This plan, which has been slightly amended, was the outcome of the EbD (12-16 November 2011) a fully inclusive and public event.

Minor revisions include:

• turning the office building to ensure the park and junior playing pitch has improved overlooking
• re-configuring the residential block fronting onto Hengrove Way to take on board design feedback and increase of family home
• re-siting the young person shelter and children’s play equipment to reflect feedback from community and officers
• realignment of path through park to improve connectivity
• inclusion of bike tracks within open space.

There is no change to the housing numbers proposed for the development.

It is therefore an important public record of the event and the principles of the plan will be incorporated into the planning application to be submitted by the Homes and Communities Agency.

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Posted by Council officers at the request of Knowle West Residents’ Planning Group

The Knowle West Residents’ Planning Group (KWRPG) met for a positive meeting on Tuesday 8^th November.  Councillor officers also attended.  Key points covered:

The Council’s City Design Group and local people are progressing well with the ideas for Filwood Broadway.  There has been local resident representation at: a meeting with Council Transport officers, and a session with GVA Grimley to look at the feasibility of the supermarket.

The residents’ were pleased to hear how the Homes and Communities Agency, heading up the Filwood Park project, and the Council’s City Design Group (leading the Filwood Broadway project) are liaising well.  Ideas for Filwood Broadway will be presented at the Filwood Park Enquiry By Design session mid November.

The Novers Park Drive site is being progressed as potential housing site for 14 dwellings.  Owners of the site, Somer Housing, are keen to attend a KWRPG meeting to hear the thoughts of local residents.

The quality of proposed developments the Creswick Rd sites, being developed by Knightstone Housing Association, improved as a result of input from council officers.

It was reported that Barratt Homes are interested the site towards the bottom of Novers Hill (between Hartcliffe Way & Novers Hill).

Planters (people) are needed for ‘National Tree Week’, which is open to anyone who lives in Filwood that has a front garden – contact Mil Lusk for more details.

From The City Design Group, Bristol City Council

The Knowle West Plan showed that local people wanted Filwood Broadway to be their main shopping centre.  Together, residents and Council Officers have come up with some exciting ideas to regenerate the Broadway as a thriving place for local people. There will be ideas about: the location for a supermarket, housing, shops and jobs, public areas – (e.g. street furniture, parking and lighting), play and green spaces and community facilities.

Bristol City Council wants to hear more local views to help decide future plans.  So, do play your part in making a better Broadway and see the ideas at Filwood Library (Filwood Broadway): 

The main event is Thursday 20^th October. Drop-in between 10am – 8pm and the team will explain the ideas to you.

Or see the exhibition from Friday 21^st October until Saturday 29th October.  Open Monday to Friday (9.30am –1pm and 2pm –5pm) and  Saturdays (9:30am –1pm).  Closed Thursdays and Sundays.

Your views and ideas will be considered when the draft formal document is produced outlining the plans for the future Filwood Broadway.  For more info, visit www.bristol.gov.uk/kwrf

The Knowle West Residents Planning Group is consulting the community about its proposals for housing on the Novers Slopes as well as in the Inns Court area. You are invited to come along to hear about and comment on the proposals at the exhibition.

The exhibition is at the Mede Centre, Marshall Walk, Inns Court on:

Friday 28th January between 2 and 4pm; and 6 to 8pm

Saturday 29th January between 10 and 2pm.

Dear Sir/Madam

Many thanks for contributing to the recent consultation on our Parks and Green Spaces Strategy. There has been a record number of responses – more than 3,000, not including people who signed petitions or attending drop-in sessions. Your input is very much welcomed and I can assure you that the points you raise are being carefully considered.

I wanted to update on the next steps. Officers have worked through the consultation responses and drawn up final proposals. These will be discussed firstly at an extraordinary meeting of the council’s Quality of Life Scrutiny Commission that will be held at the Council House on Wednesday 15 December (10am).

This replaces the scheduled discussion that was planned for Monday December 6. The change in date allowed officers more time to work up their final proposals following the huge level of public interest.
On the following day – Thursday December 16 at 4pm – the Council’s Cabinet will meet as planned to decide on the final plans.

Members of the public will be able to attend both meetings, make public statements in the usual way or watch proceedings on the webcast through the council’s website – www.bristol.gov.uk/webcast.
I would like to thank you once again for your contribution to this important consultation.

Yours faithfully
Tracey Morgan
Service Director
Environment & Leisure

Residents can view online the 5 options for the Bristol City Council plans for the regeneration of Knowle West. You can comment on these options until Friday 12th November 2010.

The Knowle West Residents’ Planning Group have just completed their work on an option for the regeneration of the area covered by the Knowle West Regeneration Plan.

To highlight this work the Group issued the follow press release:

“The Knowle West Residents Planning Group was established in the autumn of 2008 by the local Community in Partnership to ensure that local residents’ views on the future of their neighbourhood were taken into account at all stages in the planning process, something rarely achieved in the past.

Effective community involvement is now part of the City Council’s policy, thanks to the work of the Neighbourhood Planning Network who designed it.  It gives further powers to local people to engage in genuine planning and will soon be part of the Coalition Government’s regulations.

The Group’s alternative is well based on widespread local knowledge through the Group members’ networks, extensive sample surveys of local opinion and exhibitions that the residents arranged themselves…

Dear all

We are contacting you to update you with important information regarding  the Knowle West Regeneration Plan.

Bristol City Council and consultants Urban Initiatives has been developing regeneration plans for Knowle West since the previous round of consultation during November 2009 (called the Knowle West Regeneration Framework).

The Council will be consulting again with local residents on these Regeneration Plans during October 2010 so that future improvements to Knowle West can be agreed. These 20-year regeneration plans could help unlock up to £500 million in local investment to bring improvements and benefits to local people…

We’re asking for your views on a series of Area Green Space Plan – ideas and options papers which set out how all of Bristol’s communities can have better access to a range of quality parks, green spaces, children’s play areas and facilities.

These plans will guide improvements and changes to green spaces over the next 20 years so it’s important that you have your say.

Get involved by visiting our Area Green Space Plan ideas and options consultation web pages at www.bristol.gov.uk/agsp before 29th October 2010

Anna Mcdermott

Please download the latest Knowle West Residents Planning Group (KWRPG) update to read the main points arising from our meeting on March 30th 2010.

Please have a look at the Knowle West Residents Area Plan. It is not set in stone and much work is still left to be done. If you have comments, please contact our chair the Rev Alister Palmer via email on agpal46@tiscali.co.uk or even better come to one of our meetings.

Update on the Knowle West Regeneration Framework – Council Officer In Knowle West Every Week

A council officer from the Knowle West Project Team will visit the CIP office every week to answer questions that you may have on the Knowle West Regeneration Framework. Please drop in to the CIP office, 37 Filwood Broadway on Wednesdays between 10am – midday.

Outside these hours you can still contact Anita Pearce on 0117 908 4248 or visit the CIP office for more information.

Bristol’s Area Green Space Plans – Update on behalf of Bristol City Council

Dear Stakeholder

We are writing to inform you that Bristol’s Area Green Space Plans, part of the Parks and Green Space Strategy will be open to consultation from June 2010. The Knowle West Regeneration Framework project is informing these Area Green Spaces Plan for the Knowle West area, and details of how people can get involved will be given closer to the consultation date.

This has been re-scheduled from our intended January start, and there a number of reasons for this:

This timing will ensure the public and key stakeholders can consider the Parks and Green Space proposals in the context of the Council’s long term planning policies, currently being proposed as part of the Core Strategy and the Site Allocations Plan. The Site Allocations community involvement is now due to proceed in June and we are keen to take a ‘one city’ approach and remain aligned.

It is vital that we have a joined up approach so that you remain fully informed on the Council’s overall vision for the city’s future planning and development – and how our parks and green space continue to play a vital role in the fabric of the city.

The consultation, commencing in some areas in Bristol from June, will also mean that our emerging Neighbourhood Committees will have more opportunities to consider the proposals and determine the local community benefits the strategy could bring.

We are confident that the decision to hold the consultation from June will pay dividends with more local people better informed – and the final strategy documents will be of a high quality, setting out clearly the potential opportunities for the future investment and improvement of our cities parks and green spaces.

Your continued engagement in the process is extremely important to us and we hope you will continue to support us in participating in our future consultation.

If you have any questions – please do not hesitate to contact your Area Green Space Planning Officer, or Katy Mugford on 0117 922 2369

Yours Sincerely

Richard Fletcher
Area Green Space Plan Project Manager

Update on the development of the Knowle West Regeneration Framework – on behalf of Bristol City Council Knowle West Project Team

There have been a number of workshops, study tours, and consultation events with local people to inform the development of the Knowle West Regeneration Framework.

Good progress is being made on the ideas for the future of Knowle West. However, local residents and stakeholders, including the Knowle West Residents’ Planning Group have asked for an extension to the ongoing consultation process, to ensure that we get it right. It is important that we fully understand the outcome of the current Bus Rapid Transit consultation and other local studies and reviews before the final plan can be completed.

This extension will ensure that the best results are achieved so the regeneration plan can deliver the agreed Knowle West Vision developed by local people: “A community full of confidence and pride, skilled and healthy, living in a thriving Bristol neighbourhood that is green and well connected and low in living costs.

The final consultation events will now be held in October 2010. We would like to thank all of you who have been actively involved to date and  for sharing your views and ideas. On behalf of the Project Team at Bristol City Council, and on behalf of our consultants, Urban Initiatives, may we take the opportunity to wish you a very happy and a successful New Year!

As you may know Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) will be coming to Bristol. BRT is a rapid, reliable, frequent and punctual form of public transport that will link existing housing with business, tackle current congestion and help to encourage investment into the area. Some early ideas of the BRT were presented during Knowle West Conversations. There is a consultation event on Monday 7th December at the Knowle West Media Centre from 9am to 7pm in the Exhibition Studio. View the ‘North Fringe to Hengrove Package‘ flyer for more details and make sure you come and have your say!

For more information you can also visit the Bristol City Council web pages

web: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Transport-Streets/transport-policy/north-fringe-to-hengrove-package.en?#internalSection2

And the West of England Partnership Travelplus website

web: http://www.travelplus.org.uk

[Posted On Behalf Of Urban Initiatives]

First of all a BIG THANK YOU to all that made time to come along to the exhibitions and welcomed us at their meetings, clubs and gatherings.

We met over 400 local people during the KW Conversations and we are still meeting young people at the local schools and clubs. We will prepare a summary report on all of your feedback, comments and ideas. At this point, we would like to show you the results of the ‘Traffic Lights’ used at the exhibitions to capture whether or not you think we are moving in the right direction.

Please provide us with your comments on proposals and results by the 11th December, 2009.

Many thanks!

[Angela Koch, Urban Initiatives]

Download Knowle West Vision 2030 (pdf, 1233 Kb)

Download getting around & better parks proposals (pdf, 744 Kb)

Download your community & better homes proposals (pdf, 654 Kb)

Three study tours have been arranged to help inform the Knowle West Regeneration Framework. The tours aimed at residents, officers and the project board, will aid team working and enable learning from other physical regeneration projects.

On 4th November Urban Initiatives presented members of the Knowle West team with initial ideas.

The idea was to get feedback and discussion from the group.

Lively debate ensued and issues such as transport, housing, schools and shops and green spaces were discussed.

The meeting took place at The Mede.