Core Strategy Issues and Options Paper

Issues and Options Paper

The Issues and Options Paper was the second document released in the development of the council's Core Strategy to help guide and manage growth and change in the city over the next 20 years. Formal consultation on the document ran from 6 July - 17 August 2007.

To develop the Issues and Options Paper the council originally released an Issues Paper for consultation in November 2006. After evaluating comments from the consultation exercise and undertaking specialised studies to inform a robust evidence base, 18 key issues were identified.

To tackle these issues, 3 options for accommodating growth in homes, jobs and services between now and 2026 were identified:

• Focusing growth in the city centre and fairly evenly across the whole of the city
• Focusing growth on an expanded city centre
• Focusing substantial new development in South Bristol

In addition the Issues and Options Paper, also set out options for;

• Various levels of density for developments, to build on land in Bristol in the most efficient way
• Alternative ways of providing more affordable housing
• Options for providing a greater range and type of new homes to reflect future demand.

The Issues and Options paper is available to view and download via the ‘related documents’ section below.

Views expressed on the Issues and Options Paper from communities and stakeholders were used to inform the Preferred Options Paper.

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