Royal Wharf Plot 14B Design & Access Statement
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May 2021 Royal Wharf Plot 14B Design & Access Statement 1 Report Prepared By: Revision History Revision Date By Checked Note / 12.05.2021 HS SB Issue for Planning Prepared by Glenn Howells Architects Checked by Glenn Howells Architects Name Hans Stolwijk Name Shauna Bradley Job Title Architectural Assistant Part II Job Title Director Date 12.05.2021 Date 12.05.2021 2 Royal Wharf Plot 14B Design & Access Statement Contents 1.0 Introduction 5.0 Access & Strategies 1.1 Executive summary 4 5.1 Accessibility 40 1.2 Introduction 4 5.2 Access Audit Public Realm 41 1.3 Scope 4 5.3 Vehicular Access 42 1.4 Design Team 4 5.4 Pedestrian Access 42 1.5 Strategic Planning Policies 5 5.5 Bicycle Access 42 1.6 Consultation Process 5 5.6 Refuse Strategy 43 5.7 Access Lane Gate Strategy 44 5.8 Adaptability/Livability 45 2.0 Analysis 5.9 Community and Security 45 5.10 Sustainability 45 2.1 Site Location 6 2.2 Historical Context 8 2.3 Transport and Connections 9 6.0 Site Maintenance 2.4 Planning History 10 2.5 Royal Wharf Materplan Building Materiality and Typology Plan 12 6.1 Site Management Strategy 46 2.6 Plot 14 Planning History 14 6.2 Landscape Management 47 3.0 Design Evolution 7.0 Landscape 3.1 Massing Evolution 16 7.1 Introduction 48 3.2 General Arrangement 18 7.2 Landscape Context 48 3.3 Plot 14B in its Context 19 7.3 Landscape Analysis 49 3.4 Facade and Grid 20 7.4 Landscape Design 50 7.5 The Urban Greening Factor 57 7.6 Materials 58 4.0 Design 7.7 Play Strategy 59 4.1 Architectural Character Concept 22 4.2 Summary Schedule Plot 14B 23 4.3 General Arrangement Ground Floor 25 4.4 General Arrangements Level 1 26 4.5 General Arrangements Typical Plan 27 4.6 Architecture and Materiality 28 4.7 Massing, Facade Grid & Balconies 30 4.8 High Street Visual 30 4.9 Townscape Elevations 32 4.10 Apartment Typology 36 4.11 Accessible and Adaptable Dwellings 37 4.12 Window Opening and Purge Ventilation 38 Royal Wharf Plot 14B Design & Access Statement 3 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Executive summary A desire to create a special and complimenting spaces and 1.4 Design Team architecture summarises the design team's approach of Plot In support of the Royal Wharf Plot 14B planning application, 14B as a continuation of Royal Wharf. Due to the prominent Client Oxley Wharf Property 4 Ltd this document forms the design and access statement for the location of the site, Plot 14B will provide a unique place with a application site known as Royal Wharf Plot 14B located in the focus on family living and places shaped by building edges to Development Manager Ballymore Development London Borough of Newham (LBN). make a high quality residential setting protected from the scale and hustle of neighbouring roads and public transport routes. Planning Consultant Rolfe Judd Planning This report summarises the design process undertaken The sensitive deployment of materials and landscape will between August 2019 - December 2020, when developing the enhance the sense of place and allow attractive private Architect Glenn Howells Architects Ltd Mixed use scheme and the architecture from concept through outdoor spaces creating a place where people feel they can to technical appraisal. belong within a wider contextual setting framed by famous Principal Designer Advisor Robinson Low Francis LLP London landmarks and city parks. The report documents consultations prior to this submission Landscape Architect Townshend Landscape Architects with London Borough of Newham (LBN) and the LBN Design The focus will be on family living with 116 new homes in a Review Panel (DRP). Outlining the design evolution that mixture of 1, 2 and 3 bed apartments, the building will be set Structural Engineers OCSC occurred following the initial conversations with the LBN in the in high quality landscaping with a combination of publicly interests of improving the design and in response to feedback accessible open space adjacent to mixed use opportunities M+E Engineers IN2 from the aforementioned bodies. and a semi-private residents' courtyard. Sustainability & Energy IN2 The scheme proposal also aims to build upon and engage with 1.2 Introduction existing neighbouring sites; while also generating a successful Fire Engineer Olsson Fire & Risk individual and site specific strategy. Plot 14B is a residential led mixed use scheme located within Transport Consultant Transport Planning Practice Ltd the wider Royal Wharf site which was recently completed and is now fully occupied. The overall Royal Wharf site is situated in 1.3 Scope Quantity Surveyor Gardiner & Theobalt LLP the Royal Docks / Silvertown area of the London Borough of Newham (LBN). The site is bounded to the north by North We believe that place making is the key ingredient to creating Viability Consultant HEDC Ltd Woolwich Road and to the west by Deanston Wharf. The River a successful scheme and buildings will only prosper if people Thames forms the site's southern boundary with the Thames want to be around them. The combination of a unique location Environmental Consultant Aecom Barrier 100 metres to the east. Barrier Point Road and the and a London setting provides a great opportunity for residential development known as Barrier Point lie to the east. integrating Plot 14B into the Royal Wharf premises, bounded Daylight Assessor EB7 by high quality public realm within the developed and West Silvertown and Pontoon Dock Docklands Light Railway emerging masterplan. (DLR) and Bus Station are located a short distance to the north east and west of the application site respectively along North This design and access statement sets out to explain in detail Woolwich Road. To the west of the site is Thames Barrier Park the resolution of the design proposed. It clearly illustrates the which is a large area of open space containing parks and commitment to design and quality in the design development cultural facilities. process to ensure that the proposed scheme realises the full potential for this site. The Royal Wharf site covers an area of approximately (17.23 hectares) and formerly comprised three wharves namely This section is followed by chapter 2, focusing on the existing Venesta, Crescent and Minoco Wharves (west to east), none of conditions and analysis of the site. Chapter 3 includes the which have the status of being a safeguarded wharf. The site is design concept in context of the Royal Wharf Masterplan. not located in a Conservation Area and there are no listed Chapter 4 introduces the scheme proposals while chapters 5 buildings on, or within close proximity to the site. and 6 focus on access and strategies. Chapter 7 concludes the report with a section on landscape design. 4 Royal Wharf Plot 14B Design & Access Statement 1.5 Strategic Planning Policies Parking 1.6 Consultation Process The New London Plan*; the Mayor’s Transport Strategy; NPPF Relevant Planning Polices and material considerations for Plot Pre-Application Consultation with LB Newham Planning 14B are noted below: Employment Officers: The New London Plan*; NPPF; Industrial CapacitySPG Economic development Pre-Application Meetings: The New London Plan*; The Mayor’s Economic Development Access Strategy For London (2010); The New London Plan*; NPPF; the Mayor’s Energy Strategy; Meeting 01: September 2019 Mayor’s draft Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptations Meeting 02: October 2019 Housing Strategies; Mayor’s draft Water Strategy; Sustainable Design Meeting 03: May 2020 The New London Plan*; NPPF; Housing SPG; Providing for and Construction SPG Children and Young People’s Play and Informal Recreation Design Review Panel: SPG; Housing Strategy; Mayor’s Housing SPG, March 2016 Tall Buildings / Views The New London Plan*; RPG3A, View Management Framework DRP sessions were held on the dates below: Affordable Housing SPG, draft Revised View Management Framework SPG; The New London Plan*; NPPF; Housing SPG, Housing Strategy; Newham Local Plan (2018) Policiies SP4 Tall Buildings Review 01: 8th January 2020 Mayor’s Housing SPG, March 2016; Mayor’s draft Affordable Review 02: 8th July 2020 Housing and Viability SPG 2016 Ambient Noise Review 03: 1st October 2020 The New London Plan*; the Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy; Density NPPF A public consultation was held at the Royal Wharf Community The New London Plan*; NPPF; Housing SPG; Mayor’s Housing Centre in LB Newham on 28 and 30th January 2020. SPG, March 2016 Context Planning for the Historic Environment; NPPF Urban Design The New London Plan*; NPPF; Newham Local Plan (2018) Environment Policiies SP3 Quality Urban Design within Places; Newham Development and Flood Risk Local Plan (2018) Policiies SP1 Borough-wide Place-making; Newham Local Plan (2018) Policiies SP2 Healthy Neighbourhoods; Mix of Uses The New London Plan* Regeneration The New London Plan*; The Mayor’s Economic Development Strategy For London (2010); * The New London Plan Intension to Publish Version (December 2019) which replaces the existing London Plan is Transport due to be adopted in May 2020. The London Plan 2011 The New London Plan*; the Mayor’s Transport Strategy; NPPF (amended in 2013, 2015 and 2016) for consultation is also a material considerations. Cross Rail The New London Plan*; revised draft Cross Rail SPG (March Additionally the Newham Development Plan, which is formed 2010) of the Newham Local Plan (2018), provides policy guidance on economic development, housing, affordable housing, density, mix of uses, regeneration, transport and employment. Royal Wharf Plot 14B Design & Access Statement 5 2.0 Analysis 2.1 Site Location The photograph illustrates the location of Plot 14B within the Royal Wharf Masterplan in the London Borough of Newham. Plot 14B is located within the wider Royal Wharf site, which is situated in the Royal Docks / Silvertown area of the London Borough of Newham (LBN).