Revised planning applications proposed for a major Bristol regeneration scheme

Bristol City Council have received a re-drafted regeneration planning application for the final stage of the Wapping Wharf North project.

The project, of which original plans were submitted last year, is set to build on the successes and special character of Bristol’s popular dockside neighbourhood.

Should the new proposal be approved, the plans for Wapping Wharf North will secure the future of businesses located in CARGO Hall – a continental-style market hall – and create a go-to leisure designation on the city docks. They will also provide over 200 new sustainable homes, shops, restaurants, takeaways, and workspaces, together with generous landscaped public spaces, and more natural habitat for wildlife to improve biodiversity.  

Ideas for the final stage of the scheme were re-drafted by developers and owners of the property management company Umberslade, as during public consultation plans were heavily criticised.  

Significant changes, including removing the double-storey rooftop restaurant on the tallest building, axing one storey on another block and redesigning CARGO and the market hall to make them more like the existing shipping container on the site, have been made.

Overall, the development at Wapping Wharf North will include:

• A permanent new home for businesses selling groceries and produce in a continental-style market known as CARGO Hall
• A new Harbourside destination
• Flexible workspaces
• High quality sustainable homes
• Landscaped quality streets and public spaces

‘Our ambition with Wapping Wharf North is to take the development of the neighbourhood we’ve created here to a whole new level and create a place where people can live, work, shop, exercise and socialise,’ Stuart Hatton, managing director of Umberslade, said. ‘At the same time, we want to build on the harbourside’s reputation as a leisure destination by creating something fresh and exciting that will draw people to the area, with more green public spaces for them to enjoy when they get here.’

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