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Sharpness Eco Village VISION DOCUMENT Prepared by Pegasus Group | September 2018 | P16-0821 9F Pegasus Design Sharpness Eco Village VISION DOCUMENT Prepared by Pegasus Group | September 2018 | P16-0821_9F Pegasus Design Pegasus Design Pegasus House Querns Business Centre Whitworth Road Cirencester GL7 1RT www.pegasusgroup.co.uk I T 01285 641717 I F 01285 642348 Prepared by Pegasus Design. Pegasus Design is part of Pegasus Planning Group Prepared on behalf of TBA September 2018 Project code P16-0821 COPYRIGHT The contents of this document must not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of Pegasus Planning Group. Crown copyright. All rights reserved, Licence number 100042093 VISION NATURE – HERITAGE – LANDSCAPE – SUSTAINABILITY – DISTINCT CHARACTER Sharpness Eco Village will create a highly desirable, new self contained settlement connected with nature and seamlessly integrated into the landscape. The underlying aim is to achieve a healthy, energy-efficient high-quality self contained development with a strong identity, sense of community and ‘sense of place’. Sharpness Eco Village will connect nature, heritage and sustainable design across separate distinct neighbourhoods linked by green corridors, cycle paths and bus routes. The ambition is for a unique place that locates energy efficient buildings within a continuous natural landscape made up of ecological habitats, nature reserve, riverside landscape, new green spaces, parks, allotments and sports facilities. Lying midway between Thornbury and Gloucester and in-between the M5 and the River Severn, the site offers an exciting opportunity to create a new, high- quality and vibrant place where people want to live co-existing with nature and the landscape. People will live within a distinct development character of personal scale and the place will become an aspirational destination for education and work. The railway line will be revitalised as a new tram train route into Cam and potentially Gloucester strengthening the connections between Sharpness and the wider region. The Eco Village will include a wide range of residential properties, delivered at a range of densities to ensure all forms of housing need, including provision for both young people and the elderly will be efficiently met. The new village will be designed to be inclusive of all users, encourage environmentally sustainable travel choice and promote healthy lifestyles. Sharpness Eco Village is more than just a development, it will offer benefits to the wider community, be designed to the latest design guidance and be driven by current best practice in minimising energy consumption. The new village will be an exemplar for new, large scale development. v CONTENTS 1. VISION 01 2. WHY A NEW COMMUNITY AT SHARPNESS? 05 3. THE GREENSQUARE-LIONCOURT PARTNERSHIP 09 4. GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE-LED STRATEGY 11 5. LIVING WITHIN AND BY WATER AND NATURE 19 6. USE OF HERITAGE IN DESIGN 21 7. A COMMUNITY WITH ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE MODES OF TRANSPORT 25 8. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABLITY AS A DRIVING FORCE 31 9. DISTINCT NEIGHBOURHOODS AND CHARACTER 37 10. COMMUNITY, WELLBEING & ECONOMIC BENEFITS’ 39 11. DELIVERABILITY 45 12. NEXT STEPS 47 2. WHY A NEW COMMUNITY AT SHARPNESS? PROPOSED CENTRAL HUB 3D VIEW 4 SHARPNESS ECO VILLAGE v 2. WHY A NEW COMMUNITY AT SHARPNESS? The Stroud District Local Plan was formally adopted by the Council on Sharpness has a unique character and is rich in history, it is an area the 19th November 2015 and sets out the strategy for development relatively unconstrained which offers many opportunities. Sharpness in the District until 2031. is a privileged location for growth in which the demand for housing within the plan period and beyond can be addressed in a sustainable However, as part of the adopted Plan, Stroud District Council made a manner. commitment to an early review of the Plan commencing within five years of adoption or by December 2019, whichever is the sooner. Sharpness has the potential to challenge existing ways of working and thinking to push the boundaries of residential led design quality The Council is now undertaking the process of reviewing the current to create a series of interlinked neighbourhoods, building on the Local Plan to ensure it remains up-to-date and, importantly, can principles of sustainability to create a new Eco-Village. meet future needs up to the period of 2036. One of the main objectives will be to create a recognisably high In that context, Sharpness provides a unique and exceptional quality development that people will aspire to live and invest in, opportunity to secure sustainable development to meet the District’s with a vibrant mix of uses and a real ‘sense of place’, using the needs to 2036 and beyond. opportunities presented by existing landscape features as well as Development at Sharpness would positively respond to the adopted creating outstanding new spaces. Local Plan’s principal aims including: Sharpness Eco-Village will assimilate development into the landscape • Achieving sustainable development being both a place people choose to live and work in, but also a • Creation of mixed, balanced and unique identity communities place people can enjoy visiting. • Improved public transport services New places will be designed to be inclusive of all users and will • Creation of a ‘place to live and work’- reducing out-commuting encourage walking and cycling as the principal modes of transport and travel (car users will be secondary to pedestrians and cyclists). Its location • Greater employment opportunities makes the future development ideal for the provision of safe and • Easily accessible and adaptable public open spaces accessible ‘green’ route networks that will connect residential areas with areas of employment, education, shopping and leisure, thereby • Enhanced high quality environment reducing carbon emissions and environmental impact. • Specialised facilities for young people and the elderly Sharpness Eco-Village will be a planned , balanced and self- • Increased capacity for renewable energy generation and energy contained community. The intention will be for the village to grow efficiency in the future in a logical and sustainable manner benefiting from • Improved tourism industry performance with a wider range of the new infrastructure created by the initial development. In this leisure facilities way, the District will have a concentrated growth point for its future, taking away the anxiety of where tiers of growth may end up in the future. VISION DOCUMENT 5 SITE CONTEXT PROPOSED ECO-PARK VIEWS OUT FROM THE B4066 SEVERN ESTUARY (FROM SEVERN WAY) BERKLEY CASTLE DURSLEY 6 SHARPNESS ECO VILLAGE GLOUCESTER SERVICES (MSA) Sharpness is one of the most inland ports in Britain and eighth largest in the South West located on the River Severn. It lies four miles to the north of Berkeley, and is accessed by the B4066. Stroud District presents a rich diversity among its settlements, Sharpness Eco-Village will increase that diversity by providing a new growth point which is unique in design and offers PAINSWICK sustainable opportunities for the next decade and beyond. STROUD TOWN DURSLEY STROUD DISTRICT SITE CONTEXT PLAN VISION DOCUMENT 7 8 SHARPNESS ECO VILLAGE v 3. THE GREENSQUARE-LIONCOURT PARTNERSHIP GreenSquare and Lioncourt Strategic are working in partnership to “We are immensely proud of how far we have come since then – create and deliver the ethos of an Eco-Village: and are proud to be able to say that we really have been passionate about great places to live for the last 150 years. With GreenSquare bringing the experience of its long standing heritage to deliver socially sustainable communities, and Lioncourt “The Oxford Cottage Improvement Company was born out of the bringing commercial experience that will enable the practical delivery need to address the wretched housing conditions of the mid-19th of the Eco village and its multi-structural infrastructure requirements century, and now, 150 years on, we are dealing with a different type over the full term of the development phases. (See text separately of housing crisis. With home ownership in England at its lowest below about Lioncourt Group) rate for decades, we have ambitious plans for the future to build many more new homes across all our areas of operation.” GreenSquare Group “It is a credit to our ability to transform that we have continued to Passionate about great places to live for 150 years thrive – and thanks to the hard work of all of our board members On 10 August 1866 The Oxford Cottage Improvement Company and staff, who, over the years, have helped GreenSquare to stay Limited – the company which would eventually become Oxford true to its original mission.” Citizens Housing Association and then GreenSquare – was founded with the mission to tackle the poor housing conditions of the 19th Lioncourt Strategic Land century. The Lioncourt group is a Worcestershire based company comprising Lioncourt Homes Limited, a five star quality rated housebuilder and In fact, The Oxford Cottage Improvement Company Limited company Lioncourt Strategic Land Limited, a specialist land trading company. quickly established itself as a local pioneer in driving housing reform Formed in 2006, the Lioncourt group is committed to working with in the area and was nationally one of the first of its kind outside of local communities to produce high quality developments that are London. The company began by improving the quality of working promoted through and shaped by the planning system. class houses in Oxford, moving on to building sheltered housing, before changing its name to
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