LONDON BOROUGH of BRENT the Specification Carlton and Granville
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LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT The Specification Carlton and Granville Centres Site Procurement of Contract for the South Kilburn Regeneration Programme Architecturally-led Multidisciplinary Design Team for the Carlton and Granville Centres Site, South Kilburn, London Borough of Brent (Procurement by Electronic Tender) VISION STATEMENT The redevelopment of the Carlton and Granville Centres site as part of the South Kilburn regeneration programme, will continue the transformation of South Kilburn by providing a high quality mixed use development. The delivery of much needed new and improved facilities for enterprise and the community along with new high quality homes both affordable and private will provide a new mixed use development for the existing and future community. 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Carlton and Granville Centres redevelopment site (please refer to Appendix 2 – Carlton and Granville Centres Site Boundary) sits within the South Kilburn Masterplan area and forms part of phase 4 of the South Kilburn Regeneration Programme (within the new South Kilburn Supplementary Planning Document which was adopted by Cabinet in June 2017 appendix 10). 1.2 Having generated a real momentum through the delivery of phases 1 and 2a of the South Kilburn regeneration programme, the Council is keen to bring forward the delivery of this Project which will deliver enterprise and community facilities, and new homes. Authority to progress the Project to the next stage was given by the Council’s Cabinet in November 2016 (please refer to appendix 3 http://democracy.brent.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=455&MId=3215 – Item 9) 1.3 The Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced, commercially-grounded architecturally-led design team to: 1.3.1 Lead a full design team to prepare, submit and ensure the validation of a full planning application for the comprehensive redevelopment of the Carlton and Granville Centres Site: a full planning application (detailed design to RIBA Stage 3) for (i) an Enterprise Hub (ii) Nursery School (iii) Community Facilities (iv) Housing and (v) Outdoor soft and hard landscaping and play (with separate space for the Nursery School) The Client requires that the Full Planning Application will be to the quality and standard as required by the Council and will contain all necessary planning application documentation (and associated documentation) that will allow the Full Planning Application to be validly determined by the Local Planning Authority. 1.3.2 Use reasonable endeavours to obtain a planning permission and any associated or required statutory consents for the comprehensive redevelopment of the Carlton and Granville Centres site. 1.3.3 Produce a RIBA Stage 3 Developed Design and prepare a full RIBA Stage 3 Developed Design tender pack of information for the development. The RIBA Stage 3 Developed Design tender pack of information will include plans and drawings to support the procurement process to appoint a delivery partner and respond to all design related clarifications, parts will require detailed specifications and this is outlined in more detail. 1.3.4 Lead on all aspects of consultation with all key stakeholders. The Preferred Tenderer will be required to plan, run, facilitate and manage consultation with all key stakeholders, both statutory and non-statutory, on the redevelopment proposals. This will include, but not be limited to, consulting with all current users/future users of the Centres and running design groups with the stakeholders, liaising with the Greater London Authority (GLA) (as appropriate as the GLA are currently funding an interim Enterprise Hub in the Granville Centre), leading on the delivery of public consultations and exhibitions on the design proposals, leading on the establishment and delivery of a resident’s design group to review the design proposals for the new homes, producing all consultation materials and keeping a record of responses received which will feed into the Statement of Community Involvement, to be submitted with the Full Planning Application. The Preferred Tenderer will be required to plan, run, facilitate and manage specialist consultation events in relation to the proposed uses to ensure the proposals are fit for purposes for the proposed uses. 1.3.5 Work with the Council’s cost consultant and other consultants as required (once appointed) to evolve the design in line with financial and viability testing to ensure a viable redevelopment scheme. The Council envisages design variations and changes in unit numbers, space requirements and design at each design stage in response to financial and viability testing and feedback from the market on efficiencies. 2 BACKGROUND TO THE SOUTH KILBURN ESTATE AND SOUTH KILBURN REGENERATION PROGRAMME 2.1 The South Kilburn estate (“the Estate”) is located in the south of the borough of Brent and sits between Kilburn to the east; Queen’s Park to the north-west and extends towards Maida Vale in the south. The Estate has long been in need of major capital investment. The Estate was predominantly built during the 1960s and 1970s following slum clearance and shows symptoms of some of the worst forms of experimental urban planning of those years: brutal tall buildings, deck access, dead ends, raised walkways and cul-de-sacs. Many of the homes are of very poor quality (particularly those that were of the Bison system of construction) and have fundamentally flawed designs resulting in poorly defined and oppressive areas between buildings that are low quality, disparate and poorly defined open and public and private spaces. Over time, these inherent flaws have combined with ageing facilities, and the increased costs of management and maintenance are such that the Council considered there is a need for comprehensive redevelopment of the Estate. The costs of repair and refurbishment of the Estate to decent homes programme standards would be significant and would not address the fundamental inadequacies of the homes within the Estate as a whole. 2.2 A masterplan for the regeneration of South Kilburn was produced in 2004 to set a framework for radical change to the physical form of the Estate. The South Kilburn Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) was adopted in 2005, and provides planning policy support for the masterplan. A South Kilburn Masterplan Review was carried out in 2016 and a South Kilburn SPD has completed consultation and went to the Council’s Cabinet in June 2017 where the adoption of the South Kilburn SPD was approved. The SPD is available at appendix 10. The SPD will be an important document in determining how South Kilburn transforms over the next 10-15 years. It will include key planning objectives and policies, providing guidance for the development of a number of sites within the South Kilburn area. Vision for South Kilburn (South Kilburn SPD 2017) New high quality, well designed sustainable urban homes; A safe and secure neighbourhood, with a sense of place and belonging; An integrated population of new and established residents; An enhanced and improved change in the quality of the public realm; Enhanced local training and employment opportunities; Increased quality of education, retail, health and community facilities; Full integration of the South Kilburn estate into the local surrounding neighbourhood. 2.3 The Council currently acts as master developer in South Kilburn, led by the Regeneration Board. The Council is committed to transforming the area and is willing to take direct responsibility for delivery. A bespoke funding and delivery model has been established which ensures that the Council’s absolute commitment to quality is not compromised. The masterplan area (please refer to Appendix 4 page 20) has been parcelled up into a series of development sites within phases. In order to ensure that quality is not comprised at any point, the Council has thus far undertaken design to RIBA Stage 3 Developed Design (or equivalent), secured planning permission, cleaned up the title and secured vacant possession of the sites that have been delivered. These de-risked sites have then been disposed. The land receipts have then been recycled back into the South Kilburn regeneration programme. 2.4 In addition to the Estates Regeneration Board, for this particular project, the Council has established a Key Stakeholder Project Board. Although the Council will remain the client, the Lead Consultant will also be required to engage and report to this Project Board. This is considered essential to fulfil the Council’s commitment to consultation and collaboration with Key Stakeholders. 2.5 The new South Kilburn regeneration programme phasing comprises of eight phases. In summary, the first two phases of the South Kilburn regeneration programme are complete. These two phases have delivered 639 affordable units and 434 private units. There are a further four sites with planning in place which will deliver 205 affordable units and 446 private units. Brent Council has just agreed to appoint Telford Homes Plc., with Notting Housing Group as the nominated registered provider for the Gloucester House and Durham Court site which is due to deliver a total of 236 homes, public open space and space for the South Kilburn District Energy Centre, where work is due to start on site in late 2017. The “Peel” site includes housing, a health centre with flexible first floorspace, retail units and new public space, this site is adjacent to the Carlton and Granville Centres site, the procurement process for this site has begun. To date the programme has delivered a number of award winning developments, and the Council aims to continue to deliver award winning developments. 2.6 A project management approach will be adopted to manage risks and for decision making, the Preferred Tenderer will be expected to work within this framework. However, the Preferred Tenderer will also need to be prepared to be flexible on occasion and adapt to issues that arise through the design process. This could include, but not be limited to, viability, phasing requirements, ground condition and services issues that will need to be worked through the project lifecycle.