Wales & West Utilities, Vauxhall & Kawasaki Drive Sites
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Wales & West Utilities, Vauxhall & Kawasaki Drive Sites 01. Overview and Introduction Introduction The University of Bristol is preparing to submit an Outline Planning Application in relation to the following sites in Temple Quarter: Academic Buildings • Wales and West Utilities on Gas Lane • Vauxhall and Kawasaki Drive Sites on Avon Street Kawasaki Site The Outline Planning Application submission will seek permission for a mix of research, enterprise and education spaces along with public realm. Student Residential Buildings Vauxhall Drive Wales + West Utilities We are at the early stages of developing long term plans and as such Sites do not have a definitive timeline or details of who will use these spaces in the future. Our aim is to maintain and grow the University of Bristol’s position as a world-leading university capable of competing with the very best across a modernised, highly regarded and integrated, sustainable estate. We will continue working in collaboration with city partners to contribute to the placemaking potential in the area, help enhance travel routes to and from the city centre, create an inclusive city district and attract investment to further boost the local economy and job creation. The regeneration of these sites will act as a catalyst in the area and help stimulate future development in St Philip’s. Extensive engagement between the University, neighbouring land owners and Bristol City Council has been undertaken to consider wider strategic issues to inform the enabling infrastructure such as flood risk mitigation strategy, access and movement and general development Site Overview: Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus. form in support of this outline application. Share your view For further information, or to request a hard copy of these plans, please contact: This public consultation is open from 23 September to 7 October 2020 and focuses on the proposed use classes, scale, massing and access Avril Baker Consultancy, Consultation Coordinators arrangements. Tel: 0117 977 2002. Email: [email protected] You can leave your feedback on this consultation form. Public consultation: 23 September to 7 October 2020 www.bristol.ac.uk/templequarter Wales & West Utilities, Vauxhall & Kawasaki Drive Sites 02. Site & Context The three sites are situated one mile south-east of Bristol City centre immediately to the east of Bristol Temple Meads Station. The Kawasaki site sits on the west side of Avon Street, and the former Vauxhall site and Wales & West utilities site on the east. The businesses currently on site are relocating to new locations. All three sites are approximately 2.6Ha combined. The sites are accessed primarily from Avon Street, with secondary access from Gas Lane and Kingsland Road. The Wales and West Utilities site has a rich industrial past, with fragments of its historic past still standing but much neglected. A 4m high pennant Vauxhall Drive Site stone wall from the former gasworks dominates the street-scape of 02 Silverthorne Lane and Gas lane and is an important, yet imposing feature 03 Wales & West 01 of the area. The former gas works coal shed and retort house remain Utilities Site standing, but have been extended over the years with substandard additions and alterations. Kawasaki Site The adjacent Bristol Temple Meads Station is a Grade I Listed Building. The station has a strong unified character of historic railway buildings and infrastructure. The proposed development is located within the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone (TQEZ). To the west is the Redcliffe area comprised of hotels, office space, residential and some industrial maritime activities. To the east St Philip’s is largely light industrial and commercial office space. To the south and north there are the existing residential areas of Totterdown, Bath Road, the Dings and further north Old Market /Lawrence Hill. Site Plan: Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus. Former Wales & West Gas Works - Circa 1920 01. Wales & West site neighbouring heritage assets 02. Wales & West site Gas Shed & Retort House 03. Vauxhall Drive site parking area Public consultation: 23 September to 7 October 2020 www.bristol.ac.uk/templequarter Wales & West Utilities, Vauxhall & Kawasaki Drive Sites 03. Site Constraints The historic uses of the sites have resulted in a number of physical constraints as indicated on the Site Constraints Plan. 3. Key considerations include: Freestone Road Kingsland Rd. Application Site and on Wales & • Contamination underground gas infrastructure 3. West site. 2. Gas Ln. Freestone Rd. • Gas governor on Wales & West site needs relocation within site and with 24/7 service access required. 3. • Significant historic structures in poor condition. Vauxhall Drive • Grade II listed pennant stone boundary walls on Wales & West site 5. have negative effect on surrounding streets and public realm. Wales & West • Narrow Victorian street width on Gas Lane. Chanson Food Utilities * 6. Application Site • Relationship to local heritage assets needs careful consideration. • Lack of legibility for walking and cycling, particularly east west * towards Silverthorne Lane East and Barton Hill. * • Poor pedestrian environments surround site, street hierarchy not Kawasaki 3. 2. clearly defined. Drive 1. Avon Street 4. • Rail and floating harbour interfaces need to be carefully integrated. • Development needs to be mindful of relationship with surrounding sites Silverthorne Ln. Flood Strategy The University has been in consultation with Bristol City Council, the Silverthorne Lane Environment Agency and neighbouring plot owners to develop a series Application Site strategic principles for the University’s sites to mitigate flood risk. A flood University of Bristol warning and evacuation plan will be in place and administered by the Cattlemarket Rd. University’s building management team. Enhanced access and egress Academic Buildings * routes from the University site to areas of safety will be provided and Feeder Canal improvements to emergency vehicle access during flood events will be made. • No significant ground raising, ground floor levels are allowed to flood and are less vulnerable uses. • More vulnerable uses to be raised above Design Flood Event Level Site Constraints Existing potential focal building 2. Offset from Canal & Network Rail assets with 300mm freeboard. Grade II* listed structure • Flood mitigation – Silverthorne Lane area wide modelling of the * Opportunity to open up waterside route 3. Pinchpoint / poor pedestrian environment proposed developments to identify any change to flood levels in the Grade II listed structure surrounding area and to identify any required on site mitigation. Existing under & overground gas pipe 4. 4m high Grade 2 listed boundary wall • Services and construction to be flood resilient. Building of local heritage significance corridors - 24/7 service access required 5. Poor quality additions • Coordinated flood warning and evacuation plan to be put in place for Potential for new key public space in the whole Silverthorne Lane area. prominent location 1. Existing gas governor - to be relocated 6. Busy junction Public consultation: 23 September to 7 October 2020 www.bristol.ac.uk/templequarter Wales & West Utilities, Vauxhall & Kawasaki Drive Sites 04. Planning Context Introduction The proposals, which are being applied for by means of an Outline Planning Application, are being prepared having regard to the full suite of relevant national and local policy. National Policy The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. The NPPF says that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development and it identifies three dimensions to sustainable development: economic, social and environmental factors. The NPPF also sets out a series of policies relating to delivery of sustainable development in relation to a number of specific topics. Those that are of particular relevance to the proposals at Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus include: • Building a strong, competitive economy • Ensuring the vitality of town centres • Promoting sustainable transport • Delivering a wide choice of high quality homes • Requiring good design • Promoting healthy communities • Meeting the challenge of climate change, flooding and coastal change • Conserving and enhancing the natural environment • Conserving and enhancing the historic environment Local Policy The Development Plan includes policies for deciding planning applications in Bristol. The plan is made up of a number of documents, those that are relevant to Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus are: • Core Strategy - sets out the overall approach for planning in Bristol; • Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Local Plan – has policies on sites that can be built on and sites that should be protected from development, as well as general policies to make sure development carried out in Bristol is good quality; • Bristol Central Area Plan - has policies specific to development in the centre of Bristol Of particular relevance is Policy BCAP35 which relates to the whole of TQEZ Spatial Framework Development 2016 the Bristol Temple Quarter, within which the Temple Quarter Enterprise The proposal is based on the principles established in the 2016 Spatial Framework and has been progressed to better represent the Campus sites are located. University’s and the City’s revised ambitions for St Philip’s. Public consultation: 23 September to