Cystic Fibrosis Centre: University Hospital Llandough Design and Access Statement

DRAFT - October 2018 Prepared by: Harri Aston and Mark Farrar Address: The Urbanists, The Creative Quarter, 8A Morgan Arcade, Cardiff, CF10 1AF, United Kingdom Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Website: www.theurbanists.net

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STATEMENT PURPOSE

This Design and Access Statement has been produced LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT to accompany a planningapplcation for the retention and 1. Explain the design principles and concepts that have been extension of the existing All Wales Cystic Fibrosis Centre As a result of the Planning (Wales) Act, Design and Access State- applied to the development; (AWCFC), at University Hospital Llandough. ments (DAS) are now required for the following types of development only: THE DEVELOPMENT 2. Demonstrate the steps taken to appraise the context of the development and how the design of the development takes All planning applications for “major” development except those The development proposed in the application includes: that context into account for mining operations; waste developments; relaxation of condi- • External works to improve the visual appearence of the tions (section ’73’ applications) and applications of a material 3. Explain the policy or approach adopted as to access, and existing Cystic Fibrosis Cenre, AND change in use of land or buildings; and, how policies relating to access in the development plan have been taken into account; and • Extension to the existing building to provide extra and All planning applications for development in a Conservation Area improved facilities for patients or World Heritage Site which consist of the provision of one or 4. Explain how any specific issues which might affect access more dwellings or the creation of floorspace of 100 sq. , (gross) to the development have been addressed. CF is the most common life-limiting, recessively inherited dis- or more. ease in the UK. It is a complex, multi system, progressive, and This statement has been prepared to satisfy the requirement for ultimately fatal condition. Its management is complex in terms a DAS and provides the information identified in TAN 12. of infrastructure and holistic service provision. The proposal includes the retention and extension of the existing building,. As the floor space of the porposals would exceed 100 Cardiff & Vale University Health Board (UHB) is the all-Wales sq metres, a Design and Access Statement is required. provider for Adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) services, based at University Hospital Llandough (UHL). It is the only specialised adult CF centre in Wales, and is one of the largest within the Technical Advice Note 12: Design Guidance on Design and Ac- UK. It is developing a reputation as a centre of excellence and cess Statements (March 2016) sets out the requirements that a one that facilitates and supports shared care arrangements DAS should satisfy. These are as follows:

The justfication and nature of the developed is disscussed in more detail in sections 2 and 3.

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STATEMENT CONTEXT

STATEMENT CONTENT

This Statement is structured as follows:

• Context - identifies the site location and surrounding context; describes the application site; identifies the historical context for the site and surrounding area; and, describes the planning policy context and relevant planning application history;

• Design Proposals - Describes the proposed development and associated activities;

• Design Statement- Explains the design approach and analyses the design against key design criteria;

• Planning Statement - Assesses the proposals against national and local planning policy; and Conclusion.

Ordinance Surevy map showing University Hospital Llandough

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2.1 SITE LOCATION

The All Wales Cystic Fibrosis Centre is located within the University Hospital Llandough complex, approximately 50m to the east of the main entrance plaza. The unit is accessed from the main building, via the main entrance. The existing building is some 45m in length, 14.4m wide, and 12m in height. The building occupies space between wards East 1/2 and East 3/4. The purpose built Adult Mental Health building Hafan Y Coed is located directly oposiate the building, to the rear .

Arial Image of the University Hospital Llandough

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2.2 WIDER SITE USES

SITE INFORMATION

University Hospital Llandough is one of nine hospitals which fall under the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and has undergone a vast range of refurbishment and expansion in recent years. Most recent developments at the hospital include the Outpatients Department, Older People’s Mental Health Assessment Centre and Rehabilitation Day Hospital , alongside the purpose built Adult Mental Health building Hafan Y Coed.

A range of other smaller developments have taken place across the site, including the main entrance improvements and cafeteria facilities. Each of these have a distinct and individual identity, reflecting modern construction methods and aesthetics as a contrast to the existing hospital building which was opened in 1933. As the types of services provided Image showing improvemnts to the Main Building Image showing the Adult Mental Health Building at the hospital have grown and the local population has risen, it has become increasingly apparent that further development is needed

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2.3 SITE FEATURES Llandough Hospital was initially designed based on a layout of a series of wings which adjoin a main hospital spine; this spine acted as a central access point along the hospital and into all of the wards. Each wing offered two stories of patient accommodation, providing a separate ward on each floor.

The current Cystic Fibrosis Unit spans over three stories and sits within an existing modular building between two original wings of the hospital. The existing modular building is faced with beige and mid-brown cladding panels and offers little aesthetic value to the site. Primary access is achieved from within the hospital itself, via the spine corridor, and has no real presence or frontage to the external site. The new extension will provide a much improved facing elevation which will be more appropriate for the hospital.

Both Hafan Y Coed and the Outpatients Department have distinct contemporary identities which have considered the aesthetic and fabric of both the existing building and past developments at the hospital. Brickwork and cladding have been a key and recurring material used across all significant developments at the site and has been used successfully in conjunction with more contemporary materials such as feature cladding panels and curtain walling in both complimentary and contrasting colours; helping to give each new building on the site its own identity.

Image showing Hafan y Coed Image showing the Outpatients Department

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2.4 PLANNING APPLICATION CONTEXT

JUSTIFCATION

The current inpatient facility was first established in 1996 as a nine bed unit within Wards W4 and W6, however, there has been an on-going need for expansion to accommodate the increase in patients. The centre was originally designed to support 100 patients, but has risen over the years with a current requirement to provide for over 270 patients.

It was soon identified that, in order to be able to respond to the on-going increase in patients and consequent need to improve the service, a critical need was identified for the entire CF team to be co-located in order to provide the required excellent standard of patient-focussed care, and to enable closer com- munication and working. An acute need to expand the facility was identified within the UHL site (a relocation to UHW not being an option due to space requirements).

The extension and reconfiguration of the unit is now urgently necessary to address the currently low ratio of beds to patients (below expected standards), and the current need to share bathroom facilities. The UK CF Trust has identified these as urgent needs in order to meet expected standards of a CF Centre, combined with the need to be able to provide care for Image showing existing Cystic Fibrosis Building (center of image) the predicted increase in patients over the next 10 to 15 years in the future.

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3.1 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: DESIGN EVOLUTION

The direct site constraints are those of the existing hospital wings, corridor and existing modular extension. Furthermore, the main access road around the hospital sits directly in front of the proposed extension site, with an adjacent grassed area and paved walkway which must be retained. The proposed development area is small and ultimately only increases the existing area of the unit by 2 modular bays, creating a total pro- jection of around 8.5m. Our initial options placed a significant emphasis on other adjacent buildings and reflecting these, in both appearance and materiality, to create a feature link along the main hospital street scape.

A number of further options were explored, showing designs which contrast, compliment and reflect the surrounding buildings. All options however, tied in the surrounding materiality and considered the appearance of other buildings on site. The options will be fully summarised in the remainder of this chapter

Option 1 demonstrates this approach, however as the Cystic Unit is not clinically linked to any of the buildings opposite, it was considered that this was not the right approach and it should therefore have its own identity. It was still however considered important that the new extension and facade complements the surrounding context.

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Option 2 sought to reflect the projecting feature cladding on the façade of Hafan Y Coed which sits almost directly opposite the Cystic Fibrosis Unit. Whilst this option complimented the building opposite without appearing like they were linked, this design did not lend itself appropriately to the use and layout of the unit.

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Option 4 explored reflecting the opposite building, but in a less literal sense, taking inspiration from the projecting cladding elements and cladding types. It also considered the window line of the adjacent buildings and how these could be incorporated to create some coherence along the streetscape. The projecting feature cladding and third floor cladding treatment helps to break up the massing and hard roof line of the existing modular extension, softening the appearance of the building.

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Option 5 explored other buildings further along the hospital site, such as the CAVOC extension and entrance. This was not considered to be the right approach for the Cystic Extension as it may appear too imposing as a three story building, furthermore the CAVOC entrance cannot be seen from the Cystic Fibrosis Unit and therefore any visible link between the two would have been lost.

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3.2 CHOSEN DESIGN

Option 4 is considered to be the most appropriate approach for the building as it provides an improved frontage for the unit, aesthetically links neighbouring buildings together and softens the hard lines of the existing flat roof.

The massing falls in line with that of the existing modular unit and projects out no further than the adjacent existing hospital buildings. This option was developed to include key materials such as complimentary brickwork and feature cladding to tie the design into other buildings on the hospital site, whilst still maintaining its own identity.

Image showing chosen buildinbg design

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Responsibility is not accepted for errors made by others in scaling from this drawing. All construction information should be taken from figured dimensions only.

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PROPOSED EXTENSION EXISTING BUILDING TO BE RETAINED MATERIALS KEY

9. 1. Brickwork to match existing

2. Composite cladding 9. 3. Rainscreen cladding - PPC to RAL 7012

4. Aluminium projecting feature wall - PPC to RAL 7012 1. 5. Aluminium projecting feature wall cheek colour - PPC to RAL TBC

6. Existing Yorkon modular building 5. 7. Curtain wall - PPC to RAL 7012

8. 150mm Brickwork upstand below cladding & curtain wall

9. Louvres - PPC to RAL 7012 6.

FEATURE COLOUR TO BE CONFIRMED WITH CLIENT AT LATER STAGE Proposed North Elevation 1 : 100

EXISTING BUILDING TO BE RETAINED PROPOSED EXTENSION

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Proposed South Elevation 1 : 100

PL P22 08.10.2018 Planning Issue PL P14 05.09.2018 Drawings revised to suit new layout PL P10 21.08.2018 Planning First Issue

STATUS REV DATE DESCRIPTION CLIENT REVISED BY Cardiff & Vale University Hospital Nicholas Price 4. 1. CHECKED BY Adam Parry 2. 9. ORIGINATOR NO 151777

6. CONSULTANT

2. 3. www.stridetreglown.com © Stride Treglown Limited 2016 PROJECT 7. 7. Cystic Fibrosis Heath Park Way 4. Cardiff CF14 4XW 3.

7. DRAWING TITLE Proposed Elevations

SUITABILITY STATUS SCALE Proposed West Elevation 8. Proposed East Elevation 1 : 100 1 : 100 PL : PLANNING As indicated @ A1

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PROPOSED GIA & GEA 1 3302 2 3302 3 3302 4 3302 5 3302 6 3302 7 3302 8 3302 9 3302 10 3302 11 3302 12 3302 13 3302 14 3302 15

GIA Total: 2160m2 (Ground, first & second floors)

GEA Total: 2522m2 (Ground, first & second floors)

Gym 1 29.46 m² 28-Z00-01

Gym 2 Circulation 21.04 m² 27.60 m² 28-Z00-02 28-Z00-04

Gym 3 27.83 m² 28-Z00-03 Shower Room 9.90 m² GF27

Proposed Ground Floor Plan 1 : 100

1 3302 2 3302 3 3302 4 3302 5 3302 6 3302 7 3302 8 3302 9 3302 10 3302 11 3302 12 3302 13 3302 14 3302 15

Shower Room Ensuite Shower Room Ensuite Shower Room Ensuite Shower Room Ensuite 4.83 m² 4.92 m² 4.92 m² 4.91 m² Shower Room Ensuite 28-Z01-17A 28-Z01-20A 28-Z01-23A 28-Z01-27A 5.52 m² 28-Z01-14A Shower Room Ensuite Single Bed Room Stair (Protected Shaft) Single Bed Room Single Bed Room Single Bed Room Single Bed Room Single Bed Room Single Bed Room Protected Lobby Single Bed Room Single Bed Room 5.68 m² 15.07 m² 21.40 m² 13.54 m² 16.32 m² 16.14 m² 16.14 m² 16.15 m² 16.14 m² 20.18 m² 16.63 m² 16.70 m² 28-Z01-15A 28-Z01-15 28-Z01-C07 28-Z01-17 28-Z01-22 28-Z01-23 28-Z01-26 28-Z01-27 28-Z01-29 28-Z01-C08B 28-Z01-19 28-Z01-20 Shower Room Ensuite Shower Room Ensuite Shower Room Ensuite 4.92 m² Shower Room Ensuite 4.92 m² 4.93 m² 4.91 m² 28-Z01-19A 28-Z01-22A 28-Z01-26A 28-Z01-29A DN UP Parking bay for resus trl 0.66 m² Single Bed Room Cleaners Room 16.37 m² Rm91 3.30 m² Parking bay for food trl Office Dirty Utility 28-Z01-14 28-Z01-16 Ward Managers Office 0.74 m² 6.68 m² 7.00 m² Circulation Treatment Room Touchdown base 6.82 m² Rm98 28-Z01-24 28-Z01-25 Treatment Room 14.41 m² 9.62 m² 6.10 m² 28-Z01-21 Shelving Bay 14.52 m² 28-Z01-C06 28-Z01-18 Rm93 0.93 m² 28-Z01-28 Protected Lobby Lift Rm99 4.50 m² 7.37 m² PL P22 08.10.2018 Planning Issue 28-Z01-C08 28-Z01-C08A Protected Lobby PL P14 05.09.2018 Drawings revised to suit new layout 7.16 m² Circulation PL P10 21.08.2018 Planning First Issue 28-Z01-C05 101.14 m² 28-Z01-C01 Single Bed Room Store: general STATUS REV DATE DESCRIPTION 16.15 m² 5.74 m² CLIENT REVISED BY 28-Z01-13 Touchdown base Touchdown base Touchdown base 28-Z01-30 0.92 m² 0.87 m² 0.41 m² Nicholas Price Rm94 Rm97 Rm141 Cardiff & Vale University Hospital Linen Shower Room Ensuite CHECKED BY 4.67 m² Accessible Staff WC 4.92 m² 28-Z01-09 6.31 m² Adam Parry 28-Z01-06A 28-Z01-31 ORIGINATOR NO Shower Room Ensuite Single Bed Room Single Bed (NO ENSUITE) Bathroom Assisted Single Bed Room Single Bed Room Single Bed Room Store: general Kitchen Laundry Day Room Staff Room 6.68 m² 16.68 m² 25.15 m² 14.06 m² 16.77 m² 18.99 m² 16.21 m² 7.07 m² 13.47 m² 13.04 m² 14.55 m² 12.77 m² 151777 28-Z01-12A 28-Z01-12 28-Z01-11 28-Z01-10 28-Z01-08 28-Z01-07 28-Z01-06 28-Z01-05 28-Z01-04 28-Z01-03 28-Z01-02 28-Z01-01 Shower Room Ensuite Shower Room Ensuite CONSULTANT 4.92 m² 6.60 m² Shower Room Ensuite 28-Z01-08A 28-Z01-13A 4.90 m² 28-Z01-07A

www.stridetreglown.com © Stride Treglown Limited 2016 PROJECT Proposed First Floor Plan Cystic Fibrosis 1 : 100 Heath Park Way Cardiff CF14 4XW

DRAWING TITLE Proposed Ground & First Floor & Roof Plans

SUITABILITY STATUS SCALE PL : PLANNING As indicated @ A1

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4.1 PLANNING POLICY & HISTORY

NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY TECHNICAL ADVICE NOTE 12, DESIGN (2016) • Environmental sustainability - Achieving efficient use and This section sets out the national and local planning policy of The revised Technical Advice Notes (TAN) aims to equip all protection of natural resources and enhancing biodiversity; relevance to the proposed development. those that are involved in the design of development with advice on how sustainability, through good design, may be facilitated and, Planning Policy Wales (Edition 9, November 2016) through the planning system plus it provides detailed guidance on the content of Design and Access Statements. It sets out • Movement - Promoting sustainable means of travel. Planning Policy Wales (PPW) is the Welsh Government’s land the core design principles that any development proposal must use planning policy for Wales. It replaces the 2015 edition follow to help create a sustainable environment and exhibit a of PPW. The most substantive changes are in respect of the high level of design quality. amended Local Development Plan Regulations, Well-being of It sets out five key objectives of good design as being: Access, Future Generations Act and incorporation of Minerals Planning Character, Community Safety, Environmental sustainability, and Policy. Movement. These are elaborated as follows:

PPW establishes that the planning system provides for a • Access - Ensuring ease of access for all; presumption in favour of sustainable development to ensure that social, economic and environmental issues are balanced • Character - Sustaining of enhancing local character; and integrated in decision making. Sustainable development promoting legible development; promoting a successful is defined as the process of improving the economic, social, relationship between public and private space; promot- environmental, cultural well-being of Wales without compromising quality, choice and variety; and promoting innovative ing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. design;

• Community Safety - Ensuring attractive, safe public spaces and security through natural surveillance;

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WELL-BEING OF FUTURE GENERATIONS (WALES) ACT 2015

The Well-being of Future Generations Act requires public bodies The Well-Being of Future Generations Act (Wales) now The improvement of healthcare provision in Wales is a funda- in Wales to think about the long-term impact of their decisions, provides a definition of sustainable development as “the mental part of the well-being goals. This project will ensure that to work better with people, communities and each other, and to process of improving the economic, social, environmental and the AWCFC can continue to address the increasing cases, and prevent persistent problems such as poverty, health inequalities cultural well-being of Wales by taking action, in accordance continue to provide this vital function at this central location. and climate change. with the sustainable development principle” (WBFG, Sec. 2). The principle being: “...in a manner which seeks to ensure The Planning Act (Wales) 2015 introduced a statutory purpose that the needs of the present are met without compromising of the planning system in Wales by stating that a LPA must the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’’ exercise its function in relation to the determination of planning applications “...as part of carrying out sustainable development in accordance with the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2), for the purpose of ensuring that the development and use of land contribute to improving the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales.” (PA(W), Sec.2(2))

To make sure we are all working towards the same purpose, the Act puts in place seven well-being goals. The Act makes it clear the listed public bodies must work to achieve all of the goals, not just one or two. The goals iare identified below.

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LOCAL PLANNING POLICY

VALE OF GLAMORGAN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011 The key design policy against which the proposal is Other policies of relevance include: The statutory development plan for the site is the Vale of assessed is: MD2 - ‘Design of New Development’. This Glamorgan Local Development Plan 2011 - 2026, adopted June provides extensive criteria against which development MD1 - Location of New Development: provides criteria for con- 2017. The land is unallocated ‘white’ land within the settlement proposals will be assessed including: being of a high sideration of planning proposals on unallocated land; boundary. Land to the south of the circulation road is allocated standard of design that contributes positively to the context under Policy MG8 Provision of Healthcare Facilities. and character of surrounding natural and built environment MD4 - Community Infrastructure and Planning Obligations: sets and protects existing features of townscape or landscape out the basis for which obligations may be sought in relation to This allocation safeguarded land for the future expansion of interest; responding appropriately to the local context and development proposals; the hospital for healthrelated uses, including the co-location character of neighbouring buildings and uses in terms of of related facilities. This policy was first advocated prior to the use, type, form, scale, mix, and density; and to have no MD5 - Development within Settlement Boundaries: makes a pre- development of the Hafan y Coed complex and associated car unacceptable impact on the highway sumption in favour of development within settlement boundaries parking. subject to criteria;

The land beyond the boundary of the MG8 allocation is desig- MD7 - Environmental Protection: requires proposals to demon- nated as Green Wedge under policy MG18. This states that the strate that they will not have unacceptable impact on people, land is allocated to prevent the coalescence of settlements and amenity, or natural environment; to retain the openness of the landscape. MG8 - Provision of Health Care Facilities: makes a presump- Land to the west of the Hospital site is designated as Special tion in favour of expansion and improvement schemes at UHL, Landscape Area (Cwrt-yr-Ala Basin) under policy MG17, in subject to policies MD1 and MD2. which development will be permitted where it is demonstrated that it would cause no unacceptable harm to the important landscape character of the area.

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PLANNING ASSESSMENT

Planning applications are to be determined having regard to The hospital complex has evolved incrementally, over time, the development plan, so far as material to the application; any through various modifications, rebuilds, extensions, demolitions, considerations relating the use of the Welsh language, any other and re-modelling, to respond to local and national health care material considerations; plus for the purposes of ensuring that requirements. This is evidenced throughout the complex. The the development and use of land contribute to economic, envi- principle of new buildings between the existing hospital wings is ronmental, social and cultural well-being. accepted, on the basis that they will not impact on the amenity of adjoining occupiers (patients and staff), through noise, loss of The existing building to be retained does not currently appear light etc. It is considered that the retention and extension of this as an integrated part of the overall hospital. The proposed building will not have unacceptable impact on amenity. extension design will significantly enhance this part of the complex through both replacement of the existing elevation, and The proposal will not have unacceptable impact on people, provision of a new architecturally designed elevation. Through property or the natural environment. It re-uses, and improves the use of materials, and elevation design, it will ensure that it the efficiency of existing floorspace, and is considered to be the contributes positively to the built environment in this part of the optimum solution to address the need. complex. The original hospital building is identified as a County Treasure, The overall height of the building responds appropriately to the but does not have listed status. The proposed development is surrounding buildings. Whilst its massing is greater than the not connected to this part of the site and thus has no appreci- adjacent buildings, it provides three storeys of accomodation, able impact upon it. without exceeding the maximum roof heights of the surrounding buildings. The design statement sets out the different approach- es that were considered for the external appearance of the building. The statement identifies the broad palette of materials both in the immediate and wider complex area. This extension will not directly follow the form of adjacent buildings, but will complement them, in scale, form, materials and appearance.

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CONCLSION

This statement has set out the background context to the scheme, its design parameters, policy context, and planning considerations. The proposed development is required in order to ensure continued, and improved treatment and care of patients suffering from cystic fibrosis, through the All Wales Cystic Fibrosis Centre.

This facility is of critical importance in the provision of health care in Wales. There is no alternative location for the proposed use, and so this proposal aims to maximise efficiency in the use of existing space by reuse, improvement and extension of an existing building.

The proposal will ensure equality of access to the building, and is considered to meet all applicable planning policy