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The Lawrence Hill area in East Bristol is slated for a massive transformation, with plans confirming the potential for delivering around 2000 new homes within the existing urban footprint. The strategy targets approximately nine hectares of brownfield land, specifically focusing on the Lawrence Hill Industrial Park, working around the existing supermarket and repurposing elements of the adjacent light industrial park to create a new square and meeting place.
The Lawrence Hill area in East Bristol is slated for a massive transformation, with plans confirming the potential for delivering around 2000 new homes within the existing urban footprint. The strategy targets approximately nine hectares of brownfield land, specifically focusing on the Lawrence Hill Industrial Park, working around the existing supermarket and repurposing elements of the adjacent light industrial park to create a new square and meeting place.
Housing delivery is anchored by a high-density model, necessary to maximise efficiency and achieve up to 200 units per hectare on key parcels. This intense land use is the core financial engine for the scheme. The value created by this density uplift is leveraged to fund required infrastructure and secure an ambitious commitment to 40% social and affordable housing, the highest policy target in this area of the city.
Housing delivery is anchored by a high-density model, necessary to maximise efficiency and achieve up to 200 units per hectare on key parcels. This intense land use is the core financial engine for the scheme. The value created by this density uplift is leveraged to fund required infrastructure and secure an ambitious commitment to 40% social and affordable housing, the highest policy target in this area of the city.
Physical regeneration is focused on correcting the area’s historical lack of quality public space and commercial focus. This involves creating a new civic heart, the Lawrence Square, on the site of the former Berkeley Court Business Centre. This plaza will be surrounded by new mixed-use buildings, providing retail, workspace, and community services, driven by the substantial new residential footfall.
Physical regeneration is focused on correcting the area’s historical lack of quality public space and commercial focus. This involves creating a new civic heart, the Lawrence Square, on the site of the former Berkeley Court Business Centre. This plaza will be surrounded by new mixed-use buildings, providing retail, workspace, and community services, driven by the substantial new residential footfall.
Crucially, the plans address long-standing connectivity issues and community isolation. Major proposals include the complete reconfiguration of the congested Lawrence Hill roundabout and its surrounding road network. This essential infrastructure change will reconnect previously severed neighbourhoods, embedding safe, attractive pedestrian and cycle routes as the priority.
Crucially, the plans address long-standing connectivity issues and community isolation. Major proposals include the complete reconfiguration of the congested Lawrence Hill roundabout and its surrounding road network. This essential infrastructure change will reconnect previously severed neighbourhoods, embedding safe, attractive pedestrian and cycle routes as the priority.
The project is designed to deliver comprehensive social and economic benefits, including space for new community facilities, doctors, and dentists. The entire strategy is centred on transforming the area from a fragmented industrial zone into a dense, walkable, and genuinely integrated urban neighbourhood.
The project is designed to deliver comprehensive social and economic benefits, including space for new community facilities, doctors, and dentists. The entire strategy is centred on transforming the area from a fragmented industrial zone into a dense, walkable, and genuinely integrated urban neighbourhood.
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