Wedgwood, Barlaston Redevelopment

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2820 – Wedgwood, Barlaston Redevelopment

Access Statement

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Brownhill Hayward Brown Ltd Registered in England and Wales

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Contents

1.0 Introduction and scope

2.0 Design Report

3.0 Description of development and arrangements for users to have equal and convenient access

4.0 Light reflectance values of materials

5.0 Vehicular and transport links

6.0 Commitment to maintaining an access statement

7.0 Sources of advice and consultation

8.0 Additional material information

Issue 01 - March 2015

1.0 Introduction and scope

This report is intended as an overview of the proposed access strategy for all areas of the Wedgwood Project within BHB Architects scope.

This report is to set down strategies defined during the design and

construction process to indicate methods for accessing the building by all.

This has been done in compliance with approved Document M and BS8300. Reference has also been made to Designing for Accessibility 2012 edition Riba Publishing.

This report has been prepared in accordance to ‘Approved Document M ’

so as to comply with the Building Regulations for contrasting finishes.

Compliance Requirements for Disabled People

1. Part 3 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 came into force in October 2004. Among other requirements this placed the onus on building owners to comply with certain criteria so far as selection

of colours and finishes is concerned.

2. The current legislation in regard to access by disabled people is Approved Document M of the Building Regulations 2004 and British Standard 8300:2001 (Incorporating Amendment No 1). It should be noted that BS 8300 was written before Part M, Amendment No. 1 brings the two documents into line.

3. ‘ Colour Contrast & Perception ‘ a research project by Peter Parker and his colleagues at Reading University (1997) was set up to understand the major issues related to the use of buildings by visually impaired people. Issue History

This document confirms the basis for the requirements of BS8300 9. In Amendment No. 1 to the British Standard, Annex G, Table G.1 and Part M. indicates Zones of good, acceptable and poor visual contrast..

4. BS 8300 requires a visual contrast in the following situations :- Ceiling to wall, wall to floor, leading edge of door, sanitary ware to 10. The GAI research also noted an acceptable contrast between flat adjacent walls, door furniture to door surface, door to wall objects such as push plates on a door when the contrast is in the (architrave same colour as wall or same as door), stairs to wall, order 10 – 20 points. More important is the intensity and direction handrail to wall, stair nosings, etc. of illumination of the door. The research tests were carried out under illumination of 200lux, variations from this will therefore There is also the requirement that highly reflective surfaces are need to be considered carefully. kept to a minimum.

5. Section 3.8 of Part M requires that “ the presence of doors, whether open or closed, should be apparent to visually impaired people through the careful choice of colour and material for the door and its surroundings “

6. Section 3.10.e of Part M requires that “all door opening furniture contrasts visually with the surface of the door ; the door frames contrast visually with the surrounding wall ; the surface of the leading edge of the door that is not self closing, or is likely to be held open, contrasts visually with the other door surfaces and it’s surroundings “

7. Section 3.12 of Part M requires that “there should be a visual

contrast between the wall and the ceiling, and between the wall and the floor…”

8. When first published BS 8300 recommended that the visual contrast between adjacent surfaces should be in the order of 30 points. However, recent research sponsored by The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers, carried out by Reading University, and

referred to above suggests that a 20 point difference can be acceptable such as wall to ceiling and door handles against the door.

2.0 Design Report 2.3 The Proposals

2.1 Site location Planning permission was granted by Stoke City Council for the proposed works to the existing factory in September 2013. The proposed works The site is located on Wedgwood Drive, Barlaston near Stoke on Trent. include:

2.2 Scheme History  Demolition of approx. 50% of the existing factory WWRD UK Ltd., owned since 2009 by KPS Capital Partners, is a group of  Refurbishment of the remaining factory and out buildings companies including Wedgwood, Waterford and Royal Doulton brands.  Construction of three small extensions, tea room, Museum gallery WWRD operates from a site at Barlaston, Staffordshire which includes the extension and Museum link corridor. EMEA head office, visitor centre and a manufacturing facility for tableware The primary objectives of such a redevelopment being to safeguard the and prestige giftware. The site, formerly part of the Barlaston Hall Estate, future of Wedgwood on the Barlaston site by delivering optimised covers 281 acres comprising an industrial area (approximately 42 acres), operational facilities comprising: woodland, lakes, pastureland, a sports field and pavilion, all located within an area of Green Belt.  State of the art ceramic manufacturing - efficient and sustainable;  Now operated by WWRD Group, Barlaston remains the home of Fit-for-purpose office environment plus mock-shops, showroom etc; Wedgwood, who relocated to the Barlaston site in 1938 from Etruria. The achievements on the Barlaston site stand as a testament to the social  Significantly upgraded “Wedgwood Experience” with an extended awareness, vision and innovation of the Wedgwood family and the offering that will attract 100,000+ visitors per annum. ceramics they produced.

Barlaston Today

Since the initial manufacturing and office premises were opened at Barlaston in the late 1930s, the building footprint has grown more than fourfold. At the height of production Wedgwood employed two thousand people on the site.

Today Wedgwood employs approximately six hundred people. Operations on the Barlaston site occupy less than a third of the 76,000m2 of constructed floor space, with the industrial area itself (42 acres) being only a small part of the overall estate owned by WWRD. As a result, many of the buildings are now empty and in poor and deteriorating condition.

2.4 Proposed building layouts

Primary operational facilities required by WWRD include circa 8,000m² of open plan office facilities including employee facilities, meeting rooms, show rooms, mock shops and storage space. Circa 12,000m² of manufacturing facilities with all support facilities and circa 12,000m² visitor experience including product shops, retail, restaurant, museum, factory tour and master craftsman experience;

The newbuild elements total 1,646.2sqm and are defined as:

1- Tea room extension – 835sqm

2- Visitors entrance Atrium - 216.2sqm

3- Museum Gallery extension – 532.7sqm Key Plan

4- Museum atrium link – 62.3sqm

The internal layout of the building can be divided into the following smaller Visitors Entrance components; (as shown in the key plan and Fig1) E Building A- Existing Main factory Building 3 storey factory and corporate B offices. D F Building B – Tea room extension and Visitors attraction atrium entrance. C

Building C – Museum Extension gallery A Building D – Museum Extension glazed link

Building E – Food and Beverage building – small area of restaurant and remaining areas are factory outlet and future third party retail. Staff Entrance Building F – Existing Museum. Office Main Entrance Fig 1

3.0 Description of development and arrangements for users to have 3.1 Reception desks. equal and convenient access There are two reception desks provided within the proposals, in each Level access is provided to all of the main Entrances and all new areas, Atrium. The desks have been designed to comply with Part M and have including the Staff Entrance, Visitor’s Entrance Atrium and Office entrance lower levels and wheelchair access provided to both sides. atrium. Disabled parking is located in the two car parking areas North and South car parks, with the spaces closest to the buildings allocated as Both reception desks will also be provided with an induction loop. disabled. The number of spaces provided for staff and office visitors are 10 spaces (in the south car park) and there are 8 spaces provided for visitors to the Visitor’s attraction (in the North car park).

Vertical circulation is available through utilising existing factory lifts, which have been upgraded to comply with Part M. The lifts are located adjacent to the Staff entrance, providing access to for the offices and factory and the Visitors entrance providing access to all floors included in the visitors tour. Basement areas have not been upgraded as part of the works undertaken however there is existing ramped access provided on the south elevation and there is access via a service lift from the deliveries Office Atrium Reception desk entrance on the West elevation.

Directional signage to the building will be provided by Wedgwood to comply with regulations.

Visitors Atrium Reception desk

3.2 WC Provision 4.0 Light reflectance values

All new WC’s will have a disabled WC provided and accessible WC’s in The internal finishes have been designed to comply with Part M for Light compliance with Building regulations. Travel distances vary to disabled reflectance values, where ever possible. WC’s due to the layout of the existing building. Approved document M states in Definitions; Where access to a disabled WC is required by staff WWRD will ensure that the seating layouts will accommodate any staff to be seated near Contrast Visually, When used to indicate the visual perception of one appropriate facilities. element of the building or fitting within the building, against another means that the difference in light reflectance value between the two surfaces is The main Factory re-uses existing sanitary facilities at second floor, greater than 30points. Where illuminance on surfaces is greater than therefore it is not possible to install a disabled WC, where there is no lift 200lux, a difference in light reflectance value should be a minimum of access provided. A new disabled WC has been installed adjacent to the 20points. Where door opening furniture projects beyond the face of the staff entrance and offices to provide facilities for the factory floor. door or otherwise creates enhanced differentiation and shade, a minimum a difference in light reflectance value of 15 points is considered adequate.

Doors and Walls

The following finishes are proposed;

Table 1: The specification of finishes to Doors and Walls:

Location Finish / Description LRV Difference

Door Dulux colour 50YR62/008 62

Dulux 50YR38/017 Skirting 38 24

Ironmongery Stainless steel 44.81 17.19

Wall Dulux Pure Brilliant White 99 61

Table 2: The specification of finishes to Walls and floors: Refer to BHB Office Staff WC’s, Vinyl 26 73 Show Room, Staff Flooring drawings 2820‐621, 2820‐622, 2820‐623 Break Out Space, Forbo Art studios (G90, Eternal Location Finish / Description LRV Difference to G91), Post Room, Concrete wall finish Spray Booth, beton 13022 Wall Dulux Pure Brilliant White 99 Factory and Gym Showers (with Skirting Dulux 50YR38/017 38 61 non‐slip finish in shower cubicles), tea stations Floor Finish 1 Carpet 13.98 85.02 Desso Offices Circulation, Staff Vinyl 10 89 Essence tile canteen & Staff Flooring (A863) light WC's 2 factory Eternal grey offices Wood (9506) smoked oak 11882 Floor Finish 2 Carpet 4.41 94.59 Desso Offices Office Atrium, Magnesium 26 73 Essence Visitor Atrium, oxychloride Tile (A863) Tea Bar, Museum screed Q dark grey shop, Visitor Floor (9501) WC’s, Link Permafloor (15mm thick screed) in RAL Floor Finish 3 Carpet 3.34 95.66 Corridor 7030 (Stone Grey) Offices Desso Essence G35 Gym. Dalzone 7.1 91.9 Tile (A863) Rollform aubergine Rubber (3821) Flooring in Goudron.

Ground floor Epoxy 43 56 Cubicles ‐ Office 22.8 64.2 factory and Resin Floor WCs storage areas, Coating – and stairwell F19. Conren Dustguard in Goosewing Grey

Table 3: The specification of finishes to Sanitary ware: Refer to BHB drawings for sanitary layouts; Cubicle Partitions – Excelsior in 2820‐601, 2820‐602, 2820‐603, 2820‐604, 2820‐605, 2820‐ 607, Smoke Tamarak 2820‐608, 2820‐614, 2820‐615, 2820‐616, 2820‐617, 2820‐ 618, 2820‐ 619, 2820‐626, 2820‐627, 2820‐628, 2820‐629. Cubicles ‐ 41 46 Visitor Location Finish / Description LRV Difference to 43.4 43.6 wall finish experience and Wall Tiles White glazed tiles 100x200 87 F&B WCs with grey grout

Cubicle Partitions –

Excelsior in Jade (doors) and Stone Grey (pilasters)

Cubicle 55.7 31.3 Office, Visitor 86.0 Partitions and F&B WCs Vanity Factory WCs Underpanels Male and frames – Excelsior in

Pearl White

Sanitary fittings Gloss White Armitage shanks 87 Excelsior in Lemon Green range

Factory Shower, Armitage Shanks Ltd, Doc M Handrails to Gym showers, pack contrast with Cubicle 28.8 58.2 visitor, F&B, first Partitions floor Office white tiled accessible and walls to be Factory WCs second floor Female Office accessible Grey WC’s

LRV = 51

Contrast =36

Excelsior in Caribe

F&B WCs ‐ 43.4 43.6 Vanity Underpanels and frames – Excelsior in Stone Grey

Factory Shower, Armitage Shanks Doc M Handrails to Ramps and Steps. Gym showers Contour 21 Shower Room Pack contrast with All stairs are to have a contrasting gradus nosing, white tiled The main staircase to the office atrium has been designed to have timber treads with a contrasting gradus nosing. walls to be Location Finish / Description LRV Diff Grey Treads American Black 16 LRV = 51 Walnut Contrast =36 Nosing Gradus nosing canvas 53.27 37.27

G61 Office WC. Armitage Shanks Ltd, Doc M Handrails to Contour 21 Wall Hung Pack LH contrast with white tiled walls to be S/S

s/s LRV= 44

contrast=42

Handrails and balustrades will also contrast and are brass fixed to glass balustrades, at the heights to comply with Part M requirements.

There are three ramps within the building which have been reviewed by Building control and have been designed to comply with the regulations, with widths, landings, handrails and contrasting finishes.

There is a large visitors viewing platform from the second floor to the first floor, as part of the visitors tour around the kiln, this includes two stepped areas, an alternative means of accessing the first floor factory tour is provided by elevator for wheelchair access.

Externally to the Visitors Courtyard there are combinations of Ramps and steps to overcome level differences. These have been reviewed by building control and all comments raised by their access consultant have been implemented.

4.0 Transportation & Highways (please see full transport report by PTB Transport Planning) There are also public footpath routes crossing the area around the Wedgwood factory, including route no. 9, providing traffic-free access to

Barlaston, Newstead and other local villages such as Hartwell and Tittensor. A scope for the TA report was prepared and the methodology regarding trip rates, traffic distribution and assignment, impact analysis and design year Queen Mary’s Drive is also used as a pedestrian route, despite the lack of analysis agreed with both highway authorities in September 2012. footway provision, as traffic flows and speeds are fairly low.

It has also been agreed with both highway authorities that, in traffic terms, As indicated above, there is also a direct traffic-free pedestrian link to the historic use of the Wedgwood site and the permitted development of the Barlaston, Trentham and Stoke on Trent alongside the Trent & Mersey site both exceed the current development proposals. Canal, with access from the canal bridge on Wedgwood Drive.

Access The proposed development will be connected to the existing footways on

Wedgwood Drive; in addition footways are proposed throughout the Highways development alongside all carriageways. There are currently three access points to the Wedgwood site from

Wedgwood Drive, all of which are priority junctions; these locations will be The existing public footpath routes crossing the northernmost parcel of retained for the proposed development, with the western access serving the residential land within the WWRD development site will be retained and new factory, the central access serving the new Visitor Centre (and some enhanced as part of both the residential development itself, and the visitors’ residential development), and the eastern access serving the majority of the centre redevelopment proposals, with woodland walks being part of the residential development. overall Wedgwood experience.

Existing footpaths within the site will be retained and supplemented by new A walking isochrones map is provided in the Transport Assessment and footpaths and footways alongside the access roads to the Visitor Centre and shows that most of Barlaston village is accessible on foot within the residential areas, connecting to the existing provision along Wedgwood recommended maximum walking distance of 2km. Drive and across the wider area, including NCN Route 5.

Bus Walking Buses that serve the site can be accessed from Wedgwood Lane and Existing footway provision in the vicinity of the site is good, with a footway Barlaston Old Road; the closest bus stops in these locations are running along the northern edge of Wedgwood Drive of some 2m width approximately 800m from the centre of the site. between Lakewood Drive and the railway line, and a single footway running along the eastern edge of Old Road.

Wedgwood Lane provides access to service 350/351 via a simple flagpole Wedgwood Drive with Barlaston Old Road and Blurton Road operate with stop. minimal queueing and delay.

Bus services within reach of the proposed development are adequate; Further afield, the ghost-island priority junction of Barlaston Old Road with providing around 47 buses per day Monday to Friday and 41 buses per day the A5035 Longton/Trentham Road is heavily congested during the morning on Saturdays. There are no Sunday services in the vicinity of the site. and evening peak periods; with queueing along Barlaston Old Road in the morning peak and along the Longton Road right-turn during the PM peak, Both of the detailed bus services provide good access to Stoke on Trent, in particular. Stone and Stafford; furthermore, they provide excellent links to Hanley Bus Station and to both Stoke on Trent and Stafford railway stations. The signalised junction of Barlaston Road with Trentham Road and Church Road operates on a variable cycle time and also has some capacity issues The 350/351 service also provides direct service provision to Alleynes High during both peak periods. School in Stone during school term time. Development Assessment Cycling NCN 5 is located towards the west of the site and can be accessed off A detailed assessment of the highway network during the morning and Wedgwood Drive via a ramped access point with a step at the top. evening peak periods indicates that there is sufficient spare capacity across most of the network to accommodate the traffic flows associated with the It is a traffic-free route running alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal and development proposals. provides a direct connection to Stoke on Trent to the north and Barlaston to the south. The only junction requiring an improvement to accommodate the development traffic is the Barlaston Old Road/A5035 Longton Road Rail priority junction; it is proposed that this junction is upgraded to a fully Historically the Wedgwood site has been served by Wedgwood Railway signalised junction, incorporating carriageway widening on the A5035, Station on the Manchester to Stafford branch line of the West Coast providing a significant capacity benefit to all traffic passing through the Mainline rout; however, this and the neighbouring Barlaston Railway Station junction (both existing and proposed). have been closed. Travel Plans Highway Network Travel Plan reports have been prepared for both the WWRD redevelopment Generally, the local highway network surrounding the site operates within site and the residential development, detailing how both employees and capacity during the highway network morning and evening peak periods; all residents will be encouraged to reduce their travel by private car; a range of of the Wedgwood access junctions, the canal bridge, and the junctions of measures and initiatives are proposed that will include a cycle scheme, lift

share scheme, sign up to ACT Travelwise, provision of shower and 5.0 Commitment to maintaining an access statement changing facilities, and covered/secure cycle parking provision. WWRD will maintain the access statement for the future.

Highway Safety A detailed assessment of personal injury accidents across the local highway 6.0 Sources of advice and consultation network has been completed and demonstrates that, whilst all accidents are regrettable, the volume and causations factors do not give cause for BHB have consulted with Building advisory Services, Stoke, and their concern; therefore, no safety-related remedial measures are required as a access consultant. result of the development proposals. Reference advice has been taken from the building regulations, British standards and Riba publications designing for accessibility 2012 edition. Conclusion/Design Considerations The site benefits from its proximity to good walking, cycling and bus routes. Although there are inevitably relatively high percentage traffic increases at 7.0 Additional material information and around the site access points, it is noted that the previous use of the site would have exceeded forecast traffic flows for the proposed For maintenance access please see BHB document Cleaning and Maintenance strategy. redevelopment site. Refer to the following BHB drawings; The overall traffic impact of the development proposal is considered slight GA’s 2820-126, 2820-127, 2820-128, 2820-336 in environmental terms. Where traffic mitigation measures have been proposed for capacity purposes (A5035/Barlston Old Road) these have Finishes plans; 2820-621, 2820-622, 2820-623 included measures to assist the crossing of pedestrians and cyclists; they Reception desks; 2820-613, 2820-340 will also provide an exceptional benefit to all traffic using the junction in future years, particularly along Barlaston Old Road. Sanitaryware layouts; 2820‐601, 2820‐602, 2820‐603, 2820‐604, 2820‐ 605, 2820‐ 607, 2820‐608, 2820‐614, 2820‐615, 2820‐616, 2820‐617, The development is supported by a travel plan for both the industrial and 2820‐ 618, 2820‐ 619, 2820‐626, 2820‐627, 2820‐628, 2820‐629. residential elements of the site that will assist in minimising traffic impact.

Overall, it is predicted that the proposed development will have a residual impact that is slight in the vicinity of the development and negligible elsewhere.