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News Release from: Turner & Townsend | Subject: RTPI Planning Awards
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 February 2006
Gorbals team win National RTPI Planning
Award
Turner and Townsend award for "Planning for New Neighbourhoods" at the annual RTPI Planning Awards.
Turner and Townsend's continuing global commitment to excellence, quality, value and innovation was rewarded today with an award for "Planning for New Neighbourhoods" at the annual RTPI Planning Awards 2005 held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London Representatives from Scottish Enterprise Glasgow and Glasgow City were amongst the team members who picked up the award with Turner and Townsend for their work to regenerate the Gorbals area of Glasgow
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 14 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The RTPI Awards Judges said: "There is a very high demand for the housing in the New Gorbals".
"The overall impression is of a safe, stable, thriving, attractive and desirable area.
The regeneration has met and perhaps exceeded its aims and expectations and is being seen as a model for similar areas in Scotland and beyond".
Turner and Townsend's involvement in the project as project and cost managers goes back almost 15 years.
Director of Project Management, David Hogg reflected on his involvement: "Sustainable regeneration is much more than redevelopment".
"In the Gorbals, the community 'embeddedness' is starting to take place because of the introduction of a mixture of new private and social housing together with new businesses and community facilities".
"The project has been so successful that people are queuing to purchase properties off the plans and there is a waiting list for social rented properties".
"More importantly, however, many of the early house purchasers are buying new properties in the later phases".
"The project has successfully changed the image of the area and created a place where people now wish to live and work - this is a true example of a sustainable neighbourhood".
The judges were particularly impressed with the planned mix of tenures across the community, even mixing private and social high quality housing in the same development.
In addition, the wide range of facilities created as part of the overall masterplan, including a new public park, community centre, a hotel, offices, a supermarket and a learning resource centre, all contributed towards the New Gorbals receiving this award.
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