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City Of London Corporation
Future&Proofing&the&City&Planning for Sustainable Growth
Paul Beckett
Policy & Performance Director
City Of London Corporation
Elements&of&Future&Proofing
• Anticipate change, prepare for change & encourage good change • Economic and policy context stimulates change
• Infrastructure improvements needed to complement change
• Public projects and new private developments help deliver change
• Need to manage intensification
• Our knowledge is imperfect so we need to remain resilient, adaptable and opportunistic
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City’s&Strategic&Context&&&• Key part of London’s Central Activities Zone
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City’s&Strategic&Context&&&• Centre of strong office floorspace growth 2006-13
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City’s&Strategic&Context&&&• Centre of strong employment growth to 2036
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City’s&Strategic&Context&&&• Public transport hub – reinforced by Crossrail
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City’s&Strategic&Context&&&• Adjacent to vibrant Tech City
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City’s&Local&Plan&2015:&Key&Diagram&&&&&&
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City’s&Local&Plan&2015&&&&• Delivering sustainable growth to 2026 in a key
employment location • Need over 1 million extra sqm of office floorspace
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Future&Proofing:&&Infrastructure&Needs&&&&&
• City needs complementary infrastructure for sustainable growth and more agile working
• Movement: Crossrail, Thameslink, Bank station upgrade
• Utilities: Electricity, Thames Tideway Tunnel, wired and wireless telecoms
• Environment and heritage: highway and public realm enhancements, heritage and cultural hub
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Movement&&&&&• Crossrail’s new East-West axis
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Movement&&&&&• Bank Station upgrade at key interchange
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City&Infrastructure:&UHliHes&Electricity demand in London
> 300 MW / km2 kw / km2 x 105
West End
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Docklands
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City’s&Infrastructure:&UHliHes&&&&&• UKPN’s 33kv network
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City’s&Infrastructure:&UHliHes
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City&Infrastructure:&ConnecHvity&&&&&&Multiple digital service suppliers
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Agile Working is Increasing Future Workstyles and Future Workplaces in the City of London – City of London Corporation, 2015
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So Connectivity is Key…
Future Workstyles and Future Workplaces in the City of London – City of London Corporation, 2015
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City&Infrastructure:&ConnecHvity
Need better wired connectivity for occupiers
Need better wireless & Wi-fi across the public realm
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City&Infrastructure:&ConnecHvity&&Superfast&City&Programme
• City of London requires the rapid roll out of next generation wireless technology. We are seeking a wholesale provider of mobile infrastructure utilising the COL asset base to facilitate this
• Wired project: working with the marketplace to
improve connectivity in the Square Mile
• New Wi-Fi concession: available from 2017
• Next generation wireless concession: – 5G and
beyond – open for discussion, action in 2016
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Highways • !Different!street!types!require!different!approaches!
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&• Ground level design, uses and movement are critical
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&• Managing growth in cycling
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&• Bank Junction informal crossing – am and pm peak
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&• Air quality: Average annual NO2 2015
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&• Cheapside: Revitalised high street for retail & leisure
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&• Aldgate: New space, safer journeys
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Environment&&&&&• Network of Open Spaces
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Environment&&&&&• Green roofs by type
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Environment&&&&&• Diverse birds living in the City
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Heritage&&&Culture&&&&&• Including Roman walls, medieval churches, Victorian banking halls and 1980s offices
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City’s&Infrastructure:&Heritage&&&Culture&&&&&• Growing cultural and visitor economy
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City’s&Local&Plan&2015:&Key&Diagram&&&&&&
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Future&Proofing&the&City&&Outcomes&for&2025&?&&&
! World financial and business centre ! Key City Places evolving successfully ! Attractive City culture and heritage ! Sustainable City environment ! Thriving City communities ! Latest IT for smarter working, living and
City management
• Outcome: a future City that is more attractive, resilient, efficient, adaptable, responsive, sustainable - a smarter City in a smarter world