Nash Court Farm, Westwood Strategic masterplan vision September 2018 Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office Crown copyright license number 1000242-4 Savills (UK) ltd. Published for the purposes of identification only and although believed to be correct accuracy in not guaranteed. © Copyright Savills (UK) Ltd \\savukcamfs01\Data\URBAN DESIGN PROJECTS\CAUD 365196 - St. John’s College, Nash Farm, Westwood\Vision document CONTENTS 1. Vision 2 2. Introduction and background 4 3. Principles and objectives 6 4. Strategic location 8 5. Town context 10 6. Understanding the site 12 7. The masterplan - creating place, 14 creating community 7.1 A connected place 16 7.2 A sense of community 17 7.3 Living and learning 18 7.4 A landscape for all: people and wildlife 20 7.5 Energy efficient and sustainable 24 9. Design quality opportunity 26 9. Next steps 28 10. Summary of the proposals 30 Produced by Savills Urban Design Studio for St. John’s College Cambridge Savills (UK) Ltd Unex House 132-134 Hills Road Cambridge CB2 8PA For further information contact e: [email protected] t: 01223 347000 f: 01223 347111 \\savukcamfs01\Data\URBAN DESIGN PROJECTS\CAUD 365196 - St. John’s College, Nash Farm, Westwood\Vision document “ 1 1. Vision Nash Court Farm will be a welcoming, vibrant “and enjoyable place to live. It will be a place with its own identity - a sensitively designed environ- ment where nature and landscape are at its heart. A place where people can live and educate their children, have access to leisure and quality green spaces, meet friends, create communities that enjoy both a high quality built and natural environment.” 2 Aerial photograph of the allocation area 3 Nash Court Farm, Westwood - Strategic Masterplan Vision - September 2018 2. Introduction and background This document has been prepared by Savills Urban Design Studio on behalf St. John’s College Cambridge as part of their continued promotion of this land. The purpose of this vision document is to demonstrate how the site can be developed as a sustainable urban extension to Westwood. This document takes into account the constraints and opportunities affecting the site and shows how the site can accommodate the proposed 1450 dwellings. Nash Court Farm, Westwood - Strategic Masterplan Vision - September 2018 4 3. Principles and objectives The concept masterplan will deliver a sensitive and sustainable extension to Westwood and achieve the following key objectives for delivering a quality and vibrant place. The key principles and objectives for Nash Court Farm are • creating a well connected place set out below. • creating a sense of community through a mix Positive identity to ensure that the development responds to of uses the local landscape and creates a desirable place to live. • Potential for new local facilities Viable and sustainable place, deliverable and a long • creating opportunity for people to live and be term thriving place, which contributes to the economic wellbeing of Westwood and the wider area by creating educated value. • incorporating a high quality landscape and Connected and safe walkable neighbourhoods, biodiversity responding to adjoining areas and integrate with Westwood. • delivering a sustainable healthy place with high quality energy efficient homes Welcoming place which fosters a strong sense of community and provides a range of local needs and facilities to • A network of green open spaces and access serve both the development and the existing surrounding to the countryside communities. Delivering best practice in development which is • creating an environment that encourages responsive to ecology connecting and protecting features people to live more healthy sustainable lives and also creating opportunities for habitats. Creating a sustainable place - an environment which encourages healthy, more active and sustainable lifestyles is also one which is healthy for the environment. Working with landscape assets by retaining and enhancing existing features. Quality of life, with homes for local need, a balanced community delivering a range of homes, space to live and play, good access to facilities and a place people can be proud of. Nash Court Farm, Westwood - Strategic Masterplan Vision - September 2018 6 Margate Westgate-on-Sea A28 Birchington-on-Sea Garlinge A254 Westwood A28 St. Nicholas Acol -at-Wade A256 A299 Kent International Manston Airport A253 Monkton Minster A299 Ebbsfleet River Stour Site location plan Westmarsh 7 Nash Court Farm, Westwood - Strategic Masterplan Vision - September 2018 4. Strategic location Margate Kingsgate Nash Court Farm is located in Westwood, to the south of Margate town centre in north-east Kent. Margate has a population of around 57,000. As a seaside resort, the town is a notable tourist and North Foreland retirement destination undergoing proposals for regeneration led by the evolving Margate Masterplan. The masterplan looks at how the town’s future could be sensitively planned for and how appropriate land uses could be set out. It also A255 examines how people and traffic move in the town centre Westwood and puts forward a series of ideas for the public to give their views on. Margate is on the Chatham mainline which runs between Ramsgate and London Victoria and St Pancras. Other stations on this line include Broadstairs, Herne Bay, Birchington, Broadstairs Faversham, Gillingham, Rochester and Bromley South. The town is also on the National Express coach service which runs between London Victoria and Ramsgate. There are also bus services running to Westgate-on-Sea, Broadstairs, Canterbury and Herne Bay. The A28 road runs between Hastings and Margate via Ashford, Canterbury, Birchington and Westgate-on-Sea. Westwood sits equidistant between the coastal towns of Margate, Kingsgate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate. It is easily accessible to all and is therefore strategically placed to accommodate future development potential. Ramsgate Key Nash Court Farm site Existing settlements Major ‘A’ roads Trainline Train stations Nash Court Farm, Westwood - Strategic Masterplan Vision - September 2018 8 Hartsdown Park Hartsdown Academy Tivoli Park Hospital St. Gregory’s RC primary school Road Nash Road Ramsgate Road A254 Shottendane Manston Road Ramsgate Road A254 Westwood Industrial Estate Nash Road Manston Road Star Lane Flete Road Westwood Cross Manston Court Road Shopping Centre Existing land use plan 5. Town context Before beginning the design process for the new development, it is important to have an understanding and appreciation of the existing built form, character and context of the immediate and wider area. Existing land uses are indicated in the adjoining diagram. As the plan shows, the eastern portion of the site is bounded by a range of uses, from the industrial estate and Ramsgate Road residential areas on the east side, to the cemetery and Council household waste and depot on the west side. To the southeast of the site is East Kent Retail Park and Westwood Cross Shopping Centre. In addition to a wide range of retail outlets there is also family leisure with a range of restaurants, a cinema, bingo, hotel and a casino. In addition, adjacent to the site to the southeast is a residential-led scheme for circa 1000 units which is currently Westwood retail and leisure park offers a wide range of shops and family under construction by Gleeson Homes. leisure, including restaurants and cinema. Westwood Industrial Estate. Key Nash Court Farm site Cemetery Residential Waste recycling centre Industrial estate Allotments Retail & leisure park Leisure/tourism Education Consented residential (Gleesons Homes) Hospital/health centre Example of existing housing stock in Westwood. Nash Court Farm, Westwood - Strategic Masterplan Vision - September 2018 10 Nash Road Road Ramsgate Road A254 Shottendane Manston Road Nash Road Nash high high high Manston Road high Nash Road Star Lane Flete Road Valley Road Manston Court Road Baseline analysis & constraints plan 6. Understanding the site The baseline site analysis diagram opposite identifies some of the key characteristics of the site and the immediate surrounding area. The site comprises the majority of open land between A baseline utilities and infrastructure report has been Manston Road to the northwest, Manston Court Road to prepared for the site by Peter Brett Associates. The report the south and Nash Road to the east, with additionally land highlights a number of utilities that are within or close to associated with Nash Court Farm to the east of Nash Road. the site. These include powerline, both underground and The land is currently in arable use. overground, as well as gas water mains and telecom cables. There are a number of Public Rights of Way running around Due to the potential expense involved in diverting major and through the site. These are a combination of public utilities a key constraint for the evolving illustrative concept footpaths and bridleways. masterplan is a 132kV electric overhead lines running through the site. The overhead lines comes from the northeast, Existing access points are located in a number of locations going through the site to Thanet Grid substation, located to around the perimeter of the site. The principal of these are the east of the site. There is also an initial exclusion zone of a number of field accesses on the west side of Nash Road. 20m on either side to be provided. The topography and orientation of the site provides the There is also a 400mm water main which follows the public opportunity of incorporating sustainable design solutions to right of way through the site from Valley Road to Nash any future scheme. These could include passive solar gain Road, then north along Nash Road to the north of the site. and sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS). There are It is recommended that this is also incorporated within any long views across the western portions of the site, where the masterplan. fields are of a large size and undivided.