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Future High Street FundWaterdale & Spring Gardens

Today’s discussion

Future High Street Fund (FHSF)

The case for Waterdale

Overview of development proposals

Future High Street Fund

• We submitted 2 EOIs – Waterdale was successful

• Draft business case submitted on 16 March - final full business case by 31 July

• Successful Councils will be announced in October

• Development needs to be complete by 2023/24

• We must demonstrate that we meet a set of criteria:

Key factors:1. Increased Footfall2. Reduced vacancy rates3. Change of use4. Lever commercial investment5. Commitment from all parties

Other Benefits• Quality office space• Increase Housing / Residential• Quality public realm• Connectivity and access• Community / Independent units

• Market stimulation• Improved experience / well-being• Traffic flow and air quality• Respond to changing technology• Improved safety and reduced ASB

Masterplan ZonesSeptember 2016

1. Waterfront Phase 1

2. Minster Canalside

3. Enterprise Market Place

4. City Gateway

5. Civic / Business District

6. Retail Core

7. Innovation Quarter

8. Parklands

9. Existing Urban Centre Communities

10. Waterfront Phase 2

Business District Zone is connected to CCQ

• Proposing revised zoning in current UCMP refresh

• Waterdale and Spring Gardens are now in same development zone

• High synergy between business district and CCQ in terms of their offer and outcomes

Civic Cultural Quarter (CCQ)

Recap on why Waterdale?

• Depressed area with high voids (nearly 60%) and under-supply of quality office space has led to big footfall reduction

• Made up of many old and unsightly buildings in disrepair

• Key connector route to and from newly developed Civic & Cultural Quarter

• Ideal for business and residential, with a mix of leisure and public realm

One of the largestbrownfield waterside developments in the UK

£70m College alreadyon site (since 2006)

90 berth marina completed (2008)

The case for including Spring Gardens?

• Central zone adjacent to other key town centre areas

• Currently unsightly area visible from St Sepulchre

• Part of connector route from transport interchange to CCQ




• Commitment from private developers to undertake residential developments if public realm and access improvements were funded

Business case development boundary




City Gateway Site

Waterdale

Spring Gardens

St James Baths

Frenchgate Transport Interchange & Train Station

New Cinema& restaurants

New Museum, Library & Art gallery

UTC

CAST Theatre

Civic Offices

UTC

Courts, Coroners Police




WaterdaleSpring Gardens

St James Baths

Frenchgate Transport Interchange &Train Station

New Cinema& restaurants

New Museum, Library & Art gallery

UTC

CAST Theatre

Direct access route to CCQ

Surrounding Developments• Major investment in new

developments in the Civic & Cultural Quarter (CCQ)

• Developing Waterdale and Spring Gardens will connect with transport interchanges to attract new business.

• Waterdale and Sir Nigel Gresley Square will provide quality space for large festivals and events

• Increased footfall and more viable commercial investment

Theatre £22m

New Cinema Complex with restaurants £8.5m

New Museum, Library & Art Gallery £15m

University Technology College £10m

Civic Offices £27m

Intervention strategy

Need to pump-prime the market to simulate commercial demand:

• Carried out extensive joint planning with main asset/land owners

• Demolition and site preparation

• Public realm and improved highways infrastructure (incl TCF funding)

• Commercial viability gap funding for new developments

• East Street Arts are providing a cultural and arts input with provision for a community group operating from within old library

• Business investment/relocation driven by Business Doncaster Team

Development in blocks

Proposed developments• New offices and residential with green parking

• Major leisure and retail development of old ABC cinema

• Adaptable public area for pop-ups and maker units

• Public realm with Integrated landscape solutions

• Redevelopment of St James Baths

• Pedestrian improvements for route between transport interchange and CCQ




A new adaptable mixed use square

Waterdale square at night

PlayfulEcologicalAdaptive

Adaptable pop-up units

Maker Units

Festivals & events

Outdoor Movies

Digital leisure & Learning zone

Staged Entertainment

Knowledge exchange Pop-up art

& innovation

Health/Activity classes & demos

E-SportsE-Gaming

Creative

Hub

Business

Incubator

Leisure

Zone

• New Waterdale square linked to Sir Nigel Gresley square

• Provides perfect open space for town centre festivals & events –leading to increased footfall

• Provides critical mass to ensure CCQ becomes desirable destination

• Will attract residents and visitors who don’t normally come into town centre

• Maker units will provide test / incubator solution for local independent businesses

Artisan Coffee

Safe outdoor drinking & eating

Play area

Urban planters

Spring Gardens• Residential development of 70 units, including

commercial redevelopment of units facing Cleveland St

• New public realm in central spring gardens – urban village concept

• Pedestrian improvements to Duke Street, Cleveland Street, St Sepulchre Gate

• On-street parking bays

• Seating oasis nestled amongst planting

• Play area accessed via stepping stones

• Landform to screen views of rear service yards

• Strong pedestrian route through Spring Garden

Duke Street

St Sepulchre Gate

East St Arts• Commissioned to develop community arts &

culture delivery plan for the development

• Providing mentoring and skills transfer programme with local artists and creative enterprises

• Public art proposals

• Working closely with artists (e.g. Chinwe Russell and Wayne Hemingway)

Development costings

• Currently proposing £21m request from FHSF

Demolition / Site Preparation Public Realm / Improved Access Redevelopment / New build

• Demolition of Copley House and Public Library

• Demolition site prep central area of Waterdale

• Demolition of side of ABC cinema for new access to Waterdale

• Site permeability - new access to car park

• Abnormals

• Waterdale central - public realm with adaptable area

• Spring Gardens - public realm

• Spring Gardens - Access and permeability

• Improvements to St Sepuchre Gate

• Cinema Development - refurb and extension

• Pop-ups and adaptable units (e.g. Maker units, touch-down units)

• Residential - Spring Gardens

• Residential – Waterdale

• Copley development (office space)

• Library development (office space)

• Redevelopment of St James Baths

• Upgrade of underground car park

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