It is an exciting time in Lockleaze - after years of discussion, plans to develop 14 flats, 12 houses, two business units and a community building were approved for Gainsborough Square.
Bristol Community Housing Foundation and Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust have drawn up this scheme to develop a corner of the square that has been empty and overgrown for almost 20 years.
And today, Connect <> Lockleaze joined local residents and other community groups for the 'Breaking Ground' ceremony on the new site.
Construction starts tomorrow so take a last look at how the Square looks now...
Other local developments are also underway, all of which will bring new opportunities and new life into an area that can sometimes feel isolated and unloved. Already it is clear that some residents feel disconnected and it is hoped that these feelings do not intensify while work on the new developments in underway. The needs of new arrivals into the area will need to be balanced with those of existing community members.
Connect <> Lockleaze hopes to play a part in this by providing facilities that offer benefits to all members of the community, by encouraging groups to use the IT hubs for their own activities and by working in partnership with other local agencies.
More information on regenration plans can be found on Bristol City Council's website.
Connect <> Lockleaze hopes to play a part in this by providing facilities that offer benefits to all members of the community, by encouraging groups to use the IT hubs for their own activities and by working in partnership with other local agencies.
More information on regenration plans can be found on Bristol City Council's website.
Positive development for the community, will be good to see the project as it progresses
ReplyDeleteYes, it will be nice to see something being built at last - so much has been demolished recently.
ReplyDeleteYes, it will be good to see a regeneration project which actually seeks to build within and enrich a community. I have seen so called regeneration projects in the past in areas where I have lived which although called regeneration were more along the lines of social clearance where an entire community was uprooted and relocated out of town to a remote former MOD housing estate out of town and their original homes demolished all in order to satisfy the demands of land developers who wanted to build and sell new private homes in adjacent land which were beyond the economic reach of the original community, those developers believing that the presence of social housing in the area would affect their ability to sell and subsequent value. The area in question remained largely flattened and unused for well over a decade until a handful of homes were built on it in place of the hundreds of homes that had existed previously.
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