In response to the feedback to an 8-week consultation we held in September and October 2025, we have revised our original 2025 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 Southville 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, making sure there is room for people who need to park vehicles and their bicycles 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 them. Find out more 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.
We've included visualisations of how some of the areas could look once the measures are introduced. These are indicative and some elements could change following the detailed design process.
In 2025 we proposed installing 12 modal filters across Southville.
By placing bollards, planters or cameras in the road, modal filters stop motor vehicles travelling through a certain point, while maintaining access for pedestrians and cyclists.
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 like bollards at a point in the road to prevent through-traffic, from 12 down to 7, creating 4 areas accessible from main roads
- Moving the locations of some of these modal filters to simplify trips that start and end in the neighbourhood
- Changing from a modal filter on Walter Street to a banned right turn, meaning drivers would only be able to turn left onto Coronation Road
- Improving Coronation Road's junctions by adding signalised crossings at Clift House Road and Beauley Road, to make it safer to walk, wheel, cycle and drive into and 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 Road site and Southville Primary School's Myrtle Road site
- Improving public spaces on North Street and at both ends of East Street
Example of a physical modal filter using a bollard at Howard Road
Example of an ANPR camera enforced modal filter design at Osborne road
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 side road zebra crossings, which reinforce pedestrian right of way on side roads, including on North Street's junctions with Raleigh Road
- Making North Street more attractive to spend time in by adding seating, trees, planting areas, visitor cycle parking and more
Visualisation of Cannon Street
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
Larger version of mapThe 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 also 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 Avenue junction and adding 4 bus stops for the number 16 bus
- Installing a camera to enforce a timed morning closure on Cambridge Street onto Bellevue Road
- Exploring how to improve existing crossings on St Johns Lane at its junctions with Wedmore Vale and Montgomery Street/Ravenhill Road
- Exploring options with residents and businesses to improve a small section of William Street
- Retaining plans for a banned left turn from Bath Road into Angers Road
- Retaining plans to work with businesses and residents in the area to design new public spaces on a section of Oxford Street next Totterdown Square
William Street visualisation of a potential option subject to further community engagement
Local residents and business owners came together in Summer 2026 to reimagine public spaces in workshops run by Future Places Toolkit
Designs for a section of Oxford Street, next to what is known locally as Totterdown Square, and William Street are being shaped through a collaborative engagement process.
As part of this we have hosted a series of ‘co-design' workshops and discussions with 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
- improving side road junctions
- widening pavements at junctions
- new seating, street trees and greenery
- spill out space onto the street for bars and cafes
- programme of arts and culture
- visitor cycle parking
We will focus these 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's junction with East Street.
Here are some examples of how these changes could look:
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.
Proposed improvements at the Luckwell Road and North Street junction, which includes 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 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 Road 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.
This scheme is being developed with the schools and residents.
Young people took part in creative workshops in summer 2026 to explore what makes a place welcoming, accessible, safe and distinctive.
We have also worked with young people from south Bristol, Knowle West Media Centre along with Ashton Gate Primary's school council and residents to co-design further ideas for improvements around the school gate.
More 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 Raleigh Road, will connect people to wider destinations including Ashton Gate Stadium and the city centre. Routes will also be signposted and connected with new crossings.
Parking plays an important role in supporting safer, more liveable neighbourhoods as the city continues to grow and change.
In 2025 we proposed 11 parking areas with either a Residents' Parking Scheme (RPS) or a Matchday Parking Scheme (MPS).
Revised plans for parking measures
We are taking a targeted approach to Residents' Parking Schemes (RPS), focusing on areas where support is higher and clear evidence of parking pressures.
Responding to feedback, our plans now include:
- Taking forward Residents' Parking Schemes in Totterdown, Windmill Hill, The Chessels and Parson Street, and Ashton Gate
- Reducing the area included in the Totterdown scheme and expanding the area included in the Windmill Hill scheme
- 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 parking schemes.
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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 bicycles while creating greener, more attractive community-friendly streets.
Delivering them alongside each other in this way means changes can be coordinated and introduced 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.
Some early work is set to get underway in the coming months. This includes starting the process to introduce a School Street at Ashton Gate School, trialling side road zebra crossings on North Street, improving North's Street's junction with Gathorne Road, and installing around 20 cycle hangars across the wider SBLN area, which covers all three BS3 wards.
Transport and Connectivity Committee will consider the next steps for the main SBLN scheme in December. If approved, a full business case will be submitted to the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority to seek the funding to build the scheme.
There would also be statutory consultations for the Traffic Regulation Order-dependent elements of the scheme early in 2027 before any permanent changes are made. This would offer a further opportunity to support or object to specific changes to roads, such as traffic filtering measures, changes to the direction of traffic, and the bus gate.