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A critical decision-point for Bristol
Bristol’s tall buildings policy At the turn of the new century a wave of tall buildings was being built across the UK, specially in London. In the face of this, and with the memory of the social and...
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New data suggests a decline in public confidence in Bristol Council under an...
In March the Bristol Civic Leadership Project announced that Bristol council’s leadership had become more visible since 2012, presumably because of the Mayoral system. Some politicians celebrated the...
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Expert views on high-rise Bristol
“Should Bristol become a high rise city?” The conclusion of the three expert speakers at the Bristol Civic Society’s March 5 event at the Arnolfini theatre was an unambiguous no. Tall buildings are...
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The Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission report – compressed!
The Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission report is Beveridge-like in its ambition. But it is very long (190 pages) and arguably not helped by the relentless talk about beauty which occupies...
View ArticlePlanning for the Future – a hopeful new beginning
The government recently released a white paper calling for a total re-orientation of the UK planning system – Planning for the Future (PFF). Large chunks came straight out of the report of the...
View ArticleRIBA awards an honorary fellowship to Marvin Rees
The award of an honorary fellowship by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to Marvin Rees is shocking and extraordinarily unfortunate. It is as if John Betjeman, during the famous ‘Fight...
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Bristol tall buildings recently built, permitted, or in planning
Five months after his election as mayor, Marvin Rees revealed an ambition which had never been mentioned in his manifesto – to encourage tall buildings in Bristol. Here are the tall buildings that...
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Bristol is now the UK’s leader in ‘authoritarian democracy’.
Bristol is a lively city, rich but bohemian, with a large creative sector, possibly the most physically attractive large city in the UK. Over the past five years it has set out on a little-heralded...
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The Mayor’s disastrous disdain for the truth in pursuit of high rise
Marvin Rees’ administration is highly PR-driven, as everyone in Bristol’s political establishment knows. Large numbers of Facebook posts are posted in his name every day, justifying his policies....
View ArticleDon’t miss a unique opportunity to discourage tall buildings – comment on the...
The Local Plan is important because it “will set out how Bristol will develop over the next 20 years” (quote from the Council’s “Review”). The sting in the tail for the city is that it has to...
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