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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 | Miles Walker |
Job title | Divisional Director |
Organisation | Halcrow-Fairhurst Joint Venture |
Address | 11 Woodside Terrace, Glasgow, G3 7XQ |
Telephone | 0141 332 8754 |
Fax | 0141 332 5083 |
Email | miles.walker@fairhurst.co.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 Glasgow City Council | 2 |
3 | 4 |
5 | 6 |
3 Tick one nomination category
Title of entry | River Corridor Supplementary Development Guide |
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
Until the 1970s, the River Clyde in Glasgow was dominated by the city's industries and role as a port. The slow decline of shipbuilding and trading turned attention away from the river and led to piecemeal redevelopment. Glasgow City Council's ( GCC) aim is move toward a more sustained and holistic approach to the River's physical regeneration. Glasgow's City Plan 2 Finalised Draft recognises the need to strengthen the links between the city centre and the waterfront to maximise the potential of the River Clyde. The Clyde Corridor has been identified by the National Planning Framework for its potential to offer social and economic regeneration. The National Planning Framework also calls for the potential of the Clyde to be unlocked; highlighting the national level support for Glasgow's aspirations for an acclaimed waterfront. Recent flooding elsewhere and flooding in Glasgow in the not too distant past has highlighted the need to take action on flood risk and quay wall stability to safeguard the success of Glasgow's waterfront. |
Describe the background to the project
An ever more unpredictable climate and recent flood events in Glasgow and beyond make this document especially significant and relevant. The need to take action is crucial to the success of Glasgow's waterfront. In addition, many quay walls along the Clyde have been identified as being in poor condition with the risk of collapse a distinct possibility and it is vital that this concern is acted upon. One of the aims of the River Corridor Supplementary Development Guide ( RCSDG) is to move away from piecemeal flood protection, and move toward a more sustained and holistic approach to continuous flood defence along the river. Glasgow's City Plan 2 Finalised Draft recognises the need to strengthen the links between the city centre and the waterfront to maximise the potential of the River Clyde. The National Planning Framework calls for the potential of the Clyde to be unlocked, obvious national level support for Glasgow's aspirations for the Clyde. |
What are the aims and objectives of the project?
The overall aim of the RCSDG is to facilitate the implementation of a flood management scheme and quay wall improvements as well as improve and create public space along the River Clyde Corridor. Both these aims contribute to the holistic and sustainable regeneration of the Clyde Corridor. Several objectives were achieved; thorough historical and contextual analysis of the river and its surroundings, river modelling, identification of Early Action Area solutions, design of River Edge Treatments and the formulation of high quality urban design solutions for inclusive river side regeneration. A major strategic objective was the creation of a strategic masterplan. This amalgamates the flooding, planning and design analysis to formulate site specific and generic development criteria. These criteria, which support and are supported by Glasgow's City Plan 2 Finalised Draft, ensure a strategic approach to the Clyde's regeneration. |
Over what timescale has the project been developed?
The Halcrow Fairhurst Joint Venture ( JV) was appointed by GCC in May 2003. A full policy review, river modelling, options appraisal, quay wall analysis, riverscape analysis and design solutions were undertaken during the course of the project. A number of crucial stages and dates have had a major input into the final Design Guide. The river modelling, from which flood and subsequent design levels are derived from was undertaken from the inception of the project until summer 2005. The Early Actions Areas report, finalised May 2005, and the River Edge Treatments report, January 2006, have had a major input into the final design guide in terms of the development criteria. The RCSDG was finalised in August 2007, and is being presented to the GCC Executive Committee on September 20th 2007 with a recommendation that it is approved as council policy. |
Explain the process and action taken
A comprehensive river modelling study was carried out to identify the areas at risk of flooding along a 56km corridor of the River Clyde between Bothwell and Greenock, and to assess flood management scenarios and determine design flood protection levels within Glasgow. Quay wall condition assessments were used to develop generic quay wall improvement solutions and the riverscape and regeneration analysis was used to develop key design principles for a high quality riverside environment. Site specific development criteria were developed for thirteen specific areas, and two generic development criteria for the intermediate areas. Compliance with these requirements should ensure that development along the River Clyde is subject to a holistic, strategic approach to flood defence, quay wall improvements, public realm improvements and physical regeneration. |
Explain the role of the key partners
The key partners for the project were GCC and the JV. The client department, GCC Land & Environmental Services, has responsibility for the quay walls and river banks in Council ownership and for carrying out the Council's duties in relation to Flooding of the River Clyde. Both the client department and GCC Development & Regeneration Services, as the end user of the RCSDG, were involved throughout the writing of the Guide. Their aspirations for the River Clyde's regeneration were central to the project's added value ethos, and their involvement ensured that the project was in line with strategic documents, principally the City Plan 2 Finalised Draft. The result of the strong partnership forged between the JV and GCC is a highly responsive end product firmly grounded in City Plan 2 Finalised Draft policy. |
What results were achieved?
An easily accessible supplementary design guide for the River Clyde has been achieved, which is to be adopted and incorporated into Glasgow's City Plan 2 Finalised Draft. The RCSDG will facilitate the holistically considered, sustainable and strategic regeneration of the River Clyde Corridor. The added value gained through high quality public realm enhancement and the creation of public spaces should significantly contribute to making the most of one of Glasgow's most valuable assets. The Clyde Fastlink transport proposals will link the river with the city centre, and the development criteria require increased access for pedestrians and cyclists. The recently built Clyde Arc, and the proposed Tradeston Footbridge further improve permeability. The International Finance Services District at Broomielaw and the potential Commonwealth Games site, among others, all signify the importance of the Clyde and the role it plays and will play in Glasgow's future. |
In summary, why does this piece of work merit an Award?
This project epitomises the new era that planning in Scotland and Glasgow is entering. The RCSDG is designed to be easily accessed by all, encouraging greater transparency, understanding, trust, and confidence in the planning system. It will support Glasgow's City Plan 2, in encouraging stakeholders to participate with each other to ensure a sustainable future for Glasgow, through the delivery of high quality riverside development, which is safe from flooding, and indeed, contributes to flood protection. Sustainability is at the heart of the project, which encompasses environmental, social and economic objectives. The project aims to ensure that the river and the flood risk it poses is respected and appropriate protection methods are implemented, encourage further investment including tourism, and help reconnect the city with the very reason for its location, resulting in a stronger place with greater civic pride instilled in its people. The project has recognised that the aspects of sustainability are intrinsically linked, ensuring that economic development is achieved in harmony with environmental appreciation, protection and enhancement as well as social progression. |
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