Communities in Transition: Whitechapel 28 May 2015
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Communities in Transition: Whitechapel
Welcome
Lisa Taylor
Director, Future of London
Agenda 3.45
Arrivals
4.00
Welcome: Lisa Taylor
4:05
Whitechapel Vision masterplan Duncan Brown, Whitechapel Strategic Project Manager, LB Tower Hamlets and Anna Sinnott, Director of Planning, BDP
4:15
The knowledge economy in London Martyn Saunders, Associate Director, Bilfinger GVA
4:25
Whitechapel life sciences cluster Professor Simon Gaskell, President and Principal, Queen Mary University of London
4:35
City Fringe OAPF, Med City and High Street Fund Stewart Murray, Assistant Director of Planning, Greater London Authority
4:45
Q&A and discussion
5.00
Refreshments & networking
6.30
Close
Communities in Transition: Whitechapel Anna Sinnott
Director of Planning, BDP
Duncan Brown LB Tower Hamlets
Whitechapel Vision
Masterplan SPD 2013
Bethnal Green
BDP appointed by London Borough of Tower Hamlets February to December 2013 Adopted Supplementary Planning Document
Aldgate
Commercial Rd
Drivers for Change • Maximise the opportunity of Crossrail opening in 2018 • Manage growth and change in the next 15 years • Stimulate wider regeneration activity and inward economic investment and enterprise • Raise the quality of life and life chances for local residents • Improve the appearance and usability of the built environment • Secure benefits for the local community: housing, jobs, social infrastructure
This is Whitechapel IT’S PEOPLE • Young population over 60% under 30 years old; • Diverse population – over 50% Asian, increasing white British population; • Improving educational attainment increase those with 5 or more GCSE; • Strong cultural identity and rich East End history; • 33% increase in population (18,000) over the last 10 years IT’S PLACE • Heart of the ‘Golden triangle’ of City, Canary Wharf and Stratford • 4 Conservation areas and listed buildings confirm character; • Large community, faith and charitable presence; • Low vacancy rate on high street – strong local flavour to retail; • World class RLH hospital and Queen Mary University London; • High accessibility (PTAL 6) – Crossrail coming 2018
The Vision:
By 2025 Whitechapel will be an important hub and key attractor destination in Greater London defined by its strong identity as a place to live, enjoy, do business, visit and invest.
1. Strengthen Whitechapel’s District Centre • Creating employment growth • Supporting local business • Expanding and diversifying Town Centre Activity • Enhancing the Street Market
2. Promote Sustainable Communities • Tackling Social Deprivation • Improving the housing offer • Supporting educational attainment, training and skills • Promoting Culture, Leisure and Community Uses
3. Deliver High Quality Places • Protecting and Enhancing Heritage • Transforming the Public Realm • Improving Accessibility • Promoting sustainable development
Key Deliverables Regeneration for people not just place • 3,500 new homes incl. affordable homes • 5,000 new local jobs • 7 new public squares and open spaces • New civic hub for Tower Hamlets • Med City campus • Part of Tech City - expand creative industries • New cultural centre and community facilities • Destination shopping and leisure experience • Expand and improve the street market • Thriving evening economy • Safer and cleaner streets
How is this planned?
Core Strategy
Managing Development DPD
Spatial Concept
Key Transformations
6 Key Place Transformations
Durward Street Gardens
Revitalising Whitechapel Rd
New Civic Hub
Cambridge Heath Gateway
Raven Row
Med City Campus
New Life Science Campus
• Creation of a global Life Science research campus • Creation of a 1km ‘Green Spine’ linear park linking Whitechapel Road to Commercial Road • Redevelopment of the existing NHS nursing accommodation for supporting residential and land uses
DELIVERING THE WHITECHAPEL VISION Duncan Brown, Whitechapel Delivery Strategic Project Manager
Progress to date… • £1bilion of investment and so far over £100M of land acquisitions in Whitechapel since March 2013 • LBTH set up a Whitechapel Delivery Team and Strategic Partnership Board in Oct’14. • 5 major live pipeline development sites to deliver circa 2,500 new homes and nearly 100,000sqft of commercial floorspace • Whitechapel High Street Fund awarded £1.12M project • LBTH acquisition of old Royal London hospital for new civic hub • Whitechapel Crossrail station on track to be completed by 2018
The Whitechapel Delivery Strategic Partnership • Royal London is a world class and renowned hospital facility • Landowner and local • Significant employer in the area authority for approximately • Centre of clinical excellence and 300,000 residents care • Annual turnover of £1.4billion • Promoter of the initiative • Delivering Civic hub regeneration at the old Royal London
• World leader in Life Science research and excellence • Nearly 18,000 students • Annual income of £300M • Med City campus • Major landowner with leading Bio Innovation centre
• Responsible for 5 billion bus journeys a year • 1 billion underground journeys • Major landowner at Whitechapel station and shopping parade • Delivery Crossrail
• Strategic authority for over 8 million London residents and economy worth £310 Billion p/a • Promoter of City Fringe OAPF, Tech and Med City • Implementer of the Mayors London Plan
• Major landowner • Owns 71,000 homes • Surplus of £500million
• Major UK supermarket retailer • Track record of successful retail led regeneration • Plans to deliver one of East London largest superstores in the area
Tower Hamlets & Whitechapel: Quick Public Health context ‘Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ - WHO Constitution, 1946
Tower Hamlets & Whitechapel REALITY of Public Health Safety Nets
Unhealthy Safety Nets
Our response: To link Public Health & Regeneration in Whitechapel In 2014 LBTH commissioned a Mental Health & Wellbeing Assessment for Whitechapel, 4 recommendations:
Case Study: Chicksand Estate Plan
The Unhealthiest High Street in London?
….Are you ‘avin’ a Giraffe?! Yet Whitechapel has : …Very low shop vacancy rates ...2nd busiest library in London: 725,000 per/an ...A successful Fruit & Veg market ....Diverse offer of independent retail ....Low high street multiple presence .... Disappearing fried chicken shops ….A new cycle super highway coming ....The highest used TfL cycle station in E London .....The most popular leisure centre LBTH .....The Largest hospital in London and large number of pharmacies locally
Our Responses: Delivering Healthy Places and Engaging Local People Marmot Review: ‘Fairer Society, Healthier Lives' (2010):
Our Responses: The Whitechapel High Street Fund • • • • • • • • •
Deliver flexible/affordable workspace (Enterprising Whitechapel) Deliver 100 X new jobs created Deliver 10 X new startup businesses Min 850sqm new or improved workspace Business support for 75 local SMEs A programme of events; Microsoft ‘WeCan’ event Digital Skills workshop, Delivery of Life Sciences Strategy Delivery a new Future Street Market Plan Create Whitechapel Marketing strategy Relocate regen team to Whitechapel
Our Responses: ‘Enterprising Whitechapel’ • To ADDRESS lack of genuinely affordable spaces • To ENGAGE local residents into employment • To PROMOTE social enterprise, cultural/creative, tech, arts, media, community and non-profit use • To FOCUS on social enterprises and community • To UNLOCK strategic sites for 3-5 years predevelopment • To REUSE vacant and historic back into use • To PROMPT public realm investment and refurb of historic facades • To REACTIVATE the town centre and ‘pilot’ new uses • To CREATE a sustainable legacy of SMEs
Our Responses: The Life Science Opportunity? It requires locally appropriate solutions:
• Provides training, jobs and opportunities • Enhances and protects its historic built environment • Provides high quality public realm and architecture • Inclusive places and instils civic pride • Provides community facilities and accommodation
Our Responses: Can it be this?...Why not Berlin’s EUREF Science Campus: An autonomous district with 25 buildings Redevelopment of industrial heritage = place shaping 5.5 hectares. 600 million Euros redevelopment 5,000 new jobs will be created. 1,300 people are already working in the firms located on the EUREF Campus; Carbon neutral Smart powered buildings High tech digital connectivity
Whitechapel Vision in summary: 25 Projects + (and growing)
- Thank You -
Contact: duncan.brown@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Communities in Transition: Whitechapel Martyn Saunders
Associate Director, Bilfinger GVA
Date Month Date Month
London and the Knowledge Economy
May 2015 Martyn Saunders
What is the Knowledge Economy Broad definition “The trend in advanced economies towards greater dependence on knowledge, information and high skill levels�. OECD definition
Short presentation title here / November 2010
gva.co.uk
A Place to do Business 23% of UK economy Highly qualified workforce Leading universities Financial centre Specialist expertise and investors Creation of new businesses Connectivity
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Conditions for Knowledge Growth 40% of the UK’s information and communication sector output in London Outperforming traditional City sectors Highest venture capital seed funding in Europe 32% of all UK new company registrations Starting to challenge Oxford and Cambridge led markets for R&D funding
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Impact on Property Prime Rent
All central London subarea average growth
Annual rental growth
£100.00
45%
£90.00
40%
£80.00
35%
£70.00 £60.00 £50.00 £40.00 £30.00
30% 25% 20% 15%
£20.00
10%
£10.00
5%
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Key Ingredients for Growth
Institutional Anchors Public Sector Support
Business Anchors
Knowledge Districts
Digital Infrastructure
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Transport Infrastructure
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London’s Knowledge Locations
Short presentation title here / November 2010
gva.co.uk
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London’s new knowledge hub? • Driven by institutional, infrastructure and public sector investment • Cluster of opportunities • Here East • UCL East • Olympicopolis • New London Urban Biomedical Park?
Short presentation title here / November 2010
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Expanding beyond the borders Strengthening links between markets
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London Stansted Cambridge Corridor Focus for Life Science growth • Increasing inter-relationship • •
MedCity Cell Therapy Catapult
• C.14,000 new jobs by 2023 • Major new growth opportunities • • •
Expansion of successful offers Development of Cambridge ‘fringe’ Establishment of new locations
• Investment in new forms of space
Short presentation title here / November 2010
gva.co.uk
Date Month Date Month
London and the Knowledge Economy
May 2015 Martyn Saunders
Communities in Transition: Whitechapel Professor Simon Gaskell
President and Principal, Queen Mary University of London
A New Life Sciences Campus in East London Simon Gaskell - President and Principal, QMUL
Vision and Context • Expanded life sciences research campus in East London to deliver health and economic benefits. • Focus on population and public health. • Ca. 1 hectare of land in Whitechapel, adjacent to: QMUL Medical and Dental Schools (Barts and the London) New Royal London Hospital QMUL Innovation Centre Transportation hub (including Crossrail) • Large, diverse local population with significant health needs
Delivery • Partnership with Barts Health NHS Trust • QMUL expertise in clinical and life sciences, social sciences, ethics and law. • Unique opportunity for partnerships (HEIs, Crick Institute, industry, funders), supported by MedCity. • 2014/5: expansion of QMUL life sciences, collaborative programmes, East London Genes and Health (Wellcome Trust/Sanger Institute/MRC) • 2016-2020: development of Whitechapel site
Communities in Transition: Whitechapel Stewart Murray
Assistant Director of Planning, GLA
WHITECHAPEL: D E L I V E R I N G T H E M AY O R ’ S P R I O R I T I E S
GLA PLANNING
MEDCITY
GLA REGEN FUNDING
GLA PLANNING
GLA PLANNING Vision: Enabling the business cluster to continue to grow as a mix of large corporations, SMEs, microbusinesses, and start-ups and become the innovation hub driving
growth in London and the UK’s digital economy, while delivering housing and other supporting uses such as retail and leisure
GLA PLANNING Objectives: • Ensuring there is the space for continued business growth • Striking the balance between residential and commercial • Supporting the mix of uses that
makes the City Fringe special • Identifying the key strategic development sites • Connecting the City Fringe
Space for business growth
GLA PLANNING
GLA PLANNING
Whitechapel- strategic opportunities
• Excellent public transport connectivity • Established town centre and “sense of place” • Bart’s hospital trust • QMUL
• Life sciences • Tech City expansion • Potential for crossovers and collaboration • Public health benefits • Development land available
MEDCITY
• Promoting life sciences investment, entrepreneurship and industry • Creating a front door for business • Promoting the region • Encouraging and enabling entrepreneurialism
• Explaining the market • Key partner in helping to deliver the aspiration for a Life Sciences campus in Whitechapel
Some things to consider
• What is the supply demand picture? • What is the growth potential? • Issues around land, investment, funding and viability • Can any of this be managed by third parties?
• What are the typologies? • What are the spatial implications? • Specialist housing- researchers, NHS staff, students
G L A R E G E N E R AT I O N FUNDING
HIGH STREETS
PLACES OF WORK
PLACES OF LEARNING
£11M OF NHB COMMITTED FOR PLACES OF WORK
CAMDEN COLLECTIVE
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BLACKHORSE WORKSHOP
OLD VINYL FACTORY
THE RESEARCH
ANY QUESTIONS?
USEFUL LINKS London Plan http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/planning/london-plan
City Fringe OAPF https://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/planning/consultatio ns/city-fringe-opportunity-area-planning-framework
Regeneration https://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/regeneration
MedCity http://www.medcitylondon.com/
Communities in Transition: Whitechapel
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