The first residents are expected to move in by summer 2020
19:40, 22 Dec 2019Updated 19:41, 22 Dec 2019
The scheme will see 350 homes built on the former Hartcliffe College site(Image: KeepMoat)
The former Hartcliffe College Campus site has now been cleared in preparation for 350 new homes.
The land is owned by Bristol City Council, which secured detailed planning consent earlier this year for the new homes and public open space.
The authority selected LiveWest and Keepmoat as development partners for the scheme which will see two, three and four-bedroom houses and one and two-bedroom apartments built on the site.
It will include at least 30 per cent affordable housing made up of 80 homes for social rent, 25 for shared ownership, and the remaining 245 homes will be for open market sale.
Work has already begun on the development and the first residents are expected to be able to move into the homes in the summer of 2020.
Earlier this week Paul Smith, Bristol City Council's cabinet member for housing, shared a picture on Twitter of what the site currently looks like.
The area has mostly been cleared ready for construction work to begin.
As well as hundreds of new homes the development will include a variety of ecological initiatives to support the local wildlife, including a wildflower 'pollinator park', a wildlife corridor and 450 new trees.
A swarm of blue butterflies and its sole food source, the kidney vetch plant, have been relocated to another area on the site so they are preserved.
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