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18 DECEMBER 2019 Lee Valley Ice Centre Lee Valley Ice Centre - Design and Access Statement 18 DECEMBER 2019 Lee Valley Ice Centre - Design and Access Statement 18 December 2019 Prepared by LJC CONTENTS Checked by MH 1.0 INTRODUCTION 4 5.3. BUILDING PARTI AND LEGIBILITY 45 7.15 BREEAM CREDITS 112 5.4. GROUND FLOOR LAYOUT 47 7.14 MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES 112 1.1. OVERVIEW 4 5.5. FIRST FLOOR LAYOUT 51 1.2. INTRODUCTION TO LVRPA 5 8.0 APPEARANCE 113 5.6. PHASING 53 2.0 THE PROCESS 6 6.0 SCALE 59 8.1. MATERIALITY AND MASSING 113 8.2. THE PLINTH 113 2.1. ASSESSMENT 6 6.1. MINIMISING FOOTPRINT 59 8.3. THE “BAND” 114 2.2. INVOLVEMENT 20 6.2. BUILDING HEIGHT 60 8.4. THE FRIDGES 115 2.3. EVALUATION 24 6.3. CONCEPT MASSING STUDIES 61 8.5. BUILDING SYMMETRY 116 2.4. DESIGN 30 6.4. LVIA VIEWS 64 9.0 ACCESS 123 3.0 USE 35 7.0 LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGY 67 9.1. PEDESTRIAN, VEHICULAR AND TRANSPORT LINKS 123 3.1. EXISTING USE 35 7.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 67 9.2. SERVICE ACCESS 125 3.2. THE BRIEF 36 7.2 INTRODUCTION 68 9.3. MAINTENANCE ACCESS 126 3.3. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT 37 7.3 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 69 9.4. INCLUSIVE ACCESS 127 3.4. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS 38 7.4 LANDSCAPE STRATEGY - KEY PRINCIPLES 70 10.0 APPENDICES 131 4.0 AMOUNT 39 7.5 ECOLOGY STRATEGY - KEY PRINCIPLES 71 7.6 WATER STRATEGY - KEY PRINCIPLES 72 10.1. APPENDIX A - RESPONSE TO PRE-APPLICATION FEEDBACK 131 4.1. WHY IS A TWIN PAD REQUIRED AT LVIC? 39 7.7 LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN 73 10.2. APPENDIX B - FIRE STRATEGY REPORT 136 4.2. ACCOMMODATION SCHEDULE 41 7.8 LANDSCAPE DESIGN COMPONENTS 75 10.3. APPENDIX C- CRIME PREVENTION STATEMENT 149 4.3. GROSS AREA AND FOOTPRINT 42 7.9 HARD LANDSCAPE MATERIALITY PALETTE 82 5.0 LAYOUT 43 7.10 SOFT LANDSCAPE MATERIALITY PALETTE 98 7.11 BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENTS AND HABITAT CREATION 108 5.1. BUILDING LOCATION AND ORIENTATION 43 7.12 EXISTING TREES, SCRUB AND GRASSLAND VEGETATION 110 5.2. SITE LAYOUT 44 7.13 PROPOSED TREES 111 Lee Valley Ice Centre Design and Access Statement 3 1.0 INTRODUCTION Ware 1.1. OVERVIEW The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) is seeking to redevelop the aging Lee Valley Ice Centre (LVIC) with a new twin Olympic pad facility, as part of its statutory role to deliver sport, leisure and nature conservation within The Lee Valley Regional Park (Regional Park). LVIC is located on Lea Bridge Road, and operates 7 days a week, year round. In 2018 it attracted just under 279,000 visits, however it is approaching the end of its useful life. Unexpected shutdowns and unplanned maintenance issues have become more frequent in recent months. In 2017, a £500,000 refurbishment was carried out to the ice pad, cooling and barrier Lee Valley White Water Centre systems, which were at a high risk of failure. Chillers, M&E plant and the buildings structure and fabric are identiied as high risk items and will in high likelihood require M25 further investment. LVRPA has therefore decided to replace the building with a new facility, one with a regional catchment and capable of providing twice as much ice time, safeguarding the provision of ice sports within the Regional Park. This Design and Access Statement forms part of the application submission to the London Borough of Waltham Forest (LBWF) for a full planning permission for a new facility. Pickets Lock A Design and Access Statement is a report that accompanies a planning application and seeks to encapsulate and explain the thinking behind the design proposals for which consent is being sought. A Design and Access Statement provides the opportunity for the design team to explain how the proposed development is a suitable response to the site, its location and its setting, and to demonstrate that prospective users can adequately access and use the completed scheme. Design and Access Statements can aid decision making by enabling the Local Planning Authority and third parties to better understand the analysis that has underpinned the design of the development proposal. This document has been prepared following the structure and guidance set out in the document “Design and Access Statements: How to read, write and use them’ (CABE Springfield Marina 2006) published by the Design Council. LVIC The Design and Access Statement is organised as follows: — The Process. — Use. — Amount. — Layout. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park — Scale. — Landscaping. — Appearance. — Access. Thames Figure 1 Lower Lea Valley Park context plan 4 Lee Valley Ice Centre Design and Access Statement 1.2. INTRODUCTION TO LVRPA The Regional Park is a 26 mile long, 10,000 acre park, stretching from the River Springfield Marina Thames to Ware in Hertfordshire. The park was created by a unique Act of Parliament as a Regional Park for London, Essex and Hertfordshire. LVRPA was established by the Lee Valley Regional Park Act 1966. The act conferred wide powers on the Authority to regenerate the Lee Valley for sport, leisure and nature conservation. From inception the Authority has had a role in the delivery of Lee Valley Riding Centre major venues with a Regional catchment. LVRPA’s approach is to be community Lea Bridge Station focused and commercially driven, to work with partners to produce a unique combination of activities, sights and experiences. LVIC LVRPA owns a number of world-class sporting and recreation facilities, including the Lee Valley VeloPark, the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, and the Lee Valley White Water Centre as part of the London 2012 Olympic Legacy. Additional facilities include centres for athletics, golf and horse riding, as well as the existing LVIC. As part of its remit, LVRPA is creating a zone of sporting excellence throughout the park. LVRPA’s Park Development Framework is comprised of the following documents: Hackney Marshes Centre — Vision, Strategic Aims and Principles document (2010). — Thematic Proposals (2011). Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre — Detailed Area Proposals (2011). — Strategic Policies (2019). Lee Valley Velo Park These documents deine a long term vision to create the Regional Park into a World Class Leisure Destination. LVRPA’s Vision is supported by 6 strategic aims: — A Park that is a high quality and unique visitor destination. — A Park that delivers a range of high quality opportunities for sport and recreation. — A Park that delivers a high quality biodiversity resource for the Region. — A Park that helps local people improve their wellbeing. — Landscape that embraces the physical, cultural and social heritage of the area. Copper Box Arena — Recognition of the Regional Park’s contribution to Landscape and Heritage values. 96% of the 10,000 acre park consists of Green Belt or Metropolitan Open Land (MOL). LVRPA has a track record of delivering successful sporting facilities of regional and national importance within the context of this valuable open space, in support of the London Aquatics Centre authority’s statutory remit. London Olympic Stadium Figure 2 Lower Lea Valley Park, indicating sports developments Lee Valley Ice Centre Design and Access Statement 5 2.0 THE PROCESS LEYTON MARSHES LEE VALLEY RIDING CENTRE RIVER LEA The purpose of this section is to explain the process that LVRPA and their design team have undertaken during the development of the design proposals. Reference has been made to the guidance in CABE’s ‘Design and Access Statements: How to write, read and use them’, The development of this detailed application has been the product of several years’ work, during which time the emerging design and brief has been challenged and reined. The design team have followed an assessment-involvement-evaluation- design process. Section 2.1(Assessment) summarises the review of the local context that has been undertaken by the team prior to the preparation of the proposals. OXBOW LAKE Section 2.2 (Involvement) describes the process of consultation and community OVERFLOW involvement undertaken by the team. CAR PARK AREA Section 2.3 (Evaluation) reviews the process of identifying opportunities and constraints that have been identiied through the Assessment and Involvement LEA BRIDGE ROAD stages, and informed the emerging proposals. EXISTING Section 2.4 (Design) summarises the key design decisions and iterations that have CAR PARK been undertaken by the team to develop the inal design proposals. 2.1. ASSESSMENT The Lee Valley Regional Park ESSEX WHARF The Lee Valley was once home to a wide range of industries, gravel pits, waterworks sites, distilleries and munitions factories. Over the years much of the land across the Valley became neglected and derelict. Sir Patrick Abercrombie’s Greater THAMES WATER SITE London Plan suggested in 1944 that ‘the Valley gives the opportunity for a great piece of regenerative planning…..every piece of land welded into a great regional reservation’. During the post-war period this idea was not enacted, until 1961 when Alderman Lou LEA BRIDGE Sherman, Mayor of Hackney, persuaded seventeen other local authorities to support MILLFIELDS him in regenerating the valley and in 1963 the Civic Trust was invited to undertake an PARK appraisal of the Valley’s potential as a vast leisure and recreational resource. RIVER LEA The Civic Trust report was extremely positive and a Bill was promoted in Parliament to establish the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority as the development body with the responsibility and the powers to deliver the vision. Following Royal Assent to the Lee Valley Regional Park Bill in December 1966, the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority was formally constituted on 1 January 1967. LEA BRIDGE CONSERVATION AREA Figure 3 Lee Valley Ice Centre - Aerial View 6 Lee Valley Ice Centre Design and Access Statement Site location The proposed LVIC is located within the Regional Park, north of Lea Bridge Road, with the River Lea and Essex Wharf to the west, and the Sustrans Cycle Route to the east, with the Lee Valley Riding Centre beyond.
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