COORDINATION & IMPLEMENTATION Group 4 Ross Anderson, Dean Atwell, Ciaran Doherty, Gillian Houston, Paul Jackson, Adam Smyth
Agenda • • • • • • • • • •
Plans/Programmes to Date Action Areas Moving Forward Shared Education Community Sport Integrated Public Transport Achieving the Vision Community Planning Review of Public Administration Conclusion
Plans/programmes to date
Belfast Areas of Need
Belfast Ac3on Teams -‐ Early
1970s
1980
Laganside Corpora3on
Making Belfast Work -‐ Ward
80s-‐90s
80s/90
Neighbourhood Renewal
2000 -‐ present
ACTION AREAS
Housing
• There is a distinct need for housing from the Catholic community • However, most suitable land lies within protestant areas • There is a need for more inclusive housing developments which are: • Mixed tenure • Socially mixed • Affordable
Best Practice Housing—Delaware Shared Housing Scheme • Collaboration between various different groups who worked in partnership to make the private redevelopment into successful crosscommunity social housing • A first and remarkable achievement in North Belfast
Education • Currently 3 types of school – Controlled (Protestant) – Catholic Maintained – Integrated
• Children are separated on a religious basis from a very young age • Communities are not involved in education area planning
Segregation • Small pockets of communities segregated by interfaces and buffer zones • Genuine fear of the ‘other’
Deprivation • 42% of people in North Belfast are income deprived • 20% of the working age population in Belfast are deprived • 3 of the top 10 areas of deprivation in North Belfast • New community and spatial vision for the area is needed Image credit: Sven Ellerbrock Photography, Flickr
Dereliction • 53ha of vacant land in the focus area • Approx. 40ha brownfield
Disconnection •  North Belfast suffers from poor transport links and poor pedestrian access to the city centre
MOVING FORWARD
Our Vision—Short Term (0-5 Years) • • • • • • • • •
Collaboration Integration Participation Connectivity Desegregation more peace gates Improved public realm Integrated Education Job creation
Our Vision—Medium Term (6-10 Years) • Shared housing • Belfast wide rapid transit network • Monitoring educational attainment • Private investment
Our Vision—Long Term (11-15 Years) • Removal of all peace lines • Fully integrated education • Vibrant, attractive place to live
ACHIEVING THE VISION
Integrated Education" Education"
Vision of an ‘all through’ school, from the ages of 4 all the way through to 18." " Integrated and ‘not shared’" " 3 key sites within Belfast for a large integrated ‘super school’." " Opportunities to develop old schools into training centres." " Community involvement in education issues " " " " "
Community Sport & Recreation"
INTEGRATED TRANSPORT
City Wide Rapid Transport
Rapid Transport Proposals
Rapid Transport Proposals
Proposed Rail Halt • Existing stations • Potential new station
Shared Bike Scheme • Based on Dublin Bike Share and London’s ‘Boris Bikes’ • Located at major train/ bus/rapid transit halts and in residential areas
Cycle Infrastructure - Narrow vehicle lanes slightly - Make way for separated cycle lanes
Antrim Road
Antrim Road
PUBLIC REALM
Credit: ForumBelfast.org
Crumlin Road
Duncairn Gardens"
Duncairn Gardens"
Peace Walls • Long-term strategy for removing interfaces (in conjunction with communities) • Regeneration of areas around interfaces as a catalyst for change
Linking Future Developments 2
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Review of Public Administration • “remit of reviewing the arrangements for the accountability, development, administration and delivery of public services in Northern Ireland”
What it means for development in North Belfast • Planning powers given to local council (from DOE) • Urban Regeneration (from DSD) • Public realm functions of local roads (from DRD) • Change from traditional land-use planning to spatial planning
What is Land Use Planning? Regulates land use
Planning authority have ownership of plans/ programmes
Designates areas of protec3on
Land Use Planning Discrete, oUen confronta3onal process
Series of Policies
Maps land for specific kind of development
What is Spatial Planning? Shapes spa3al development through coordina3on of policy Considers social, economic & environmental impacts
Holis3c approach
Spa3al Planning Allows stakeholders to achieve goals
Con3nuous, collabora3ve process Shared ownership between key stakeholders
Community Planning—Current Situation
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Planning in Northern Ireland has been land use based and has merely zoned areas of land for different uses. Need to introduce a wider spatial approach to planning. Impact of RPA. Relating community planning to spatial planning.
Image credit: Katy Wrathall, Flickr
Community Planning—Lessons From Cherwell District Council • Belfast City Council must not see their role as merely to inherit the current planning system from the Department of the Environment. • Cherwell considered a wide range of other government policy all under one overarching document. • Community involvement at every phase of the project. • Comprehensive delivery strategy.
Community Planning—Lessons From Coin Street Community Builders • Empowering communities • Community engagement • South Bank Partnership could be replicated in North Belfast. • Promoted local ownership • Local people have formed and backed the overall vision.
New Community Planning Model
Acknowledging the Context Effec3ve partnership working
Civic leadership and ownership
Evidence and knowledge
Inclusion and communica3on
Community Planning
Assets and building capacity
Focusing on outcomes
Integra3ng Services
Resourcing
Community Planning—A Way Forward • Belfast City Council will have the powers to create a new Spatial Plan for the City as well as a Community Plan. • The Spatial Plan and the Community Plan should be closely linked. • Prepared alongside each other to maximise the degree of coordination between the plans. • Spatial approach linked with community engagement will enable integrated service delivery.
CONCLUSION" Business Development
Co-ordinate & Implement A Spatial Development Strategy! Collabora'on & Par'cipa'on
Socio-‐Economic Needs
Employment & Training
Connec'vity & Permeability
Sports
Transpor t
Community Planning
Housing Educa'on