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Atlantic Gateway Parklands

Richard Tracey - Interim Project Director The FUZZY emergence of …..

The Landscape for Prosperity














Towards a Mersey

Parklands!









Creative Concern

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1. Accelerating Growth


Atlantic Gateway investment area

Atlantic Gateway Connectivity


Atlantic Gateway Investment Priorities

1. Liverpool2 2. Liverpool Waters 3. Wirral Waters: 4. Liverpool J L Airport 5. Ince Park 6. 3MG 7. Mersey Gateway 8. Sci-Tech Daresbury 9. Omega 10. Warrington Waters 11. Northern Hub 12. Port Salford 13. MediaCityUK 14. Airport City 15. HS2


International Comparators


City growth

© Arup Conurbations of Great Britain

Rebalancing the economy

Drivers for Cities The proposition


Cheshire & Warrington LNP!

GM Natural Capital Group (LNP)!

Nature Connected !!

Partnership Geography


2. Atlantic Gateway Parklands


Landscape character assessment Landscape character areas

The Evidence Base Landscape character


The Evidence Base Topography and views


The Evidence Base Adapting the Landscape Strategy, 2009

www.atlanticgateway.co.uk Angel Field, Liverpool Hope University (BCA Landscapes)

The Context

www.atlanticgateway.co.uk Visualisations of the Children’s Health Park, Alder Hey Hospital (both BDP)

The Evidence Base Case study: Children’s Health Park – Alder Hey, Liverpool


3. Parklands PLACE and Projects


Parklands PLACE

Green infrastructure benefits © Arup


Parklands PLACE The Landscape for Prosperity will be delivered through

'Planned Landscapes and Creative Environments'

Strategic Environmental Initiatives A direct link to the key Atlantic Gateway economic assets and delivery within the first 3–5 years of the Parklands initiative.

Emergent Environmental Assets

Natural assets that will act as a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent and investment.

Strategic Flood Defence Existing Landscape Assets The critical natural assets up-stream of key developments through Green Infrastructure and natural capital investments.

Transformational partner initiatives which will create a landscape which is liveable and investment ready.


Landscape for Prosperity



Strategic Environmental Initiatives Irwell River Park

Salford Meadows Bridge, winning design by Tonkin Liu with Arup Salford Meadows Bridge, winning design by Tonkin Liu with Arup

www.atlanticgateway.co.uk Port Salford Greenway visualisation and concept plan (BDP)

Strategic Environmental Initiatives Port Salford Greenway


Strategic Environmental Initiatives Great Manchester Wetlands


Visualisation of Mersey Gateway Bridge Pinch point analysis

Strategic Environmental Initiatives Mersey Gateway Nature Park


Strategic Environmental Initiatives Bridgewater Way (Daresbury)


Strategic Environmental Initiatives GreenPrint for Growth

GreenPrint for Growth strategic framework (Parkinson Inc)


Strategic Environmental Initiatives













In the beginning a big blank Everton Park



It all starts with a park, Everton Park ..... a park which will

use beauty as a competitive advantage

to attract wealth, talent and investment.

from Bruce Mau, 2010




Prepared by James Corner Field Operation, 2012







Everton Park – 800 years of history in one view

Image by Mark Loudon www.markloudon.com



Sky Pier, Liverpool


4. Next Steps


Parklands Recommendations

Delivering the Landscape for Prosperity demands a generational timescale. Our recommendations are:

To Investors All developments should contribute to GI and environmental improvement – AG’s CEF is an exemplar

For planning & economic development

Natural Accelerate the pace of collaboration and innovation

To the UK Government To the Third & Environmental Sectors Support AG Parklands as a special initiative of national importance by aligning government agencies to its delivery

The vital importance of natural capital and environmental quality must be mainstreamed


The issue of sustainability is here to stay

Armed with wealth and the best of

health, in the future when all’s well

www.atlanticgateway.co.uk Michael Schwarze-Rodrian!

“…. a connected landscape between cities

... a very individual thing ....... continuing over one generation, step by step,

project by project, park by park, river by river, it will at the end, in some way, be completed .. ”

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Environment

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landscape strategy

parklands initiative

creative concern

liverpool waters

critical natural assets

evidence base topography

evidence base case study