Strategy & Masterplanning
This category celebrates exceptional development frameworks,
masterplans or strategies that will facilitate area-based
regeneration centred on an inland waterway.
To be succesful in this category, your plan must detail how the
resulting scheme will integrate with its waterway environment,
maximise the potential of the area and respond to local needs and
the wider strategic context.
It is not necessary for the plan to have been implemented, but
you should specify:
- how the plan has been developed through extensive community
consultation and effective involvement of stakeholder and special
interest groups
- the benefits that the plan will bring to the area
- how it will contribute to making the area different and
unique
- how the project/scheme will be delivered
- the main risks and how they will be managed
You should also indicate how the resulting scheme will be
successfully integrated with its waterway environment and how it
will maximise the potential of the area and be responsive to local
needs and the wider strategic context.
The assessment panel will be looking for evidence showing that
the plans have a high probability of being implemented in the form
in which they have been submitted.
Past winners
Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway - a
strategic plan that aims to build a new waterway link between
Bedford and Milton Keynes, creating a 'ring' with the Grand Union
Canal and the River Great Ouse. The strategy has secured the full
co-operation of the strategic planning, development and navigation
authorities.