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A New Urban Quarter for Sunderland Riverside Sunderland 22—39 46—49 4. A Closer Look at 6. Delivering Change Contents Riverside Sunderland 04—05 Foreword by Councillor Graeme Miller A New Urban Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for 40—45 5. Connected. Sustainable. 10—13 2. The Challenge 14—21 50—51 3. Values and Principles What Happens Next? 02—03 06—09 52 1. Our Vision and Goals Contact the Team Riverside Sunderland Foreword A New Urban Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for I am delighted to introduce this document, which sets out Sunderland City Council’s vision for the regeneration of the city centre and our ambitious plans for a new urban quarter – Riverside Sunderland. Councillor Graeme Miller, Leader of Sunderland City Council This is an exciting time for Sunderland, with in Britain in the mid-21st century, contributing investment flowing back into the city centre to our drive to become a carbon-neutral city for the first time in decades. A change is and to promote health and wellbeing. under way, and this document sets out our plans for the next 20 years, which will The City Council will put all its energy and establish Riverside Sunderland as a successful resources behind the strategy, working with business location, a popular place to live, and the private sector and other agencies to the focal point for the life of the community. achieve our goals. We will engage with the Everyone in Sunderland will benefit from new people of Sunderland, to raise awareness of jobs, new homes, new civic buildings and our plans and create a sense of excitement cultural attractions in a transformed urban and pride. We will also be there to listen and 04—05 environment. Riverside Sunderland will be understand, working with communities to a place we can all be proud of; it will set the ensure that Riverside Sunderland reflects standard for sustainable urban regeneration the needs and aspirations of all our citizens. Riverside Sunderland 1 Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for Our Vision and Goals A moment of opportunity. 06—07 Riverside Sunderland We have set ambitious goals; by 2030 the resident population of the city centre will double, from around 2,500 to 5,000, and the number of people employed in the city centre will increase by 50%, from 12,000 to 18,000. Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for 2 3 / 1. 3. The Beam. Achieving these targets will boost the Empire Theatre. daytime population of the city centre, driving up footfall and expenditure by residents, / 2. workers and visitors. This will make the city Keel Square. centre a busier and more enjoyable place, helping shops, restaurants, cultural and leisure attractions to thrive. This is a moment of opportunity for Sunderland. A wave of investment in the city centre is creating a new climate of confidence and optimism. Riverside Sunderland will give the people 1 — Our Vision and Goals and Vision 1 — Our of Sunderland the city centre they want and deserve – an attractive and dynamic place where people will choose to live, work, study and spend their leisure time. The project will drive economic growth in the city and set new standards for sustainable development, promoting health and wellbeing and social inclusion. It will provide quality jobs and great homes for the people of Sunderland, and help to attract skilled workers, students and visitors. 08—09 It will be an outstanding new business location, offering firms access to the talent and skills of people in Sunderland and the north east. 1 Riverside Sunderland 2 Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for The Challenge Revitalising the city centre. 10—11 the four urban quarters. 1. Riverside Sunderland Sunderland city centre: city centre: Sunderland City centres play a vital role N in the modern economy. The UK’s best city centres offer a rich mix of skilled jobs, quality shopping, food and drink, centres of learning and research, cultural Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for and heritage attractions and an attractive choice of housing. 1 City centres are the natural habitat for 1 Riverside Sunderland, which includes the high-performance businesses, a magnet site of the former Vaux Brewery and spans the for investment and a source of pride for the river Wear, is Sunderland’s new urban quarter. whole community. It will attract people, jobs and investment, with benefits for the whole of the city. 4 Sunderland has achieved a great deal in recent decades. It leads the way in the UK for 2 The Bridges and the immediately 2 the value of exports per job, and it is a major surrounding streets form the city’s prime centre for the automotive industry, producing retail pitch. The Bridges is a popular indoor a quarter of all the electric vehicles made shopping centre with on-site parking, in Europe. We are building the International and the retail vacancy rate is low. But 3 Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) on a site other shopping locations have struggled, close to the Nissan plant, and Sunderland is including historic Fawcett Street. also a leader in the software sector. But these important developments have by-passed the 3 Holmeside is a mixed-use area which city centre, which has been trapped in a cycle includes pubs and bars, independent of decline. shops, Sunderland College’s City Campus and the Park Lane public transport hub. Riverside Sunderland will turn the tide by There are some successful businesses, creating an exciting new urban quarter in but parts of the area are very run-down. the heart of the city. It is a key component of our efforts to regenerate the whole city 4 Sunniside is an attractive area, centre in the next 10–20 years, focusing on originally laid out in the early 19th century. four urban quarters: Previously the home of the city’s legal, financial and professional services, in 12—13 recent years Sunniside has begun to attract creative and cultural businesses. Riverside Sunderland 3 Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for Values and Principles Shaping Riverside Sunderland. 14—15 Riverside Sunderland 2. New parks and open spaces will form part The design of Riverside Sunderland of the offer. / 3. The new City Hall. will reflect our commitment to great placemaking, quality design and local distinctiveness. We will be guided by four key principles. A New Urban Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for and drama, TheAuditorium will open in 2021. 1. A major new city centre venue for music, dance 2 3 P1 — Environmental sustainability P3 — Social inclusion Sunderland has made a commitment to Riverside Sunderland is a place to be become a carbon-neutral city. Riverside enjoyed by all the citizens of Sunderland, Sunderland will feature energy-efficient and by visitors to the city. It will offer new buildings and a low-carbon energy net- civic and cultural amenities, parks and work; it will encourage the use of public open spaces, and a community hub will transport and electric vehicles. Tree provide a nursery school, health and 3 — Values and Principles and 3 — Values planting and sustainable urban drainage wellbeing and other local services. will promote climate change resilience. P4 — Economic prosperity P2 — Health and wellbeing Riverside Sunderland’s new business People who live and work at Riverside district will rebalance the city economy Sunderland will enjoy the benefits of a by providing modern offices, workspace healthy lifestyle in an urban setting. An and studios for a range of businesses. extensive paths network will encourage It will encourage start-up businesses, walking and cycling throughout the site, help local firms to grow and enter new with connections to the two university markets, and attract inward investment campuses, the coast and countryside. to the city centre. 16—17 Galley’s Gill will become a fabulous landscape park and community garden. 1 Riverside Sunderland 4. A healthy lifestyle in an urban setting. / 5. Vaux Brewery, 1914. / 6. A new business district. / 7. The Engine Room. A New Urban Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for 4 5 7 Riverside Sunderland has a proud industrial heritage. For centuries it was a centre for shipbuilding, the coal exporting trade, glassmaking, brewing and other traditional industries. But the site, which spans the river Wear, has been in a run-down state for many years. Our plans will breathe new life into a forgotten place, transform the image of the 3 — Values and Principles and 3 — Values city centre, attract private sector investment, create new homes and jobs, and provide much-needed civic and cultural amenities. Riverside Sunderland is the natural extension of the existing city centre, providing room for growth and the provision of new facilities which will offer benefits for the whole community. Riverside Sunderland will be an integral part of the city centre experience: a place with a purpose, a new 18—19 community and an urban quarter that the whole city can be proud of. 6 Riverside Sunderland 4 A New Urban Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for We have developed a strategic masterplan for a high–density, mixed–use urban quarter based on four key elements 4 — A Closer Look 4 — A Closer 1. Employment 2. Homes and community life 3. Civic and cultural buildings 22—23 A closer look at Riverside Sunderland 4. Greenspace and public space Riverside Riverside Sunderland N Sunderland Employment zone Homes and community life Civic and cultural buildings Greenspace and public space Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for 1 Sheepfolds housing 2 Farringdon Row housing 3 Employment zone 4 Galley’s Gill 1 5 Vaux housing 6 Office district 7 Sunderland 3i 8 City Hall 2 4 5 6 8 7 3 4 — A Closer Look 4 — A Closer 24—25 Employment zone Sheepfolds housing Walking and cycling bridge Office district City Hall The Beam Farringdon Row housing Keel Square Vaux housing Galley’s Gill Employment zone Riverside Sunderland N Central Business District // Working in Riverside Sunderland A New Urban Quarter Urban A New Sunderland for 3 Sunderland city centre has an acute shortage of modern offices.