Step forward for Bristol’s Ashton Gate plans

Plans to transform two sites in Bristol to provide hundreds of new homes as well as a sports stadium, commercial space and two hotels have taken a step forward with the submission of screening opinion requests to the city council.Two environmental impact assessment scoping reports have been submitted by Lichfields on behalf of Ashton Gate Ltd.Plans to redevelop land west of Ashton Gate were revealed in September 2018.The project’s centrepiece is the Ashton Gate Sports & Convention Centre – a 4,000-capacity venue which will provide a permanent home for Bristol Flyers basketball team.It will also include two hotels comprising 300 rooms in total, up to 250 homes, 30,000 sq ft of office space, a mix of restaurants and shops, a gym and a multi-storey car park with between 750 and 850 spaces.A second scoping report was lodged in relation to the redevelopment of land north of Metrobus to provide up to 520 homes.This site was previously earmarked by Ashton Gate for a 30,000-seat stadium, but work did not progress due to the land being designated as village green.