Crichton Trust - Development Framework and Masterplan

The Development Framework and Masterplan for The Crichton, produced by Ryder, was first adopted as Planning Guidance to the Local Development Plan in 2015 and was readopted as Planning Guidance to LDP2 in 2019.

This work establishes a framework for future development within The Crichton Estate and overarching principles for potential connectivity into the Ladyfield site. The masterplan establishes an area of over 15 hectares within The Crichton Estate suitable for future development alongside a strategy for movement, wayfinding and building uses within the confines of the estate.

The masterplan and development framework sets out a number of distinct character areas within The Crichton Estate in addition to outlining key views into and through the estate grounds.

Relevant to the masterplanning of the Ladyfield site is the recommendations to form improved links with the surrounding areas and to the centre of Dumfries. The masterplan notes that there is an opportunity to utilise the existing destinations both within the site and surrounding it, along with the potential to create new ‘pearls’ to complement these. Key opportunities for Ladyfield include:

• Integration with the future Ladyfield development across Glencaple Road

• Visually open up the boundaries in relevant locations identified by the masterplan

• Improve the junctions on Bankhead Road and Glencaple Road into the estate

• Create a new access to the estate at the Kingholm roundabout

As an already adopted masterplan and precursor to the work of this masterplan, it is critical that the aspirations outlined are complementary and support a holistic approach to future development across the wider Crichton Quarter.

The masterplan will reinforce the key recommendations, relevant to Ladyfield, within The Crichton Estate masterplan that seek to improve conditions within Glencaple Road and to ensure that future development at Ladyfield is carefully and sensitively integrated with The Crichton Estate.

The identification of building uses, character zones and green corridors provide a strong framework which the Ladyfield masterplan will build-on and seek to enhance.

Key aspirations for stronger connections to the town centre will be strengthened and further developed, bearing in mind the considerable shift towards supporting active travel within national, regional and local policy making since 2015.

Appendices

The Masterplan Development Framework should be read in conjunction with the following supporting technical documents.