Trumpington Meadows Design Code Terence O’Rourke Ltd creating successful environments Code structure 01 Introduction 02 The code and how to use it 03 Local character analysis 04 Site wide coding 05 Character area coding 06 Delivery and review Appendices Chapter 1 Introduction 6 7 Design Principles 1.3 What is unique about Trumpington Meadows? 1 Northern gateway 3 Trumpington church 6 Primary street Entrance to development denoted Church to become a strong landmark A key feature to aid with legibility, by a small square. Line of Corsican in views from the development. the primary street has been designed A series of design principles are set out below that must be pines along Hauxton Road provide to achieve a safe environment for adhered to and that will make the scheme unique and create a strong enclosure either side of 4 Church green pedestrians and cyclists. strong sense of place. The design principles are mandatory but entrance. Intimate public space aids legibility the master plan is illustrative. on a key intersection of routes. 7 Green corridors 2 Anstey Hall place A series of green corridors, evenly Public square created to 5 Local centre and primary school spaced directly connecting the acknowledge view of Anstey Hall. This will become the community internal public spaces to the country Strong formal building line contains heart with the primary school, park and allowing green space to squares and closes off view from community facilities, local shop all flow into the development. conservation area to rear of located at this central point within a The green link denoted is aligned to Robert Sayle. 5-minute walk of all parts of the follow the old railway line. development. 1 8 Shepherds Way The primary public space in the southern half of the development, aligned to provide a direct commuter 13 Anstey cycle routes to Trumpington park and Hall ride from the south. 2 11 Hauxton Road 9 Southern gateway Trumpington 9 Robert Park & Ride Located on the new southern urban Sayle edge, this new gateway will signpost Trumpington the development along Hauxton church Road. The southern perimeter 3 creates a strong urban edge carefully 10 punctuated at development corners. 4 10 Community park Closely allied with the primary school, 5 this will be the primary formal play and sports area with a range of facilities for all age groups. 8 6 11 Trumpington Transport Interchange (park and ride) kick-about area The development has been designed allotments to wrap around this transport interchange with direct pedestrian and cycle links on all sides to buses. 7 12 Country park Following the River Cam, a major new public park has been designed 12 agricultural land to provide informal recreation for existing and new residents at Trumpington, and it is hoped, to help engender community cohesion. 13 Trumpington conservation area A mature existing tree belt contains development on the edge of conservation area – a habitat corridor / green buffer along this boundary will strengthen this sensitive edge. Above: The master plan vision Chapter 2 The code and how to use it 16 17 2.1 Purpose and 2.2 Users’ guide 2.3 Character areas status of code Design codes are intended to This section provides a quick users’ Which sections of the code do The master plan is divided into four Section 1 - The village quarter bridge the gap between outline guide to help navigate the code. I need to refer to? character areas (or quarters). These The transition between the village applications and reserved matters It explains how to tell the difference are the: Section 2 - The urban, riverside quarter and the other quarters is applications for complex and large- between the mandatory and non- It is important to establish from the and gateway quarters particularly important to ensure scale developments that will be mandatory sections within the code, outset which of the character areas Village quarter that the scheme still appears as a delivered over many years. This code the rationale behind the character your site lies within – this will ensure Urban quarter If your site falls solely within the unified whole. If your site falls either aims to achieve a balance between areas and sets out the code you look at only those parts of the Riverside quarter village quarter, the coding specific to side of where this transition occurs, a clear level of prescription to ensure structure. code pertinent to you. A plan to help Gateway quarter the others quarters is not relevant, or guidance at the end of section 5 high standards of design, and an do this is provided opposite. vice versa. must be adhered to when bringing appropriate degree of flexibility to The quarters are to be designed in forward scheme designs. allow designers freedom to express What is mandatory? Sections 1, 2, 4 and 6 of the code such a way as to achieve a distinct The character area comparison at themselves, and, importantly, to are relevant to all users, irrespective character, although the degree to the end of section 5 provides a very respond to changing needs, market Mandatory elements, about which of which parts of the site you are which variation occurs varies. useful summary of the differences conditions or government/local there is no flexibility, are denoted in developing. Depending upon which and similarities between the four guidance over the duration of the one of two ways. For illustrations, of the character areas your site The village quarter, which responds character areas. project. the mandatory symbol (see top falls within, only certain parts of directly to Trumpington village right) is placed next to the image. sections 3 and 5 will be applicable. conservation area onto which it Further guidance on design codes Mandatory text is highlighted in blue This is explained further in the code immediately abuts, is a distinct is provided in Design Codes for and uses the term MUST. Departure structure section. quarter within the development, Major Development Site within the from a mandatory element is only intended to exhibit a range of Cambridge Area ( October 2007), acceptable if jointly agreed with characteristics quite separate from published by Cambridge City. TMLC and the local authority. the rest of the development. The other three character areas 1 All other non-mandatory guidance (urban, riverside and gateway) is important and must be taken are intended to have a more account of when developing scheme contemporary feel closely allied designs. If proposals do not accord with one another. These three 3 with this type of guidance, clear quarters display a far greater range justification must be provided, and it of common characteristics, with must be shown that the alternative variations occurring principally in design solution will in no way direct response to their immediate undermine key design objectives context. 2 expressed throughout the code. For this reason the coding specific to the character areas (sections 3 and 5) has been sub-divided into 1 Village quarter two sections: 2 Urban quarter 3 Riverside quarter 4 4 Gateway quarter Chapter 3 Local character appraisal 24 25 3.2 Analysis that has informed the village quarter 3 4 Trumpington historic core and Grantchester are analysed below and provide important design guidance for the village quarter. Gault brickwork in flemish bond Grantchester Road 5 6 7 1 2 Approach to Trumpington Hall Church Lane Grantchester Road Grantchester Essential characteristics 1 influencing the village quarter • Organic layout with formal elements • Buildings, walls and hedging used in combination to create enclosure and a strong streetscape • Gated entrances are common • Varied roof profile important – chimneys common features 5 • Colours generally muted 3 High Street (range of whites / greys / buff and redbrick) 2 6 • Range of building materials 4 including brick (common), painted 7 brick, render, stone and weather boarding (limited use) • Simple, high quality open space (trees / grass / hedging / walling) Trumpington • Use of native planting in public historical core and private realm • Gravel / granite setts / asphalt are commonly used in public realm River Cam 28 29 Village quarter Building, detail & decoration Simple material palette is used. Richness is achieved through Common windows types varied roofscape, building styles and careful detailing. are timber sash (horizontal and vertical sliding) and casement windows. Dormer windows add interest to the roofscape. Dormer windows (plain tile dormer and later lead box) Although mixed building types, use of one material for each dwelling or ‘group’ creates simple street scene Common - Distinctive 3 course brick lintel Use of chimneys is common. Contrast between grand houses and traditional domestic arch with timber windows buildings is important and a feature - Brick lintel flushed with walls Timber casement window Timber sash window Features - Stone painted lintels - Windows with brick dressing Common coping details Brick arch lintel Stone painted lintel Use of hanging tiles or weather boarding is infrequent, but important to overall village character. Note crow-stepped gable. Half round brick coping Stone quoins Half round red brick coping – random flint wall Weatherboarding Detail of hanging tiles 30 31 Village quarter Material Buildings Public realm Roofing materials Hard materials Street furniture Commonly used roofing materials are Cambridge Gault clay tiles (plain and pan roof tiles) and slate. Plain tiles are laid on steep pitch of 40 to 50 degrees. Asphalt with good quaity low kerbing Simple timber seat appropriate to village character Pan tiles are laid on a slightly shallower gradient. Slate tiles can be shallower still, as low as 25 degrees. Thatch is infrequently used. The variation in roofing materials and Bound / loose gravel is a feature of the public realm Signage is limited and simple in design pitch is important Soft materials - Large trees (mature Oak, Horse Chestnut) with smaller flowering variations adding to village character - Combination of native plants and Building façade semi-native commonly used in public spaces Brickwork predominates.