Constraints
Ther areas history has shaped its current form with significant opportunities and challenges to overcome. Key constraints limiting connectivity, accessibility, and the site’s potential to support a vibrant mixed-use environment.
1. Podium levels restricting permeability.
2. Car dominated environment with surface car parking throughout.
3. Inactive frontages and ground floor uses.
4. Canute Road acting as a barrier.
5. Long term flood mitigation.
6. Barrier south and west of the site, no link to National Oceanography Centre.
7. Limited active travel and public transport links.
8. Lack of green areas and public open spaces.
9. Waterfront areas not currently accessible to the public.
Opportunities
Opportunities to transform the Ocean Village Quarter into a vibrant, connected, and mixed-use neighbourhood.
Create a continuous active waterfront with ground floor uses.
Introduce a network of connected green spaces.
Transform the vehicle-dominated environment into a pedestrian-friendly public realm.
Rationalise car parking to enable better site use.
Improve public transport and active travel links to the city centre.
Create a continuous publicly accessible waterfront promenade that connects to the future developments in Itchen Riverside.
Enhance the character of the Canute Road Conservation Area.
Deliver a high-quality skyline through carefully designed tall buildings that form city-centre landmarks, with potential for active rooftops.
Strengthen the housing offer through new development while improving the setting of existing homes.
Introduce complementary uses to reinforce the area's role as a destination.
Enhance and expand employment uses through well-integrated new development.
