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Airedale Corridors A Masterplan & Strategy for

4.0 Making Change Happen 1.0 Positioning Airedale Positioning 4.1 Delivery Timeframes Funding The regeneration of Airedale is critical to This masterplan identifi es a range of projects that will Delivering the masterplan is a long term project spread District and the Region and consequently requires change Airedale. Some of the projects are catalysts between the years 2005 and 2020. This masterplan, substantial funding, equivalent to the resources that will trigger a chain reaction of regeneration. Some launched in March 2005, proposes three time blocks for projects to be delivered in the short, medium channelled into Bradford city centre. The best way of are projects that will reinforce the overall quality of delivering the interventions identifi ed in the masterplan and long term that will take the plan up to 2020. The Airedale raising confi dence and pride. Others are simply is through partnership funding. The proposed role timeframes are: example projects that can be rolled out elsewhere for Airedale as a centre for commercial research and within Airedale when people gain confi dence from • Short Term 2005 – 2008 (3 year period) development is vital for the and Humber 2.0 having achieved others. • Medium Term 2008 – 2012 (4 year period) Region and its contribution towards the Northern Way.

These projects will be overseen by the executive body • Long Term 2012 – 2020 (8 year period) The majority of central government funding Airedale Vision For of the Airedale Partnership but in many cases the addresses problems in health, education and the The short term coincides with the Objective 2 funding responsibility for delivery will lie with Bradford Council, environment. This masterplan looks to make the period and it is critical that key projects are progressed Yorkshire Forward and other bodies such as Metro, most of these resources by co-ordinating it in such a to secure funding. Funding must be committed way as to achieve maximum benefi t for regeneration. the Environment Agency, and by the private sector. by 2006 and spent by 2008, so it is essential that Consequently education establishments and new Delivery of the projects will require co-ordination and rapid progress is made in the submission of funding developments are closely linked to employment sites the Airedale Partnership will require support in the applications. During this short term period key projects and located in such a way as to complement other form of a delivery team drawn from council offi cers will require further work in the form of feasibility studies, regeneration initiatives. and external consultants. This administrative support traffi c modelling or the preparation of outline designs. must be put in place as soon as the masterplan is The conditions and infrastructure need to be put in There will also be relatively simple projects delivered in place so that private developers are encouraged to 3.0 launched to maintain the momentum gathered during this period that will require project management. invest. In the short and medium term there may be its preparation. The medium term represents a period of intense a requirement for public private partnerships to be Change Places For developed to implement diffi cult or marginal projects delivery of projects where major infrastructure and through gap funding. There has to be an acceptance projects are initiated that will themselves stimulate other that the strength of the residential market must be regeneration. This will create large volumes of work harnessed to deliver high-quality offi ce premises for the planning authority and resources need to be through mixed use schemes. The balance of this will committed so that the quality of development is not change as the economy matures and develops so that compromised through lack of management or control. high-quality business space can be delivered on its own. The long term projects are strategic for Airedale, Private land owners dominate throughout Airedale Bradford District and the City Region and will take time and strong working relationships will be required to

to plan, fund, design and implement. These projects will deliver change. Key land owners are the National Trust, 4.0 require promotion and steering from very early on in the Services, Network Rail, and delivery programme to ensure delivery in the long term. Railway and Bradford Council. Making Change Happen 77 Communications The award winning A650 Relief Road has successfully removed through traffi c from Bingley and has become a key catalyst for regeneration in and around the town centre. It has also improved links between Keighley and the heart of the City Region, demonstrating the importance of the A650 as a strategic route and providing justifi cation to bring forward further improvements at existing bottlenecks, including Hard Ings Road and Roundabout. The proposed Shipley Eastern Link Road provides a similar regeneration opportunity by addressing the highway severance that is the root cause of many of Shipley’s current failings.

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Strategic Partnerships Risks

There is currently very little high-quality business space Out-of-town retail developments represent a signifi cant 1.0 provided in Airedale and yet the economic predictions threat to the regeneration of the town centres. The for Airedale show high growth in the service sector. proposed out-of-town foodstore at Bradford Road, Positioning Airedale Positioning The temptation would be to fi ll all employment sites Keighley will signifi cantly harm the retail outlets within with industrial development for which there is high the town centre. It will also have much wider impacts demand but this must be resisted if a balanced on retailing in Bingley and . The proposal economy is to be achieved. Consequently there is an for a foodstore on the former auction market site apparent market failure for high-quality offi ce space. A in Bingley will reduce the viability of a foodstore at partnership with Priority Sites, which is part funded by Myrtle Walk, thereby removing the opportunity for its English Partnerships, might offer a way of introducing wholesale redevelopment, which is critical to the future investment as a catalyst for other developments of this regeneration of the Bingley town centre. type.

Employment land is at a premium and there is a 2.0 The & and are signifi cant risk that available sites could be fi lled up with Specialist Retailing prominent throughout Airedale and waterside industrial premises relocating from mills and unsuitable Royal Arcade in Keighley is an example of a growing specialist Airedale Vision For development is a key theme throughout the masterplan. premises which does offer effi ciency benefi ts but not retail area. With the threat of strong conventional retail In this instance , specialists in development in Leeds and Bradford, Airedale needs to become necessarily growth in the economy. The allocation of more specialist with its retailing. The successful refurbishment waterside development, would introduce a key partner. employment land therefore needs careful control. of Royal Arcade was assisted by Single Regeneration Budget funding and is an example of how the public and private sector There are many areas of land that have been spoiled Development of greenfi eld sites is generally easier than can work together to deliver restoration. Similar assistance by the activities of man in the form of tipping, mining or marginal brownfi eld sites. Development of the key should be considered for the regeneration of shop frontages contamination. This has left a legacy of brownfi eld sites on North Street in Keighley, Main Street in Bingley and Market employment sites at Dalton Lane, Dockfi eld Road and Square in Shipley. in Airedale which are now more appropriate for green Bingley Auction Markets should be brought forward space or woodland. In this instance a partnership with before greenfi eld site developments. the Land Restoration Trust, which is part funded by English Partnerships, would be appropriate. 3.0

Throughout this masterplan a common theme is Change Places For heritage and conservation. Typically restoration projects of parks, buildings or more specialist railway stations can be funded or part funded through Heritage Lottery Funding or more specialist Heritage Railway Funding. Critical to these projects is the skill of preparation of funding applications. Involvement of the community throughout will be vital. A close partnership will be required with the Neighbourhood Partnerships and 2020 Vision. Support 4.0 for projects in the masterplan will require goodwill and assistance of the community and voluntary sector. Making Change Happen 79 Bramley Bramhope Moor Rodley Leeds Bradford Leeds Bradford International Airport Rawdon Yeadon Calverley Improvements Airport Capacity Moor Guiseley Esholt Rural Business Park Saltaire Wireless Zone Wireless Saltaire 2005 – 2008 Burley In Horticulture Shipley College Horticulture & Sports Facility SHIPLEY Baildon Digital Park Manningham Baildon Moor Institute Shuttle Bus Denton Moor Hawksworth Moor Saltaire Advanced Digital Feeder Bus Network BINGLEY Victoria Mills Bingley Moor Improvements Cottingley Salts Grammar School Saltaire Roundabout Saltaire Short Term Interventions Myrtle Walk Keighley College & STAR Dalton Mills Innovation Centre A650 QBC Harden Hard Ings Road Dual Carriageway Hard Hard Ings Business Improvement District Ings Business Improvement Hard Digital Industries CIC Harden Bingley Grammar School (Quality Bus Corridor)

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4.2 Short Term Interventions 2005 – 2008 Rural Backdrop Connected Corridor

It is essential that early interventions are seen to The race to deliver the Freshwater Fisheries Directive Dualling the A650 at Hard Ings will immediately 1.0 happen quickly after the launch of the masterplan to will have begun and the removal of obstacles to fi sh help through connectivity and begin to open up at weirs in the River Aire through the creation of fi sh opportunities for traffi c reduction in Keighley. This, raise confi dence and awareness. At the margins of Airedale Positioning the towns there should be an immediate programme ladders will open up opportunities for enhancing in conjunction with traffi c modelling, will determine of footpath restoration such as the paths between biodiversity and leisure and fi shing. Larger areas of how best to unlock the town centre and allow Thwaites Brow and Keighley, Healey Lane between woodland planting should be initiated in conjunction the development of a sensible pedestrian/traffi c Bingley and Wagon Lane or the riverside footpaths with Bradford Forest on areas of land owned by movement and public realm strategy. At Bingley the between Saltaire and Charlestown. At the same time Bradford Council, and with Yorkshire Water Services rapid implementation of public realm improvements to there should be a programme of footpath mapping to and the Highways Agency around Dowley Gap to Main Street and the railway station forecourt will raise identify forgotten walkways and a rolling programme of initiate Dowley Gap Country Park. At the same time confi dence about future more signifi cant interventions. restoration developed. land owned by the National Trust, Yorkshire Water Improvements to the capacity of Leeds Bradford Services and Bradford Council can be planned and International Airport will begin to raise the range and planted for the creation of Marley Nature Reserve. diversity of services, encouraging business investment 2.0 The early restoration of Roberts Park, now that it and relocation to Airedale. has received funding, will strengthen the attraction of Airedale Vision For Saltaire. Lifestyle Corridor The funding for the restoration of the Carnegie Library Creative Corridor in Keighley has been approved and the appearance Early targets for education will be the achievement of scaffolding and the recognition of something being of specialist status of Bingley and Salts Grammar done will stimulate the sense of progress. Equally Schools, releasing additional funding into the secondary the restoration of the Old Cotton Mill, Dalton Mills education system. The development of new facilities and Grove Mills and the sight of construction cranes for Keighley College and the two distributed sites for above the new Keighley College site and residential

Shipley College in Shipley town centre and Bolton developments at South Street will begin to stimulate 3.0

Heritage Restoration Woods will enhance further education opportunities. private sector investment and kick start a wave of

The establishment of a presence of higher education regeneration throughout the town. In Bingley and Shipley Change Places For The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is internationally recognised for its heritage restoration. Building on the skills and research and development facilities in the three the completion of new residential developments such and knowledge of heritage restoration will be important for the principal towns can be achieved quickly, raising as Victoria Mills will bring a fresh infl ux of wealth into the growing sector of building restoration. The railway has worked together with the Brontë Parsonage Museum and Keighley aspirations and acting as a strong stimulant for demand town centres to stimulate the retail and leisure market. Bus Museum to deliver the beginnings of an integrated tourism for offi ce space. product. If this co-operation can be developed further, along From the early delivery of practical, individual with integrated marketing and e-commerce across all other elements of the creative, connected, lifestyle corridor, attractions, town centres and accommodation in Airedale, a Projected Outputs 2005 – 2008 tourism destination can be developed. The Keighley and Worth confi dence will be raised overriding residual cynicism Industrial Offi ce Valley Railway could have a future role to play beyond being Total and mobilising the considerable talent within Airedale. a world leader in railway heritage restoration and tourism. It Space Space could provide a daily commuter service along the Worth Valley The external perception of Airedale will be enhanced New Floor Space (sq ft) 280,000 190,000 470,000 following completion of the restoration and re-integration with as it is seen to be doing things and getting on with 4.0 the mainline Keighley Railway Station. Potential Jobs 800 900 1,700 regeneration. Success attracts success.

Making Change Happen 81 Horsforth Bramley Bramhope Moor Rodley Leeds Bradford Leeds Bradford International Airport Rawdon Yeadon Otley Railway Station Calverley Improvements Airport Capacity Guiseley Moor Esholt Guiseley 2008 – 2012 Park & Ride Shipley College Horticulture & Sports Facility Shipley College Horticulture Canal Road Improvements Menston Shipley Academy & Digital Facility Shipley College Creative SHIPLEY Shipley Eastern Link Road Baildon Manningham Baildon Moor Denton Moor Hawksworth Moor Business Park Dockfield Road Saltaire BINGLEY Bingley Moor Language School Shipley Market Hall Ilkley Cottingley Ilkley Moor Shipley Market Square Rombalds Moor Shipley College Summer Bingley Wilsden Interchange Medium Term Interventions Dalton Lane Access Dalton Lane Innovation Area Victoria Hall Riddlesden Saltaire World Heritage Site Visitor Centre World Saltaire Environmental Recycling Centre Environmental Harden Town Hall Hotel Town Jubilee Gardens Addingham Harden Moor Harden

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4.3 Medium Term Interventions 2008 – 2012 Lifestyle Corridor

The preparatory work and studies will have been With studies complete, traffi c management and public 1.0 completed in the short term and the medium term will realm planned and growing demand from new town centre residential developments, retail developments be about the delivery of signifi cant infrastructure. With Airedale Positioning the early foundations of the masterplan laid and the can take place in earnest. In Keighley the Cavendish product of Airedale being fully understood a strong Retail Park will be the largest development with marketing campaign would begin to be rolled out. the incorporation of new large stores, residential developments and a multi-screen cinema. A new Rural Backdrop rooftop café on the top of the Airedale multi-storey car The success and confi dence gained from the park with a glass lift down to Cavendish Street will allow restoration of and Roberts Park can be evening parking to serve the cinema and new hotel on rolled out again in Cliffe Castle and Devonshire Park, the corner of North Street and Cavendish Street. In reinforcing them as destinations. With fi sh stocks Bingley, the completion of Myrtle Walk will transform the 2.0 migrating up the River Aire the and North Image & Identity town centre. In Shipley, the Eastern Link Road will allow the new market area to be created. At Saltaire, a new Beck weirs can be addressed and the reopening The food and drink sector has a strong role to play in the Vision For Airedale Vision For of the to Bolton Woods can begin. raising of the image and identity of Airedale. Timothy Taylors visitor centre and coach park can be created prior to the Landlord real ale is, as reported, the favourite tipple of show development of a new hotel. Landscaping of wider areas can be undertaken with business stars Madonna and Hugh Grant raising the profi le the reinforcement of existing woodland at Park Wood of this local product far beyond Airedale. Along with other Projected Outputs 2008 – 2012 and Idle. With the establishment of Shipley College local independent breweries and outlets Airedale is gaining a reputation for high-quality Real Ale. Industrial Offi ce Horticulture facility at Bolton Woods the long term Total development of Botanical Gardens can be established Space Space with a large training area for students to practise. Connected Corridor New Floor Space (sq ft) 300,000 600,000 900,000 The aggressive marketing of broadband, e-learning and Potential Jobs 800 3,100 3,900 Creative Corridor e-commerce in the short term and the establishment

Large areas of employment land will be unlocked by of wireless zones will have tipped the balance with 3.0 the Shipley Eastern Link Road and Dalton Lane access Airedale having above UK average connectivity. The road. Some of the land will be taken up by essential growth of Airedale hospital has allowed the creation of Change Places For relocation of fi rms to enable critical infrastructure to be the bus link and cycle route and a new iconic bridge built from unsuitable premises. Other sites will be for over the A650 funded by the Highways Agency has new inward investors. New school premises for Shipley been built as part of the de-trunking of the road. With and Keighley are programmed and will begin to raise the new connections in place and the development of standards. New build high-quality offi ce developments Dockfi eld Road and Dalton Lane underway the Silsden should be underway with rising market confi dence. Rural Business Park can begin to be developed. The fruits of the Dalton Mills Innovation Centre, Digital Collaborators in Commerce and the Advanced Digital Institute should be showing signs of market stimulation 4.0 with small fi rms looking for new larger premises. Making Change Happen 83 To Leeds Horsforth Bramley Bramhope Moor Rodley Leeds Bradford Leeds Bradford International Airport Airport Rail Link Rawdon Yeadon Otley Calverley Guiseley Moor Esholt Guiseley 2012 – 2020 Burley In Wharfedale Menston SHIPLEY Baildon Manningham Baildon Moor Shipley Denton Moor Hawksworth Moor Interchange Saltaire Esholt Research & Design Campus Esholt Research Saltaire Hotel Saltaire BINGLEY Bingley Moor Ilkley Cottingley Ilkley Moor Rombalds Moor Long Term Interventions Wilsden Riddlesden Beechcliffe Sustainable Business Park Beechcliffe Harden Airedale Stadium Airedale Addingham Harden Moor Harden

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4.4 Long Term Interventions 2012 – 2020 Connected Corridor Lifestyle Corridor

By 2012 Airedale will be approaching a thriving The capacity of Leeds Bradford International Airport With the existing businesses on Saltaire Road relocated 1.0 economy where the shift from grant support is almost is likely to have increased signifi cantly to around 5 to Dockfi eld Road a new site is opened up for the million passengers per year, creating signifi cant job creation of a Saltaire Hotel. The World Heritage Site complete. The town centres will contain distinctive Airedale Positioning retail centres and a mix of arts and leisure facilities. opportunities. The airport rail link can be completed is now a mature attraction with growing numbers of A new confi Airedale will be emerging with allowing for greater workforce mobility and access to international visitors brought along by foreign language better educated students returning to the area from international markets. The rail system may operate as students returning to where they spent their summer universities, bringing their colleagues with them. a light rail network with increased frequency of services at Shipley College language school. Jubilee Gardens in and stops and new stations opening up. With the Bingley are now established with restaurants and cafes Rural Backdrop Shipley Eastern Link Road complete the construction of overlooking the river and woods to the west of the The rural backdrop will be maturing such that new the Shipley Tunnel can be reconsidered to relieve traffi c town. In Keighley, a reputation for specialist shopping woodland areas are becoming recognisable and a from Saltaire World Heritage Site and make it a truly has been established at the Arcade Chambers and wide network of attractive footpaths and cycleways wonderful attraction. Temple Bazaar. A refurbished Victoria Hall should be 2.0 is emerging. The cycling club building in Keighley has holding regular concerts and a new Airedale Stadium been reclaimed by Cycling Club of Great Britain and completed. Vision For Airedale Vision For established as a national administration centre. Rural Projected Outputs 2012 – 2020 towns and villages will be well connected to their service centres and a new wave of rural micro-business Industrial Offi ce Total is supporting the Airedale economy. The second phase Space Space of the Bradford Canal can be completed joining up New Floor Space (sq ft) 400,000 700,000 1,100,000 Bolton Woods to the city centre. Potential Jobs 800 3,100 4,700

Creative Corridor Having reduced the traffi c on the Otley Road in

Shipley a new Shipley interchange alongside the 3.0 Shipley College can be constructed and the centre of the Shipley triangle developed. With the principal Change Places For employment land sites underway the specialist research Public Realm Design Guide and development business park at Esholt can be Public realm should be simple, of high-quality and easy to created around a new golf course. This development maintain. The public realm should ideally be made in Airedale should be of the highest quality, similar to the Stockley from wrought iron railings, cast iron bench ends to stone fl ags. This creation of a local supply chain will keep investment within Park, one of the most prestigious offi ce parks in the the community, raise pride and change attitudes toward how country. It should be developed out slowly as quality public realm is treated. It will provide example projects for local companies to win work on other restoration projects around business emerges and the temptation to fi ll it up with the UK. mediocre developments must be resisted. Airedale will now have an international reputation for its digital 4.0 technology, advanced manufacturing and service industries. Making Change Happen 85 Project Register Corridor Objective Project Responsibility Key Partners Watercourse Regeneration Environment Agency Environment Agency/Yorkshire Water Services Landscape Backdrop Support Rural Economy Bradford Council Yorkshire Forward/English Partnerships Landscape Enhancement Bradford Council Bradford Council/Yorkshire Forward/English Partnerships Specialist Schools Bradford Council Department for Education/Education Bradford Education Further Education Further Education Colleges Learning & Skills Council Higher Education Airedale Partnership Bradford University/Yorkshire Forward Advanced Digital Institute Airedale Partnership Yorkshire Forward Creative Innovation Product Development Airedale Partnership Bradford University/Yorkshire Forward Business Incubators Bradford Council Private Sector/Yorkshire Forward Unlock Employment Land Bradford Council Yorkshire Forward Land/Premises Quality Offi ce Premises Bradford Council Private Sector Improve Business Land Bradford Council Yorkshire Forward Strategic Road Links Bradford Council Local Transport Plan/Highways Agency Transport Airport Rail Link Metro West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan/Network Rail Transport Interchanges Metro West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan/Network Rail Broadband Take Up Airedale Partnership Yorkshire Forward Connected ICT Expansion of E Learning Airedale Partnership Learning & Skills Council Wireless Zones Airedale Partnership Yorkshire Forward/Private Sector Airedale Delivery Team Bradford Council Bradford Council Coordination Marketing Airedale Airedale Partnership Yorkshire Forward/Bradford Regeneration Company Championing Airedale Airedale Partnership Bradford Council Town Traffi c Management Bradford Council Bradford Council/Yorkshire Forward Town Centres Retail Development Bradford Council Private Sector/Yorkshire Forward Leisure & Culture Bradford Council Heritage Lottery Fund Town Centre Living Bradford Council Private Sector Lifestyle Housing Housing Regeneration Bradford Council Private Sector/Bradford Communities Housing Trust Broadband Homes Bradford Council Private Sector Coordinated Marketing Bradford Council Bradford Council Tourism Hotel Accommodation Bradford Council Private Sector/ Destination Development Bradford Council Heritage Lottery Fund/Bradford Council/Yorkshire Forward