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Background – an emerging vision
The Harbour Place Shaping Strategy project area is Bristol's Floating Harbour - its water space, the quayside and the activities that contribute to it being a much-loved place. The Harbour is at the heart of our City. It extends from Junction Lock Bridge (near Underfall Yard) to Totterdown Basin (behind Temple Meads Station). It links the City’s three main regeneration areas: Western Harbour, City Centre and Temple Quarter. The area does not include the New Cut (River Avon), Feeder Canal or Cumberland Basin.
The Harbour Place Shaping Strategy (HPSS) will build on regeneration successes over the past 40 years in this area and establish an ambitious and compelling vision which encourages landowners and other stakeholders to work together to make the harbour an even better place. Core to this will be the creation of a high quality quayside and water space that can better support Bristol's growing population and comfortably cope with an increasing number of visitors. Change is always happening in the harbour, this is part of its vitality and richness - the role of the HPSS will be to provide a strategy for the next 20 years which will ensure that these changes are harnessed in ways that deliver on the priorities of residents, businesses and visitors.
Work done to date
Work commenced on the Harbour Place Shaping Strategy in September 2023 with the appointment by Bristol City Council of architects DK-CM who are leading a team that also includes Rising Arts Agency, Fourth Street and Savills.
Between 23 September and 4 November 2024, we consulted on the Harbour Place Shaping Strategy (HPSS) – the draft Vision, Waterspace Plan and Place Plans. The draft documents can be viewed below:
The Harbour Place Shaping Strategy project area is Bristol's Floating Harbour - its water space, the quayside and the activities that contribute to it being a much-loved place. The Harbour is at the heart of our City. It extends from Junction Lock Bridge (near Underfall Yard) to Totterdown Basin (behind Temple Meads Station). It links the City’s three main regeneration areas: Western Harbour, City Centre and Temple Quarter. The area does not include the New Cut (River Avon), Feeder Canal or Cumberland Basin.
The Harbour Place Shaping Strategy (HPSS) will build on regeneration successes over the past 40 years in this area and establish an ambitious and compelling vision which encourages landowners and other stakeholders to work together to make the harbour an even better place. Core to this will be the creation of a high quality quayside and water space that can better support Bristol's growing population and comfortably cope with an increasing number of visitors. Change is always happening in the harbour, this is part of its vitality and richness - the role of the HPSS will be to provide a strategy for the next 20 years which will ensure that these changes are harnessed in ways that deliver on the priorities of residents, businesses and visitors.
Work done to date
Work commenced on the Harbour Place Shaping Strategy in September 2023 with the appointment by Bristol City Council of architects DK-CM who are leading a team that also includes Rising Arts Agency, Fourth Street and Savills.
Between 23 September and 4 November 2024, we consulted on the Harbour Place Shaping Strategy (HPSS) – the draft Vision, Waterspace Plan and Place Plans. The draft documents can be viewed below:
