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Planning Officers Society
Delivering strategic sites and
quality development – Part 2
28th June 2017
Constructing a Policy Components
• Vision / description
• Masterplanning requirements – when and what ideally
• Key infrastructure needs and triggers e.g. school requirements;
new strategic routes etc.
• Key land uses as far as possible – numbers of homes; new park; local
centre etc.
• Strategic contributions – e.g. off site highway; rail network;
secondary education etc.
• Specific requirements around typology or content e.g. custom
build; sustainable energy measures
N Tyneside: Murton Gap
• 200o Homes
• 17 Ha employment
• 500 sq m retail
• Strategic transport route
• Primary School
• SUDS
• Green infrastructure network
Policy composition (N Tyneside)
• 2 site specific policies
(2000 and 3000 homes)
• Set out overall
strategic requirements
• Detail site specific
elements around place
making and
sustainability
• 1 overarching delivery policy
• Requires masterplan in line with concept plan
• Sets out the detail needed to accompany the masterplan –phasing, viability, long term management issues etc.
North Tyneside Local Plan – May 2017
Transport
• Transport comments from para 117 -126 covering strategic and local
issues
N Tyneside Cont’d..Infrastructure
• Extensive viability work undertaken, together with concept planning
Place Shaping Policy/ies
Policy to define allocations
Site vision policy
Site vision policy
Site vision policy
Multi-layered approach
Summary/Key Messages
• Plan for places and not just numbers
• Have a clear vision – keep the end in mind
throughout
• The sooner it’s needed, the greater the
evidence, particularly around deliverability
• Focus on potential showstoppers (know the
site) and how to overcome them
• Take a masterplanning approach throughout
• Be collaborative
Sustainable Places • Sense of Identity – distinctive, coherent, legible
• Healthy – facilitate active lives, walking, cycling,
local food & promote subjective wellbeing - link to
nature and greenspace
• Neighbourly – facilitate social interaction &
community involvement, safe from crime
• Connected to host community & countryside by
walking, cycling, public transport routes,
• Resource efficient – minimise energy and waste
• Minimise impact on & enhance natural environment
Principles for Quality Sustainable Places
• 1. Reflect Sub-Regional Settlement Identity
• 2. Respect Site Qualities and Characteristics• 3. Vision for Settlement Role and Form• 4. Walkable & Public Transport Orientated
Neighbourhoods • 5. Centre which is a Focal Point• 6. Clear hierarchy of Streets• 7. Convenient parking not dominating the street• 8. Build Active frontages • 9. Include a Mix of Uses inc Affordable Housing • 10. Ensure Legibility• 11. Aim for Sustainable Buildings• 12. Develop a Local Design Code• 13. Introduce Place Keeping Arrangements• 14. Keep an eye on the detail• 15. Test for Viability and Deliverability
Nearby settlements analysed to establish the role and function of the planned development. Common features of form, design and materials help inform the design concept.
Northstowe, South Cambs, Development Framework T O’Rourke 2012
1. Reflect sub regional settlement identity
2. Respect site qualities & characteristics
• Identify site opportunities and constraints including
topography, slopes, landscape character, flood
plains, unstable land, microclimate issues, habitats
and wildlife. Consider how assets can be harnessed
and constraints mitigated.
SUDS, Upton, Northampton
Select a street pattern which
maximizes permeability on the site
Tornagrain Nr Inverness Masterplan DPZ 2007
5. Create a centre which is a focal point
in a prominent position accessible to the
whole settlement including an integrated
mix of principle civic buildings, library,
schools, community hall, place of worship,
shops, market, residential, affordable
housing and employment opportunities.
Poundbury, Copyright Friar
Sherford, Devon
A network of slow speed
streets of variable width
Poundbury Dorset Phase 1, Leon Krier Masterplanner
Perimeter Block Development
Terraced
buildings
to enclose
street
3 storey
building
to
terminate
view along
square
Corner
Buildings
on back of
pavement
Doors and
windows
overlook
public
realm
Narrow
entrance
to
parking
court
Variable
width
street to
regulate
parking
7. Convenient Parking not dominating the street
Trees to
relieve
space
Sentinel
houses
to
overlook
court
At least
two
access
points
Enclosure
by 2m high
brick walls
and
garages
Gravel
surfacing
softens
visual
impact
Aim for Sustainable Low Energy Homes
•Low Energy/CO2
•Low Water consumption
•Local Materials
•Surface water run off
•Waste
•Pollution
•Health and well-being
•Management
•Ecology support
11. Aim for Sustainable
Buildings
Arrangements for the ongoing management
and maintenance of places and ensuring
involvement of local residents
•High standards of
cleaning maintenance
•Management of events
eg. concerts, street
parties, street theatre
•Enlivenment of public
spaces
•Management of
community halls,
workspaces, allotments
•Overseeing public art
•Safeguarding public
access for all
13. Involve local people & give them
responsibility for place keeping
Critical Success Factors
• Sound evidenced policies & allocation
• Robust, viable, deliverable Masterplan
• Ideally single land ownership with a long term interest – wants to leave a legacy
• First phase sets benchmark on quality
• Close collaboration between community, developer, agencies and council
• Flexible and cooperative Highway Authority
• LA with supportive Political and Management Leadership
• Resourced dedicated LPA team
• Good Project Management
• Drive to find and broker solutions