Site B, Wallingford Pre-Planning Application Public Exhibition - JULY 2013
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SITE B, WALLINGFORD PRE-PLANNING APPLICATION PUBLIC EXHIBITION - JULY 2013 INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSALS SEWAGE WATER SUPPLY FLOODING & SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE CONNECTION TO EXISTING 400mm TRUNK MAIN POTENTIALPOTENTIAL CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS TOTO EXISTING EXISTING FOUL FOUL SEWER SEWER IN WANTAGEIN WANTAGE ROAD ROAD Infiltration Basin/Ponds FOULFOUL PUMPING PUMPING SATION SATION EXISTING 400mm TRUNK MAIN Soakaway (Below Ground) POTENTIALPOTENTIAL CONNECTION CONNECTION TOTO UPGRADED UPGRADED PUMP PUMP STATIONSTATION FOULFOUL PUMPING PUMPING SATION SATION Soakaway Swale (Below Ground) Soakaway (Below Ground) POTENTIALPOTENTIAL DEDICATED DEDICATED RISINGRISING MAIN MAIN Soakaway (Below Ground) Swale Soakaway/ Attenuation Soakaway Attenuation pond TOTO CHOLSEY CHOLSEY SEWAGE SEWAGE Outfall to ditch at max Attenvation pond © Based upon the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. © Based upon the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. rate of 1 in 2.3 year event TREATMENTTREATMENT WORKS WORKS Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. OS Licence number 100020449 proceedings. OS Licence number 100020449 › Connection to the existing public sewer network may include an › A trunk water main runs close to the north western corner of the site › The site is located outside the flood plain and has been assessed as having a low risk of flooding upgrade to the existing Fir Tree Foul Pumping Station › Thames Water has advised that some local network improvement may › Surface Water runoff from all roofs, roads and other hardstanding areas will be collected via a › It may be necessary to install a new dedicated rising main to take foul be required in order to bring these water supplies directly into the site series of swales and pipe networks linking to ponds and soakaways. sewage to Cholsey Sewage Treatment Works. › The supply of drinking water to development on the site is feasible › Surface water runoff from the site will either infiltrate into the ground through the ponds, › A small new pumping station may be required in the north western and achievable, with no impact on services to existing dwellings permeable paving and soakaways or via the existing ditch network to the south of the site. Any corner of the site to deal with differences in level flows to the ditch network will be controlled as to not exceed the existing site runoff, including allowances to cater for future climate change. The development will therefore not increase the risk of flooding to the surrounding area. › The site will maximise the use of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) whilst providing valuable natural habitat and recreational areas. SITE B, WALLINGFORD PRE-PLANNING APPLICATION PUBLIC EXHIBITION - JULY 2013 LANDSCAPE, ECOLOGY AND OPEN SPACE Green Infrastructure Landscape Proposals FootpatHS and Cycleways Green Infrastructure is defined as the physical Attractive, high-quality landscaping is essential, The existing public rights of way that pass environment within and between our cities, both to respect the site and to create an through the site will be retained and the path towns and villages. It is the network of multi- appealing environment for residents and visitors. which crosses the northern part of the site will functional open spaces including formal parks, A key opportunity is the inclusion of techniques be given a generous landscape setting with gardens, woodlands, green corridors, to reinforce the existing and maturing site attractive tree and shrub planting. Other waterways, street trees and open countryside. screening along the by-pass and to deal with pedestrian routes will be created to provide a It comprises all environmental resources, and practical issues such as rainwater run-off. In this variety of direct routes to schools, bus stops thus a green infrastructure approach to way the landscape can be used to create an and play areas, as well as informal leisure routes AllotMents masterplanning also contributes towards a attractive environment for the new residential through the open space network. Cyclists will To supplement the provision of growing areas sustainable resource management. It promotes neighbourhood. be able to use clearly defined routes within the that currently exist nearby, allotments would biodiversity and recreation, encouraging development, that link to the National Cycle provide residents with the opportunity to grow community interaction and a healthy lifestyle. Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) will be Network (Sustrans) Route 5 which runs their own produce and to share knowledge and The following components of the Slade End used, exploiting the natural slope of the land to between Wallingford and Brightwell along the social enterprise with neighbours and friends. Farm masterplan will contribute to the wider hold water on site in a network of swales (open Wantage Road. Allotments also provide valuable wildlife Green Infrastructure of South Oxfordshire. drainage channels with grass and planting) and habitats, improving local biodiversity. ponds. These will be designed to slow down › Mature trees and hedgerows run-off and also to allow water to percolate into COMMunity OrcHard › Boundary planting the ground, rather that run on the surface. A community orchard is a place where local and › Wildlife corridors Even hard-paved areas can be porous, made of other varieties of top fruit are grown by, and for, › Swales and ponds materials that allow water to percolate down local people. They provide fruit to share, places › Orchard and allotments through the substrate. Soakaways would be to enjoy and show how well we can live with › Footpaths and cycleways based on known infiltration rates, preventing nature. The community orchard can become › Amenity open space and play areas overloading of the drainage system. In some the equivalent of the local woodland – a locations, for amenity and ecological reasons, a communal asset for the whole parish. It can built-in impervious lining could be used to help improve our diet, offer healthy activity and create more permanent water features which enliven a curriculum. would add to the character of the new neighbourhood and encourage bio-diversity. The combination of all these techniques would mean that even when there are heavy rain storms, the run-off rate from the site would be no more that it is at present. Ecology and ENVironMent CHildren’S play areas The illustrative masterplan for the site has Younger children’s play areas would be been designed to offer a comprehensive, distributed throughout the residential areas to integrated approach to the new ensure that play and social activities are readily development. The built form and the green accessible to all residents and their friends, that infrastructure together create a sustainable they are safe and well supervised. Steps would and welcoming neighbourhood based on be taken to minimise conflict between different traditional place-making and good design; in age groups and users. Informal kick about space accordance with South Oxfordshire District and opportunities for older children and youths Structural landscape Council’s Design Guidance. would be accommodated, and as guided by the The vegetation that is currently growing along local planning authority. A variety of techniques would be used to the boundaries will be retained and provide an appropriate green buffer to the supplemented with additional native hedgerow bypass and to help avoid any perceived effect of Local parKS and inforMal open space and woodland edge species. This will provide a coalescence with Brightwell-cum-Sotwell. Areas of open space will be distributed throughout the residential areas to strong green framework within which the There would be a mixture of mounding, ensure that all residents have access to attractive and seasonally changing development will be set. The existing mature planting, acoustic protection, SuDS, productive spaces in which to walk, socialise and relax. There could be areas with trees around Fir Tree cottage near the centre of land and play areas along the western boundary. seating and picnic tables. Trees and shrubs would be primarily native but the site will also be retained and will help to As well as individual gardens, a network of local with some more exotic species to add diversity and to lengthen the provide a buffer between the existing and the green spaces would be created to reflect the flowering and fruiting season, thus providing food for a wide range of birds new properties. New tree and shrub planting rural ambience of the area. As a result the rural and insects. will enhance the residential street scene, settings of Brightwell and Wallingford are providing shade and seasonal interest. maintained and bio-diversity would be significantly enhanced. SITE B, WALLINGFORD PRE-PLANNING APPLICATION PUBLIC EXHIBITION - JULY 2013 EXTRA CARE ACCOmmODATION - HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY A NEW PRimARY SCHOOL Provision is made within the development for a 75 unit Extra Care scheme Key › Wallingford needs new primary school places, the local schools are located to the south of the main square. It is anticipated that the Extra largely full and Oxfordshire County Council is considering how best it Care will contribute towards the provision of affordable