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David Bullen Limited 15B Ramirez Road Rackheath, Norwich Norfolk NR13 6GD David Bullen Limited 15b Ramirez Road Rackheath, Norwich Norfolk NR13 6GD Design & Access Statement in support of application for the construction of a new workshop and exhibit room at RAF Neatishead Radar Museum. 1.0) Introduction 1.1) The application The proposal in this application is to construct a new workshop and exhibit space in the grounds of the existing museum. 1.2) The objectives There is one very specific objective to this proposal. The new building is to house a key historical artifact. The Type14 Mk2 Mobile Radar that the museum possesses currently lives outside and is in a dire state or repair, being attacked by the elements every year. It is reported to be the ONLY remaining example of this type in existence in the entire world. Hence the importance to restore and maintain it for future posterity is crucial. 1.3) Client’s brief “The RAF Radar Museum is quite unique. The artifacts we have on show are often rare. We have space to house these artifacts except the Type 14 Mobile Radar unit. We need to construct a new building to house this truly historic item. The space needs to be suitably sized so that we can, over time, restore the Type 14 back to its former glory. Not only that, the new space will give us room to put more items on display that are currently out of public sight. Thus improving the overall experience of the museum. Once the Type 14 had been restored, it will live in the new workshop. However, the workshop will also allow us to repair and maintain other items on site that we are currently unable to do” 2.0) The Site 2.1) Site location The site is located to the south side of the RRH Neatishead base. It is still a live military base. The site is accessed via a tarmacked road and the entrance is well maintained and has excellent vision splays in both directions. 2.2) Site history In 1941, the Air Ministry surveyed a piece of land not far from the Broads at Horning in Norfolk with a view to establishing a site to host a brand new Air Defence station, a Ground Control Intercept station to be exact, from where Fighter Controllers, backed up by a wide range of support staff, could direct RAF fighters, day or night, to attack enemy aircraft from Germany as they launched raids against Military and Industrial targets in Norfolk as well as against the ● 01493 842168 ● [email protected] ● www.dbsurveyors.co.uk ● Directors: David Bullen FRICS. Ben Bullen BEng (Hons) DipSurv Company Registration No: 4729168 City of Norwich itself. In September 1941, two years into the Second World War, the first Secret radar system was installed at the new Radar Station of RAF Neatishead. Initially, the complement of forty airmen and airwomen was billeted at a local village and training began in this radical early warning system. At first, the station was home to temporary mobile Radars but it was soon to boast new, improved fixed Radar systems such as the Type 7 Search Radar and Type 13 Height-finding Radars. The hardened Control Room, the “Happidrome” was built and it is this very building which, today, forms part of the Museum. At the end of World War II in 1945 the world entered seamlessly into a new conflict that was to last 45 years – the ‘Cold War’. As the defences for the United Kingdom were reorganised with fewer but more advanced radars to meet the new Soviet air threat, RAF Neatishead continued to play an increasingly important role in the nation’s air defence. In 1953, as part of the upgraded ‘ROTOR’ system, operations were relocated from the wartime ‘Happidrome’ building to a new three storey bunker, deep underground, designed to withstand a nuclear attack. The bunker was destroyed by fire in 1966 and for 8 years Neatishead took on a limited operational role and became a trials unit for the next generation of search radars, the Type 84 & 85. In 1974 Neatishead once again became fully operational as a Sector Operations Centre (SOC) and as a Control & Reporting Centre (CRC). Operating from the old ‘Happidrome’ building, but with a new standalone computerised command and control system (Standby Local Early Warning & Control System) the unit became a key element of the UK Air Defence Ground Environment. CRC Neatishead task was to track and identify all aircraft within the southern sector of the UK and to conduct the NATO air policing of the airspace. Neatishead sister station, RAF Buchan, Aberdeenshire, was similarly tasked to cover the northern section of the UK. Both units were supported by remote radars in the Hebrides, the Shetlands, in Cornwall and North Yorkshire and by CRC Boulmer, Northumberland. Together all units helped protect the UK from a Soviet air threat up until the end of the ‘Cold War’ in 1991. In 1993, the R3 underground bunker once again became operational after a complete refit with a fully Integrated Command & Control System. This system incorporated ultra-fast and secure communications with E3 surveillance aircraft and maritime units and new remote mobile radars. In 1995, as part of the so called ‘peace dividend’, the SOC element at Neatishead closed and relocated to Bentley Priory but Neatishead still continued in its role as a CRC. In 2004, after another major reorganisation of the UK Air Defences, Neatishead closed as a CRC and reassigned as a Remote Radar Head, tasked with supporting the last two remaining CRC’s at Boulmer and Scampton. Today, the aim of the base at Neatishead is to “to provide radar, ground-to-air radio and data links coverage as part of the UK Air Surveillance And Control System (ASACS), in support of national and NATO air defence; a task that has become increasingly important after the tragic events of 9/11.” Now called a Remote Radar Head, staff based here are responsible for both the Radar at Trimingham as well as equipment at a number of other sites in North Norfolk and at Neatishead itself. Information is sent by secure datalinks from the various systems to RAF Boulmer where the Controllers monitor UK airspace. The end of the Cold War means that the secret world of Air Defence is open to public scrutiny. The Museum traces the history and development of Air Defence Radar since its invention in 1935 right up to today's defence of the UK and British Forces abroad. The Museum, originally called the ‘Air Defence Battle Command and Control Museum’, was officially opened in 1994 once the underground Bunker was re-commissioned after a fire in 1966. Only 5 rooms in the Directors: David Bullen FRICS. Ben Bullen BEng (Hons) DipSurv Company Registration No: 4729168 main building were available and the Museum was only open to pre-booked groups who had to enter the Museum via the main RAF Neatishead gate. All work and tours were conducted by a small group of volunteers. In 1997 the Museum became a charitable trust and the Chair of the Board of Trustees was designated to the Officer Commanding RAF Neatishead.On the 1st January 1999, the Air Force Board Standing Committee decided to agree to a new name for the Museum, the Air Defence Radar Museum and granted us permission to use RAF in the title signifying the very close links the Museum has with the Air Force. Unfortunately, this did not provide funds. Also in 1999 the shop was re-located, a new entrance opened and an additional 6 exhibition rooms opened. In the background, a bid was made to the Museum and Galleries Commission for Registration to conform to national standards of collection and visitor care. Full Registration was granted in 2002. Today, the Museum is an independent Trust and the Chairman of the Trustees is Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison RAF, who is also our Patron. Running the Museum is the Manager, Lynn Kerslake. She is supported by a team of dedicated Volunteers most of whom have worked at Neatishead at one time or another or have very strong links to the Base. Without the dedication and expertise of the Volunteers, the Museum simply would not exist. They are totally dedicated to the aim of the Museum which is “to provide a focal point for the heritage associated with the air defence of the United Kingdom and in particular all elements of the command and control (C²) organisation associated with it”. This once secret world has a substantial amount to offer the general public about the history of a specialisation the Royal Air Force has hitherto kept under lock and key and which has little public recognition. The museum sees over 9,500 visitors a year. 3.0) Design The design brief of the workshop is simple. It needs to look like the rest of the structures on site so that it blends in whilst still remaining cost effective to construct. The steel frame building clad in metal sheeting, colour to match the existing buildings, will blend in with the existing structures. 4.0) Consultations During early days of the project, the museum approached conservation with the idea and it was generally deemed to be acceptable. This original proposal sited the new workshop right next door to the main control bunker (The listed building). However, since those conversations, it has been deemed as not a suitable location due to the fact that it would be virtually impossible to manoeuvre the Type 14 vehicle safely into the workshop. Instead, the new location utilises an existing concrete feature which was once a water reservoir for the fire station.
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