Major Design Project - Liverpool Docklands

LIVERPOOL Urban Regeneration

Liverpool Docklands Edible Urban Re-development for

Liverpool Northern Docks Liverpool December 2012 FINAL DRAFT

Contents

1.6 Foreword

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2.1 Background

Liverpool can be dated as far back as the 1st Century AD, It was however with the introduction of the Thomas become one of the most important ports in the world.

of holding up to 100 ships.

Further docks where added in the years to come as Liverpools maritime wealth increased this was due to many factors including the American civil war and also the slave trade. At its peak Liverpools dock system extended the new docks being built on reclaimed land.

The largest of these docks was the Seafoth dock which port in the United Kingdom. Its current import tonnage stands at 32m tonnes of goods and almost a million passengers.

Both White Star Line and Cunnard were based at the port and was home to many famous ships including RMS Baltic, HMHS Britannic, RMS Lustania and the RMS Titanic.

Liverpool has had a long and hard relationship with the which is widely known to be a very hard and dangerous job with little reward, due to this many Liverpudlians lived in poverty and had a very bleak outlook of life.

2.2 Introduction The Liverpool Dock network is located at the heart of the city of Liverpool on the eastern side of the River Mersey, most of the docks are now part of the World heritage site although they are all covered in the “Buffer zone�

The heritage that the docklands offers is of international importantance and as such must be approached with careful consideration. Many idividual parts of the docks

Boundaries

City Centre

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The Site River Mersey

Pier Head

Three Graces

Albert Dock

Echo Arena

Over a third of the site consists of docks with open water, comprising Nelson Dock, Salisbury Dock, Collingwood Dock, Princes Dock and Princes Half-Tide dock, Trafalgar Docks have been subject to

redundant since then.

The site consists of land reclaimed from the River Mersey. The site originally incorporated a series of single storey linear transit sheds on the quaysides, with ancillary facilities such as entrance lodges, cranes and an elevated railway together with a system of rail and tram lines.

The site historically had the character of a utilitarian and industrial area. This was emphasised still further by the grade II listed Jesse Hartley designed Dock Boundary Wall that separated the site from the commercial and residential areas to the east and limited access to the Although the dock boundary wall still remains a commanding feature, the transit sheds have been demolished over a period of time, and only the quaysides remain.

The quaysides still have associated elements such as mooring facilities and limited surfacing materials, some of which have associated railway lines. The remaining docks, including the two Clarence Graving Docks, retain special interest through their monumental construction and robust materials of granite and sandstone, as does the river wall marking the western site boundary.

Salisbury Dock with Victoria Tower a six sided clock tower.

Trafalgar Dry Docks.

Stanley Dock with link to the Leeds - Liverpool Canal

Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse Redundant since

“Three Sisters Power Station”

View from Trafalgar Dock showing the Leeds - Liverpool Canal link heading south towards Pier Head

3.0 Analysis 3.2 Site History

3.2 Site History

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Figure 4.2 Distant views to the WHS

2.1 The Site 2.1.1

3.6 Site

The Liverpool Waters site is located in the heart of the city of Liverpool on the eastern bank of the River Mersey. The Appendix contains copies of relevant plans submitted as part Analysisof- or Docklands supporting the planning application, updated in the light of consultations. Plan 001 identifies the site location and its boundary. Plans 002 – 009 respectively show neighbourhoods, phasing, development parcels, development plots, building heights, access, car parking and buildings to be demolished – all of which will be considered later in this statement. The Appendix also includes a site reference plan, an indicative masterplan of the Liverpool Waters proposals, enlargements of the masterplan relating to each neighbourhood and, finally, a 3 dimensional axonometric drawing of the indicative masterplan layout.

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As already noted, the site extends to some 60 hectares and is located immediately north of Liverpool’s Pier Head. It is over 2 km in length from Princes Dock in the south to Bramley Moore Dock in the north. The site is relatively narrow - about 450m across in the north and 200m in the south.

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The site is bounded by the River Mersey to the west. To the east, the docks boundary wall lies within the site and defines it edge strongly except in two places. First, in the vicinity of Waterloo Warehouse, the eastern boundary of West Waterloo Dock and Princes Half Tide Dock defines the site. Second, in the south-east of the site King Edward Industrial Estate is included in the application site but located east of the docks boundary wall. The northern site boundary is not marked clearly on the ground at present but runs at the mid-point between Bramley Moore Dock (within the site) and Wellington Dock (to the north of the site). In the south, St Nicholas Place runs immediately beyond the site.

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1- Port of Liverpool The bootle area has a long standing association with the port

SANDON/ SANDHILLS

2 - Rim Road Housing Sefton council housing estate sits within the port Highly contaminated 3 - East Lanton Back up space for the port

Also known as the dock road is a main throughfare through the docklands

20 - Mersey Rail Control Centre 21 - Sandhills business centre

Derelict frontage with need to be redeveloped 22- Former BAT Buildings BANKHALL 23- Railway Viaduct

Mersey rails northern line conecting Liverpool to Southport

Clock tower looking over the docklands

10- Commercial Road VAUXHALL 11- Vancant areas

30- Riverside walk

12 - Leeds Liverpool Canal

31 - llewellyn Health Care services

13- Eldonian Housing Co-operative

32 - Great Howard Street 33 - Access

3.7 Site Analysis - Land Use

3.8 Site Analysis - Local Public Green Spaces

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3.9 Layers

3.12 Site Boundary

3.13 Site Analysis - Transportation

Leeds Liverpool Canal Link Victoria Clocktower

Small cut throughstreets

Proposed Site

Wallasey Tunnel

Preston

Southport

liverpool merseyside

Rufford

Meols Cop

3.13 Site Analysis - Transportation Bescar Lane

Birkdale

New Lane

Old Roan

Bidston

Liverpool Docks

Moreton Birkenhead North Birkenhead Park Manor Road

Birkenhead Ferry Port

Merseyrail

Eccleston Park

Sandhills

Wavertree Technology Park

Virgin Trains

Whiston

Huyton

Lea Green

First TransPennine Express

West Allerton

Hunts Cross

Brunswick

St. Helens Junction

Rainhill

Mossley Hill

Liverpool Central

Hough Green

Halewood

Runcorn East

Eastham Rake Hawarden Bridge

North Wales, Holyhead

Shotton

Hooton

Wrexham

Virgin Trains

Widnes

Ellesmere Port

Little Sutton Overpool

Merseyrail Capenhurst

Bache

Wrexham, Shrewsbury

Stanlow & Thornton

W C

Runcorn

Bromborough

Flint

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Sankey for Penketh

Bank Quay

Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Bromborough Rake

Prestatyn

East Midlands Trains

Liverpool South Parkway

Spital

Arriva Trains Wales

A T W

Earlestown

St. Michaels Aigburth Cressington

Port Sunlight Neston

Roby

Broad Green

James Street

Rock Ferry

Newton -leWillows

Prescot Edge Hill

Bebington

Arriva Trains Wales

Thatto Heath

Kirkdale

Moorfields

Green Lane Heswall

St. Helens Central

Northern

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Birkenhead Central West Kirby

Fazakerley

Hamilton Square

Conway Park

Upton

Garswood

Rice Lane

Bank Hall

Bryn

Kirkby

Walton

Bootle Oriel Road

Wallasey Village

Upholland Rainford

Orrell Park

Bootle New Strand

North Western

Orrell

Aintree

Seaforth & Litherland

Wallasey Grove Road

W W

Pemberton

Maghull

Waterloo

Merseyrail

Gathurst

Town Green

Blundellsands & Crosby

New Brighton

Appley Bridge

Aughton Park

Hall Road Dublin (Ireland); Larne

Parbold

Ormskirk

Hightown

Dublin (Ireland); Belfast

Hoscar

Burscough Junction

Merseyrail

Freshfield Formby

Hoylake

Virgin Trains

Ainsdale

Douglas (Isle of Man)

Meols

Northern

Burscough Bridge

Hillside

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Leasowe

Euxton Balshaw Lane

Northern

Frodsham Ince & Elton

Virgin Trains

London Midland

Helsby

Northern

Mouldsworth Crewe, The South

Delamere

Cuddington

Acton Bridge

Crewe, The South

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3.14 Site Analysis - Clarence Dock/ Stanley Dock Site Photographs

3.15 Character Analysis

Abandoned historical dockland

Commercial properties

Vauxhall Residential area

3.15 Character Analysis

3.16 Character Analysis Photos

3.16 Character Analysis Photos

3.16 Character Analysis Photos

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Fierce

Protective

3.16 Character Analysis Photos

INteresting wildlife Historical

Pleasant

Lack of trees

heritage

interest Community

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Potential

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3.19 Site Analysis - Views Around The Site

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3.20 Site Analysis - Listed Buildings

3.21 Key Landmark Buildings

3.22 Flooding

3.23 Planning Policy

4.1 Design Principles

4.1 Design Principles

4.2 Design Aims

4.3 Main Aims

improve conections Heritage Led Design Food Growing Connection to the sea

european Housing layouts

4.4 Design Aims

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5.1 Precedent Introduction

5.2 Albert Dock, Liverpool, UK

5.3 Salford Quays, Manchester, UK

5.4 Hafencity, Hamburg, Germany

5.5 HTO Toronto, Canada

5.6 LABAN - Greenwich London

5.7 URBAN FOOD GROWING

6.0 Concepts

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3