RATIONALE AND METHOD

Ryde Geography and Demography

Ryde Foundation Capital

Ryde Land Use Policy

Ryde Governance

The Place Plan identifies a set of strategic challenges to the town and its future. These are predicated on the conclusions and recommendations of the reference and source materials referred to in the appendix.

The challenges and solutions proposed are organized around core elements of place-based regeneration:

• Geography and Demography – the distribution and extent of the physical and human characteristics of Ryde.

• Foundation Capital – the quantity, quality and ‘health’ of the natural, cultural and social components of Ryde.

• Land Use Policy – the framework of international, national and local decision-making with regard to development and infrastructure.

• Governance – the role of local authorities at county and parish level and the network of organizations and institutions involved in the provision of public services and amenities.

PART 1. THE COMPOSITION OF RYDE

CULTURAL CAPITAL

• There are 470 Listed Building entries within the Ryde parish set within an extensive built environment Conservation Area with two component parts.

• 75% of Union Street is listed.

• 8 listed churches help to define Ryde’s skyline, protected within the Conservation Area designation.

• Ryde’s cultural heritage also includes 2 Scheduled Monuments and 13 Local List items (protected at the level of the local authority).

• The Conservation Area spills out across Ryde Sands, east and west of the Pier, creating a designated environment unusual in its extent and diversity of form, overlapping with ecological protections to create a block of protected urban environment unique on the Island.