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THE CITY CENTRE FRAMEWORK Broadmead - Character Statement and Place Plan CITY DESIGN & STRATEGIC TRANSPORT GROWTH & REGENERATION THE CITY CENTRE FRAMEWORK Broadmead - character statement and place plan CCF sub-area 3/7 Date : March 2018 CONSULTATION VERSION Broadmead 1 1. The Bearpit 2. Primark store 3. Callowhill Court 4. Cabot Circus 5. Broadmead Arcade 6. The Hub 7 Quakers Friars 4 2 3 8. The Galleries 9. Eclipse Tower 5 6 7 9 8 Broadmead - character statement and place plan 1 KEY - Existing Context 1 Cabot Circus 3 2 3 2 Primark Department Store 3 John Wesley Chapel 4 4 Philadelphia Court 3 Broadmead Broadmead originated as a planned medieval suburb during the day, they are quiet and can be intimidating developed in the 12th century on a low lying meadow at night due to the lack of evening uses or through within the River Frome floodplain. The land was traffic, particularly the core of the area which was associated with St James’ Priory immediately to the pedestrianised in the mid 1970s. north, and stood just outside Bristol’s town walls. During the late 1980s the threat from out-of-town By the mid 19th century Broadmead had developed shopping, and in particular from the proposed Mall into a vibrant mixed use area containing shops, at Cribbs Causeway, was instrumental to the planning businesses and homes together as well as religious and realisation of the Galleries development. The first buildings, schools and cinemas. significant investment within Broadmead for over 30 years. Wartime destruction saw a significant loss of buildings to the south, on land now occupied by Castle Park, The building of Cribbs, however, led to greater but had a relatively minor impact on the neighbouring efforts to improve and expand the city centre retail Broadmead area. However decisions were made as offer, with particular emphasis on achieving better early as 1940 to redevelop a shopping precinct on weather protection and a more diverse mix of uses. the land at Broadmead, with associated highway This ultimately resulted in the construction of Cabot infrastructure aimed at improving access to the city Circus which involved the moving of Bond Street to centre for the motor car. expand the shopping area, as well providing additional car parking and social housing. The retail scheme, The plans drawn up by City Architect Nelson Meredith which opened in September 2008, was based on included some retention of historic buildings such covered streets rather than an internalised mall and as the Broadmead Arcade, John Wesley's chapel and also included a greater mix of leisure uses including a Quakers Friars, but saw wholesale redevelopment cinema and a focus for restaurants. focused on the central junction, The Hub. The construction was delayed due to lack of funding, The evolution of shopping patterns mean there is however the new buildings, including the prestigious continual need to re-evaluate and invest in the city Lewis's and Debenhams department stores, began to centre shopping offer. Enhancements and further emerge by the early 1950s. redevelopment within Broadmead will continue to provide a distinctive, vital, attractive, and integrated Broadmead is typical of the shopping precincts part of the broader city centre appeal. built in the post-war period and comprises a grid of pedestrianised streets, open to the air, lined by three-storey buildings of a generally well-mannered architecture. Whilst the streets are vibrant and busy City Centre Framework March 2018 Consultation Draft City Design Group 3 Broadmead - character statement and place plan 3 Broadmead - Analysis 5 8 3 Bond Street 8 5 5 Challenges: 9 7 1 Conflicts between pedestrian, cyclists and vehicle 3 6 through traffic. 8 22 2 Poor quality public realm and street clutter. 6 3 Highway dominated junction constraining pedestrian movement. The Haymarket 6 4 Negative visual impact of parking. 1 Penn Street Bond Street South 5 Poor connectivity across heavily trafficked roads The Horsefair 2 2 11 Negative townscape impact of vacant sites or 6 3 2 8 poor quality buildings. 1 5 Union Street 7 Poor quality ground floor relationship with the 10 11 street. 1 8 Poor legibility for pedestrians and cyclists. Merchant Street 9 Underscale buildings. 1 12 10 Poor condition and underused heritage assets. 11 Compromised setting and lack of public Broadweir interpretation of heritage assets. Nelson Street retail / food 12 Loss of historic setting. residential / hotel Fairfax Street7 leisure / community 8 4 Newgate office / employment 1 challenges 1 car parking Wine Street 200 100 50 0 Metres City Centre Framework March 2018 4 Consultation Draft City Design Group Broadmead - character statement and place plan 1 2 KEY - Exemplars 1 multi-level access, Liverpool One 3 3 4 2 green roof, Rotterdam 3 Christmas, Westfield Centre 5 6 7 4 housing above commecial, London 5 Trinity Centre, Leeds Issues and Opportunities 6 street trees, Princesshay, Exeter 7 covered street visualisation Over the last 30 years inward investment has Opportunities: aimed to maintain the status of Broadmead as a 1. Intensification and diversification of land use regionally important shopping quarter, particularly through the efficient remodelling of Callowhill in the context of the development of out-of-town Court and the introduction of a multi-layer developments such as Cribbs Causeway. Following shopping development. on from the Galleries development in the early 1990s, and Cabot Circus, which resulted from the 2. Increase the attractiveness and convenience of subsequent Broadmead expansion planning strategy, public transport serving the retail centre through the current emphasis is on the potential for a major the MetroBus project. redevelopment of Callowhill Court and the land 3. Improve the pedestrian environment to increase between Bond Street and Horsefair. connectivity with adjacent areas such as Lewins Mead, Old City, City Gateway and St Pauls. Issues: 4. Improve accessibility for cyclists through the ͹ Accommodating significant intensification of the introduction of improved cycle routes along retail area to maintain significance as a regional Horsefair and Penn Street, and the addition of retail centre. secure cycle parking facilities. ͹ Managing traffic to reduce congestion at peak times and facilitate more sustainable patterns of 5. Increase green infrastructure and street trees movement. within the Horsefair and Penn Street, and promote ͹ Improving the experience, convenience and the enhancement and protection of existing trees reliability of public transport. as part of proposals to redevelop Callowhill Court. ͹ Increasing diversity of land use to support 6. Improve the setting of listed buildings and historic increased vitality outside of shopping hours. assets including Quakers Friars and John Wesley's ͹ Improving the public realm to maintain a high chapel through public realm enhancement and quality pedestrian priority zone. sensitive redevelopment. ͹ Increasing green infrastructure in order to meet wider environmental benefits. 7. Improve the public realm at the Hub and promote ͹ Improving pedestrian legibility around Quakers consistent palette of materials to improve legibility Friars to improve footfall and increase viability of along the Broadmead central spine. units surrounding the historic asset. City Centre Framework March 2018 Consultation Draft City Design Group 5 Broadmead - character statement and place plan 3 3 Broadmead Place Plan Vision Supporting transport measures Key development projects BM02 Galleries A successful shopping quarter that contributes to The current arrangements for both public transport BM01 Callowhill Court and Quakers Friars The intensification and redevelopment of blocks to the the wider attractiveness and economic viability and through traffic will be affected by the proposed east as well as changes to retailing raises the need to of the city centre. Investment in Broadmead redevelopment at Callowhill Court and the completion The comprehensive redevelopment of Callowhill further consider the role and design of the Galleries. will update and enhance the quality of the retail of the MetroBus project. The rerouting of buses Court will increase both the quality and intensity of Recent investment has maintained occupation of the environment and associated public realm. New away from Horsefair and Penn Street will allow retail uses in order to reinforce the shopping quarter existing units, however, there may be opportunities to development will help to increase the mix of land for significant improvements to the pedestrian in line with BCAP36. The redevelopment provides an increase the diversity of use within the block that add uses in order to improve vitality outside of shopping environment and provide an opportunity to improve opportunity to rationalise public transport serving to the viability of the shopping mall in the future and hours, focusing on the intensification of leisure uses cycle routes. New stops and improved bus passenger Broadmead and bring forward a balanced solution for improves aspects such as the outlook to Castle Park. and adding further homes in suitable locations. facilities along Bond Street, Union Street and Broad shoppers parking aimed at easing congestion. Weir will help to make public transport more BM02 Merchant Street North attractive and efficient. Maintaining a generous public realm to both Objectives Broadmead East and Penn Street should seek to retain The north-west quarter of Broadmead has had Key public realm and movement projects and enhance the contribution of street trees and relatively little investment since
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