Bristol

Question 1

What is a UDC?

Answer 1

Urban Development Corporation

Question 2

What was the UDC in Bristol called?

Answer 2

BDC, Bristol Development Corporation

Question 3

What was the aim of BDC?

Answer 3

To spearhead the physical, economic and social regeneration of the urban development area.

Question 4

What changes did BDC make?

Answer 4

• Building of the spine road

- Housing developments

Question 5

What were some complaints with the BDC

Answer 5

• For every £1 of public sector investment, some £3.45 was leveraged from the private sector
• They failed to include the local community
• Disregard for social impact of their activities
• Little evidence of impacts on deprived communities and socio-economic polarisation increase

Question 6

What changes did BDC abandon?

Answer 6

• The building of a weir to control the water level of the Avon
• Quay point (a commercial and retail development adjacent to temple meads)

Question 7

What proposals did the BDC suggest

Answer 7

• Spine road
• Development of social facilities and leisure
• Temple meads - Critical mass of development can be integrated with an expanding transportation exchange
• Floating Harbour - A major leisure and tourism opportunity

Question 8

WHen was the bristol harbourside development?

Answer 8

The final plans were approved in 2001

Question 9

Where and how did the Bristol Harbourside Development start?

Answer 9

• The area of land around canons marsh was an industrial wasteland embarrassingly close to the city centre.
• Bristol council were tight for money so brought in private enterprises. Unlike the development under the operation of UDC, there would be maximum public engagement.
• The catalyst for change arose when lloyds bank proposed the building of their regional HQ on the waterfront

Question 10

What were the issues with Chrest Nicholson’s proposals?

Answer 10

• Leisure concentrated in one mammoth building with the floor area being the same as before
• The tall buildings mean there is only 1 proper viewpoint of the cathedral towers
• Not mixed use - there should be mixture of housing/workshops/cafes/offices/ leisure centres/ marine activities all in one
• Blocks of flats still dominate the dockside

Question 11

What was included in Ferguson’s Little Venice Plan?

Answer 11

• Mr Ferguson had knowledge of bristol and is an insider
• Ensured the dockside of bristol stayed secure
• Introduced new canal opposite to Anchor road, a modern waterway into the heart of development
• Plans for 450 houses and apartments
• Large warehouses and workshops

Question 12

What were the final plans approved in 2001?

Answer 12

• Mostly Ferguson’s plan with a mix of Chrest Nicholsons.
• Furthur new developments of the north side of the harbour completed
• Hotwells road seeing a significant number of developments primarily for residential use