Wakefield City Centre Masterplan Project Information Responsible Officers

James Stephenson Michelle Rushworth Sarah Howsen Senior Development Development City and Town Centre Manager Manager Regeneration Officer

JStephenson@.gov.uk [email protected] [email protected]

2 Masterplanning Urban Design Guidance & Placemaking The Team Public Open Space Strategy Contract Management

SWOT, & Property Market Analysis; Viability, Phasing, Funding & Delivery

Visitor & Cultural Placemaking Strategy

Mobility & Connectivity Framework Healthy Streets Green Infrastructure Cost Consultancy

Community & Stakeholder Engagement Public Consultation

3 Project Overview AIMS + OBJECTIVES • Help address issues of decline in the retail • Enhance the historic character and sense of and business sectors within the city centre. local distinctiveness to enhance Wakefield’s appeal • Create a positive reputation for the city as a desirable place to live, work and play, ensuring • Recognise the role of the cultural and the long term benefits and positive creative sectors in stimulating economic experience for visitors to the city centre, growth and support these assets ensuring accessibility for all. • Recognise the role of the different • Stimulate regeneration of the city centre communities of the city centre to ensure through vibrant mixed use development future development is consistent with their proposal. current and future needs.

• Create better coherence and physical connectivity across the city centre, with key developments and the retail core.

4 Project Overview | CONTEXT + SUMMARY

Build on your prior work Summary

• Central Wakefield Area Action Plan, Wakefield • Bring together the various piecemeal Metropolitan District Local Development developments / regeneration areas Framework - Adopted 17 June 2009 • Marketing - Investors / Developers will be • Wakefield City Centre, URBAN DESIGN signposted to the Masterplan FRAMEWORK, Supplementary Planning Document, Adopted 4 October 2017 • Material Consideration - Masterplan is not intended to be adopted • Wakefield Local Plan 2036 Consultation (in May 2020) • Funding Bids – Masterplan will help support funding bids (e.g. Towns Fund)

5 City Centre Boundaries Areas of study

6 Were are we now with the project ?

- Early stages of the project

- Enabler workshops and public consultation

- Preparing baseline report

7 How Wakefield is Changing Planned Development

8 FHSF Projects

9 Land Uses Plan

10 Westgate Station

Active Frontages

Kirkgate Station

11 Westgate Station

Green Open Space Provision

Urban Grain and Buffers

Public Open Space Kirkgate Station Semi-Public/ Private Space

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2 14 3 13 5 4 8 6 15 7 9 Key Buildings 16

1 2 WX3 - former Market Hall 3 Shopping Centre 12 4 Town Hall 5 County Hall 6 Wakefield Westgate Train Station 7 Theatre Royal and Centre for Creativity 10 8 Wakefield Cathedral 9 The Ridings Shopping Centre 10 Wakefield Kirkgate 11 The Hepworth Wakefield 12 History Centre 13 and Library 14 Crown Court 15 Art House 11 16 Unity Hall 13 Walking Distances

14 Street Typologies

15 16 Public Transport Network

17 Parking Provision Car Parking Analysis

18 19 Staying Connected

Emails with queries Lead Consultant Commercial 1-2-1’s To be send to

Alun Hayes Katerina Karaga Ben Aspinall UK-Networks Farrells AspinallVerdi [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.uk-networks.com www.farrells.com www.aspinallverdi.co.uk

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