West Mains, Ratho Station Welcome Thank you for coming today Today’s event is about the potential development to West Mains, Ratho Station. We want to keep the local community fully informed of our proposals, and you are invited to find out more by visiting our public exhibition. Your views will be taken into consideration as we develop our emerging scheme before a planning application is submitted in the near future. If you would like to find out a little more please come in, we’ll be here from 2pm until 8pm. Frequently asked questions The site is well located in a sustainable location, Some questions benefiting from excellent public transport access, close proximity to a range of local amenities, such as local schools, leisure facilities and health care provision – you may have Taylor Wimpey will seek to build the site out if planning permission is received. Will there be any affordable housing? Will Taylor Wimpey deliver a sustainable development? Yes. 25% of homes on the site will be affordable. Taylor Wimpey understands the importance of A mixture of tenures including social rent, mid-market rent sustainability, providing strong, vibrant and healthy and discounted housing for sale will be considered on the communities while also protecting and improving the proposed development. Final details will be agreed with the natural, built and historic environment. City of Edinburgh Council if we get planning consent. We aim to make our homes environmentally sustainable to build and to live in, build new environmental How will the affordable homes be managed? methods and technologies into our schemes. This The affordable homes could be either transferred to City improves the sustainability performance of new homes, of Edinburgh Council or a Registered Social Landlord who providing residents the opportunity to live in a more would maintain and manage them. environmentally-friendly way. What types of homes will you build? Planning Context Our proposals will include a range of sizes and styles The site is allocated in Edinburgh’s Rural West Local including 2, 3, 4 & 5 bedroom detached and semi- Plan (adopted June 2011) for housing, and this detached properties. We also propose 1 & 2 bedroom 3 allocation is carried forward into the second Edinburgh storey apartments blocks for the development. Local Development Plan (LDP2) as proposal HSG5. Taylor Wimpey intend to submit a detailed application. How will the scheme encourage people to leave their cars As this will be for more than 50 units, it will be at home? considered a “major” application by City of Edinburgh The scheme has been designed to promote sustainable, Council and hence a Pre-Application Notification has non car-based, travel, through the provision of pedestrian been submitted with community consultation prior to links to bus connections and cycle routes throughout the submission. site and into surrounding areas. I’ve got a question, who do I ask? Please speak to us here today or if you’d prefer… Write to us E-mail 1 Masterton Park, [email protected] South Castle Drive, Dunfermline, Telephone KY11 8NX 01383 845 768 Site considerations Before we start designing a new scheme, we complete Information about an assessment of the site and the surrounding area as they are at the moment. We record those features the site we need to we will need to take into account in our design. All of the relevant considerations, whether they fix the way our scheme will have to be designed or give us a real take into account opportunity to make the most of a particular feature, are shown here. Ingleston Queensferry A904 Dalmeny A90 Established A90 M9 Residential Development M9 Area Winchburgh A90 Area Kirkliston M9 Edinburgh Airport Agricultural Ingleston Edinburgh City Land A89 A8 Gogar Newbridge A8 Centre Ratho Station Established LEGEND M9/M8 Motorway M8 Residential M8 A Roads M8 Site Location Area Ratho Area Background Accessibility The Site lies along the eastern boundary of the village of Ratho Station, with agricultural land to the south and east. An established The Site lies approximately 7 miles west of Edinburgh city centre and is situated on the south side of the A8 trunk road, directly opposite residential area neighbours the site to the east with a public playing field connecting the existing community of Ratho Station to the Edinburgh Airport and the Royal Highland Showground. Due to its location there is easy access to the A720 Edinburgh City By-Pass and proposed site. Dalmeny M8/M9 motorway network. LEGEND Facilities The Site is ideally located for major road networks for both social 1. Edinburgh Airport 2. Royal Highland Centre and recreation activities. Providing quick and easy access to road 3.Edinburgh International Climbing Arena 4. Gyle Shopping Centre links to the north, west, south and further east. Edinburgh Airport 1. Public Playing Field and the Royal Highland Centre lies directly to the north providing 2. David Lloyd Edinburgh 3. Gyle Public Park easy access for travel and recreational activities such as The Royal Highland Show. Educational facilities such as Hillwood Primary 1. Hillwood Primary School 2. Craigmont High School School and Early Learning Hub are also within easy walking 3. Forrester High School 4. St. Augustine's RC High School distance for families. Facilities are highlighted on the layout provided 1. Ratho Park Golf Club to demonstrate their proximity to the site. 2. Gogarburn Golf Club Kirkliston 3. Turnhouse Golf Club Bus Stop 1. South Gyle Railway Station 3 2. Edinburgh Park Railway Station Edinburgh Airport 3. Edinburgh Tram Depot 1. Newbridge Luxury Car Village 2. Retail/Industrial Estates 3. South Gyle Broadway & Business Estate 1 4. Morrisons 5. Tesco Ingleston 2 1 2 3Gogar 5 Newbridge 4 2 3 1 4 1 2 1 Ratho 2 3 4 Station 3 2 3 1 Ratho Things to think about Retention of any natural features or boundary treatments on Glasgow Road where Consideration must be given to the provision of affordable housing for the area practically possible Impact on local roads such as Glasgow Road/A8 and existing residential area Consider importance of pedestrian and cycle access to complement existing networks Integration of new development with existing community by utilising playing field as a connection to Ensuring access from proposed site to existing features such as Hillwood Primary School existing residential area. This existing local feature will integrate existing and new communities and provide a modest expansion to Ratho Station that compliments the existing community. Design process We use the site considerations to help us produce design proposals. It is important that the design How we approached process takes full account of the physical features of the site, its setting and connections to its surroundings. the design of the site Our new development must also take into account the existing character of the local area. EXISTING STREET LIGHTING WATERCOURSE GAS GOVERNOR FORMATION OF NEW ACCESS ROAD FROM A8/GLASGOW ROAD PATCH OF HOGWEED BEING TREATED HEAVY TREE EXISTING 225 COMBINEDHEAVY SEWER TREE (APPROX. ROUTE) LINED BOUNDARY LINED BOUNDARY HEAVY TREE HV ELEC LINED BOUNDARY EXISTING SURFACE WATER SEWER COMBINED SEWER HEAVY TREE LINED BOUNDARY EXISTING SUB STATION HEAVY TREE LINED BOUNDARY HV ELEC LEGEND Main Access Road Secondary Road Network Shared Private Driveway Core Pedestrian/Cycle Path Visitor Parking Shared Pedestrian Priority Road Surface Pedestrian Priority Road Surface Private Residential Parking Shared Pedestrian Priority Road Surface HEAVY TREE LINED BOUNDARY Constraints Movement in and around the site Sometimes the best prospects for a good design come out of the constraints as well as the opportunities. We look at the We have looked at the pattern of roads around the site, the best places to get in and out and the most desirable steepness of any slopes to allow road and housing plot construction, where the services might be, how we connect into routes for cars, cycles and pedestrians both across and around our site. We used this information to design the them and where the site will drain to. This is work which is built up over the design period. entrances, key streets, cycleways and paths for the scheme. Landscape Boundary Landscape Apartment Boundary Vista to Site Entrance Play Park Show Area Frontage Frontage Pedestrian Priority Square Pedestrian Priority Square LEGEND LEGEND Public Open Space/Front Garden Affordable Housing Zones Terraced Pedestrian Priority Zones Feature Open Space Apartment Vista Soft/ Structural Landscaping Detached and Semi-detached Houses Connected by Tree Lined Shared Surface & Natural Traffic Calming Landscape Hedge Row Character Feature Traffic Calming Road Tree Planting Frontage Orientation SUDs Basin Landscape Boundary Public and Open Space Character We have looked at what the areas around our proposed scheme are used for, the boundaries of the site and the physical We have looked in some detail at the existing houses and other buildings within the local neighbourhood to identify features of the land itself to identify the most appropriate place for open spaces. The pattern of streets, pedestrian and any distinct local character. We will develop designs for the houses that will reflect the existing character whilst at cycle routes help us to decide where we could form features such as squares and junctions. We then consider how the the same time creating a distinct identity for the scheme. Within the scheme we will create areas with differing different buildings can frame those streets. character to make it easy to find your way around. What have we taken into account? Access to the proposed development is to be via a left in/left out uncontrolled junction from Orientation of views over public playing fields where possible the A8 Glasgow Road A distinctive sense of character at junctions to signpost movement within the development.