A new £35m residential development could be built on a car park on the edge of Bristol city centre. Bristol City Council’s housing company Goram Homes and property consultancy firm Knight Frank have announced their proposal for Portwall Lane Car Park in Redcliffe.
The 0.84-acre brownfield site, opposite St Mary Redcliffe Church, could accommodate up to 120 homes - 40 per cent of which would be a mixture of social rent and shared ownership. The plan for the new site has been developed in conjunction with the Bristol Housing Festival, which has run a design competition with the winning proposals responding "to the historical and cultural heritage of the site" and "the needs of the local community."
Nick More, partner in the South West Land team at Knight Frank, said: “There has been a long-held aspiration in Bristol to reunite North and South Redcliffe. The creation of a major mixed-use development and improved public realm on the Portwall Lane Car Park forms part of this overall aspiration, and its launch to market marks an exciting step forward in delivering that vision.
