Molesworth Drive housing development - stage 2

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Engagement has concluded

Bristol City Council’s Housing Delivery Team is progressing a planning application for a new 100 per cent affordable council housing development on a former garage site accessed from Molesworth Drive. We are working with Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Architects to develop a proposal for the site.

Following the first stage of public engagement in August 2024, feedback received from members of the public and other stakeholders has now been incorporated into the proposals. The current designs are now detailed enough to carry out a second stage of public engagement providing an update on the planning process, the latest proposals, and an opportunity to give further comments before a planning application is submitted in March 2025.


Who are we?

Bristol City Council’s Housing Delivery Team helps to deliver new affordable housing projects across the city. This includes a focus on building new council homes. It also involves working with a range of partners, including housing associations, community groups and developers to increase the supply of new affordable housing throughout Bristol.


What are we looking to do?

Bristol City Council’s Housing Delivery Team is aiming to regenerate the site. The new development will incorporate the needs of existing and future residents, as well as the needs of the wider city, by providing good quality new affordable housing and improved landscaping.

Proposals for the site indicate space for around five new houses. These homes will be sustainable and low carbon.

Ecology and biodiversity will be considered as part of the planning application, with the aim to improve biodiversity on the site. The majority of trees will be retained and new trees planted.


Your feedback

Last August we launched the first stage of engagement to inform members of the public about the council’s aspiration to develop the site for affordable housing.

Initial proposals outlined plans to deliver five new homes and a landscaped area that supports ecology and biodiversity. A site plan and a survey were published inviting residents to tell us what they thought about the initial development proposals.

Here is a summary of the responses:

  • 53 properties were invited to participate in the survey.
  • 9 individuals responded.
  • 89% of these responses came from postcodes near the site.

The following themes were seen in the responses:

  • Impact on neighbouring properties – Some people expressed concern that their property would be overlooked by development. People were also concerned about disruption from construction work and permanent lighting.
  • Flooding/drainage – Some people expressed concern that development could worsen existing drainage and cause rainwater flooding to their gardens.
  • Security – People were concerned about site security and about securing the rear of their properties.
  • Parking – Some people expressed concern that new housing could impact neighbouring streets and existing parking.
  • Site access – People expressed concern for the feasibility of the narrow site entrance.


How your feedback will be used

This feedback has been incorporated into the proposals and the current designs are now detailed enough to carry out a second stage of engagement to ask for your views. Any feedback received will be reviewed and incorporated into the designs where possible.


Have your say

This survey was open from Thursday 23 January 2025 and closed at midnight on Tuesday 13 February 2025.

Bristol City Council’s Housing Delivery Team is progressing a planning application for a new 100 per cent affordable council housing development on a former garage site accessed from Molesworth Drive. We are working with Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Architects to develop a proposal for the site.

Following the first stage of public engagement in August 2024, feedback received from members of the public and other stakeholders has now been incorporated into the proposals. The current designs are now detailed enough to carry out a second stage of public engagement providing an update on the planning process, the latest proposals, and an opportunity to give further comments before a planning application is submitted in March 2025.


Who are we?

Bristol City Council’s Housing Delivery Team helps to deliver new affordable housing projects across the city. This includes a focus on building new council homes. It also involves working with a range of partners, including housing associations, community groups and developers to increase the supply of new affordable housing throughout Bristol.


What are we looking to do?

Bristol City Council’s Housing Delivery Team is aiming to regenerate the site. The new development will incorporate the needs of existing and future residents, as well as the needs of the wider city, by providing good quality new affordable housing and improved landscaping.

Proposals for the site indicate space for around five new houses. These homes will be sustainable and low carbon.

Ecology and biodiversity will be considered as part of the planning application, with the aim to improve biodiversity on the site. The majority of trees will be retained and new trees planted.


Your feedback

Last August we launched the first stage of engagement to inform members of the public about the council’s aspiration to develop the site for affordable housing.

Initial proposals outlined plans to deliver five new homes and a landscaped area that supports ecology and biodiversity. A site plan and a survey were published inviting residents to tell us what they thought about the initial development proposals.

Here is a summary of the responses:

  • 53 properties were invited to participate in the survey.
  • 9 individuals responded.
  • 89% of these responses came from postcodes near the site.

The following themes were seen in the responses:

  • Impact on neighbouring properties – Some people expressed concern that their property would be overlooked by development. People were also concerned about disruption from construction work and permanent lighting.
  • Flooding/drainage – Some people expressed concern that development could worsen existing drainage and cause rainwater flooding to their gardens.
  • Security – People were concerned about site security and about securing the rear of their properties.
  • Parking – Some people expressed concern that new housing could impact neighbouring streets and existing parking.
  • Site access – People expressed concern for the feasibility of the narrow site entrance.


How your feedback will be used

This feedback has been incorporated into the proposals and the current designs are now detailed enough to carry out a second stage of engagement to ask for your views. Any feedback received will be reviewed and incorporated into the designs where possible.


Have your say

This survey was open from Thursday 23 January 2025 and closed at midnight on Tuesday 13 February 2025.