St Mary Redcliffe Project 450 Planning Pre-App

2.0 SITE CONTEXT
2.2 DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT
Redcliffe Way
The immediate context of St Mary Redcliffe displays significant change
over time, with much of its contemporary urban structure reflecting
regrettable highways decisions from the immediate pre and post-war
periods. Indeed, the consequent fragmentation of Redcliffe’s historic grain
has produced a series of incoherent and inhospitable spaces, dominated
by traffic and surface parking, within which pedestrians are made
subservient to vehicles.
The need for Redcliffe’s urban repair has long-since been recognised
and has been championed by the community-based Redcliffe Futures
Group and the subsequent Redcliffe Neighbourhood Development Forum
who have engaged with BCC to produce the 2006 Future of Redcliffe
Supplementary Planning Document, and the draft 2016 Redcliffe
Neighbourhood Development Plan.
Further illustrated overleaf, and with respect to St Mary Redcliffe, both of
these documents have strongly advocated the:
• down-sizing of Redcliffe Way to remove the last vestiges of the
disastrous inner ring road, following the restoration of Queen’s
Square in 1992, and the demolition of the Temple Meads flyover in
1998;
• redevelopment of the existing surface car-park to provide the ‘heart’
of Redcliffe, through mixed-use, granular development;
• creation of a fitting setting for St Mary Redcliffe.
Whilst the redevelopment of Redcliffe Way is clearly subject to its own
timescales, the need for close coordination with P450 is recognised.
Indeed, alongside representatives of BCC and fellow members of the
Redcliffe Forum, Dan Tyndall (vicar of St Mary Redcliffe) is a key member
of the Redcliffe Way Joint Delivery Board, and Redcliffe Forum have
been consulted frequently through P450’s stakeholder engagement
programme.
Redcliffe
Beyond the immediate setting of St Mary Redcliffe, a number of
substantial residential and mixed use developments are either underway
or proposed within Redcliffe, including:
• Bristol General Hospital;
• Redcliffe Wharf;
• Redcliff Quarter;
• Finzels Reach.
Combined, these developments are anticipated to deliver:
• 1,190 residential units;
• 2 hotels;
• numerous restaurants and bars;
• a significant quantum of work-space.
Temple Quarter
To the east of Redcliffe, Temple Quarter is a 100 hectare urban
development site and Enterprise Zone. Focussed around the translation
of Temple Meads into a sustainable, multi-modal Transport Hub, it is
anticipated to deliver:
• a new city quarter;
• a university campus, including residential accommodation for 1,500
students;
• 4,500 residential units;
• an innovation hub, with a focus on high-tech, low-carbon, creative and
digital industries;
• a secondary school;
• substantial additional workplace and leisure facilities, generating
22,000 new jobs;
• greenways, providing pedestrian and cycling routes to the existing
communities in South-East Bristol.
Consequently, the physical and socio-economic context of Redcliffe is
changing dramatically, with:
• the number of people living and / or working in Redcliffe set to
increase by circa 15,000 and 30,000 respectively;
• a consequently increased demand on the parish and its resources;
• a renewed focus on the city’s eastern gateway, and St Mary Redcliffe’s
role in the creation of a legible urban welcome from the reorientated
Temple Meads;
• a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to reinforce St Mary Redcliffe’s
presence at the physical, social, and spiritual heart of the Redcliffe
community.
Redcliffe Wharf - Complex Development Projects Redcliff Quarter - Change Real Estate Temple Quarter University Campus - FCBS
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