WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM SITE, SW19 MASTERPLAN DESIGN REPORT

Submission to Borough of | 13th September 2013 WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 2 CONTENTS

01 SITE CONTEXT & CONSTRAINTS 02 SITE POTENTIAL 03 THE MASTERPLAN 04 LAND USE

05 BULK & MASSING

06 THE MASTERPLAN INCLUDING VOLANTE SITE 07 RESIDENTIAL UNITS

This document, prepared by Sheppard Robson on behalf of Galliard Homes, sets out the outline design proposal for the masterplan scheme at the Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium site at Plough Lane.

The following design for this landmark site includes a new stadium for AFC Wimbledon restoring the football club to its spiritual home. The masterplan also includes residential, retail and leisure uses on site, as well as a new landscaped pedestrian route. The proposals are outline at this stage and are subject to further design development.

The stadium is designed by David Morley Architects, Derek Wilson and Owens Owens Design, and their proposals are illustrated in a separate document.

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WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 3 01 SITE CONTEXT & CONSTRAINTS

The site lies in The , and within an area providing good local transport links, and a number of amenities and green spaces

Earlsfield Station

River Wandle Burntwood School Golf Centre

Garratt Park

Wimbledon Park Station Cemetery

National Grid Wimbledon Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium Site

Wimbledon Cemetery

Ricards Lodge High School Lambeth Cemetery

Haydon’s Road Station

Wimbledon Station

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 4 The site is also constrained by a number of physical features, and relationships with surrounding buildings and infrastructure

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1. Constraint - vehicular noise and pollution along Plough Lane 2. Constraint - outlook to car dealerships to the south

3. Constraint - outlook to blank facades of light industrial 4. Constraint - poorly fronted street and vacant former pub 5. Constraint - poorly fronted street to the south unit, and high rise residential beyond building

6. Constraint - outlook to large scale retail units to the south 7. Constraint - outlook to Wimbledon National Grid substation to the 8. Constraint - outlook to Wimbledon Substation west

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 5 02 SITE POTENTIAL

NORTH-SOUTH ROUTE GREEN SPACES

The site offers the potential to improve the connection from the residential areas of The site’s location between Garratts Park and Lambeth Cemetery Earlsfield and Wimbledon. This could be by introducing a new street through the suggest that green spaces could be provided within our site, and create site overlooked by uses that provide passive surveillance. This route would be an a virtual green corridor. improvement in terms of safety and environment compared with the existing streets surrounding the site.

Diagram highlighting the principle of a route through the site Diagram highlighting the potential for linking the green spaces adjacent to the site

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 6 RESPONSE TO SITE CONTEXT

The following items have been considered and incorporated into the early design in response to the opportunities provided by the site, as well as the constraints.

The immediate area around the Corner Pin Pub has the potential to be a focal point acting as the main “address” of the residential uses

The North / South route should go through the centre of the site - surrounded on either side by active frontage and well over looked

Any residential areas should be protected from the switching station boundary by a built or landscape buffer

The best and most prominent “address“ for any retail is along Plough Lane. This location would be complementary to the other retail uses along this road

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 7 03 THE MASTERPLAN

The masterplan has been designed to provide the spatial concepts shown in the facing diagrams.

The new football stadium is a key focal point of the site, but the residential Residential buildings and green spaces have been designed to provide a new residential quarter.

Communal residential entrances face onto the new north-south pedestrian Residential route, providing active frontage. The Plough Lane frontage also incorporates a retail building and reinstates the Squash Club already on the site. Football Stadium

Retail

01 Main Route through the site 02 Active built frontages

The drawings on the following pages show the proposed masterplan. The drawings included are:

• Ground Level Masterplan • Typical Floor Level Masterplan • Basement Level • Section Please note that these plans are outline at this stage and are subject to further development 06 Private communal garden access points 07 Courtyard axis and linkage

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 8 03 Courtyard green space and football pitch 04 Communal entrances from the streets 05 Private entrances from the streets

08 Private back gardens and private communal 09 The podium and landscape edge 10 The overall spatial concept courtyards

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The proposed masterplan includes the following proposed land uses:

FOOTBALL STADIUM

Please refer to the separate design document.

RESIDENTIAL

c. 600 new residential units are provided in the masterplan. These are located in 3 areas: • Main buildings to the east of the site • A smaller residential building to the north-west of the site • A residential building above the retail unit and squash club

The residential units will also be provided with communal green spaces, with the main residential buildings clustered around green courtyards. The residential spaces are designed to provide a varied residential mix, including larger (3 and 4 bed) units.

Approx 300-400 car parking spaces for the residential units are provided in the basement.

RETAIL/COMMERCIAL

Approximate area = 1,000sqm This is located so that it faces on to Plough Lane, providing active frontage to this part of the site.

LEISURE (SQUASH CLUB)

Approximate area = 800sqm This is located at grade and at basement levels, also fronting onto Plough Lane.

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 14 WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 15 05 BULK & MASSING Residential (6-10 storeys)

The outline 3D image opposite shows the approximate massing of the residential and retail/squash club elements of the masterplan.

Courtyard gardens

Residential (6-10 storeys)

Residential (6-10 storeys)

North-South pedestrian street

Landscaped podium

Retail (1 storey)

Squash club (1 storey)

Residential (6-7 storeys)

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 16 Residential AFC Wimbledon Football Stadium Residential

Outline 3D view of the North-South street, view looking south Landscaped pedestrian route

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 17 Aerial 3D view (from south-west) *Stadium 3D to show bulk only. Refer to separate document

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 18 Aerial 3D view (from north-east) *Stadium 3D to show bulk only. Refer to separate document

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 19 View of model (from south-east)

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 20 View of model (from north-west)

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 21 06 THE MASTERPLAN INCLUDING VOLANTE SITE

The following drawings show the masterplan should the site also include the area currently occupied by the Volante building to the east.

The drawings on the following pages show the proposed masterplan. The drawings included are:

• Ground Level Masterplan • Typical Floor Level Masterplan • Basement Level Please note that these plans are outline at this stage and are subject to further development

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WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 25 07 RESIDENTIAL UNITS

The design of the residential units is subject to further design development, but the plans on the facing page indicate typical current residential unit layouts.

The residential buildings have been designed to maximise the number of dual aspect units.

WIMBLEDON GREYHOUND STADIUM- LB MERTON PRESENTATION 26 Indicative layout of a typical 1 bedroom residential unit

Indicative layout of a typical 2 bedroom residential unit

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