Liverpool Flashcards
development
30 year construction programme- 2041
2.3 km of dock frontage
60 ha sites
total floor space=
1 700 000m2
Commercial office space
residnetial dwellings
hotel and conference facilities
shops providing mainly for local daily needs
banks and building societies
cafes, bars and restaurants
culture and leisure facilities; education health and religious and community use
cruise liner terminal
road paths central park and other landscaped areas
max building heights, maximum floor space per land use and per neighbourhood have been used
assessment of significant impacts is set against a number of maximum parameters which cannot be changed w/o revisions to the permission, EIA and councils further approval
why is it important
UNESCO world heritage criteria found site is of outstanding Universal value because :
major centre generating innovative technologies and methods in dock construction and port management in the 18th and 19th century
maritime mercantile culture in 18th and 19th centeries- contribute to building of births empire. centre for Slave trade
emigration from N europre to America
outstanding example of a world mercantile port city- global trading and cultural connections throughout the British Empire
Designated areas
World heritage site (WHS) or buffer area
67 heriage assests identified- mostly protected
special methodology developed for assessment of impact on WHS outstanding universal value (OUV) agreed with english heritage and Liverpool City Council
considerable changes to original ‘new manhattan’ as a result of design development and consultation
mitigation through overall safeguard on other assets
v wide visual envelope of sire from merest and wirral
10 key viewpoints ID’d and used for LVIA
30 year construction programme would send normally temporary nature of impact
generally adverse construction impacts particularly with piling rigs and tower crane
operational impacts either not significant or benefitital die to nature and quality of comprehensive regeneration
extensive consultation
public exhibitions
possible funding issues- support from China?
some redesigns - ongoing concerns about WHS
planning permission granter march 2012
parallel development on Wirral side on the Mersey
