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Sustainable Construction and Design Statement Tangmere Strategic Sustainable Construction and Design Statement Tangmere Strategic Development Location October 2020 1 Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 2. Policy Context ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 3. Sustainability at Tangmere Village .................................................................................................................... 11 4. Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Client Countryside Properties (UK) Ltd Turley Reference COUS3002 Document Status Final Date October 2020 2 Tangmere Strategic Development Location A Sustainable Location for Development The Tangmere Strategic Development Location is allocated as part of the Chichester District Council’s adopted and emerging Local Plan as a sustainable location for development. Key to the development is the creation of a sustainable community which his integrated with the existing settlement facilitating and encouraging sustainable transport. Sustainable Location Facilitating Sustainable Transport Illustrative masterplan The development is in a sustainable location benefitting To facilitate sustainable transport and reduce from a range of existing amenities, including a convenience private car use the development will include a range store, health facilities and school. measures to enhance sustainable travel including: Health Primary routes designed to The site is located approximately 5km north accommodate an extension of the local bus service through the site east of Chichester which is accessible via local public transport services providing Provision of EV charging infrastructure access to employment opportunities and in all homes and a number of additional amenities. community charge points Local Amenities Enhancement to local cycling links The development will include enhancement which provide a route into Chichester to the local amenities on Malcolm Road with a new primary school, community Provision of secure cycle storage buildings, as well as new sports and in new homes recreational facilities. Sport related Ensuring high speed internet connectivity to the development One of the key aims of the development is Tangmere Strategic Development Location Countryside Properties (UK) Ltd to create a development which facilitates N 0 50 100 150 walking and cycling with key amenities Homes with home offices and flexible For illustrative purposes only Scale to be used for planning purposes only within easy walking distance. spaces to facilitate homeworking Illustrative Masterplan Revision: TOR_IMP_001 Date issued: FINAL 13/10/2020 Walking Drawn by: Checked by: Scale @ A1 1:2500 FH JB Based upon the 2020 Ordnance Survey data with the permission of the Ordnance Survey on behalf of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown Development designed to promote walking copyright. Terence O’Rourke Ltd Licence No. 100019980. © Terence O’Rourke Ltd 2020 with footpaths providing connection to local LONDON 23 Heddon Street London W1B 4BQ BOURNEMOUTH Everdene House Deansleigh Road amenities and connection to the existing Bournemouth BH7 7DU BIRMINGHAM Enterprise House 115 Edmund Street Birmingham B3 2HJ settlement creating an integrated village. TELEPHONE 020 3664 6755 www.torltd.co.uk Tangmere Strategic Development Location One Village As part of the masterplanning process consideration has been given to how the development will integrate the existing settlement and new development to create One Village which enhances the health and wellbeing of residents, supporting the community through good design delivering a range of socio-economic benefits. Social Benefits Environmental Protection Economic Benefits The development at Tangmere aims to create One Village The development protect and enhance the environment • The development will provide a range of providing social benefits to new residents as well as providing through a range of measures including: economic benefits including: benefits to existing residents. To create a sustainable • Design which incorporates the use of sustainable materials, • 155 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) jobs community and enhance the health and wellbeing of new including timber from sustainable sources and materials with through construction; and existing residents the development will include: low pollution values. • £155.9m in Gross Value Added; • Consideration of measures to minimise waste and facilitate • Community Infrastructure Levy funding; recycling through construction and operation through use of Creation of a development with amenities within walking Site Waste Management Plans. distance of existing and new homes, facilitating walking • £19.4m uplift in retail and leisure expenditure; • Protection and enhancement of existing site habitats as well as and cycling through a sustainable transport strategy. • Support for 134 FTE in the local centre, creation of new site habitats such as ponds to deliver a net gain commercial and educational uses; and in biodiversity. The development will include a mix of good quality homes reflecting the needs of the area with 30% of • £2.1m annual Council Tax income and £10.4m affordable homes. New Homes Bonus. Provision of community facilities as part of an inclusive development, including provision of a new primary school, community buildings and recreational facilities. The development will include a significant area of green space, including the central Roman Fields park, connected via a series of green corroders and pathway incorporating formal and informal play areas. Provision of outdoor amenities such as allotments and community growing spaces. Tangmere Strategic Development Location Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Countryside Properties is fully committed to delivering development which reduces carbon emissions and is resilient to the future effects of climate change, supporting Chichester District Council’s climate emergency declaration. In this context the development at Tangmere will incorporate a range of measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change. UKCP18 Overheating The UKCP18 climate projections To minimise the risk on increasing summer temperatures, show the UK will experience rising overheating assessments will be undertaken to identify potential annual temperatures, reducing overheating risks and incorporate measures in accordance with summer rainfall, increasing winter the cooling hierarchy to prioritise passive design measures over rainfall and an increase in extreme the use of active cooling measures. weather events. Carbon Emissions The development designed to To mitigate the impact of the development a range of measures be highly resilient to this future will be incorporated to reduce the carbon emissions of the climate and minimise its impact development through construction and operation, including: on climate change. • Assessment of the embodied carbon of new buildings and consideration of measures to reduce emissions. • Delivering homes which achieve a 19% carbon reduction beyond the requirements of Part L 2013 as a minimum. The detailed design of the development will explore options for Flood Risk Water development to make use of additional low carbon, renewable To minimise the risk of energy systems. To reduce the use of potable water new increased winter rainfall homes and buildings will be designed to and flooding to the site reduce water consumption, including: the development area is located in Flood Zone 1 and • Homes designed to achieve a water Biodiversity will include a surface water consumption rate of 110l/p/d; and drainage system designed to • Non-residential buildings to reduce Changing annual temperatures and rainfall have the potential accommodate a 1 in 100 year water consumption by 25% in to impact on site habitats and species. To reduce the impact storm event including a 40% accordance with the BREEAM water of climate change the landscape strategy will be designed to allowance for climate change. efficiency Wat01 credits. achieve a net gain in biodiversity, making use of use climate tolerant species where appropriate. 1. Introduction This Sustainable Construction This Statement sets out Countryside Properties The village also includes St Andrews Church (UK) Ltd (“Countryside”) approach to which sits on the eastern edge of the proposed and Design Statement has sustainability and the measures incorporated in development site, as well as a primary school. the development to deliver a range of economic, Proposed Development been prepared to social and environmental benefits, including, demonstrate how the measures to mitigate and adapt to the effects of The proposed development comprises an outline climate change. application for the development of up to 1,300 homes and associated landscaping and access. development at Tangmere Site Context While the application covers the parameters of will deliver sustainable, The proposed development site is located on the development as part of the design process, resource efficient new homes. land to the west of Tangmere and covers an illustrative masterplan
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