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Gibraltar Development Plan the Old Town Plan 2009 GIBRALTAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN GIBRALTAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN THE OLD TOWN PLAN 2009 Approved by the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, the Hon P R Caruana, QC, 25th September 2009. Town Planning Division Department of Enterprise and Development Suite 631 Europort Gibraltar Universal Recycling Symbols Universal Recycling Symbol 1 Recycling Symbol for Type-1 Plastics Printed(Used as a generic on symbol 100% for recycling recycled paper (polyethylene terephthalate) or to indicate that material is recyclable) Old Town Plan 2 Recycling Symbol for Type-2 Plastics (high density polyethylene) 3 Recycling Symbol for Type-3 Plastics Black Universal Recycling Symbol (vinyl, polyvinyl chloride) 4 Recycling Symbol for Type-4 Plastics (low density polyethylene) 5 Recycling Symbol for Type-5 Plastics Recycled Paper Symbol (polypropylene) (Used to indicate 100% recycled paper content) 6 Recycling Symbol for Type-6 Plastics (polystyrene) 7 Recycling Symbol for Type-7 Plastics (other plastics) Partially-Recycled Paper Symbol Recycling Symbol for Generic Materials (Percentage of recycled paper (used together with other text and content indicated in overlay or labels to indicate type of material to next to this symbol) be recycled) Courtesy of Heather Castles www.illustrationcastle.com GIBRALTAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN Old Town Plan GIBRALTAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN CONTENTS SUMMARY OF POLICIES ................................................................................................i 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 1 General ............................................................................................................... 1 Progress.............................................................................................................. 1 The strategy ........................................................................................................ 2 2 CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT ............................................................ 5 General ............................................................................................................... 5 Design Guidance ................................................................................................ 5 Planning Briefs .................................................................................................... 5 Demolition of existing buildings........................................................................... 6 The City Walls ..................................................................................................... 7 Tall Buildings ....................................................................................................... 7 Timber windows and shutters ............................................................................. 8 3 RETAILING ................................................................................................................. 9 General ............................................................................................................... 9 Locational Policy ................................................................................................. 9 Pedestrianisation .............................................................................................. 10 Shopfront design ............................................................................................... 10 Amalgamation of shop units...............................................................................11 Advertisements ..................................................................................................11 Character of shopping streets ........................................................................... 12 Sandwich Boards .............................................................................................. 13 Al Fresco entertainment .................................................................................... 13 4 HOUSING .................................................................................................................. 15 General ............................................................................................................. 15 Loss of residential accommodation................................................................... 15 Condition of buildings........................................................................................ 15 5 TOURISM .................................................................................................................. 17 General ............................................................................................................. 17 The City Walls ................................................................................................... 17 The Northern Defences .................................................................................... 18 Upper Town Tourist Route ................................................................................ 19 Giralda Tower ................................................................................................... 19 Orange Bastion ................................................................................................. 19 Orange Bastion/King’s Bastion ......................................................................... 20 King’s Bastion ................................................................................................... 20 Wellington Front ............................................................................................... 20 Charles V Wall .................................................................................................. 21 The Tower Of Homage ..................................................................................... 21 Old Town Plan GIBRALTAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN 6 BUSINESS ................................................................................................................ 23 General ............................................................................................................. 23 Offices .............................................................................................................. 23 7 TRAFFIC ................................................................................................................... 27 General ............................................................................................................. 27 Off Street Car Parking ...................................................................................... 27 Parking schemes .............................................................................................. 27 Motorcycles ...................................................................................................... 28 Road Schemes ................................................................................................. 28 Directional Signage .......................................................................................... 28 8 KEY SITES ................................................................................................................ 31 General ............................................................................................................. 31 Key Sites- Environmental Improvement Schemes ........................................... 31 Governor’s Parade .................................................................................... 31 Castle Street ............................................................................................. 32 Key sites - Redevelopment and refurbishment/conversion schemes ............... 32 St Bernard’s Hospital ................................................................................ 32 Old Police Barracks .................................................................................. 33 Orange Bastion Casemates (Ex-electricity depot) Irish Town ................... 33 Engineer House ........................................................................................ 33 Wellington Front ........................................................................................ 34 Infrastructure .................................................................................................... 34 9 IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND REVIEW ................................................. 35 PROPOSALS MAP ....................................................................................................... 37 Old Town Plan ii GIBRALTAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN SUMMARY OF POLICIES POLICY OTC1 – DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE OLD TOWN .................................................... 5 POLICY OTC2 – APPLICATION OF DESIGN GUIDE ................................................................ 5 POLICY OTC3 – PLANNING BRIEFS ......................................................................................... 6 POLICY OTC4 – DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS ........................................................................ 6 POLICY OTC5 – PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF CITY WALLS ................................ 7 POLICY OTC6 – TALL BUILDINGS ............................................................................................ 8 POLICY OTR1 – CHANGES OF USE IN SHOPPING AREAS ................................................... 9 POLICY OTR2 – CHANGE OF USE TO RETAIL ELSEWHERE IN THE OLD TOWN ............... 9 POLICY OTR3 – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ............................................................
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