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Please make sure you have read all the notes carefully before you start to fill in the application form. This application form can either be completed by hand or electronically - it is available on the Planning homepage at www.scotland.gov.uk/planning. Please complete all five sections. The deadline for submitting applications is 29 August 2007. An acknowledgement letter will be sent to the person who has completed this form.
1 Please provide a name and contact details of the lead organisation responsible for this work.
Name | Linda Nicol |
Job title | Principal Planner |
Organisation | City of Edinburgh Council |
Address | Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh EH8 BSG |
Telephone | 0131 529 3146 |
Fax | 0131 529 6207 |
Email | linda.nicol@edinburah.aov.uk |
2 If this is a joint application, please list the other partners who had a key role. You should also inform your partners that you are nominating the project for an award.
1 The Burrell Company | 2 Places for People |
3 Waterfront Edinburgh Ltd | 4 Reiach and Hall |
5 Elder and Cannon | 6 |
3 Tick one nomination category
Title of entry | Upper Strand, Granton Waterfront, Edinburgh |
Please complete the form on the following pages by providing a brief summary of the piece of work you have entered. You must also conclude with a key reason as to why you think this work merits an Award. Only the two A4 pages supplied here can be used and your text must fit within the boxes. The font size should be no less than 12pt.
The judging criteria are set out below. Please tick only the key criteria relevant to your entry:
You must describe, in your written submission, how the criteria which you have ticked relate to your project.
Description of project
The Upper Strand forms the first phase of the major regeneration of Edinburgh's waterfront at Granton, which will ultimately create over 5000 residential units. This specific project is for 130 residential units. Twenty six of the units are affordable, integrated throughout the development and indistinguishable from the rest of the residential units. The layout for the Upper Strand responds directly to the historic 18th C landscape plan for the adjacent Caroline Park House. The design is a contemporary interpretation of the tenement aesthetic and comprises a pair of four storey blocks running north-south, creating a pedestrian friendly tree lined street (Homezone), terminated to the south with a double storey commercial block on one side and a ten storey tower at the other. The development has a communal district heating system, and an innovative method for waste disposal, using underground bins, the first such scheme in Britain. The development has recently been completed. |
Describe the background to the project
The City of Edinburgh Council commissioned and subsequently adopted the Waterfront Granton Master Plan to provide a development strategy for the 140 ha site. One of the general principles was to recreate the setting of Caroline Park House. A subsequent outline application and accompanying Masterplan (Page\Park) developed this principle, proposing that the area to the east of Caroline Park House be developed with residential buildings generally following the pattern and layout of the historic landscape, providing internal courtyards where the gardens originally were. The development will allow further recreation of the historic gardens in the future, should this be desired. The two architectural practices designing the development creatively interpreted the Masterplan within rigid design parameters imposed by Planning to produce a high quality development. |
What are the aims and objectives of the project?
- To develop the core ideas of the Masterplan, following the footprint of the l8thC landscape plan, adapting new and appropriate urban frontages that relate to site, orientation and views;
- To create a high quality sense of place, incorporating a range of uses to encourage permeability and connections across the wider master plan site;
- To create a model of innovation and sustainable urban regeneration with a quality development that will set the standard for future phases of the Waterfront and act as a benchmark for other regeneration projects.
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Over what timescale has the project been developed?
- Waterfront Granton Master Plan (Llewelyn-Davies) - 2000
- Central Development Area Master Plan (Page\park for Waterfront Edinburgh Ltd) - 2003
- Pre-application discussions - from June 2003
- Application submitted - October 2003
- Application approved - April 2004
- Work Started on site - 2005
- Phase 1 completed - 2007
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Explain the process and action taken
Following approval of the Waterfront Granton Master Plan and approval of the outline planning application (including a Master Plan), the developers and Waterfront Edinburgh Ltd ( WEL) began a series of pre-application discussions. Planning acted in a co-ordinating role with other Council bodies and outside agencies to ensure that the shared objectives were understood and to ensure that the high design parameters imposed were achieved. The formal application was submitted and subsequently approved. |
Explain the role of the key partners
- City Development Department - commissioned and approved the Waterfront Granton Master Plan to control and co-ordinate development; determining planning applications; co-ordination of other Council departments - eg to persuade Environmental Services to permit to the use of underground bins;
- WEL (landowner) - acted as joint applicant to ensure quality development;
- Burrell Company and Places for People - developers, determined to achieve high quality sustainable development delivered through their architects, Reiach and Hall, and Elder & Canon.
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What results were achieved?
The developer was guided through the planning process by Planning, working in partnership to ensure the smooth process through sharing of information and regular meetings, and through a shared objective - to achieve a well designed, sustainable and innovative development. The project illustrates the value of a clear master plan and design parameters. The development was the winner of the 'Best Regeneration Project' an 'Best Residential Project' in the Scottish Design Awards and was the winner of the Mail on Sunday 'Best Housing Project'. The mixed use development has introduced activity to this regeneration and created a place that will be a focal point as regeneration continues. |
In summary, why does this piece of work merit an Award?
- The development is the first residential development in a major regeneration area, transforming vacant, contaminated land into a desirable place to live, and setting a high standard for others to follow;
- The development is a result of partnership working between the landowner, the Council and the developer, achieved by clear interpretation of an approved master plan;
- The project is innovative, with a communal district heating system and is one of the first developments to introduce the concept of the Homezone in Edinburgh. It has integrated affordable housing, indistinguishable in location, size and design from housing for sale, and was the first development in the UK to use underground bins.
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