Appendix 1 Site Vision Document – I.M Marsh Campus IM MARSH CAMPUS SITE AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT (NOV 2018) 2 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 2 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 3 CONTENTS Executive Summary........................................................................ 04 Understanding the Site................................................................... 06 Sustainable Location...................................................................... 08 Unique Design Opportunity............................................................ 10 Deliverable Phasing Strategy........................................................... 12 Steps to Delivery............................................................................. 14 4 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Figure 2: Site Location Plan Liverpool John Moores University’s (LJMU’s) campus at IM Marsh presents a unique regeneration opportunity. It should be redeveloped for high quality housing. This will respond to a critical need in South Liverpool. Housing use will enable the beneficial use of the listed building and redevelopment of City Campus (LJMU) the remainder of the site provides an opportunity to deliver high quality apartment development alongside large family housing, including 4 and 5 bedroom properties with gardens. The IM Marsh Campus comprises various university buildings, that range in age and quality, and three sports pitches. The buildings on the Site will be surplus to academic requirements, following the planned transfer of faculties to the Copperas Hill site in the City Centre. The buildings are relatively low quality both visually and physically, apart from two historic buildings. The previously developed land on the Site represents c.50% of the total Site area. The remaining Site area comprises sports pitches which LJMU are currently developing a strategy to relocate near to the City Centre Campus. These planned improvements are part of LJMU’s wider vision to deliver a walkable campus within Liverpool City Centre. Accordingly, the Site provides an excellent opportunity to deliver a high-quality residential development, including the conversion of two historic buildings, close to Liverpool City Centre and within the predominantly residential area of Aigburth. Aigburth is a sustainable neighbourhood with a good range of local amenities and public transport opportunities. Aigburth Train Station is located within a 7-minute walking distance from the Site and provides regular connections to Liverpool City Centre. This Vision Document has been prepared on behalf of LJMU by Barton Willmore to demonstrate how the residential redevelopment of the Site could make a positive contribution towards the attractiveness of Aigburth as a place to live, whilst also boosting and securing housing delivery in response to local and wider needs. The Illustrative Masterplan and supporting design principles included within this document demonstrate our emerging design rationale for the Site. This has been informed by our initial assessment of the Site and its surroundings to demonstrate the ability of the Site to accommodate approximately 200-250 new homes, alongside, improved pedestrian and cycle links and public open space. 4 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 5 Figure 2: Site Location Plan Figure 1: Site Location Plan City Campus (LJMU) Mount Pleasant Campus (LJMU) Mossely Hill Train Station Aigburth Train Station IM Marsh Campus (LJMU) (The Site) West Allerton Train Station 6 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT UNDERSTANDING THE SITE Site Location and Surroundings Site Assessment The Site, which is located just 5km south-east of Whilst, the Site is not subject to any significant Liverpool City Centre, provides an unparallel regeneration constraints that would prevent its redevelopment for Site, within the residential neighbourhood of Aigberth. residential use, the following considerations will inform the future development of the Site and they underpin the The Site is bound by residential development to the Illustrative Masterplan (Figure 4): south, east and west. • Vehicle access can be provided from existing points To the north lies community allotments, publicly of access on Barkhill Road, Mossley Hill Road and accessible sports pitches, and Sudley House Museum and Holmefield Road. If desirable, an additional point Art Gallery. Mossley Hill Conservation Area also lies to the of vehicle access can potentially be provided from north of the Site. The relationship between the Site and Barkhill Road. the Conservation Area will be considered through this document. • Pedestrian access can be provided from the proposed vehicle access points and from a point For a more detailed understanding of the Site’s location close to the Barkhill Road/ Mossley Hill Road junction. and its sustainability, please refer to the Sustainable • Existing mature trees on the Site should be retained Location section within this document. and integrated into an accessible network of high- Site Description quality public realm and open space. The Site is broadly triangular. It extends to c.7.6ha and • Holmefield House is a Grade II Listed building that some 50% of the Site is developed land. could be converted for future residential use. • Barkhill Building is an early 20th Century building The Site includes several university buildings built of some quality that could be converted for future between 1950-1990. These provide limited townscape residential use. quality and provide a desirable opportunity for • Ecology on the Site are limited to existing mature redevelopment. The Site also includes two historic vegetation which should be retained as part of the buildings, built during the late 20th Century, that provide proposed redevelopment. an opportunity for residential conversion. • Utilities within the vicinity of the Site are easily Details of each building is shown on the plan opposite. accessible. • Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS) will be The Site also includes three outdoor sports pitches which required as part of the proposed development and will be relocated to the City Centre Campus. These the Site is not located within an area of flood risk include football pitches, a multi-use games area and potential. three tennis courts/netball courts. • Ground levels provide a suitable platform for The Site has been subject to earthworks to enable the residential development. provision of levelled sports pitches. This has resulted in • Stone boundary wall surrounding the Site should be the creation of three levelled tiers within the Site which retained. could be re-profiled or retained as part of the Site’s • Mossley Hill Conservation Area lies to the north of redevelopment. the Site and the future development of the Site will Defining most of the Site boundary is a c.1.5m historic carefully consider the relationship with this historic stone wall, which whilst not listed (nationally or locally) asset. is a defining characteristic within the nearby residential streets. 6 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 7 Site boundary Existing built form Existing sports buildings and outdoor facilities (to be relocated to the city centre campus). Existing buildings (built between 1950s -1990s) Existing buildings (late 20th century) Mossley Hill Conservation Area Science Block Trees & Learning Reseource Contour (1m) Centre Existing vehicle access Potential vehicle access Bus stop Barkhill Rd The North Building Listed Building Existing 1.5m stone walls Sudley Building Mossley Hill Rd Iain Newman Centre Barkhill Building Mossley Building Student Union Student Accomodation Marsh Sports Centre Holmefield House Sports Hall Holmefield Rd Figure 3: Site Assessment Plan 8 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT SUSTAINABLE LOCATION The Site is sustainably located close to existing services Buses and facilities provided in Aighburth and the surrounding The nearest bus stops are on Aigburth Road (c.200m neighbourhoods of Augburth Vale and Otterspool. from the Site) and Broad Avenue (c.400m from the Services and facilities located within an 800m walking Site). Regular bus services from these stops provide and 2km cycle ride include but are not limited to: connections to Liverpool City Centre, Liverpool South Parkway, Speke, Walton and Bootle. • Sudley Junior School; • Sudley Infant School; Trains • St. Margaret’s CofE Academy; The two closest train stations to the Site are Aigburth • Palmerston School; Station (c.500m) and West Allerton Station (c.800m). These stations provide connections to the wider • Tesco; Merseyside/North West Region (inc. Southport, • Otterspool Park; Warrington, Wirral, Runcorn, Blackpool and Chester). In • Sefton Park; addition, the TransPennine Express service operates an • Liverpool Cricket Club; hourly connection between Manchester and Liverpool which takes only 32 minutes and is available from • Shops along Aigburth Road; Aigburth Station and West Allerton Station. • Restaurants; and • Alfred Holt Recreation Ground. Cycling The Site benefits from a dedicated cycle route which offers cyclists a less congested route to and from the City Centre. This route takes around 25 minutes to cycle. Citybike Liverpool has bikes for hire at Aigburth Station. A ‘bike and go’ scheme also operates at Liverpool South Parkway Rail Station where you can hire bicycles daily for just £3.80. The cycle route between Liverpool South Parkway and the Site is approximately two miles long and takes just