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P/2018/01405 Received 27/11/2018
Planning Application Supporting Statement [ including Design and Access Statement ]
October 2018 Revision A
for
Proposed New First School Land off Bramshall Road, Uttoxeter.
Ref: 5765 Version 01 Planning Application Supporting Statement
Date issued October 2018
Revision A
Job Number 5765
Prepared by:
...... Matthew Perry, Architect
Approved by:
...... Ian Bakewell, Design Manager
This statement has been prepared by Entrust Support Services Limited with all reasonable skill, care and diligence, within the terms of the Contract with the Client. The report is confidential to the Client and Entrust Support Services Limited accepts no responsibility of whatever nature to third parties to whom this report may be made known.
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Supporting Statement (including Design and Access Statement)
CONTENTS
1:00 Introduction
1:01 Background and Statement of Intended Use and Need 1:02 Brief
2:00 Design Process
2:01 Assessment: Physical Context 2:02 Assessment: Policy Context 2:03 Public Involvement
3:00 Design Principles
3:01 Masterplan 3:02 Concept 3:03 Access/Philosophy and Approach to Inclusive Design
4:00 Design Proposals
4:01 Use 4:02 Amount of Development 4:03 Layout 4:04 Scale, Height and Massing 4:05 Appearance 4:06 Services and Utility Connections 4:07 Landscaping 4:08 Inclusive Design 4:09 Phasing
5:00 Access
5:01 Pedestrian and Cycle Access 5:02 Vehicular Access 5:03 Vehicular Servicing 5:04 Public Transport Links 5:05 External Cycle Shelter 5:06 Inclusive Access
6:00 Sustainability
7:00 Building Strategies
7:01 Site Waste Management Plan 7:02 Ventilation and Extraction 7:03 Lighting Strategy 7:04 Safety and Security
8:00 Pre-Application Discussions and Local Validation Criteria
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8:01 Affordable Housing Statement 8:02 Archaeological Assessment 8:03 Coal Mining Risk Assessment 8:04 Ecological/Geological Assessment 8:05 Economic Statement 8:06 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 8:07 Flood Risk Assessment 8:08 Flues and ventilation extraction details 8:09 Foul Sewerage and Utilities Assessment 8:10 Heritage Statement 8:11 Land Contamination Desk Study 8:12 Landscaping Scheme 8:13 Lighting Assessment 8:14 Noise impact assessment and sound insulation details 8:15 Photographs and Photomontages 8:16 Planning Obligations Draft Heads of Terms 8:17 Planning Statement including Statement of Community Involvement 8:18 Public Open Space and Playing Fields Assessment 8:19 Refuse Collection 8:20 Sequential and Impact Assessment 8:21 Structural Survey 8:22 Telecom information 8:23 Transport Assessment 8:24 Travel Plans 8:25 Tree Survey/Arboricultural Statement 8:26 Utilities Statement 8:27 Viability Assessment
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1:0 Introduction
This document has been prepared by Entrust Property Services and its design team, to support Staffordshire County Council’s full application for the development of a new primary school within the development on land off Bramshall Road, Uttoxeter. It forms the Design Statement and identifies Access for the proposals.
The new First School is to be provided as a result of a section 106 agreement associated with the planning applications for the development of a Sustainable Urban Extension, numbered:
• P/2013/00882
Outline application to develop 50.7 ha of land for up to 700 dwellings, 10ha of employment use (Classes B1, B2, B8), a first school, a mixed use local centre incorporating retail, leisure, social, cultural community and health facilities, green infrastructure, associated engineering works, access to New Road and Bramshall Road and associated internal access roads including demolition of Parks Farm and associated buildings, with all matters reserved
As this application relates to Reserved Matter application, based upon the above outline application, supporting information in the form of site investigations, ecology, transport design and assessment and drainage infrastructure design has previously been submitted to East Staffordshire Borough Council as part of these fore-running applications.
Although the school is being developed for Staffordshire County Council, it will be managed by a School Academy Trust, which has not yet been selected. Any information contained within this application relating to operational arrangements such as staffing numbers is therefore estimated.
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1:01 Background and Statement of Use and Need Staffordshire Local Education Authority is required to respond to housing growth in the Uttoxeter area. The proposal for housing is to build up to 700 new dwellings on former agricultural land off Bramshall Road. The developer is St Modwens, [in conjunction with Belway Homes] who has acquired planning permission for new housing, of which a number are now occupied. At the time of writing a selection of properties are now occupied, however properties to the south of the proposed school site are still under construction.
There is a sealed Section 106 Agreement between the Developer and Staffordshire County Council which relates to the provision of school places.
The school organisation team has looked carefully at the existing schools in the locality of the housing site and has determined that there is a requirement for the provision of a one form of entry first school (150 pupil place plus 26 place nursery) in the area, to cater for the full roll out of the housing proposal. This provision is covered by the Section 106 Agreement and the LEA has commissioned delivery of the school with Entrust Property Services for completion for June 2021 opening of the school.
Consultation has been undertaken with East Staffordshire Borough Council during the PAD application to determine the parameters of a design that will be appropriate to the residential context and deliver the educational brief for the school. It is expected that the school design will follow the principles of a Touchstone design which is an innovative template developed by Entrust for rationalising the building of new premises for schools that is mindful of baseline construction costs while achieving the technical quality that off-site, modular and fast track construction techniques can offer.
1:02 Brief The brief for the project has been developed by the Entrust Development Officer to reflect the requirements of the Department for Education document BB103 Area Guidelines for Mainstream Schools .
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2:0 Design Process
2:01 Assessment: Physical Context Site Description The site is located on the eastern edge of the settlement of Uttoxeter, south of the A50 major arterial route, as shown on the extract from the Ordnance Survey Landranger series shown below :
Ordnance Survey Mapping is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Staffordshire County Council Licence No: 100019422 2017
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An existing relatively modern housing estate [circa 1970-80-90s] lies to the east and forms the western urban edge to the Uttoxeter conurbation. The architecture is varied in character and form but is made up for the most part of semi- detached properties of a standard vernacular consisting of garden plots, garages and driveways.
To the west is an unmade track that leads north/south to Moss Beds farm. Beyond the track and hedgerow is open agricultural land which forms the southern escarpment to the River Tean Valley. The east and south boundaries have and will be developed for housing. The eastern boundary will be the school entrance off the new highway for vehicles and pedestrians and will overlook the developer’s proposed sustainable drainage system.
Directly to the north is Moss Beds Farm consisting of 2No masonry farm houses and several agricultural buildings made up of simple steel structures clad with corrugated steel. Beyond this and further to the north the valley floor and floodplain forms the landscape dominated by the A50, slip roads and the JCB World Parts Centre.
There are no specific landscape designations that affect the site and it is not allocated as Green Belt.
Site Analysis The site is currently being used as the developer’s area of organisation for construction and contains site cabins and material storage. There are no trees or other features within the site boundary which was previously a grass field for pasture land.
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The proposed site has been subjected to works in conjunction with the developer’s site organisation as seen in the image below.
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To the north of the site there is an existing collection of buildings called Moss Beds Farm. These comprise of a large brick built farm house / dwelling with a tiled roof and conservatory and an irregular arrangement of framed sheds with metal corrugated cladding. These for a loose perimeter to a yard area, open to the north which is accessed from an existing track running north to south from Bramshall Road. Consideration will need to be given to the privacy of adjacent properties to the south relative to noise and views in and out.
Along the length of this east-west northern boundary exits a broken hedgerow and fence this established hedgerow is in reasonable condition and therefore requiring appropriate consideration during the design stage. The west boundary is clear albeit for a post and wire fence/verge to the track. Beyond the track there is also an established hedge and crop fields behind that. The southern boundary will be formed from the backs of new housing specifically garden spaces each bounded by max 2000mm high timber panel and post fences.
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The eastern boundary will face directly onto the new footpath and highway. Opposite, the developer’s proposals indicate further housing and some open space for the holding ponds for the developer’s rainwater disposal strategy.
The site generally slopes downward from west to east with something in the region of 2-3 meters of fall. The site topography offers a consistent gradient across the site which will likely require some ground remodelling to achieve suitable surfaces for school use. Consideration will need to be given to the privacy of adjacent properties to the south relative to noise and views in and out.
Immediate views from the site are restricted due to the new housing and existing Moss Beds, however impressive views across the fields to the north can be gained and will be of benefit.
Services and utilities and drainage are available within the adjacent highway. Sustainable surface water disposal will be dealt with as a development wide solution and all design criteria will be considered to ensure the school proposals can be accommodated in the form of an engineered solution provided by the developer. The developer proposes a series of swales or balancing ponds forming amenity areas and green space.
Site Heritage The site as part of the 106 Agreement has been allocated by the housing developer for primary school provision, prior to the development the land was used agriculture grazing/pasture land .
2:02 Assessment: Policy Context The development is located in the county of Staffordshire, within the area administered by East Staffordshire Borough Council. Planning policy for the site is defined by the following documents:
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• National Planning Policy Framework • East Staffordshire Local Plan 2006
It should be noted that the out of hours use of school facilities will be at the discretion of the School Academy Trust which will operate the site; the Trust will offset the benefit of out-of-hours use of the site’s sports facilities against operational risk and child safeguarding issues. There will be no on-site changing facilities.
2:03 Public Involvement Public consultation was undertaken during the fore-running planning application process/es. No separate public consultation has been carried out in support of this planning application.
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3: 0 Design Principles
3:01 Masterplan At an early stage in the design process the results of the site analysis were used to develop a number of options for a site-specific masterplan.
In conjunction with this the school building proposals are to employ the previously developed template of school design by Entrust. The adaptable model known as ‘Touchstone’ has been developed from Department for Education document BB103 Area Guidelines for Mainstream Schools where deficiencies in the guide design have been eradicated to produce an efficient solution that is flexible and built up from a ‘kit of parts’ depending on the size of school required and the site context. A ‘Touchstone’ building can be constructed from a selection of methods; modular format, engineered system builds or traditional construction, exteriors can be changed to suit. The following site strategies were produced.
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The concepts clearly illustrate the decision to discard the two-storey option as impractical due to excessive complications should the school require the expansion to a 1FE Primary School from the First School as this application proposes. Although a single storey option generates a larger footprint size, its height and bulk is reduced which makes the proposal more acceptable as an edge development in this location.
The preferred, concept plan indicated was selected for further development. This offered
• greater flexibility in site strategising, • maintain a street frontage with public and semi-public spaces to the front. • more efficient location within the site, maximising the play area, • opportunity to screen more unsightly elements such as servicing and parking etc. • minimal impact on neighbouring properties, • Better site security and safe guarding, • Flatter part of the site for building location, • Focal point for visitors, • More manageable and the potential for more pleasing semi-public space to the front of the school. • More opportunities to integrate a community facility into the urban context, • Close enough to the development’s highway network to provide a visual interest to the street.
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It is anticipated that some earth moving will be required to achieve a suitable series of levels across the site without retaining structures.
The areas of hard and soft landscaping incorporated into the proposals hereafter will be based upon the guidance given in the Department for Education document BB103 Area Guidelines for Mainstream Schools .
3:02 Concept While a design code has been produced by St Modwens in support of the fore- running applications, this code relates to the design and detailing of the domestic elements of the development and the associated road and footpath network. It does not seek to address the design of the school building.
With the site strategy attained and a floor plan arrangement in principle garnered from the Touchstone model it should be noted that the school building will be of a different scale and construction to the surrounding dwellings; it is a different building type. Therefore, in order to contrast with the surrounding domestic development, it is intended that the building should have a number of concept principles that need to be adhered to in order to offer identity, place and excitement. Concepts include;
• Adaptation of Entrust ‘Touchstone’ design • Abundance of natural daylight • Contemporary approach to aesthetics • Fun • Openness and ease of wayfinding, • Maximise views in and out • Landscape design • Respond to street scene and site context. • security
3:03 Access/Philosophy and Approach to Inclusive Design The Applicant is committed to a policy of equality, inclusion and accessibility in the delivery of its services to members of the public, and in the employment, opportunities afforded to existing and future employees. The Applicant recognises the diversity of cultural, religious and individual abilities of its customers and employees, and is active in ensuring that any potential sources of discrimination are addressed in both the physical attributes of the buildings it uses and in the management practices and procedures it adopts.
The designers of the development will work to the latest legislation and good practice guidance on accessibility available at the design and construction stages. Reviews will be undertaken to ensure that the following design principles promoted by CABE (Principles of inclusive Design ) have been considered and wherever practicable, incorporated within design proposals;
a) Inclusion : To ensure that the premises can be used safely, easily and with dignity by all. b) Responsive : That new proposals consider and address what the community and end users say that they need and want.
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c) Flexibility : That proposals permit the premises to be used by different people in different ways wherever practicable. d) Convenience : To ensure that every occupant and visitor can use the facility as intended without inconvenience or separation. e) Accommodating : That proposals accommodate use by all people regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, mobility or circumstances. f) Welcoming : To ensure that barriers or discrimination of use are eliminated. g) Realistic : To ensure that alternative solutions are provided if it is recognised that proposals cannot accommodate all potential users. h) Understandable : That proposals are designed to facilitate orientation and recognizable circulation routes.
Access/Sources of Advice and Guidance Entrust employs a dedicated Access Officer, who is able to work with, and to advise the design team on disability-related matters.
Access/Consultation The design proposals have been the subject of a preliminary Access Audit conducted by Entrust’s Access Officer and recommendations have been implemented. A second, more detailed audit will be conducted at detail design stage to review and implement recommendations for the internal layout and design as it relates to accessibility and inclusion.
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4:0 Design Proposals
4:01 Use The proposed development is for a new First School with a capacity of 1 Form of Entry, the equivalent of 150 places for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils. It will also include for 26 pre-school nursery places. The client brief also requires the proposals to be expandable to a 1 Form Entry Primary School, the equivalent of 210 places and the 26 place nursery.
This use is defined as D1 Non-residential institutions by The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 .
4:02 Amount of Development The proposals will provide a new primary school with building and landscape areas. There is no plan for future expansion .
4:03 Layout Site Context The proposed school is sited on an open , 11,989m² [1.19ha] site on the eastern edge of the Uttoxeter conurbation. The proposed school is part of a major development on former farm land encompassing new housing predominately, commercial entities and green infrastructure.
The school site is relatively square with a truncated corner to the north west and a curved boundary following the road to the east. Cross falls across the site are manageable with simple cut and fill modelling of the ground strata. Although slightly awkward in shape the site can accommodate all the external functions of a larger 1 FE primary school.
As previously mentioned the building position is at the fore of the site to offer continuation of and reinforce the building line. However, with the curved eastern road boundary and the predefined locations of the vehicular access offer better efficiency should the staff parking be located in the ‘crook’ of this curve.
It is important to maximise the site area for pupil use which is further achieved by positioning the service road parallel to the north boundary, adjacent to the existing agricultural buildings. This in turn frees up the remainder of the site for building and play areas. The long road frontage affords segregation of site accesses for specific uses, therefore creating good safeguarding measures. For example, existing drop kerbs to allow for [a] staff parking and [b] service vehicle access; and with the addition of 2No new pedestrian accesses, one of which will serve as the main thorough fare for parents and pupils alike the second purely for access to the main entrance.
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The site landscape will be laid out with several sweeping curves and irregular shapes that form the play areas and car park plus the pedestrian zones to the front of the school. This will counter the squared and angular nature of an over efficient building design, but it also allows design work to follow in parallel the existing ground contour lines. These organic shapes within the landscape will offer intrigue to the young person’s using the school. Habitat areas and planting will screen and obstruct noise transition from the play and spor ts areas.
4:04 Scale, Height and Massing & Appearance 4:05 The school will be single storey in height. This building has inherently greater mass than the surrounding buildings and therefore the design decision was made to break this up somewhat. The proposed treatments for this will be to clearly separate the teaching space block from the school hall and kitchen block by emphasising the height differences, vertical recesses and the material arrangements.
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The proposals have actively sought to use an accessible ground level where the building is to be sited so it will appear lower to the road level and lower or at least level with the adjacent properties at roof level. This will also afford simple level access to the main entrance from the street. The mass and scale will be further broken up by indenting the roof line and articulating panel arrangements on the façade that reflect the incongruent nature of house facades on a slightly sloping site.
In principle the main block of the ground floor contains all administrate functions plus the early years functions i.e. nursery and reception who require direct external access. All other teaching facilities are in the adjoining block to the south which offers a separation from the early years group but will make it a simple construction exercise should the school extend in the future. Two grassed play areas have been provided to accommodate an extension along with a grassed area to expand the car park into.
Accommodation is arranged to either side of a spine corridor windows at either end will provide transparency along this corridor, supplemented with roof lights.
The single storey elements to the north west will contain the school hall, kitchen, plant room and ancillary accommodation; the hall is effectively a two-storey height volume and has been purposely located away from the likely areas of new housing but adjacent to adjacent larger barn structures to Moss Beds Farm. The proposed houses forming the new development are being constructed as part of a low- density housing format, with traditional domestic forms and detailing. In order to create a contrast with the housing, and to indicate a different building type,
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the new school will be constructed using a contrasting but corresponding palette of modern materials and features that will suit the area context as a whole.
• The roofs will be either low-pitched mono or dual-pitched with a covering of Euroclad VIEO powder-coated standing seam roofing or similar, but concealed behind parapet, perimeter wall. A visible pitched roof was declined during design stage in lieu of a flat or parapet arrangement to contradict the roofing vernacular in the area.
External wall finishes vary with a simple concept underpinning the arrangements;
• The hall will be treated as a separate unit with a glazed frontage [half height] that overlaps and links with main entrance glazing. The remainder will be clad with Kingspan or similar copper effect sheeting in vertical standing seam panels in a green pre-patinated finish with the seams at irregular spacings. School signage can be affixed here.
• It is the intention to use partly, red/brown brindle clay facing brickwork that reflects the more ‘earthy’ colours of the surrounding farmland of Moss Beds. This will correspond also with the proposed surrounding buildings.
• The single storey kitchen and plant room will be finished with this brick.
• The main teaching block was designed with the street scene composition first and foremost, by plotting the alignment of window cills and heads and other prominent features – fascia’s and ridges. The proportionality of the existing residence windows was up-scaled to the school elevation. Taller, narrower windows suit the elevation and it was decided to stagger the windows positions to form an irregular horizontal pattern, symbolic of a DNA readout pattern. These were doubled up to ensure government guidelines for daylight factors for teaching spaces were achieved. The elevations have been broken up with alternating brick panels and simple dark grey smooth cladding that suggests an under skin to the whole building. This composite arrangement with recesses and returns create a jigsaw / puzzle format which offers intrigue and fun factor to the main elevations.
• Accent panels will be picked out in cerise aluminium panels, powder coated.
• Metal Cladding Sytems or similar standing seam cladding
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External doors and windows will be framed with polyester powder coated aluminium sections in a very light metallic grey. The main entrance will be emphasised by a translucent canopy which will be repeated for the early years canopy to the rear. Integral film and recessed windows will provide solar shading, in order to reduce solar heat gain t o the interior of the building.
4:06 Services and Utilities Connections As part of the overall development the developer has made provision for all service supplies in the highway to the north of the site.
Natural gas: a new gas supply will be provided to serve the development. Water: a new water supply will be provided to serve the development. Electricity: a new electricity supply will be provided to serve the development. Foul drainage: connect to existing approved system Surface water: connect to existing approved system
4:07 Landscaping Integration of Landscape Well designed, and well maintained, school grounds can play a key role in achievement. The proposed design seeks to integrate both indoor and outdoor space by considering the whole site as being “the school”. This integrated approach is achieved by being able to use outdoor space to affect learning and children’s experience.
In order for outdoor space to be effective it must first be safe, diverse and stimulating. The physical elements allowing play, exercise, exploring the natural environment and outdoor teaching come from these first principles.
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School grounds are useful in providing opportunities for both the formal and informal curricula. The formal, through PE, and the informal through social skills, play, assessing risk and making decisions. The design allows for learning outside which can have a positive effect on children. Outdoor classes tend to be more relaxed and they allow teachers themselves to develop educational expertise and use different teaching styles. Positive experiences outside can affect concentration levels and behaviour inside. This is not only true of learning outside but also of just being outside; during break-time for example or walking through the grounds from gate to door.
As previously described the proposed design seeks to establish a sense of place and scale appropriate to young people with the flexibility for them to learn through both play and formal outdoor education.
Landscape Layout Contact with nature and green space is known to be beneficial to children and the strongest positive responses normally relate to trees; positively affecting children’s mental health, reducing negative feelings and alleviating anxiety. Woodland planting will, therefore, be implemented within the landscape design. Tree planting is proposed across the site, focusing on screening and the habitat area. It will provide a woodland environment which corresponds to both the green infrastructure in the wider housing development and with open countryside nearby.
A wildlife pond with a dipping platform will be situated within the habitat area. The dipping platform will feature an anti-slip surface. The pond will be fenced for safety with a lockable gate for controlled access. Please note this installation may be subject to approval by the Academy Trust.
New contoured landforms will be emphasised with tree planting and a wildflower meadow. Feature paving before the main entrance and seating will be provided for waiting parents. Paving at entrances will be lifted at thresholds for ease of access and will be laid to suitable falls to prevent ponding and provide level egress in case of emergencies.
Landscaping in the car park is included to visually break up this space. Advanced nursery stock trees will be included in island beds as shown on the landscape plans along with ground cover shrubs.
Hard surfaces will predominately be macadam with circular paving details as indicated. Macadam spaces will be delineated with flush laid concrete edging kerbs.
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A simple section of paving and lawn has been incorporated to the hall frontage to emphasise this glazed feature.
A fenced play area for the nursery pupils on the south side of the building will provide external play and learning areas; hard surfaced, rubber crumb and grassed areas as shown on the plan.
Groups of trees will be planted in the grassed areas in between the playground and the playing field. As they mature, they will provide shade. Gaps in the groups of trees will ensure that long distance views towards open countryside will not be obscured.
A screen of mixed native trees and shrubs will be planted around the boundaries of the playing field. The outside edge of the planting will be set back from the boundary fence to reduce vegetation overhanging the back gardens to the neighbouring houses. Planting will be protected with temporary post and netting fencing which will include squeeze gaps to allow for ball retrieval. Fencing will be removed after 5 years or once the planting is deemed to be sufficiently robust.
4:08 Inclusive Design Signage, colour contrast, textures and surface differentiation will be addressed at detail design stage and will be subject to a further design and access audit, prior to finalising the detail design, and deposit of plans for Building Regulations approval.
4:09 Phasin g The project will be constructed in a single phase. The site strip, formation of new levels and the laying of the playing field will be undertaken as the initial sequence prior to the construction of the building, car park, hard-play areas, site footpaths and soft landscaping works.
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5: 0 Access
5:01 Pedestrian and Cycle Access Parents will be allowed onto the site, on foot, at the beginning and end of the school day via the main pedestrian gates off the highway. Parents can wait at the front or the rear depending on age group. Footpaths will be hard-surfaced and no steeper than 1 in 22 gradient. Access to the site will also be provided from the western boundary, connecting the existing track to the school, this will be for emergency use only.
5:02 Vehicular Access and Parking Two vehicular access and egress points will be provided, which is dictated by an already installed drop kerbs and its relationship with the new roads constructed as part of the overall development.
Access to the building for staff to the school will be from the car park to the front. It is Staffordshire County Council’s policy that no vehicular parent/child pick up and drop off points are provided within the curtilage of school sites.
In accordance with parking standards document 20 parking bays will be provided, of which, two will be bays designated for users with disabilities. Charging point have also been included as has the opportunity to expand the parking if required.
In accordance with planning policy the outdoor hard PE area will be designated as an overflow car park for use during school activities i.e. parent’ evening.
5:03 Vehicular Servicing Access to the site for the emergency services will be via the main vehicular access from the highway. The vehicle route is sufficient to allow access from and egress onto the highway by fire appliances the vehicular route will also be sufficient to access the outdoor hard PE area.
5:04 Public Transport Links A bus service is planned for the new roads which will be provided as part of the development.
5:05 External Cycle Shelter Separate cycle parking spaces will be provided for adults and children wishing to cycle to the school.
5:06 Inclusive Access and Egress A passenger lift will be provided within the building, to allow any person with a disability to access the rooms and facilities at the upper level. Horizontal circulation within the building, including corridors and door openings, has been designed to comply with Part M of The Building Regulations.
Safe means of escape will be provided in accordance with Approved Document B of the Building Regulations as illustrated on the general arrangement floor plans
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submitted with the application. The design will maintain level access and egress from the building. Disabled refuges will be provided to the first floor to allow people with mobility problems to wait for assistance in the case of an emergency evacuation of the building.
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6:0 Sustainability
The Applicant has a commitment to investing in sustainable design and the incorporation of features within the current proposals will be investigated and confirmed as the project develops into detail design stage. Proposals will be designed in compliance with the Building Regulation, especially Part L2 with respect to notional carbon emission reduction targets. The following will be incorporated into the project as the design develops:
• Lighting to be high frequency lighting for maximum efficiency. • A proprietary system for heating, cooling and venting is to be installed in the proposed building. The objective is to minimise the impact of services cost [installation and equipment] more efficiency and reduce emissions and greater sustainability. The system will be based around cassettes mounted above each ceiling that can draw clean air in and expel used air. Louvre vents above each window will necessitate this. Cassettes will contain heating and chilling units that will provide temperature control, all powered electrically, and sensor operated. Each room can be sealed where no openable casements are required. There is no reliance on a single source of heating and complex hot water distribution. To supplement this air source heat pumps will assist gas fired boiler for hot water to kitchen. All other hot water will be electrically heated. There is no provision at present for photovoltaic panels. The advantage of this system is that gas heated water for area heating is removed as is a ‘wet’ system of distribution through the building. • Lower u-vales for the external envelope than those required by the Building Regulations. • High efficiency mechanical plant and equipment.
The approach to the energy performance of the building is the use of the principles of “fabric first” (low u-value and high air tightness) and efficient systems, where it is sought to minimise the energy load required by the building. This is a more sustainable approach than the use of technologies for the micro-generation of energy such as solar thermal or photovoltaic panels.
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7: 0 Building Strategies
7:01 Site Waste Management Plan The Applicant is committed to the reduction of waste in its operations. In order to aid this commitment in the context of this Primary School project, the following has, or will be undertaken.
Design Stage The design has been undertaken to provide optimal building and external paving levels to minimise the surplus material arising from substructure works which will require removal from site.
Construction Stage The Main Contractor for the construction works will be required to produce a Site Waste Management Plan detailing:
• types and quantities of waste which will be generated • resource management options for these wastes including proposals for minimization/re-use/re-cycling • the use of appropriate and licences waste management contractors • record keeping procedures • waste auditing protocols
7:02 Ventilation and Extraction The position, location and height of external flues and ventilation terminals are shown on elevation drawings.
The main plant will be internally mounted within the plantroom, or over the kitchen. External terminals will be powder coated, colour to be confirmed.
The central island canopy to the school kitchen is to be designed and maintained in accordance with DW/172 Specification for Kitchen Ventilation Systems. The exhaust velocity at terminus will be ≤ 6m/s. Silencing will be achieved by the use of in-line attenuators. Isolation of vibration will be achieved by the fan manufacturer’s resilient mountings and flexible connections to ductwork. The extraction fan acoustic performance will be between NR40 and NR50 for conditioned space.
Emission in terms of sound power and sound pressure levels, and narrow-band and/or one-third octave band frequency spectra will be designed in accordance with BS 4142 as the basis of for design, with ≤ 2dB(A) above atmospheric level.
Kitchen odours will be minimised due to extraction via roof terminations. Particulate concentrations will be controlled through installation of removable and washable stainless -steel baffle grease filters in canopy.
7:03 Lighting Strategy The lighting for the building will be provided in accordance with the following principles:
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External Lighting Wall mounted LED luminaires with less than 2% upward light will be provided to the external envelope of the building. 3-metre-high column-mounted LED luminaires with zero upward light will be provided to the access road and footpaths and the car park. Columns will not face adjacent properties. The route from the street to the building to be demarked by bollard lighting. LED uplighters will be provided to the soffit of the entrance canopy. Details to be submitted for approval.
Internal Lighting Internal lighting will be deigned to:
• utilise energy efficient LED technology • generally, be recessed throughout and will complement the Architectural intent of the spaces • be controlled by presence and/or absence detection • utilise daylight dimming control wherever spaces can benefit from natural daylight • comply with EN 12 464-1 (Lighting of Indoor Work Places), EN 15193 (Energy performance of buildings), EN 1838 (Lighting Applications – Emergency lighting) and Education Funding Agency requirements and guidance
7:04 Safety and Security The school will have a fenced and gated secure site perimeter with access restricted when the school is in session, or when it is closed. The school car park and approaches will be fenced with access gates which will be locked at all times and operated by security device only by staff.
The site and buildings will incorporate a CCTV system which will cover external faces of building and preferable some coverage of roadway entrance and parking. Internal cameras are to be reviewed and agreed, generally for critical interface areas, parent waiting, zones, reception etc.
External doors protected by an alarm system. All opening lights in windows will be lockable.
Visitor access to the school building will be via a secure lobby with internal door opening operation controlled by office staff.
An intercom will be provided at the main school gates adjacent the hall for service access, operated from reception.
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8:0 Pre-Application Discussions and Local Validation Criteria
8:01 Affordable Housing Statement As the reserved matters application relates to a new primary school to be funded by s.106 monies arising from a major residential development, an Affordable Housing Statement is not relevant to this application.
8:02 Archaeological Assessment A separate Archaeological Assessment will not be provided as part of this application.
8:03 Coal Mining Risk Assessment A separate Coal Authority Assessment will not be provided as part of this application.
8:04 Ecological/Geological Assessment A separate Ecological/Geological Assessment will not be provided as part of this application .
8:05 Economic Statement The development proposals to be determined in this application relate to a new primary school; an Economic Statement is not relevant to this application.
8:06 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) The proposed use of the site is not a use listed in Schedules 1 or 2 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011; an Environmental Impact Assessment is, therefore, n ot relevant to this application.
8:07 Flood Risk Assessment A separate Flood Risk Assessment will not be provided as part of this application.
8:08 Flues and ventilation extraction details The flues to the boilers to the building and the extract ventilation to the school’s kitchen will be located to the south -eastern corner of the b uilding .
8:09 Foul Sewerage and Utilities Assessment A separate Foul Sewerage and Utilities Assessment will not be provided as part of this application .
8:10 Heritage Statement A separate Heritage Statement will not be provided as part of this application.
8:11 Land Contamination Desk Study A separate Land Contamination Desk Study will not be provided as part of this application.
8:12 Landscaping Scheme Refer to section 4:07
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8:13 Lighting Assessment The proposals do not include the provision of playing field floodlighting; proposals for external lighting will be provided for approval. The external lighting strategy will likely consist of; • 3-5m high lamp columns facing away from adjacent properties towards the car park and vehicle routes. • New 1200mm high lighting bollards to pedestrian areas in conjunction with existing street lighting. • Emergency lighting to building. • Localised lighting to entrances, signage and accent lighting to building facade.
LED luminaires on light sensitive sensors and timing clock
8:14 Noise impact assessment and sound insulation details A separate acoustic Report will not be provided as part of this application.
8:15 Photographs and Photomontages Refer to Photographs and Photomontages.
8:16 Planning Obligations Draft Heads of Terms Separate Planning Obligations Draft Heads of Terms will not be provided as part of this application.
8:17 Planning Statement including Statement of Community Involvement A separate Planning Statement including Statement of Community Involvement will not be provided as part of this application.
8:18 Public Open Space and Playing Fields Assessment A separate Public Open Space and Playing Fields Assessment will not be provided as part of this application.
8:19 Refuse Collection Swept path analysis will be provided to confirm that the vehicle route through the car park and service area is sufficient to allow access and egress by a refuse vehicle in a forward gear.
8:20 Sequential and Impact Assessment The application does not relate to a retail, leisure or office development outside the town centre, therefore, a Sequential and Impact Assessment is not relevant to this application.
8:21 Structural Survey The application does not relate to change to a Listed Building, therefore, a Structural Survey is not relevant.
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8:22 Telecom information The application does not relate to telecommunications and mobile phone masts, therefore Telecom Information is n ot relevant to this application.
8:23 Transport Assessment A separate Transport Assessment will not be provided as part of this application.
8:24 Travel Plans A separate Travel Plan will not be provided as part of this application.
8:25 Tree Survey/ Arboriculture Statement Not required
8:26 Utilities Statement A separate Utilities Statement will not be provided as part of this application.
8:27 Viability Assessment A separate Viability Assessment will not be provided as part of this application.
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Entrust Support Services Limited Riverway Centre, Riverway, Stafford, ST16 3TH Registered office: Riverway Centre, Riverway, Stafford, ST16 3TH Registered in England No. 04440463
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