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Redford BarracksStakeholder Workshop 0218th January 2019

0.0. List of Attendees

FacilitatorsDiarmaid Lawlor Architecture & Design ScotlandDanny Hunter Architecture & Design ScotlandDaniel McKendry Architecture & Design ScotlandSteve Malone Architecture & Design ScotlandSam Patterson Architecture & Design Scotland

Mike Avery City of Edinburgh CouncilKate Barlow NHSFred Bell Firhill High School Parent CouncilCllr Kate CampbellDuncan Campbell Colinton Amenity AssociationJohanna Carrie Transition EdinburghCllr Denis DixonKieran Dougal Police ScotlandSusan Groat Napier UniversityPeter Hawkins SPOKESDavid Hughes Colinton Parish ChurchRoss Isdale Firhill High SchoolCllr Andrew JohnstonEric Jones Police ScotlandDeborah Mackle Edinburgh Health & Social Care PartnershipPeter Mavor Craiglockhart Community CouncilGordon MacDonald MSPNick McClellan Firhill High SchoolNeil McKnight ViewpointLesley Porteous City of Edinburgh CouncilCallum Smith City of Edinburgh CouncilAlec Stewart Colinton Amenity Association

BackgroundThe Ministry of Defence (MOD) has stated that Redford Barracks is to close by 2022 as part of a wider rationalisation of the MOD estate. The nearby Dreghorn Barracks will remain open, with some of the functions from Redford Barracks being relocated there. Council officers from City of Edinburgh Council have been engaging with the MOD to support the development of a masterplan that could transform the Redford Barracks site into a successful, sustainable residential-led community.

WorkshopThe aim of the placemaking workshop was to focus on the surrounding communities of Redford, Colinton, Oxgangs and Craiglockhart, and look at opportunities which may arise from the redevelopment of Redford Barracks, seeking to agree a view on how this area could be different. The workshop outcomes will inform future investment planning in the local area, including both the brief for the Redford Barracks site masterplan and City of Edinburgh Council’s City Plan 2030. The first part of the workshop explored the key issues and priorities in the wider Redford, Colinton, Oxgangs and Craiglockhart area, both from a Council service provision and community stakeholder perspective. This included considering how people currently view the area, and what would make the area better. The second part of the workshop focused on placemaking scenarios and considered opportunities that the redevelopment of the barracks could offer around a number of different themes e.g. housing, transport, amenities, services, environment. This identified opportunities for shared investment and community-led aspirations for the site which will inform future plans for the area, including the redevelopment of the Redford Barracks site.

This was a repeat of the earlier placemaking workshop held on 5th December 2018 at Colinton Bowling Club.

This report is a summary and record of the discussions which took place.

1.0 Introduction

• Access

• Diversity

• Legacy & history

• Passion & pride

• Green

• Young people, ambition

• Families stay, caring

HOME

HUB

DIVIDES

Flipchart diagram summary:Three key themes emerged around the sense of place in this part of Edinburgh. First, this place is home, and supports people across life. Second, there are hubs within the area where people do already connect. Third, there are divides in the area; physical divides by roads that cut communities off, and spatial divides like the Barracks, large sites between communities, and social divides.

Within these themes, the key dimensions of the place, the building blocks that make the character of the place are made up of [i] access, and ease of connection to the by pass and the city, and across local neighbourhoods [ii] diversity of communities and landscapes [iii] the legacy of the military presence and regeneration, and the heritage of the area in terms of its built form and social make up [iv] the passion for the place, and pride in community [v] the green character of the area from local parks to the Pentlands [vi] the ambition and capability of the young people in the area [vii] the fact that families tend to move to the area and stay, connecting generations. It is a caring place.

The workshop participants were asked to discuss ‘what makes this place special?’ in their individual groups. Their comments were then discussed collectively and summarised by the facilitator in a flipchart diagram as shown on the facing page. Further comments are also summarised below;

• Diverse• Young people – make our community great, willing

to work hard, impressive, ambition• Community spirit – Community Council meetings

well attended• Leafy suburbs/landscape• Passion – Pride• GP feedback – people stay here when they move

in!• Diversity – wealth, ethnicity• NON-CONCENTIC• Variety of people – 30 languages at high school• Caring, together community• Oxgangs Schools – friendly• Army was unifying factor historically. How. Diluted• Well located but too expensive• Schools• Access• Sense of community• Balance of property• Access to offer of city and outskirts• Sports facility• Bus network/service – well served• Proximity to Haymarket and Airport• History• Water of Leith (cycling/rowing – canal huge asset)• Firhill School – good state school• Green space/Spylaw Park• GP x 2 and medical centre• Community groups

2.0 What makes this place special?

• Shops/struggling• Cycling/increase in traffic• Colinton – conservation area – village feel• Access to facilities• Lack of community hub• Great open space• Low rise – views to Pentlands• People like living here

Ease/sustainable

Traffic &parking

Hubs & plans

Future community

spaces &capacity

Affordability &integenerational

opportunities

Services &Support

Not plantation Crime & care

Who and how

HUB?Access

Stuff to do

Targeting

What and where

Flipchart diagram summary:At the heart of the need in the area is targeting stuff to do for different groups in the community, in accessible hubs. This is supported by four key factors; First, taking a holistic approach to sustainable movement and making it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to move around. This includes a better understanding of the current situation, the baseline and the likely impacts of development; a whole area approach to parking and connectivity and managing effects of the bypass. Second, forward planning of community space needs. This includes thinking ahead around the demand for school spaces, the condition of existing

buildings and the benefits of bringing things together now for long term benefit. This should include consideration of education and community service needs at the same time. Third, a key issue is what these hubs could be and to avoid a ‘plantation’ of new housing which doesn’t support community needs. Affordable, intergenerational housing must be part of the future mix. Finally, consider the design of services to address key community needs, and how the community can be part of the design and delivery of services. This includes services around care, and issues to support youth avoid getting into trouble.

3.0 What are the key issues of this area?

Following the discussion around ‘what makes this place special?’, the participants were asked to highlight the key issues of the area. Their comments were then discussed collectively and summarised on a flipchart diagram as shown on the facing page. Their comments are also summarised below;

• Lack of opportunities for older generation• Deprived area pressures on primary and social care• Schools aren’t big enough – both High School and

Primary School oversubscribed• Targeted easily by crime/robberies• No opportunities for young people• Lack of leisure (no gym) and social opportunities• Transport (easy to get to city centre but not around

periphery)• Affordability of housing• Suitability of housing for older generations – lack

of adaptability• Barracks as a barrier – between affluent areas and

poorer areas• Traffic and parking• Affordable care• Cycle/pedestrian ease of access• Affordable, intergenerational housing• Risk of “plantation” place• Social care pressures• Things to support older people• Deprivation and crime• Retain young people• Lack of affordable housing for young people• Lack of economic opportunities• Lack of care homes (especially reasonable price)• Land too high cost• Lack of intergeneration housing opportunities• Lack of employment or training opportunities• Risk of becoming a plantation like City Hospital!

• Exclusivity of Colinton especially BEM need to encourage more ethnic diversity

• Concern re health care provision especially GPs• Safe cycling (children) lack of safe routes traffic/

speed limits• Road congestion (Colinton Road peak times/air

quality – school run)• Retention of young people• Existing hubs struggling (retail) (Happy Valley and

Colinton Village)• Property price – “Affordable Housing”• School at capacity – Education (increase in

numbers) – other live planning applications• Road and pavement quality• Parking (Napier)• Coaches/sports events/impact on streets and

quality and safety – parking overspill from new development

• Sewage and water infrastructure• Air quality – traffic pollution• Road capacity/infrastructure – impact of bypass• Quality of life – open space• Access to services – shops, banks, post office• Effect of development on crime• Cohesive mix of housing• Local capacity of services• How do we welcome the new residents?• Access to employment

Hubs & plans

Crime & care

Aerial map as notated in workshop

4.0 Placemaking Principles

Colinto

n Road

Tesco

School

Diagram summarising comments from aerial map as shown overleaf

CommunityHub

CommunityEntrance

Hotel/Leisure

Housing for older people/ key workers/ low cost ownershipCycle

Path

Participants in the workshop looked at the physical character of the area, and the opportunity of the Barracks to deliver on the issues identified earlier in the workshop. Aerial photographs were used to explore the Barracks opportunity in particular. Participants recorded notes and ideas on the aerials. Following the workshop, the facilitators provided a sketch summary of the ideas in a consistent format to identify some of the key issues, opportunities and recurring issues. This section sets out the aerial photograph sketches prepared by participants at the

workshop, and a summary sketch prepared by facilitators highlighting key issues.

Note; these diagrams are NOT designs. They are visual summaries of workshop discussions.

01. Community Campus• Community hub as gateway• Schools consolidated on site• Affordable housing for key workers/

intergenerational• Hotel/Leisure use• Cycle path


02. Destination Pentlands• Land swap existing schools; redevelop• Town Centre use, leisure uses, education campus• Hotel and conference

Colinto

n Road

Tesco


Land swap: redevelop

Education Campus

Hotel & Conference

Leisure Centre/Sports

Retainfor Tattoo

Care forolder people

Town Centre/Jobs




03. Interior Hub• Hotel/leisure/community hub within site• Green axis connecting key streets

Colinto

n Road

Tesco


High/mixed densityhousing

NewCentre

Housing

Central AvenueLeisure/

Hotel/Mixed use

ElderlyHousing

School/CommunityCampus


04. Car Free• Exploit Tesco roundabout to create hierarchy of

movement, freeing up cycle/pedestrian only streets• Grid layout, easy access, continuity of cycle/

pedestrian

Colinto

n Road

Tesco


Selection of Facilitator’s notes from workshop

5.0 Next Steps

Shaping planning processes

A copy of this report will be shared with all participants at the workshops, elected members for the area and officers of City of Edinburgh Council. The reports will:

[i] inform the development of the brief for the future development of Redford Barracks by the MOD and its design team appointment.

[ii] inform discussions by City of Edinburgh Council on priorities for public investment and service planning linked to the locality plan process, and the City Development Plan process

[iii] inform future discussions with the community as the development progresses

Shaping implementation processesThe outcome of the engagement with the community will also inform thinking around how the ambitions for this part of Edinburgh will be implemented. Three issues in particular will be addressed as part of this process:

[a] widening participation

A Place Standard exercise is planned for Oxgangs to inform the future planning of the area. City of Edinburgh Council also seek to widen participation in the conversation on the future of the area by engaging young people, older people and groups with specific needs

[b] partnerships

The issues and opportunities identified in the engagement invite a partnership approach. The issue of partnership will be considered in detail by the MOD in developing its plans for the area, and by City of Edinburgh Council around public investment and community engagement

[c] mechanisms for implementation

As part of the development of plans for the Barracks, and investment in the wider area, the mechanisms to co-ordinate investment will be reviewed by MOD and City of Edinburgh Council. This will include consideration of design tools like masterplans and phasing, and development models.

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