The local detailed plan and park and street plans of the first residential blocks of Hiedanranta have been approved

The first three blocks of the new district will have an estimated 1,200 inhabitants. The goal is to build an urban, sustainable residential area with a focus on public transport options. The new block of flats will be located between the tramway, the Factory and Sellupuisto park.

The building areas form a closed block structure. The number of floors in the buildings vary from four to nine. The urban character of the area will also be secured through the inclusion of windowed ground level facilities and activities that invigorate the urban landscape. 

Service housing is also enabled in the residential blocks. The courtyards of the blocks are shared. To the west of the tramway, an area is reserved for a parking garage. There will be commercial premises in the square between the blocks and the factory. 

Based on feedback and more detailed planning, some corrections and supplements have been made to the plan material in connection with, for example, noise and rainwater absorption. Cycling is permitted on the internal routes of blocks.

In a few cases the number of floors of buildings has been reduced and other building dimensions have been specified, which slightly reduces the total floor area. 

The content of the rainwater marking on the parking facility's plot has been revised, the authorisation of cultural facilities has been added and the percentage of commercial premises has been increased.

Park and street plans

There will be two parks in the plan area. The tramway runs along the western edge of residential blocks, and on the other side is the northern part of the Hiedanranta Central Park, where there is room for playing, exercising and leisure.

Viskoosipuisto Park will become a meeting and living space for residents, where old pools from the pulp mill have been utilised. The rainwater in the northern blocks is led to the two pools through underground pipes. The pools have a small water surface visible at all times, depending on the amount of rainwater. The pools will have plants and benches beside these.

Viskoosipuisto Park can be accessed from the block areas to the Sellupuisto Park, which continues all the way to Lielahdenkatu and Niemenranta. There is a connection from the south to Tehdaskartanonkatu and the main cycling route. The trails and leisure areas are accessible, except for the stairs leading to Tehdaskartanonkatu at the southern end of the park. Accessible access to the street is via the Sellupuisto Park or the northern blocks. 

Plenty of varied vegetation is planted in the park, mainly native species.  The eastern edge of the park is a meadow whose depression serves as a flood route for levelling rainwater. Tree groups are planted along the flood trail, which will also provide access for the flying squirrel.  The objective of the ecology strategy for Hiedanranta is to improve biodiversity.

The street plans are based on a proposal for a local detailed plan for the northern sections of Hiedanranta. Tehdaskartanonkatu passes through the residential area of the northern blocks to the Lielahti manor, and Kuivaamonkatu is a low-speed residential road in the middle of the northern blocks.

The contractee for the streets will be Hiedanrannan Kehitys Oy, which is owned by the City of Tampere. The streets will be built in 2023–2024, and they will be paved after the residential blocks have been completed, estimated around 2026–2028.724,