DEVELOPERS have joined South Gloucestershire Council in signing a collaborative planning agreement, which will see thousands of new homes and supporting infrastructure built on land in the Cribbs-Patchway area over the next ten years.

Ownership of the land earmarked for the Cribbs Patchway New Neighbourhood (CPNN) is currently divided amongst several different parties.

To ensure that all future development in the area will be carried out in a collaborative and co-ordinated way, an agreement was signed on Tuesday by SGC director of environment and community services, Steve Evans, and representatives from Deeley Freed, Taylor Wimpey, YTL and BAE. 

The agreement identifies land in the Cribbs-Patchway area which will be developed into a new neighbourhood creating approximately 5,700 homes, around 50 hectares of employment land, open spaces, schools, community facilities, a new railway station and a dedicated route for MetroBus. 

Cllr Colin Hunt, cabinet member responsible for planning, said: “The new communities planned here will be well-connected with key transport and employment hubs.

“A key feature of infrastructure identified on the former Filton Airfield plans is the proposed ‘North – South Public Transport Link’, which will provide a new bus link across the site connecting Merlin Road/Hayes Way to the north and Charlton Road in Brentry to the south.

“This link will bring significant accessibility and connectivity benefits to large areas of Bristol’s north fringe, providing a direct public transport link from the parts of northern Bristol, south of the airfield, to Cribbs Patchway and the Mall area.”