Posts Tagged ‘question’

Question CON8

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What do we need to do to make sure that the New Street Gateway project greatly improves access to the station from all sides, especially Southside? How can we make the Snow Hill, Moor Street and Jewellery Quarter stations fit in with their surroundings? (and also a new Bordesley station, which we need to move because of the suggested rail chords).

Original Document

What steps need to be taken to ensure that the New Street Gateway project radically improves access to the station from all points, especially Southside. How can we best integrate Snow Hill, Moor and Jewellery Quarter stations with their surroundings (and a relocated Bordesley station, which would need to be moved as a result of the proposed rail chords).

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Question B7

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How can we give support to groups of businesses involved in:

  • technology to do with the environment
  • medical/biosciences
  • advanced engineering
  • digital media?

Original Document

How can support best be given to the potential growth clusters in environmental technologies, medical/biosciences, advanced engineering and digital media?

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Question B8

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Should the plan support manufacturing and industrial use (such as factories) in the city centre and, if so, how?

Original Document

To what extent and how should the plan support the continuation of manufacturing and other B2 uses in the city centre?

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Question COM1

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How much extra housing should we have in the city centre and where should it go?

Original Document

How much extra housing should be located in the city centre and where should it go?

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Question COM2

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How much and what types of housing should we have alongside the small businesses and creative industries in districts such as the Jewellery Quarter, Digbeth and the Gun Quarter?

Original Document

How far and in what ways can we accommodate more housing within mixed use quarters and traditional industrial quarters like the Jewellery Quarter, Digbeth and the Gun Quarter whilst retaining small businesses and creative industries in those areas?

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Question COM3

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What do we need to do to encourage a wider range of people to live in the city centre? What are the important things for creating family-friendly surroundings? What type of homes and housing do we need?

Original Document

What needs to be done to encourage a wider range of people to live in the city centre? What are the essentials for creating a family-friendly environment? What type of homes and residential environment are needed?

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Question COM4

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How can new design help make housing better to help more people live in the city centre and raise their families?

Original Document

What innovative design approaches to homes and the home environment could be developed to enable more people to live in the city centre and stay and grow their families?

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Question COM5

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How many people do we need to support local shops and facilities?

Original Document

What living densities and populations are required to support local shops and facilities in the wider centre?

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Question COM6

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How could we improve the housing areas that we have at the moment in Highgate, Ladywood and the Gun Quarter?

Original Document

How might we improve the existing city centre residential areas in Highgate, Ladywood and the Gun Quarter?

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Question CON1

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How should we manage moving more people around the city, bearing in mind our aims of promoting modes of transport other than car and cutting carbon emissions? How can we manage access to the city centre for delivery and service vehicles? How can we use technology and new design to help deliveries to all types of buildings?

Original Document

How should we manage the anticipated growth in people movement, both “natural” growth and growth from new development, bearing in mind the objective of promoting non-car modes and reducing carbon emissions? How can future demands for delivery and service vehicle access to the city centre best be managed? What technological and design innovations could help facilitate deliveries to all types of premises?

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Question CON2

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How can we improve the area along the A38 (Bristol Road) within the city centre, while keeping it as a main road for traffic?

Original Document

How can the A38 corridor within the city centre be reconfigured to reduce its negative impact, whilst still retaining an important traffic carrying function?

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Question CON5

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How and where should we have off-street parking (car parks) for the public? How much long-stay (such as for workers) and short-stay (such as for shoppers) parking should we have? Should we make the controlled (metered, on-street) parking zone bigger?

Original Document

How, where and in what numbers should publicly available off street parking be provided? What should be the balance between long stay (commuter) and short stay (shopper) spaces? Should the controlled parking zone be extended?

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Question CON7

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How can we make more use of rail to transport workers and others into the city centre, up to and after the year 2025, and what transport network projects will we need to support this? Can and should the Big City Plan prepare for a future High Speed Train route to the city centre and facilities for people getting off.

Original Document

How can rail play a stronger role in providing for commuter and other travel needs into the city centre, up to and beyond 2025, and what infrastructure projects will be needed to support this? Can and should the Big City Plan provide appropriate protection for a future High Speed Train route to the city centre and related disembarkation facilities?

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Question CON9

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Where should the city centre metro routes go and how should they work? What are the alternatives to the metro in different places? Should we think about having undergroud trains?

Original Document

Where should the city centre metro routes go and how should they operate? What are the alternatives to Metro in different locations? Should an underground option be relooked at?

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Question CUL1

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What extra cultural and arts facilities (such as theatres, art galleries and so on) might we need?

Original Document

What further cultural and arts facilities might be needed in the city centre to promote the national and global image of Birmingham?

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Question CUL2

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How could we use outdoor leisure or tourism events to make the city centre economy and image better? How can we use the spaces we have now or make new spaces for holding events? How can we support different types of events? How can we have more flexible outdoor and indoor space: should we, for example, put it into the wholesale markets area?

Original Document

How might the city centre economy and image be enhanced through outdoor leisure/tourism events and how might existing spaces be used or new spaces created to accommodate such events? How can the city go about creating the right conditions for formal, free and spontaneous outdoor events? How can more flexible outdoor and indoor space be provided: should it, for example, go onto a future development of the wholesale markets?

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Question CUL3

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What can we do to give the city centre a livelier street scene?

Original Document

What steps can be taken to give the city centre a livelier street scene?

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Question CUL4

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Where and how could the city get new space for arts exhibitions within big new developments, such as New Street Station?

Original Document

Where and how might the city seek to get new arts exhibition space and venues incorporated into major new developments (for example, like New Street Station)?

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Question CUL5

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We think that the city should use more of its streets and spaces to exhibit works of art. What can we do to make this happen?

Original Document

The city would like to use more of its streets and spaces for the exhibition of works of art. What steps can the city, and the Big City Plan, take to bring this about?

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Question CUL6

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How can we have more, better and a greater range of commercial leisure facilities?

Original Document

How can the Plan address the need to improve the commercial leisure offer to develop a larger and more diverse leisure economy?

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Question ENV1

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What can we do to make sure that the changes in the city centre, such as new buildings and spaces are very high quality?

Original Document

What steps should be taken to ensure that new development in the city centre, including urban design, buildings and spaces, is of the highest quality, and furthers Birmingham’s aims as a a global city?

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Question ENV10

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Where and when should we encourage tall buildings?

Original Document

Where and under what circumstances should tall buildings be encouraged?

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Question ENV3

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How can we make sure that new development, especially around New Street Station, fits in with the network of public spaces we already have?

Original Document

How can new development particularly around New Street Station link in with the existing network of public spaces?

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Question ENV4

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What can we do to make the area along the A38 (Bristol Road) nicer for people who live, work and visit there? How can we connect this area better with other parts of the city?

Original Document

What investments and environmental measures can be taken to make the city centre’s street network including the A38 corridor more attractive to residents, visitors and workers? What should be done to improve the connections to the wider city centre?

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Question ENV5

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What can we do around the canal and river areas to attract more people? How can we make them a focus for leisure and commercial activities? How can we make them a safe way of getting round the city? How can we do all this without changing what they look like and their historic character?

Original Document

How can the canal and river environment be developed to attract more people, become a focus for leisure and commercial activities and provide a safe movement network giving access to the wider city centre, whilst at the same time maintaining its historic character and appearance?

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Question ENV6

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Could we have a big new water feature in the city centre, such as in the wholesale markets area, to act as a new focus for the streets and buildings there? How could we develop this idea?

Original Document

Is there scope for a major new water feature in the centre, such as on the site of the wholesale markets, to act as a new focus for the streets and buildings in the area? How might this concept be developed?

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Question ENV7

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How can we make the open space in the city centre better to make the centre nice and make more people want to live here? How can we have more open space? Are there any new ways we can have open space, such as on rooftops? How should we plan for more outdoor events? How should we manage and look after the city centre’s outside spaces?

Original Document

How can the quality of open space in the city centre be improved to make the centre more liveable and attractive and how can the amount be increased? Are there any innovative ways in which this can be achieved, such as providing rooftop spaces? How should we plan for more outdoor events? How should the city centre’s open spaces be maintained and managed?

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Question ENV8

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What can we do to boost the natural environment and wildlife of the city centre, including the River Rea?

Original Document

What steps can be taken to enhance the natural environment and biodiversity of the city centre, including the River Rea?

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Question ENV9

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How much, and in what ways, can we make the streets greener (such as by planting more trees) to make housing and business areas nicer, give shade and help improve air quality? Can, and should, we do this in the traditional industrial districts as well?

Original Document

How far, and in what way, can the streets be made greener (for example by encouraging more tree planting) to create a more attractive residential and business environment, provide shade and assist in improving air quality? Can and should this approach be extended to the traditional industrial quarters?

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Question R1

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What kind of extra shops and services do we need in Birmingham in the future to make it better than other cities and to make it well-known throughout the world?

Original Document

What kind of additional shops and services are needed in Birmingham in the future to set it apart from its competitors and develop its global reputation?

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Question R2

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Where can we have more shops in the city centre and specialist shopping areas for particular types of product?

Original Document

Where can shopping activity expand within the city centre and niche shopping areas for particular types of product be developed?

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Question R3

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How can we develop more specialist shops?

Original Document

How can the city develop a larger specialist retail sector?

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Question R4

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Should we have street markets and if so, should we make them into a tourist attraction?

Original Document

Is there a role for street-based markets and can market streets be developed as a tourist destination?

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Question R5

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What should we do to the city centre’s shopping streets to make them nicer?

Original Document

What improvements should be carried out to the City Centre’s shopping streets to create a more attractive environment and enhance the city’s global reputation?

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