Bristol Challenges

Question 1

Inequalities in Housing

Percentage of Houses owned in Filwood and Stoke Bishop

Answer 1

• Filwood - 45%
• Stoke Bishop 75%

Question 2

Children in Social Care per 1000

Answer 2

• Filwood - 41.8
• Stoke Bishop - 9.8

Question 3

Inequalities in Housing

How many familes on the council waiting list for housing in 2020

Answer 3

13,000

Question 4

What has increased the pressure on housing

Answer 4

Students, especially in the rental market

Question 5

Building on brownfield and greenfield land

Why are greenfield sites attractive

Answer 5

As they require less groudwork that brownfield. But there often objections to greenfiled developmetns and getting planning permsission can take many years

Question 6

Building on brownfield and greenfield land

Between 2015-20 what % of new housing developments were on greenfield land

Answer 6

20%

Question 7

What are the challenges in preparing a brownfield site

Answer 7

• Clearing waste
• Decontaminating polluted land
• Constructing modern infrastructute (water, electricity, internet access)

Question 8

What is the larges greenfield development in Bristol and what are the concerns

Answer 8

Bradley Stoke - Made in the 1980s
New plans for new developments to accommodate the towns growing pop have been resisted by locals and environmentalists
Concerns are about increased traffic and the impacts on ecology

Question 9

Impact of Urban Sprawl on the rural-urban Fringe

Developments at Harry Stoke

Answer 9

It is a small village to the north east of Bristol
The local council proposed 1200 homes in the village to meet housing shortages
Many have objected as it will increase road congestion, destory habitats and increase the flood risk