10 Spring Gardens Design and Access Statement the Crown Estate
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Project 10 Spring Gardens Title Design and Access Statement Client The Crown Estate Date March 2021 Project name Orms project number Project team code File 10 SPRING GARDENS 2245 SPG SPG-ORM-XX-XX-RP-A-30001 Revision Date Description Status Created Checked P01 26.03.21 Design and Access Statement PL - PLANNING JA MM This Design and Access Statement explains the design principles that have been applied to the proposed development and illustrates how issues of access have been dealt with. A number of elements of the design, including particulars of the cladding, space planning, lighting, security, fire and landscaping will be finalised at the detailed design stage and therefore will be either the subject of planning conditions to be agreed with Westminster City Council, or are not considered to be planning-related matters. Where these details are shown within the Design and Access Statement, they are included for illustrative purposes only and are clearly identified as such. NOTE: Unless specifically noted, all images and sketches are for illustrative purposes and are not verified views. This Design and Access Statement is submitted to accompany the applications for planning permission and should be read in conjunction with the application drawings. Contents 1.0 Introduction 7.0 Sustainability 1.1 Executive Summary 7.1 Overview 1.2 Project Team 7.2 Sustainability Strategy 1.3 Orms 8.0 Access and Inclusivity Statement 2.0 Existing Site and Building 8.1 Summary 2.1 Existing Site Overview 2.2 Site History 9.0 Area Schedule 2.3 Site Analysis 2.4 Existing Building 9.1 Area Schedule 2.5 Emerging Context 10.0 Summary 3.0 Design Process and Consultation 10.1 Summary 3.1 Pre-application and Consultation Process 11.0 Appendices 4.0 The Architectural Proposals 11.1 Appendix A - Operational Management Plan (JLL / The Crown Estate) 4.1 Placemaking 11.2 Appendix B - Statement of Community Involvement (Kanda) 4.2 Key Moves 11.3 Appendix C - Acoustics Report (Clarke Saunders) 4.3 Engineering Services Concept 11.4 Appendix D - Transport Assessment / Servicing Management Plan (Steer Group) 4.4 Proposed Plans 11.5 Appendix E - Lighting Design Statement (Studio 29) 4.5 Undercroft and External Paving 11.6 Appendix F - Landscaping and Maintenance Strategy (Robert Myers Associates) 4.6 UKPN Enclosure 4.7 Cycle and Refuse Stores 4.8 Cafe Entrance 4.9 Carlton House Terrace Entrance 4.10 Landscape 4.11 Facade Strategy 4.12 Roof Interventions 4.13 Materiality 4.14 Key Views 5.0 External Lighting 5.1 Lighting Design 6.0 Detail - Technical 6.1 Servicing 6.2 Cyclist Facilities 6.3 Management 6.4 Security5.6 Cycle Parking 6.5 Acoustics 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Executive Summary This report has been prepared by Orms Designers and Architects on behalf of The Crown Estate to support the application for full planning permission for alterations to 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN. The statement summarises the nature of the urban context, the dialogue with stakeholders and other consultations that have taken place to date, and sets out a strategic response to this physical, social and policy context. The proposals retain office use on the upper floors and provide an improved reception at ground floor with a new cafe use. The report provides details of how each of these elements of the scheme will work. Planning permission is being sought for external alterations to 10 Spring Gardens, including: • Alterations to existing rooftop plant enclosure. • Replacement of all windows to reception and office floor with double glazed units to improve building environmental performance and user experience. Linear windows to stair cores to be retained. • Adaptation of the building’s main entrance, new ground floor glazing and highway improvements to the undercroft approach. • Re-arrangement of first floor opening from north wing onto Carlton House Terrace to make wheelchair accessible. • New publicly accessible cafe space on the ground floor facing the Mall • Enhanced servicing strategy to the rear courtyard to include new enclosure for cycling parking, refuse storage and loading bay. View from Spring Gardens Orms | Project : 10 Spring Gardens | Report : Design and Access Statement | Client : The Crown Estate | Date : March 2021 | 5 1.2 Project Team Client: The Crown Estate Project Manager: TFT Architect: Orms Designers and Architects Cost Consultant: Burnley Wilson Fish MEP Engineers: Watkins Payne Partnership Structural Engineer: Price & Myers Planning Consultant: Gerald Eve Principle Designer: TFT Fire Engineer: Jeremy Gardner Associates Building Control: Butler & Young Transport Consultant: Steer Group Lighting Consultant: Studio 29 Security Consultant: KabSec Landscape Consultant: Robert Myers Associates Sustainability: TFT Suatainability Building Management: JLL Acoustic Consultant: Clarke Saunders Public Consultation: Kanda 10 Spring Gardens from The Mall Orms | Project : 10 Spring Gardens | Report : Design and Access Statement | Client : The Crown Estate | Date : March 2021 | 6 1.3 Orms Orms are an award winning London practice established in 1984 and currently employ 70 architectural staff. In March 2018, the majority shareholding of Orms was transferred to an Employee Ownership Trust. We seek to elevate the human experience through insight, collaboration, and design integrity. We start conversations, to inform and encourage debate, ensuring that the spectrum of voices is heard. We believe that true innovation comes from asking the right questions. We create an architecture that listens. Pall Mall, Westminster 55-58 Pall Mall, Westminster 33 St James’s Square, Westminster 95 Wigmore Street, Westminster Orms | Project : 10 Spring Gardens | Report : Design and Access Statement | Client : The Crown Estate | Date : March 2021 | 7 2.0 Existing Site and Building 2.1 Existing Site Overview Site Location PICCADILLY CIRCUS STATION 10 Spring Gardens is located in the St James’s area of Central London, to the south west of Trafalgar Square CHARING CROSS ROAD CROSS CHARING and to the north east of St James’s Park. NATIONAL 10 Spring Gardens sits within the City of Westminster GALLERY and the St. James’s Conservation Area. CHARING CROSS 10 Spring Gardens has a wealth of options to connect HAYMARKET into the national and underground rail networks and buses. Road connections south across the river are available via Westminster and Waterloo Bridges. Key TRAFALGAR THE STRAND SQUARE 10 Spring Gardens Santander Cycle Station Underground Station PALL MALL NORTHUMBERLAND AVE National Rail Station WATERLOO Travel Distances PLACE <15 minutes 15 - 30 Minutes 30 - 45 minutes THE MALL WHITEHALL 45 - 60 minutes 60 - 75 minutes ST.JAMES’S HORSEGUARDS PARK PARADE 10 Spring Gardens public transport travel distances 10 Spring Gardens Location Plan Orms | Project : 10 Spring Gardens | Report : Design and Access Statement | Client : The Crown Estate | Date : March 2021 | 9 2.1 Existing Site Overview St James’s Conservation Area E N A L . t d a d N S u c N r Q O O ds A T T G F T U A N 10 Spring Gardens lies within the St James R O E P E R G T G ic R c B T IN . Y Conservation Area, at the boundary with the L P L t St Jam eS s's Conservation Area IV STREET l L S ORANGE WILLIAM R DI N N BU E A SY S TO Trafalgar Square Conservation Area. IN C MT MES' N STREET C A V IC R JA T H t P Ea A ST A T O L S R JE KE A P S O B Pl L U g MAR S Y E D A a E B I L L R le R M G IL O l D N ce G A OR N V oya T C E N T A A Corporate GIS Team H R e B Y Y N E R NATIONAL GALLERY A most notable feature of the St James’s E h N E R 020 7641 2350 Y O A Pl 'S R O A R Arcd u T T K H R a rch S S N T ON S E Conservation Area is the 18th century grid iron street S St D ce E B S LT U t D R T T NON ST T S a E A T A F DUNCAN n R S C ET R D S d Pri T B R E F e R S T R pattern, contained within the major thoroughfares n B E O T b Arca M E ST O w F ro n N E E R Y A E o w F o ce D E L d R A E M L T o T k U E T KK S of Pall Mall, St James’s Street, Piccadilly and Regent s T d s R P d L d R K S E C P O A e JE K Y S F S E TRAFALGAR n E T t E A E T F a L D E E SU E T LL Street. The main spaces within the area are St L Pi D O R E C E U N T R A A Arca cca F T PL M SQUARE Y K O S L M Y L S D d E S A James’s Square, Waterloo Gardens (attached to R D O E P T O d il O R L Y V e ly S A R R A Y R R E T d S K A Carlton House Terrace), the private gardens fronting E R T Y H CO D E R S t C CKS S E E N' PUR S T T R E O TREE onto Queen’s Walk on the east side of Green Park and T E AS T R S M 'S N d T S CHARING A R Y Y K T I R E W C C NO St James’s Church Yard.