Airedale Corridors A Masterplan & Strategy for

3.6 Strategic Areas Key & Liv eds erp 1.0 Le ool Canal Steeton & Silsden Diverse Business Zone Pedestrian Routes

Commercial Silsden Rural Airedale Positioning Integrated Public Transport Access Business Park Recent There is the potential for large areas of employment Developments Silsden Cycleway land at Silsden and large areas of existing employment P Car Parking at Airedale Hospital and Millennium Business Park. Existing Station Gateway Footbridge iver Aire These areas are poorly connected but could be linked R Bus Gates Millenniu A629 m W by a bus, pedestrian and cycle route direct to Steeton A6034 ay Waterway and Silsden railway station and a bus/railway station Green Area Bus/Rail interchange off the main road. This would allow for a Interchange Proposed safe pedestrian cycle route from the railway station to Bridge 2.0 the hospital for employees and visitors alike. It would P also allow bus access to the core of the Millennium P

Park Airedale Vision For Business Park and a more commercially viable bus Mixed Use Mixed Use & Ride route. Airedale Hospital d Steeton Hall Hotel

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Kei and the railway station, schools and other services. ghley Road It would also allow the completion of the Sustrans cycleway and Millennium Walk. A new cycleway bridge would be a very visible icon for the valley and Silsden Rural Business Park 3.0 its regeneration, and for the confi dence and identity of There is signifi cant demand for high-quality industrial

Airedale. and offi ce premises from businesses wanting to Places For Change

relocate throughout and . There is also © Arup/www.paulwhite.co.uk a need for state-of-the-art business space for inward investors into the new economy of Airedale. A new rural business park at Silsden defi ned by high-quality sustainable buildings would provide a way of meeting this demand. This development should not proceed without the completion of the new pedestrian/cycleway bridge over the A650 and the integrated bus rail

interchange at Steeton. It should not be developed until 4.0 Steeton & Silsden the key regeneration zones at Dalton Lane, Crossfl atts and Dockfi eld Road are established. Making Change Happen

71 Research & Development Business Park Esholt treatment works is undergoing a major refurbishment that will release large tracts of brownfi eld land for redevelopment within ten years. Rather than be used for housing, this site should be reserved for strategic employment use that benefi ts the Region as a high-quality commercial research and development business park. The grounds are well landscaped, and would provide an excellent setting for a large campus-style arrangement. The deep sludge beds could be reused to form underground parking and foundations for the new buildings so that there are no surface car parks but quality buildings in a parkland setting. The offi ce and laboratory premises would be sited around a new golf course and enhanced country park landscape.

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Otley Road At Esholt the redevelopment of the treatment works Gill Beck River Air Business Zone e will release a large area of brownfi eld land of strategic Esholt Hall importance and the opportunity to create a research Waste to Conference Centre and development-led technology business park within Energy Plant a rural setting. The potential scale of this development BAILDON presents the opportunity to deliver the most ambitious al Baildon an C l element of the 2020 Vision, and to place o Esholt Rural Digital o rp Baildon e Park iv Business Park Station L Airedale amongst the leading centres for digital s& d e e 2.0 communications in Europe. This aim, if realised, will L Esholt Canal transfer of deliver “Digidale”, within Airedale. R&D waste residues Airedale Vision For Business Baildon Digital Park Zone

Treatment works Filtronic are an example of a world-class fi rm within T of the future Airedale that is investing signifi cant sums in research Key unnel and development, with a new facility at the foot of New Access P Car Parking Green Area PedestrianTHACKLEY Existing Station Waste Park Baildon focused on high-value electronic component Routes Recycling & Ride P Proposed manufacture. The site should be a catalyst to attract Commercial Waterway Station similar businesses creating a high-quality business park Residential to support the growth of new technology. It is essential Station that this site is linked into the regeneration of Baildon Airedale Learning Line. It could become a focus or Esholt Waste-to-Energy Plant 3.0 railway station through enhanced pedestrian routes. meeting point for young people where there is no The site has the capacity and location to incorporate The treatment works currently has an incinerator natural local meeting point at present. The airport for sewage sludge. The incinerator is due to be post-graduate halls of residence to accomodate the Places For Change railway link would pass through Baildon station and future demand for graduates. The lower part of the decommissioned in around 5 to 10 years. As part of increase its popularity as well as create a direct site is on the fl ood plain, and it is proposed that an the Bradford District waste strategy any replacement connection to both and Bradford. extension to the existing nature reserve beneath the incinerator could be used to provide a waste-to- energy plant for treatment of the waste residues Denso Marsden site is made. The site can also be Esholt Rural Business Park linked to its river and canal towpath connections, so post-recycling, where the energy would readily be Esholt Hall is at the centre of the estate and provides taken by the futuristic sewage treatment works, or the that pedestrian and cycle access can be made to excellent conference facilities. Listed farm buildings Shipley and Esholt. future research and development business park. The have been converted for offi ces, and other buildings are proximity of the waste to energy plant to the Leeds & available for conversion. These buildings could be the Baildon Railway Station Canal would provide a genuine opportunity 4.0 centre for business incubator buildings for digital and The neglected railway station building should be for movements of waste by canal. knowledge industries and form a new rural business park. regenerated to provide an internet café or portal for Making Change Happen

73 © Arup / Paul McMullin Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University education opportunitiesintotheheartofacurrently deprivedcommunity. Jubilee Campus.TheShipleyCollegefacilityatBoltonWoods takes architecture nexttowater, asdemonstrated byNottinghamUniversity’s the AiredaleLine.Educationalfacilitiescancomprise striking Learning at BoltonWoods, adjacenttotheproposed , as partof Shipley Collegeare lookingtodevelopanewhorticulture andsportsfacility ,BoltonWoods, Horticulture &SportsFacility Airedale Corridors A Masterplan & Strategy for Airedale

Bolton Woods Leisure & Education Zone Key Bolton Woods is all about reinforcing and securing the 1.0 Pedestrian remaining green space between Airedale and Bradford Routes G ais by Festival A La Residential d n Airedale Positioning as a leisure zone with educational opportunities. a e Ro fe B lif r c a venue n d r f a o Education h r d W A At Bolton Woods there are opportunities to link with C 6 5 a 0 n a Wetland V l a Leisure the Manningham and Bradford city centre masterplans l le Woodland & Flood y R Storage Area o a connected by the new Bradford Canal. The Bradford d P Car Parking

Canal formerly had a dock adjacent to Oswin Mill Shipley College Keighley Road Existing Horticulture & Station and recreating this facility would offer a focal point for Sports Sports Facility Grounds Station Bolton Woods Waterway regeneration. This could comprise a marina, providing a Botanical Gardens Green Area centre for the area with a mix of leisure, residential, and P

Road employment facilities. New Planting 2.0 Frizinghall Proposed Park Bridge & Ride Shipley College Horticulture & Sports Facility St George's Shipley College Viewing Point

Fields Airedale Vision For Shipley College currently has an e-learning connection Horticulture King's Road to the local community centre, but could establish Area B r Oswin Mill a d Marina fo BOLTON WOODS a new sports and horticultural centre at Bolton rd B e c k Woods, reinforcing the Airedale Learning Line. A new Enhanced Rural development fronting on to the Oswin Marina on one Landscape side and overlooking St George’s Fields the on the other would provide the college with an aspirational location to attract local students. The Bolton Woods Football Club is a very popular venue and is due to To Bradford have investment in an all-weather pitch. The sports 3.0 grounds could be shared with the proposed Shipley Frizinghall Park & Ride College sports training centre, and maintenance costs Nearby Frizinghall railway station is poorly connected.

could also be shared. A new road bridge linking Gaisby Lane and Frizinghall Places For Change

station access will create the opportunity for a new © Arup/www.paulwhite.co.uk park-and-ride facility reinforcing the Airedale learning line. The new football ground car park can serve as a parking area for Frizinghall station, relieving some of the pressure on Shipley Station.

Bolton Woods Botanical Gardens: Landscape Enhancement 4.0 Making Change Happen

75 Changing Landscapes Often the fi rst signs of signifi cant change in the built environment is the appearance of construction cranes on the skyline. This has already begun in Shipley with the regeneration of Victoria Mills. This substantial and prestigious development has stimulated demand and raised the underlying value of land and property in the Shipley area. Without rising land and property values new business space can not be delivered.