The biggest single residential development in South Bristol will see as many as 850 new homes built - but developers say only seven per cent of them will be classed as ‘affordable’ homes.
The proposal is for the Broadwalk Shopping Centre in Knowle to be knocked down - along with the car park and other buildings on that site - and for a new ‘town centre’ consisting of blocks of apartments and shops up to 12-storeys high built in its place.
The developer has now formally submitted a planning application to city planners, and has revealed that the scheme will contain only a fraction of the number of affordable homes required by council policy.
