Fairoaks Garden Village Ltd Is in the Early Stages of Planning an Exemplar Garden Village on Land Currently Used As Fairoaks Airport and for Business Units
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Welcome to the Fairoaks Site Location Plan Runnymede To Ottershaw To Ottershaw Garden Village Community Surrey Heath FAIROAKS & Addlestone & Addlestone G A R D E N Planning Weekend! The programme of workshops over the weekend VILLAGE provides an opportunity for you to work with the consultant team to shape the proposed Garden Village and the associated public open space. Ottershaw Park WHAT IS PROPOSED? Welcome Fairoaks Garden Village Ltd is in the early stages of planning an exemplar Garden Village on land currently used as Fairoaks Airport and for business units. If approved, the development would help Surrey Heath Borough Council meet its need for high-quality housing, new business space and community facilities. The proposed development which would see airport Chertsey Road A319 operations cease, could include around 1,500 new homes, commercial buildings, a new primary school, health care facilities and a nursery, along with a variety of green open spaces. In addition, proposals will include a significant area of recreational public Guildford Road A320 open green space known as Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG). KEY Those businesses currently on site and not reliant on To Chobham Runnymede Site boundary runway operations will be encouraged to remain and occupy the proposed new business premises, to help Woking Borough boundary create a thriving, mixed-use community. This could Land in Surrey Heath lead to additional jobs on the site in the future and where new Garden Village opportunities to live and work at Fairoaks. McLaren and business units are Technology proposed Centre The owners are committed to working closely with Land in Runnymede where the local community to bring forward the best Surrey Heath new natural public open possible proposals for the site, whilst taking into Woking green space is proposed careful consideration the site’s location within the COMBINED SITE AREA Green Belt. 126.8 Ha To Woking What is a Garden Village? Garden Village Principles A key aim of the Community Planning Weekend is to In addition to a new primary school, health centre What types of green space and activities should be There is no “single model” of involve the community in defining the principles for and a nursery, what other facilities should be included, and where? For example, design for a Garden Village, Fairoaks Garden Village. included? For example, • Allotments and community gardens? • Pubs? • Parklands? but they should be distinct How can the new village fit in with the wider • Shops? • Sports pitches? new places, with their own landscape setting? • Workspace? • Nature areas? community facilities, built to • Cafes / restaurants? • Play spaces? How should the new village connect with existing • Gym? • Other? a high quality, attractive, well settlements in the area? • Homes for older people? designed, and responding to • A car share club? How could the Fairoaks business community be Should the architecture be a similar style to • Community meeting places? encouraged to thrive and grow? local housing needs - especially neighbouring villages, or something different? • Other? for first-time buyers. How should community facilities and green spaces be managed and maintained? JTP, a placemaking practice of architects The Consultant Team and urban designers, has been appointed to masterplan the site and to facilitate the FAIROAKS Community Planning Weekend. G A R D E N JTP is working with a range of consultants, many of whom are available to work with the community at VILLAGE the Community Planning Weekend, to develop a new Vision including Key Principles for Fairoaks Garden Village. CBRE - Project Management, Planning and EIA LDA Design - Garden Village, Landscape and SANG The Austin Foot Ecology - Ecology Berwin Leighton Paisner - Planning Legal Advice Consultant Team Campbell Reith - Hydrology Chelgate - Communications Jigsaw Planning & Development Ltd. - Planning Landscape Visual - Landscape and Visual Effects Peter Brett and Associates - Transport Quod - Socio-economics REC - Noise and Air Quality Wessex Archaeology - Heritage and Archaeology York Aviation - Aviation JTP’s Relevant Experience LDA’s Relevant Experience Village Centre Kingston Grange, Warwickshire Kingston Grange Village Square, Warwickshire Rowden Park, Chippenham Edenbrook, Fleet Edenbrook, Fleet Welborne, Central Park Key Considerations Runnymede Surrey Heath To Ottershaw FAIROAKS & Addlestone G A R D E N To Ottershaw VILLAGE & Addlestone Ottershaw Park Site & Surroundings KEY 5 Site boundary Borough boundary 1 Existing road Chertsey Road A319 Existing watercourse 3 7 Existing development A Existing trees / woodland B 2 4 SANG To Chobham Access Guildford Road A320 Flood Risk Level 2 (1 in 1000 chance of occurring each year) C Runnymede Flood Risk Level 3 (1 in 100 chance of Woking occurring each year) 6 D 8 PROW - Footpath McLaren PROW - Bridleway Technology Grade II listed building Centre * Existing buildings (on site) Surrey Heath A Hangar Café Woking B Control tower C Sewage works D Flying club To Woking 1 2 3 4 Main entrance Control tower GAMA Aviation hanger View towards Runnymede site with view of on-site apiary 5 6 7 8 Existing view Project: Fairoaks Airport, Chobham Grid reference: 500356 162625 Title: Viewpoint 9a: A319 roadView verge adjacent to acrossGround elevation: existingca. 31m AOD airport site View towards Ottershaw Park Mansion View towards Woking McLaren Technology Centre 12 E 9b north-east site boundary E Location: Northern site boundary 9a E 11 Ref: 1197/06.09a Camera and lens: Canon 5Dii/50mm E Camera height: 1.6m Date and time: 01 October 2015, 5:40 p.m. 8 E 1 Viewing distance: E 500mm (curved through 90°) Horizontal FoV: 90° Paper size: 841mm x 297mm Landscape Architecture 2 E Printed image size: 820mm x 210mm Tel: +44 (0)1825 280 580 www.landscapevisual.com 7 E 5 E 6 E 10 3 E E 4 Preliminary plan E for site work 1:7,500 at A3 PLANNING APPLICATION APPROACH GARDEN VILLAGE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST This Weekend’s Programme Saturday 25 February The proposal for a scheme based upon Garden In response to a new Government pilot, Surrey Chobham Village Hall FAIROAKS Village principles at Fairoaks will eventually be the Heath Borough Council submitted an ‘Expression of 10.45am Background exhibition opens Friday 24 February subject of a planning application, which is currently Interest’ suggesting the site as a potential location for 11.30am Workshop Introduction G A R D E N envisaged to be submitted towards the end of 2017. a new Garden Village and seeking the financial and Welcome - Charles Campion, JTP 1.45pm Background exhibition opens It is likely that the application will be for ‘outline professional support on offer from the Government 11.4 0 a m Dialogue Workshop 2 – Fairoaks VILLAGE 2.00pm Workshop Introduction planning permission’, which seeks permission for the to explore this opportunity further. In January this Tomorrow principle and parameters of development, such as year, the Government announced 14 selected sites as • Welcome - Charles Campion, JTP • Incorporating Garden Village Principles? • “Garden Village Principles” - Prof. Robert the number of houses, amount of employment part of a first wave of potential new Garden Villages, • Building an integrated and enterprising Tregay, LDA Design community with positive connections floorspace, general layout and infrastructure with others to follow. Fairoaks did not form part of with the surrounding area? Dialogue Workshop 1 – Fairoaks Today provisions. This will then be followed up by this first wave, but this does not inhibit FGVL 2.20pm • Planning, managing and maintaining the applications for detailed planning permission on continuing with Garden Village proposals at the site • What are the issues in the local area Garden Village. today? Planning and matters such as the exact design of buildings, outside of this process, which remains the intended • What is the site’s relationship with Young People’s Workshop materials used and landscaping details. Some of approach. Chobham, Ottershaw and the these details may be addressed through the outline surrounding area? 12.50pm Lunch break Process • What are the challenges and planning application where these will help provide opportunities for developing the site? 1.00pm Lunchtime presentation further clarity on the proposals at this stage, which • “Landscape Design in Garden Villages” - Young People’s Workshop may include the public open space or a first phase Frazer Osment, LDA Design A chance for young people to talk about the of development in detail. site and draw ideas for the new Garden 1.40pm Hands-on Planning Groups Village. The site sits within the Green Belt, which is 3.00pm Refreshment break afforded protection through national planning policy. 3.20pm Refreshment break 3.15pm Reports Back from Hands-on Planning A planning application for the proposals will need to Hands-on Planning Groups 3.30pm Groups Expression of Interest application Work in small, facilitated groups to consider address the planning policy tests for development to Homes & Community Agency for Government support to help deliver: Fairoaks key issues for the site and start to plan ideas within the Green Belt, which require ‘very special A Garden Village for North West Surrey 3.45pm Next Steps 29 July 2016 for the future. circumstances’ to be demonstrated, which outweigh 4.00pm Close any harm caused. The high standards of design 4.30pm Refreshment break quality, innovative approaches and exemplar 4.40pm Reports Back from Hands-on Planning Wednesday