AnglePeninsularSchool Hundleton DesignandAccessStatement RevisionP00 July2016 AnglePeninsularSchool– DesignandAccessStatement– July2016 Contents: Page: Introduction and proposal 1 Policy Context and PreRapplication Advice 2 Proposed Site 3 Site Analysis 4 Constraints and Opportunities 5 Sustainability and Massing and Appearance 6 Landscape Proposals 7 Local Precedents 8 Proposed Materials and Palletes 9– 14 The proposals 15– 18 List of Appendices Appendix A R Review of Education Provision on the Angle Peninsular. 19 Consultation Document September 2015 AnglePeninsularSchool– DesignandAccessStatement– July2016 Introduction This design statement has been prepared in accordance with advice given in Technical Advice Note (Wales) 12: Design (Welsh Assembly Government, 2014) and is submitted in support of the planning application for the new school to be known as Angle Peninsular School, on the site adjacent to Orielton Community Primary School, Pembrokeshire. The application is for full planning permission, reference is made to additional supporting documentation where appropriate. In April 2016, Pembrokeshire County Council invited Contractors off the South West Wales Regional Contractors Framework to submit design and tender proposals for the creation of the new school in line with a set of employers requirements and survey information. In June 2016, WRW Construction along with the design team members were selected as the preferred contractor to take the scheme forward and submit a planning application on behalf of Pembrokeshire County Council by the end of July 2016. The proposal The proposed development is in response to a review of Education Provision on the Angle Peninsular. In September 2015, a Consultation Document was prepared by Pembrokeshire County Council that sets out the case for change to the primary education provision on the Angle Peninsular and the councils preferred option to locate a new school in Hundleton. The document can be seen in (Appendix A). The new school will mean the discontinuation of Angle VC School, Orielton CP School and Stackpole VC School and establish a Figure1.Catchmentplan new 311 Voluntary Controlled English Medium School for the Angle Peninsular. The school will include provision for an early years unit and community facilities. In brief, Pembrokeshire have outlined the following reasons for the proposed change: • The amalgamation onto one site for the primary schools in order to improve standards. • Improved leadership due to consolidation on one site resulting in better delivery of the curriculum and in turn, leading better outcomes for pupils. • The improvement of literacy and numeracy through consolidated staff skills base. • The provision of purpose built specialist facilities which will be suitable for 21st century and offer flexibility for changing demands in teaching and learning. • Improved cost efficiency in the running of the education provision in this geographic location, particularly with regard to the condition of buildings and surplus places. The new school will be a Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled Primary school. The new school will have a religious character which will conform with the doctrines of the Church in Wales, subject to the provisions of Paragraph 3 of Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Pembrokeshire County Council will be the Admissions Authority for the new school. The Council’s admissions policy and Figure2.Otheraffectedschools oversubscription criteria will apply. The new school will admit pupils of both sexes and there will be no provision for selection by either aptitude or ability. 1. AnglePeninsularSchool– DesignandAccessStatement– July2016 Policy Context & Pre Application Advice In January 2016, Pembrokeshire County Council’s property team submitted information for the proposed site to the Planning Authority. The positive response outlined the following key points: • Principle Policy with the LDP to be considered is GN.33 (Community Facilities) • GN.33 states that the “development of new community facilities will be permitted where the proposals are located within or are well related to a settlement”. Comments from the Planning Officer relating to this statement indicated that “Given the location of the proposed site, whilst outside of the settlement boundary I would consider that the location can be considered to be wellrelated to the settlement in terms of its proximity to the settlement boundary, its close visual relationship with the existing built elements of the settlement and in terms of the functional links with the settlement, specifically the availability of pedestrian links in close proximity to the site. As such, in principle the development of a new school at this site would appear to be acceptable”. • During the initial consultation with the Planning Authority, the Officer also suggested early contact with Welsh Water with regards to the capacity of the existing sewerage network. This work was undertaken through open dialogue with Welsh Water who have subsequently agreed in principle to the proposals that will be subject to a formal application to connect to the existing network adjacent to the existing Orielton School Site. • In July 2016, further consultation was undertaken with the Local Authority Planning Department and a formal PreApplication submitted. Key items for consideration included: R Material selection and local character R Clarification of current ownership and agricultural classification. R Reference to the chosen site and Education Authority Proposal. R Need for Ecology surveys and reports to support any application. R Drainage details and design to support the application required. ProposedSchoolSiteoutsideofsettlementboundary R Details and proposals for Landscaping to be submitted with any application. All items have been considered and relevant information has been complied in order to submit in support of the application. Other key relevant policies considered during the application are GN.1 General Development Policy, and GN.2 Sustainable Design. Figure3.ExtractPM31fromAdoptedLocalDevelopmentPlan 2.. AnglePeninsularSchool– DesignandAccessStatement– July2016 The Proposed Site The proposed site for the new school is located at the South West side of the existing village of Hundleton. Hundleton is a village and community in the parish of Monkton covering the adjacent settlements of West Orielton, Brownslade, Corston and Pwllcrochan. The village itself contains a chapel, restaurant, public house and bed and breakfasts. MilfordHaven Amenities include a park, playing area and football and cricket area and a mother and toddler group. Businesses include a shop, garage, post office, petrol station and coachworks. The village lies out of the Pembrokeshire National Park. PembrokeDock Approximately 2.5 miles to the west lies Pembroke Town that has amenities suck as small shops, supermarket, banks and a railway station. The town forms a main link to Carmarthenshire via the A477. Approximately 5 miles North East lies Pembroke Dock that provide ferry links to Ireland and a railway station connecting to Hundleton Pembroke major cities in Wales and England. SiteLocation The site is accessed from the south west via the B4320. A new access is proposed along the existing hedgerow. Dialogue and options have been appraised by Pembrokeshire County Council Figure6.Majornearbytowns and the junction has been designed in accordance with the relevant highways standards and is incorporated as part of the planning application. Accesspoint The new access point will be gated to enhance security during out of hours use. From the north east, the site is accessed again via Figure4.ApproachfromtheSouthWest the B4320 but via the village itself. The application includes for a new crossing from this SiteLocation Hundleton Centre approach to enhance and aid safe crossing of pedestrians to the school site. An existing layby occurs before the proposed site entrance that is in council ownership and will be retained and unaffected by the works. There are existing traffic calming measures in the form of raised speed humps as you approach the new site entrance from the north east. These are ProposedSchoolSite proposed to be retained. Figure2.Otheraffectedschools Figure5.ApproachfromtheNorthEast Figure7.Hundleton andSchoolSite 3. AnglePeninsularSchool– DesignandAccessStatement– July2016 Site Analysis Access Points The existing green field site is predominantly grassland protected on most sides with established hedgerows. There are a number of hedgerows within the site boundary that are referenced within the The current green field site is accessed via a stock gate off the A4320. There are multiple submitted Ecological and Habitat Report. land owners for the entire site, all of which are party to a land sale on receipt of Welsh Government Funding and PCC sign off. In terms of topography, the site follows a gentle slope from east to west approximately 5.5m across the entire area. Various consultation and dialogue has taken place prior to the planning submission. An outline proposal was prepared by PCC that included for the new access point as indicated There are a number of existing services that have been located across the site including an existing in figure 7. The proposal also included for a new safe crossing area. underground electricity cable., a 7” water main and overhead electric cable. All services are intended to be diverted and the relevant preapplications have been made to the appropriate authorities.