The man in charge of housing in Bristol has told developers wanting to knock down the Broadwalk Shopping Centre in Knowle and build 850 flats in its place that while he likes the idea, having just seven per cent of the new homes classed as ‘affordable’ is ‘simply not good enough’.
In a critical letter to the developers proposing the plans, Cllr Tom Renhard says he has ‘serious concerns’ about what they are proposing, and urges them to redraw the plans to include a new health centre as well as increasing the number of new homes that would be allocated to a housing association for people on Bristol’s housing waiting list.
The developers’ controversial proposals to turn the Broadwalk Shopping Centre into the biggest single new housing development in Bristol - called Redcatch Quarter - has met fierce objections from local residents, although some in Knowle, including the two local councillors, are backing the scheme.
