A Co-Operative Sustainable Settlement Community Exhibition Event - June 2012

WWW.OWENSTOWN.ORG WWW.OWENSTOWN.ORG OWENSTOWN -ACo-operative Sustainable Settlement Community ExhibitionEvent -June2012 The purpose ofthisexhibitionistodemonstrate howthedesigndevelopmentof has Owenstown This exhibition is part ofaPrior Noti This exhibitionispart community. standard. The capture ofdevelopmentvalue iscritical aspro infrastructure. willbemanaged byOwenstown aco-opandconstructed toahighenvironmental The conceptwas ata3day launched exhibitioninNewLanark2009. MSPs, councillors andlocal Nearly 200years ago, Robert Owen, founder ofthe Co-operative movementinScotland, drew upa The HometownFoundation anditsdesignteamare pleasedtowelcomeyouanexhibitionabout Welcome to theexhibition What 1. Extensive research showsthatdevelopmentcanbecompletedandpro Acompletely newinfrastructure. • Newprimary andsecondaryschools, health centre;• Recreation andcommunity amenities;• Businessandindustry; • Arange ofcommercial• andretail facilities; 25%ofwhichwillbeaffordable; • Phaseddevelopmentof3,000newhomes; • The original planwas for atownofaround 8,000homes, this hasbeenreduced toaround 3,000homes. What haschangedsince 2009? approve theapplicationwhensubmitted. thishappento ensure Lanarkshire thatSouth is criticalinmaking Council will theconcept thencomplete you form,If support afeedback your survey support vision toreality. YOUR feedback inorder thatthemasterplan re canbefurther progressed, explain itsprinciples andsetout theimplicationsfor localcommunities. We require for PlanningPermission inPrinciple. provides detailsofanumber ofcommunity exhibitionstobeheldprior tosubmittinganapplication a Planning Noti Application people were all supportive andthedesignhasbeenmodi people were allsupportive master planfor an ‘ideal community’. We are nowseekingtoturnthisvisionintoreality. a newtownbasedonco-operative principles andownedby itsresidents; OWENSTOWN. Owenstown willprovide : Owenstown Aerial viewofsiteinwhich willbelocated. Owenstown A70 is itallabout? fi cation (PAN) toSouthLanarkshire Council onthe16th April which fi cation Process required by PlanningLegislation. We submitted Rigside A70 fi ed onfeedback received. fi ts willbereinvested intothe fi ned and canmovefrom Owenstown fi ts re-invested incommunity 2. Who It was the1940’s visionof acatholicpriest Father José María Arizmendiarrieta who was appalledby thehuman costofthe The conceptofacommunity ownedco-operative townisuniquebutdeliverable here becausethelandisowned There are many examplesofplannedsettlementsthroughout theworldandexcellent examplesofvillage, townandcity The principles ofSocialPioneerRobert Owen, founder ofthe Co-operative movementinScotland, ofthe are attheheart Has thisbeendonebefore? The HometownFoundation willestablisha Co-operative fundingbody tosecure theinvestment required. The siteis IntheUKlargest indepedenttravel agency isaco-operative • IntheUnitedStates25%ofpopulationare members ofaco-operative. • Co-operatives create andmaintainover100millionjobsaround theworld-20%more thanmultinational• enterprises. Co-op facts: The Co-operative Movementbrings together over800millionpeoplearound theworld. The livelihoodofnearly 3billion willbedevelopedby theHometownFoundation,Owenstown aScottishbasedcharitabletrust . 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The Vision 6. How 5. Connections Owenstown will be an exemplar and vibrant town with a strong ... do we create a self sustaining local identity. It will combine the best historic characteristics of local settlements with provision for more sustainable patterns of living Pedestrians and cyclists will take precedence at Owenstown. The first choice for moving community? and lifestyle choices. around the site will be active travel (on foot or by bike) - the most environmentally friendly, Primary “Sustainability is far more than just wind turbines or solar ‘healthy’, reliable and cost effective methods. A network of foot and cycle paths will School COMMUNITIES The master plan for Owenstown will deliver: panels. It’s about producing places people cherish, protect, provide direct and safe routes to and from key locations such as schools and also to further 3,000 dwellings with higher densities at the centre reducing enhance – places where people still want to live in 70, 80 or afield areas like community allotments. • 100 years time.” 13 towards the settlement edge Involvement & stewardship • Employment opportunities Wayne Hemingway, Building for Life RECREATION Affordable housing Education LANDSCAPE For longer trips, Owenstown will be readily accessible by a good public transport system run • An attractive town centre comprising retail, hotel, leisure and Sustainable lifestyles & Work / life balance by local operators. All homes will be located within 400m of a bus stop. self sufficiency residential uses True sustainability arises from a comprehensive Health & well being WWW.OWENSTOWN.ORG Enhancing ecology • Community and health facilities through design understanding of the natural, social and economic aspects Meaningful low carbon energy Private car trips are vital to the success of any new development, managing these trips 6 15 • Sports hubs - indoor and outdoor of a place. It means getting the right mixture of tenure and generation High environmental performance is however critical. At Owenstown roads and junctions will be designed to accommodate Secondary • One secondary school and two - three primary schools house types and offering a distinct character that gives an ENERGY UNIQUE IDENTITY AND Primary anticipated vehicular trips. New roundabout access will be formed from the A70 and, within School • Open spaces including informal open space, formal parks and area it’s own identity. Building places, spaces and homes that SENSE OF PLACE MATERIALS School Town the site, routes will be designed to suit either vehicular or pedestrian traffic. • children’s play spaces Local materials excite, places that people are proud of and cherish. Passive design for heat & Centre daylight Water efficient architecture & • Allotments and community orchard landscape The development team have worked hard to understand Creating a place to live & • High quality public transport system serving the whole town work without relying on the Car parking in the town centre will be provided. Visitors arriving at Owenstown by car will the Owenstown site in its human and natural context. Their car • An extensive network of pedestrian and cycle links only need to park once and will not require their car again for the duration of their stay. 16 key areas to focus and communicate design concepts and Water recycling • High levels of social infrastructure based on the principle of strategies : Innovative measures such as car & cycle clubs, electric vehicles and journey sharing will be walkable neighbourhoods EMPLOYMENT WATER deployed where appropriate. 10 1. Communities 4 Neighbourhoods Owenstown consists of a series of residential neighbourhoods surrounding the town centre. Each neighbourhood will contain 2. Recreation CONNECTIONS 7 clustered around 3. Landscape town centre local facilities such as a general shop and children’s play area and be within Ikm from schools and within 400m distance of bus stops, 4. Energy These areas combine to provide key opportunities for creating 6. Employment thereby creating walkable neighbourhoods. 5. Materials a successful place at Owenstown. 15 6. Employment Architecturally Owenstown will utilise traditional robust materials 7. Water The fundamental aim of Owenstown is to create much needed economic growth, to assist and detailing to create simple, classic, timeless buildlings that will Primary endure. 8. Connections the regeneration of communities in the surrounding Rural Investment Area. The town will School add value in the supply chain by establishing outlets for the manufacture and retailing of 5 local produce, goods and services. 16

A vibrant and diverse town centre will be an inviting and stimulating place to work with banks, offices, cafes, shops, and leisure and recreation facilities all nearby and providing jobs 1. Communities for local people. 7 Industry Owenstown is more than a housing development, it will be a sustainable, self governing Affordable and well resourced workspaces will make starting up businesses easier and community including schools, health facilities, shops and businesses. Creating a sense cheaper. Low cost power and heating from the energy centre will dramatically reduce 10 of place and identity will be central to the new community’s success. running costs. 4 Owenstown will be defined by walkable neighbourhoods Infl uences & Ideas 8 A number of factors will contribute to the creation of a sustainable community: Owenstown is well located for business, being minutes away from the M74 motorway and 2 an hour from Edinburgh, Glasgow and northern England. • Sense of place - Owenstown will have an instant setting within the beauty of the Tinto Hills scenic area. The town plan will optimise existing site features such as the 1 water course and woodland to create unique features and a distinct identity. Proposed business uses and potential areas of employment include: 3

• Successful mix of uses - proposals seek to achieve a balanced mix of residential, • Offices, call centres and private practices and consultancies; commercial and industrial uses within a well connected town. • Supermarkets, grocers, butcher, clothing etc; A place for everyone - Owenstown will provide a mix of tenure and house types • • Post office, banks, dry cleaner, hairdressers etc; 5 to cater for a diverse range of people ensuring that development is accessible and Restaurants, cafés, food takeaway, public houses etc; affordable. 25% of housing will be affordable. • Leisure facilities, gym, fitness and well being centre etc; • Elgin Community facilities - schools, health facilities, leisure and other social infrastructure. 15 Haddington Haddington • Theatre, music venue, arts centre / gallery, town hall, visitor centre etc; 16 Local employment - will enable people to live close to work negating the need for • • Pre-school e.g. crèche and nursery; long, expensive journeys and improving their work life balance. • Hotel / conference facilities; Safe and secure - good urban design and a community of stakeholders will cut crime. • • Medical centre providing a range of services, including doctor’s surgery; Active living- large areas of open space and play space embedded in the natural • • 4 environment. • General industry. 14 Local food production - space for growing local food is integrated in the masterplan. The Hometown Foundation are seeking to identify potential business partners, within the • local area to develop business initiatives.

Fochabers Elgin St Andrews 7. Energy In developing the proposals for Owenstown the design team has studied the 2. Landscape urban form and character of a number existing Scottish towns. Those which Owenstown will be an exemplar for large scale low carbon development, helping with South Lanarkshire’s target for all new buildings to be carbon 15 have been planned and those which have grown organically. The proposals Development will minimise impact and make the best use of the landscape and natural neutral by 2016. The development will incorporate energy effi cient architecture. have been informed by a variety of aspects of a number of towns as well systems: as key aspects of other European towns and cities. Lessons have also been Design audit to achieve low carbon design 14 learnt from some recent housing developments in both the UK and Europe. • Much of the existing landscape is currently forested with young single species blocks 16 of trees giving the benefit of woodland for instant structure and shelter to the new The town layout will be designed to optimise the benefi ts of the site and the building form, orientation, fabric and massing of buildings will minimise town. energy demand and provide maximum CO2 savings and cost effi ciency. Key characteristics applied at owenstown: The existing burns have little habitat value at present; however offer great potential • 7 to become an attractive feature and a valuable nature corridor. 5 • Landmark buildings visible on approach > Topography > Building form, massing and > Lighting controls > CHPs Grid street pattern Wick Ullapool > Aspect orientation > Increased solar shading > Biomass • • Formal and informal green spaces will provide a strong setting to the town. > Hydrology > Passive ventilation > Reduced air leakage > Heat pumps Continuous frontage on town centre approaches strategies • • Each household will have a garden or access to an allotment. > Landscape > High performance glazing > Solar > Daylighting strategies • Mixed use commercial focussed within town centre > Ecology specification > Exposed mass > Increased insulation • Mixed uses located along town centre approaches > Heat recovery • Higher density in town centre 11 • Hierarchy of streets and spaces e.g. secondary squares Varied building heights and architectural styles 1. SITE 2. GEOMETRY 3. ENVELOPE 4. TECHNOLOGY • • Common palette of materials and details

• Interconnected green spaces 3. Materials A hierarchical approach will ensure maximum carbon reductions per pound spent Low carbon technologies will be introduced to supply energy using effi cient and renewable energy sources, reducing the reliance on carbon intensive fossil fuels. Owenstown is committed to minimising the environmental impact of materials used Biggar Cordova in developing the site, taking into consideration the whole life - cycle of the materials A district energy network is proposed with combined heat and power generation from a local energy centre. The CHP Energy Centre will provide 15 used as follows: electricity and heating using the surplus heat from electricity generation to serve a district heating network, thus maximising the effi ciency from the fuel consumed. • Ideally, material will be locally sourced to drive local skills and industries and embrace A range of fuel sources are being considered for the CHP Energy Centre, including natural gas, biogases and biomass fuels. A major benefi t of the local opportunities for using natural, recycled and reclaimed materials. 9 energy centre is that the renewable fuel element can be phased in over time reducing future fossil fuel consumption and increasing the balance of bio Building materials will be high performing, durable and allow for natural ventilation • fuels used in the future. and insulation. Heat pumps can also be incorporated into building which may fall outwith the district heating network. Heat pumps utilise low grade heat from the air Opportunites for future inhabitants to reduce, reuse and recycle waste will be • or ground to provide very effi cientheating to the buildings. incorporated into the site and house designs. • House designs will be robust and easy to maintain using traditional, quality materials. The place • Composting- organic waste used for vegetable growing and woodland management. Some of the key elements of the proposals are: Lucca Lucca Zaltbommel 1. Central Square - The main civic space within the town, containing the main cultural building 10. The A70 - large detached villas back onto the A70 providing a continuous landscape and place of worship and surrounded by shops, offi ces and other civic buildings with fl ats edge to the road. above. 8. Recreation 11. Town Entrance - Entrance to the town from the south and west along the existing road 2. The Town Centre - The commercial and community centre of Owenstown. This area will connecting to the A73. contain the majority of shops and commercial properties as well as areas of higher density residential living, including fl ats. 12. Town Entrance - The main approach to the town from the west, Rigside and the M74, WWW.OWENSTOWN.ORG 4. Water The health and wellbeing of residents is integral to the design for Owenstown. An attractive well defi ned with a clear route to the town centre. environment to live and work encourages activity such as walking to work or to the shops, provides 3. Linear Park - A series of formal gardens well defi ned by residential buildings on either side aligned to provide an entrance to the town centre and views to Tinto Hill. 13. Town Entrance - The main approach from the north on the A70 is defi ned by the loch leisure opportunities and fosters a sense of community. with a street providing a clear and direct route to the town centre. Owenstown will include a self sustaining water cycle linking site wide and individual 4. Burn Corridor - The existing watercourse provides a feature within the parkland running dwelling initiatives. The development will make best use of site topography to adjacent to the town centre and connecting a number of residential neighbourhoods. 14. Landscape Buffer - Woodland planting provides an edge to the existing road, creating a Numerous leisure and recreation opportunities right on the doorstep will support a healthy balanced setting for development and providing shelter. incorporate sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) and natural water filtering 5. Country Park - A large scale country park on the edge of the town provides quality outdoor lifestyle. A mix of faciilities will cater for all age groups, from gentle walks around the country park to Brandevoort systems such as reed bed filtration and bioretention to protect water quality and space for the community and recreational space for the schools. 15. Existing Woodland - The existing areas of woodland will be managed and enhanced to Grantown on Spey Upton swimming at the local pool. The design of spaces and facilities will allow for families to participate in provide a setting for the town. The woodlands will be open to public access providing a mitigate flood risk. activities together. 6. The Loch - A man made ‘loch’ provides a feature at the end of the Burn Corridor and on the valuable recreational resource and ecological benefi ts. main road entry to Owenstown. The loch will also provide opportunities for recreation, 16. The Main Street - A main street has been designed to connect the existing roads A water management and flood prevention strategy will be implemented. Water habitat creation and sustainable water management. In addition to the extensive areas of open space and the network of green space throughout the town, a through the town and directly to the town centre. It will provide a clear and safe route recycling, rainwater harvesting and other water reduction techniques will be deployed. 7. Location for Primary School - Potential locations for primary schools provided within the through the town for buses, cars and pedestrians connecting to all the main residential dedicated sports centre, with swimming pool, gyms, and an all purpose sports arena is planned. different neighbourhoods of Owenstown. areas. 8. Secondary School Campus - incorporating community further education. Provision has also been made for outdoor pursuits. An outdoor recreation centre is planned to provide 9. Location for Industry - An area for industry has been identifi ed on the edge of the town, far mountain biking and hiking on the slopes at the edge of the town. Fishing will also be considered within enough away to avoid any land use confl icts but within walking distance of the majority of the new water bodies which will be created. homes.

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How Owenstown might look

Cultural Buildings Concept sketches A landmark building located at the centre of the town such as a theatre or town hall.

Place of Worship This building is located at the top of the square to Buildings surrounding the give it prominance and to square will contain a mix of act as a landmark within commercial, employment, the town centre. community and educational WWW.OWENSTOWN.ORG uses with residential above to establish a lively, vibrant public space both day and night. Supermarket The opportunity exists for a The Burn Corridor supermarket building to be The linear park is located integrated into the street close to the town centre design behind the central with easy access provided square. The supermarket from good pedestrian will have pedestrian connection. connections to the square and have parking adjacent Central Square to the building. The main civic space within the town. A high Connecting Streets quality urban space within Streets are aligned to the town where people can provide views and direct meet and gather for special connections to and through the central square. 4 and 5 Storey buildings surrounding the square to create a well deﬁ ned space.

Courtyard Streets A network of courtyard streets off the central square provide variety and interest within the town centre. Providing locations for a variety of commercial uses.

The Town Centre

The form and layout of the town centre has been a key consideration. Through Integrating the new town within the landscape and local communities Utilising the existing water course as an the analysis of existing towns both in Scotland and Europe the design team have attractive feature throughout the town carefully considered what form might be best suited to provide a successful community focus for the town whether it is a High Street or a main civic space such as a square.

The proposals shown here today show the Central Square as the main focus of the town. Buildings containing the main commercial and community facilities as well as residential accommodation will surround the space creating a vibrant and interesting town centre. The square will be designed as an attractive outdoor public space to be used throughout the year for public events such as markets and parades.

Aerial view showing the town centre in it’s entirety. Owenstown will sit within the beauty of the Tinto Hills scenic area with woodlands, parks Aerial view of town centre. The two squares are split by a cultural building which lies at the very heart of the proposed plan. This building could offer and water coursing along the edge of the town centre. theatre, concerts etc and could be used the secondary school. A non denominational place of worship terminates the northern end of the central space. Access Creating neighbourhoods Forming character areas 7. When ... will it be delivered ? Phasing This diagram gives an indication of how Owenstown might grow. It is anticipated that the town will be constructed over a 9-10 year period as follows:

Phase 1 Road infrastructure linking the A70 to the town centre and industrial site. Industries such as timber kit maufacturing set up to build the town. The northern half of the town centre and adjacent neighbourhood including the primary school.

By the end of phase 2, around 4 years, the town centre will be complete. Thereafter neighbourhoods will continue to be built out over the next 5 years towards the A70 to the western edge. Next steps All comments received will be reviewed to help inform our emerging plans. An application for planning pernission in principle will be submitted later in

2012. Owenstown - Indicative phasing strategy. WWW.OWENSTOWN.ORG

We welcome comments on our proposals and would be grateful if you could complete a comment form, available here.

Or alternatively visit: www.owenstown.org to submit comments online. Thank you for your time. Please let us know your thoughts.

Creating a sense of arrival and maximising the natural setting of Tinto Hill regional scenic area A long linear series of parks will create a sense of arrival at Owenstown town centre. A typical town centre street. Streets here will be mixed use with retail and ofﬁ ces mainly at ground ﬂ oor and residential above creating an interesting View of the central square. The space will be hard landcaped allowing it to accommodate a number of activities such as farmers markets View along the eastern edge of the town centre. An attractive water course will run along the edge of the town centre providing a pleasant recreational and lively streetscape. or outdoor performance - perhaps linked to the cultural building. Buildings surrounding the square will contain a mix of commercial, space whilst creating a transiton between the town centre and the lower density housing on the other side. employment, community and educational uses with residential above to establish a lively, vibrant public space both day and night.