Somerford Green, Congleton, Cheshire East Congleton
39 Units
33%
2 Bed
17 Units
14%
1 Bed
10 Units
8%
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Site Details Private
98 Units
82.5%
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Carriageway
Congleton takes a linear form along the southern slopes of the River Dane just above the flood plain. The Dane and Priesty Fields form green corridors into the heart of the town. The first settlements in the area were Neolithic. Congleton became a market town after Vikings destroyed nearby Davenport. In 1451 the River Dane flooded and destroyed the wooden bridge, the town mill and many timber framed buildings. The town centre then grew up on higher ground, where the present day High Street is. Much of Congleton’s early prosperity was derived from leather working and lace making, the first silk spinning mill opening in 1755.
Figure ii:60 - Figure Ground & Grain
Key Settlement Design Cues:
Key
17.5% Total: 119 Units
Urban Centre or community focus
• Well defined streets within the town centre with buildings to back of pavement.
Screen Brick Walls
Tegula Setts (Heather)
Gritstone/Yorkstone Flags (buffs/pinks)
Gritstone/Yorkstone Setts (buffs/pinks) Bitmac carriageway with buff granite aggregate chippings rolled into wearing course with Gritstone/Yorkstone cobbles (buffs/pinks) as gutter detail (three courses)/ parking bays and Gritstone/ Yorkstone diamond sawn flags (buffs/pinks) to pavements
Bitmac with gutter detail in Tegula Setts (Harvest)
Green Infrastructure dominates Circa 5 homes/ha
• Row of late Georgian and Regency properties along Moody Street create strong townscape.
Tegula Setts (Harvest)
Charcon Stone Master (Buff Shade Mix)
Gritstone/Yorkstone Setts (buffs/pinks)
Circa 10 homes/ha
• Mixture of seventeenth to twentieth century buildings set within medieval burgage plots.
Site Area 5.4Ha Gross Area 5.4Ha Nett Area 3.62Ha UPH Gross 22.03 Units per Hectare UPH Ntt 32.9 Units per Hectare
Bitmac with gutter detail in Tegula Long Setts (Heather)
Bitmac
(other uses dominate)
Hedge Planting
Conservation Area Bitmac carriageway with buff granite aggregate chippings rolled into wearing course with Gritstone/Yorkstone cobbles (buffs/pinks) as gutter detail (three courses)/ parking bays and Gritstone/ Yorkstone diamond sawn flags (buffs/pinks) to pavements
Bitmac
• Predominance of terraced architypes in centre.
Affordable 21 Units
Shared Surface
Avenue
3 Bed
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Silk Cotton and Market Towns
Street
45%
Circa 15 homes/ha
Lane
53 Units
> 20 homes/ha
• Topography adds to townscape quality. • Use of a limited palette of natural building materials of timber, brick, local stone and slate roofs.
OPEN SPACE
Tegula Setts (Traditional)
• Unfolding views along Lawton Street/High Street with a continuous building line provide strong enclosure to street. ii|168
Some timber-framed medieval buildings remain but many were swept away in the seventeenth century, built form now dominated by brick.
Figure ii:61 - Gross Residential Densities
Shared Drive
4 Bed
KEY
Sample Settlement:
Figure ii:62 - Imagery
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Tegula Setts (Traditional)
Tegula Cobbles (Traditional)
Resin Bound Gravel (Buff )
Mistral Priora Permeable Paving (Traditional)
Carriageway - Conservation Setts (Buff )
Gritstone/Yorkstone Flags (buffs/pinks)
Edging - Tegula Cobbles (Harvest)
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50
Extract from Cheshire East Design Guide: Volune 1: Setting the Scene of Cheshire East - Page 46
Extract from Cheshire East Design Guide: Volune 2: Residential Guidance - Creating Quality - Page 50
Public Realm Boundary Treatments KEY Avenue - Bitmac with Gutter Detail in Tegula Setts (Heather) - 5.5m Wide
Plot Driveways and Parking Spaces - Bitmac Edged in Tegular Setts (Charcoal)
Street - Bitmac with Gutter Detail in Tegula Setts (Heather) - 5.5m Wide
Junctions - Tegular Setts (Heather)
Lane - Tegular Setts ( Shared Drives - Tegular Setts (Bracken) Permeable Paving
Footpath - PCC Natural Aggregate Flags (Bracken) Footpaths through Open Space - Breedon Gravel Path (PROW)
KEY Housing Perimeter Block Nodal Space Transitional Zone
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Hard Surfacing
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Building Typologies
T E E KEY
RN WESTE L A V ARRI E R A SQU
1 Storey 2 Storey 2.5 Storey
L A N E RADNOR ROUNDABOUT
Extract of North Congleton Masterplan
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Green Infrastructure
Dwelling Scale
Design Development Reserved Matters Application
1:500
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5
10
15
25m
COMPLIANCE WITH CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL DESIGN GUIDE
Housetype Mix
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