A South Bristol councillor has challenged a housing association to come up with a “more gritty” and relevant name for its new 70-home development after branding the original idea “ridiculous”. Bishopsworth ward Cllr Richard Eddy says the proposal to call the road, at Imperial Park, 'Crox View' is meaningless because the name comes from an ancient woodland on the opposite side of the retail complex that residents can’t see – and can only be viewed from the air.
The Tory councillor is “incensed” at the proposal and instead wants the estate to reflect the site’s history as the former Imperial Group tobacco factory, which relocated there in 1974 from Bedminster until its closure in 1990 and demolition six years later to make way for the shopping centre and hundreds of flats and houses. Work on the last vacant plot began in August after Curo housing association received delegated planning consent from Bristol City Council for 70 affordable homes.
The authority’s street naming team asked Cllr Eddy for his opinion on the council’s suggestion to call the road Crox View, after nearby woodland Crox Bottom which lies in the steep valley between nearby Headley Park and Imperial Park. He has opposed the proposal and is urging Curo to abandon the idea.
