Features include:

• Creative workspace, for which there is strong demand in the city

• Office space, which has the potential to support more than 200 jobs

• Ten terrace houses with gardens

• A dedicated museum space commemorating the site's rich industrial heritage

• A community space with high domed roof for multi-purpose usage

• Helping to address the remaining gas holder

Public feedback has helped to shape the development at several stages throughout the two year consultation, influencing the following decisions:

• Retention of the original façade of the Bath Press along Lower Bristol Road

• Improving signalling and road layout to boost traffic flow and ease congestion

• Building no higher than the existing three-storey buildings on site

• Adapting the roofscape to blend more effectively with the site's surroundings

• Specifying a greater variety of building materials, including brick and bath stone

• Replacing student housing with more creative workspace

Encouraging creativity

The prominent north western corner of the site would feature a three-storey creative hub, offering work units for 40-50 businesses designed for a range of users such as art, design or multimedia, for which there is strong demand in the city.

Commercial

Office space would be located in a two and three storey building at the eastern end of the site. This will be designed to achieve low energy ratings beyond current requirements by minimising heat loss, maximising daylight penetration and including low energy lighting, for example.

Retail

A new Tesco supermarket will offer an improved choice for local people, complementing the existing wide range of local shops within Moorland Road and Bath city centre.

Currently many people in the area, who could do their weekly food shopping in Bath, travel to places such as Bristol and Trowbridge. This means that people have less time to spend visiting other local shops and services. Increasing the supermarket offer available in southern Bath would help to encourage more local people back to the area to do more of their shopping.

Benefits of a new supermarket:

• Greater choice in food shopping and the benefits of increased supermarket competition

• Less car travel helps to reduce shoppers’ carbon footprint

• Creation of up to 363 new full and part-time jobs for local people

• A wide range of convenience goods, plus a small selection of non-food goods

• 500 free car parking spaces

The highly efficient design and specification of the retail store, combined with on-site energy generation contributes to a significant reduction in the development’s carbon footprint. The features included will allow the development to exceed the government’s required target for carbon emissions by 24%.