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LAND SOUTHWEST OF NEWFOUND FARM, CRINGLEFORD: PHASE TWO VISION DOCUMENT PREPARED BY PEGASUS DESIGN ON BEHALF OF BARRATT DAVID WILSON HOMES P18-0134_03 | MARCH 2020 “THE CREATION OF HIGH QUALITY BUILDINGS AND PLACES IS FUNDAMENTAL TO WHAT THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS SHOULD ACHIEVE. GOOD DESIGN IS A KEY ASPECT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CREATES BETTER PLACES IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK AND HELPS MAKE DEVELOPMENT ACCEPTABLE TO COMMUNITIES. BEING CLEAR ABOUT DESIGN EXPECTATIONS, AND HOW THESE WILL BE TESTED, IS ESSENTIAL FOR ACHIEVING THIS. SO TOO IS EFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN APPLICANTS, COMMUNITIES, LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITIES AND OTHER INTERESTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.”. (PARA 124, NPPF 2019). 1. INTRODUCTION 05 2. ASSESSMENT 09 3. EVALUATION 25 4. DESIGN PRINCIPLES 27 5. DESIGN PROPOSALS 29 6. SUMMARY 37 NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT IS DESIGNED TO BE VIEWED AS A3 DOUBLE SIDED Pegasus Design Pegasus Design Pegasus House Querns Business Centre Whitworth Road Cirencester GL7 1RT www.pegasusgroup.co.uk I T 01285 641717 Prepared by Pegasus Design Pegasus Design is part of Pegasus Group Ltd Prepared on behalf of Barratt David Wilson Homes March 2020 Project code P18-0134 Checked by: INITIAL 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 Ltd. Crown copyright. All rights reserved, Licence number 100042093. Printed material produced by Pegasus Design Cirencester is printed on paper from sustainably managed sources and all parts are fully recyclable. 4 LAND SOUTHWEST OF NEWFOUND FARM, CRINGLEFORD: PHASE TWO | VISION DOCUMENT SECTION 1 | INTRODUCTION PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT BARRAT DAVID WILSON HOMES 1.1 This statement has been prepared by Pegasus Urban Design 1.5 Barratt Homes has risen from humble origins from when it on behalf of Barratt David Wilson Homes to accompany the was first formed in 1958 to become the UK’s largest and best promotion of their site at Land Southwest of Newfound Farm, known housebuilder, leading the industry in construction, Cringleford. This site in the urban fringe parish of Cringleford design, quality and customer service. In the last 60 years and is being promoted for further residential development Barratt Homes has built over 450,000 new homes across through the Greater Norwich Local Plan process. England, Scotland and Wales. In the process they have created thousands of job opportunities across the country 1.2 This document has been prepared to promote Land and allowed hundreds of thousands of people to buy new Southwest of Newfound Farm, Cringleford as a suitable site homes. for residential development comprising 500 dwellings and associated public open space. 1.6 Barratt Homes specialises in acquiring land, obtaining planning permission and building the highest quality 1.3 This document sets out: the planning policy context for the homes in places people aspire to live. This is supported by site and its development potential; an assessment of the their expertise in land, design, construction and sales and site and its surroundings; and finally describes the design marketing. The dedication to building new homes to the proposal. By bringing together the assessment work, a new highest quality has been recognised by the Home Builders vision for the Land Southwest of Newfound Farm has been Federation by way of their 5 Star customer rating that Barratt developed so that it will form a successful extension to the Homes has been awarded for the tenth consecutive year, the consented development (LPA ref. 2013/1793/O) to the north only major housebuilder to have achieved this. east. 1.7 The Newfound Farm site in Cringleford will accommodate 1.4 This document achieves this within the following sections: new homes from both Barratt Homes, which focuses on Section 1: Introduction – outlines the purpose of the providing homes perfect for first time buyers and families, document; and the company’s more premium brand, David Wilson Section 2: Assessment – considers the site and its Homes, which is known for its beautifully designed houses surroundings in terms of the physical, social and planning that are built to the highest quality with fixtures and fittings context; to match. The choice that will be offered through these two brands will help to accelerate the delivery of new homes for Section 3 – Evaluation - this section identifies the influences the Greater Norwich area through the development of the and opportunities of the site. site at Cringleford. Section 4: Design Principles – presentation of the design principles that have been derived from a combination of Government Policy and site assessment; Section 5: Design Proposals – presentation of the design proposals including uses and amount proposed, access arrangements, layout of the development, scale of buildings, and landscaping treatments. Section 6: Summary – this section evaluates the proposals against NPPF sustainability and design criteria. LAND SOUTHWEST OF NEWFOUND FARM, CRINGLEFORD: PHASE TWO | VISION DOCUMENT 5 Copyright Pegasus Planning Group Ltd. Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Copyright Licence number 100042093. Promap Licence number 100020449. 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T 01285 641717 www.pegasuspg.co.uk A47 NORWICH SOUTHERN BYPASS CONSENTED (NEWFOUND CONSENTED (ROUND DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT HOUSE FARM ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT) PARK) DEVELOPMENT KEY ROUND 6 HOUSE DEVELOPMENT CONSENTED (NEWFOUND CONSENTED SITE WAY LOCATION ADJACENT FARM NEIGHBORING (ROUND LAND SOUTHWEST OF NEWFOUND FARM, CRINGLEFORD: PHASE TWO PHASE TWO CRINGLEFORD: FARM, LAND SOUTHWEST OF NEWFOUND DEVELOPMENT) HOUSE DEVELOPMENT PARK) | VISION DOCUMENT SITE LOCATION PLAN SITE LOCATION 1.12 1.11 1.10 1.9 1.8 SITE LOCATIONANDCONTEXT southwest of the site respectively. ofthesite southwest and thewest 2.3kmand1.8km to approximately Melton andLittle this,withthevillagesofHethersett lies beyond oftheA47.Opencountryside theroute along linear woodland anda farmland ofarable theA47byanarea from separated andis ontheground boundaryisunmarked site The western Southern Bypass. theA11andA47/Norwich between ofandintersection routes boundedbythe offarmland whichliesanarea beyond boundary, marksthesouthernsite vegetation Existing Cringleford. to extension asubstantial and forms theeast to thealignmentofRound HouseWay follows Park atRoundHouse development completed of land.Thenewly strip byanarrow RoundHouseWay from This isseparated ofthesite. northeast homes (phase1)liesimmediately thatincludes650new development aresidential-led for (2013/1793/O) development Farm Newfound The consented valley. Yare River andthe JohnInnesCentre Hospital, and NorwichUniversity whichistheNorfolk beyond northofthesite, the immediate liesto farmland andarable ofwoodland land. Asmallblock ofagricultural shapedarea rectangular aroughly occupies and ofthevillageCringleford thewest liesto The site opposite. Planandtheaerialphotograph Location Site isshownonthe ofthesite andextent Thelocation Norfolk. ofSouth area andtheadministrative parish ofCringleford ofNorwichwithinthe thesouthwest to islocated The site WIDER CONTEXT PLAN SITE LOCATION PLAN LAND SOUTHWEST OF NEWFOUND FARM, CRINGLEFORD: PHASE TWO | VISION DOCUMENT 7 CRINGLEFORD NEIGBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2016 2.1 The Cringleford Neighbourhood Development Plan (CNDP) directs and shapes the growth assigned to Cringleford by ADOPTED FEBRUARY 2014 the Joint Core Strategy for Broadland, Norwich and South CRINGLEFORD NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN Norfolk (March 2011). Policy 9 of the Joint Core Strategy 2013-2026 (JCS) sets out the requirement to deliver a minimum of 21,000 new dwellings across the Norwich Policy Area over the course of the plan period. Of these 21,000 required dwellings a minimum total of 1,200 are assigned for delivery at Cringleford. Policy 10 of the JCS details the need to deliver improvements to local infrastructure alongside the required housing growth. Prepared by: Tel: 01603 250198 Cringleford Parish Council, 16A Newmarket Road, Email: [email protected] Cringleford, Norwich, NR4 6UE Website: www.cringlefordparishcouncil.gov.uk 8 LAND SOUTHWEST OF NEWFOUND FARM, CRINGLEFORD: PHASE TWO | VISION DOCUMENT SECTION 2 | ASSESSMENT Planning History 2.3 The outline planning permission was granted subject to Greater Norwich Local Plan the 45 planning conditions listed in the decision notice and 2.2 On the 20th of July 2016 outline planning permission (ref. 2.5 Broadland, Norwich and South Norfolk Councils are the content of a legal agreement which sets out a series of 2013/1793/O) (all matters reserved except for access) presently preparing a joint Local Plan for the Greater planning obligations. The following planning obligations were was granted for the development of the Newfound Farm Norwich area. This new Local Plan will cover the period from secured by the legal agreement: site, which is identified as an allocation in the Cringleford 2018 up to 2038 and is presently the subject of regulation Neighbourhood Plan. The description of development • Provision of amenity areas and allotments; 18 consultation. The emerging Local Plan identifies a need relating to the approved outline planning application is as • Provision of affordable housing; for 44,343, of which 36,503 are already committed,