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Cally Plan Update Team Cally Ward Partnership September 2014. What is the Cally Plan?. Adopted January 2014 Extensive consultation and led by a steering group of local residents, business owners and Councillors. Focuses on an area from Regent’s Canal north to Pentonville Prison.
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What is the Cally Plan? • Adopted January 2014 • Extensive consultation and led by a steering group of local residents, business owners and Councillors. • Focuses on an area from Regent’s Canal north to Pentonville Prison. • Supplementary Planning Document used in determining planning applications
Vision Delivery – 4 key themes Promoting the Cally. Improving the design and streetscape of the Cally. Improving the management of the Cally. Developing successful businesses. • to reinforce a strong positive identify • strengthen the high street to attract new businesses and visitors • unite the communities and business on the east and west of the Cally in a sense of ownership, pride and shared responsibility for its success.
How the plan will be implemented • Plan identifies the council services and external organisation involved in implementation of projects. • Projects have been integrated into the Caledonian Ward Improvement Plan to enable funding to be secured from a range of sources. • The pace of delivery of the plan will depend on how quickly these funding resources can be secured. • Given the current funding constraints delivery is likely to take place over a number of years.
1. Promoting the Cally • Utilising the area’s large number of arts and creative organisations to engage the local community in arts and cultural events and use them to attract visitors. • Coordinate street improvement projects to create a positive identity for the Cally.
1. Promoting the Cally • Funding secured from TFL towards under bridge lighting scheme and bespoke cycle parking. • Some funding secured for arts projects. • A lot of work going on in the community with several consultations about arts initiatives, as well as street art. • Events such as Cally Festival important for local people and attracting visitors and animating the street.
2. Improving the design and streetscape of the Cally Projects: • Improve public spaces • Improve pedestrian environment • Improve cycle routes and parking • Regent’s canal area improvements • Sites and building that should be improved
2. Improving the design and streetscape of the Cally • Improving the east-west route from the Cally to King’s ross - some funding secured. • Cycling improvements – almost completed scheme at Copenhagen St/Cally Rd road to reduce accidents. Cycle parking also installed. • Decluttering of old street furniture took place in 2013 & area re-paved to improve streetscene. • Directional information also been installed in the area.
2. Improving the design and streetscape of the Cally • Better use of Tiber Gardens to reduce antisocial behaviour - refurbishment now completed. • Making better use of Thornhill Bridge Community Gardens – agreement has been reached to operate the space. • New pedestrian crossing and improved junction at Offord Road/Cally Road – scheme consulted on and hoping to implement in January. • Preventing parking on pavement - bollards installed on corner of Caledonian Rd & Copenhagen St.
2. Improving the design and streetscape of the Cally Design guidance for new shopfronts and the development of historic buildings on the Cally – on-going. 347 Caledonian Road before and after shopfront restoration
3. Improving the management of the Cally • Improving management of waste – regular information, monitoring and enforcement. • Guidance to make the street and shops more accessible – on-going as projects are implemented and planning applications submitted.
4. Developing successful businesses • Encourage new businesses by allowing more commercial uses on the Cally in large underused shop units – on-going through the planning application process. • Provide advice to independent businesses on the Cally to help them become more successful – through working closely with Business Employment Support Team. No uptake of Green Light programme.