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	Analysis Borough Context Local Context Study Area Context History Existing Land Uses Current Initiatives Building Height Building Form Building Age Conservation Areas Building Edges Building Activity Key Views Permeability /Legibility Landscape/Character Environmental and Geotechnical issues Existing Services Roads: Strategic Context Roads: Stategic constraints and issues Study Area: Constraints and issues Roads: 'do nothing' scenario Public Transport Movement Pedestrian and Cycle movement Existing Housing Stock Conclusions


	Landscape Form and Character


	Vegatation The main blocks of vegetation relate to the steep gorge embankments. Vegetation planted as a buffer to earlier infrastructure highway works is maturing but in this instance creates a negative suburban character that is not in keeping with the aspiration for a more urbane environment.


	Green Spaces 1 Riverside Sculpture Park 2 Town Park 3 St Mary’s Churchyard 4 North Durham Rugby/Cricket Ground 5 Tynegate precinct 6 Lancet Court Playing Field 7 Chandless Estate Playing Field


	Topography One of the most distinguishing features of Gateshead is the topography. From the Quayside the land rises some 70 metres to the southern end of the Town Centre. This dramatic change in level has influenced the form and character of Gateshead and is still a major obstacle to safe easy pedestrian connections form the town to the Quayside. The landform can be catagorised into typically four zones, the steep slopes of the river gorge, the intermediate plateaus created for the railway industry, the upper slopes of Town Park and finally the higher plateau to the south of the study area in the area of the Civic Centre.


	Character Areas 1 River edge: industrial buildings 2 River edge: wooded slopes 3 River edge: large distinctive statement buildings 4 Industrial: low rise buildings with little urban grain 5 Waste ground 6 Historic quarters 7 Town centre: large monolithic built form 8 High Street: linear historic alignment, small scale 9 Civic quarter: large structures, varying height, little cohesion 10 Road corridor: large scale buildings with poor relationship to road and each other 11 Green space: predominately open with occasional buildings 12 Suburbs: low density residential 13 Green interchange: complex junction absorbed into planting 14 Town centre: dominated by roads, junctions, barriers and waste ground

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