In response to the feedback to an 8-week consultation we held in September and October 2025, we have revised our proposals for the South Bristol Liveable Neighbourhoods (SBLN) scheme.
We are now proposing to take forward measures in Southville, North Street and Totterdown. These areas have been selected based on the number of traffic concerns, how close they are to the city centre and areas of major development, like Whitehouse Street, Ashton Gate and Temple Quarter.
Previous proposals for Bedminster East have been incorporated into the designs for North Street which you can find in the High streets section.
As part of wider plans for the city centre, we are also remodelling Bedminster Bridges Roundabout, which includes Bedminster Parade. You can find out more about these plans on the Bristol on the Move website.
Across the wider SBLN area we are looking to add:
- street trees and green spaces
- visitor cycle parking
- cycle hangars – secure resident cycle parking
- EV chargers – installed into lampposts
- e-scooter and e-bike share parking areas
Some of these improvements will be delivered alongside Residents' Parking Schemes, helping to balance how on-street space is used—ensuring there is room for people who need to park vehicles and cycles while creating greener, more attractive and community-friendly streets.
Delivering them alongside the Residents' Parking Scheme means changes can be coordinated and implemented at the same time. We are working up plans for Residents' Parking Schemes in the areas where there was support for this, read about them in the Parking measures section.
We will keep you informed about proposals for locations for these measures. Sign up to our newsletter to stay up to date with upcoming plans.
In 2025 we proposed installing 12 modal filters across Southville.
Modal filters are bollards, planters or cameras placed in the road to prevent motor vehicles passing through, while allowing access for walking, wheeling and cycling.
The modal filter layout would create 4 areas that would be accessible from main roads.
Revised proposals for Southville
Feedback to the 2025 consultation was that the proposals were too complicated and would have too much impact on local people accessing the area, not enough crossings on main roads, and didn't address safety concerns on North Street.
In response, we have revised our plans and developed new proposals for North Street.
Main changes to proposals for Southville include:
- Reducing the number of modal filters, which are measures to prevent through-traffic, from 12 down to 8.
- Moving the locations of some of these modal filters to simplify journeys that start and end in the neighbourhood.
- Changing three of the modal filters from physical measures in the road, like bollards, to camera enforcement, to allow more flexible access for authorised and exempt vehicles, including the emergency services.
- Adding crossings and improving Coronation Road's junctions, including with Clift House Road, to make it safer to walk, wheel, cycle and drive into or out of side roads.
- New School Streets, which prevent through-traffic at drop-off and pick-up times, at Ashton Gate Primary School's Ashton Gate Terrace site and Southville Primary School on Myrtle Road.
- Improving public spaces on West Street and at both ends of East Street.
Main changes to proposals for North Street include:
- Improving and upgrading three junctions, including at Cannon Street, Luckwell Road and Gathorne Road, to make them safer for all road users.
- Trialling implied zebra crossings, which reinforce pedestrian right of way, on eight side roads, including Raleigh Road.
Here are some examples of how these changes could look:
Example of an ANPR camera enforced modal filter design at Osbourne road
Example of a physical modal filter using a bollard at Howard Road
Example of improvements at Dean Lane and Coronation Road junction
Totterdown
In 2025 we proposed a number of one-ways and direction changes in the area, a modal filter on William Street, timed closure options on Bellevue Road, and a bus gate on St Lukes Road.
Revised plans for Totterdown:
The 2025 consultation told us local people were concerned by the one-way and direction changes. As a result, we are not bringing forward these changes.
Concerns were raised about supporting access to the Bristol Jamia Mosque on Green Street while tackling local parking pressure. This will be addressed through proposals for a Residents' Parking Scheme.
Main changes to proposals for Totterdown include:
- Dropping plans for one-ways across the area.
- Moving the proposed bus gate on St Lukes Road to just north of the Hill View junction and adding four bus stops for the number 16 bus.
- Installing a camera to enforce a timed morning closure on Cambridge Street.
- Exploring crossing improvements on St Johns Lane.
- Developing plans for pedestrianising a small section of William Street.
- Retaining plans for a banned left turn from Bath Road into Angers Road
- Retaining plans to improve a section of Oxford Street next Totterdown Square.
Designs for a section of Oxford Street with the shops, next what is known locally as Totterdown Square are being shaped through a collaborative engagement process.
There have been a series of ‘co-design' workshops and discussions involving residents, local businesses and community stakeholders, where participants were able to share their experiences, identify local priorities, and contribute ideas for the future of the square.
For high streets we proposed the type of changes to make the streets more attractive, support local businesses and make it easier and safer to walk and cycle. These include:
- pedestrian crossing points
- side road junction improvements
- pavement widening at junctions
- seating
- street trees and greenery
- spill out space in the street for bars and cafes
- arts and culture programming
- visitor cycle parking
As part of this project, we proposed to focus improvements on North Street, Cannon Street, a section of Oxford Street in Totterdown, and at Lombard Street.
We are also planning improvements to Cannon Street junction with East Street.
Here are some examples of how these changes could look:
A birds-eye visualisation of proposed improvements at the Cannon Street, Dean Lane and North Street junction which includes new parallel crossings on each road and protected cycle tracks on the roundabout.
A birds-eye visualisation of the proposed improvements at the Luckwell Road and North Street junction. Changes include removing the roundabout, installing new cycle tracks and upgrading the existing crossing.
We will continue our engagement with local businesses about other measures, including those that will be included in the Residents Parking Schemes.
In 2025 we proposed the measures near all schools within the SBLN area, including:
- measures to reduce the speed and amount of traffic
- other improvements to make it easier and more pleasant to walk and spend time outside
In the consultation we heard how important it was to make routes to school safer for children and their families.
As a result, we are bringing forward the proposed School Street at Ashton Gate Primary School's Ashton Gate Terrace site ahead of the main scheme.
School Streets work by closing the streets schools are on to through-traffic at drop-off and pick-up times, creating a safer environment so more children travel actively to school.
These schemes are being developed with the schools and the local residents.
A young person presents a small-scale street design model to Counsellor Ed Plowden during the showcase event of their work experience week focusing on Liveable neighbourhood design. Photo credit: Ibi Feher for KWMC.
We have also worked with young people from south Bristol, Knowle West Media Centre along with Ashton Gate Primary's School Council and local residents to co-design further ideas for improvements around the school gate.
Further work on plans for a School Street at Southville Primary School on Myrtle Road site will continue.
Our updated plans create a network of quiet and accessible routes for walking, wheeling and cycling. These routes are enabled by introducing the modal filters that reduce the volume and speed of traffic, making it safer and more attractive to walk, wheel and cycle.
We're focussing improvements along key streets to connect neighbourhoods, make it safer to travel actively to school and use a wheelchair or push a pram.
Plans include adding:
- dropped kerbs
- tactile paving
- better crossings
- wayfinding to connect to local places and further afield
Other routes such as along North Street and Raliegh Road will connect people to wider destinations such as Ashton Gate and the City Centre. Routes will also be sign posted and connected via new crossings.
Parking is an important part of how Bristol's streets function, and will play a key role in supporting safer, more liveable neighbourhoods as the city continues to grow and change.
In 2025 we proposed 11 parking areas with either Residents' Parking Scheme (RPS) or Matchday Parking (MP).
Revised plans for parking measures
We are taking a targeted approach to Residents' Parking Schemes (RPS), focusing on areas where there is more support and clear evidence of parking pressure.
Responding to feedback, our plans now include:
- Taking forward RPS in Totterdown, Windmill Hill, The Chessels and Parson Street and Ashton Gate
- progressing a Matchday Parking Scheme in Ashton Vale
- proposing changes to the existing RPS in Southville and Bedminster East to extend into the evening.
There will be local consultations on each of these RPS areas.
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On residential streets we also proposed measures to improve community space, including adding:
- street trees and planting
- visitor cycle parking
- cycle hangars
- electric vehicle (EV) lamppost chargers
- car club bays
- e-scooter and e-bike share parking areas
Some of these improvements will be delivered alongside Residents' Parking Schemes, helping to balance how on-street space is used. This will make sure there is room for people who need to park vehicles and cycles while creating greener, more attractive and community-friendly streets.
Delivering them alongside in this way means changes can be coordinated and implemented at the same time. Exact locations for some of these measures will be finalised once we've carried out surveys of underground utilities, such as gas, water and telecoms, because this can affect where we place things like trees.