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Have your say on the future of Brislington Meadows

Homes England would like to invite you to their public consultation events for Brislington Meadows in December. The online and in person events will provide a chance to learn more about the outline plans, view the illustrative masterplan, ask questions and provide feedback. 

Brislington Meadows was allocated for housing in Bristol City Council’s 2014 Local Plan, to help address Bristol’s acute housing shortage. Homes England was brought in last year to help deliver those homes. 

Over the last 18 months we’ve been getting a better understanding of the constraints, challenges and opportunities here; listening to comments and feedback and working on a masterplan which we are now ready to share. 

We’d like to thank everyone who has been in touch so far. The feedback has helped identify key themes and priorities such as: the importance of nature and open space, the need for housing for local people, the need to invest in public/active travel to help address congestion and air quality, and the importance of integrating this development into the Broomhill community, including new investment that will be brought to local services, businesses and other infrastructure in the area.


Register for our online webinar


Come to an event

With the current Covid situation and the need to manage numbers at St Peter’s Church, we would encourage people who can, to attend our online webinar. However, both events are very much open to all.

  • Online webinar - 6pm on Wednesday 8th December. Click here to register.
  • In-person exhibition - 2 to 7:30pm on Thursday 9th December at St Peter’s Church, Allison Road, BS4 4NZ. Covid safety measures are encouraged.

For those unable to attend, we will upload a recording of the webinar and the display material to the website on the 10th December.

Our proposals at a glance

  • 260 new homes including 30% affordable housing (managed by Bristol City Council or a housing association) with access off Broomhill Road
  • Proposals that focus on nature and landscape quality, with a commitment to an overall increase of 10% biodiversity achieved on and off site
  • An integrated '20-minute neighbourhood' where schools; shops; work opportunities; Victory Park and Eastwood Farm, and public transport are within walking distance, helping alleviate air quality and congestion
  • New formal and informal play spaces and new pedestrian and cycle routes heading south and north, east and west
  • Investment in the local area through the Community Infrastructure Levy

Latest news

Archaeological update

Mon 6th Dec 2021 at 11:31

The archaeological works has now finished with evidence of Roman age agricultural activity and possibly glass manufacturing being found. The findings include pottery, some glass beads, possible agricultural enclosure ditches and postholes, and small pieces of waste slag... 

Public consultation dates announced

Thu 25th Nov 2021 at 18:00

We would like to invite you to attend our public consultation events taking place in December.

Archaeological update

Mon 22nd Nov 2021 at 15:00

Our archaeological team are just under half way through their excavation work and have so far found evidence of Roman age field systems, enclosure ditches, pottery and some smithing waste. The work follows the geophysical survey earlier in the year that highlighted a number of unidentifiable features in the ground which we are now investigating. The smithing waste, or iron slag, is possibly from an old forge. We’ll provide a full update and analysis once the work is complete.

Key project milestones

Site acquired

March 2020

Homes England, the Government's housing accelerator, purchases the site to bring forward plans for new homes and community facilities.

Issues and opportunities consultation

August 2020 to April 2021

People from Brislington and the surrounding area were invited to submit suggestions for the Brislington Meadows masterplan. Various meetings were also held with the Brislington Meadow's Advisory Group (councillors, neighbours and local interest groups).

Main consultation

Late November 2021

Details to follow

Planning application submission

Winter 2022

Decision by Bristol City Council

Autumn 2022

Reserved matters application submitted

Summer 2023

Homes England, in partnership with the appointed developer, intends submit a reserved matters application for the site in Summer 2023. This will determine the detailed design of the homes, community buildings and public spaces.

Anticipated construction start

Spring 2024

What would you like to do?

Register for updates

After considering your initial ideas, we will create a masterplan for the site and ask you again for your thoughts. Sign-up to be notified.

Find the site

See where the Brislington Meadows site is located in relation to local points of interest on our interactive map.

Find out about the team

Read about the professional team that has been appointed by Homes England for Brislington Meadows.

Get in touch

Please get in touch with our community relations team if you have any questions or suggestions.

Key information

If you have any questions or queries about our community engagement process, please email the Brislington Meadows project team at hello@brislingtonmeadows.co.uk.