Revised plans for Bristol’s Wapping Wharf scheme submitted

Revised proposals for changes to Bristol’s harbourside have been submitted to the city council after the developer made several changes to the final phase of its Wapping Wharf regeneration after ‘listening very carefully’ to traders, local residents and the public.

Developers have significantly revised plans for Wapping Wharf, currently home to dining venues in shipping containers, after a consultation.

The highest point of the new building will be reduced from 12 to 10 storeys, according to fresh plans submitted by Umberslade which include the removal of a double-height restaurant on the top of the ten-storey apartment building, as well as restaurants from upper levels, lowering the building and redesigning CARGO hall.

Other changes include a new open-air restaurant on the sixth floor of one of the five blocks to the proposed building. Covered walkways and external staircases have also been added.

The number of homes remains the same – 245, of which 20% affordable, for social rent, affordable rent or shared ownership.

If planning is approved, work will start in 2024/25 and the project should be completed in 2030/31.

Wapping Wharf first opened in 2016 and hosts only Bristol-owned independent businesses in a selection of shipping containers that were meant to be temporary.

Stuart Hatton, managing director of Umberslade, said: “We’ve sat down with practically all the traders at CARGO, who we all have strong relationships with, to understand how they want to develop their businesses within the new building to make sure it really meets their individual needs.

“We have agreed with most of them exactly where they would be located and although they understand that major development like this takes time, they’re very excited about the prospect of moving into a permanent home where they can flourish.”