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CHARRETTE REPORT MAY 2015 foreward Glasgow City Council, with funding support from the Scottish Government and The River Clyde and the waterfront has also been one of the most important GHA, appointed Barton Willmore to lead on a charrette for Govan and Partick. areas of focus for regeneration and economic development within Glasgow. The charrette is the first stage towards the implementation of a Strategic The regeneration of the waterfront has been characterised by a shift to a service Development Framework for the area, which will be a spatial planning policy sector economy and an increase in the residential population beside the river. to coordinate and guide the area’s regeneration. The charrette process took These changes have brought new jobs and activities to replace the industry place over the first 3 months of 2015, culminating in a workshop at the Riverside which has now gone from the upper reaches of the Clyde in Glasgow. Museum between 16 – 19th March. This report tells the story of the process and indicates the main strategic ideas which emerged. However, too many physical, economic and social barriers remain to the integration of Govan and Partick both with each other and crucially to the wider Historically the Govan and Partick areas of Glasgow were spatially, socially networks and opportunities of the City beyond. The City Council, partner and economically interconnected. For at least 2,000 years the area had huge agencies and the wider network of stakeholders locally share a vision that importance as a location where it was possible to ford the Clyde. As the River through a strategic approach to urban design interventions and by working developed its role as a centre of industry, a port and an international seaway, it collaboratively to share knowledge and resources, a fundamental shift can was deepened; but the vital social and economic connection was maintained be achieved over the next decade in the performance of the city district. through the provision of a network of cross-river ferries. The charrette model has been perfectly suited to the task of building on this optimism and bringing together the key decision-makers, with the local experts, th In the late 20 century the river lost its role as a seaway, a port and a centre to build a shared spatial vision which can deliver real change in this area. of industry. The City Corporation’s attempts to improve the situation through demolition of tenement housing and road building often made the problems The charrette process demonstrated strong support for improved links – worse rather than better. Communities were dispersed and physical barriers physical, social, economic – between the communities on both sides of the to movement created. The historic Govan ferry was closed to passengers in Clyde. The City Council will work to deliver on this aspiration through planning the early 1980s. These changes led to significant social, economic and spatial strategy and capital investment. Achieving the vision for the place which has dislocation as a consequence and these problems were particularly experienced emerged through the charrette will require a continued high level of community in Govan. and stakeholder involvement and the Strategic Development Plan process will be delivered in that spirit. In Govan over the last few decades a new vision for the area has emerged. This new vision could be understood as a ‘placemaking’ approach to urban Hopefully you will find this report of the charrette process and outcomes as planning; a belief that the best solutions to the challenges of the area will stimulating and useful as we have. be rooted in the existing urban form and will emerge from working with the local community. Significant achievements have been made in preserving and maintaining the historic environment, in building new residential and economic facilities, in changing perceptions of the place and in integrating local Forbes Barron communities and stakeholders into the planning process. Head of Planning and Building Control CHARRETTE REPORT MAY 2015 “I always thought that bringing the two communities together would be a lot better. In my opinion I think it would be good if a bridge was built “Something for the local community. A bridge between Govan and Partick.” would give people a better opportunity to spend time and money in both communities, not just one.” a shared vision... GETTING THE CONNECTION ON THE AGENDA The Govan Partick Charrette was the first step in this process, Over the last 10 years around £200m in public funding has its purpose to listen to and record the needs and wishes been committed towards regeneration and infrastructure of these communities and to create an appetite for a step improvements within the Govan and Partick Charrette change in people’s perception. area. This figure does not include the new South Glasgow THE POTENTIAL OF THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK Hospital, which has itself seen upwards of £800m invested. Several hundred million pounds is due to be invested in The most notable aspect of the charrette, or rather the SDF, the area in the next few years through programmes such as is that this is the first time that Glasgow City Council has the Clyde Valley City Deal. These areas have changed over aimed to strategically plan for the focused development and recent years, and generally for the better. investment in two specific communities, separated by the River Clyde, at the same time. However, to date, a tiny proportion of this funding has been focused on re-establishing true connections between these The great deal of investment that has been recently directed two communities. Sites adjacent to the River Clyde have to both banks of the Clyde has generally emerged from seen over £1bn of investment over the last decade, but it project specific approaches as opposed to any kind of could be argued that a true sense of place has still to be comprehensive plan spanning the Clyde, with the potential created on both banks over the river. exception of the City Centre. The charrette study area, while termed ‘Govan and Partick’, looked a little bit further afield Glasgow City Council has identified the need for a Strategic and included much of the West End, the Finnieston area and Development Framework (SDF) to be developed, in support also further south towards the likes of Ibrox and Elderpark. of Glasgow’s City Development Plan, to examine best ways for any beneficial connections between Govan and Partick It has been made clear from the start of this process that to be re-established. the charrette would form a consultative draft urban design scoping for the Govan and Partick SDF – importantly this was also to feed into City Deal bid work and investments that may come further down the line. INTRODUCTION PRE-CHARRETTE PROCESS THE CHARRETTE: DAY 1 1 IN T RO D U CT IO N Day 1 32 Day 2 42 2 Progressing Ideas 45 PR E- CHA RRET The Charrette Process 10 TE PROCESS Organising the Charrette 12 3 THE CHA Publicity & Audience 17 RR ET TE D AY 1 & 2 Community ‘Gazebo Days’ 20 Stakeholder Workshops 22 Reminiscense Group 27 Schools Workshop 28 4 O U TC OM ES DA Y 3 5 OU TCOM contents. ES: FUTURE PLANNING OUTCOMES: FUTURE PLANNING OUTCOMES: DAY 3 THE CHARRETTE: DAY 2 54 56 64 58 60 Looking Forward Activity 50 Botanics to Bellahouston Commercial / Civic / Community NG The Overall Concept NI Heat Mapping AN PL E UR UT S: F ME TCO 5 OU AY 3 ARRETTE DAY 1 & 2 4 OUTCOMES D E CH TH 3 S ES OC PR TTE RE 1 INTRO HAR DUCTION 2 PRE-C INTRODUCTION PRE-CHARRETTE PROCESS THE CHARRETTE: DAY 1 THE CHARRETTE: DAY 2 OUTCOMES: DAY 3 OUTCOMES: FUTURE PLANNING 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION PRE-CHARRETTE PROCESS THE CHARRETTE: DAY 1 The Charrette Process Every charrette is unique to the community involved. In the case of this project, there are two communities – each proud and distinctive neighbourhoods that are vital elements to both the history and future of Glasgow. There is also, essentially, a third ‘component’: the space in between and its potential to test and even re-establish physical, cultural and economic connections. In our view, the key aim of the Govan and Partick Charrette was to provide the environment for the local communities and stakeholders to reach consensus on both the big questions of strategic direction and the identification of localised placemaking opportunities. Following on from the success of existing initiatives in the study area, this is the perfect time to explore the will for a greater connection between the two communities and to establish a shared vision on how this can be best achieved, to use the River Clyde as the focus for connection rather than as a physical barrier. 10 THE CHARRETTE: DAY 2 OUTCOMES: DAY 3 OUTCOMES: FUTURE PLANNING In order to establish the best way to deliver the charrette, it was important to define what could be meant by the theme of connection. The starting point was that this could be a physical connection between Govan and Partick, 1 2 3 be it a bridge or a ferry, potentially achievable in the longer term through an approach for City Deal funding. However, as the charrette process unfolded it became clear that ‘the bridge’ was almost a metaphor, as the connection between areas and beyond any physical connection should be as much the BUILDING focus. COMMUNITY MOMENTUM STAKEHOLDER CAPACITY A great deal of time was spent looking into both Govan and Partick in this FOR THE WORKSHOPS BUILDING process and when they were compared we became aware that there were CHARRETTE different challenges and issues to be addressed for each.

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