Designers of the London 2012 Olympic Parklands LAND AT BLAKESLEY HIll, GREENS NORTON DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT FEBRUARY 2015 Version: 2 Version date: February 2015 Comment Final The report has been prepared by LDA Design on behalf of Richborough Estates LDA Design A Worton Rectory Park, Oxford OX29 4SX T +44 (0)1865 887 050 T +44 (0)1865 887 055 W www.lda-design.co.uk LDA Design Consulting LLP Registered No: OC307725 17 Minster Precincts, Peterborough PE1 1XX This document has been prepared and checked in accordance with ISO 9001:2000. 2 LAND AT BLAKESLEY HIll, GREENS NORTON DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT CONTENT INTRODUCTION 5 5.0 DESIGN 39 1.1. Project Brief 5 5.1. Illustrative Layout 39 1.2. Purpose of Document 7 5.2. Appearance of the Proposals 41 1.3. Document Structure 7 5.3. Green Infrastructure Strategy 47 5.4. Land Use 51 2.0 BACKGROUND 9 5.5. Access and Movement Strategy 53 2.1. Site location 9 5.6. Ecology 55 2.2. Site description 9 5.7. Drainage Strategy 55 2.3. Planning Context 10 5.8. Climate Change and Sustainability 56 2.4. Consultation 11 5.9. Housing Mix and Typologies 56 5.10. Parking 57 3.0 Assessment – SITE AND SITE CONTEXT 15 5.11. Parameters for Development 59 3.1. Design Context 15 3.2. Access and Movement 19 6.0 CONCLUSIONS 61 3.3. Landscape and Visual 21 3.4. Ecology 27 3.5. Flood Risk and Drainage 29 3.6. Site Infrastructure 29 3.7. Arboriculture 31 3.8. Site Analysis – Summary 33 4.0 EVALUATION 35 4.1. Constraints and Opportunities 35 4.2. Design Principles 37 4.3. Design Concept 37 3 d x m . h p a r g o t o h P l a i r e A _ 1 0 1 _ 7 2 9 3 \ s t c e j o r P \ s i g 8 \ n o t r o N s n e e r G _ 7 2 9 3 \ S B O J \ : X PROJECT T IT LE GREENS NORTON DRAWING T IT LE 0 250m Aerial Photograph © Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, swisstopo, IGN, IGP, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, DS, USDA, CNES/Airbus Geographics, i-cubed, Earthstar GeoEye, © Esri, DigitalGlobe, and the GIS User Community SITE LOcaTION PlaN ISSUED BY Oxford T: 01865 887 050 DATE 28 Oct 2014 DRAWN KW SCALE @A2 1:5,000 CHECKED KW STATUS Draft APPROVED JA DWG. NO. 3927_101 No dimensions are to be scaled from this drawing. All dimensions are to be checked on site. Area measurements for indicative purposes only. © LDA Design Consulting LLP. Quality Assured to BS EN ISO 9001 : 2008 0 500m h Sources: Ordnance Survey... t r o N This drawing may contain: Ordnance Survey material by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown Copyright, All rights reserved. 2013 Reference number 0100031673. OS Open data / © Natural England / © DEFRA / © DECC / © English Heritage. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2013 | Aerial Photography - Bing Maps: Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, and the GIS User Community 4 LAND AT BLAKESLEY HIll, GREENS NORTON DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT SECTION 1.0 1.1. PrOJECT BRIef LDA Design was commissioned to prepare an illustrative INTRODUCTION masterplan and Design and Access Statement to support an outline planning application for land south of Blakesley Hill (referred to in this document as ‘the site’) in Greens Norton. The outline planning application is for a residential development of up to 128 dwellings with associated access and public open space. The site covers an area of 6.14 hectares and comprises arable and open pasture land. 5 VIEW facING NORTHWEST - SOUTHerN FIelD feNCING AND TreeS alONG WESTerN SITE BOUNDary IN THE bacKGROUND 6 LAND AT BLAKESLEY HIll, GREENS NORTON DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT 1.2. PurPOSE OF DOcuMENT 1.3. DOcuMENT STrucTure The aim of this document is to set out proposals for the The structure of this document follows the objectives development of the site along with a clear explanation of of CABE (2007) “Design and Access Statements: How to the rationale behind them. write, read and use them”, the DCLG (2010) “Guidance on information requirements and validation” and The content of this document has been informed by a the guidance under Article 8 of the Development number of environmental studies which examine the Management Procedure Order (2010). site and its context. It is drawing from the following related documents: The document is structured under the following main headings: ME-C Geomatics (June 2014), Topographic Survey - sets out the scope and aim ME-C (January 2015), Utilities Report Section 1: Introduction of the document and provides information on the ME-C (January 2015), Transport Assessment methodology followed. ME-C (January 2015), Phase 1 Environmental Risk Section 2: Background - establishes important Assessment background information with regard to layout and design for the site, planning context and, where ME-C (January 2015), Flood Risk Assessment appropriate, the settlement as a whole. ME-C (January 2015), Travel Plan Section 3: Assessment – analysis of the built and Just Ecology (May 2014, updated in January 2015), natural environment of the site and its local context. Ecological Appraisal: Land at Greens Norton, South This includes the local distinctiveness of the area as Northamptonshire well as a brief summary of studies closely related to Just Ecology (June 2014), Bat tree assessments: Land this document. at Greens Norton, Northamptonshire Section 4: Evaluation - offers an interpretation of Midland Forestry (June 2014), Arboricultural the findings of the background and site analysis, Advice in accordance with BS 5837: 2012 Trees in summing up the main constraints and opportunities relation to design, demolition & construction - and translating them into a design concept. Recommendations; Tree Survey; Blakesley Hill, Section 5: Design - explains the illustrative layout, Greens Norton including information on buildings, open spaces as Tyler Grange ( July 2014), Preliminary Landscape well as the landscape context. It explains principles Opportunities and Constraints of accessibility and sustainability that underpin the layout and provides the land budget for the site. Tyler Grange (July 2014), Preliminary Advice Note Section 6: Conclusions - provides a brief summary and appraisal of the layout. 7 Site extent 122.5 122.5 122.5 1 23.0 123.5 122.5 Blakesley Hill Grass Verge .0 3 122.5 12 122.0 122. 122.5 0 122.5 Grass Verg 122.0 e 122.5 123.0 3.0 12 Stay Sp Tree Lvl 137.81m MEC5 Tp 124.827 124 124.5 .0 Tree Lvl 137.48m St Fh .0 125 125.5 125.0 125.5 Wcvr Sp Mkr Footpath Bury Hill 125.5 5 5. 12 Tp Elec Sp 125. 126.0 5 125.5 Gy Blakesley 125.0 125.5 Hill 125.5 126.0 Gy Tp 125.5 126 .0 Tree Lvl 134.93m 125 .5 MEC6 124.5 126.231 126.0 125.0 125 126.0 Footpath Gy 124.0 125.5 .5 Tp 124.0 123.5 Tree Lvl 132.13m 123.0 Lp 22.5 Tp Tree Lvl 134.16m 125.5 1 BT 25.0 1 125.0 Stay Tree Lvl 133.87m 5 BT 124. Tp 125 123.5 .5 Footpath Stay 125.0 Gy Gy .0 122.0 Tree Lvl 132.91m Blakesley Hill 123 MEC7 125.5 122.344 Ø 0.20 Footpath Wo Tree Lvl 130.80m 124.0 126.0 Gy 125.5 125.0 122.5 126.0 MHCL 123.51m 123.5 123.5 RL 131.87m Fh EL 129.22m .5 124 124.5 126.0 2 125.0 125.0 125.0 126.0 125.0 1 RL 131.53m 125.5 124.5 125.5 125.0 Bury Hill 124.5 Tree Lvl 139.71m 125.0 Ø 700mm RL 131.02m EL 128.33m 124.5 124.0 125.0 Arable 124.0 Tree Lvl 132.57m 124.5 125.5 124.0 RL 130.56m EL 127.89m 125.5 Arable 125.0 4.5 124.0 12 123.5 124.0 125.0 123.5 RL 129.80m EL 127.51m Tp MEC4 124.974 124.5 124.0 123.5 Tree Lvl 141.19m Ø 500mm 123.0 124.5 RL 130.16m 124.0 123.5 EL 127.23m 125.0 123.0 124.0 123.5 124.5 123.0 RL 1 EL 126.89m 3.5 .0 12 Arable 29.81m 124 122.5 123.0 124.5 122.5 123.0 .5 123 122.5 124.0 123.0 RL 129.46m EL 126.45m 124.0 122.0 124.0 122.5 122.5 122.0 123.5 Arable 3.5 12 123.0 122.0 122.5 RL 128.83m EL 125.87m 123.0 123.5 122.0 121.5 123.0 122.5 122.0 121.5 121.5 122.0 123.0 122.5 51 122.5 121.5 Tp Tree Lvl 130.49m 122.0 121.0 121.5 121.0 Bury Hill 122.5 121.0 Tree Lvl 139.41m Ø 600mm 49 122.5 121.5 122.0 121.0 RL 127.99m EL 125.01m 122.0 122.0 121.5 121.0 120.5 121.5 122.0 120.5 120.5 RL 127.97m EL 124.99m 121.5 121.0 Tree Lvl 128.82m 121.5 121.0 Arable 120.5 Arable 121.5 RL 127.14m EL 124.27m 120.0 121.0 120.0 120.0 120.5 Tree Lvl 130.12m 121.0 121.0 121.0 121.0 121.0 Arable 120.0 Tree Lvl 133.40m 120.5 Stmp 119.0 119.5 MEC3A 120.811 120.5 Tree Lvl 129.45m 119.0 120.5 120.5 119.5 120.5 120.5 Tp 119.5 120.0 119.5 RL 124.64m 120.5 MEC3 120.5 119.5 120.348 120.0 Tree Lvl 134.19m 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 119.5 120.0 120.0 119.5 Tree Lvl 128.38m 120.0 120.0 119.5 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 119.5 120.0 120.0 119.5 120.0 119.5 120 .0 120.0 119.5 Tree Lvl 132.62m 119.5 119.5 119.5 119.0 RL 123.94m 119.5 119.0 Tree Lvl 128.04m 119.0 119.5 Ø 300mm 119.5 Pasture 119.5 119.5 119.5 119.0 119.0 118.5 118.0 119.0 118.5 Pasture 119.0 119.0 RL 123.58m 118.5 Tree Lvl 134.03m Ø 450mm 118.5 Pasture 119.0 119.0 119.0 118.5 118.5 25 118.5 118.0 Tree Lvl 135.93m 118.5 Tree Lvl 136.63m 118.5 118.0 118.0 Stay 118.5 118.5 118.5 118.0 118.0 117.5 118.0 118.0 117.0 Tp RL 123.21m 117.5 116.5 Stay 118.0 118.0 117.