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Page 1 VISION DOCUMENT | SEPTEMBER 2020 LAND WEST OF COMMUNITY · SUSTAINABILITY · LEGACY Page 2 VISION DOCUMENT | SEPTEMBER 2020 LAND WEST OF COMMUNITY · SUSTAINABILITY · LEGACY WELBECK LAND Page ii Barton Willmore / 101 Victoria Street Bristol BS1 6PU / tel: 0117 929 9677 email: [email protected] Desk Top Publishing and Graphic Design by Barton Willmore Graphic Design This artwork was printed on paper using fibre sourced from sustainable plantation wood from suppliers who practice sustainable management of forests in line with strict international standards. Pulp used in its manufacture is also Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF). J:\25000 - 25999\25600 - 25699\25626 - Imberhorne Farm, East Grinstead\A5 - Reports & Graphics\Graphics\InDesign\Document\25626 Vision\ 25626 Vision Doc 22 © The contents of this document must not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of The Barton Willmore Partnership. All plans are reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of HMSO. Crown Copyright Reserved. License No. 100019279. Date 24.09.2020 Status Final Rev J Page 1 CONTENTS 1. VISION 2 4.5. Landscape and Visual Baseline of the Site 30 1.1. Delivering The Vision 4 4.6. Local Character 38 4.7. Site Assessment: Constraints And Opportunities 42 2. SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSALS 9 2.1. Summary Of Proposals 10 5. OUR PROPOSALS 47 5.1. Design Principles & Concept 48 3. INTRODUCTION 13 5.2. Access And Movement Strategy 50 3.1. Scope And Purpose Of The Document 14 5.3. Landscape Strategy 52 3.2. The Site 18 5.4. Public Engagement 64 4. SITE ANALYSIS 21 6. SUMMARY OF ASPIRATIONS & NEXT STEPS 67 4.1. Planning Context 22 6.1. Summary 68 4.2. Access And Movement 24 6.2. Next Steps 69 4.3. Local Facilities 26 4.4. Landscape Baseline of the site 28 Page 2 1. VISION The proposals for the site will seek to deliver a legacy that can bring benefit to all. A high quality development will be created that provides a range of facilities for everyday life on the doorstep, with accessible sustainable connections to key local and national destinations. A new multifunctional green infrastructure will shape the development proposals, promoting a healthy and cohesive community, that has easy access to quality areas of open space of varying types and sizes. Page 3 Our key vision objectives for Land West of Imberhorne Lane are set out below: 1. Provision of land to enable 5. Recognition and promotion 8. Promotion of sustainable 11 . Provide recreation the consolidation and of the sustainable location of modes of transport and opportunities throughout the integration of Imberhorne the site, well placed close to enhancing existing foot site, including the provision Schools on to a single local road, rail and bus links, and cycle routes, such as of onsite strategic SANGs, upgraded and modern and within walking and cycling the Worth Way, promoting to mitigate impacts of the campus. distance of the Town Centre. healthy living. development and wider development and growth, on 2. Provision of new education 6. Promotion of a high quality 9. Provision of safe connections the nearby Ashdown Forest facilities, to meet early environment and standard of to education facilities, SPA. years, primary and living, which considers the maintaining existing foot and secondary school provision. needs of present and future cycle links from the Worth 12. Use best practice urban design generations. Way and ensuring safe principles to guide the creation 3. Opportunity to provide a crossing of Imberhorne Lane. of a safe, legible and vibrant new GP surgery. 7. Delivery of housing to meet new community. local needs, including 10. Capitalise on the wealth of 4. Creation of a new affordable housing, a mix of existing green infrastructure, neighbourhood, defined housing types and sizes, and providing a multi-function by a locally distinctive housing for older people. green infrastructure that is aesthetic, and providing for easily accessible to all and the education, health care improves ecological habitats and recreational needs of where possible. new residents. Page 4 1.1. DELIVERING THE VISION Development at Land West of CERTAINTY FOR FUTURE We are committed to developing a We have conducted a thorough assessment of Imberhorne Lane will deliver GENERATIONS sustainable community in East Grinstead transport issues in the area and are working and this is why we intend to provide with West Sussex County Council to ensure high-quality new homes and Like many parts of the UK, Mid Sussex is approximately 3.86 Ha of additional land for there are appropriate highways improvements. provide housing choice for facing the challenge of providing sufficient Imberhorne School. This would serve as space The potential enhancements to the local East Grinstead. The unique levels of housing, especially from a short-term for new playing fields and additional school education facilities and transport network perspective. A diverse range of homes are buildings, and will enable children to learn opportunity to provide key have the capability of forming a long-lasting required that can meet the wishes of various and teachers to work at new facilities on one facilities and infrastructure legacy for all East Grinstead residents. demographic groups within the population. convenient site. alongside residential Imberhorne School and West Sussex County development will help to Alongside the delivery of new homes it is vital that there is essential infrastructure Council have been proponents of the school provide certainty for future that improves quality of life – for example consolidating onto one single site. The East generations, assist in the building school places, traffic mitigation and publicly Grinstead Neighbourhood Plan references and maintaining of a sense of accessible green space. the importance of combining both of the sites, and has identified the land at Imberhorne community, and facilitate the With this in mind, Land West of Imberhorne Lower School for housing development. care and independence of older Lane has been designed to harness the people, benefitting both existing long-term interests of the local community. The local demand for the school to fuse onto one site is something we want to deliver, as and new residents of Imberhorne. The proposals will ensure certainty for future generations as it will comprise places to live, it will create a practical facility which will education opportunities and infrastructure benefit the community. We are exploring provision. with West Sussex County Council (WSCC) the potential for land to be made available We aim to provide around 550 homes which for a new two-form entry primary school to represents a major opportunity for local accommodate the needs of new and existing residents looking to relocate. The proposals residents. will be shaped to meet the requirements of the community and we will therefore be providing much-needed housing, and an integrated care facility for older people. We will also be delivering an element of affordable housing, which will be a vital opening for those struggling to get a foot on the housing ladder. Page 5 Page 6 BUILDING AND MAINTAINING The SANG takes the land out of private CARE AND INDEPENDENCE There is a clear importance in providing A SENSE OF COMMUNITY ownership and guarantees that the land FOR OLDER PEOPLE high-quality specialist care and we are stays in the hands of the community, further currently at a time when there is a need to The concept of developing a sense of adding to the character and identity of East We take pride in offering a development address the national and local shortfall in community is at the forefront of the plans for Grinstead. which fully takes into account the needs specialist housing for older people. The care Land West of Imberhorne Lane and we will and requirements of older people. We home provided within our proposals will offer A new neighbourhood centre is proposed be providing Sustainable Alternative Natural are committed to providing care and the opportunity for vulnerable people to at the heart of the development, close Greenspace (SANG) and a Neighbourhood independence for older people as part of our downsize into a property that is dedicated to to the proposed school. Comprising a Centre which will become focal points in the proposals and we will be providing a care prioritising their well-being. convenience store and community facility, the local community, and would be available to community which will smoothly integrate into neighbourhood centre will be used by local all East Grinstead residents. the overall development. groups to host events and activities, forming a The SANG provision would encourage crucial aspect of building and maintaining the Mid Sussex District Council has identified residents to partake in a healthy and active sense of community. Its location at the heart that the District has an ageing population, lifestyle due to its assortment of walking and of the development will keep unnecessary and there is a real need to provide housing cycling routes. Those walking through the additional car journeys to a minimum and that can meet the requirements of the older park would have easy access to the wider further endorse healthy transport options such demographic. The demand for specialist countryside through conveniently located as walking and cycling. accommodation is something that needs to public access points, further promoting a be delivered swiftly and we have resolved to The new development will build and maintain healthy lifestyle. This will form the basis for meet these needs. a sense of community for both new and the integration of the development into the existing residents, providing genuinely surrounding areas and support community The care community we are proposing will beneficial facilities that help nurture a true cohesion.