The timeline below shows the lifecycle of the Liveable Neighbourhood (LN) programme for all 15 areas up to the detailed design stage.
It includes the current (active) stage, those already completed, as well as expected future stages.
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Liveable Neighbourhoods strategy development
CompleteDevelopment of three strategies to set out how we can improve people’s health, safety and well-being and tackle the climate emergency by reducing the dominance of vehicles on residential streets, encouraging more active travel, ensuring fairer and safer access for those that walk or wheel journeys, and improving our public spaces. We published these in preparation and support for our initial public consultation.
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Policy consultation
CompleteWe asked people to share their views on transport-related issues in their area to inform our Liveable Neighbourhoods policy. Using an online or printed survey and interactive map, people were invited to share the problems affecting their area.
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Policy consultation report
CompleteWe published a summary of the public consultation responses and a report to Cabinet, resulting in the adoption of the policies.
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Application for LN areas
CompleteWe invited applications for Liveable Neighbourhoods from Ward councillors, receiving 48 applications from across the area.
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15 Liveable Neighbourhoods (LNs) agreed
CompleteWe submitted a report for approval by Council Cabinet on 23 June 2021. This report contains details of the following:
- A priority list of 15 Phase 1 Liveable Neighbourhood areas
- The criteria for selection and prioritising of areas
- The allocation of budget for schemes in these areas
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Initial community engagement on 15 LNs
CompleteWe asked residents in each of the 15 LN areas to identify key themes about their areas, such as what is good, what could be improved, and what sort of measures would have a positive impact on the community.
These measures included interventions such as traffic-calming, better cycle routes, safer crossings, wider pavements, and vehicle restrictions.
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Initial community engagement report
CompleteWe published the outcomes of our community engagement, which was used to inform the co-design process. It also informed our decision to fast-track five pilot schemes to tackle anti-social driving and speeding through residential streets with through-traffic restrictions.
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Co-design workshops with communities
CompleteWe held workshops with residents in each of the 15 Liveable Neighbourhoods. Issues and specific solutions were discussed in more detail by residents and the output was a longlist of ideas, presented on maps of the area.
We then invited attendees back to view the report and shortlist the measures that they would like to see included in a draft design.
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Pilot scheme public engagement (Through-traffic restriction proposals)
CompleteWorking with ward members, we identified five locations where residents had expressed high levels of support for vehicle restrictions to tackle anti-social driving, speeding and through-traffic.
Where the measure was validated by the community at co-design workshops, we fast-tracked draft designs ahead of other LN work.
We are asking residents and the wider public for their opinion on the draft designs before deciding whether to proceed with a trial. Note: Not all LNs will feature through-traffic restrictions.
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Draft design development
ActiveDrawing on the output from earlier consultations, co-design workshops and a technical review, we have shortlisted residents’ priorities and prepared draft designs for each area to consider for inclusion in the full business case.
When the full business case is published in spring/summer 2024, the shortlists will be published on the individual LN pages along with relevant reports.
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Development of full business case
ActiveWe are working with ward councillors to establish which of the shortlisted measures in each area will bring most benefit to the community when considering costs.
This exercise will inform the development of a full business case to be submitted to the West of England Combined Authority in spring 2024. The purpose is to secure the funding to install the schemes.
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Five experimental trials from Spring 2024
On targetWe hope to fast-track five more experimental trials from Spring 2024 for a minimum of six months alongside a period of public consultation. A decision to proceed with the trials was made at the end of January, subject to call-in.
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Detailed design and public engagement
On targetWe will engage the public on LN overall designs once the full business case has been agreed. This engagement replaces the consultation originally planned for Summer 2023.
The measures contained in designs will depend on the outcome of the full business case and the funding available.
The designs will include individual measures that can be progressed independently of each other over time. Some measures may need further consultation or experimental trials.
While the funding awarded to us may not deliver every LN scheme in its entirety, the co-design work with the community puts us in an excellent position to attract future funding from other sources.