Waterfront Strategy

The Strategy will need to understand and respond to the context and character of the Waterfront and should: 1. Set a creative and ambitious Vision for Liverpool’s Waterfront, reinforcing its international status and position on the world stage. The strategy should be seen as an opportunity or invitation to reimagine the area of the waterfront, building upon its intrinsic value and consider how it could be transformed to help the city thrive. 2. Provide a more detailed planning framework to deliver a joined up, innovative and collaborative approach to the continued regeneration and development of Liverpool’s waterfront area, maximising investment opportunities; delivering quality place-making and ensuring current and future proposals are cognisant of one another. 3. Deliver excellence in quality of place that responds to distinctiveness and character of each dock area. 4. Maximise connectivity north/south along the Waterfront and address east/west connectivity to maximise the benefit of waterfront regeneration with adjacent neighbourhoods and ensure connectivity between key waterfront attractions and investment. 5. Support healthier lifestyle choices and positive health and well-being outcomes. 6. Consider measures for enhancing linkages/ permeability/legibility, including for walking, cycling and public transport, public realm, public art, way marking, environmental improvements, green infrastructure to create a sense of place along the Waterfront. 7. Set out an approach for enhancing the appropriate use of water spaces and water resources for recreational uses – reconnecting people with the water both physically and emotionally, whilst also ensuring protection of European and nationally important habitat sites. 8. Ensure the conservation and enhancement of the significance of the City’s heritage assets and support the interpretation of the historic environment. 9. Deliver sustainable, creative and innovative solutions to addressing the impact of climate change and increasing sustainability. 10. Inspire quality of place and reinforce the waterfront as a great location for business, homes, play, culture and tourism.