St George's Barracks, Rutland
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ST GEORGE’S BARRACKS, RUTLAND EVOLVING MASTERPLAN PHASE II NOVEMBER 2018 CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 5 6.0 Consultation & engagement 45 Purpose of the document 5 Feedback 48 Process 5 7.0 Recommendations for masterplan development 51 2.0 Overall vision 7 8.0 Revised evolving masterplan 53 3.0 Policy context 9 Rationale 53 Solving the housing crisis 9 Revised evolving masterplan 54 Garden village principles 10 Transport 55 Healthy new towns 11 Utilities 58 Dementia friendly communities 11 Land use 58 National policy 12 Scale 59 Local policy 12 Affordability 60 Employment & job creation 60 4.0 Placemaking 13 Landscape 61 Ecology 62 The approach 13 Drainage 63 Life: The Rutland community 13 Tourism & leisure 65 Spaces: The strength of place 16 Sustainable design & construction 66 Buildings: Architecture & materiality 20 Land value capture 68 St George’s Barracks: Then & now 21 Long-term stewardship 68 Response to opportunities & constraints 36 9.0 Character 69 5.0 A Community for life 37 General design principles 70 The need for homes in Rutland 37 Aspirations 38 10.0 Phasing & delivery 71 Density 40 Options originally considered 41 Initial concept (May 2018) 43 Initial mix of uses 44 PROJECT NUMBER: D2581 ALL PLANS IN THIS REPORT ARE REPRODUCED FROM ORDNANCE SURVEY DIGITAL MAP VERSION: E DATA © CROWN COPYRIGHT 2015. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. LICENCE NUMBER 100022432. VERSION DATE: 27.11.18 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY UK MOD CROWN COPYRIGHT DIO 2018. CROWN COPYRIGHT AND COMMENT: FINAL REPORT DATABASE RIGHT 2018, ORDNANCE SURVEY 100023818 ST GEORGE’S BARRACKS | VISION 3 SITE BOUNDARY 4 ST GEORGE’S BARRACKS | VISION 1.0 INTRODUCTION PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT The document is structured as follows: PROCESS In November 2016, the Government announced through ‘A • Section 1: Introduction - sets out the purpose, structure For the creation of any new residential development to be Better Defence Estate’, a commitment to invest in a more and process involved in preparing the evolving masterplan successful, the process has to start with people. As such, efficient built military estate that will reduce in size by thirty per • Section 2:Vision - presents the overall vision for the the design team has sought to build upon the strong lines cent by 2040. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is required to redevelopment of St George’s Barracks of communication and engagement already commenced by maximise value through the disposal of sites and has a target Rutland County Council. The design process has subsequently to provide land for 55,000 dwellings during this Parliament. • Section 3: Policy context - provides the planning policy built a strong team of collaborators, a new partnership, where Within the November announcement, it was confirmed that St background to the project on a national, regional and local the longer-term thinking and vision required to create a George’s Barracks in Rutland would be surplus to operational level successful community is shaped and tested. requirements and programmed for disposal in 2020. • Section 4: Placemaking - provides an analysis of the existing situation, culminating in an opportunities and Such engagement leads to better informed placemaking In recognition of this, Rutland County Council (RCC) and the constraints plan to guide the development of the evolving decisions, and ultimately the delivery of places where a new MOD have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding that masterplan community’s quality of life get increasingly better over time. builds upon their willingness to jointly explore the opportunities for the future of the St George’s Barracks site post 2020/21 • Section 5: A community for life - presents the initial Based on Jan Gehl’s philosophy of ‘First life, then spaces then and an appetite to work together in a new and innovative way options considered and the first version of the masterplan, buildings. The other way around never works’, the following to deliver Government growth and efficiency objectives for the which was consulted on in May 2018 approach has been undertaken at St George’s Barracks: site, and ensure that the development is sustainable and right • Section 6: Consultation & engagement - provides an for Rutland. outline of the consultation and engagement activities that • Life – a vision and programme of activities have been were undertaken between November 2017 and June 2018, formulated, based on the type of life (activities and Rutland’s latest Local Plan is formed by the adopted Core including a comprehensive summary of the feedback that attractions) that are inherent in Rutland Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD - adopted July was received • Space - a public space network has been proposed that can 2011) and the Site Allocation and Policies DPD (adopted support the proposed community through scale, form and October 2014) and Minerals Core Strategy and Development • Section 7: Recommendations for masterplan climate Control Policies (adopted October 2010). This covers the plan development - presents recommendations for the next period of 2011 to 2026. A new Local Plan is being prepared to iteration of the evolving masterplan, to address the feedback • Buildings – how buildings can contribute to public life replace the adopted documents. Consultation on a draft Local that was received during the consultation process aspirations has been envisioned, in terms of height, Plan took place last summer, however this draft was prepared • Section 8: Revised evolving masterplan - presents massing and scale, as well as functionality and interaction. before any significant work had taken place in relation to St the revised version of the evolving masterplan prepared George’s Barracks. As a result, the Local Plan did not take the in November 2018, which takes account of the Throughout the process, community engagement has been site into consideration. recommendations in section 7 used to inform and test design evolution and has resulted in a series of recommendations on how the masterplan should be This document builds on the work undertaken in phase I of • Section 9: Character - provides initial thoughts on the refined as it is developed in more detail. the evolving masterplan by further exploring and refining character of the new community the potential redevelopment of St George’s Barracks. It is • Section 10: Phasing & delivery - outlines the potential The design process commences with sensing and seeing – intended to provide the evidence base required to support phasing strategy. understanding the physical, political, fiscal and visual context. the inclusion of a policy framework for the future of St This baseline informs constraints and opportunities, and when George’s Barracks within RCC’s new Local Plan, which aligned to the vision allows concepts for the new garden village would provide the planning policy background to any future to be nurtured. planning applications for St George’s Barracks. The document provides a summary of the concerns raised during public and stakeholder consultation in May and June 2018 and presents a subsequent iteration of the masterplan, which takes account of the recommendations for revisions to the proposals which arose as part of the consultation. IMAGES OF RUTLAND ST GEORGE’S BARRACKS | VISION 5 6 ST GEORGE’S BARRACKS | VISION 2.0 OVERALL VISION The regeneration of St George’s Barracks will result in a new ‘Community for Life’, a place where its residents live and work. It will be designed in accordance with the principles of a garden village and the regeneration will take a ‘whole life, whole site’ approach. The community will be one that carefully evolves through its relationship with Edith Weston, North Luffenham, Normanton and Rutland Water, and will have its own identity drawn from the character of Rutland. It will be planned to enhance the existing landscape and undulating topography, and will have a distinct and complementary relationship with the land beyond its boundaries. There will be an easily accessible, walkable and permeable network of streets, paths and cycle ways, which gives priority to pedestrians and cyclists and provides convenient routes for public transport, whilst providing adequate space for parking. This network will be fully integrated with a diverse pattern of formal and informal green spaces, waterbodies and other public spaces, that will serve their surrounding areas and support a varied ecology, whilst encouraging healthy lifestyles. There will be a range of house types, with varying densities and tenures, gathered into mixed, identifiable and affordable neighbourhoods. A range of employment opportunities and educational, community, retail and recreational uses will be distributed in locations that best serve demand and their function, add variety and provide distinctive landmarks throughout the new community. Infrastructure will be embedded to attract the self-employed, start-ups and home-working, and encourage enterprise. A thriving and economically active community will enable people to live and work in the same place, attracting a younger, working- age population and addressing the imbalance of the current aging population. A broad range and quality of facilities will be designed to complement, rather than compete with, those available in Oakham and Uppingham. ST GEORGE’S BARRACKS WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A VIBRANT AND ATTRACTIVE NEW COMMUNITY The design of the landscape, streets, paths and buildings will be considered as a whole, and will draw their character from the typical landscape, settlements and buildings of Rutland. The design will establish a low energy-consumption environment, lifestyle and built form, and will adapt to new and emerging technologies and lifestyle changes. The masterplan vision will be sufficiently flexible to respond to changes in demand and the economy, whilst providing certainty and control over delivery of the scheme. The quality and consistency of the area will be controlled for the lifetime of the development through design codes. ST GEORGE’S BARRACKS | VISION 7 8 ST GEORGE’S BARRACKS | VISION 3.0 POLICY CONTEXT SOLVING THE HOUSING CRISIS Under this current model, a free market in land for housing THE SOLUTION does not exist.