1. Big planning Liz Wrigley Town Planner coreconnections
Working at the core of your projects
Making the right connections…
Liz Wrigley
Town Planner
coreconnections
Liz Wrigley
January 2006

2. Big planning The site exists in its context Holistic planning
Working at the core of your projects
Making the right connections…
The site exists in its context
Holistic planning
Working with the community
coreconnections
Liz Wrigley
January 2006

3. The site exists in its context
Working at the core
of your projects
Making the right connections…
coreconnections
Liz Wrigley
January 2006

4. The site exists in its context
Working at the core of your projects
Making the right connections…
take a flexible view on the site and its options for uses and
connect it back into its surroundings and neighbours
Site advantages River, Station, Historic Building as a landmark, route of rail link
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Liz Wrigley
January 2006

5. Holistic planning Regeneration is:
a social activity, and
an economic activity and
an environmental activity
It needs a team to reflect this scope
Working at the core of your projects
Making the right connections…
Create special hub for new enterprise: creative activity; smalll entrepreneurs; media and music; artists studios etc. Create a social hub on the site for businesses to meet each other. Create a learning hub for training and exchange of ideas.
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Liz Wrigley
January 2006

6. Enterprise and local skills
Start-up enterprise centre
Seminars and exhibitions for businesses
Working at the core of your projects
Making the right connections…
Woolwich Arsenal similar buildings modified to provide a central service with café and business centre
Local labour agreements
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Liz Wrigley
January 2006

7. Working with the community
Working at the core of your projects
Making the right connections…
Working with the community:
flexible, evolving plans will bring the site longer lasting community benefits
Leicester example disused bus depot offices used for new small businesses. Artists businesses used new cladding on outside of building to show their skills. Small new building extensions change image of site. Live-work units created from site buildings in London very similar in scale and design.
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Liz Wrigley
January 2006