Architecture Australia Interior Design China Landscape Architecture Hong Kong Planning Singapore Urban Design United Kingdom VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE Outline Planning Application Design and Access Statement Prepared For: Velindre NHS Trust 06-04-2017 Contact Nick Durham Senior Associate Contents [email protected] Ashley Munday Principal [email protected] HASSELL 1 Curtain Place London EC2A 3AN United Kingdom T +44 20 7490 7669 HASSELL 4th Floor, James William House 9 Museum Place Cardiff United Kingdom CF10 3BD T +44 292 072 9071 hassellstudio.com @HASSELL_Studio HASSELL Limited Registered in England and Wales Company Number 7545819 01Introduction 02Context and Analysis 03Design Evolution 04Development Proposal 05Planning Assessment Page 04 Page 10 Page 34 Page 46 Page 66 INTRODUCTION 01 01 _Introduction executive summary This Design & Access Statement supporting the Scheme Overview Outline Planning Application Documentation Outline Planning Application for the new Velindre The new Velindre Cancer Centre extends the Velindre During the design phase of the project, the team This Design and Access Statement illustrates the Cancer Centre has been prepared in response to the NHS Trust’s presence as the largest clinical oncology held a series of pre-application meetings with the architectural design of the proposed building and guidance provided in Technical Advice Note 12: centres in Wales, and top 10 in the UK. It forms an Planning officers at Cardiff City Council to develop the integrated landscape design. The report should Design Guidance on Design & Access Statements important milestone in it’s wider initiative to improve the scheme and discuss it’s impact on the local be read in conjunction with the following technical (2012). cancer outcomes in South East Wales, known heritage context, the site’s ecology and wider traffic reports: strategically as ‘Transforming Cancer Services.’ The and transport implications. The purpose of this Statement is to; strategy includes the construction of a new _ Planning assessment _ Explain the design principles and concepts that 37,000sqm facility for non-surgical specialist cancer Section 02 of this Design and Access Statement _ Alternative site assessment have been applied to the development; treatment at Velindre supported by a number of includes a site analysis and illustrates the project’s _ Whitchurch Health Campus Masterplan _ Demonstrate the steps taken to fully appraise the outreach services embedded into local relationship with the existing urban and landscape _ Ecology assessment context of the development and how the design communities. context. _ Transport assessment responds to the context; _ Air quality assessment _ Explain the policy or approach adopted for access, Since it’s establishment, the current Velindre Cancer Section 03 further explains the designers’ research, _ Noise assessment and how policies relating to access in the Centre has outgrown demands and is now in need of testing, and evolution of the idea driving the _ Cultural assessment Development Plan have been taken into account; expansion space to not only improve it’s care and development proposal _ Landscape & visual impact assessment and outcomes, but also offer a better patient experience _ Lighting statement _ Explain how any specific issues which might affect and scope for industry leading research and study to Section 04 of this document includes the outline _ Hydrology & hydrogeology statement access to the development have been addressed. take place. The new Cancer Centre at Velindre will development proposal for the scheme, and includes _ Ground conditions include facilities for radiotherapy, systemic anti- strategic landscape design proposals for the _ Utilities statement While the content with regards the appearance of cancer therapy, diagnostic imaging, outpatients, scheme. _ Waste statement the building is for illustrative purposes only the pharmacy services and inpatient beds. The building _ Socio-economic statement document outlines a series of parameters to define will be designed with the needs of the patient at its Section 05 includes a summary of the Planning land use, scale, access and landscape quality. core, reinforcing the reputation of Velindre as a Assessment centre of excellence for cancer treatment. The new facility will also aim to make Velindre an international focal point for research & development with an emphasis on expanding clinical trials and improving the translational research links between ‘bench’ and ‘bed’. The quality of the surrounding landscape offers the potential for an architectural experience that is closely connected with the surrounding natural beauty. The proximity to existing nature reserves, flourishing meadows, and wildlife will be capitalised upon to enhance the health and wellbeing for staff, patients, and visitors alike. 6 Velindre Cancer Centre 7 ProposedSketch view Main of proposed Entrance main entrance to the Cancer Centre 02 _Contextual Analysis Strategic Context The Welsh Government has set a very clear ambition radiotherapy patients could receive their initial for cancer care in Wales within the Together for consultation at an outreach clinic in the facilities of Health: Cancer Delivery Plan 2012 – 2016 which sets their Local Health Board and their treatment in out standards for the quality, safety and experience locations closer to home through the provision of a of care that the population of South East Wales Velindre Cancer Centre radiotherapy satellite site in should receive. Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC) is the the most appropriate location. largest of the three clinical oncology centres in Wales and one of the ten largest regional clinical oncology centres in the United Kingdom (UK Radiotherapy Equipment Survey, 2008). VCC is also the sole provider of non-surgical specialist cancer services to the catchment population of 1.5 million across South-East Wales, from Chepstow to Bridgend and from Cardiff to Brecon. The existing Centre opened in 1956 and has since grown incrementally in response to changes in technology and demands for increased capacity. The quality of the service provided to patients at VCC is rated very highly, although it is recognised that the quality and function of the hospital environment impacts upon patients and the service they receive. Due to the age of the facility there are issues with noncompliance with statutory requirements such as Health Building Notes (HBN’s) and the need to meet targets for energy and environmental management. The VCC is currently at a tipping point in its ability to provide high quality care at the existing facility in the face of increasing referrals into the service and increasing complexity of treatment which requires modern technology and clinical practice. The future reputation of Velindre Cancer Centre could be put at risk and will reduce its ability develop its reputation nationally and internationally and provide the highest quality patient care to which it aspires. The founding principle of the future service model for Velindre aligns directly with the strategic intent of care close to home: ‘All care and treatment provided at home or close to home unless it is unsafe or does not provide the patient with the best outcome possible’. To achieve this, a radical redesign of services is required based around a ‘hub and spoke’ model which would enable approximately 60% of chemotherapy patients in South-East Wales to receive their care and support at home or close to home. Furthermore, a large proportion of 8 Velindre Cancer Centre 9 Context model of existing Velindre Cancer Centre CONTEXT & ANALYSIS 02 02_Contextual Analysis Location Site The site is situated in north Cardiff approximately one kilometre north of the centre of Whitchurch Village and 6 kilometres north of Cardiff City Centre. Coryton Interchange, which connects the M4, A470 and local highway network is located approximately 400 metres north of the site. The site area is aproximately 14.5 hectares. This comprises 7.8 hectares of undeveloped land that will accommodate the new cancer centre (landscape, open space, parking, Maggie’s Centre, energy centre etc.) and 6.7 hectares of land to deliver the access routes. The main site area is undeveloped land which was previously used in part for horse grazing. There are a number of informal paths across the site which have C A R D I F F been formed by local users. City Centre Severn Estuary Cardiff Bay 12 Velindre Cancer Centre 13 Village Hotel 02 _Contextual Analysis Asda Supercentre urban context University Building Whitchurch Cardiff Golf Course Coryton House Local Highway and Transport Network accessed from Park Road via the internal road house to the woodlands in the south of the garden area by a steep wooded slope, while to the The site is not currently accessible by vehicle. The network. Velindre Cancer Centre is located in the and beyond its boundaries. The disused railway northwest it is separated by fields and further areas closest main roads to the site are Longwood Drive to southeast of Whitchurch Hospital and is accessible cutting is situated within it. of woodland. The Melingriffith Water Pump (a the north and Pendwyallt Road (A4054) and Park from Velindre Road. Lletty Newydd Continuing Care scheduled monument is located on this section of Road (A4054) to the northeast and southeast. Bungalow is also located in this area. A gatehouse is Asda the canal), approximately 650 metres south of the Longwood Drive is connected to Pendwyallt Road located southwest