The draft strategy
The vision set out in the draft strategy is to support the creation of a sustainable urban neighbourhood of 1,500 homes through the delivery of a public realm which supports life and celebrates place. It seeks to create a connected network of streets and new spaces, enhancing and celebrating the area’s natural and built assets and extending a green character through the site.
This vision is supported by four key principles which underline the strategy:
- Establishing Ancoats Green as a green heart to the neighbourhood: creating a multi-functional space that fosters a sense of community.
- Extend this green character to streets and spaces: Creating a coherent network of streets and public spaces, using green streets to encourage active travel and integrate green infrastructure
- Rebalancing movement towards active travel: establishing a new people-focused street network, reducing the dominance of vehicles in the street, including measures to reduce rat running.
- Enhance the industrial heritage of the area and the character of the Conservation Area: guiding design that captures, celebrates and compliments the industrial heritage of the area, with consideration for materials, surfaces, and street furniture.