Planning Application Supporting Statement [ Including Design and Access Statement ]
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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. No part of this document may be reproduced without the prior written approval of Entrust Support Services Limited Entrust Support Services Limited Registered office: Property Services, Design and Development. The Riverway Centre, Riverway, Stafford, Staffordshire. ST16 3TH Registered in England No. 04440463 Property Services | August 2018 | Version 1.1 Page 2 of 32 Planning Application Supporting Statement 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 Page 3 of 32 Planning Application Supporting Statement 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 Page 4 of 32 Planning Application Supporting Statement 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. Page 5 of 32 Planning Application Supporting Statement 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 . Page 6 of 32 Planning Application Supporting Statement 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 Page 7 of 32 Planning Application Supporting Statement 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. Page 8 of 32 Planning Application Supporting Statement The proposed site has been subjected to works in conjunction with the developer’s site organisation as seen in the image below. Page 9 of 32 Planning Application Supporting Statement 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.