Leale’s Yard Regeneration Area Development Framework, States of Guernsey

From an Outline Planning Brief in 2004, to providing expert critique on subsequent planning applications, Tibbalds involvement with this site dates back almost 20 years.

As part of Guernsey’s planning policy requirements, a Development Framework was required for the Leale’s Yard Regeneration Area to ensure future development resulted in positive integration and benefits for the wider community. The Development Framework sets out site context and constraints, a series of development guidelines, and a list of fixed key delivery requirements. The guidelines and requirements reflect the feedback received during two stages of stakeholder and public consultation, led by Tibbalds, and ensure there is a high level of flexibility for the landowner to develop a viable scheme based on high quality design principles. Key delivery requirements include a comprehensive approach to development and infrastructure delivery, a diverse mix of uses, minimum provision of public open space, minimum provision of community facilities, a priority pedestrian/cycle link, and a comprehensive flood defence scheme.

An important part of the brief included that the Development Framework demonstrate that a viable scheme could be established on the site. With input from AspinallVerdi, and the rest of the consultant team, we created three development scenarios to test the viability of different uses in different combinations. This led to a ‘preferred scenario’ which was illustrated to indicate one of many potential schemes that could come forward according to current local market data as well as the guidelines and requirements set out within the Development Framework.

The Development Framework was approved in May 2020.