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Settle Area Riverside Project

Settle Area Riverside Project. Action for Market Towns Study Tour Wednesday 11 th November 2009 Andrew Laycock Craven District Council. Introduction. Need for improvement Project development Project funding Project delivery The result The future and lessons learnt.

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Settle Area Riverside Project

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  1. Settle Area Riverside Project Action for Market Towns Study Tour Wednesday 11th November 2009 Andrew Laycock Craven District Council

  2. Introduction • Need for improvement • Project development • Project funding • Project delivery • The result • The future and lessons learnt

  3. Renaissance Market Towns • Settle was one of the first towns to join the programme in 2003 • Settle Area Renaissance Team (StART) • Community Consultation led to initial business plan • Priority projects for Yorkshire Forward funding • Project delivery by local authority

  4. Aims of the Riverside Project • Develop stronger links between the Riverside and Settle Town Centre

  5. Aims of the Riverside Project • Develop stronger links between the Riverside and Settle Town Centre • Indirectly increase levels of visitor stay and spend. • Enhance the Riverside as an attractive area accessible to all and link into the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

  6. Need for Improvements • Underused

  7. Need for Improvements • Poor access

  8. Need for Improvements Signage

  9. Need for Improvements Seating

  10. Project Development • Consultation event held in January 2007 • 46 in broad support, 53 in support with minor amendments and 9 against.

  11. Project Development • Consultation event held in January 2007 • 46 in broad support, 53 in support with minor amendments and 9 against. • ‘Down by the Riverside’ report issued

  12. Project Development • Consultation event held in January 2007 • 46 in broad support, 53 in support with minor amendments and 9 against. • ‘Down by the Riverside’ report issued • Identification of a delivery organisation

  13. Project Funding • Craven District Council secured £125,000 Yorkshire Forward investment. • Lack of identified match funding. • Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust asked to work with CDC, NYCC and YF to raise match funding.

  14. Funding Breakdown • Yorkshire Forward £125,000.00 • Natural England Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund £78,631.71 • Craven District Council £25,000.00 • Lafarge Landfill Communities Fund £20,000.00 • North Yorkshire County Council £14,594.54 (plus project management)

  15. Construction • Started on site end of February 2009 • Initial work included some tree removal • Always looks worse than it is • Lots of local interest

  16. Outputs • Cycle way @ 2.5m wide = 650m (or 1625sq m)  • Dry stone wall 85m @ up to 1.7m high  • Miscellaneous wall repairs 20m  • Riverbank protection measures 50m  • Bridge deck cleaning and re-surfacing 30m   • One Stile preserved and rebuilt • Three lighting columns installed • Re-soiling and seeding 1700sq m  • Five new finger post signs installed • Three interpretation panels installed  • TOTAL COST £263,226.24

  17. Future Opportunities • The work delivered so far is only part of the wider scheme devised by Camlin Lonsdale. • Linkages with Gisburn Forest, Lancashire. • Linkages with Settle Hydro. • Links to the Yorkshire Dales National Park

  18. Lessoned Learned • Identify delivery organisation as soon as possible. • Work with the delivery organisation / landowner to develop the scheme. • Flexibility was the key to success. • Value of the public / private / voluntary partnership.

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