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PLANNING STATEMENT for COUNTY HALL, WEST BRIDGFORD, NOTTINGHAM DEMOLITION of the CLASP BLOCK PLANNING STATEMENT For COUNTY HALL, WEST BRIDGFORD, NOTTINGHAM DEMOLITION OF THE CLASP BLOCK. 1 Details The site County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford Nottingham, NG2 7QP The client Corporate Director for The Place department, County Hall, West Bridgford Nottingham, NG2 7QP. The Principle Designer Corporate Director for The Place department, County Hall, West Bridgford Nottingham, NG2 7QP. Introduction Over recent years the number of Nottinghamshire County Council’s employees has fallen due to redundancies/early retirements, this accompanied by improved methods of flexible working and austerity measures to reduce overheads has led to a reduction in required office floor space in various buildings. One such building is the CLASP block located on the County Hall campus which is a 1965 CLASP modular building with adjoining corridors to other campus buildings. The intention of this Planning application is to enable Nottinghamshire County Council to demolish the CLASP block/adjoining corridors and use the footprint of the building for temporary car parking subject to future site developments. Context View along Loughborough Road illustrating major car dealership to the east and the mature trees that surround the site and act as a sound barrier. The site is located between Loughborough Road, A6520/A60 and the River Trent, which is an open area with predominantly semi-detached housing to the south and beyond a major 2 car dealership to the east. To the north is London Road which crosses the River Trent and to the north-east is Nottinghamshire County Cricket Ground. The entire site is surrounded by mature trees which shelter it from the traffic noise along Loughborough and London Road. View from the Trent Embankment. The site 4 main buildings are located on the County Hall campus The original main County Hall building known as the H block, traditionally constructed from 1938 in hand made bricks, floor area 12819m2. The Riverside block, a CLASP Mk3b built 1965, floor area 2067m2. The Computer block, a CLASP Mk5 built 1973, floor area 1365m2. The CLASP block and adjoining corridors, Mk3b built 1965, floor area 7255m2. The extent of the structures to be demolished are shown on drawing number P.F.CB.00002 AL(0) 2 contained in the appendices. The drawing also demonstrates the pedestrian/vehicle exclusion zone and alternative safe pedestrian access routes. Site heritage In 1936 Nottinghamshire County Council appointed architect E Vincent Harris to design a replacement building for the County’s overcrowded offices and committee rooms at the Shire Hall, Nottingham. Favouring the classical revival style Harris was inspired by the site on the south bank of the river Trent stating its position and general amenities provoke the language of enthusiasm. The selected site alongside the river Trent is close to Trent Bridge which has long been recognised as the divide between the north and south of the county. The site at the time of purchase was the location for the local police station and playing fields used by the YMCA 3 and Nottinghamshire Amateur cricket club. The footpath alongside the river known as ‘Lovers Walk’ was retained and incorporated in the landscape design. In 1938 work on the substructure began and the foundation stone was laid by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in November 1939 two months after the declaration of war. However building work stopped in 1941 due to material and labour shortages and the government provided sufficient funds to mothball the building until the end of WW2. During the 1940’s materials and labour continued to be in short supply and financial restraints limited the extent of the buildings original design with Harris making adaptions where required. During the 1950’s council employees move into the incomplete building. The open colonnade was glazed to stop the ‘wind tunnel’ effect and provide space for a reception area and office accommodation. In 1957 Harris was replaced by newly appointed county architect Donald Gibson who was left to complete the building. The interior of Harris’s original building was finally finished in 1975. In the1960’s 2 new extensions ‘the Riverside building’ and the ‘CLASP building’ with adjoining corridors were added to the site to cope with the demand for office space to deliver the county’s services. County architect WD Lacey designed the buildings based on the CLASP (Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme) system, the light weight steel school building system designed by former county architect Donald Gibson. In the 1970’s a further CLASP MK5 extension was added to the site to provide accommodation for the county’s expanding IT infrastructure. Although a CLASP Mk5 with timber windows sheathed in PVC, the concrete cladding panels were produced to replicate the precast concrete goods used for the Riverside and CLASP buildings to give uniformity to the extensions across the site. The CLASP building although a MK3b is unusual from the standard 3b used for school sites in respects of the lower ground floor which is part clad externally in hand made bricks to replicate the brickwork of the H block and the steel frame windows which usually would be a timber construction. Also cladding panels often comprise hanging tiles on school sites but here precast Portland smooth face concrete goods are used to replicate the Portland stone appearance of the H block. Internally each floor is divided into individual office accommodation by timber/glazed demountable office partitioning and completed with fibre board suspended ceilings and thermoplastic floor tiles, all common to construction trends of the time. Before demolition a full photographic survey of the CLASP block and adjoining link corridors will be taken and recorded in accordance with the Historic England guidance document Understanding Historic Buildings A guide to good recording practice published 2006. 4 Reinstatements to the existing buildings Removal of the two link corridors from the CLASP block to the H block and Riverside block will necessitate reinstatement of the external facades and the replacement materials will need to be sympathetic to the existing fabric. It is proposed to reinstate the Riverside building by removing the remaining existing pre cast concrete panels above and below the link corridor, insert reclaimed horizontal pre cast concrete panels to form the middle panel band and then install 4 steel frame double glazed windows to replicate the existing site glazing and maintain the symmetry of the building. Refer to drawing number P.F.CB.00002 AL(0)06 Photographs of existing link corridor from CLASP to the Riverside building. Illustration of the proposed reinstatement with 4 steel frame windows to the Riverside building. 5 Photographs of the link corridor from the CLASP block to the H block Reinstatement of the H block cannot be accurately determined until the corridor structure is removed to reveal the condition of the existing Portland stone reveals, however proposals to re-introduce a sash window to the end of the corridor with replicated Portland stone reveals would provide continuity to the symmetry of the south elevation. Typical existing Portland stone window reveal to be replicated in the position of the former link corridor complete with new double glazed sash window. Details shown on drawing P.F.CB.00002 AL(0)07 6 The reinstatement would also require the building’s plinth and parapet detail to the light well to be reinstated once the corridor has been removed. Plinth and parapet details to be reconstructed on removal of the corridor. A handrail detail will be provided for protection to the edge of the car parking areas to prevent falls into the underpass and light well, all existing services in the corridor duct will be either redundant and removed or altered as required. 7 Illustration plan of the south end ground floor showing the position of the Portland stone reveal and sash window. Illustration of the south elevation of the H block showing the section through the link corridor and the proposed replacement Portland stone reveal and sash window. Further details shown on drawing number P.F.CB.00002 AL(0)07 8 Design considerations in accordance with the relevant planning policies. Rushcliffe Borough Council Non-Statutory Replacement Local Plan GP2- Design and Amenity Criteria. The proposed demolition and reinstatements are in accordance with the above policy where applicable on the grounds that; There is no adverse effect on any aspects of the local amenity, demolition of the CLASP building will improve the visual impact from the Trent embankment of the traditionally built County Hall building and provide an open view across the site for local residents. Existing site access is unaffected. There is no effect to any items of historic interests by means of the demolition and reinstatement of adjoining buildings will be completed in style with the existing external facade. Wildlife and noise pollution are unaffected by the completed proposals. Rushcliffe Core Strategy Policy 9 – Design and Enhancing Local Identity The proposed demolition and reinstatements are in accordance with the above policy where applicable on the grounds that; The proposed demolition removes an unwanted building from the site and eliminates the possibilities of crime, vandalism and on-going decommissioning costs associated with derelict buildings. The impact on views from the embankment and residential properties are improved by the removal of the building. Remaining buildings are reinstated as existing and maintain existing landscape/townscape characteristics. Opportunities to cycle to site are maintained and improved with maintained on site cyclist facilities helping to reduce traffic volumes. National Planning Policy Framework Sections 128 & 135 The demolition of the CLASP block and link corridors will not affect any heritage assets of the site and will only improve the visual impact of the traditionally constructed County Hall building in its setting adjacent the embankment and river.
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