(Y)OUR ST ENOCH Glasgow City Centre District Regeneration Frameworks St Enoch District - Final Draft Report May 2019 St. Enoch District Regeneration Framework as defined in Glasgow City Centre Strategy 2014-2019 source: www.inovoglasgow.com Project Team Contents 01 Introduction 06 St Enoch Projects Client - Glasgow City Council Lead designer, strategy Lead consultant, Local designer, strategy 02 (Y)our River Park 38 03 (Y)our Great Streets & Spaces 76 04 (Y)our Updated Mobility 120 Connectivity, spatial Property market Socio-economic Community animation, 05 (Y)our Great Buildings 148 economics consultants regeneration consultants engagement 06 (Y)our Vibrant St Enoch 190 07 Transforming (Y)our St Enoch 224 Gerry Grams 08 Planning Policy 240 Smart city consultantsStrategic city design Engineering advice Cost consultants adviser 09 Action Plan 250 © Crown Copyright and database right 2015. All rights reserved. OS Licence No. 100023379. You are not permitted to copy, sub-license or sell any of this data to third parties in any form. 07/03/2015 (Y)OUR ST .ENOCH (Y)OUR ST .ENOCH INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Introduction The Assignment (Y)our Ideas “Glasgow made the Clyde and the Clyde made considers the northern edge of the Gorbals The City Centre Strategy and Action Plan 2014-19 This District Regeneration Framework has been Glasgow” (Laurieston and Hutchesontown), St Enoch, sets out a vision and objectives for central prepared in collaboration with a wide array of Custom House Quay and the Brigggait, the Glasgow and defines nine city centre Districts; one stakeholders and consultees. Ideas and opinions The relationship between Glasgow and its river has southern fringes of the Merchant City, Glasgow of which is St.Enoch. A Regeneration Framework is have been shared by Glaswegians and visitors to defined the city for centuries. The fortunes of the Cross / Saltmarket and Glasgow Green. It is a very to be prepared for each District. the city. Engagement and consultation has been city have often been inextricably linked to the diverse collection of urban neighbourhoods and conducted on-street, online, in public exhibitions, Clyde, yet contemporary Glasgow physically and districts; each with its own distinctiveness. The pilot Framework was prepared for Sauchiehall design workshops and via social media. metaphorically feels like it still largely turns its back + Garnethill and was completed and published in on its river. This part of the city centre is crucial. This is where 2016. The next four Districts are: Broomielaw, St. Participants have included residents, businesses, the eastern portion of the city centre meets the Enoch, Central and Blythswood. The last four land and building owners / occupiers, developers The area covered in this St. Enoch District river. It acts as a gateway to the city centre; District Regeneration Frameworks will be for the and investors, local and national agencies, Council Regeneration Framework (DRF) is one of the providing a first impression of central Glasgow as Merchant City, Learning Quarter, Townhead and departments, elected members, charities, oldest parts of the city, though its medieval origins approached on the M74 motorway and West Cowcaddens. voluntary organisations and tourists. are barely detectable in much of the contemporary Coast Mainline railway and from the city’s cityscape. Having been founded by St Mungo in regenerating East End. Each District Regeneration Framework will guide (Y)our Ideas have informed and shaped the 6th century as a place of worship Glasgow physical, social and economic regeneration and is recommendations and projects emerging through emerged as a medieval centre of learning and It is an area in transition with regionally important intended to become the Local Development this (Y)our St.Enoch District Regeneration commerce which flourished following the civic institutions and leisure / retail destinations; Frameworks as defined in the City Development Framework. Enlightenment and throughout the Industrial age. central Glasgow’s largest urban park; new Plan (2017). investment at the City of Glasgow campus; Located on the Clyde it was focused on the High renowned New Gorbals regeneration being Street; from the Cathedral precinct at Townhead to extended to Laurieston and City Deal funding to the river crossing at the Briggait. Whilst Glasgow deliver enhancements to principal streets, the has subsequently expanded massively in all quaysides and infrastructure. directions, and the city centre’s focus has drifted west and north from St Enoch, as one of the oldest Preparing this Framework has been a parts it still reveals the multi-layered history of this collaborative, collective effort involving the many great city. The rich historic legacy is evident in the people with a stake and interest in Glasgow city Tolbooth and steeples within the historic Merchant centre and St. Enoch. For this reason this project City, the expanse of Glasgow Green, and the is underscored by this collective effort, expertise neo-Classical grandeur of Carlton Place and the and energy.... (Y)our City Centre, (Y)our St. Enoch High Court. Given the increasingly constrained nature of the Glasgow is a city of perpetual change. The public sector it is the continuation of the transition from hyper-intense Industrial Glasgow to collaborative spirit in which the framework was the post-industrial era has left a significant imprint prepared which will help to create the private, on this area. The Victorian railways feeding St public partnerships required to deliver change. Enoch Station and the dense tenement blocks of the Gorbals became gap sites as the Beeching’s This city’s motto is “Let Glasgow Flourish”. If Cuts and slum clearances of the 1960s and 1970s Glasgow is to flourish in the 21st century the city created challenging gap sites. centre will have to be at the vanguard of wider regeneration, with St. Enoch a key catalyst in This District Regeneration Framework outlines a redefining (Y)our City Centre in future. vision, projects and an action plan to redefine the St. Enoch district of Glasgow in the next ten years. It includes neighbourhoods on both banks of the River Clyde beyond the area many would define as ‘St. Enoch’. The river is deliberately central to the area covered by this District Regeneration Framework. It 6 7 (Y)OUR ST .ENOCH (Y)OUR ST .ENOCH INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION (Y)our St. Enoch District Boundaries Purpose and structure of this Report The boundaries for the (Y)our St Enoch District The northern Framework boundary runs parallel PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT STRUCTURE OF THIS REPORT Regeneration Framework are defined in the with the River Clyde and is defined by London Glasgow City Centre Strategy and Action Plan Road to Glasgow Cross, along Argyle Street, to the The principal purpose of this District Regeneration This DRF considers the role the St Enoch District 2014-19. The Framework encompasses north and western edge of Glasgow Central. The western Framework (DRF) is to guide forthcoming physical, has to play in the wider renewal of Glasgow city south banks of the River Clyde, which runs east to boundary is defined by Oswald Street north of the social and economic regeneration and centre. The regeneration of Glasgow city centre west through the heart of the study area, from Clyde, across the River Clyde via the King George development in the area of the city centre and the River Clyde corridor should be considered Glasgow Green to Glasgow Central Station. The V bridge to Commerce Street between the River designated by the City Centre Strategy 2014-19 as national priority projects and the St Enoch DRF Framework area includes parts of the city centre Clyde and Nelson Street. The southern boundary the St Enoch district. area has a pivotal role in both. The Framework and surrounding neighbourhoods beyond what is defined from Commerce Street by Norfolk St. assesses the significant challenges and would be commonly referred to as St Enoch. On and Ballater St. which run through areas of The City Centre Strategy states that each DRF will opportunities that will continue to define Glasgow the north bank the Framework area includes part significant regeneration, the Gorbals; Laurieston contribute to Supplementary Planning Guidance. city centre’s environmental, spatial, economic and of the Merchant City, Custom House Quay, St and Hutchesontown, past the Gorbals Health The City Development Plan (2017) confirms that social performance. It confirms overarching Andrews in the Square, part of Glasgow Green. On Centre to the Waddell Court residential tower Local Development Frameworks (LDF) will be objectives that must be met if Glasgow is to the south bank, Carlton Place and the Gorbals(the blocks. The eastern boundary is defined from produced for each of the 9 districts identified in the compete as a leading European city, and northern fringe of Laurieston and the northwest Ballater St. through the Adelphi Court, across the City Centre Strategy, and that a Strategic reinforces the importance of the city centre as the corner of Hutchesontown). River Clyde to Glasgow Green along the path, east Development Framework (SDF) will be prepared engine for the city region’s economic, cultural, of the boathouse, to Charlotte St where it meets covering the entire city centre and all 9 districts. civic and environmental health. It outlines London Road. fundamental principles to ensure Glasgow has a It is therefore intended that this DRF will contribute sustainable, resilient and vibrant city centre that is to the planning policy for this District of Glasgow’s remarkable, attractive and convivial. city centre. It is anticipated that the Planning Policy The full extent of this Framework area is 81.2 In support of these principles and to help deliver hectares, of which 12.9 is the River Clyde. chapter and other planning related elements of each DRF should be incorporated as the overarching objectives for (Y)our City Centre Supplementary Guidance within an SDF or LDF, this Report sets out a Framework of Projects within subject to it being consistent with the City the St Enoch district and an associated Action Plan Development Plan and planning authority to help prioritise implementation.