Plans have been scrapped to build a new health centre and expand a supermarket in a disadvantaged part of north Bristol, as part of a major regeneration project. Meanwhile the number of homes planned for a key development in the same project has gone up from 120 to 187.
Southmead will instead get a smaller “health and wellbeing hub” in the Glencoyne Square development. Construction has been delayed because the plans for the development have gone back to Bristol City Council for approval, with a decision expected this summer.
A youth centre and library in Southmead were closed, as part of the regeneration project, to make space for Aldi on Greystoke Avenue to expand. The supermarket — which previously warned it would shut down if it couldn’t expand — has since decided to scrap its expansion. Plans for a play park in Glencoyne Square have also been dropped due to a lack of space.
