This document summarizes the results of a community planning process in Scarborough, England to redevelop the Eastborough area. Over three parts, community members identified issues in the physical environment, orientation, cultural heritage, community, accessibility, and activities. They then proposed actions to address the issues like improving building facades, creating a central public space, enhancing cultural heritage, and organizing more community events. Finally, key themes were developed around regenerating Eastborough, improving wayfinding, heritage preservation, traffic issues, funding, and continuing community involvement in the planning process. Sketches and quotes from community members provide additional context.

1. Scarborough – Renaissance Charter
A new direction ‐ a 20 year vision from 2002

2. Re‐thinking Eastborough
Background
Urban Renaissance & Town Team
Delivery – Kissing Sleeping Beauty
Coastal Communities Fund & Team
Priority projects identified
Economic plan
Why Eastborough?
Connector
Density
Hidden gems
Opportunity / passion
Academy of Urbanism
The challenge
Young urbanists
“ the sunny side & the money side”

4. Getting the word out

5. The process – part 1
‘Post it note’ sessions

6. The Process part 2
‘Hands on planning’

9. The children had
a good
perspective on
the place

10. Physical environment
• Building facades and scruffy
shop fronts
• Dirty neglected areas
• Church & Argos
• Lack of a central urban space
Orientation
• Lack of signage
• St. Nicholas Street is a barrier
• Lack of a centre and
boundaries
• Lack of connections (West‐
East, top‐bottom)
Cultural Heritage
• Lack of emphasis (diluted by
ill‐considered design) Community
• Anti‐social behaviour
• Need for more engagement
(from both Council and
residents)
Accessibility
• Walkability (damaged &
narrow pavements, lack of
handrails)
• Access for disabled people
• Vehicular access (traffic and
lack of parking)
Activities & Events
• Seasonability and dominance
of tourism
• Few shops operating at full
capacity; lack of interest and
variety
ISSUES

11. Physical environment
• Incentives for building
improvements
• Better street design (flowers,
Incredible Edibles)
• Establish guidelines for shop
fronts ‐ grants?
• Design a central urban space
Orientation
• Communication strategies
• Signposts ‐ wayfinding
• Interactive tourist center
Cultural Heritage
• Enhance cultural heritage
through policies and
regulations about facades
Community
• Encourage participatory and
inclusive processes
• Empower existing
organizations to encourage
improvements of the area
Accessibility
• Pedestrianisation
• Improvement of pavements
and lighting
• Unification Westborough‐
Eastborough
• Shared space
Activities & Events
• Organize more events (e.g. in
the market hall)
• Establish rent‐free periods
for new business
• Events to maximize
topoography
ACTIONS

12. Part 3
Writing up the findings &
Developing the key
themes

13. Key Themes
1 Support for Eastborough Regeneration
2 Putting Eastborough on the map
3 Heritage
4 Creating a town square
5 Traffic and getting around
6 Funding and leadership
7 Continue community involvement
8 Old Town community

14. Mural sites ?
“we want to see more colour”

15. “You’ve got to change the perception of the area”

16. The hidden gems
“This could be
an artisans’
quarter and
the market
hall could be
your
incubator
hub.”
“better lit
alleyways
please”

17. Events – using the space for new purposes
“Create a buzz – attract more people here more often for
more reasons!”

18. “ St. Nicholas Street is a barrier”
Developing a shared surface in Poynton,
Cheshire, has transformed the place.
A far busier junction than St Nicholas St /
Newborough

19. M 1

21. M 2

23. M 3

25. M 4

27. Young urbanists
Old urbanist !