MALTINGS LANE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF - DRAFT - OCTOBER 2011 Appendices
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1 About the brief 3 contents 1.1 Content of the brief 3 1.2 Purpose 3 1.3 Objectives 3 1.4 Consultation 3 2 Site / Area 5 2.1 Site location 5 2.2 Context of the site and its surrounding area 5 2.3 Opportunities and issues 7 2.3.1 Building on access and location 7 2.3.2 Appropriate uses 7 2.3.3 Regenerating Castleton - Synergy with other sites 7 2.3.4 Development, design and access 9 2.3.5 Access 9 2.3.6 Park and ride 9 2.3.7 Building and heritage 10 2.3.8 Lock 51 10 2.3.9 Rochdale Canal 11 2.3.10 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 13 2.4 Planning policy context 13 2.5 The Castleton and Heywood Masterplan 13 3 Development and design principles - checklist 15 3.1 Heritage 15 3.2 Relationship to surroundings 15 3.3 Site uses 15 3.4 Identity 16 3.5 Landscaping 16 3.6 Access and Castleton railway station 16 3.7 Further design guidance 17 3.8 Planning applications 17 4 Design and layout possibilities 19 MALTINGS LANE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF - DRAFT - OCTOBER 2011 Appendices 1 Key contact information 21 contents 2 Local planning policy context 23 3 Supplementary Planning Documents 25 MALTINGS LANE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF - DRAFT - OCTOBER 2011 3 One additional car parking for Castleton Railway 1 About the brief Station; and provide guidance on access and highways This development brief provides a planning about implications for further exploration. framework and options for the development of the Maltings Lane area of Castleton, Rochdale. The 1.3 Objectives brief analyses the area, its context and gives an exploration of development options and matters to The objectives of this brief are to: the be addressed in the detailed design and implementation of any scheme. promote the regeneration and effective use of the area; brief This brief has been prepared in recognition of the secure a high standard of design and layout opportunity this site provides for a mixed-use that respects the location alongside the Canal development in a first class location. incorporating an attractive public realm; and Adjoining Castleton station on the Calder Valley line introduce uses that make the best of the area, between Manchester and Yorkshire, the Rochdale its context and its highly accessible location in canal and in the district centre of Castleton, this area the centre of Castleton adjoining Castleton has great potential for a number of uses. The area railway station. will also benefit from and complement the planned development and regeneration of adjoining and 1.4 Consultation nearby sites and wider improvements within This brief has been prepared in consultation with Castleton. the owners of the sites which make up the Maltings 1.1 Content of the brief Lane area and other relevant interested parties. Prospective developers will need to consult service The brief: and utility companies to establish what infrastructure details the relevant national and local policy and services are available or required for any context and any links the area has with other detailed proposals. strategies; The Council requires developers to cooperate fully gives the concepts and principles sought for in terms of pre-application discussions and the the redevelopment and design of the area; process of taking any proposals through the planning provides information on what type of planning application process. The Council will expect that application and supporting evidence is required neighbouring uses, landowners and residents be to support any proposals; and consulted prior to any planning application being identifies matters concerning the provision of submitted. services and infrastructure to support development of the area. Developers must work closely with the Strategic Planning and Development Management teams on 1.2 Purpose any proposed development and throughout the application process. The purpose of this brief is to: The Council is keen to support viable regeneration guide prospective developers in the projects that will contribute to the financial and social redevelopment of the area, giving clear policy well-being of the borough. The Council will work with guidance; developers and investors to bring such schemes identify potential development opportunities forward and, where appropriate, may be persuaded and concepts for the area to form a basis for to exercise statutory powers, including acquisition negotiation with interested developers; by means of Compulsory Purchase. promote the sustainable redevelopment of the area to realise its full potential and value; highlight local strategies and aspirations; specify how redevelopment of the area will best fit with relevant policies and strategies; indicate how the area could be redeveloped as a whole, incorporating the provision of MALTINGS LANE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF - DRAFT - OCTOBER 2011 4 brief the about One MALTINGS LANE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF - DRAFT - OCTOBER 2011 5 T The WR Anderton site has previously been the wo 2 Site / Area location of a tannery, chemical works, malt houses and light engineering works. Due to the site's 2.1 Site location previous association with potentially contaminative site or polluting historical uses further investigation, This brief concerns the Maltings Lane area in possibly archaeological, into what impact these may Castleton, Rochdale. The area is bounded to the / have had on the site is recommended. area south by Manchester Road, to the west by the Trans Pennine railway line and to the east by the Rochdale The WR Anderton site and buildings on it are Canal. The Maltings Lane area has excellent currently vacant and in a poor state of repair as accessibility to all transport routes. At the southern access to the site has been unsecured. end of the area is Castleton Railway Station, which is located on the Trans Pennine (Calder Valley) The whole of the Maltings Lane area falls within a railway line offering direct services to both Primary Employment Zone and has adjacent Manchester and Leeds (two an hour in each employment uses separated by the canal and direction). railway boundaries. However, land to the west, currently part of the former Woolworths depot, has The site is made up of industrial buildings and planning permission for a large retail and residential hardstanding to the south and the northern part of led mixed use scheme. A supermarket, new public the site is predominantly unmanaged vegetation. square and housing will be developed on this side The site falls within a Primary Employment Zone of the railway. and the Castleton (south) Conservation Area covers the southern part of the site. Picture 2 Neighbouring Linden Mill 2.2 Context of the site and its surrounding area The Maltings Lane area is a combination of privately and Council owned, freehold and leasehold land. At the junction of Maltings Lane and Manchester Road there is an electricity substation which is currently owned by Electricity North West. There is a small area of land immediately to the south of it substation which is owned by Rochdale Council. The major constituent of the area is the WR Anderton site (which includes the entrance and entire length of Maltings Lane). This site is privately owned and covers an area of approximately 1.3 hectares. Employment uses on the east (Canal) side include Linden Mill. These uses are likely to remain in the Picture 1 Existing buildings on site that are in a foreseeable future but the Council is committed to poor state of repair improving the canal corridor through the employment zone. Maltings Lane is close to a major development area adjoining the canal on the south side of Manchester Road around Trub. Here mixed housing with open space is proposed and investigations are ongoing to assess the feasibility of a canal marina facility. MALTINGS LANE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF - DRAFT - OCTOBER 2011 7 T Work is ongoing to explore capacity improvements excellent level of accessibility to Manchester, Leeds, wo on the adjacent railway line to further improve its the rest of the Rochdale borough and surrounding service frequency. Network Rail’s Northern Hub areas. The site has excellent road, rail and even proposals will have the biggest impact on this and canal connections allowing all types of unrivalled site in March 2011, the Government announced funding user access. for the Ordsall Chord element of these proposals. The redevelopment of the site will need to make the / This provides a new rail link across the centre of area Manchester between Victoria and Piccadilly stations, most of a potentially constrained area due to the site enabling Calder Valley Line rail services to pass being bounded on three sides by Castleton Railway through the city centre. These works are Station, the Rochdale Canal and the Trans Pennine programmed for implementation by 2019 and will Railway. Due consideration needs to be given to increase the capacity of the Calder Valley Line. any heavy goods or larger vehicle access requirements throughout the site. Maltings Lane itself leads from the A664, Manchester Road at the southern edge of the site. 2.3.2 Appropriate uses The development area is only 5 minutes drive from the A627(M) and 10 minutes from Rochdale Town Appropriate uses in the Maltings Lane area are those Centre and Junction 20 of the M62, which runs which are in keeping with the area's designation as across the country from Liverpool to Hull via Leeds a Primary Employment Zone (see section 2.4 and Manchester. "Planning Policy Context" for more detailed information relating to this). Solely residential uses During weekdays and Saturdays at least six bus are not appropriate within this area for both planning services an hour operate along the A664 between policy reasons as well as its nature, topography and Rochdale and Manchester (via Middleton) in each surrounding uses.