Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum Making Connections Conference

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Scottish Urban Regeneration ForumMaking
Connections Conference

• The Role of Masterplanning
• Kevin Murray

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Content

• Why masterplan?
• Scope
• Community engagement
• Examples
• Benefits

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Why masterplan?

• Spatial explanation of ideas or intent
• Communicate to different audiences
• Test agree direction
• Calculate costs values
• Co-ordinate disposal / development
• Visualise a place
• Basis for consultation engagement
• Build ownership confidence

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Different Concepts

• Spatial strategy
• Development framework
• Master plan
• Development design briefs

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Strategic Direction Content

• Main role(s) ?
• Uses activities ?
• Economic ?
• Social community ?
• Involvement participation ?
• Physical appearance, design ?
• Sustainability ?

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Issues for the Plan?

• Available information or extra required
• Baseline socio-economic
• Ground conditions
• Traffic data
• Planning policy, plans, commitments
• Property market trends
• Land ownership, vacancy dereliction
• Funding mechanisms

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Spatial Strategy

• Most broad brush
• Sets out principal moves intent
• Mainly two-dimensional
• Diagrammatic
• Limited controls fixes
• Comparatively low cost

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Development Framework

• Sets out main site specific fixes
• Identifies parcels phasing
• Key infrastructure
• Uses and open space
• Illustrative 3-dimensions not fixes
• Development design left to market
• Mid cost

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Master Plan

• More prescriptive
• Specifies built form relationships
• Building lines, scale height
• Infrastructure, public realm open space
• Sometimes materials landscape
• Clear vision of future
• Higher cost

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Importance of Engagement

• V ision
• O wnership
• C ommitment
• A ction
• L ook after, long term

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When to Engage ?

• Listening stage Early - before plan
• Testing/buy in Midway - options
• Endorsement End - preferred plan
• Advocacy/promotion Post - plan

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Engagement
Research issues
Listening
Develop strategy test options
Testing
Agree refine preferred plan
Endorsement
Present plan
Promotion
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Engagement Techniques

• Community meetings
• Questionnaires
• Focus groups
• Workshops
• Planning for Real
• Exhibitions
• Leaflets
• Website CD ROM

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Benefits

• Shared picture
• Guiding framework
• Mediation tool
• Assists spatial decision making
• Co-ordination consistency
• Creates value
• Master plans make better places