Filwood Park Development and Green Business Centre
The site formerly housed support buildings for the old Bristol City Airport including an old hangar site and an area of open public land. It is located on the southern fringe of the Knowle West neighborhood.
To regenerate a brown site to develop 150 new homes, an improved park area and a BREEAM outstanding green business park. To deliver high quality jobs, family housing and a better green space.
Knowle West was identified by Bristol City Council as a strategic regeneration priory due to the significant social and economic challenges of the area. The park was previously isolated and suffered from antisocial behaviour.
During the planning stages of the development, an Enquiry by...
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Potential impacts/ benefits |
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Challenges addressed |
Enhancing sustainable urbanisation |
Restoring ecosystems and their functions |
Developing climate change mitigation |
Developing climate change adaptation |
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Climate resilience |
· More energy efficient buildings |
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Green Space management and enhancing urban biodiversity |
· Increase well-being · Increase accessibility to green open spaces |
· Increase biodiversity · Increase quality and quantity of green and blue infrastructure |
· Reduce runoff · Increasing infiltration |
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Public Health and Wellbeing |
· Increased social interaction |
· Increased cultural richness and biodiversity |
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Potential for Economic opportunities and Green Jobs |
· Increase willingness to invest in NBS |
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Participatory Planning and Governance |
· Increase communities’ sense of ownership · Social inclusion |
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Useful for an area of regeneration where affordable housing is necessary. Useful funding options for developments that will bring new jobs and enhance the economy as well as environment.
It is possible to source economic funding streams for green infrastructure in developments.
Working with communities during the planning project can change local opinion and gain new ideas.
Total cost £12million. Bristol City Council successfully applied for £5.495m European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funding. The project has also received £6.236m funding from the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s Revolving Infrastructure Fund.