Bristol brownfield site to deliver 140 new homes

The redevelopment of a brownfield site in Bristol is officially underway, transforming it into a new housing development which will offer affordable homes to the area. National housebuilder Keepmoat Homes, working in partnership with Bristol-based housing company Goram Homes and Bristol City Council, are proposing the redevelopment of the brownfield site into a housing development of 140 new homes.The site, which will be based on Dovercourt Road, Horfield, was previously used as a compound for Network Rail, Bristol City Council and Bristol Water.The development will feature 76 one and two-bedroom apartments, and 64 houses including two and three-storey homes, designed to the Nationally Described Space Standard. The proposed new homes will benefit from improvements to the building fabric to increase energy efficiency, as well as low carbon heating systems, providing the city with much-needed affordable homes in a sustainable way. Alongside the new houses, the scheme will also provide ecological enhancements to improve nature conservation and biodiversity within the site and wider area.This will include the woodlands adjacent to the site being retained, enhanced and managed for wildlife, and the provision of new native species-rich hedgerows within the development.As part of their commitment to the Bristol community, Keepmoat Homes and Goram Homes has pledged to support local people and help generate opportunities in training and employment using sub-contractors, work placements and apprenticeships, as well as supporting local community projects throughout the lifetime of the project.An application for outline planning permission will be submitted at the beginning of 2022.