Pre-Application Design & Access statement FOR PRE-APPLICATION ADVICE Urban Fringe Site 21A, Coldean : New housing and Community Hub Check all dimensions on site. Do not scale off drawings without prior consultation. Any discrepancies to be reported to Project outline architects before execution of relevant works. This drawing has Coldean Community Organisation (CCOrg) are seeking to build 16 affordable and an amendment was brought and passed which sought to ensure that any been produced for Coldean Community Organisation for the potential works at Urban Fringe Site 21A, Coldean, Brighton highly sustainable family homes, a community hub building with sports facilities for development of Site 21 would provide access to 21A for Community Led Housing. and for that application alone and is not intended for use by local people and light industrial or commercial or storage facilities, all on the urban The current planning application for Site 21 (BH2018/03541) has followed through on any other person or for any other purpose. Drawings remain fringe site 21A which is located behind the University of Brighton’s Varley Halls of this and shown how access up to the boundary with 21A can be provided. copyright of Studio Sevens and may not be reproduced without written consent or licence. Residence in Coldean. The site would be owned by Brighton and Hove Community Land Trust (BHCLT) in perpetuity with all homes and buildings being developed and Site 21A is a long thin site located on the Northern side of the Coldean valley, it Key owned by CCOrg on and rented out at affordable levels in perpetuity. currently has no direct vehicular access into it however pedestrian access is via a Overall site boundary series of footpaths which pass along the North Eastern edge. The boundary of the Existing site site area being considered for sale to BHCLT is still under review but the site area is Proposed development area Coldean is an area on the North-Eastern edge of Brighton and Hove, the majority of potentially up to ~ Hectares. Just like Site 21, it is a part of the historic Stanmer Estate Current road layout which was built as a Garden Estate by the council in the decade following the Second lands and is bounded by the A27 to the North East with Coldean Woods to the South World War to provide ‘Homes for Heroes’. Seventy years on only 30% of the area is Eastern side. These woodlands are considered to be ancient, however historic map now under council ownership, many families and individuals have since experienced analysis shows that a large part of the area was farmland up until the end of the 19th the benefit of decades of the ‘Right to Buy’ policy. However, the rise in house prices Century. The site has been out of use for many years now following the construction of the last twenty years alongside wage stagnation, low rates of housebuilding, and of the A27 which separated it from Stanmer Woods and the rest of the historic estate. the growth of Brighton and Sussex universities - many medium sized family homes are now Houses of Multiple Occupancy - means that a high proportion of Brighton Client Plain area assumed to be farm land residents cannot afford to buy a home at current market rates. CCOrg is a Community Benefit Society with the purpose of aiding the development of homes, building and managing community-owned homes and sports/flexible Note increase in size of Coldean Woods In 2013 Brighton and Hove City Council undertook an Urban Fringe Survey to assess community facilities in Coldean, Brighton, in order to improve the lives, skills, health the development potential for homes of all land within its boundaries. A cluster of sites and well-being of local residents. CCOrg are working with BHCLT’s Community Led were identified on the edge of Coldean as sites 21, 21a, and 21c. 21 is the largest of Housing Programme team to develop sustainable community led housing and Fig. 02 - 1870's map of Coldean and Stanmer Woods area these and is one of the main sites to be developed as part of BHCC’s Living Wage facilities solutions, with BHCLT acting as land freeholders and project sponsors and Joint Venture (LWJV) with Hyde Housing; a large housing association BHCC has CCOrg acting as principle client. The structure of the CBS will mean residents can be partnered with over recent years. Sites 21a and 21c are smaller areas next to Site 21 involved (and already are) through the whole process of the concept, design, build and surrounding 21b. Site 21c is a small site of mature trees that are part of Coldean and long-term management of the housing. When enough of the necessary mortgage woods ancient woodland, it is therefore not viable for building upon. 21b is the has been paid off they will be able to do some or all of the following: reduce rents University of Brighton Varley Halls of Residence. When the proposal for selling Site 21 further, invest in other local initiatives and build more affordable and sustainable to the LWJV was brought before the Housing and New Homes Committee in 2017 homes. N Stanmer House A27 Site 21 (LWJV) Stanmer Stanmer Site 21 House Woods (LWJV) Site 21A Site 21A Coldean Primary School Coldean Stanmer Primary Varley Woods School Halls Varley Halls Coldean Woods A: 180 Saunders Hill, Brighton, BN1 9ES STUDIO T: +44 (0)1273 269735 W: www.studiosevens.co.uk 7S Community Led Development A27 Urban Fringe Site 21A, off Coldean Lane, Brighton, BN1 Subject: Design & Access Statement - Sheet 1 Coldean Woods Scale: NTS Date: March 2019 Original Size: A3 Drawn by: IB Drawing No.: 022 DAS01 Rev. - Fig. 01 - Birds eye view of Coldean showing the Urban Fringe sites 21 & 21A and surrounding context. Fig. 03 - 1799 map of Coldean clearly showing extents of local farmland and woodland Pre-Application Design & Access statement FOR PRE-APPLICATION ADVICE Urban Fringe Site 21A, Coldean : New housing and Community Hub Fig. 04 - Overalll proposed site layout (drawing ref 022/MP001); note potential cycle route connections forming part of a broader local green transport plan Check all dimensions on site. Do not scale off drawings without Housing Design prior consultation. Any discrepancies to be reported to architects before execution of relevant works. This drawing has The development proposals are partly driven by CCOrg’s awareness of the housing been produced for Coldean Community Organisation for the need in this community and beyond. CCOrg seek to offer an alternative to home potential works at Urban Fringe Site 21A, Coldean, Brighton and for that application alone and is not intended for use by ownership and the private rental market by building homes that are owned by the any other person or for any other purpose. Drawings remain community in perpetuity. CCOrg want to build homes that respond to twenty-first copyright of Studio Sevens and may not be reproduced without written consent or licence. century environmental concerns through sustainable design which will significantly reduce or eliminate reliance on fossil fuels and enable residents to reduce their impact on the planet. CCOrg are motivated by a desire to: All areas with orange hatching denotes indicative solar panel locations - Provide highly sustainable & inspiring homes that are affordable to build and live in - Leave a legacy of affordable homes for future generations The community hub is expected to be dug into the site at - Protect and enhance local biodiversity in partnership with local organisations such the Northerly corner, this will mean its roof becomes part of the landscape at this point and rises up towards the as Sussex Wildlife Trust, South Downs National Park & BHCC Southern corner where the highest ceiling level is required - Generate electricity, manage water collection & treatment on site whilst reducing for the sports facilities. useage of both Space for external sports areas and public amenity retained - Provide community growing spaces for individual and shared public use - Partner with Sustrans and local authorities to improve cycling links and access to the SDNP and the city As already outlined, the intention for housing is that it should be highly sustainable and highly efficient. This applies to both its fabric, structure and construction methods but equally to its performance and occupation. We would commit to meeting at least ‘AECB building’ standard, but would like to go further and effectively ensure that the homes can operate on a net zero carbon basis over the course of a year. There would be no fossil fuel infrastructure on site, and ample renewable energy integrated into the designs of the homes to ensure that residents consumptions would be met by these technologies, within reason. There is a strong history of cooperative and community developed housing in Brighton, much of which has been inspired by Walter Segal’s timber framed self-build approach. This typology and technology is well suited to the proposed site but is now dated and requires updating to enable it to comply with both modern regulations and CCOrg’s own specification. The lightweight and swift construction speed of this method is preferable to CCOrg, given the site conditions, and whilst the aesthetics of the housing may differ from other Walter Segal developments the principles of simplicity, adaptability, accessibility and efficiency will be retained. Community Hub Design In the same way that CCOrg want to provide high performance housing they also The community hub will provide a space that can be used by both the local In addition to the sports facilities the local community has expressed a need for some want to improve upon the nationally defined space standards, they aim to achieve the community as well as Bevendean Gymnastics Club (BGC).