Background
Following the 2025 consultation on the South Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood, Bristol City Council is proposing to create a temporary walking, wheeling, cycling and scooting zone on a section of Myrtle Street during drop off and pick up times. The proposed scheme would help to tackle congestion, unsafe parking, air pollution outside the school gates, and make it safer and easier to walk, wheel, cycle and scoot to school.
The School Street proposal is part of a wider plan to help make Southville and North Street easier to walk, wheel and cycle. Other measures include accessibility improvements such as dropped kerbs with tactile paving, more street trees and improved crossings. The revised South Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood proposals were launched in September 2026. The Full Business Case is under development and will be considered by the Transport and Connectivity Committee in due course.
How the scheme would work
The scheme would operate between 8:15 – 9:15 in the morning and between 2:45 – 3:45 in the afternoon. The closure would be in place Monday to Friday, during term-time only.
Non-essential vehicles would not be allowed to enter the School Streets zone during the morning and afternoon closures. Emergency vehicles would be exempt. Specific Blue Badge holders requiring access to the school and residents of Myrtle Street may apply for a permit to enable access during the School Street operational periods.
The scheme would be enforced using an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera. An ANPR camera would record the number plates of any vehicles that enter Mrytle Street during the closure times stated on the signs. This camera would be at the edge of the School Street zone.
The system then checks each number plate against a list of specified exempt vehicles, see exemptions above. If a vehicle is not on the list, the owner is sent a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) for breaking the rules. For the first 6 months of operation, a first offence will get a warning notice, and any subsequent offence will get a full PCN. After 6 months, every offence will get a PCN regardless of whether it’s a first offence or not.
The survey
We are asking what you think of our proposals to introduce a School Street on Myrtle Street. Your views will help us to shape the design and guide our approach to the scheme.
Please respond to this survey no later than Monday 21 December. It should not take longer than 10 minutes to complete. You do not have to answer all the questions, but the more you tell us, the more we can take your views into account.