Public consultation Aberdeen today The vision for Aberdeen - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Public consultation
• Aberdeen today
• The vision for Aberdeen city centre
• The masterplan objectives
• The four key themes
• Intervention areas
• What the masterplan achieves

Stakeholder support

• Three extensive engagement exercises:
• Issues and challenges

24-27 Sep14

• Vision for the city centre 28-29 Nov 14
• Draft masterplan & projects 14 Mar - 6 Apr 15
• 2,812 participants
• 2,233 written responses
• 62% support the Vision
• 68% agree with the Objectives
• Support for the Projects (grouped into

themes) ranged from 66% to 93%

Why have a masterplan?

• Responding to the challenges of an

increasingly competitive and international context.

• Supporting economic growth.
• Building on Strategic Investment Plan

and Economic Strategy.

• Securing benefits and opportunities for

people of City and Shire.

• Managing and directing investment in

the city centre.

• A shared vision for Aberdeen city

centre.

City centre challenges

• Energy is the primary driver of prosperity,

but a broad based economy would be more sustainable.

• Aberdeen is strong on business tourism

but attracts less general tourism.

• This is Scotland’s least deprived city, but

pockets of real deprivation persist.

• High ranking quality of life indices are not

reflected in the city centre environment or range of services and facilities.

• The value of the historic city centre is

compromised by the dominance of traffic and poor pedestrian environments.

5th most entrepreneurial city in UK

75% hotel occupancy

Young ung – ½ the p populat latio ion i is age aged 34 34 or less

1.1 million

tourists in 2013

Ranked 1st for car

• wnership in Scotland 1st – highest

business start up rate

• utside London

2nd lowest

claimant count

1 in 7 is a student

Vision for the city centre

The vision for the city centre is: “A City Centre for a global city” The purpose of the city centre masterplan and delivery programme is: “Energising the city centre to deliver prosperity and a better quality of life for all”

Vision for the city centre

• A city centre that contributes more to

an internationally competitive economy.

• An internationally distinctive city centre,

recognised worldwide but with new energy and colour.

• Building on business tourism to

increase leisure visits.

• Housing an international population

and workforce, including students, as well as giving local residents world- class services.

Masterplan objectives

• Specific to Aberdeen.
• Addressing city centre

challenges and opportunities.

• Linked to the vision of a global

city.

• A basis for benchmarking

progress and achievement.

An integrated masterplan

Energy and More

• Economic strategy
• Energy sector
• Innovation and smart specialisation
• Creative industries
• Culture and tourism
• Skills training and employment
• 13 city centre projects
• New offices, research and innovation

centres

• New creative space
• New and improved visitor facilities
• Enhanced cultural programming
• Sector specific skills training

A City for People

• Community strategy
• City centre living
• Improving the retail environment
• 12 projects
• New and improved city centre

neighbourhoods at Castlehill, Queen Street, Torry Waterfront, Regent Quay and Woolmanhill

• Attracting new city centre residents and

helping existing communities and families to enjoy city centre living

• New and improved shopping

experiences, including independent retailers

Light of the North

• Public realm strategy
• Places for People
• Squares and gardens
• Lighting – Aberdeen in colour
• 11 projects across the city centre
• A pedestrian first approach in key city

centre streets such as Broad Street, Guild Street, Justice Mill Lane, Union Street and Upper Kirkgate

• Reinvigorated public spaces including

Union Terrace Gardens and Castlegate

• A lighting masterplan to bring the city

centre to life

The Connected City

• The infrastructure strategy
• Removing non-essential traffic from central

areas

• Promoting a cycling city
• Prioritising the bus and improving rail

linkages

• Ensuring a resilient utilities infrastructure
• 13 projects in the city centre
• An integrated car parking and roads project

to reduce city centre traffic

• Better facilities for cycling and bus users
• Improvements to the railway station and

rail services

• Smart broadband, energy and waste

networks

Intervention areas

1. Denburn Valley 2. Heart of the City 3. Queen’s Square 4. Union Street West 5. Station Gateway 6. Castlegate / Castlehill 7. North Dee / Torry Waterfront

Denburn Valley

• Union Terrace Gardens reconnected

into the city centre, leading to a new city centre residential quarter around the Denburn Valley and Woolmanhill

• New footbridge connection from Union

Terrace to Belmont Street

• Former Woolmanhill hospital converted

into hotel and apartments

• Denburn Health Centre and car park

redeveloped to create a new residential quarter, set in the Denburn Valley

Denburn Valley

• Union Terrace Gardens reconnected

into the city centre, leading to a new city centre residential quarter around the Denburn Valley and Woolmanhill

• New footbridge connection from Union

Terrace to Belmont Street

• Former Woolmanhill hospital converted

into hotel and apartments

• Denburn Health Centre and car park

redeveloped to create a new residential quarter, set in the Denburn Valley

Heart of the City

• Creating a stronger retail heart to the

city, reinvigorating Union Street and integrating the public realm of the medieval and Georgian cities:

• Removing cars from the central

section of Union Street, remodelling the public realm to create space for business to spill out into a people friendly environment.

• Redevelopment of the market.
• Remodelling of the St. Nicholas Centre

with a winter garden with views to Mither Kirk .

Heart of the City

• Creating a stronger retail heart to the

city, reinvigorating Union Street and integrating the public realm of the medieval and Georgian cities

• Removing cars from the central

section of Union Street, remodelling the public realm to create space for business to spill out into a people friendly environment

• Redevelopment of the market
• Remodelling of the St. Nicholas Centre

with a winter garden with views to Mither Kirk

Queen’s Square

• A new, desirable city centre

neighbourhood, in historic

• surroundings. Cafes and shops spill out
• nto pedestrian friendly streets and
• squares. Cultural uses such as the

Lemon Tree and the Arts centre add to this vibrant urban quarter

• Ground floor commercial uses
• Residential apartments above
• Reuse of Marischal College Annex and

Greyfriars Church

Queen’s Square

• A new, desirable city centre

neighbourhood, in historic

• surroundings. Cafes and shops spill out
• nto pedestrian friendly streets and
• squares. Cultural uses such as the

Lemon Tree and the Arts centre add to this vibrant urban quarter:

• Ground floor commercial uses
• Residential apartments above
• Reuse of Marischal College Annex and

Greyfriars Church

Union Street West

• The new West End – an elegant city

street and distinctive business address, providing a focus for independent businesses and entrepreneurs

• Anchored by Aberdeen City Rooms –

providing business services, managed workspace, exhibition and events space and a home for the city centre development team

• Skills and business training

programmes

• Public realm enhancements

Union Street West

• The new West End – an elegant city

street and distinctive business address, providing a focus for independent businesses and entrepreneurs

• Anchored by Aberdeen City Rooms –

providing business services, managed workspace, exhibition and events space and a home for the city centre development team

• Skills and business training

programmes

• Public realm enhancements

Station Gateway

• The phased redevelopment of this key

approach to the city centre, with new business and commercial developments framing a radically transformed arrival experience

• Removal of cars from Guild Street
• Remodelled station
• Redevelopment of Atholl House
• Longer term reconfiguration of the Trinity

Centre to transform the link to Union Street

Station Gateway

• The phased redevelopment of this key

approach to the city centre, with new business and commercial developments framing a radically transformed arrival experience

• Removal of cars from Guild Street
• Remodelled station
• Redevelopment of Atholl House
• Longer term reconfiguration of the Trinity

Centre to transform the link to Union Street

Castlegate / Castlehill

• Aberdeen’s main civic square and a

key orientation point for visitors, linking Union Street with the harbourside and the Beach

• The square will become a flexible

events space and will be surrounded with visitor-orientated leisure uses:

• New hotels
• Markets
• Cafes and restaurants
• Beyond the square new housing will

strengthen the Castlehill neighbourhood

Castlegate / Castlehill

• Aberdeen’s main civic square and a

key orientation point for visitors, linking Union Street with the harbourside and the Beach

• The square will become a flexible

events space and will be surrounded with visitor-orientated leisure uses:

• New hotels
• Markets
• Cafes and restaurants
• Beyond the square new housing will

strengthen the Castlehill neighbourhood

North Dee

• A developing city centre office quarter,
• verlooking the River Dee and

anchored by the Global Energy Hub, a centre supporting collaboration and innovation in the Aberdeen’s energy sector:

• A planned approach to include an

integrated approach to public realm and a shared car parking infrastructure

• Driving footfall through Union Square

from the south

• Stepping stone to the Torry Waterfront

development

North Dee

• A developing city centre office quarter,
• verlooking the River Dee and

anchored by the Global Energy Hub, a centre supporting collaboration and innovation in the Aberdeen’s energy sector:

• A planned approach to include an

integrated approach to public realm and a shared car parking infrastructure

• Driving footfall through Union Square

from the south

• Stepping stone to the Torry Waterfront

development

Torry Waterfront

• Riverside living and new hotels

(including a hotel academy providing sector specific training), helping to regenerate the city south of the Dee

• A riverside park and footbridge across

the Dee gives this community great accessibility to the city centre as well as spectacular views

• Riverside residential developments
• Hotel and Hotel Academy
• Improved public realm and city centre

linkages

Torry Waterfront

• Riverside living and new hotels

(including a hotel academy providing sector specific training), helping to regenerate the city south of the Dee

• A riverside park and footbridge across

the Dee gives this community great accessibility to the city centre as well as spectacular views

• Riverside residential developments
• Hotel and Hotel Academy
• Improved public realm and city centre

linkages

What the masterplan delivers

• £1bn investment in the city centre
• 1,400,000 ft2 of new office space,

supporting over 5,000 new jobs, many of which will be focussed on the energy sector

• 180,000 ft2 of new innovation space

supporting over 500 new jobs

• Over 3,000 new residents living in the

city centre, 2,200 of working age

• Additional local spend of £17m per

year from new local residents

• £2.8bn additional GVA within the

Aberdeen City Region economy