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King
’s L
ynn
- Urb
an D
evel
opm
ent
Stra
tegy
Bak
er L
ane
Car
Par
k
Exis
tin
g S
itu
atio
n
The
Bake
r La
ne c
ar p
ark
is s
urro
unde
d by
a m
ixtu
re o
f val
uabl
e qu
aliti
es.
To t
he e
ast
is t
he H
igh
Stre
et p
roba
bly
the
key
reta
il ro
ute
in K
ing’
s Ly
nn.
Unt
il th
e Va
ncou
ver
Cen
tre
is c
ompl
eted
, the
ped
estr
iani
sed
Hig
h St
reet
ho
uses
the
maj
ority
of ‘
big
nam
e’ s
hops
in t
he t
own
cent
re, a
nd h
osts
a
high
leve
l of a
ctiv
ity d
urin
g th
e da
y. T
o th
e so
uth
and
wes
t, a
long
Que
en
Stre
et a
re s
ome
of t
he m
ost
attr
activ
e an
d hi
stor
ical
ly v
alua
ble
build
ings
in
Kin
g’s
Lynn
. The
12t
h ce
ntur
y C
hurc
h of
St.
Mar
gare
t’s
at t
he S
atur
day
Mar
ket
Plac
e is
faci
ng t
he T
rinity
Gui
ld H
all,
whi
ch is
hom
e to
the
Tal
es o
f th
e O
ld G
aol H
ouse
, and
to
the
Rega
lia C
olle
ctio
n.
Purf
leet
Qua
y is
situ
ated
a m
omen
t’s
wal
k to
the
wes
t. H
ere,
the
17t
h ce
ntur
y C
usto
m H
ouse
ove
rlook
s th
e Ri
ver
Gre
at O
use
and
hold
s th
e to
ur-
ist
info
rmat
ion
cent
re a
nd d
ispl
ays
the
mar
itim
e hi
stor
y of
Kin
g’s
Lynn
. Th
e Pu
rfle
et B
ridge
, orig
inal
ly b
uilt
in e
ither
the
late
14t
h or
ear
ly 1
5th
cent
ury,
now
rebu
ilt, i
s no
w t
he o
nly
tow
n ce
ntre
veh
icul
ar ro
ute
nort
h-w
ards
tow
ards
the
Tue
sday
Mar
ket
Plac
e. P
edes
tria
n m
ovem
ent
nort
h is
vi
a a
foot
brid
ge t
o N
ew C
ondu
it St
reet
.
The
imm
edia
te v
iew
s fr
om t
he c
ar p
ark
are
of t
he b
acks
of t
he H
igh
Stre
et s
hops
, bac
ks o
f the
sou
ther
ly h
isto
ric b
uild
ings
, and
of t
he re
cent
ly
conv
erte
d gr
anar
y. T
he p
ublic
W.C
. bui
ldin
g is
loca
ted
with
in t
he s
ite, b
ut
is a
val
uabl
e am
enity
whi
ch s
houl
d no
t be
lost
with
out
cons
ider
atio
n an
d re
plac
emen
t. T
his
build
ing
is n
ot v
isua
lly u
napp
ealin
g an
d sh
ould
be
ac-
com
mod
ated
with
in a
ny d
evel
opm
ent.
The
site
is id
eally
loca
ted
a sh
ort
wal
k fr
om b
oth
the
trai
n st
atio
n an
d th
e bu
s st
atio
n. T
he s
hops
and
ser
vice
s of
Kin
g’s
Lynn
are
imm
edia
tely
ava
il-ab
le, a
nd t
he r
iver
can
be
easi
ly a
cces
sed
thro
ugh
eith
er C
olle
ge L
ane,
Ki
ng’s
Sta
ithe
Lane
or
by t
he P
urfle
et B
ridge
.
Vehi
cula
r ac
cess
is t
aken
thr
ough
Bak
er L
ane,
and
retu
rns
the
sam
e w
ay
to le
ave
to s
ite. S
ervi
ce v
ehic
les
use
this
rout
e to
acc
ess
the
reta
il un
its
and
ther
e is
a s
mal
l num
ber
of s
igni
fican
t tr
ees
with
in t
he c
ar p
ark
area
.
Des
pite
its
loca
tion
to t
he re
ar o
f so
man
y sh
ops
and
hous
es, t
he a
rea
is
cont
inua
lly b
usy.
Bak
er L
ane
Car
Par
k A
nal
ysis
KEY
Prim
arily
sur
roun
ded
by
reta
il an
d re
side
ntia
l uni
ts
Pede
stria
n ac
cess
thr
ough
Ba
ker
Lane
from
Hig
h St
reet
and
to
Purf
leet
St.
Busy
veh
icul
ar ro
ute
Are
a fa
ced
with
bac
ks o
f bu
ildin
gs
Land
mar
k bu
ildin
gs
Plea
sant
vie
ws
to t
he e
ast
Acce
ss fo
r se
rvic
ing
reta
il un
its
Exis
ting
tree
s
Publ
ic W
.C. f
acili
ty
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Bak
er L
ane
Car
Par
k A
pp
rop
riat
e D
evel
op
men
t R
esp
on
ses
1. R
etai
n an
d en
cour
age
acce
ss t
hrou
gh t
he p
edes
tria
n se
ctio
n of
Bak
er
Lane
by
mai
ntai
ning
thi
s as
a c
onve
nien
t pe
dest
rian
rout
e to
the
Hig
h St
reet
.
2. T
he s
ite is
app
ropr
iate
for
high
den
sity
resi
dent
ial u
se a
s ne
ighb
ourin
g bu
ildin
gs a
re c
urre
ntly
resi
dent
ial.
Both
with
acc
ess
to t
he t
own
cent
re
faci
litie
s an
d pu
blic
tra
nspo
rt, t
his
is a
n id
eal s
ite fo
r hi
gh d
ensi
ty d
wel
l-in
gs w
ith lo
w p
arki
ng r
atio
s. T
his
park
ing
ratio
may
be
as lo
w a
s ze
ro, w
ith
som
e im
paire
d m
obili
ty p
rovi
sion
.
3. R
etai
n th
e ex
istin
g ac
cess
for
serv
icin
g th
e re
tail
units
on
the
Hig
h St
reet
on
Gra
nary
Cou
rt.
4. B
uild
to
max
imis
e vi
ews
to P
urfle
et Q
uay
and
to t
he R
iver
Gre
at O
use,
w
hils
t al
so re
spec
ting
the
prox
imity
of h
isto
ric c
ore.
Vie
ws
thro
ugh
King
’s
Stai
the
Lane
are
att
ract
ive
and
also
pro
vide
imm
edia
te r
iver
side
acc
ess.
5. T
he s
cale
of p
ropo
sed
build
ings
sho
uld
com
plem
ent
the
9 st
orey
Gra
-na
ry b
uild
ing
fron
ting
Bake
r La
ne. A
bui
ldin
g of
a s
imila
r he
ight
cou
ld b
e su
itabl
e al
thou
gh g
ener
ally
, the
bui
ldin
gs s
houl
d ai
m t
o bl
end
with
tho
se
in t
he v
icin
ity o
n Q
ueen
Str
eet.
3 a
nd 4
sto
rey
build
ings
are
mor
e su
itabl
e to
war
ds t
he e
dges
of t
he s
ite.
6. R
etai
n th
e ex
iting
tre
es o
n si
te, t
his
coul
d be
a p
rom
pt fo
r fu
rthe
r pl
antin
g.
7. C
hoos
e ap
prop
riate
, hig
h qu
ality
mat
eria
ls, a
nd a
rchi
tect
ure
shou
ld b
e of
a h
igh
stan
dard
to
mee
t th
e cu
rren
t hi
gh v
alue
of t
he h
isto
ric c
ore.
8. C
reat
e sm
all a
rea
of g
arde
ns t
o co
mpl
imen
t ex
istin
g op
en s
pace
and
to
impr
ove
the
curr
ent
car
dom
inat
ed e
nviro
nmen
t.
9. R
etai
n th
e ex
istin
g pu
blic
W. C
. Thi
s is
a v
alua
ble
tow
n ce
ntre
faci
lity
loca
ted
near
to
the
Hig
h St
reet
.
10. N
ew d
evel
opm
ent
shou
ld a
lso
have
exc
elle
nt s
ound
proo
fing
on e
leva
-tio
ns fa
cing
ser
vici
ng ro
utes
to
max
imis
e th
e le
ngth
of t
he d
eliv
ery
slot
av
aila
ble
for
the
stor
es (t
hus
reta
inin
g co
mm
erci
al a
ttra
ctiv
enes
s of
the
un
its w
ithou
t de
trim
ent
to re
side
ntia
l am
enity
).
11. T
his
area
whi
lst
not
suita
ble
for
reta
il, c
ould
acc
omm
odat
e a
smal
l
Bak
er L
ane
Car
Par
k C
on
cep
t Max
imis
e vi
ews
out
to r
iver
an
d Pu
rfle
et Q
uay
Reta
in e
xist
ing
surr
ound
ing
build
ings
Poss
ible
are
as fo
r
deve
lopm
ent
Serv
ice
road
s
Key
build
ing
of s
igni
fican
t he
ight
Stre
ngth
en e
ast
/ wes
t ro
ute
Stre
ngth
en fr
onta
ge t
o pe
dest
rian
rout
e
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’s L
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evel
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ent
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tegy
amou
nt o
f use
s ot
her
than
resi
dent
ial.
Use
s th
at w
ould
ben
efit
from
the
ce
ntra
l loc
atio
n su
ch a
s to
uris
t in
form
atio
n or
tou
r ce
ntre
may
be
ap-
prop
riate
.
Bak
er L
ane
Rat
ion
ale
KEY
Pede
stria
n ro
ute
resp
ecte
d an
d en
hanc
ed
Vie
ws
to P
urfle
et Q
uay
max
imis
ed
Key
posi
tions
for
stro
ng
built
form
Del
iver
y ro
utes
resp
ecte
d
Tree
s re
tain
ed
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Bak
er L
ane
Exam
ple
R
esp
on
se Boun
dary
of d
evel
opm
ent
area
Resi
dent
ial p
ossi
bly
with
ot
her
uses
(not
reta
il) o
n gr
ound
floo
r
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er L
ane
Per
spec
tive
KEY
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Imp
lem
enta
tio
n a
nd
del
iver
y
This
site
has
bee
n id
entif
ied
as e
ntire
ly in
the
ow
ners
hip
of K
L&W
N B
C,
whi
ch, c
ombi
ned
with
the
fact
tha
t it
is u
ndev
elop
ed a
t pr
esen
t an
d do
es
not
have
any
ten
anci
es o
n si
te s
houl
d m
ake
it an
ear
ly d
eliv
ery.
How
ever
, the
re m
ay b
e ac
cess
rig
hts
to t
he H
igh
Stre
et a
nd B
aker
Lan
e w
hich
nee
d pr
eser
ving
and
the
refo
re t
itle
on a
nd a
roun
d th
e si
te s
houl
d be
ass
esse
d to
iden
tify
limits
of t
he d
evel
opab
le a
rea.
Aga
in, b
eing
a t
own
cent
re s
ite, t
here
is a
like
lihoo
d of
the
re b
eing
arc
haeo
logi
cal m
ater
ial
pres
ent.
Its
prox
imity
to
Con
serv
atio
n A
reas
and
bui
ldin
gs o
f his
toric
inte
r-es
t fu
rthe
r m
ean
its h
isto
ric v
alue
sho
uld
be a
sses
sed
at a
n ea
rly s
tage
to
ove
rcom
e po
tent
ial c
once
rns
abou
t su
itabi
lity
for
deve
lopm
ent,
and
w
ork
up la
yout
s w
hich
are
app
ropr
iate
. Pla
nnin
g po
licy
and
othe
r st
rate
-gi
es, s
uch
as t
rans
port
, may
als
o no
t cu
rren
tly s
uppo
rt d
evel
opm
ent
of
this
site
, so
to e
ncou
rage
dev
elop
er in
tere
st, p
olic
y in
rela
tion
to t
his
site
sh
ould
be
revi
ewed
at
an e
arly
sta
ge a
nd a
dopt
ed a
s SP
G.
Dev
elop
men
t he
re s
houl
d be
ess
entia
lly re
side
ntia
l, as
cre
atin
g ac
tive
fron
tage
s at
gro
und
leve
l is
proh
ibite
d by
the
bac
klan
d na
ture
of t
he s
ite
and
serv
ice
road
requ
irem
ents
. A s
tron
g m
arke
ting
conc
ept
for
this
site
sh
ould
be
deve
lope
d in
con
junc
tion
with
any
resi
dent
ial d
evel
oper
, to
supp
ort
the
idea
of m
ews-
styl
e ba
ckla
nd d
evel
opm
ents
, and
enc
oura
ge
furt
her
such
dev
elop
men
t w
here
app
ropr
iate
. The
low
par
king
rat
ios
sug-
gest
ed o
n th
is s
ite c
ould
be
unde
rpin
ned
by t
he c
once
pt o
f a re
side
nts
car
pool
, whi
ch w
ould
hel
p in
wid
enin
g th
e m
arke
t ap
peal
of t
he d
evel
op-
men
t, p
artic
ular
ly a
s m
ost
resi
dent
s of
Kin
g’s
Lynn
wou
ld e
xpec
t to
hav
e ac
cess
to
a ca
r. Th
e tig
ht n
atur
e of
the
site
, and
the
like
lihoo
d th
at t
his
will
nec
essa
rily
mea
n re
lativ
ely
smal
l res
iden
tial u
nits
cou
ld b
e pr
omot
ed
as a
sel
ling
poin
t, in
pro
vidi
ng a
ffor
dabl
e fir
st-t
ime
buye
r fla
ts o
r m
anag
e-ab
le e
lder
ly a
ccom
mod
atio
n w
ith g
ood
acce
ss t
o to
wn
cent
re s
ervi
ces.
H
igh
qual
ity a
nd im
agin
ativ
e de
sign
sho
uld
be e
mpl
oyed
to
ensu
re t
hat
a ch
arm
ing
com
mun
ity d
evel
opm
ent
is c
reat
ed w
hich
rela
tes
to t
he v
alue
d as
pect
s of
the
his
toric
cen
tre,
and
is t
here
fore
hig
hly
mar
keta
ble,
rat
her
than
som
ethi
ng w
hich
mig
ht b
e pe
rcei
ved
as a
hid
den
com
poun
d.
Con
sulta
tion
shou
ld b
e un
dert
aken
at
an e
arly
opp
ortu
nity
with
the
bus
i-ne
sses
bac
king
ont
o th
e Ba
ker
Lane
car
par
k, t
o id
entif
y po
tent
ial i
ssue
s su
ch a
s se
curit
y, o
verlo
okin
g, a
cces
s an
d de
liver
y ar
rang
emen
ts, w
hich
co
uld
gene
rate
obj
ectio
ns t
o an
y re
side
ntia
l app
licat
ions
late
r on
. Com
-m
itmen
t sh
ould
be
mad
e by
KL&
WN
BC
dev
elop
men
t co
ntro
l to
insi
st o
n m
easu
res
to a
void
use
r co
nflic
ts in
any
new
dev
elop
men
t.