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Page 1: Baker Lane Car Park King’s Lynn - Urban Development Strategy · 88 Baker Lane Car Park Existing Situation The Baker Lane car park is surrounded by a mixture of valuable qualities

88

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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’s L

ynn

- Urb

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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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King

’s L

ynn

- Urb

an D

evel

opm

ent

Stra

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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King

’s L

ynn

- Urb

an D

evel

opm

ent

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tegy

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right

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0243

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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.


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