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Design and Access Statement Land at Scarrowscant Lane Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire SA61 1EP Design and Access Statement Land at Scarrowscant Lane Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire SA61 1EP Persimmon Homes December 2018 Contents Design and Access Statement Land at Scarrowscant Lane Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire SA61 1EP 1.0 Introduction 6.0 Character 2.0 Policy Context 7.0 Community Safety 3.0 Site Context 8.0 Environmental Sustainability 4.0 Design Development 9.0 Movement 5.0 Access 10.0 Conclusion 2 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background This Design & Access Statement (DAS) has been prepared by Persimmon Homes West Wales in support of a full application for residential development relating to Land at Scarrowscant Lane, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 1EP in accordance with the requirements and recommendations of Technical Advice Note (TAN) 12: Design. The application site measures 4.73 hectares and the proposal comprises the development of 179 dwellings including a mixture of 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom dwellings from our Persimmon range of housetypes. The application is accompanied by a full suite of plans, drawings and supporting documentation including a report detailing the Pre-Application Consultation exercise undertaken. 1.2 Location The site is located in the south west of the settlement of Haverfordwest, the county town and most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire. This market town provides an important road network hub between Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock, Fishguard and St David's as a result of its position at the tidal limit of the Western Cleddau. The majority of the town, comprising the old parishes of St. Mary, St. Martin and St. Thomas, lies on the right (west) bank of the river. On the left bank are the suburbs of Prendergast and Cartlett. The site itself is bordered by hedgerows and trees with denser copses along the Scarrowscant Lane frontage either side of the former Glenover House/Redhill Preparatory School. There are a group of derelict buildings towards the north western boundary. Images: Application Site and Housetypes 3 1.0 Introduction 1.3 Planning History The site is allocated for residential development, under reference number HSG/040/00106, in the Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan (adopted 2013). It has been allocated for an indicative number of 140 dwellings, although this does not represent an upper limit for the site. The planning application history for the site comprises the granting of Outline planning permission in February 2008 under planning application reference 05/0530/PA. A subsequent Section 73 application, requesting the extension of time to submit the relevant Reserved Matters, was also granted by Pembrokeshire County Council under application reference 11/0506/PA. Images: Approved Illustrative Layout (above) and Pre-application Block Plan (below) 1.4 Pre-Application Discussions The application was subject to pre-application discussions with Pembrokeshire County Council Planning and Highways Officers. With regard to the layout, the feedback was positive with the provision of on-site Public Open Space confirmed based on the Authority’s adopted Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Guidance. 4 2.0 Policy Context 2.1 Planning Policy Wales Welsh Government planning policy is contained within Planning Policy Wales Edition 10 which was published in December 2018. Paragraph 3.3 sets out how, ‘Good design is fundamental to creating sustainable places where people want to live, work and socialise. Design is not just about the architecture of a building but the relationship between all elements of the natural and built environment and between people and places. To achieve sustainable development, design must go beyond aesthetics and include the social, economic, environmental, cultural aspects of the development, including how space is used, how buildings and the public realm support this use, as well as its construction, operation, management and its relationship with the surrounding area’. 2.2 Technical Advice Note 12: Design The Welsh Government updated Technical Advice Note (TAN) 12: Design in 2014. It advocates a process model for design drawing from a contextual analysis of the surroundings of a development to achieve a well designed, flexible and adaptable development. The key aspects are: Access; Character (Amount, Layout, Scale, Appearance, Landscaping); Community Safety; Environmental Sustainability; and Movement. It also identifies the objectives of good design as: Ensuring ease of access for all; Sustaining or enhancing local character; Promoting legible development; Promoting successful relations between public and private space; Promoting quality, choice and variety; Promoting innovative design; Ensuring attractive, safe public spaces; Security through natural surveillance; Achieving efficient use and protection of natural resources; Enhancing biodiversity; Designing for change; and 5 Promoting sustainable means of travel. 2.0 Policy Context 2.3 Adopted Local Development Plan Pembrokeshire County Council (PCC) adopted their Local Development Plan (LDP) in February 2013. Whilst the Authority has commenced the statutory Review process, this ‘2006-2021’ document will remain as the development plan until such time that a replacement Plan is adopted. The proposed development site lies within the defined settlement boundary of Haverfordwest and is allocated in Pembrokeshire County Council’s (PCC) Local Development Plan (LDP) under Policy GN27 - Residential Allocations as site HSG/040/00106 for a minimum of 140 units and to indicatively to provide 25% affordable housing on-site. Other policies applicable to the proposed development include SP1 - Sustainable Development; SP7 - Housing Requirement; SP8 - Affordable Housing Target; GN1 - General development Policy; GN2 - Sustainable Design; GN26 - Residential Development; GN27 - Residential Allocations; and GN28 - Local needs Affordable Housing. It should be noted that this scheme is also be supported by a Planning Statement, which provides a robust justification of the proposal against adopted planningt policy. 2.4 Supplementary Planning Guidance The proposed development has also taken into consideration Pembrokeshire County Council’s adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance on Open Space, Affordable Housing, Parking Standards and Planning Obligations. 6 3.0 Site Context 3.1 Physical Context A number of visits have been undertaken and a selection of photographs of the site are 1 2 provided opposite. The application site consists of an irregular shaped parcel of land located to the south of Scarrowscant Lane. It falls generally in a southerly direction, allowing for longer views into the site from the south, and is bordered to the east and south by existing residential dwellings and to the west by Bethany Road and open countryside. The site forms the remaining land of the Glenover Fields housing estate to the south and is 3 4 bordered by hedgerows and trees with denser copses along the Scarrowscant Lane frontage, either side of the former Glenover House/Redhill Preparatory School. The proposed development has been carefully designed to ensure the retention of as many of the trees and hedgerows that border the site as possible. There are no Public Rights of Way that cross the proposed development site. 5 6 Vehicular access will be gained from the north via Scarrowscant Lane . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Images: Application site and Site Photographs 3.0 Site Context 3.2 Character Appraisal - General The area surrounding the proposed development is a mixture of existing residential development and open countryside. This section of the DAS seeks to detail the different 1 character areas surrounding the site. To the north of the proposed development is Scarrowscant Lane (Photo 1) which comprises a mixture of brick, render and pebbledash bungalows set back from the road with parking to the front and side and enclosed front gardens. To the south of the site is Glenfields Road (Photos 2-5) and Maple Avenue (Photos 6-7) which comprises a mixture of newer traditional 2 storey detached and semi-detached 2 properties finished in red or yellow brick with white upvc windows and doors although there are some bungalows and white render dwellings on Maple Avenue and the dwellings have brown upvc windows and doors. There is a combination of on-plot parking 3 to the front and side with some garages integrated into the house and other set back behind the building line. The front gardens, where provided, are not enclosed. 4 The former Glenover House/Redhill Preparatory School (Photo 8) is a 2.5 storey building with gables and rooms in the roof finished in brick and pebbledash with some mock-Tudor detailing on the gables. As illustrated by the photographs opposite, the existing residential development within the vicinity of the proposed development site is mainly characterised by the vernacular of the era in which it was built. The development of this area of Haverfordwest cannot be 6 said to have consistently followed any particular architectural style, although the urban 5 form is, generally, detached and semi-detached built to a medium to high density. Furthermore, the scale is predominantly two storey although there are some bungalows on Maple Avenue and Scarrowscant Lane. 7 8 8 Images: Nearby developments 3.0 Site Context 3.2 Character Appraisal (cont.) On-plot car parking is commonly provided to the front or side with garages either integrated or set behind the building line. The detailing and materials used are a combination of brick, render and pebbledash. The roofs are predominantly hipped with some gabled creating interest
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