Longer term change and growth facilitied by a new port at Longue Hougue and other key relocations.
By moving the port operations to Longue Hougue, and introducing permanent long-term flood defences, St Peter Port is now able to accommodate significant change and development opportunities on North Beach/St Julian’s Pier. This allows for new development in the location of the former port operations area and car parking below the new raised public realm level and could provide a new neighbourhood.
In St Sampson, new land for the port will be required south of Longue Hougue, and this, together with consolidation of marine industries and fuel storage would create mixed use development opportunities to the north side of the harbour. This south facing, waterfront development could provide a focus for mixed uses including restaurants and other places to spend time and appreciate the water front.
Key principles
- Improvements to the Esplanades to focus on improving active and sustainable travel
- Improvements to the Esplanades to focus on improving active and sustainable travel
- Relocated fuel storage and consolidated marine industry frees up land at St Sampson
- Focus for tourism and visitor activities on Castle Pier and Albert and Victoria Piers
- Strategic flood defences need to be in place to facilitate investment
- New harbour for port operations at Longue Hougue create opportunities for investment in St Peter Port
- Significant new development to support both towns including homes, employment and commercial uses
St Peter Port HAA
This scenario tests out:
- The relocated port activities and strategic flood defences create strong potential for mixed used development focussed on North Beach/former harbour area/Salerie Corner above car parking and with new public realm and potentially reorganised vehicular access to the piers
- Possible additional land reclamation opportunities around former harbour/flood defences
- Significant reduction in visible surface car-parking at North Beach
Benefits of this option could include:
- Opportunity for a new high-quality mixed-use development in both harbour action areas
- Reinforce leisure and visitor opportunities
- Opportunity for an enhanced arrival experience from the water and views to east
- New public realm and reduction in surface car parking allows people to benefit from the waterside location
- Long-term flood protection would need to be in place, provides wider benefit along Esplanades
St Peter Port HAA - click to enlarge
St Sampson HAA
This scenario tests out:
- Strategic long-term flood defence measures and relocated fuel storage/power station enabling significant change to the north site of the harbour for mixed use development including new homes and jobs
- Industrial uses from North Side to be relocated to Longue Hougue as a consolidated marine industry focus next to the new harbour with some marine industrial uses retained where operational benefit
- New crossing over harbour means through-traffic and larger vehicles can be moved from the Bridge.
Benefits of this option could include:
- Major development opportunities on the north side for residential and mixed uses with water views
- A new mixed-use neighbourhood with new leisure uses, restaurants, cafes and public realm
- Better segregation between heavy industrial and residential uses and traffic
- Opportunity to consolidate/unify uses between new port and Longue Hougue
- Long-term flood mitigation supports both existing uses and wider areas
St Sampson HAA - click to enlarge