Waterman coordinated the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process for the development of the St James Quarter in Edinburgh. Proposals involved the replacement of the existing St James Shopping Centre, The Thistle Hotel and multi-storey car park, with a large, retail-led, mixed-use development, in accordance with the City of Edinburgh Council’s 2007 Development Brief for the site.
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The new development will comprise of 65,000 m2 of retail space, over multiple levels, with a central galleria, and will also include up to 250 residential units, two new hotels with associated leisure facilities and three basement levels of car parking.
Situated within a World Heritage site and Conservation area, which necessitated particularly meticulous assessments of the proposed developments, an important aspect of the EIA process was close and regular consultation with Historic Scotland and the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust.
The potential environmental impacts from the development were considered throughout all phases, with mitigation measures recommended to enhance potential benefits and avoid, reduce, or offset adverse impacts.
Following on from the outline planning permission, Waterman has provided:
Waterman worked with Lend Lease to put forward planning applications to develop three areas of the £3 billion Elephant & Castle regeneration project.
A 48 month development plan for this £1bn project has regenerated 42 acres of Liverpool City Centre.
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We carried out multi-disciplinary engineering feasibility analysis for three urban regeneration sites in Minsk City Centre, Belarus, as part of a business case study for foreign investors.
Shortlisted in the ‘Future Place’ category, the Southwest St Helier Waterfront Visioning Framework will create a major new leisure, commercial and residential destination for Jersey’s capital.
Both projects will go onto compete in the RIBA National Awards in June.
Meridian Water and Royal Arsenal West Quay have been shortlisted in the ‘Award for Promoting Economic Growth’ and ‘Award for Design Excellence’ categories retrospectively.
Badenoch & Strathspey Community Hospital and St James Quarter took home prizes for ‘Healthcare Development of the Year’ and ‘Outstanding Contribution to Excellence in Development’ retrospectively.