01Victoria Infirmary_Introduction

Public Consultation Events The Applicant / Landowner Brief Planning Policy Context

The public consultation events being held on Thursday 09 February and Established in 1969, Sanctuary Group who bought the site in August 2016 The proposed site, which extends to approximately 9.5 acres, falls within an Saturday 11 February, 2017 forms the initial part of a series of scheduled from the NHS, are responsible for the provision of social housing and care area of the adopted City Plan 2 where residential and supporting public consultation events with others planned to take place on Thursday and management services across England and . It owns and uses such as local shops and small businesses are considered acceptable 09, Saturday 11, Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 March, 2017. operates more than 100,000 units of accommodation and employs around in principle (Policy DEV 2). 11,000 people. They have been arranged by Farningham Planning Ltd and Collective Within the emerging proposed Glasgow City Development Plan, the site is Architecture on behalf of Sanctuary Group to provide a forum for the The Group operates under a charitable not for profit distribution umbrella, designated under Policy CDP2 - Sustainable Spatial Strategy as an area general public and any other interested parties including the local , with surpluses reinvested in the provision of affordable housing and care that requires a masterplan within which a mix of uses including residential Battlefield & Camphill Community Council and The Victoria Forum to make homes, the maintenance of existing properties and, the development of new is promoted. comments in respect of future proposals to redevelop the site of the former services for customers. Victoria Infirmary, Langside, Glasgow to construct new residential properties There are no Tree Preservation Orders or Public Rights of Way or Core including office and retail uses and associated car parking and landscaping, As part of Sanctuary’s commitment to developing much needed new housing, Paths which affect the site. in advance of the formal submission of a masterplan and planning and listed the Group has an ambitious development plan to build 30,000 new homes building consent applications to . across the country by 2026. As part of the site’s current demolition programme which is being carried out under Class 70 permitted development rights, listed building consent was Local views and knowledge are extremely important in helping to develop granted on 29 March, 2016 (Reference No. 15/02741/DC) for slight alterations the proposals and the public are encouraged to contribute to the process by to the boundary of the site’s Category B listed, former administration block presenting their comments and opinions to the applicant’s representatives building. The listed building, the gatehouse and the Nightingale wards are in attendance today. being retained on the site. These iconic and historically important buildings will play a central role in the site’s future. This can be done orally by making your comments known to one of the applicant’s representatives or by filling in and returning one of the questionnaires provided or by submitting a separate written representation by post or email.

Please note that comments made to the prospective applicants, Sanctuary Group, do not constitute representations to the Planning Authority. An opportunity to make representations to Glasgow City Council will be available as part of the statutory consultation and neighbour notification process following formal submission of the masterplan and planning and listed building consent applications. 02Victoria Infirmary_Context within Glasgow

The site is physically self-contained being bound by Langside Road to the north-west, Grange Road to the east and Battlefield Road to the south.

Glasgow Necropolis It forms part of an ‘island’ within the greater area of Battlefield, which is shared with a row of tenement buildings on its eastern RIVER CLYDE CENTRAL GLASGOW boundary fronting Grange Road opposite the new Victoria Hospital.

Glasgow Central Station These tenement buildings do not form part of the redevelopment proposals.

Located on the south-side of Glasgow close to Queen’s Park, the site has very good local train links to the centre of Glasgow with Station less than 10 minutes walk away. Victoria Road, which is an important bus corridor, provides quick vehicular connections into the town centre and out of Glasgow to the south, while the nearby M74 to the north, also provides additional vehicular connections in and out of Glasgow.

Bellahouston Park

Pollok Park

Cathkin Park

Mount Florida Station The New Cathkin Hampden Victoria Hospital Park Park

Queen’s Park Victoria Infirmary Site

Queen’s Park

Langside Halls

Queen’s Park Glasshouse

Battle of Langside Monument Battlefield Rest Langside Library

Langside College 03 Victoria Infirmary_History

The Victoria Infirmary, designed by Campbell Douglas & Sellars, opened on 14th February, 1890. It first began operating in the late 19th century within the earliest now listed building located onto Langside Road. It was established with the proceeds of the estate of Robert Couper, who with his brother James, operated the Millholm Paper Mill on the banks of the White Cart Water in .

New wards opened in 1893, doubling the number of beds. The Nurses Home to the corner of Battlefield Road and Langside Road was extended in 1900 and 1905. By 1902, waiting lists for the hospital were so long that management decided to build a new ward block which opened in 1906.

The expansion of the hospital continued through the 1920’s and 1930’s, when the final wing onto Battlefield Road was constructed. Thereafter successive waves of development occurred through the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, creating an ever more sprawling and confusing layout across the site.The decision to close the hospital and rebuild across the road provided the NHS with a singular modern hospital.

in 1925, 1931 and 1935 extensions were built. These increased bed numbers, staff accommodation and clinic space and provided new operating theatres and a paying patients’ wing.

The Queens The Victoria Infirmary By 1914 the Victoria had In 1971 the was opened was opened on 14th expanded Geriatric Unit was in 1862 and February 1890 by the to 260 beds with an onsite built on the site which commemorates Duke of Argyll. patient dispensary, an had been the medical Mary Queen of onsite X-ray machine, superintendent’s Scots and the site laboratory facilities and a house and, located on of the battle of nurses home that could Mansionhouse Road Langside 1568. accommodate 85 nurses. 1971 1862 1890 1914 1925-35

March 1883. Design for the In 1918 the hospital gained hospital, by the Glasgow firm of permission from the General Campbell Douglas & Sellars, was Public transport reached the Nursing Council to be a 1883 selected. Victoria in 1897 1918 teaching hospital. By 1955 facilities were at breaking point and it was agreed that they had to be extended. Phase one was a block containing laboratories, operating theatres etc which opened in 1961. A new out-patients building 1897 1961-66 opened in 1966. 04 Victoria Infirmary_Context Analysis

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1. Queen’s Park Residential Leisure 4. 9. 2. Former Victoria Infirmary Administration Building (1890, Category B Listed) 3. Queen’s Park, Glass Houses (1905, Category B Listed) 4. Battlefield Monument (1887, Category B Listed) 5. Church on the Hill (1896, Category B Listed) Residential & Commercial Public 6. Langside Public Library (1914, Category B Listed) 7. Battlefield Rest (1914, Category B Listed) 8. 1900’s Tenements Commercial Health 9. The New Victoria Hospital 10. Terraced Houses Education

5. 10. 05 Victoria Infirmary_Constraints

POOR CONNECTION TO PARK BUSY JUNCTION

BUSY JUNCTION VIEWS TO PARK LIMITED DUE TO STEEP LEVEL CHANGE

DEEP SITE NO CLEAR CONNECTIONS

LACK OF CONNECTIVITY ACROSS SITE

STEEP ROAD

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT WITH TOWN CENTRE CHARACTER

BUSY JUNCTION 06 Victoria Infirmary_Opportunities

INTERESTING VIEWS OF SITE FROM PARK VANTAGE POINT

LOOK TO MAXIMISE VIEWS OUT TOWARDS PARK

GREEN AVENUE TO EDGE OF SITE GREEN AVENUE TO EDGE OF SITE STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS TO PARK IMPORTANT IMPORTANT CORNERS/KEY CORNERS/KEY FOCAL POINTS FOCAL POINTS WEST LOOK TO IMPROVE VIEWS FOR EXISTING TENEMENT FLATS

OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY ACROSS SITE EXISTING BLOCKS IMPORTANT FOLLOW STEPPED SITE CORNERS/KEY TOPOGRAPHY AND TAKE POTENTIAL TO FOCAL POINTS ADVANTAGE OF EAST- COMPLIMENT WEST ORIENTATION EXISTING RETAIL PROVISION SUNLIGHT PATH

EAST 07 Victoria Infirmary_Existing Building Analysis lodge access road Nurses ward built in 1892 changes Curved balconies added Pavilion 2 completed in Existing Building Proportion Studies competition entry design 1910 to match pavillion 3 1906 by Campbell Douglas and Morrisson

4 pavillion wards laundry

church built 1888

tenements built early 20c

school opened 1874

tenements built early 20c 1883 - Original competition entry for the Victoria 1890 to 1905 - Nurses accomodation built at the same 1905 to 1920 - Second pavilion constructed onto 1920 to 1930 - Third pavillion by HE Clifford Infirmary by Campbell Douglas & Sellars time as the Nightingale wards changes competition Battlefield Road with circular balconies. Balconies added to constructed in 1927. Other small additions made. other wards to match. Nurses accommodation extended and design septic wards added.

1930’s - Private patients ward to Grange Road by 1960’s - Significant unsympathetic changes and At time of sale by NHS - Original clarity of the 1883 Buildings to be retained - As part of the new Watson, Salmond and Gray built in 2 phases (1931& additions made, including 2 large new buildings to rear, design has been lost by the addition of numerous buildings development proposals. 1935). Ebeneezer Duncan Centre and McQuaker removal of the circular balconies to 2 wards, and the during the hospital’s working life. wards built to Langside Avenue. insertion of lift towers between the wards. Cupolas

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Towers Gable Open shared green ends space between the pavilions for the Slender east- benefit of all west facing wards 08 Victoria Infirmary_Initial Approach to the Site

Long key view Lack of opportunity to move through site

Movement through site as existing Views out towards park.

New park pavilions Original masterplan for the site, 1883, by Campbell Douglas & Sellars facing onto park with green spaces between

Connecting with Greater connections entrance to Queen’s through site In line with the emerging City Development Park Plan’s Placemaking Principle, the proposed development and masterplan will aim to achieve the six qualities of place as defined in Scottish Planning Policy, and reinforced by Creating Movement through site as proposed Places and Designing Streets. These are: Create • It is distinctive; distinctive routes across • It is safe and pleasant; the site . • It is easy to move around and beyond; • It is welcoming; • It is adaptable; and • It is resource efficient.

ZONE 3 Drawing inspiration from the original competition winning design from the 1880s, the initial approach the design team is developing looks ZONE 2 at the original layout of the pavilion wards, the spaces between the wards, as well as the Key corner original intention to provide public access and facing on to Create distinctive Battlefield ZONE 1 open space within the site. The approach routes across the Monument site . seeks to respect the site’s historic and natural environment by responding to its qualities and Connecting across site to character and encouraging their appropriate use. Battlefield Road Character zones 09 Victoria Infirmary_Approach to the Nightingale Wards

Historical Development Approach to the Nightingale Wards The pavilion wards within the former Victoria Infirmary were constructed and adapted in several phases over the last 125 years with the key changes occurring in 1906, 1910, 1920’s and the 1960’s. The diagrams below show • The Nightingale wards, developed as pavilions as part of the main stages of development and aim to provide context for future decision making. the original masterplan, provide continuity to the historical development of the site,

• The wards and their arrangement, and the spaces in between, offer a model for the distinctive and successful development of the wider site,

• The materiality, elegance of elevations, architectural features and scale give these buildings an iconic identity within the Southside of Glasgow,

• Ongoing research continues to reveal information about the various types and methods of construction used,

• The internal arrangement of spaces allow double height living areas to be developed, many of which will have views over the Phase 1 - 1892 Phase 2 - 1906 Phase 3 - 1910 Phase 4 - 1920-1930 Phase 5 - 1960’s site, the city to the south and Queens Park, The first pavilion wards were constructed In 1902 the third pavilion, the second to Curved projecting balconies were The third Battlefield Road facing pavilion The curved balconies to the earliest two in the final decade of the 19th century, face Battlefield Road was built. Curved retrofitted to the first pavilion. was constructed in 1932 with projecting wards were demolished and replaced • The various accretions that have been added throughout one facing Battlefield Road and one projecting balconies were incorporated curved walls and balconies incorporated with the unsympathetic, brick clad the second half of the 20th century will be stripped back with looking inwards to the centre of the site. at the time of construction. from the outset. These remain in place structures that remain in place today. historically appropriate repairs or distinct and high quality At that point the ends had no curved today. contemporary interventions inserted. projections or balconies.

Initial Design Approach

We are currently investigating options for the gable ends of the Nightingale Wards that face Battlefield Road.

All of these options are subject to technical viability, cost, planning constraints and the views gathered at the consultation events. Please let us know your ideas on how to make the best use of these important features of the former Victoria Infirmary.

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

Retain and repair the set of remaining balconies that date Retain and repair the set of remaining balconies that date from Remove the balconies from Pavilion 3 and the 1960’s extensions from the 1930’s. These are part of Pavilion 3 as shown above. the late 1920’s which are part of Pavilion 3. Remove the two from Pavilions 1 and 2. Design and construct contemporary Remove the two 1960’s extensions to Pavilions 1 and 2. 1960’s extensions to Pavilions 1 and 2. Design and construct additions for Pavilions 1, 2 and 3. Restore the two sets of balconies that were built in 1902 as part contemporary additions for Pavilions 1 and 2. of Pavilion 2, and added to Pavilion 1 in 1910 to match their original appearance. 10Victoria Infirmary_Next Steps

How Do I Record My Comments: Next Steps:

Provide oral comments to one of the applicant’s representatives in attendance • Following conclusion of the public consultation events on Thursday 09 • Landscape Strategy today who will register your views. February and Saturday 11 February, 2017, comments given either orally • Energy Efficiency/Sustainability Statement or in writing will be comprehensively assessed and reviewed. • Townscape Statement Or • Policy ENV2 – ‘Open Space and Public Realm Provision Analysis’ Report • All comments including a summary of the key issues and concerns raised • Photographic Survey Fill in and return one of the questionnaires provided or write separately to Mr will be collectively fed into the next stage of the masterplan process and • Sunlight/Daylight Assessment to demonstrate that there will be no adverse Alan Farningham, Farningham Planning Ltd either by post at The Bourse, the public consultation events scheduled for 09 March, 11 March, 23 impact on the existing flats on the east side of the site and on the proposed Suite 107, 47 Timber Bush, Leith, Edinburgh or email alan.farningham@ March and 25 March. dwellings. farnmac.co.uk. • Supporting Planning Statement • Issues and concerns raised at all of the public consultation events will ultimately be included in a Pre-Planning Application Public Consultation • Once completed, the supporting documentation and the masterplan will Report which will accompany the future applications for planning permission be submitted with the planning and listed building applications including and listed building consent and the masterplan to be submitted to Glasgow the pre-planning application public consultation report to Glasgow City City Council for approval. Council for consideration and determination.

• The planning and listed building consent applications and the masterplan • A date for this has not yet been fixed. The aim however is to achieve an may be accompanied by an Environmental Statement (ES). If an ES approved masterplan, planning permission and listed building consent by is not required following receipt of a Screening Opinion response from the end of 2017 with a view to commencing development on site in 2018. Glasgow City Council (currently pending), the below noted technical and environmental information will be submitted to the Council in support of the proposals:

• Transportation Assessment • Flood Risk Assessment • Drainage Impact Assessment • SUDS Proposals • Contaminated Land Survey/Strategy including a Coal Risk Assessment • Archaeological Evaluation Report • Tree Survey • Design and Access Statement including a Phasing Plan