Plans in for £85m Bristol development

Plans to create Bristol’s first Net Zero integrated retirement community, as well as a leisure and activity hub for Westbury Park, have been submitted.Developed after extensive community consultation, the £85m proposals for St Christopher’s Square will create more than 100 homes for older people on a five-acre site bordering the Downs.Access to the site – which has been shut off for many years – will be opened up to the local community who will be able to enjoy a range of activities on the grounds, in North Lodge and in the refurbished grade II-listed Grace House.The development will be transformed into a centre for residents and the wider Westbury Park community, and will include a café, an urban village hall, a wellness centre featuring a hydrotherapy pool and gym, plus activity rooms.A collection of two-storey cottages and four three- to six-storey buildings will provide 122 extra care homes.In response to feedback received through a consultation, the team has made significant changes to the plans, including reducing heights of some of the buildings, moving the tallest element to the centre of the site, and pulling other buildings away from the site boundary.