Reinforcing East Street

East Street is at the heart of Bedminster and the new development aims to enhance this. It will create streets that are pleasant and overlooked and which transition from a residential character to the town centre high street. An updated St Catherine’s Place, the Green and Bedminster station will act as stepping stones along the way.

The increased housing density will support the transformation of St Catherine’s Place and help boost footfall and spend on East Street.

Key objectives

Public realm

The landscaping will reflect street hierarchy and identify connecting routes. Landscaping will guide transitions through new areas.

Balance traffic users

Access arrangements for different uses will be integral, from pedestrians to buses and the role of cars and parking.

Frontages

Frontages are key to a town centre, from branding to the management of vacant units. These will be selectively enhanced and varied.

The base of this diagram, which is the same for all the framework diagrams, is a hand drawing showing the urban blocks of the wider Bedminster Green area – East Street is towards the top of the image, Dalby Avenue is in the middle, the railway and Bedminster station is below that and Windmill Hill is at the bottom. A large pink arrow is running along East Street and has several smaller pink arrows pointing towards it running along the adjoining streets. There are two dashed lines running parallel to East Street above and below on the smaller residential streets nearby.

Diagram taken from Bedminster Green Place-Making Framework (2019)

Framework quick links

Illustration: Diagrammatic only; not to scale or in proportion. All precedents and ideas are only one possible approach and do not preclude alternative approaches that address the same challenges.

You can read the full Bedminster Green Framework.