Junction 3 | Bristol

Client: LiveWest Value: £11.5m

Mixed-use development adjacent to the M32 in Bristol on a site that lay vacant for over 30 years.

gcp assembled the original development partners, led by Knightstone Housing Association (now LiveWest) working alongside Bristol City Council Library Services and national charity SPAN, to develop a scheme for this vacant site. The brief was to design an iconic, fully accessible, safe and inviting development which celebrates the diversity and heritage of its residents and users.

gcp’s award-winning scheme comprises 54 new homes, a learning centre, crèche and 7 workspace units. With support from gcp during the application process, the project secured £1.9m Big Lottery funding for the library and £2.9m from the HCA for the housing.

Services provided: Feasibility Study, Master Planning, Planning Stage, Design, Public Consultation, Planning Application, Funding Application Support, Detailed Design, Energy Strategy, SAP Assessment, Building for Life assessment, CFSH Assessment, HQI Assessment

Awards Include:

▪ Silver Building for Life Award

▪ RTPI Planning Excellence 2015

▪ RICS Award 2015

▪ What House Awards | ‘Best Mixed-Use-Development’

▪ SW Insider Property Awards ‘Residential Development of the Year’ | Bristol Civic Society Environmental Award

“J3 really is something to show off about and to be proud of. You approach the development and just think ‘wow’. It’s a genuine example of how building homes is a great thing. When we build homes, we create communities and we make better places and that’s exactly what is happening here. Everyone who has been involved in developing J3 should be proud.”

— David Orr, CE of National Housing Federation