We’re delighted that our ‘Southmead – working for the community’ regeneration project has been named a finalist in the ‘community-led placemaking’ category at this year’s national Planning Awards.
This project will regenerate the centre of Southmead (Bristol) by making it vibrant and exciting for residents while addressing the need for smaller homes for first-time buyers/older people. It’s one of the UK’s largest community-led placemaking projects in one of the UK’s 10% most deprived wards.
Influenced heavily by resident input, the team developed a masterplan and detailed designs that will deliver lasting change. The wider masterplan involves building on under-used open space and council-owned sites to deliver c.300 new homes and local facilities (community centre, library, youth centre and healthy living centre) to address current challenges facing residents.
Key project partners include Southmead Development Trust, Bristol City Council, Nash Partnership, Streets Reimagined, United Communities Housing Association and the local community.
In May 2020, phase one of the Southmead Masterplan (known as Glencoyne Square) was approved by Bristol City Council’s planning committee. The decision was unanimous.
Commenting on the award shortlisting, Mike Fox, Director of Planning at Nash Partnership, said: “As a people-led project, what’s backed up a lot of our work as consultants is the involvement of the Southmead community. We’re delighted this project has been recognised from a planning perspective and that its community-led nature has shone through in the judging.”
Winners will be announced digitally on 8 and 9 September via planningresource.co.uk.
