To examine the location of the Nottingham Island and how it's viewed by city planners demonstrates both its strengths and its vulnerability...it falls into a "Zone of Reinvention" - In 2005 Nottingham City Council produced its aspirational report on its vision for Urban Planning and Development here
"This Urban Design Guide has been published by Nottingham City Council to promote the highest standard of urban design and architecture in Nottingham City Centre. Nottingham is a beautiful city that has developed over more than a thousand years and is today an eclectic mix of the ancient and modern. This design guide is rooted in a careful analysis of the city centre and the characteristics that make it work and make it special. These are developed into a series of rules to guide development in the city centre. The rules are not considered to be a blueprint and are intended to be used to promote good design, so that our generation can leave a positive mark on the city just as previous generations have."
Zone of Reinvention:
This covers the southern part of the city centre around the Broadmarsh Centre, the Waterside area running down to Trent Bridge and the Eastside area running from the Island development to the Victoria Centre (but excluding Sneinton Market that falls within the zone of repair). The urban form of this area, in as much as it ever existed is largely beyond repair. In this zone we are therefore proposing a new urban form. In the regeneration areas this will be based on the strategic proposals. Broadmarsh is being reinvented through the proposals for the shopping centre and its surroundings at some point in the future the same may happen for the Victoria Centre.
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"This Urban Design Guide has been published by Nottingham City Council to promote the highest standard of urban design and architecture in Nottingham City Centre. Nottingham is a beautiful city that has developed over more than a thousand years and is today an eclectic mix of the ancient and modern. This design guide is rooted in a careful analysis of the city centre and the characteristics that make it work and make it special. These are developed into a series of rules to guide development in the city centre. The rules are not considered to be a blueprint and are intended to be used to promote good design, so that our generation can leave a positive mark on the city just as previous generations have."
Zone of Reinvention:
This covers the southern part of the city centre around the Broadmarsh Centre, the Waterside area running down to Trent Bridge and the Eastside area running from the Island development to the Victoria Centre (but excluding Sneinton Market that falls within the zone of repair). The urban form of this area, in as much as it ever existed is largely beyond repair. In this zone we are therefore proposing a new urban form. In the regeneration areas this will be based on the strategic proposals. Broadmarsh is being reinvented through the proposals for the shopping centre and its surroundings at some point in the future the same may happen for the Victoria Centre.
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In the Zone of Reinvention the building line hardly exists in
places and there was rarely a strong historic line that could
be followed. The building line in these areas is therefore
determined not by the existing or historic condition but by
the strategic proposals that are being undertaken. This line
is indicative and developers will be expected to undertake a
masterplanning exercise to establish how their scheme will
re-establish the building line in these areas.
All new development in the city centre should build up to this building line. This is described in the rules on the following pages. The building line also cross references to other guidelines such as active frontages and levels of enclosure.
Maps 1895, 1915 and 1930 below show that Carrington Street coming from the south northwards formed a direct and natural building line from the Nottingham Station to the city centre. No 1 and other island buildings such as Bhatia Best were strategically placed on this line. The reason the line has been severed if that a problem occurred with the building of the Broadmarsh centre in 70's across the line - a possible ley line. This not only blocks the path of this natural pedestrian line to the centre but the vista over the city itself.
All new development in the city centre should build up to this building line. This is described in the rules on the following pages. The building line also cross references to other guidelines such as active frontages and levels of enclosure.
Maps 1895, 1915 and 1930 below show that Carrington Street coming from the south northwards formed a direct and natural building line from the Nottingham Station to the city centre. No 1 and other island buildings such as Bhatia Best were strategically placed on this line. The reason the line has been severed if that a problem occurred with the building of the Broadmarsh centre in 70's across the line - a possible ley line. This not only blocks the path of this natural pedestrian line to the centre but the vista over the city itself.
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