Stoke Gifford Potential District Centre Draft Profile Policies, Sites & Places Plan Updated to May 2015 Draft Town Centre Profiles This is one of a series of town centre profiles which are helping to inform preparation of the Council’s Policies Sites and Places Plan (pre-submission draft published May 2015). They form part of the evidence base supporting the Plan. Draft profiles were first published in autumn 2013 with comments invited to arrive by 31st December. Comments received were considered and revised profiles were published in June 2014 alongside and in support of the first Draft of the PSP Plan. Further comments were invited and have been considered in updating the profiles. Please send any further suggestions for change to
[email protected] . Comments received to date are summarised at Section 17 and are addressed in more detail at Appendices 1 and 2 to this profile. The main comments relate to the future planning status of the two main retail areas at Fox Den Road and Abbeywood shopping park. Stoke Gifford Potential District Centre 1. Location Stoke Gifford does not currently have a recognisable town centre. North of the railway line Stoke Gifford Village is an established residential area with a village centre close to the Church and local services at Ratcliff Drive. This is too small to be considered as a town centre or to accommodate major change. Between the railway lines and the M32 motorway there is a major area of academic, employment, and residential uses including UWE, Abbeywood, Harry Stoke, Cheswick Village, Stoke Park and proposed new residential neighbourhoods east of Harry Stoke.