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John Hinchliffe
World Heritage Officer
Liverpool City Council
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Conservation and Management of the
Liverpool’s WHS:
•Identification
•Protection
•Conservation
•Presentation and Promotion
•Interpretation
•Education
•Visitor Management
Only officer in LCC working full-time
on WHS issues.
EH and LCC have recently appointed
an officer to spend 50% of her time
on WHS issues
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Conservation Team,
Planning Service,
Regeneration Portfolio,
Liverpool City Council.
•Direct input into planning
decision-making process
•Danger of workload being
dominated by planning issues
•Support of municipal resources
•Constraints of public office
WORLD HERITAGE SITE
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE
UK GOVERNMENT- DCMS
Liverpool City Council -
SPD
LIVERPOOL STEERING GROUP
Description
& History
NOMINATION
DOCUMENT
ICOMOS
ICOMOS – UK
English Heritage
Community Support
Political Support
Financial Support
MANAGEMENT
PLAN
Conservation
Management
Statement of Significance
Authenticity
Outstanding
Universal
Value
Wide range
of issues
Vision
Objectives
Boundary
Action Plan
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World Heritage Steering Group:
Liverpool City Council
English Heritage
Liverpool Vision
North West Development Agency (Current chair)
National Museums Liverpool
Merseytravel
Government Office-NW
ICOMOS-UK
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Mersey Partnership
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Merseyside Archaeology Service
Liverpool University
Liverpool John Moores University
Merseyside Civic Society
Liverpool First
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World Heritage Visitor Management
Steering Group:
Liverpool City Council Tourism (Current chair)
English Heritage
North West Development Agency
National Museums Liverpool
Merseytravel
The Mersey Partnership
British Waterways
Other Advisory Groups meet as and when necessary
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Liverpool was
inscribed in 2004
The Theme of the
Inscription:
“Liverpool – the
supreme example of a
commercial port at the
time of Britain’s
greatest global
influence.”
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Liverpool’s Outstanding
Universal Value
Liverpool:
1. Played a leading role in the development of dock
construction, port management and international trading
systems in the 18th and 19th centuries
2. The buildings and structures of the port and the city are an
exceptional testimony to mercantile culture.
3. Liverpool played a major role in influencing globally
significant demographic changes and
centuries, through:
a) its involvement in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in the
18th C and
b) its involvement as the leading port of mass European
emigration to the New World in the 19th C
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Supplementary Planning Document
for
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
World Heritage Site.
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World Heritage Site Management Plan (2003)
Objectives/Actions:
1.3.2 Prepare Supplementary Planning Guidance
for the Site based on the Management Plan
2.2.1 Encourage developers to bring forward
schemes that have identifiable benefits for the
WHS
3.1 Identify and secure sustainable and
appropriate uses for the built heritage resource
of the Site that supports the regeneration of the
City
3.8.2 Work with owners to ensure that
appropriate active use is made of water-spaces
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UNESCO/ICOMOS Mission October 2006
In 2007, UNESCO’s World Heritage
Committee requested that stricter
planning guidance should be
prepared to:
a) clearly establish and respect
prescribed heights
b) adhere to the townscape
characteristics, wider values
(building density, urban patterns
and materials) and sense of place.
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Production of Supplementary Planning Document (1):
Oct 2006
UNESCO/ICOMOS Mission. LCC gives commitment to
producing an SPD
November 2006
SPD Technical Officer Group set up: representatives of
LCC, Liverpool Vision, NWDA, GONW, English
Heritage and CABE.
May 2007
Secured funding from the NWDA and EH
May 2007
Agreed a brief for consultants- SUPPLEMENTARY!
July 2007
Atkins Heritage commissioned to produce the SPD
July-Oct 2007
Atkins undertook baseline analysis and consultations
Production of Supplementary Planning Document (2):
October 2007
Atkins issue: 1st Evidential Report, based on
consultations and comprehensive townscape analysis;
Scoping for Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic
Environmental Assessment and; Habitat Screening
December 2007
1st Draft of SPD produced by Atkins
February 2008
2nd Drafts of Evidential Report and SPD produced
June 2008
4th Draft of Evidential Report received and approved
September 2008
5th Draft of SPD produced by Atkins
October 2008
Further adjustments to SPD made by LCC
Production of Supplementary Planning Document (3):
December 2008
WHS SPD and supporting documents agreed by LCC for
interim Development Control and public consultation
January-February 2009
SPD, Evidential Report and Summary designed and
printed
March-April 2009
Public Consultation:
•
SPD available on online
•
10 presentations on the SPD given to various groups
•
2 public exhibitions held (over 7 days)
•
public debate
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700 consultation letters/emails sent,
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280 copies of the SPD distributed
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450 copies of the Summary of the SPD distributed.
Production of Supplementary Planning Document (4):
May-July 2009
SPD adjusted by LCC to accommodate representations
October 2009
SPD adopted by LCC
November 2009
SPD considered by English Heritage Advisory Committee
11th February 2010
EHAC “…fully support its overall approach and content,
particularly the focus on 6 character areas as the
basis for establishing the historical and architectural
significance of development site” but “Proposals for
Clarence Dock and the wider Central Docks will need
to be carefully assessed and should only be permitted
if they can be delivered without compromise to the
OUV, authenticity and integrity of the WHS” and “LCC
should develop a methodology to assess the effect of
development on OUV, authenticity and integrity”
Costs
Initial Consultants Fees
£108,000
Additional Consultants Fees
£13,500
Print Consultation Documents
£15,000
Public Consultation Material
£3,000
Design and print Final SPD and CDs £15,000
Total
£154,500
Funding
NWDA
EH
LCC
£100,000
£26,500
£28,000
£154,500
The overarching aim of this
SPD is:
“To provide a framework for
protecting and enhancing the
outstanding universal value of
the WHS, whilst encouraging
investment and development
which secures a healthy
economy and supports
regeneration.
Structure of the SPD
1. Introduction
2. Relationship to Current Planning Policy
Framework
3. Overview of the WHS and Buffer Zone
4. General Guidance - For WHS and Buffer
Zone
5. WHS-Wide Guidance
6. Detailed Guidance for WHS Character Areas
7. Implementation and Monitoring
S.4 General Guidance in SPD for WHS & BZ :
1. Design Guidance (New Buildings and Public
Realm)
2. Views
3. Riverside Development
4. Tall Buildings
5. Dock Water-spaces.
1. Design Guidance
Guidance:
The architectural quality of a proposal within
the WHS and Buffer Zone must be of the
highest quality of contemporary design
but respect and respond to its highly
sensitive and important historic context,
although accurate reconstruction may be
considered in some circumstances.
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2. Views:
a) Panoramic
views
b) Defined
vistas
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Guidance:
Applications should not to have a
significantly adverse impact on
the key views to, from and within
the WHS.
Riverside
Development
Guidance: The aim is to create a cohesive and
exciting waterfront of historic and
contemporary buildings , which sit
harmoniously together
Tall
Buildings
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Guidance:
There will be a strong presumption
against bringing forward high-rise
developments within the World
Heritage Site, as they are considered
to be out of context with its prevailing
character.
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Locations for
Tall Buildings in
Public Consultation
Draft of SPD
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Guidance in adopted
SPD:
One dominant cluster of
high-rise buildings in the
Buffer Zone:
The Commercial
Business District.
Two secondary clusters
of high-rise:
1) Clarence Dock
2) The Southern
Gateway
One mid-rise cluster in
WHS:
Quaysides of Nelson
and Bramley-Moore
Dock
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Dock Water-spaces
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Guidance:
It is essential that the
fundamental integrity of the
historic docks, as open waterspaces, is retained.
S.5 Guidance Specific to WHS:
1. Building Heights in the WHS
2. Replacement of Existing Buildings
3. Re-use of Historic Buildings
4. Heritage at Risk
5. Roof-scapes and Attic Extensions
6. Archaeology
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Building Heights in the WHS
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Guidance:
New developments should reflect local
variations in building heights and ensure
that they do not dominate areas by virtue
of their height.
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Replacement/Redevelopment
of existing (negative) buildings
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Guidance:
The Council will generally encourage
redevelopment or remodelling
proposals for buildings and sites that
have a negative impact on the
character of the WHS
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Re-use of Historic Buildings:
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Guidance:
The council is committed to ensuring
that unlisted buildings in the WHS (and
Buffer Zone) which make a positive
contribution to the WHS are retained
and re-used, wherever possible.
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Conservation Management Plans
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Guidance:
The Council will require applications
for listed buildings or larger / more
complex historic buildings to be
accompanied by a Conservation
Statement or Conservation
Management Plan.
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Heritage at Risk
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Guidance:
The Council wishes to see historic
buildings at risk brought back into
appropriate uses.
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Roof-scapes and attic extensions
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Guidance:
The council will consider
proposals for significant
alterations to the roofscape of historic buildings
against specified criteria
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Archaeology
Guidance:
All developments in the WHS will
need to ensure the preservation insitu of important archaeological
remains and/or undertake detailed
archaeological evaluation,
excavation, recording analysis and
interpretation
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Conservation standards
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Guidance:
The council wishes to encourage
the very highest standards of
building conservation and repair
work in the WHS.
S.6 Guidance Specific to the 6 Character
Areas:
1. The Pier Head
2. Albert Dock
3. Stanley Dock Conservation Area
4. Castle Street/Dale St Commercial District
5. William Brown Street Cultural Quarter
6. Lower Duke Street
Visions for the Future of Each Area
• General Aspirations
• Development Opportunities
• Restoration Opportunities
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Stanley Dock Conservation Area
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A detailed master plan for Liverpool Waters/
Central Docks should be commissioned
by the owners/developers, informed by a Cultural
Heritage Baseline Study and supported by a full
Conservation Management Plan
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Liverpool Waters evolving
Masterplan. October 2009
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The Dock Wall should, wherever possible,
be retained and preserved in its entirety.
Proposals for new openings will be assessed
against criteria.
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Proposals should not have a significantly
detrimental impact on views of the Victoria
Clock Tower, from the river or Stanley Dock
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The Stanley Dock complex will be revitalised
by a mixed-use scheme that will bring
new life into the area
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Colleagues have said:
“Three years may not be the longest gestation
period for a planning document but it has been a
severe test of stamina!”
“This is quite an achievement and demonstrates
true tenacity and patience!”
“The production of the SPD has been the result of
hard work and endurance!”
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The legacy of the SPD is:
1. An adopted document which provides detailed
guidance on current planning, conservation and
regeneration issues that face the Site - to be used by
LCC, designers and developers
2. An Evidential Report, which provides a baseline study of
the WHS’s townscape, setting and character analysis
3. A Sustainability Appraisal, which ensures that broader
environmental concerns have been incorporated
4. A reinforced partnership between the agencies that
provided professional expertise into to the content of the
SPD
5. Greater greater public confidence that the WHS is not
an impediment to change but that the ultimate heritage
status is a means to improve standards of development
and conservation and to assist the city’s regeneration
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