East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood Survey

Bristol's strong, engaged, and diverse communities are what make the city an attractive place to live, work and study.

While all of Bristol's neighbourhoods are places of pride for the communities they serve, we know there is more that can be done to make sure they better meet the needs of our residents as well as the challenges we face as a city both now and in the future.

What is a Liveable Neighbourhood?

A Liveable Neighbourhood is an area of a city that is more people-centred and 'liveable'.

Liveable Neighbourhood schemes aim to create safe, healthy, inclusive, and attractive places where everyone can breathe clean air, have access to green spaces, and feel a part of a community.

As well as prioritising community wellbeing over through-traffic, these schemes set out to encourage sustainable travel by making it easier to walk, wheel (such as using a wheelchair or mobility scooter), cycle or use public transport.

The status of East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood pilot

East Bristol is the first Liveable Neighbourhood scheme to be trialled in Bristol.

The trial area, which includes Barton Hill and parts of Redfield and of St George, south of Church Road, is outlined on the map below:

Now that the trial scheme has been in place for some time, we are assessing it to decide whether it should be made permanent.

Analysing traffic and other data, auditing layouts from an accessibility perspective, and gauging people's views are some of the ways we are assessing the scheme.

We now want to know how you feel about your local area following the changes.

Community engagement programme

• Co-discover: January to July 2022. Understanding what people love and what they would change in their neighbourhood. Mapping the barriers to a more liveable neighbourhood.
• Co-develop: September 2022 to March 2023. Gathering detailed community aspirations using a design toolkit to help shape the Liveable Neighbourhood.
• Trial scheme information sharing: May to June 2023. Sharing the plan, including a map, for the Liveable Neighbourhood trial that was developed with the community.
• Trial scheme statutory consultation: January to February 2024. This is the formal process for creating Traffic Regulation Orders to make changes to the highway.

If the decision is made to make the scheme permanent, there will be statutory consultation on specific (Traffic Regulation Order-dependent) elements of the scheme (e.g. any changes to modal filters, parking or double yellow lines) in 2026.

We would also aim to carry out further targeted community engagement on proposals for some specific public spaces, in order to inform final layouts.

A second programme of street art and cultural activities might also follow construction of the permanent scheme, which would involve further engagement with communities across the area.