Barnsley Town Centre URBAN DESIGN SUSTAINABILITY & POST

Barnsley Town Centre

URBAN DESIGN SUSTAINABILITY &

STRATEGY POST-COVID Summary Report and “Long List” of Interventions DRAFT OUR TEAM

CONTACT

This report has been produced by URBED for Barnsley Metropolitan District Council. If you have any queries please contact Vicky Payne at URBED: [email protected] CONTENTS

Introduction...... 1

Baseline Summary...... 2 General Economy Sustainability

Post Covid Future...... 5

An Inclusive Town Centre...... 7

Sustainability...... 9

Themes...... 11

Spatial Strategy...... 13

Long List...... 15 Retail Culture Skills/Employment Housing Greenspace Connections INTRODUCTION

URBED and the team were the town centre that can be developed commissioned in November 2019 with the Council the community to produce an Urban Design and through the consultation process. This Sustainability Strategy for Barnsley is a starting point - not all these ideas Leeds

Town Centre, taking into account will be taken forward and some may Barnsley Zero 40 and Zero 45 happen a long time in the future. Peak targets. We have worked with ADE Bradford Regeneration and LEDA to produce Over the course of our work we have Dist Wakefield a response to this commission. been in dialogue with the internal team rict We roughly split the work into producing the Town Centre Action Na zero carbon interventions with Plan and have provided inputs into the ti ional measurable effects and harder to regional scale “Economic Blueprint” Huddersfield Park measure sustainable urban design work. interventions, combining to create a robust strategy. Barnsley During the course of the work Rotherham the UK experienced the Covid-19 pandemic, and in January 2021 we were asked to adapt the focus of the commission to include Meadowhall interventions that would support the recovery of the town centre post-Covid 19. Sheffield Barnsley sits within a collection of towns and cities, many The following document of which are connected by rail. The boundary of the town summarises the work we have center is quite tightly drawn, so the commission has completed so far and ends with looked beyond this to explore the relationship with the a “long list” of possible ideas for surrounding residential suburbs 1 BASELINE SUMMARY: GENERAL

A detailed analysis of the town centre was undertaken in the first phase of the project. This was revisited and updated in light of Covid-19. The following pages give a high level summary of our key findings. They are not intended to provide a complete overview of our analysis, but instead highlight the main insights that have influenced the ideas set out later in the document Progress Against ARUP Plan Population • Many previously identified sites in progress. • Increasing population and higher than • Some gaps + further opportunities average percentage of working age people. identified by URBED and client team. • Higher deprivation/preventable mortality. • Connections needed to bring it together. • Lower home/private vehicle ownership.

Transport Greenspace Landuse • Good bus/rail services. • Strong green infrastructure networks and • Large amount of retail space for the size of • Poorer walking and cycling links. larger recreational spaces in the wider area. the town. • Road infrastructure and car parking are • Some green spaces on the edge of centre • Sometimes confusing mix of uses/identity. acting as barriers. but very little in the town centre itself. • Some “linking spaces” between key buildings/uses are of poor quality.

2 BASELINE SUMMARY: ECONOMY

A detailed analysis of the town centre property market was undertaken in 2020 and updated in May 2021 to provide insights into the current and expected impacts of Covid-19. Research was also undertaken to understand the measures being taken by other town centers to respond to the post pandemic conditions, and key reflections were made to guide the response in Barnsley.

Key findings on post-Covid property market: Key actions for post-Covid recovery:

• The retail market in Barnsley and Sheffield has been significantly • Monitor the economic health of the town centre to ensure problems affected by the coronavirus outbreak and lockdown restrictions, are identified early and responded to. although Barnsley has fared better than some similar towns in the • Plan to remove surplus retail, either through the provision of diverse UK. uses, or removing the quantum of built form all together. • There’s a general reduction in demand for office space due to remote • Diversify uses so the town is less dependent on retail, introducing working and an expectation that businesses will scale back their creative workspaces, cultural assets, additional housing, civic office space over the next two years. On a local level, demand for services, events space and workspaces. offices showed signs of recovery and the Barnsley market went in to • Communicate about the safety of the town centre, and ensure the the pandemic in relatively healthy shape. transport to and from allows people to feel safe. • Barnsley’s local retail and office space is expanding through the • Support independent retail to lessen the reliance on big-chain Glass Works and The Seam Digital Campus at a time when demand retailers that are consolidating into larger urban centres and growing nationally is decreasing. These two combined factors will likely pose their on-line presence e.g. suitable flexible accommodation, financial challenges for the town centre in the future. support and business mentoring. • Ensure the town’s employments space is capable of meeting the Further detail can be found in the Pygott and Crone Report “May 2020 changing requirements of a post-pandemic workforce. Property Market” and the 2021 “Barnsley Property Market Follow Up” note. Further detail can be found in the ADE Regeneration Report “Urban Centres, Planned Response to Covid, A Summary of UK Efforts”

3 BASELINE SUMMARY: SUSTAINABILITY

A study was undertaken to quantify the carbon Gas 38% emissions from buildings within the town 1.9 kt CO2/yr centre, based on best available data. Strategies Electricity have then been provided to reduce emissions 62% to achieve Barnsley’s Zero 40 and Zero 45 48.4 kt carbon reduction targets (summarised in the Gas 26% CO2/yr next section). Electricity 74% Key findings: Town Centre Domestic • Partly due to the composition of the town Carbon Emissions Non- Domestic centre (few houses within the boundary) non-domestic buildings represent 95% of the total carbon emissions and is where the primary focus should be to meet the 2040 Map extract showing location of big emitters by carbon targets. sector - see report for full detail • Domestic: the total baseline for carbon Highest emitters: emissions is 1.9 kt CO2/yr. 38 % of • Domestic: Plaza Quarter, Princess STreet, household’s heating (space and hot water) Skyline Flats, Regent House demand is supplied by gas and 62% by • Non-domestic: Cheapside retail units, electricity. Alhambra Shopping Centre, Market Street • Non-domestic: the total carbon emissions units + more (see full report) baseline is calculated to be 48.4 kt CO2/yr. • BMBC Buildings: Markets, Town Hall, Civic 26% heating demand is supplied by gas and Hall, Digital Media Centre + more (see full 74% by electricity. report) units Four case studies are detailed in the report Split of source of non- to illustrate the approaches that might be domestic emissions followed for different building typologies.

4 TownPOST-COVID centres across theFUTURE UK were struggling even before the pandemic hit. The continuing growth of online retail was reducing demand in brick and mortar stores. When customers did travel to shops in person they were often looking to have experiences in highly curated spaces link that with leisure activities - going for drinks and eating out. This meant that retail activity (and big name retailers) were consolidating their activities in city centres, which also benefited from their office market through commuter spending – at lunchtime and after work. A “winner takes all” pattern was emerging where town centers lost out to big cities.

Barnsley wasn’t suffering too badly from these circumstances pre-Covid; our market reporting from 2020 noted that “despite challenging conditions, Barnsley’s retail market appears to have held steady over the last 12 months, bucking the nationwide trend for the retail market”. However, it seems inevitable that those market forces would have begun to bite. Covid-19 has now flipped the script on the towns vs cities dynamic. Data from Centre for

5 CitiesPOST-COVID shows that city FUTURE centres have in many cases been hit hardest by the sudden changes. With their greater reliance on department stores (now contracting or going bust entirely), office markets (at a time when most companies are planning to downsize space in the next 2 years) and access from a wide catchment area by public transport (when safety fears are high and passenger numbers are curbed) city centres have suffered significant losses. Barnsley is now in a really interesting position. Like many medium sized towns in the UK Barnsley has been better equipped to weather the storm, partially by dint of not having city centre style assets to lose in the first place. It People want to move out of city centres, when and if they are needed. People want a had no significant office market and no large away from cramped apartments, without sense of community, to live more connected department store anchoring its high street completely giving up the amenities they and healthy lives. Barnsley can provide great and it is in many ways a practical town centre, enjoy. Barnsley can provide family houses in walkable and cyclable streets, access to green serving the needs of residents as much as town centre neighbourhoods, with outdoor spaces and a network of local businesses and visitors or commuters. space and access to independent shops, facilites. café’s, restaurants and culture. People want Because of this Barnsley is in an excellent to work more flexibly, working from home This new way of life is not just advantageous position to respond to the emerging trends sometimes and using office facilities when for Barnsley’s recovery, its is also inherently following the pandemic. It may need, as ADE they need to. Barnsley can provide home sustainable and can support Barnsley’s zero Regen highlighted, to rethink its relationship office spaces, co-working facilities, spaces to carbon ambitions. with retail, reducing its floorspace by up to a start a business and rail links to larger centres third, but it is well placed to plug the gaps left behind.

6 AN INCLUSIVE TOWN CENTRE When we talk about a sustainability strategy PEOPLE FOCUSED PRINCIPLES it’s important to think about this in it’s widest sense. Often sustainability is broken down into three parts: environmental (which many people are familiar with), economic and social. Be Age Friendly Be Child Friendly Thinking about sustainability from a social point of view means seeing people as part of the planet and the environment

We were also inspired by Barnsley’s network A Sustainable Be Accessible to All of equality forums to set some people-focused Feel Inclusive Barnsley Town Centre principles to guide our work and shape our should: ideas about what the town centre should be like in the future.

Support Healthy Foster Community Living

The Three Pillars of Sustainability - University of Nottingham

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Be Age Friendly Be Child Friendly Be Accessible to All

Homes that meet people’s needs as Safe neighbourhoods that aren’t Afforable, reliable transport options they get older, shops and services dominated by cars, spaces to explore that are easy to use, walking and that are easy to access, friendly, and play, a town centre that is fun cycling links that are easy to move vibrant public spaces that are easy to and sparks creativity, places to learn through and navigate for everyone, navigate, places to sit and slow down. and spend time with family. whether they have disability or not.

Feel Inclusive Foster Community Support Healthy Living

Spaces that feel safe and welcoming Places where the people of Barnsley Clean air, options for active travel for everyone, a town centre that can come together, to celebrate (getting to where you’re going celebrates all the different people events, relax, share food or work on foot or by bike), green spaces, that live there and the value they together for a common goal. healthy food, warm, safe houses and bring to Barnsley. businesses.

Although some of these ideas are focused the possible needs of a specific group, most of them are things that everybody will benefit from: adults need to play and have fun sometimes, younger people can benefit from slowing down and sitting still occasionally, and you don’t have to be a new resident to enjoy the feeling of a town that welcomes everybody.

8 SUSTAINABILITY

In-progress and existing projects New buildings Carbon Sustainability Interventions • Identify intervention • Fabric first approach. • Develop strategies to points for the introduction decarbonise energy • Set standards for new of carbon reduction supply. development. measures at key stages. • Offset residual emissions. • 2025 UK target for no gas • Undertake retrofit of boilers in new builds. • Create and maintain green Retail existing buildings, focusing Culture spaces. first on high emitters,

Skills/Employment completing domestic • Monitor and transparently buildings first and moving publish progress/carbon on to non-domestic (see savings. full report for detailed case studies). Further detail can be found in the LEDA Report “Zero Carbon Strategy for • Targeted demolition or Barnsley Town Centre” Housing change to lower emission Connection Green space Green use.

From our baseline analysis, this should be the overarching conversations with the client principle that guides this project. group and insights from the Town The sustainability interventions Centre Action Plan team we therefore sit above the six themes developed a set of themes with (explained on page 7) and should which to think about the next be integrated into all of them. stages of work. Barnsley’s zero The following pages provide a carbon agenda was the original summary of the approach that focus of the commission and the should be taken when doing so. client team have confirmed that 9 SUSTAINABILITY

There are a number of financial Levers and Strategies and structural approaches that could be taken to push forward • A “Green New Deal” for Barnsley Town Centre. A and support the interventions comprehensive public policy approach to address climate listed on the previous page. This change and achieve other social aims like job creation and CARBON NEUTRAL CITIES ALLIANCE page provides an overview of reducing income inequality. some of the options and again Framework for • Grants for small businesses to make aesthetic and sustainability more detail can be found in LEDA’s Long-Term improvements. This could make use of Council borrowing ability “Zero Carbon Strategy for Barnsley Deep Carbon to create a revolving fund. Town Centre” report. Reduction Planning

• Power purchase agreements - funding and support to allow Developed for the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance multiple small businesses to purchase sustainable energy by the Innovation Network for Communities collectively. • Attractive leasing arrangements for new “green” businesses that meet certain standards, along with support for existing The Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance businesses to make changes. Report “Framework for Long-Term Deep Carbon Reduction Planning provides some useful examples of approaches that other urban areas have taken.

10 THEMES

The six themes sitting under the Sustainability Interventions overall sustainability agenda have helped to guide our thinking about the future of Barnsley town centre. This section gives an overview of the themes, explaining the overall idea in each case and the reasons behind it. Retail Culture Skills/Employment

Retail Culture

What? What? Reduce/diversify some retail Boosting Barnsley’s existing Housing floorspace while increasing cultural assets, linking them up Connection Green space Green independent, sustainable, local and improving early evening businesses. options for food and drink.

Why? Why? • Improve town centre resilience • Build on good existing cultural following Covid 19. offer. • Build on the market and • Boost early evening economy. existing independent retail. • Tie in with independent retail • Support local businesses. identity and town centre • Lower reliance on vulnerable neighborhoods ideas. national retailers. • Attract visitors from a wider • Attract young people. area and younger people.

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Skills/Employment Housing Green space Connections

What? What? What? What? Make Barnsley a great place to Increase the resident population in Bringing green and blue spaces Creating an inclusive, accessible learn skills, start a business or and around the town centre with into the town centre. town centre with good non-car work remotely. high quality housing. travel options. Why? Why? Why? • Improve resident and visitor Why? • Support and retain young • Local residents supported the access to greenspace as a • Improve resident and visitor people. town centre during Covid 19. boost to mental and physical mental and physical health. • Boost local economy with Growing population will help health. • Allow the town centre to “green” businesses. recovery and reduce reliance • Create an attractive function better and boost • Facilitate working from home/ on visitors environment to support other existing businesses. flexible working trend. • Boost/support other measures. themes - especially Housing, • Improve air quality • Build on existing educational • Address housing need. Culture and Connections. • Encourage sustainable travel assets and The Seam digital • Encourage sustainable patterns • Improve biodiversity, resilience patterns. campus. of development and travel. to flooding and air quality.

SPATIAL STRATEGY

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Skills/Employment Housing Greenspace Connections

Introduction of flexible offices, co- Drawing high quality housing from • Improvement of existing • Improvement of walking and working spaces and studios. the surrounding suburbs into the green spaces and introducing cycling connections around town centre. additional larger green spaces the periphery of the town • At The Seam Digital Campus to around the periphery of the centre. Including a strong link the north, such uses could help • Around Churchfields to the town centre. between the Active Travel Hub to diversify the offer of the north west. at The Seam and the existing existing masterplan and build • Introduction of smaller scale Interchange. connections with surrounding • Around Townend Roundabout green interventions into a zone educational institutions. including junction in the core of the town centre: • Development of “wellbeing reconfiguration. pocket parks, green roofs etc. route” around the town centre core with improved walkability. • To the north west these • Along Pitt Street and New • Development of a “wellbeing could be introduced through Street with improved crossings route” of green links around • “Taming” of the West Way intensification and have a over the West Way. the core of the town centre. with landscape softening, relationship with Barnsley Sixth reconfigured junctions and Form College • Around the “Youth Zone” improved crossings development site to the east. 14 LONG LIST: RETAIL Possible Phasing: S Short M Medium L Long

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2. Outer Retail Core 3. Regent Street South 5. Alhambra Shopping Centre The outer retail core covers a This could be activated by pop up Development of a distinct identity wider area and is defined around units to expand the offer in the and offer for the Alhambra. This Church Street, Eldon Street, area. This could serve as a test bed will likely include retail but could Shambles Street and Pitt Street. for independents who could then also explore a reduction, with This would be a “reinvention zone” be supported to take permanent alternative uses on different floors. with a stronger focus both on units. independent retailers but also on diversification to other active uses. M S

The Council’s role here could be in creating a fund to buy up vacant retail properties, particularly those where occupiers have relocated to the Glassworks. A leasehold structure could be set up to 4. Residential Ground Floors 6. Eldon Street support new businesses with cash The housing proposed at New Improvement and integration of pots for improvements to the Street and Peel Street has active ground floor uses, including units (which could be aesthetic potential for flexible units at retail as part of the Heritage but also include sustainability ground floor for shops, cafe’s or Action Zone work. improvements). restaurants to serve residents.

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3. George Yard/Arcades 5. Metrodome Improvement of public realm and Clearer role/more diverse active encouragement of early events. Better connectivity with evening activity, food and drink. town centre, encourage linked Detailed design should consider trips, effective car park use. See access and servicing requirements. Connections 3

4. Multipurpose Route “Culture trail” active travel route linking different attractions. Greened/improved public realm. Route to be determined. See Greenspace 7 and Connections 4

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2. Youth Zone 4. Westgate 6 Digital Connectivity The Youth Zone would offer a wide Intensification and re-defined Provision of high speed Internet range of physical and recreational identity for the Westgate area. access across the town centre for activities for young people as well Retain/reconfigure current uses homes and businesses to assist as personal development and + introduction of business/co- remote and co-working. informal education to help raise working spaces. aspirations and improve prospects.

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3. Sixth Form College Phase 2 5. Home Working Possibility for expansion of Sixth Integration of spaces suitable for Form College (raised in client homes working and provision discussions). Loss of green space. of high speed Internet to serve Relationship w/poss housing proposed residential development. project No. 2.

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Approach The overall aspiration is to increase the amount of high quality housing within the town centre. This should be sustainable 6 and cater to a range of ages and needs. The following list

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2. Peel St North 4. Townend Roundabout 6. The Seam 8. New Street Neighborhood Partial demolition of existing Reconfiguration of roundabout, Housing included within the Seam New housing and change of overall buildings including Peel Street partial demolition of existing masterplan use/character of the New Street Arcade. New mid-density housing buildings and new housing area - improvements to West Way + active ground floor uses. development. crossing and links into the town centre.

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3. Southern Fringe Opportunity 5. Youth Zone 7. Pitt Street Area No specific sites have been Housing on land adjacent to Youth New and retrofitted mid-density identified at this stage, but the Zone development site. housing and active ground floor area to the south of West Way has uses along Pitt Street potential to deliver housing within the town centre.

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3. Alhambra Roundabout 5. West Way 7. Multipurpose Route 9. Eldon Street/Interchange Improvements to access and Greening and softening the West Multipurpose “wellbeing/culture” Possible new green space between green space at the Alhambra Way, especially at key crossings/ route through town. Exact Eldon Street and the Interchange. Roundabout pedestrian routes. junctions. See also Connections route to be defined considering See also Connections No.3. No.2. accessibility and other projects. See also Connections No.4.

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4. The Seam 6. Green Connections 8. Urban Park New green spaces and green links Street trees and greening along An urban park for the town delivered as part of the emerging key routes in and out of town centre at Cheapside/Albert Seam digital campus masterplan. centre. See also Connections. Street. Possibly located on a site currently occupied by Sport Direct. Embodied carbon associated with any demolition to be considered.

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3. Routes in and out of town 5. Eldon Street Access 7. The Seam 9. Gateways Improvements to walking and Frontage and public realm New links and connectivity Gateways at Sheffield Rd, cycling connections in and out of improvements through HAZ to through the site delivered as part Dodworth Rd, Hudderfield the town centre along key streets include improved access to Regent of the emerging Seam digital Rd and Old Mill Lane - taller, to improve access for surrounding Street South/Civic - cut through campus masterplan. visually attractive and impactful residential neighborhoods. near “Globe Holidays” development encouraged.

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4. Routes within town 6. Market Gate Bridge 8. Metrodome “Green Sprint” Multipurpose “wellbeing/culture” Improvements to walking and Improved walking and cycling route through town. Exact cycling provision and quality of connectivity between the route to be defined considering public realm on either side of the Metrodome and the town centre accessibility and other projects. proposed Market Gate Bridge including a new bridge over crossing. Harborough Hills.

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