Redevelopment of St Christopher’s site in Westbury Park – our revised proposals
In May we held an initial consultation event to share our draft plans to redevelop the former St Christopher’s School site with new homes and green, public open space. Those early-stage plans used two community ‘briefs’ as the starting point, to ensure we were as closely aligned to residents’ wishes as possible, from the outset.
Illustration looking towards Grace House
What we’ve done since May
Since our first consultation event, we have:
- Thoroughly reviewed the community’s feedback, to see how your input can shape our proposals
- Attended further meetings and site visits with local groups, neighbours and local councillors to understand different perspectives
- Held further discussions with Bristol City Council, to ensure our proposals align with planning policies
- Completed further extensive studies – including traffic surveys – to ensure we understand what is and what is not possible
- Refined and progressed our design, based on all of the above
Our revised plans
The plans displayed on this website show how our scheme has evolved. We have carefully considered all feedback. While we have made a suite of revisions, we have not been able to satisfy all requests. We have sought to find a balance between differing priorities while still ensuring we have a viable scheme which aligns with planning policies.
We believe we now have a proposal which:
- Respects the character of Westbury Park
- Retains and enhances Grace House and the Victorian lodges
- Protects our neighbours’ privacy, daylight and amenity
- Maintains the woodland feel by keeping all mature trees, those with Tree Preservation Orders and by introducing a substantial number of new trees
- Opens up, enhances and celebrates the site’s green spaces
- Responds to climate change through low-carbon, sustainable building design and improvements to biodiversity
- Addresses traffic, parking and road safety to minimise any impact on the local road network
- Provides a wider mix of homes for this area, including downsizer houses
- Brings meaningful community and social benefits
About Square Bay & Acorn Property Group
Square Bay is a property company specialising in residential and mixed-use development. Our local schemes include Silverthorne Lane where the new Oasis Academy Temple Quarter secondary school is currently being built. We redeveloped the historic landmark Hope House within the City of Bath, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of course. We are experts in planning and funding but partner with development companies to build our schemes. We have already worked successfully on several major schemes with Acorn Property Group. Please visit https://www.squarebay.com/.
Established more than 30 years ago, Acorn Property Group is a Bristol and London-based, multi-award-winning development and regeneration specialist. Among our Bristol schemes are Brandon Yard and Brooks Dye Works, both of which have received Bristol Civic Society Design Awards. Please visit https://www.acornpropertygroup.org/.
