Plans to demolish and rebuild an entire row of shops and flats as part of a multi-million regeneration scheme are inching closer to approval. A revised set of proposals for the west side of Filwood Broadway has been submitted to council planning officers, with work potentially starting this year if approved.
The scheme involves the demolition of all buildings from 4 to 16 Filwood Broadway, including shop units and flats above on the western curve, facing the play space and community centre.
Behind the shops, a larger residential development is already under way on land that once housed the area’s art deco 1930s cinema building.
The shops will be replaced by new business units and 18 ‘affordable’ flats, built to high-tech specifications with eco-features like solar panels and heat pumps.
The plans were first submitted in November as part of the wider Filwood Broadway regeneration scheme, which received £14m from the Government’s Levelling Up fund in 2023.
This funding is being used for a complete refurbishment of the community centre, this residential development, and other enhancements to the area.
The proposal has received only one formal objection, although the Bristol Civic Society expressed its support in principle, with a single issue concerning the internal layout of the flats.
This week, the council’s housing department, which is spearheading the project, submitted an entirely new set of documents detailing improvements to the area’s water, sewage and drainage systems, solar panel designs, and revised plans for the building’s facade, reports Bristol Live.
The development is anticipated to be presented to the planning committee within weeks, with work potentially starting this year.