Outline Strategic Proposals

Drem, September 2014 JOHN THOMPSON & PARTNERS The exemplary refurbishment has won: London Studio: Practicing what we preach. Carbon Reduction, Runner up The environmental refurbishment of 23-25 Great Green Business Innovators 2011 Sutton Street - an existing 1920s warehouse - demonstrates how existing buildings can Sustainability & Innovation Award be practically improved to perform as highly CoreNet Global’s UK Chapter Awards 2010 JOHN THOMPSON & PARTNERS JOHN THOMPSON & PARTNERS were JOHN THOMPSON & PARTNERS are sustainable offices. Chartered Practice Registration Number awarded Employer of the Year at 2012 supporters in kind of The Academy of Commercial Building Category, Highly Commended 2249624P AJ100 Awards Urbanism which brings together a group of thinkers and practitioners involved in the The building incorporates systems, technologies Retrofit Awards 2010 and materials that substantially reduce energy The award recognised staff satisfaction, social, cultural, economic, political and workplace culture, benefits and staff physical development of our villages, towns demand and emissions, provide sustainable energy Green Buildings and Facilities, Winner turnover. and cities. supply and minimise both water usage and waste. Green Business Awards 2010 The AJ100 remains the authoritative survey www.academyofurbanism.org In the first year of occupation we reduced our Sustainable Transport (Medium/Large Business), of the largest architecture practices in the absolute emissions by 14% . This is a significant Winner UK and the annual awards celebrate the achievement as the set equivalent carbon most innovative and successful practices. Giant Green Business Awards, Islington Council, 2010 reduction rate for organisations based in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Sustainable Building of the Year Development) countries is 2.5% p.a. City of London, Sustainable City Awards 2010 JOHN THOMPSON & PARTNERS electricity is supplied by Good Energy, the UK’s only 100% renewable electricity supplier. All the electricity that Good Energy JOHN THOMPSON & PARTNERS is supplies comes from wind, small scale hydro accredited with Best Companies 1 Star and solar power generators from all over Status, in the Best Companies to work for Britain. survey 2012. Being a best company goes We are not in the business of wasting beyond the bottom line. It’s about excelling paper! in every area throughout the workplace and an organisation’s commitment to its most JOHN THOMPSON & PARTNERS is a important assets - its workforce. member of the First Mile Mixed recycling scheme. We operate a full recycling programme in our practice and make every effort to contribute JOHN THOMPSON & PARTNERS is a to a Greener Way of Living & Working. member of The Green Register, a training and networking organisation that brings The paper in this document is produced together all disciplines in the construction using ECF (Elementary Chlorine Free) pulp industry who have a demonstrable that is 100% degradable and manufactured commitment to sustainable building to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and EMAS (EU’s practices. Eco Management and Audit Scheme) standards.

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DREM STRATEGIC VISION

Drem is ideally positioned to evolve organically, sensitively and sympathetically Development within the land immediately north and east of Drem offers the Our plan works with the existing contours – with the village extension to form a substantial village community with self-sustaining facilities and opportunity to provide; occupying land down-slope of Drem in the natural wide and shallow trough services which exploit the untapped advantages of location and connectedness which runs parallel with the Peffer Burn – visually contained within the and it’s unparalleled potential. • a sustainable and self-sufficient community which fulfils the immense landscape - views northward to maintained. The bulk of proposed potential inherent in the village’s location and direct rail link to , development zone falls within easy walking distance (<800m) of Drem station. The following Vision for Drem envisages and demonstrates how the village Edinburgh and and the East Coast mainline might evolve over a number of years - assuming an influential and valuable • new park and ride facility easing pressure on existing station car park Our Strategic Masterplan illustrates a compact village core, located centrally on position within the hierarchy of towns and villages in this part of East Lothian. • a new peripheral route around the village core – substantially mitigating plan and composed of two main pieces arranged on an east west axis off the Strategically located at the midpoint between North Berwick and Haddington risk and nuisance of through-traffic existing main route north; and with excellent rail and road connections, Drem offers the opportunity to • a bespoke new primary school and nursery serving the local area – create the ideal location for all ages; from couples seeking to raise a family and substantially upgrading existing facilities and minimising travel times • the Village Square – a bustling new pedestrian orientated space edged set down roots, to those wishing to upsize or downsize from locations with • broader local housing choice with a range of high quality private and with a new general store and a deli/café on its northern face, the main limited choices throughout the area - Drem can accommodate the aspirations affordable residences within a variety of urban design settings in keeping façade and pedestrian entrance to the nursery and school on the of all age profiles. with the character, scale and form of East Lothian villages and towns western edge – and live/work business units on the southern edge, and • new shops, workspace and business facilities – and associated • the Village Green – a generous public park fringed with an avenue of Our plan therefore seeks to provide the essential ingredients, facilities and employment opportunities trees containing a multi games area or sporting pitch, a changing pavilion services to meet this broad appeal - including a new school and nursery, a • a new café, pub and restaurant and community hall (positioned on axis with views into the park) and a general store and café, a pub and sporting facilities for example. • outdoor sports and multi games area and community changing facilities country bistro/pub with patio and garden overlooking the Green • wetland habitat zones – accommodating a range of sustainable urban The Drem Masterplan envisages a place where life in all senses can flourish, drainage and water treatment facilities together with nature and fitness Around the core we envisage a range of distinctive and characterful a place that is economically robust, artistically stimulating, environmentally trails neighbours defined by a network of landscape and pedestrian and cycle footprint-free, with a strong sense of identity and local distinctiveness. In short, • beautiful, positive edges to Drem along each of its boundaries - a pathways. a place where people feel they belong. softened interface between town and country through the use of structural landscaping and open space A positive sense of place is fundamental to a richer and more fulfilling • safe and attractive connections between the existing village and new environment. It comes largely from creating a strong relationship between amenities along clear desire lines and safe pedestrian/cycle priority the street and open spaces and the buildings that frame them. It encompasses routes to the proposed school and village centre a number of aspects, local distinctiveness, visual quality and the potential to encourage social interaction. Our concept masterplan seeks to maximise the potential of the site’s inherent qualities while mitigating existing constraints.

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THE EVOLUTION OF DREM - ORGANIC GROWTH

This sequential vision for Drem envisages how new development and facilities might be delivered in a managed and sensitive programme of construction – maximising benefit with minimal disruption to existing residents.

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