CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK Dunkirk Farm Dunkirk,

January 2018 Hooton

M53 Childer Willaston Wider Thornton context

Little Neston Ince Ellesmere Port

Elton A550

Ledsham South Wirral Thornton-le-MoorsContext Train Station The site has immediate access to strong, sustainable and Capenhurst Two Mills growingM56 infrastructure with immediate access to the Puddington The Site A5117 strategic highwayDunham-on-the-Hill network, primarily the M56, A550 and M56 M53. Croughton Capenhurst station is less than 1km to the north, providing A494 direct trains to Liverpool and . The mature, stable suburbs to the east of the site provide a

M53 The site measuresSaughall approximately Mickle Connah's Quay 22.5 ha and lies between the A41 GREAT SUTTONTrafford current Sealandhousing development SOUTH WIRRAL Great Barrow Shotton allocation at Backford Cross Queensferry and Dunkirk Lane. This provides Blacon good connectivity to the A56 A494 Chester extensive employment areas EA Technology Deeside Train Station WHITBYHEATH Mancot Sandycroft at Capenhurst, and would Chester Littleton see development extending logically along Dunkirk Way to meet Chester Gates business

park. 400 m / 5 minute walk We have undertaken preliminary assessment of key issues to be 800 m / 10 minute walk 17 55 LEGEND / A ay considered in formulating a k W kir 1200 m / 15 minute walk n The Site Du development proposal for the Key Employment Area Retail site, including working with School Curtins to establish access Commercial Green and Recreational Area parameters, and with TEP to Railway Station understand ecological context. Motorway Primary road Costco Secondary road This work has established that Wholesale UK Local Minor road Ward boundaries there are no known constraints M56 Context Existing Allocation for Housing that would preclude the development of the site.

Key principles

Local context and key opportunities outlined above will inform the design approach going forward. The key principles summarised here represent 1 a series of ‘steps’ to creating a well designed Mature field boundaries development that will be responsive to context. and tree groups establish a natural ‘armature’ – an existing grain and structure which can shape development. A new green infrastructure framework can connect a series of Dunkirk Ln internal and external

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LEGEND The Site ApprovedOpportunities development / Existing allocation for housing LEGENDWard boundaries The Site Approved development / Existing allocation forOpportunities: housing Dunkirk Ln WardPotential boundaries for drainage attenuation Potential for site access GREAT SUTTON Potential for long distance views Dunkirk Way / A5117 SOUTH WIRRAL Opportunities:Retention of existing landscape buffers Potential for drainageP.O.S. / Green attenuation buffer Manor Farm PotentialFrontage for site access PotentialLocal Connections for long distance views RetentionPotential for of neighbourhoodexisting landscape links buffers PotentialGreen corridor for P.O.S. / Green buffer EA Technology WHITBYHEATH Frontage LocalConstraints: Connections PotentialRail track for(noise) neighbourhood links Existing Retail Facilities GreenRoad (noise) corridor Electrical transmission lines Constraints:Privacy-sensitive boundary Key opportunities Rail track (noise)

400 m / 5 minute walk Road (noise) The site provides the foundation New homes would help to support the Development can beElectrical planned transmission to deliver lines for high quality family homes on sustainability of local facilities within the strong green spacesPrivacy-sensitive of high recreational boundary 800 m / 10 minute walk

17 55 main urban areas to the east, with good and wildlife value; / A a key gateway into Ellesmere Port ay k W kir connections via Dunkirk Way / Chester 1200 m / 15 minute walk n Du from the M56 and North Wales. • Providing a balance between built New development can provide Road. Development would further add to form and green space assets. the vitality and mix of the local housing a welcoming and attractive • Integrating and enhancing existing offer. frontage, making a more landscape features. coherent experience between This site presents a particularly strong • Creating new accessible green opportunity to balance high quality new spaces and corridors. Costco the main urban area and Chester Wholesale UK Gates business park. homes with landscape elements that will • Enhancing local wildlife corridors M56 respect the countryside setting. and habitats. • Integrating natural topographic characteristics to create a locally responsive urban form.

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Vehicular access and New homes would circulation can be be designed to structured within a create a coherent connected movement series of character framework that areas that respond complements the to different green infrastructure opportunities and framework considerations across

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A5117 A5117 Concept site framework The site has clear potential to become the foundation to an green spaces and with immediate access to distinctive and attractive, distinctive and connected residential community. high quality local landscapes. This can create a critical mass This can maximise the positive benefits of the adjacent housing of development with its own distinctive character; creating a allocation to help deliver enhanced diversity and choice in the healthy, energising environment which supports a high quality local area and sense of place. of life. The draft site framework plan below demonstrates that the The concept framework plan demonstrates that the site has site has the size and flexibility to accommodate a range of potential to support development in the region of 600 new residential densities and typologies, set within a network of homes based on a density of 25-30 DPH.

This is a highly flexible site in a high profile location. The concept framework plan shows potential for distinctive and integrated residential development.

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1 Primary Access 2 Secondary Access 1 3 Village Green Dunkirk Ln 3 4 Linear neighbourhood park 5 Green buffer LEGEND 2 The Site 1 6 Approved development Development parcels A5117 Development area Public open space Green edge Main streets and access Secondary streets Frontages Access points