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An artist’s impression of Keepmoat Homes’ plan for 260 new homes on Brislington Meadows in South Bristol(Image: Keepmoat)<\/p>\n‘We\u2019re pleased to have reached this important milestone’An artist’s impression of Keepmoat Homes’ plan for 260 new homes on Brislington Meadows in South Bristol(Image: Keepmoat)<\/p>\n
A plan to build 260 new homes on a much-fought-over area of meadows on the edge of Bristol<\/a> has taken another step forward, with developers submitting a detailed planning application to CIty Hall.<\/p>\n There is already outline planning permission to build the homes on Brislington<\/a> Meadows, and now developer Keepmoat is asking the city council to give the go-ahead to their detailed \u2018reserve matters\u2019 plan before work can get under way.<\/p>\n Brislington Meadows was the site former mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees<\/a> declared would never be built on, as he performed a U-turn on the idea in the run-up to the 2021 mayoral election campaign.<\/p>\n But a planning inspector over-ruled that declaration<\/a>, and awarded the government\u2019s land agency Homes England permission, despite cross-party agreement at City Hall that the Meadows should be protected.<\/p>\n After winning permission, Homes England signed a deal with Keepmoat to physically build the new homes, of which 78 will be classed as \u2018affordable\u2019, and now Keepmoat is returning to City Hall to ask for permission, after several public consultation exercises<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Brislington Meadows homes plan should be stopped but it won’t be, admits MP<\/a>READ MORE: Brislington Meadows blame game as councillor tells residents ‘many mistakes were made’<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe proposed development will deliver 260 new homes 30 percent of which have been designated as affordable housing offering a vital boost to the city\u2019s supply of genuinely affordable homes,\u201d a spokesperson for Keepmoat said. \u201cThe plans also feature significant green open space and new pedestrian and cycle routes designed to enhance connectivity through the area.<\/p>\n \u201cThe submission follows an extensive public consultation with residents and stakeholders across Brislington, which helped to shape and refine the plans for the new neighbourhood. Keepmoat\u2019s detailed proposals focus on creating a sustainable, landscape-led community that complements the surrounding environment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Residents living around Brislington Meadows have long fought for development to be stopped on what they say is a valuable area for wildlife. The council allocated it as somewhere to build on back in 2014, but that never happened until Labour<\/a> Mayor Marvin Rees persuaded Homes England to buy the land for around \u00a315 million in 2019, to kickstart the plans.<\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_TCB171125MeadowsBRI.jpg\")
An artist’s impression of Keepmoat Homes’ plan for 260 new homes on Brislington Meadows in South Bristol(Image: Keepmoat)<\/p>\n
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Mayor Marvin Rees announced plans not to develop on the contested Brislington Meadows patch in Bristol in April 2021<\/p>\n