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Marina Regeneration

The Robert Doughty Consultancy is part of a team including project managers Gardiner and Theobald,  Spawforth Architects and Arup Engineers that successfully bid to carry out detailed design work for a scheme to regenerate part of Whitby's seafront.

This £2.8m scheme, Joint Funded by Scarborough Borough Council, Yorkshire Forward and ERDF, aims to revive an underused section of Whitby's waterfront by extending the marina and providing new facilities for visitors and marina users. The scheme includes new berthing pontoons, a Water Resource Centre, terraces, a promenade and parking facilities.

RDC is responsible for the detailed design of the external areas and has used a simple and unpretentious palette of materials that reflects the quality of the surroundings and which brings a fresh quality to the seafront. The warm sandy colour of the bound gravel promenade is a visual reference to the nearby beach and contrasts particularly well with the cool grey 'driftwood' slats of the decked terraces. Stone paving creates an attractive and high quality terrace on which to enjoy food from the café whilst looking out over the activities of the marina. 

A family of street furniture provides continuity and reflects the maritime nature of the scheme with its theme of timber, yachting wire and stainless steel. The planting consists of silver coloured shrubs typical of maritime areas and wave trimmed hedges.