City Of London Corporation

Future&Proofing&the&City&Planning for Sustainable Growth

Paul Beckett

Policy & Performance Director

City Of London Corporation

Elements&of&Future&Proofing

•  Anticipate change, prepare for change & encourage good change •  Economic and policy context stimulates change

•  Infrastructure improvements needed to complement change

•  Public projects and new private developments help deliver change

•  Need to manage intensification

•  Our knowledge is imperfect so we need to remain resilient, adaptable and opportunistic

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City’s&Strategic&Context&&&•  Key part of London’s Central Activities Zone

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City’s&Strategic&Context&&&•  Centre of strong office floorspace growth 2006-13

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City’s&Strategic&Context&&&•  Centre of strong employment growth to 2036

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City’s&Strategic&Context&&&•  Public transport hub – reinforced by Crossrail

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City’s&Strategic&Context&&&•  Adjacent to vibrant Tech City

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City’s&Local&Plan&2015:&Key&Diagram&&&&&&

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City’s&Local&Plan&2015&&&&•  Delivering sustainable growth to 2026 in a key

employment location •  Need over 1 million extra sqm of office floorspace

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Future&Proofing:&&Infrastructure&Needs&&&&&

•  City needs complementary infrastructure for sustainable growth and more agile working

•  Movement: Crossrail, Thameslink, Bank station upgrade

•  Utilities: Electricity, Thames Tideway Tunnel, wired and wireless telecoms

•  Environment and heritage: highway and public realm enhancements, heritage and cultural hub

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Movement&&&&&•  Crossrail’s new East-West axis

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Movement&&&&&•  Bank Station upgrade at key interchange

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City&Infrastructure:&UHliHes&Electricity demand in London

> 300 MW / km2 kw / km2 x 105

West End

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Docklands

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City’s&Infrastructure:&UHliHes&&&&&•  UKPN’s 33kv network

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City’s&Infrastructure:&UHliHes

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City&Infrastructure:&ConnecHvity&&&&&&Multiple digital service suppliers

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Agile Working is Increasing Future Workstyles and Future Workplaces in the City of London – City of London Corporation, 2015

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So Connectivity is Key…

Future Workstyles and Future Workplaces in the City of London – City of London Corporation, 2015

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City&Infrastructure:&ConnecHvity

Need better wired connectivity for occupiers

Need better wireless & Wi-fi across the public realm

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City&Infrastructure:&ConnecHvity&&Superfast&City&Programme

•  City of London requires the rapid roll out of next generation wireless technology. We are seeking a wholesale provider of mobile infrastructure utilising the COL asset base to facilitate this

•  Wired project: working with the marketplace to

improve connectivity in the Square Mile

•  New Wi-Fi concession: available from 2017

•  Next generation wireless concession: – 5G and

beyond – open for discussion, action in 2016

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Highways • !Different!street!types!require!different!approaches!

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&•  Ground level design, uses and movement are critical

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&•  Managing growth in cycling

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&•  Bank Junction informal crossing – am and pm peak

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&•  Air quality: Average annual NO2 2015

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&•  Cheapside: Revitalised high street for retail & leisure

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Public&Realm&&&&&&•  Aldgate: New space, safer journeys

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Environment&&&&&•  Network of Open Spaces

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Environment&&&&&•  Green roofs by type

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Environment&&&&&•  Diverse birds living in the City

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Heritage&&&Culture&&&&&•  Including Roman walls, medieval churches, Victorian banking halls and 1980s offices

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City’s&Infrastructure:&Heritage&&&Culture&&&&&•  Growing cultural and visitor economy

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City’s&Local&Plan&2015:&Key&Diagram&&&&&&

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Future&Proofing&the&City&&Outcomes&for&2025&?&&&

!  World financial and business centre !  Key City Places evolving successfully !  Attractive City culture and heritage !  Sustainable City environment !  Thriving City communities !  Latest IT for smarter working, living and

City management

•  Outcome: a future City that is more attractive, resilient, efficient, adaptable, responsive, sustainable - a smarter City in a smarter world