high-rise plans for the former Bart’s Ingredients site on York Road were approved by councillors, despite planning officers criticising the scheme and recommending it be refused.

Joe Skirkowski

Features

‘The advisory group on the Western Harbour development needs to be much more diverse’

Amid concerns about the group set up to advise on the controversial Cumberland Basin development, we spoke to chair John Savage, and local residents and councillors, about representation, diversity and accountability.

Joe Banks

Features

‘We are losing so much’: Local businesses and Cable readers react to plans to redevelop Galleries shopping centre

Most readers agree the shopping centre needs a lift, but many raised questions about whether new proposals for its future will help serve the city’s most urgent needs.

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell

Features

Western Harbour development treading water

After nearly five years on the drawing board due to major criticisms from local residents, Marvin Rees’ vision for a revived Cumberland Basin could still be a decade away.

Jess Connett
Jess Connett
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