Weybrook Park Golf Club A Amublance lde Land North of rm Station a Park Prewett st on Phase 2 R o a d (A 3 4 0 ) Land North of Park Prewett Phase 1 Parklands Hospital Rooksdown GP Castle Hill & Pharmacy Primary School Rooksdown Community Centre Rooksdown Costa Park HP18079 - A090070-521 Co-Op 27 NHS North Hampshire & Basingstoke Hospital Rooksdown Village Context Plan Key Site Vehicular access route to site Footpath access to site Co-op Convenience Store Prewett | Outline Application The Hollies, Park Costa Coffee Rooksdown GP/Pharmacy Rooksdown community centre Castle Hill Primary School Rooksdown Park Bus Routes: Link (Newbury - Basingstoke Centre) 4 (Chineham Shopping Centre - Basingstoke Centre) A 339 SITE ASSESSMENT ACCESSIBILITY Private Transport Public Transport Services and Facilities When the Hollies was in operation as part of the wider Park Prewett estate, Since the redevelopment of Park Prewett, Stagecoach has established a primary access to the site would have been achieved via Woodside (road); number of public bus services which serve the Rooksdown Parish area. The site has good access to a range of local services and facilities within historically an east to west vehicular route running between Park Prewett Service numbers ‘Link’ and ‘4’ both run through the village providing walking distance located in Rooksdown to the south west, whilst the is also Hospital and the A340 (Aldermaston Road). frequent and direct access into Basingstoke centre. The nearest bus stop to located within walking distance of Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS the site is located outside of Rooksdown Community Centre on Rooksdown Hospital to the south. Woodside (road) now only serves the neighbouring ambulance station to the Road, approximately 400m to the south west of the site at the end of the new north and has been closed off as a main vehicular route for approximately connecting footpath. Some of the local services and facilities include: over 15 years, around the time that The Hollies began to operate as part of HP18079 - A090070-521 Parklands Hospital. From Rooksdown Community Centre, the Stagecoach ‘4’ route provides • Rooksdown Community Centre (approx. 350m SW) regular hourly services between Chineham Shopping Centre and the centre Prior to the closure of the facility, whilst the Hollies was still operating as part of Basingstoke. Meanwhile, the Stagecoach ‘Link’ route provides half hourly – • Rooksdown Primary School (approx. 300m SW) of Parklands Hospital, the main vehicular access into the site would have hourly services between Newbury and Basingstoke Centre from Park Prewett • Blossom Day Nursery (approx. 500m SW) been achieved via the main Parklands Hospital entrance and car park to the Road, where the nearest stop is approximately 500m south west from the • Co-operative Convenience Store (approx. 625m SW) 28 south. site. • Rooksdown GP and Pharmacy (approx. 400m SW) Due to the current geometry and visibility at the existing junction and the Public bus services to Basingstoke centre also provide access to Basingstoke • Bombshell Hair and Beauty Salon (approx. 625m SW) high traffic speeds on Aldermaston Road, it would not be acceptable to Bus and Train Stations within approximately 15 (Link service) and 30 (4 the Highway Authority to direct the primary vehicular access to the site via Service) minutes where there is access to a greater range of destinations. • Barnardo’s Charity Shop (approx. 625m SW) Woodside. • Costa Coffee (approx. 625m SW) As part of the ongoing North of Park Prewett (Phase 2) development, a new • Skate Park (approx. 250m SW at Rooksdown Park) estate road has been constructed which will provide a new access to The • Children’s Play Area (approx. 400m SW at Rooksdown Park) Hollies and neighbouring allotments from the west. The new access road will not adjoin the existing ambulance station access road to the north and in • Weybrook Park Golf Club (approx. 700m W) turn will become the sole vehicular access to the site and prevent the existing ambulance station access road from becoming a rat run for the wider Gillies The site also benefits from good access to local public transport services (as Meadow development. discussed above) to Basingstoke Centre and Chineham Shopping Centre The Hollies, Park Prewett | Outline Application The Hollies, Park where there is access to a greater range of services and facilities. Pedestrian & Cycle Access In addition to the new estate road connecting Rooksdown village with The Hollies, a new pedestrian and cycle path was also approved and constructed as part of the development of Castle Hill Primary School to the south west. The route of the new footpath/cycleway runs along the former route of the former Park Prewett estate road, connecting the site with Rooksdown Community centre, Castle Hill Primary School, Rooksdown Park to the south west. From the community centre there is footpath access to the nearby Rooksdown Village Centre, GP/pharmacy and the wider footpath and cycle network towards the centre of Basingstoke. HP18079 - A090070-521 29 1 3 ACCESSIBILITY| 1. Roundabout Access to Gillies Meadow from Rooksdown 2. Access Road into Gilles Meadow Development from the Site 3. Footpath Spanning Between Rooksdown and the Site Prewett | Outline Application The Hollies, Park 4. New Access Road between the site and Gillies Meadow Development 2 4 SITE ASSESSMENT 1 5 HP18079 - A090070-521 30 2 4 LOCAL SERVICES & FACILITIES| 1. Rooksdown Community Centre 2. Rooksdown Primary School The Hollies, Park Prewett | Outline Application The Hollies, Park 3. Play Area at Rooksdown Park 4. Skate Park at Rooksdown Park 5. Shops at Rooksdown Village Centre 6. Rooksdown GP and Pharmacy 3 6 SITE ASSESSMENT LOCAL DISTINCTIVENESS The proposed built form will be designed to exhibit some of the principles of The application site is located within a short distance to the east of both architectural style, materials and building forms evident within Rooksdown ‘The Pines’ and the ‘Spinney’s Edge’ character areas where the predominant Village and the ongoing Gillies Meadow development. From this study, key materials comprise a mix of buff brickwork, black cladding and tile hanging. elements can be drawn to influence the design of the proposed development. The new vehicular entrance into the Gillies Meadow development from The The surrounding development within Rooksdown Village, including the Hollies is bound by a mixture of 2 and 2.5 storey dwellings in ‘Spinney’s ongoing development at Gillies Meadow, has a distinctive character of its Edge’ to the east and by a 3.5 storey block of flats located within the east of own, strongly influenced by the early 20th Century Park Prewett Hospital ‘The Pines’. The eastern part of ‘The Pines’ is mostly dominated by a series buildings. The former hospital buildings, now in residential use, are the focus of 3 contemporary barn-style blocks of flats which exhibit a mixture of buff C this drawing and the building works depicted are the copyright of idp and may not be reproduced or amended except by written permission. no liability will be of the village. Newer buildings around the periphery of the development, brickwork, smooth grey coloured cladding and slate effect roofing. accepted for amendments made by other persons. including those within the ongoing Gillies Meadow development, vary in notes: External levels are indicative subject to detailed design. both form scale and materials. Buildings around the around the centre of HP18079 - A090070-521 2 Landscaping indicative subject to detailed design the village are generally 3 storeys in height and comprise a mix of apartment blocks and private dwellings. Houses further south from the centre of the village generally comprise 2 and 3 storey terraced andSTREETSCENE semi-detached CC dwellings. Common materials exhibited throughout the area mostly include red brick, white render and timber cladding with a mixture of both clay and 31 slate tile roofing. In general, the neighbouring Phase 2 of the Gillies Meadow Development maintains a similar approach in scale and form as the existing dwellings exhibited throughout Rooksdown. The distributed housing mix throughout Gillies Meadow Phase 2B comprises both 2, 3 and 4 storey housing where taller properties are generally located on the southern part of the site where the site boundary is lined with a dense row of mature trees approximately 18-20m in height. Phase 2 of the neighbouring Gillies Meadow development is split into 3 3 separate character areas where the proposed architectural style and materials differ across the site depending on the local context. Red brick is Richmond Richmond Folkestone Norbury Norbury Richmond Richmond Type 51 Block G Prewett | Outline Application The Hollies, Park Block F Block E predominantly used across the site to correspond with the typicalPlot 245materialsPlot 244 Plot 243 Plot 242 Plot 241 Plot 240 Plot 239 Plot 238 Plots 212-231 Plots 192 - 211 Plots 50 - 69 exhibited throughout Rooksdown, whilst brick panelling detailing, cladding and tile hanging is used to provide variety to the dwelling. A greater use of HCA Barratt Homes buff brick, black tile hanging and cladding is incorporated across the south 1 eastern and eastern boundaries of the development site. STREETSCENE CC (cont) SITE PHOTOS | SITE PHOTOS | 1. Typical street scene in Rooksdown Centre 3. Approved Gillies Meadow Phase 2B site section across proposed 2. View of apartment blocks located on entrance to gillies Meadow Hollies access road. from Rooksdown 4. Illustrative Sketch of Block of Flat within The Pines. 4 Ennerdale Norbury Norbury Hesketh Hesketh Richmond Ennerdale Plot 32 Plot 33 Plot 34 Plot 35 Plot 01 Plot 02 Plot 03 Barratt Homes STREETSCENE DD KEY PLAN NTS E Ennersdale Type 51 Type 52 Type 52 Type 51 Type 51 Type 51 Folkestone Folkestone Folkestone Alderney Alderney Radleigh Radleigh Folkestone Folkestone Type 69 D Plot 178 Plot 177 Plot 176 Plot 175 Plot 174 Plot 173 Plot 172 Plot 171 Plot 170 Plot 169 Plot 168 Plot 118 Plot 119 Plot 120 Plot 121 Plot 122 Plot 126 D E C C STREETSCENE EE A 12.02.18 Amended as per client JDW JDW comments rev: date: comment(s): name: check: ARCHITECTS.