Consultation Draft 1 - Stoke-on-Trent City Council

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Lichfield Square (to be confirmed, or otherwise, within the second
stage of the Masterplan document)
Extension to Town
Hall
The Vision
Subject to the successful delivery of the Transport Interchange
and the East West Centre, Boothroyd Street shall become a destination
in its own right. This space shall be transformed into an
internationally acclaimed contemporary civic space that supports
the leisure uses of the Victoria Hall, whilst providing a strong
gateway point for visitors approaching from Lichfield Street and
the Central Business District. The development of high quality
contemporary architecture and associated public realm shall
articulate the initial foundations for the transformation of Hanley
into the City Centre.
Key Characteristics
• creation of contemporary civic events space, with strong links
to Victoria Hall and associated uses
• extend the space across Lichfield Street to ensure maximum
capacity and incorporate Street Car route into the space
• encourage improvements to facade of Chaplins Public House
• incorporate strong design principles within the street car stop
• enclose and formalise the space and mitigate climate variables
by extending onto the Town Hall, incorporating avenue
trees adjacent to Lichfield Street, East-West Centre and
Transport Interchange
• define strong route from Victoria Hall to East-West Precinct,
to emphasise links to the Central Business District.
• frame superb rural views to the south, whilst screening views
towards the working areas of the bus station.
• provide space to encourage Street Cafe’s
• provide facilities for cycle parking
• incorporate high quality feature paving, signage, street furniture
and monolithic public art to make best use of sunny
aspect
• use of brightly coloured banners and feature lighting to enliven
the space further: allow for variable controls to lighting
schemes
Dark grey granite* Viennetta
granite*
Vanga granite*
Town
Hall
Vic
Theatre
Context plan
Transport
Interchange
Yellow Rock
granite setts*
East
West
Victoria Hall
Entrance
linking to CBD
Illustrative layout plan (NTS)
* subject to internal approval
Public House
Transport
Interchange
Link to East West
Centre
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