1 Summary STRATFORD WATERFRONT Stage One Consultation Report DRAFT December 2017 MP101-SW02-01-XX-CC-REP-XXXX-XXXX-0003 P01 OFFICIAL: Protected 2 STRATFORD WATERFRONT Stage One Consultation Report 1 Summary CONTENTS 1 SUMMARY ....................................................3 4 FINDINGS ................................................50 1.1 Introduction 4 4.1 Introduction 52 1.2 Summary of events and involvement 6 4.2 Overall impressions 54 1.3 Synopsis of ndings 8 4.3 Public spaces 58 1.4 Recommendations 12 4.4 Buildings 60 4.5 Inclusivity and accessibility 63 4.6 Sustainability 66 2 BACKGROUND..........................................15 4.7 Workshops 68 2.1 Cultural and Education District 16 2.2 About Stratford Waterfront 17 2.3 Who is involved 18 5 TRACKING CHANGES......................... 72 2.4 About the design team 20 5.1 Introduction 74 2.5 About the site 22 5.2 Masterplan responses 76 2.6 Context 26 6 NEXT STEPS ...........................................78 3 CONSULTATION PROCESS ............... 30 6.1 Consultation timeline 80 3.1 Overview 32 6.2 Contact us 80 3.2 Consultation diary 34 3.3 Communication and promotion 36 APPENDICES........................................................82 3.4 Activities and events 38 A. Publicity and communication 84 3.5 Community and involvement 48 B. Exhibition materials 86 C. Questionnaire 98 D. Workshop worksheets 100 1 STRATFORD WATERFRONT Stage One Consultation Report 1 SUMMARY 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Summary of events and involvement 1.3 Synopsis of ndings 1.4 Recommendations STRATFORD WATERFRONT Stage One Consultation Report 1 Summary 1 SUMMARY 1.1 INTRODUCTION Stratford Waterfront and the Cultural and Community consultation Education District Allies and Morrison Urban Practitioners (AMUP) The London Legacy Development Corporation has been appointed by LLDC and the partners (LLDC) is working in partnership with Sadler’s to undertake community consultation to inform Wells, UAL’s London College of Fashion and the the development of the Stratford Waterfront Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) to establish Masterplan, the public realm, Carpenters a world-class cultural and education destination Land Bridge, the residential buildings, and the at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. individual buildings for UAL’s London College of Stratford Fashion, the V&A Museum and Sadler’s Wells. Together with UCL East, which will establish The aims of this process are to: a new university campus for UCL (University College London), Stratford Waterfront is part • Raise awareness of the project and masterplan of a cultural and education district project. development; This will showcase innovation and creativity across arts, education, science and technology • Gather aspirations and understand key issues with regard to the Stratford Waterfront in the area around the London Stadium, the London Aquatics Centre ArcelorMittal Orbit and the London Aquatics masterplan - both for the local community and Centre, leading the way for regeneration and partner institutions’ staff, student and patron growth in east London. communities; • Be inclusive, accessible, transparent and This forms part of the legacy transformation engaging; of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park into a new, diverse and vibrant part of London. • Facilitate a variety of different ways for people to get involved; and International The masterplan commenced in 2015, and has • Clearly communicate the feedback from the Quarter London been revisited in 2017, to be submitted for community to LLDC, the partners and the planning permission in late 2018. masterplanning team. This report documents the activities, ndings and outcomes from the rst stage of the consultation process and will inform the Statement of Participation (SoP) to be Stratford Waterfront submitted as part of the Stratford Waterfront planning applications. The Stratford Waterfront site in context, summer 2017 4 5 STRATFORD WATERFRONT Stage One Consultation Report 1 Summary 1.2 SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INVOLVEMENT Feeding into the masterplan • The design team are taking on board the A year long programme of consultation was feedback from stage one to inform the undertaken to inform the design of Stratford Findings from the consultation have been development of the masterplan, which will be Waterfront which concluded in autumn 2016. STAGE 1 2017 AUTUMN discussed with LLDC and the masterplanning highlighted during stage two consultation; and team to help inform thinking on the The plans for the site have since been revised • This report is a record of the consultation development of the masterplan. Opportunities following engagement with Historic England Raising awareness, process that will inform the Statement of for feedback to inform the masterplan included: and Royal Parks about potential impacts of gaining feedback Participation (SoP), which will form part of the the proposed residential towers on protected on the concept planning application. views. In the new concept masterplan, the • Members of the project team attending masterplan designs have been amended to deliver consultation events to discuss the masterplan The impact of community feedback on the a largely similar overall scheme utilising and hear feedback first hand; development of the masterplan will be tracked the site’s capacity in a different way. The • Initial findings from events were discussed as the consultation process continues. new masterplan has a revised layout for with LLDC, the partners, and the Stratford approximately 600 residential units on the Waterfront design team; north of the site and a more compact union of STAGE 2 SPRING 2018 buildings at the southern end for the cultural • Dedicated sessions were established between and education buildings. Sharing and gaining the design team and consultation team; feedback on the The concept masterplan also incorporates draft masterplan and comments from 4,900 local residents, students building designs and businesses who took part in the previous consultation events. The first stage of consultation for the new event concept masterplan took place between flyers SUMMER 2018 24,000 August and November 2017. Stage one STAGE 3 delivered focused on presenting the concept masterplan, its principles and emerging proposals for Showing and gaining events and feedback. feedback on the final 13 outreach masterplan and activities held High level information was provided on the building design components and arrangement of the scheme, as proposals attendees well as the key principles that were informing 150 at the public the design of the masterplan for Stratford exhibition Waterfront. feedback AUTUMN 2018 AUTUMN 53 forms During stage one, nine different events were STAGE 4 completed held, four outreach activities were undertaken and an online consultation platform was Details of the people launched, involving and engaging with more 661 planning application engaged in than 2,300 people in a variety of ways. Event and how it has been person information was circulated to approximately informed 24,000 local residents and businesses. 1,708 online visitors 6 7 1.3 SYNOPSIS OF FINDINGS Overview The feedback was collected from: The response to the masterplan has been • Questionnaire forms extremely positive overall, with 83% of • Commonplace (online platform) respondents feeling excited about the plans for Stratford Waterfront. • ‘Plinko’ game question cards • ‘Big idea’ post-it comments at the public The concept masterplan and its principles exhibition are supported, with 68% of people thinking the height and massing will sit well in • Workshop worksheets the Park, as well as 72% of people feeling • Letters and emails Stratford Waterfront will have a welcoming and inviting approach from all directions. Synopsis of ndings Having been through three previous rounds of consultation, there was an appetite Continuing from previous rounds of for more detail and visualisations of the consultation, a series of themes have buildings. Similar to previous rounds of been used to organise and structure our consultation, there was an interest to learn ndings. This consistency aids analysis and more about the activities and opportunities comparison of the masterplan as it develops the partner institutions will bring. and moves from a draft scheme to more detailed design elements. The following Based on the concept masterplan, pages provide both headline and more Stratford Waterfront is somewhere 81% of detailed feedback, with more analysis by respondents would want to spend time. activity and event found in Chapter 4. All comments received have been Types of feedback considered and categorised into four themes: Over the duration of Stage 1 we collected more than 350 comments from • Buildings questionnaire forms, Commonplace and • Inclusivity and accessibility the ‘plinko’ game at the pop-up events. As well as in-depth feedback received at our • Public spaces outreach workshops and meetings, recorded • Sustainability on the corresponding worksheets. This approach enables a consistent and transparent process that records feedback in a clear method to discover the most common comments, issues and priorities for local people and stakeholders. 8 The public exhibition, October 2017 9 STRATFORD WATERFRONT Stage One Consultation Report 1 Summary Headline feedback INCLUSIVITY & SUSTAINABILITY PUBLIC SPACES BUILDINGS ACCESSIBILITY • There was an excitement around Stratford • There were suggestions that cycling and • There was a desire to see activity and • There was an overall positive response Waterfront and a hope