Design Code Example by Spawforths

PRINCE OF WALES DESIGN CODE 19TH SEPTEMBER 2014

INTRODUCTION

PRINCE OF WALES DESIGN CODE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION This section introduces the history of the site and its context. It sets the vision for the development and establishes the precedence of the parameter plans. These plans underlay the key principles and are the basis of the Design Code.

CODE OBJECTIVES AND VISION SITE AND CONTEXT SCHEME AND OUTLINE CONSENT KEY ELEMENTS & CHARACTER AREAS

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL This section is intended to inform the character of the proposed character areas SITE WIDE CODING This sets out the coding applicable across the site. It covers matters to do with block structure, access hierarchy, adoptable street materials, car and cycle parking, landscaping, waste and recycling strategies and public art.

CHARACTER AREAS It is explained in this section how the site is divided up into the four character areas. It sets out how parts of the site are differentiated by their individual characteristics and it describes some key frontages and important groups of buildings and adjacent areas. It explains the elements that are different from those in the Site Wide Coding section.

PUBLIC REALM This outlines the proposed landscape strategy and structure for the key areas of public realm including the Greenway, Central Open Space and two squares

ANALYSIS INFORMING THE GARDEN SUBURB ANALYSIS INFORMING THE URBAN EDGE MOVEMENT & STREETS PARKING STANDARDS JUNCTION TYPOLOGY BLOCK TYPOLOGY WAYFINDING SPACE STANDARDS BOUNDARIES WASTE MANAGEMENT, UTILITIES & SUSTAINABILITY CHARACTER AREAS PUBLIC REALM DELIVERY & PHASING

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH Aerial photograph with pit yard site and relief road boundaries

INTRODUCTION IN THIS SECTION Contents Overview Code Objectives & Vision Site and Context Scheme & Outline Consent Character Areas Key Elements - Coordinating Masterplan

INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW

Overview The former Prince of Wales Colliery Site has been granted outline planning permission for mixed use development. The approval is for the following elements:

the site pursuant to condition 2 of this permission shall demonstrate compliance with this Code. Reason: In the interests of amenity and to ensure the proper planning of the area in accordance with Policy CS10 of the Core Strategy Document and D9 of the Development Policies Document”

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917 residential units (use class C3)

Review and Revision

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21,583 sq metres of employment (B1)

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10 live-work units (sui generis)

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2,474 square metres of retail, restaurants cafés and drinking establishments

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A medical centre (D1)

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A community centre (D1)

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A new road, access roads, a linear park, footpaths, public squares and public open spaces, car parking, landscaping and associated works

The planning permission is subject to 58 planning conditions and a Section 106 Agreement. Condition 51 of the planning decision requires a Design Code to be prepared for the development. The condition states: “51: A Design Code for the buildings within the whole development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the submission of the Reserved Matters for these buildings. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, all Reserved Matters submissions for the buildings within 6

This Design Code document has been prepared to satisfy the obligation set out in Condition 51. Its ongoing review and amendment during the life of the development to take into account changes in market conditions and national legislation will be undertaken by the Design Panel that is to be set up in accordance with Schedule 7 of the Planning Obligation (Section 106 agreement) dated 9th December 2013. The reviews will be undertaken at the same time as the project’s viability is reassessed, at the 251st and 501st dweling occupation. Additonal reviews and revisions to the Code may be undertaken at other times by mutual agreement of Harworth Estates and WMDC.

INTRODUCTION CODE OBJECTIVES & VISION

Planning Practice Guidance 2014 “Preparing a good code is about finding a balance between technical specificity and a succinct description of what is required. Some of the best and most effective codes are very short. Design codes seek to capture the specific requirements of a place and encourage interested parties to think together about each development in its entirety as a unique place. Local planning authorities and developers should consider using design codes where they could help deliver high quality outcomes where for example: • they wish to coordinate design outcomes across large or complex sites to deliver a coherent locally agreed vision; • wish to ensure consistency across large sites which may be in multiple ownership and/or where development is to be phased and more than one developer and design team is likely to be involved; Codes can also be used by applicants when submitting a planning application, if there is a need to retain some flexibility on the final design of the development (e.g. if the development is a self/custom build housing scheme where the final design of homes depends on the preferences of future home owners ). To promote speed of implementation, avoid stifling responsible innovation and provide flexibility, design codes should wherever possible avoid overly prescriptive detail and encourage sense of place and variety (unless local circumstances can clearly justify a different approach). Codes should be succinct and carefully distinguish mandatory from discretionary components, avoiding ambiguous aspirational statements, unnecessary jargon and they should define any use of key technical terms.”

Code Objectives This Design Code has a number of objectives that have been set following the cancellation of “Preparing Design Codes: A Practice Manual (2006)” in March 2014 by DCLG. These objectives have been framed to capture the intention set out in the government’s Planning Practice Guidance. The adjacent extract is taken from the appropriate planning guidance section of the government’s planning portal. The objectives for this particular Design Code are as follows: •

To ensure that, when completed, the development is coherent and all phases make a positive contribution to the wider scheme

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To ensure there is a consistency of quality throughout the scheme

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To ensure that no early phase of development has a negative impact on the attractiveness, quality or value of any future phase

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To ensure that designers of any single phase are aware of the specific design parameters they need to incorporate into their proposals

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To ensure there is a consistent application of design standards throughout the site

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To provide developers of specific land parcels within the development with easy access to all the relevant design standards at the earliest stages of the design process

And therefore: as a direct consequence:

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To ensure the quick and efficient evaluation and determination of reserved matters planning applications

Vision The planning permission has the following vision for the Prince of Wales site: “to promote early delivery of the Prince of Wales as a premier landmark, urban extension site with high quality, sustainable mixed-use development set within an attractive, legible and accessible, landscaped environment.” The former Prince of Wales Colliery site is the most significant vacant brownfield site within the Five Towns. The site adjoins the historic market town of Pontefract, is within walking distance of four rail stations (Tanshelf, Monkhill, Glasshoughton and Baghill), is served by frequent bus services on Park Road (the approach to the town from Junction 32 of the M62 Motorway) and Skinner Lane. The site is significant in the planned renaissance of Pontefract – as acknowledged in the Five Towns Urban Renaissance document. Almost seven years of ongoing community engagement with local residents, landowners and other key stakeholders has informed development of the masterplan for the site. A collaborative design process was also an integral part of the partnership between the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council and Harworth Estates, which was established to help realise this important strategic regeneration project. 7

INTRODUCTION SITE AND CONTEXT

Site and Context Pontefract and the neighbouring towns of Castleford, Knottingley, Featherstone and Normanton together make up the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Five Townsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; within the area administered by the City of Wakefield MDC. All of the Five Towns lie within 2km of the M62 Motorway, which links Liverpool with Hull. The Five Towns vision for Pontefract, Castleford, Normanton, Featherstone and Knottingley and the development of the Prince of Wales Colliery sought to reverse the decline of the area after the collapse of mining locally. Prior to development, the application site is largely composed of spoil heaps and abandoned yards. Any buildings associated with the colliery have been demolished. The linear eastern edge of Park Road, outwith the site, is partially developed with industrial and retail uses, and an hotel. To the immediate south of the site, north of the railway line, there is little urban grain Location The Pit Yard site, 47 hectares (117 acres), is located to the north of Pontefract Town centre on the urban fringe within designated green corridor/green belt. Park Road (A639), a main avenue of approach into Pontefract Town Centre, runs north to south to the west of the site, acting as a main artery for accessing the town centre from the M62. The M62 provides wider links to Hull to the east and Leeds (via the M1), Wakefield, Huddersfield and Halifax to the West. 8

Public transport context To the south of the site is a railway line which operates between Ferrybridge, Pontefract, Featherstone and beyond. The site is within walking distance of four rail stations (Tanshelf, Monkhill, Glasshoughton and Baghill) and is served by frequent bus services on Park Road (A639) and Skinner Lane. Tanshelf the nearest rail station adjoins the southern boundary of the site. It is currently served by regular Wakefield Kirkgate to Knottingley trains. Monkhill station is located some 600m to the southeast of the site, with a rail journey time of 3 minutes from Tanshelf. Whilst it is only 600m from the south eastern corner of the site it is 1 km to the centre. Glasshoughton station is within 2 kilometres walking distance of the site through Pontefract Park and under the M62 Motorway.

M62

Tanshelf station

Location of site within local context

Ownership The total planning application area includes land in the ownership of Harworth Estates, the Duchy of Lancaster, CISWO and the City of Wakefield MDC. Historic maps (1938) demonstrates the extent of past colliery related development on site. 1947 saw Nationalisation of the collieries and by 1958 2,000 workers were employed at the Colliery. In August 2002 geological difficulties led to closure of the Prince of Wales Colliery, the last working mine in Wakefield, with the loss of almost 500 jobs.

site

Grain There is little urban grain within the application site. A loose plan form associated with suburban development exists around Pontefract and this contrasts with the Grain

INTRODUCTION SITE AND CONTEXT

tight urban grain within Pontefract town centre. These two distinct characters have helped inform development of the proposed mixed-use, urban extension.

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Ro Tanshelf station Colonel’s Walk Movement

balancing ponds

mineshafts

sub-station

Movement The site is relatively flat and therefore pedestrian and cycle movement and connectivity within the area are encouraged particularly through development of attractive and well-lit active frontages along routes. Pedestrian links between the site and Pontefract town centre is via Colonel’s Walk and the brick arched, foot tunnel under the railway line, although the route is unattractive due to the absence of development and associated surveillance that this would offer.

and landmarks (within and beyond the site) have been incorporated into the masterplan to help people find their way around. Visible routes and destinations, and a visible choice of routes will contribute to making the development feel safe and unthreatening.

Constraints • Three existing mineshafts on the site have implied exclusion zones taken into consideration on the proposed masterplan. • The existing sub-station and associated compound area, which is incorporated into the masterplan. • The balancing ponds, which are also incorporated into the masterplan. • Ponds in the southern area of the site Legibility • Pontefract town centre • Tanshelf rail station • Xscape • Pontefract Park • Pontefract New College To promote legibility, recognisable routes intersections

Constraints

INTRODUCTION SCHEME AND OUTLINE CONSENT - BOUNDARIES

The Planning Permission Development Schedule

as set out in Section 73 decision notice, 9 December 2013 Item

Quantum

Use Class

Residential

917 units

Employment

21,853 m

Live Work Units

Sui Generis

Retail, restaurants, cafés and drinking establishments

1,775 m2

A1, A3, A4

Medical Centre

Community Centre

Children’s Day Nursery

Linear Park

Public Squares and Public Open Spaces

Landscaping

Associated Works

New Road

Access Road

Footpaths

Car Parking

The planning permission boundaries

INTRODUCTION SCHEME AND OUTLINE CONSENT

Introduction Planning Permission was originally granted 11th June 2009. A number of minor but material changes were made to the original permission in 2013 through a Section 73 application, and these involved changes to the approved masterplan, character areas and phasing plan. The scale and scope of the permission is set out in the table on the previous page and there are a total of 58 planning conditions attached to the decision. This Design Code has been designed to accord with both the requirement of the original 2009 permission and the subsequent decision notice issued in 2013. The most relevant, design related planning conditions are set out in the adjacent text for ease of reference, however designers and purchasers using this Design Code are advised to also refer to the full text of the planning decision notice to ensure that they are aware of the full extent of their obligations and the interrelationship between the various issues.

Design Related Conditions prior to the submission of the Reserved Matters for these buildings. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, aLl Reserved 2. Apart from those matters approved under this permission (access – the proposed access Spine Road through the Pit Yard site and its junctions with Park Road and Skinner Lane; and the proposed Northern relief road and its junctions with Park Road and Skinner Lane as shown on plans ref: Preliminary Proposed Spine Road Alignment NTE/2007/203 Rev P1; and General Layout Pontefract Relief Road NEA3075/PGL01/Rev E-JMP and those areas of Public Open Space and Public Landscaped areas, development shall not commence on any phase until details of the following Reserved Matters for that phase have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority: Layout, Scale, Appearance and Landscaping. 6. Unless otherwise approved in writing with the Local Planning Authority, apart from those matters approved under this permission (access as shown on plan ref: P12 4603 -10) and as part of the phasing of the development as set out in the decision plans P12 4603 -11 Pit Yard Site, and 200-025 Rev H) in condition 5 above, a scheme for the provision of public open space and public landscaped areas shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any work on any phase commences. The scheme shall include details of provision and the timing of the provision of public open space and public landscaped areas within each phase and details of arrangements to secure the management and maintenance of the public open space and public landscaped areas within the site. The provision of public open space and public landscaped areas shall be implemented in accordance with the scheme approved under this condition unless otherwise approved in writing with the Local Planning Authority. 18. No more development than 540 dwellings and all of the proposed B1 office development up to a maximum floorspace of 21,853m²; and up to a maximum floorspace of 2,474m² retail, restaurants, cafes and drinking establishments (A1, A3, and A4) shall be accessed from Park Road access unless otherwise approved in writing with the Local Planning Authority. 19. No more development than 797 dwellings, a Medical Centre (maximum 929 m²), Community Centre (maximum 500m²), Nursery (maximum 601 m2) but in any event not exceeding 2,030m² of D1 uses shall be accessed from Skinner Lane access unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 20. No vehicular ingress or egress shall be taken from/to Beechnut Lane from any parts of the development within Phase 1 to Phase 6 (inclusive) unless otherwise approved in writing by Local Planning Authority. 51. A Design Code for the buildings within the whole development site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority

Matters submissions for the buildings within the site pursuant to condition 2 of this permission shall demonstrate compliance with this Code. 52. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and prior to submission of any Reserved Matters applications a scheme confirming principles to be adopted to encourage energy efficiency and use of renewable energy for proposed buildings designed to achieve at least 10% of their energy from decentralized and renewable or low carbon resources or from alternative technologies that are available at the time shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority in conjunction with the Design Code for the whole of the development site. The scheme shall include details of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and maximize passive solar heating; and maximize renewable energy capacity insofar as the measures are feasible and viable having regard to the type of development proposed and its design. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority all Reserved Matters applications for the development of buildings within the site pursuant to condition 2 shall demonstrate compliance with the scheme so approved. Thereafter the scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the details approved unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 53. Development in any phase or sub-phase shall not commence until a scheme(s) for Secured by Design has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme(s) in any phase or sub-phase shall be implemented wherever the works are wholly contained within that phase or sub-phase before the development within that phase or sub-phase is first occupied and shall be retained, maintained and operated throughout the lifetime of the development. 54. No construction of buildings within any phase or sub-phase shall commence until the following details for that phase or sub-phase have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority: i) The colour, type and texture of building, materials ii) Details of screening, retaining and boundary walls iii) The external appearance, colour, type, texture and/or materials used in constructing the access; insofar as the above are relevant to the phase or sub-phase of the development which is being carried out. The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details unless otherwise approved in writing with the Local Planning Authority. 55. The development within any phase or sub-phase shall not be brought into use until a scheme detailing the boundary treatment of the site for that phase or sub-phase has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local

INTRODUCTION SCHEME AND OUTLINE CONSENT - LAND USE

FUTURE LINK TO JUNCTION 32

RAILWAY LINE NEW FOOTBALL PITCH GREENWAY

PARKSIDE HOTEL

LINK TO MONK HILL

NEW COMMUNITY CENTRE AND LOCAL FACILITIES

CENTRAL GREEN AREA CHEP

SKINNER LANE

TANSHELF WALK PARK ROAD RETAIL PARK PEDESTRIAN LINK TO PONTEFRACT TOWN CENTRE PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE

RAILWAY LINE COLONELS WALK

PEDESTRIAN LINK TO PONTEFRACT TOWN CENTRE

BEECHNUT LANE

PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE LINK TO PARK ROAD

TANSHELF STATION

Land use for the consented scheme

KEY 12

RESIDENTIAL

EMPLOYMENT

LOCAL CENTRE

GREEN SPACES

INTRODUCTION CHARACTER AREAS

PARKSIDE HOTEL

CHEP

CENTRAL GREEN AREA SKINNER LANE PARK ROAD

RETAIL PARK PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE

COLONELS WALK BEECHNUT LANE

Character areas

KEY

GREEN EDGE

GARDEN SUBURB

URBAN EDGE

LOCAL CENTRE 13

COORDINATING INSERT TEXT MASTERPLAN HERE

Relief Road

Attenuation Pond

Greenway Central Spine

Skinner Lane Central Green Space

Green Square

Substation Tanshelf Square

Prince of Wales Street

Local Centre

Employment Area Park Road

Retail Park

Attenuation Pond Colonelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk Tanshelf Walk

Pontefract Park

100m

200m

Travis Perkins Beechnut Lane

Coordinating Masterplan and Masterplan Vision

Link to Pontefract Town Centre

INTRODUCTION KEY ELEMENTS - THE COORDINATING MASTERPLAN

The plan opposite indicates the Key Elements of the Coordinating Masterplan, set in relation to the surrounding urban environment.

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL IN THIS SECTION Overview of Local Character Town Centre Analysis Informing the Wider Scheme Analysis that Informed the Garden Suburb Analysis that Informed the Urban Edge Analysis that Informed the Green Edge Analysis that Informed the Commercial Areas

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL OVERVIEW OF LOCAL CHARACTER

Pontefract Centre Urban Form Pontefract has the clear form of a medieval market town, centred on a long street-like marketplace, the yards or ginnels signs of a ‘toft and croft’ planned 12th century town. The distinctive eighteenth century Georgian buildings, concentrated into the core, sit on this medieval imprint. Renowned for its gardens and nurseries including its liquorice production, Pontefract is also home to the remains of a post-invasion Norman Castle.

An analysis of existing built form in the locality has provided inspiration for the development and helped shape the layout design. Pontefract Town Centre and suburbs have been analysed, indicating a range of characteristics, varying in layout, density and architectural approach.

The highly permeable town centre core, with its network of narrow streets, squares and yards, and key landmark buildings, some visible from surrounding areas, has been recently renovated. There are key landmark buildings, some visible from surrounding areas. A number of street patterns are discernible in and around the town centre, ranging from the irregular, tight and fine-grain street pattern to major vehicle routes which form abrupt boundaries to pedestrian movement in and out of the centre.

Site Pontefract Castle Park Lane Pontefract Town Centre historic core Beechwood Avenue King’s Mead Location plan

King’s Crescent

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL TOWN CENTRE ANALYSIS INFORMING THE WIDER SCHEME

Town centre features, which are not particularly unique to Pontefract but which give visual character include tall corner buildings, chamfered corners with entrances, building and façade treatment to terminate vistas and free standing and landmark buildings on public spaces. Roofscape around the town centre is varied as a result of incremental changes over time and fragmented land ownership patterns. This results in a high level of visual interest, particularly for pedestrians moving slowly through the town Thresholds, Edges and Boundaries Town centre thresholds are typified by the following: • Pedestrian/service-delivery only areas - buildings up to pavement edge • Narrower vehicle-accessible streets in the town centre – buildings up to back of narrow pedestrian footpath. Public realm treatment varies. • Town centre parking courts – accessed via yards – buildings up to back of narrow footpath or where basement is accessible from street, iron or steel railings up to footpath edge Larger developments e.g. Horsefair Flats in the centre of Pontefract, have higher boundary features and tend to lack a street frontage presence.

Public Squares and Open Spaces Key spaces include the following: • Public squares are formed where larger streets in the centre widen out and may be irregular in shape. Free-standing focal buildings, monuments, and landmark buildings feature. • Local Greens • Large Town Park with golf and racecourse located at edge of urban area. Defined by strong tree structure along park edges and avenues. Lake and open areas. • Smaller local parks within residential areas • Large playing fields associated with schools widely spaced within residential development. • Long, narrow allotment plots bordering onto railway lines. Hard Landscape Materials - Precedents The recent Pontefract Town Centre refurbishment scheme incorporates traditional York Stone paving in a variety of detailing styles to traffic and pedestrian routes on Beastfair, Gillygate and Salter Row. Town centre areas beyond this central zone have a simple and less costly palette of asphalt to roads, and asphalt or PCC flags to pavements and other footways. Similarly there is a simple palette of asphalt paths and PCC and stone kerbs and edgings to Pontefract Park, with boundary elements to this and other Pontefract parks including timber trip rails, stone posts and walls. 19

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL ANALYSIS THAT HAS INFORMED THE GARDEN SUBURB Street Scene Built Form

Public Realm and Landscape

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Semi detached housing with regular buildings setback Normally 2 storey in height Some variation in projections (bay windows, eaves and entrance canopies) as well as the detailing of facades are used to articulate the building frontages and provide visual interest. Variable roofline Variable arrangement of eaves and gables to the front and end Semi-detached and detached houses display a greater degree of variety in roof line and detail, although often arranged in small groups, introducing an element of rhythm and regularity to the building frontage. All houses have front gardens

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Arts and craft style properties

Boundaries •

Hedged front boundaries

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Houses occasionally front onto semi circular greens in the manner of the original garden suburbs they are seeking to emulate Large feature trees

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL ANALYSIS THAT HAS INFORMED THE GARDEN SUBURB Building Detail and Decoration

Materials and Colours

Doors/windows

Buildings

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Window proportions are fairly generous, Less prominence of sills and lintels than urban edge Bay windows are typically chamfered, although some are square). Some project only on the ground floor, while others carry on through to the first storey.

Predominantly red brick to house walls Slate and clay roof tiles Render is less common, used as a feature on upper storey of house

Public realm • •

Houses sometimes overlook small greens Larger open spaces towards edge of town with simple design pallette

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL ANALYSIS THAT HAS INFORMED THE URBAN EDGE Street Scene Built Form

Boundaries

Common • Continuous frontage formed by consistent building heights, plot sizes and roofscape • Terrace housing with regular buildings setback • 2 or 2.5 storeys in height (dormer frontage), rarely 3-storey except for apartments. • Variations in projections (bay windows, eaves and entrance canopies) as well as the detailing of facades are used to articulate the building frontages and provide visual interest. • Generally there is a regularity to the roofline of terraces, and terraces are divided into relatively short runs, often owing to changes in level. • The roofs of terraced houses are usually arranged with eaves to the front and gables to either end. • Semi-detached and detached houses display a greater degree of variety in roof line and detail, although often arranged in small groups, introducing an element of rhythm and regularity to the building frontage. • Most houses have front gardens, although some front onto the footpath.

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Feature • End of terrace properties sometimes have special roof or bay features. Some have ornate ridge and eave details. • On steeper streets, terraced properties are stepped and slightly staggered for visual interest.

Less Common • Special architectural details such as arched doorways, date panels and other symbols • predominantly red brick to house walls

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Boundaries include low brick walls to residential properties, sometimes with ornate piers, rarely stone walls and, less often, hedges with or without low walls Low walls sometimes combined with wall top railing Timber boundary fences to rear gardens Limited palette of threshold treatments, which includes properties onto the footpath

Public realm and landscape • •

Smaller local parks and large town park. small public parks with simple palette of materials, and allotments

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL ANALYSIS THAT HAS INFORMED THE URBAN EDGE Building Detail and Decoration

Materials and Colour Walls

Buildings and Gardens

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Decorative corbels and string courses Stone copings to low red brick front walls and posts

Doors and Windows • •

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Window proportions are fairly generous, with sills and lintels prominent through form and colour. Bay windows are typically chamfered, although some are square). Some project only on the ground floor, while others carry on through to the first storey. Windows tend to be white, although some combine darker frames with white mullions and lintels. Doors variable in colour Chimneys to many properties Bay windows are typically chamfered, although some are square). Some project only on the ground floor, while others carry on through to the first storey.

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Some stone faced buildings, but very few contemporary materials such as glass, timber, aluminium etc. Slate and clay roof tiles Render is less common

Public realm and landscape • •

Reduced palette of materials to relatively formal public open spaces Public space entrances sometimes marked by ornate stone posts and brick walls

Less Common • Window proportions are fairly generous, with sills and lintels prominent through form and colour. • The roofs of terraced houses are usually arranged with eaves to the front and gables to either end • End of terrace properties sometimes have special roof or bay features. 23

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL ANALYSIS THAT HAS INFORMED THE GREEN EDGE

Built Form

Pontefract Villas

Common • Larger individual detached and semi detached properties, often overlooking green spaces • Variety of building details with eaves and gables to the front and to either end. • Semi-detached and detached houses display a greater degree of variety in roof line and detail, although often arranged in small groups, introducing an element of rhythm and regularity to the building frontage.

There are various examples of villas in Pontefract, often along key vehicle routes. Architectural style varies, including Victorian and Georgian. These are either detached or semi-detached, and are generally 2 or 2.5 storeys high. Villas often sit further back from the road than terraced or town houses, and usually within their own grounds. Façades tend to be formal, with well proportioned openings symmetrically composed.

Less Common • Some examples of Georgian styling • Special architectural details related to Georgian styling

The low density and resultant unsustainability of many residential layouts beyond the town centre often preclude their being a positive influence on the site design. Beyond the centre, predominant form is mid to late 20th century residential estates where dwellings feed off culs-de-sac which in turn feed local or major distributor roads. South-east and north-east of the centre there is a predominance of post-war and later 20th century residential estates, including some later 20th century development. Key vehicle access routes to east, south and west are fronted by residential buildings, whilst the main route into Pontefract from the M62 (Park Road and Jubilee Way) is fronted by Pontefract Park and retail/employment uses.

LOCAL CHARACTER APPRAISAL ANALYSIS THAT HAS INFORMED COMMERCIAL AREAS

Other Building Form There are few quality office buildings in evidence within Pontefract, the best being in larger converted residential properties. There are a variety of mixed use buildings, including traditionally styled 2 and 3 storey mixed height terraces of varying plot widths, with ground floor uses including retail, cafés and pubs, easily adaptable to a change of use with offices or apartments above. These are mixed in with single-use buildings e.g. pub/hotel, office. There is a level of consistency of building detailing e.g. height of shop signs, storey heights, cornice heights, entries and fenestration, and variations in consistency of frontage. Free-standing hotels are distinctively ornate and landmarks, whilst those integrated into mixed use areas are traditional, with eye-catching façade colours and detailing. Mews Courts are accessed via yards from the main central shopping areas and have consistent rhythmic façade, open directly onto the pavement and are brick-faced. Facade types tend to be repetitive/serial in mews courts.

PARKSIDE HOTEL

BLOCK STRUCTURE

R3 R1

R10

R11 R12

R27

CHEP

R13

R14 L1

R26 PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE

R20

R15

PARK ROAD

R25

R21

SKINNER LANE

R19

RETAIL PARK

R18 R22

R16 R17

R23

R24 BLOCK REFERENCE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO ASSIST NAVIGATION AND IDENTIFICATION, RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS HAVE AN “R” PREFIX EMPLOYMENT BLOCKS HAVE AN “E” PREFIX LOCAL CENTRE BLOCKS HAVE AN “L” PREFIX

EDGE BLOCKS

PERIMETER BLOCKS

SPLIT PERIMETER BLOCKS

LOCAL CENTRE BLOCK

SITE WIDE CODING The block structure is shown in the plan on the opposite page. The precise alignment, shape and size of blocks may be subject to change if future commercial and site constraints The block structure has been determined by a number of key elements through the site: • • •

Spine road running east west through the site Limited access points into the site from surrounding areas Public open spaces and cross site green links

The site wide coding section provides conceptual design guidance for elements across the whole site. Individual character areas will have further requirements and these are described and illustrated in the Character Areas section of this Code. In addition to the measures outlined within this document, any developer should also refer to the other conditions relating to the outline planning permission, as set out on the planning permission decision notice.

IN THIS SECTION Block Structure Movement and Streets Road and Street Materials Parking Standards Junctions Key Block Principles Block Typology Wayfinding Gateways Space Standards Boundaries Street Furniture

This section of the design code contains images of houses (typically shown as white with grey roofs) to illustrate the scale and cross sectional proportions of streets. These house types are not intended to indicate a particular architectural style

Waste Management Utilities Sustainability

TEXT HERE CYCLEINSERT & PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

Future link to Park Road and Xscape

KEY

Relief Road

Road network

Greenway

Key cycle and pedestrian links Additional pedestrian links Public transport (bus) route

Central Spine Road

Central Green Space

Tanshelf Square Local Centre

Skinner Lane Park Road

Retail Park

Employment Area Tanshelf Walk

Pontefract Park

Route to New College

Beechnut Lane

Colonelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk underpass

Route to Primary School

SITE WIDE CODING MOVEMENT & STREETS

The masterplan layout has been designed to ensure maximum pedestrian and cycle penetration through the site. However the site is heavily constrained by limited opportunities for connections to the wider community on its north east and southern boundaries due to railway lines, the western boundary due to the existing retail park and Chep, and the northern boundary due to the former Parkside Hotel which is in third party ownership. Consequently, where connections are possible or likely to be available in the medium term, these have been clearly identified and the block structure has been based around these links. The proposed block structure therefore aims to deliver attractive and direct desire lines as follows: • •

•

From the Colonel’s Walk underpass to the Central Green Space From the Central Green Space to the Greenway with direct lines of sight and/or pedestrian links from one to the other From Skinner Lane to the edge of the Parkside Hotel site (to enable the longer term delivery of a strategic link down to Park Road by the adjoining landowners) From all development phases to the Greenway that runs along the north eastern boundary to provide access to a linear network of children’s play spaces, safe links back to Skinner Lane and, in the longer term, to the Parkside Hotel site and consequently onto Park Road From Skinner Lane to Beechnut Lane via the historic pedestrian link (Tanshelf Walk) between the pit yard site and football club

Pedestrians and Cyclists The intention is to encourage sustainable modes of transport and minimise the use of motorised private transport. The Cycle and Pedestrian Routes Plan opposite shows the key cycle and pedestrian routes. Key destinations include: •

Pontefract Town Centre

•

Prince of Wales local centre

•

Prince of Wales Central Green Space

•

Skinner Lane

•

Park Road

•

Pontefract Town Park

•

Ponfract Racecourse retail park

•

Xscape (future link)

The layout should make walking and cycling to local facilities the natural option. In particular designing safe routes to the local centre and local schools. Routes should be overlooked, direct, free of obstacles and should take priority over vehicles. Where pedestrian/ cycle only routes are proposed pathways must be well designed, overlooked, ideally level and maintained. Cycle routes and their intersections with street junctions will need to be carefully designed and resolved at the detailed design stage.

KEY

INSERT TEXT HERE INTERIM CONNECTIVITY

Relief Road

Road network Temporary path surface to be replaced with permanent surface as development phases as completed Improvements to existing PROW by

PHASE 1 AREA

Skinner Lane Park Road

Retail Park

Beechnut Lane Pontefract Park

Colonelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk underpass

SITE WIDE CODING MOVEMENT & STREETS

The map indicates connections to the wider area, including Xscape entertainment and retail centre and Junction 32 Outlet Shopping Village to the north, Pontefract Town Centre and Castle to the south, and Pontefract Racecourse and Town Park to the West. Xscape

Pontefract Racecourse

site

Pontefract Castle

Pontefract Town Park Pontefract Town Centre

HIGHWAY TYPOLOGY PLAN

PARKSIDE HOTEL

CHEP

1B PARK ROAD

SKINNER LANE

2B 3

2B RETAIL PARK

2B 2B PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE

COLONELS WALK BEECHNUT LANE

KEY TYPE 1 STREETS

TYPE 2 STREETS

TYPE 3 STREETS

BESPOKE STREET DESIGN DUE TO TECHNICAL GROUND CONSTRAINTS. COMBINATION OF TYPE 2B AND 3

SITE WIDE CODING MOVEMENT & STREETS

This section looks at the following street types: Type 1A Streets Type 1B Streets Type 2A Streets Type 2B Streets Type 3A Streets Type 3C Streets The spine road provides direct access through the site, with a maximum speed of 30 mph. The design principles of the routes are mandatory however the exact alignment of the routes will be determined through Reserved Matters applications All streets must be designed to meet the requirements set by out in the Wakefield Street Style Design Guide and must be in general accordance with The Manual for Streets 1 and 2 (Department of Transport). The designer should also make reference to Cycle Infrastructure Design (LTN 2/08) Oct 2008 (Department of Transport) and Shared Use Routes for Pedestrians and Cyclists (LTN 1/12) Sept 2012 (Department of Transport).

SITE WIDE CODING MOVEMENT & STREETS - TYPE 1A

TYPE 1A STREET

A Type 1A street is characterised by a 6.75m carriageway with two, 2m wide footpaths and the addition of two, 3m wide, tree lined verges to either side of the carriageway in recognition of its importance as the main spine road through the development. Its boundary treatments and cross section ratio varies as its passes through the character areas

Item

Highway Design Parameter

Title

Connector Street

Number of Dwellings Served

917 plus employment area plus local centre

Carriageway Width

6.75m

Pavements

2.00m to both sides and adopted

Highway Verges

3.00m to both sides and adopted

Forward Visibility

25.00m minimum

Centreline Radius

33.00m minimum

Direct Driveway Access

Yes

Design Speed

20mph

Speed Limit

20mph

Radius with Type 2 Road

6.00m minimum

Radius with Type 3 Road

4.00m or splays

Visibility Splays (x)

2.40m

Visibility Splays (y)

25.00m

Distance Between Speed Restraint Features

60.00m

GARAGES ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND MAY BE LINKED, DETACHED OR INTEGRAL DEPENDING ON HOUSE TYPES HOUSE TYPES ARE ILLUSTRATING DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND SCALE AND SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS INDICATING STYLE OR SPECIFIC DETAILS SUCH AS WINDOW DRESSINGS, DOOR DETAILS OR CHIMNEYS WHICH WILL VARY BETWEEN CHARACTER ZONES

BOUNDARY TREATMENT VARIES BY CHARACTER AREA AND THEREFORE IS NOT SHOWN ON THESE CROSS SECTIONS. FOR DETAILS OF TREATMENTS REFER TO BOUNDARY SECTION LATER IN THIS CODE

5.75m Type 1A streets

2.00m

3.00m

6.75m

3.00m

2.00m

5.75m

SITE WIDE CODING MOVEMENT & STREETS - TYPE 1B

ILD IN G

LIN

TYPE 1B STREET

GARAGES ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND MAY BE LINKED, DETACHED OR INTEGRAL DEPENDING ON HOUSE TYPES

EMPLOYMENT AREA

HOUSE TYPES ARE ILLUSTRATING DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND SCALE AND SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS INDICATING STYLE OR SPECIFIC DETAILS SUCH AS WINDOW DRESSINGS, DOOR DETAILS OR CHIMNEYS WHICH WILL VARY BETWEEN CHARACTER ZONES

BOUNDARY TREATMENT VARIES BY CHARACTER AREA AND THEREFORE IS NOT SHOWN ON THESE CROSS SECTIONS. FOR DETAILS OF TREATMENTS REFER TO BOUNDARY SECTION LATER IN THIS CODE

5.75m Type 1B streets

2.00m

6.70m

2.00m

5.75m

A Type 1B street is characterised by a 6.70m carriageway with two, 2m wide footpaths and the addition of two, 2m wide, tree lined verges to either side of the carriageway in order to increase the perceived importance of the route and in recognition of the streets dual role of serving both housing and employment uses. There is a 5.75m driveway zone to one side of the street. Item

Highway Design Parameter

Title

Mixed Use Connector Street

Maximum Number of Dwellings Served

Carriageway Width

6.70m

Pavements

2.00m to both sides and adopted

Highway Verges

2.00m to both sides and adopted

Forward Visibility

25.00m minimum

Centreline Radius

33.00m minimum

Direct Driveway Access

Yes

Design Speed

20mph

Speed Limit

20mph

Radius with Type 2 Road

6.00m minimum

Radius with Type 3 Road

4.00m or splays

Visibility Splays (x)

2.40m

Visibility Splays (y)

25.00m

Distance Between Speed Restraint Features

60.00m

SITE WIDE CODING MOVEMENT & STREETS - TYPE 2A

TYPE 2A STREET GARAGES ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND MAY BE LINKED, DETACHED OR INTEGRAL DEPENDING ON HOUSE TYPES

A Type 2A street is characterised by a 5.5m carriageway and two, 2m wide footpaths. It is often referred to as a “traditional” estate road. A driveway zone of 5.75m either side of the carriageway within the dwelling curtillage allows for parking to the front of garages with “up and over” doors.

Item

Highway Design Parameter

Title

Local Residential Street

Maximum Number of Dwellings Served

200

Carriageway Width

5.50m

Pavements

2.00m to both sides and adopted

Highway Verges

None

Forward Visibility

25.00m minimum

Centreline Radius

20.00m minimum

Direct Driveway Access

Yes

Design Speed

20mph

Speed Limit

20mph

Radius with Type 2 Road

6.00m minimum

Radius with Type 3 Road

4.00m or splays

Visibility Splays (x)

2.40m

Visibility Splays (y)

25.00m

Distance Between Speed Restraint Features

60.00m

BOUNDARY TREATMENT VARIES BY CHARACTER AREA AND THEREFORE IS NOT SHOWN ON THESE CROSS SECTIONS. FOR DETAILS OF TREATMENTS REFER TO BOUNDARY SECTION LATER IN THIS CODE

5.75m Type 2A streets

2.00m

5.50m

2.00m

5.75m

SITE WIDE CODING MOVEMENT & STREETS - TYPE 2B

TYPE 2B STREET GARAGES ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND MAY BE LINKED, DETACHED OR INTEGRAL DEPENDING ON HOUSE TYPES

A Type 2B street is characterised by a 5.5m carriageway with two, 2m wide footpaths and the addition of two, 2m wide, tree lined verges to either side of the carriageway in order to increase the perceived importance of the route. A driveway zone of 5.75m either side of the carriageway within the dwelling curtillage allows for parking to the front of garages with “up and over” doors.

BOUNDARY TREATMENT VARIES BY CHARACTER AREA AND THEREFORE IS NOT SHOWN ON THESE CROSS SECTIONS. FOR DETAILS OF TREATMENTS REFER TO BOUNDARY SECTION LATER IN THIS CODE

5.75m Type 2B streets

2.00m 2.00m

5.50m

2.00m 2.00m

Item

Highway Design Parameter

Title

Local Residential Street

Maximum Number of Dwellings Served

200

Carriageway Width

5.50m

Pavements

2.00m to both sides and adopted

Highway Verges

2.00m to both sides and adopted

Forward Visibility

25.00m minimum

Centreline Radius

20.00m minimum

Direct Driveway Access

Yes

Design Speed

20mph

Speed Limit

20mph

Radius with Type 2 Road

6.00m minimum

Radius with Type 3 Road

4.00m or splays

Visibility Splays (x)

2.40m

Visibility Splays (y)

25.00m

5.75m 37

SITE WIDE CODING MOVEMENT & STREETS - TYPE 3A

TYPE 3A STREET : SHARED SURFACE WITH GARAGES GARAGES ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND MAY BE LINKED, DETACHED OR INTEGRAL DEPENDING ON HOUSE TYPES

A Type 3A street is characterised by a 5.5m carriageway (although this may be reduced to 4.8m in certain areas if tracking and car reversing permits) which is also shared with pedestrians A driveway zone of 5.75m either side of the carriageway within the dwelling curtilage allows for parking to the front of garages with “up and over” doors. Use of 3A or 3B street types is at the discretion of the developer. Item

Highway Design Parameter

Title

Shared Surface Street

Number of Dwellings Served

125

Carriageway Width

5.5m generally with 4.8m minimum on loops

Pavements

None

Highway Verges

None

Forward Visibility

23.00m minimum

Centreline Radius

Based on service vehicle tracking

Direct Driveway Access

Yes

Design Speed

15mph

Speed Limit

20mph

Radius with Type 2 Road

6.00m minimum

Radius with Type 3 Road

4.00m or splays

Visibility Splays (x)

2.40m

Visibility Splays (y)

25.00m

BOUNDARY TREATMENT VARIES BY CHARACTER AREA AND THEREFORE IS NOT SHOWN ON THESE CROSS SECTIONS. FOR DETAILS OF TREATMENTS REFER TO BOUNDARY SECTION LATER IN THIS CODE

0.6m

5.75m Type 3A streets

0.6m

5.50m

5.75m

SITE WIDE CODING MOVEMENT & STREETS - TYPE 3B

TYPE 3B STREET: SHARED SURFACE WITH NO GARAGES

A Type 3B street is characterised by a 5.5m carriageway (although this may be reduced to 4.8m in certain areas if tracking and car reversing permits) which is also shared with pedestrians A driveway zone of 5m either side of the carriageway within the dwelling curtilage allows for parking but this reduced length can only be used if there are no garages or the doors are roller type controlled by planning condition. This allows for more urban street cross sections. Use of 3A or 3B street types is at the discretion of the developer.

BOUNDARY TREATMENT VARIES BY CHARACTER AREA AND THEREFORE IS NOT SHOWN ON THESE CROSS SECTIONS. FOR DETAILS OF TREATMENTS REFER TO BOUNDARY SECTION LATER IN THIS CODE

0.6m

5.00m Type 3B streets

5.50m

0.6m

5.00m

Item

Highway Design Parameter

Title

Shared Surface Street

Number of Dwellings Served

125

Carriageway Width

5.5m generally with 4.8m minimum on loops

Pavements

None

Highway Verges

None

Forward Visibility

23.00m minimum

Centreline Radius

Based on service vehicle tracking

Direct Driveway Access

Yes

Design Speed

15mph

Speed Limit

20mph

Radius with Type 2 Road

6.00m minimum

Radius with Type 3 Road

4.00m or splays

Visibility Splays (x)

2.40m

Visibility Splays (y)

25.00m

SITE WIDE CODING ROADS & STREETS MATERIALS

The types of materials shown in the table on this page are considered appropriate for use to roads and streets within this site. The choice of materials used need to meet the requirements for visually impaired users and satisfy guidance within Manual for Streets and the Wakefield Street Design Guide.

Material

Hard landscape materials and street furniture are described in the Public Realm section of this Code.

Parking Zone

Type 1A Street (primary)

Type 2A Street (secondary)

Carriageway

Hot rolled asphalt

Footway surfacing

Hot rolled asphalt

Type 2B Street (secondary)

Type 3A Street Type 3B Street (shared surface) (shared surface)

Hot rolled asphalt

Kerbing (between footway and carriageway/ parking)

100mm raised pcc kerb

n/a

Channel/demarcation between parking and carriageway

145mm 145mm conservation kerb conservation kerb laid flush laid flush

n/a

Demarcation within footway at crossings

precast concrete blister pattern slabs in panel at crossing point. Colour to be natural grey

n/a

Pedestrian crossings

block paving or similar

n/a

Kerb at pedestrian crossing/pavement cross-over

63x150x915mm silver grey conservation kerb

Dropped kerb

n/a

Shared surface circulation

none

block paving or similar. Red tones woithin the garden suburb and grey tones within the urban edge area

Shared surface parking

none

block paving or similar

Privacy margin (within property boundary Demarcation extent of adoption

Type 1B Street (employment)

Street Coding Matrix

Private front garden Flush metal studs/ setts or footway edge

Plot boundary setts or footway edge

SITE WIDE CODING ROADS & STREETS MATERIALS

PARKSIDE HOTEL

PARKING ZONES PLAN

RAILWAY LINE TO CASTLEFORD

SKINNER LANE CHEP

PARK ROAD RETAIL PARK

PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE

COLONELS WALK

RAILWAY LINE TO WAKEFIELD

Type 1B streets

RESIDENTIAL PARKING ZONE

EMPLOYMENT PARKING ZONE

LOCAL CENTRE PARKING ZONE INCLUDING RETAIL, RESTAURANTS CAFÉS, MEDICAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

SITE WIDE CODING PARKING STANDARDS

Parking

Residential

Minimum Spaces

Flats with 1 Bedroom

1 Space

Flats with 2 or More Bedrooms

2 Spaces

Bedsits

0.5 Spaces

Dwellings with 1 Bedroom

1 Space

Dwellings with 2 or 3 Bedrooms

2 Spaces

Dwellings with 4 or More Bedrooms

3 Spaces

Employment

Minimum Spaces

Offices

1 per 25 square metres

Light Industry

1 per 50 square metres

Visitor Parking

Service Vehicle Parking

1 per 300 square metres

Where houses are located on shared surface streets, visitor parking should be provided with 1 visitor space for every 4 dwellings

Disabled motorists

Retail

Minimum Spaces

Customer Parking (units up to 150 sq m)

1 per 30 square metres

Staff Parking

1 per 100 square metres

Disabled Motorists

Restaurants and Cafes

Minimum Spaces

Customer Parking

1 per 10 square metres

Staff Parking

1 for every 3 staff

Disabled Motorists

Pubs and Bars

Minimum Spaces

Customer Parking

1 per 20 square metres

Staff Parking

1 per 30 square metres

Disabled Motorists

The adjacent table sets out the relevant parking standards for each of the parking zones shown on the general arrangement plan on the facing page. These standards have been taken from the WMDC Street Style Guide 2012 and should be regarded as minimum standards for the development.

Visitor Parking

SITE WIDE CODING GARAGES Single Parking Bay

Garages In order for a garage to be regarded as a parking space to meet the minimum standards set out in the previous table, their internal dimensions should be no less than 6m x 3m. Where an integral garage is smaller than these minimum standards, separate secure cycle storage should be provided in an accessible location. Garage Doors The minimum width of garage doors is 2.4m Drive Widths Drive widths should be as follows: â&#x20AC;˘

Drive widths should be a minimum of 3m

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Where the drive also provides the main access to the house, then it should have a minimum width of 3.2m

Single Garage with Drive

Garages

SITE WIDE CODING PARKING BAYS & DRIVES Garages with Gated Drives Parking Bays Parking bays within residential plots should be no less than 5m x 3m. If the drive is also the main access to the house then it should be widened to a minimum width of 3.2m. Drive Lengths Drive lengths should be as follows:

Single Garage Minimum Dimensions

•

Drives not in front of garages 5m

•

Drives in front of garages with roller shutter garage doors controlled by planning condition 5m

•

Drives in front of garages with standard garage doors 5.6m

•

Drives behind gates and in front of garage doors with roller shutter garage doors controlled by planning condition 6.1m

•

Drives behind gates and in front of garage doors 7.1m

SITE WIDESTANDARDS CODING PARKING PARKING BAYS PARKING BAYS PERPENDICULAR TO CARRIAGEWAY If parking bays are to be provided as part of the adopted highway for visitors and/or access to local shops and services, the minimum dimensions for each bay are 2.5m by 5m where the bays are perpendicular to the highway. Where the bays are parallel to the highway then they should be 6m long by 2.4m deep. A footpath, or in the case of shared surfaces a paved margin, should be provided on the passenger side of the parallel parking bays.

PARKING BAYS PARALLEL TO CARRIAGEWAY

Parking Bays

SITE WIDE CODING PARKING STANDARDS PARKING COURTS PRIVATE PARKING COURT DIMENSIONS

Parking courts are generally discouraged however it is recognised that in certain circumstances in the Urban Character Area and for apartment schemes they may be necessary. Courts should be for no more than 8 vehicles and the parking bays should be no less than 4.8m x 2.4m. A minimum reversing aisle width of 6m should be provided between rows of parking bays and a turning area at the head of the aisle no less than 1.5m deep and ideally 3m deep should be provided. Cycle Parking Cycle parking in the public realm should be well integrated, convenient and created with materials appropriate to its surroundings. Typically the Sheffield type stand should be used and laid out in a fashion that meets with the criteria recommended within the Wakefield Street Style Design Guide. The Guide notes 1 space per unit to be made for cycles within dwelling or garage or separate cycle store.

JUNCTION TYPOLOGY PLAN

PARKSIDE HOTEL

RAILWAY LINE TO CASTLEFORD

RAILWAY LINE TO WAKEFIELD

CHEP

SKINNER LANE GATEWAY JUNCTION

COLONELS WALK AND SPINE ROAD JUNCTION

PARK ROAD

SKINNER LANE

RETAIL PARK

PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE COLONELS WALK

Junction Typologies Location Plan

KEY TYPE J1

TYPE J2

TYPE J4

KEY JUNCTIONS

SITE WIDE CODING JUNCTIONS

The following pages focus on Junction Typologies and give graphic examples of key junctions within the proposed development.

SITE WIDE CODING JUNCTIONS JUNCTION TYPOLOGYTYPOLOGIES

When a Type 3 (shared surface ) street meets with a Type 2 street, there are a number of possible solutions. If the Type 3 street is a minor cul-de-sac, to assist in wayfinding and legibility, the junction should be as Junction Type J1, Where, more typically, a Type 3 street bisects a larger urban block, junction Type J2 should be used in conjunction with a Minor Gateway building arrangement as illustrated in the Wayfinding Section of this Code. Raised platforms are utilised at most junctions to provide traffic calming to the streets and reduce potential vehicle speeds. A change in surface materials on the junctions also assists in the overall wayfinding around the development provided the materials are used consistently throughout the development.

JUNCTION TYPE J1 TYPE 3 STREET JUNCTION WITH TYPE 2 STREET

2.0m FOOTWAY

These junctions are only used where the junction between the Type 2 and Type 3 street is very minor with only a relatively small number of house served by the lower order street.

JUNCTION TYPE J2 TYPE 3 STREET WITH TYPE 2 STREET

FOOTWAY CARRIED PAST RAMP AND SPLAYED INTO SHARED SURFACE 0.8m WIDE RAMP 2.0m FOOTWAY DROPPED CROSSING 4m KERB RADII

0.8m WIDE RAMP

Junction Typologies

SITE WIDE CODING JUNCTIONS JUNCTION TYPOLOGIES TYPOLOGY JUNCTION TYPE J3 TYPE 1 STREET JUNCTION WITH TYPE 3 STREET

2.0m FOOTWAY

Key Junctions

0.8m WIDE RAMP DROPPED CROSSING

A number of key junctions within the development have been identified for special attention. While the junctions staggers and geometry of these junctions will follow the examples shown here, the public realm treatment either side of the carriageway will require particular attention. The illustrations on the next pages give examples of the types of approach and design issues that will need to be considered when developing these key areas.

VERGE

0.8m WIDE RAMP

2.0m FOOTWAY

FOOTWAY CARRIED PAST RAMP AND SPLAYED INTO SHARED SURFACE

4m KERB RADII

DROPPED CROSSINGS

0.8m WIDE RAMP

yp t ith s w y e 2 spla p y f t gled o al an

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JUNCTION TYPE J4 CROSSROADS BETWEEN TYPE 2 AND TYPE 3 STREETS

0.8m WIDE RAMP

DROPPED CROSSINGS

4m KERB RADII

2.0m FOOTWAY

vis

INDICATIVE VIEW 1 - SKINNER LANE GATEWAY

KEY JUNCTION EXAMPLES

WALLS AND FENCING RETURNED BACK TO HOUSE ELEVATIONS BEFORE THE JUNCTION TO CREATE LARGER PUBLIC SPACE

GREENWAY CHARACTER AREA

URBAN CHARACTER AREA

LOCAL CENTRE CHARACTER AREA

PRINCIPAL ELEVATION OF CORNER TURNING HOUSE TYPES FACE ONTO MAIN APPROACH

CHANGE IN FOOTPATH PAVING MATERIALS AND EXTENDED TO EDGE OF CARRIAGEWAY

View 2 CHANGE IN SURFACE MATERIALS INCLUDING RAISING OF JUNCTION TO CREATE PLATFORM AND TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURE

ATTENUATION POND SOUTH

AVENUE OF TREES TERMINATED PRIOR TO JUNCTION TO DEFINE AND ENCLOSE PUBLIC SPACE

CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT FROM JUNCTION ALONG HIGHER ORDER ROADS (IN THIS EXAMPLE THE GREENWAY TO THE EAST IS INTENTIONALLY MADE HIGHLY VISIBLE TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT PAST THE LOCAL CENTRE

INDICATIVE VIEW 2 -COLONELS WALK AND SPINE ROAD COLONELS WALK URBAN CHARACTER AREA

TO EMPLOYMENT AREA

DOUBLE ASPECT THREE STOREY HOUSES AT JUNCTION AND AT URBAN BLOCK CORNERS ALLOW LOGICAL TRANSITION TO TWO STOREY DWELLINGS

WIDENED PAVEMENT AREAS INCLUDE SEATING AREAS

CROSSROADS USED AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CLEAR TRANSITION BETWEEN DIFFERENT ROAD HIERARCHY

CHANGE IN BOUNDARY TREATMENTS TO PROPERTY FRONT GARDENS OCCURS AT JUNCTION

CENTRAL OPEN SPACE

GARDEN SUBURB CHARACTER AREA CARRIAGEWAY MATERIALS CHANGE AT RAISED JUNCTION PLATFORM AND CONTINUE ALONG EDGE OF CENTRAL OPEN SPACE 53

SITE WIDE CODING DEVELOPMENT BLOCKS DEVELOPMENT BLOCK ASSEMBLY

Key Principles The masterplan layout has been designed to ensure maximum pedestrian and cycle penetration through the site. However the site is heavily constrained by limited opportunities for connections to the wider community on its north east and southern boundaries due to railway lines, the western boundary due to the existing retail park and Chep, and the northern boundary due to the former Parkside Hotel which is in third party ownership. Consequently, where connections are possible or likely to be available in the medium term, these have been clearly identified and the block structure has been based around these links. The proposed block structure therefore aims to deliver attractive and direct desire lines as follows: • •

•

• 54

From the Colonel’s Walk underpass to the Central Open Space From the Central Open Space to the Greenway with direct lines of sight and/or pedestrian links from one to the other From Skinner Lane to the edge of the Parkside Hotel site (to enable the longer term delivery of a strategic link down to Park Road by the adjoining landowners) From all development phases to the Greenway that runs along the north eastern boundary to provide access to a linear network of children’s play spaces, safe links back to Skinner Lane and, in the longer term, to the Parkside Hotel site and consequently onto Park Road From Skinner Lane to Beechnut Lane via the historic pedestrian link (Tanshelf Walk) between

the pit yard site and football club Development blocks away from the main spine road have been drawn with a setting out distance of 60m from centreline of highway to centreline of highway. This distance allows houses to be built with rear gardens backing onto the rear gardens of the adjacent properties and for local authority space about dwellings, garden space requirements and standard driveway depths to be achieved for the majority of plots ensuring efficient use of development land.

The 60m plotting distance ensures that, where the street character supports it, 21m frontage to frontage distances and 21m rear to rear distances can be achieved with drives of 5.75m to the front of properties. Where the urban character of lower order streets suggests narrower streets are appropriate, rear gardens can be extended to offset the loss of gardens to the fronts of the houses. There are four principal types of development block that have been used within the masterplan:

PEDESTRIAN LINK PARALLEL TO PRIVATE DRIVE

BLOCK CORNER MINOR GATEWAY

MINOR GATEWAY BLOCK CORNER

Variable 60m

40m

BLOCK CORNER

MINOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNER

SITE WIDE CODING DEVELOPMENT BLOCKS BLOCK TYPOLOGY EDGE BLOCKS

PERIMETER BLOCKS BLOCK TYPOLOGY

30m

60m

20m 40m

SPLIT PERIMETER BLOCKS

LOCAL CENTRE BLOCK

PARKING TO CENTRE OF BLOCK

Edge Blocks are blocks which back onto third party land and where there is no public right of access to the rear of the proposed new houses. These blocks are typically 30m deep from centreline of the adjacent adopted highway and are approximately 20m deep from the building line to rear garden boundary. Perimeter Blocks are blocks which have highways to all four sides. These blocks are typically 60m wide (centreline to centreline of roads) and 40m from front building line to front building line. They are of variable length. The majority of these blocks have been designed to accommodate a range of street types around the perimeter to include a combination of shared surface streets and streets with segregated footpaths. Where private drives are used along one or more sides of the block, additional pedestrian and cycle paths have been added to ensure the block perimeter is connected with the wider urban block structure Split Perimeter Blocks are blocks which have highways to all four sides. These blocks are large enough to accommodate houses within them as well as around their perimeter. Consequently a shared surface street has been included which bisects the larger block ensuring connectivity and facilitating easier access for service, delivery and emergency vehicles which no longer require turning heads.

WAYFINDING & LEGIBILITY

PARKSIDE HOTEL

CHEP SKINNER LANE

PARK ROAD

RETAIL PARK

PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE

COLONELS WALK BEECHNUT LANE

KEY LANDMARK BUILDING

MINOR GATEWAY

MAJOR GATEWAY

EQUIPPED PLAY AREA

PLAY AREA

PUBLIC ART

URBAN BLOCK CORNER

SITE WIDE CODING WAYFINDING

The following pages focus on Wayfinding and Legibility Plans and on Building Typologies, Corners and Landmarks, and Gateways relating to legibility.

PUBLIC ART

GARDEN SUBURB WAYFINDING

PUBLIC ART

MINOR GATEWAY

PUBLIC ART

WAYFINDING & LEGIBILITY

MINOR GATEWAY MINOR GATEWAY

FOCAL POINT MINOR GATEWAY

MINOR GATEWAY

FOCAL POINT

MINOR GATEWAY

LAP BLOCK CORNER

BLOCK CORNER

PUBLIC ART

MINOR GATEWAY

FOCAL POINT

PUBLIC ART

MINOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNER

MAJOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNER

MINOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNER

MAJOR GATEWAY

FOCAL POINT

MINOR GATEWAY MINOR GATEWAY

CENTRAL GREEN SPACE

MAJOR GATEWAY

LEAP LANDMARK

CHEP

MINOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNER

MINOR GATEWAY BLOCK CORNER

EMPLOYMENT AREA

BLOCK CORNER

KEY LANDMARK BUILDING

MINOR GATEWAY

MAJOR GATEWAY

LEAP

LAP

PUBLIC ART

URBAN BLOCK CORNER

LAP BLOCK CORNER

BLOCK CORNER LANDMARK BLOCK CORNER

PUBLIC ART PUBLIC ART

MINOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNER

SKINNER LANE

MINOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNER

LANDMARK

MINOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNER

BLOCK CORNERS MINOR GATEWAY

EMPLOYMENT AREA MAJOR GATEWAY

RETAIL PARK

LAP

LOCAL CENTRE

MINOR GATEWAY BLOCK CORNER

MAJOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNER

MAJOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNERS

LANDMARK

BLOCK CORNERS

MAJOR GATEWAY BLOCK CORNER

MINOR GATEWAY

BLOCK CORNER

FOCAL POINT

COLONELS WALK

FOCAL POINT

URBAN EDGE WAYFINDING

KEY LANDMARK BUILDING

MINOR GATEWAY

MAJOR GATEWAY

LEAP

LAP

PUBLIC ART

URBAN BLOCK CORNER

SITE WIDE CODING WAYFINDING CORNERS & LANDMARKS Landmark and Focal Point Buildings The urban blocks are defined at their principal corners by specific corner turning house types. These house types have a number of characteristics that are not always found in standard houses and will require careful design and orientation to ensure they meet the particular significance of these key locations within the masterplan. The principal characteristics of corner turning house types are shown in the adjacent illustration and can be summarised as follows: •

The main entrance of the house type fronts onto the higher order street

•

Garages are located to the side of the property on the lower order street

•

Primary windows are located on both the elevations that front onto the public highways

•

The house may either be set forward from the building line or the public realm is widened on the corner to increase the prominence of the house and to ensure it is “read” as marking a key

•

The roof design reflects the role of the house as a “corner turner” and may use hips or other appropriate configurations to meet this requirement

Landmark and focal point buildings are identified on the Wayfinding masterplan and represent those locations within the development where particular buildings create a focal point and/or terminate a key approach or vista. They typically front onto more important areas of public realm and may be 2 or 3 storey.

Corner Turning Buildings Corner turning house types are explained in the adjacent text and identified on the Wayfinding masterplan. Corner turning houses may be 2 or 3 storey depending on the character area and scale of adjacent developments however they must never be lower than the adjacent properties.

NO TREES OR TALL PLANTING IN FRONT OF DWELLING

GARAGE AND PARKING SCREENED TO SIDE OR REAR OF PROPERTY

LARGER DWELLING USED AS FOCAL POINT - IDEALLY SYMMETRICAL OR DOUBLE FRONTED

NO PARKING TO FRONT OF DWELLING DWELLING SET IN FRONT OF OR BEHIND ADJACENT BUILDING LINE

DWELLING PERPENDICULAR TO AXIS OF PRIMARY APPROACH

ROOF DESIGN GIVES EQUAL SIGNIFICANCE TO BOTH STREET ELEVATIONS USING HIPS, GABLE FEATURES OR OTHER DESIGN TECHNIQUES

GARAGES LOCATED TO SIDE ON LOWER ORDER ROAD

HOUSE SET FORWARD ON BUILDING LINES

BOUNDARY TREATMENT DESIGNED TO REFLECT CORNER FRONT DOOR FRONTING ONTO HIGHER ORDER ROAD PAVEMENT EXTENDED AROUND JUNCTION

SITE WIDE CODING WAYFINDING GATEWAYS GARAGES LOCATED TO REAR ON LOWER ORDER ROAD WHERE BLOCK GEOMETRY AND HIGHWAY CONSIDERATIONS MAKES IT PRACTICAL TO DO SO

Major Gateway: Type 2 Street BRICK WALLS TO REAR GARDENS WHERE THEY BORDER ONTO MAIN ROAD GABLE WINDOWS PROVIDE VISUAL SURVEILLANCE OVER LOWER ORDER ROAD LOW LEVEL PLANTING TO EDGE OF PAVEMENTS SYMMETRICAL “HANDED” PAIR OF HOUSES TO PROVIDE GATEWAY. BOTH HOUSES BUILT ON SAME BUILDING LINE AND SET FORWARD OF ADJACENT BUILDING LINE

Minor Gateway: Type 3 Street

TREE PLANTING USED TO ACCENTUATE GATEWAY INTO LOWER ORDER STREET

BRICK WALLS TO REAR GARDENS WHERE THEY BORDER ONTO ADOPTED STREET

A Major Gateway can occur on either a Type1 to Type 2 street junction or a Type 2 to Type 2 street junction. It is characterised by a pair of handed (mirrored) house types that frame the entrance to the lower order street. The house types have gable windows to the lower order streets and a formal landscape boundary as shown in the illustration.

GABLE WINDOWS PROVIDE VISUAL SURVEILLANCE OVER LOWER ORDER ROAD

LOW LEVEL PLANTING TO EDGE OF CARRIAGEWAY

SYMMETRICAL “HANDED” PAIR OF HOUSES TO PROVIDE GATEWAY. BOTH HOUSES BUILT ON SAME BUILDING LINE AND SET FORWARD OF ADJACENT BUILDING LINE

Minor gateways occur between Type 2 and Type 3 streets and signify the transition from the more public higher order streets to the narrower and more intimate shared surface streets.

Gateway pairs of houses are used to both signify and frame entrances to streets at both major and minor junctions and have the following characteristics: •

The house types are handed (mirrored) versions of each other and frame the lower order street entrance

•

The front elevation of the houses faces onto the higher order street

•

The gables of the houses contain secondary windows that overlook the lower order street

•

Garages to the gateway houses are located to the side furthest away from the lower order road OR are located to the rear of the property

•

The gateway houses are set either forward oR back from the general building line to ensure that they are given the appropriate significance

SPACE STANDARDS KEY

Main to Main Aspect

Side to Side Aspect

Main to Main Aspect Main to Side Aspect

Main Aspect

Secondary Aspect

Side Aspect

Living Room

Bedrooms

Halls

Bedroom

Secondary windows to living and dining rooms

Bathrooms

Dining Room

Utility Rooms Blank Walls Other non-habitable rooms

SITE WIDE CODING SPACE STANDARDS

The following pages focus on space standards relating to housing, as follows: General Principles Garden Standards Type 1 Streets Frontage Distances Type 2 Streets Frontage Distances Type 3 Streets Frontage Distances

SITE WIDE CODING SPACE STANDARDS Table 1: WMDC Standards (1996) Space standards for the development have been set by a number of key considerations. The most relevant standards were: •

WMDC Residential Design Standards 1996

•

WMDC Street Style Guide 2012

These were considered in the context of the following constraints: •

Market expectations requirements

and

house

builder

•

The 2009/2013 Planning Permission

•

Viability and land value issues including consideration of the cost of both site preparation, infrastructure and Section 106 obligations

Space Between Dwellings Table 1 sets out the local authority’s expectations in relation to distances between dwellings and windows. The diagram on the previous page confirms how each of the distances is measured. A regular criticism of modern housing developments is their rigid adherence to a fixed set of space standards with little variation in streetscape and character. To ensure long term robustness, the masterplan block structure has been laid out to allow the WMDC Space Standards to be adhered to if required, however this Code advocates the narrowing of streets as the hierarchy of roads diminishes, with a general increase in rear garden spaces to compensate for the reduction 64

in the front garden depths. This approach results in frontage to frontage distances of around 29m on the Type 1 (spine) road down to around 16.7m on the narrowest Type 3 (shared surface) streets. Rear gardens increase in size from around 10m to approximately 12.5m accordingly. Table 2 sets out the space standards that the scheme is expected to deliver. Garden Sizes The WMDC standard for garden space is 75 square metres per dwelling (excluding apartments) with a zone of no less than 3m to the rear of the property which is not overlooked by adjacent garden users or dwellings. With a minimum garden depth of 10m, it is only units with a frontage width of less than 7.5m or those on smaller number of tapering plots and where the building line cannot be moved forward to increase the garden depth that would have a garden area less than this.

Condition

Minimum Distance (metres)

Main Aspect to Main Aspect

21m

Main Aspect to Side Aspect

12m

Secondary Aspect to Side Aspect

Side Aspect to Side Aspect

Main Aspect to Secondary Aspect

18m

Table 2: Design Code Main Aspect to Main Aspect Distances by Street Type Street Type

Median Distance (metres)

Minimum Distance (metres)

Type 1A

29m

26m

Type 1B

22.75m

Type 2A

21m

18m

Type 2B

25m

22m

Type 3A

21m

18m

Type 3B

18.2m

16.7m

SITE WIDE CODING SPACE STANDARDS SPACE STANDARDS - TYPE 1A AND 1B STREETS MAIN ASPECT TO MAIN ASPECT DISTANCE FOR TYPE 1A STREETS

BOUNDARY TREATMENT VARIES BY CHARACTER AREA AND THEREFORE IS NOT SHOWN ON THESE CROSS SECTIONS. FOR DETAILS OF TREATMENTS REFER TO BOUNDARY SECTION LATER IN THIS CODE

Median Distance 29.0m (Min 26.0m)

1 5.5 STREET CROSS SECTION RATIO 5.5: 1 (3.7:1 FOR 3 STOREY) (ASSUMING 2.6M OVERAGE STOREY HEIGHT)

Type 1A Streets are the highest order and consequently widest streets in the development. Provision has been made for a 6.75m highway with 3m wide grass verges to each side and a 2m wide pavement adjacent to the plots. A general zone of 5.75m for onplot drives has been allowed for (although the WMDC Street Style states a minimum of 5.6m in front of garage doors and 5m where the door is a roller type controlled by planning condition). This drive depth allows for integral garages to be included in some of the properties along the spine, which in turn reduces the gaps between houses and increases the sense of enclosure and reinforces the building line. This results in an overall frontage to frontage distance of 29m and a street cross section of approximately 5.5 to 1. The introduction of street trees in the verges and consistently applied hedge planting and estate fencing and walling along both sides of the street should help in reducing the perceived width. The employment site to the western boundary of the site is served by a Type 1B Street (a version of the Type 1 Street.) Here the carriageway is 6.70m wide with a 2m verge and 2m wide footpaths to both sides of the street. The building line for the houses has been set at 5.75m from back edge of the footpath which once again allows for integral garages. This configuration allows for a minimum distance between residential primary windows and the edge of the employment land of 16.75m. A building line for the employment site of no less than 6m from back edge of footpath is advocated which results in a minimum distance between residential windows and employment windows of 22.75m. 65

SITE WIDE CODING SPACE STANDARDS SPACE STANDARDS - TYPE 2A AND 2B STREETS MAIN ASPECT TO MAIN ASPECT DISTANCE FOR TYPE 2 STREETS

The Type 2 Streets are in two forms. The standard Type 2A Street has a 5.5m carriageway with 2m wide footpaths to both sides and drive zone of 5.75m. This results in a frontage to frontage distance of 21m and a street cross section ratio of 4:1.

BOUNDARY TREATMENT VARIES BY CHARACTER AREA AND THEREFORE IS NOT SHOWN ON THESE CROSS SECTIONS. FOR DETAILS OF TREATMENTS REFER TO BOUNDARY SECTION LATER IN THIS CODE

The Type 2B Street is a variant of the Type 2 Street and is used on the link between Colonelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk and the Central Open Space where 2m wide verges are added. This increases the overall frontage to frontage width to 25m creating a cross section ratio of 4.8 to 1 for two storey housing development. Since part of this street also occurs in the Urban Edge character area where three storey houses dominate, the street cross section ration reduces to a more urban 3.2 to 1 closer to the southern boundary of the site.

21.0m (Min 18.0m)

1 4

STREET CROSS SECTION RATIO 4: 1 (2.7:1 FOR 3 STOREY) (ASSUMING 2.6M OVERAGE STOREY HEIGHT)

SITE WIDE CODING SPACE STANDARDS SPACE STANDARDS - TYPE 3 STREETS PRIMARY ELEVATION TO PRIMARY ELEVATION DISTANCE FOR TYPE 3 STREETS

BOUNDARY TREATMENT VARIES BY CHARACTER AREA AND THEREFORE IS NOT SHOWN ON THESE CROSS SECTIONS. FOR DETAILS OF TREATMENTS REFER TO BOUNDARY SECTION LATER IN THIS CODE

18.0m (Min 16.7m)

Type 3B streets are shared surfaces and comprise a 5.5m carriageway (although some reduction in carriageway width in some locations is acceptable subject to vehicle tracking), a 2m service margin within the adopted paved road corridor, 0.6m paved clearance margins to the edge of the carriageway and 5.75m drives in front of garages. This results in a frontage to frontage width of 18.2m with cross section ratio of 3.5 to 1 for two storey development and 2.3 to 1 for three storey development.

1 3.5

STREET CROSS SECTION RATIO 3.5: 1 (2.3:1 FOR 3 STOREY) (ASSUMING 2.6M OVERAGE STOREY HEIGHT)

BOUNDARY TREATMENT PLAN

GREENWAY SKINNER LANE ATTENUATION POND NORTH

CENTRAL OPEN SPACE

LOCAL CENTRE

CHEP

ATTENUATION POND SOUTH

RETAIL PARK

PARK ROAD

PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE COLONELS WALK

KEY TYPE B-1A

TYPE B-1B

TYPE B-2

TYPE B-AP

TYPE B-3A

TYPE B-3B

TYPE B-GB

ESTATE RAIL & HEDGE

DWARF WALL & RAIL

HEDGE ONLY

POST & RAIL FENCE

HEDGELINE WITH TREES

POST & RAIL WITH HEDGE

BUND WITH FENCE & TREES

SITE WIDE CODING BOUNDARIES

The following pages focus on boundary treatments and garden standards as follows: Front Garden Boundaries Rear Garden Boundaries Side Garden Boundaries Public Space Boundaries

SITE WIDE CODING BOUNDARIES FRONT GARDENS

Just as the road network has been designed to create both a hierarchy and legible (easy to navigate) environment, so the boundary treatment along each type of highway has been designed to reflect this approach. The front gardens of the development fall into one of three categories: Type 1 Boundaries. These are front gardens along the main spine road that set the overall character for the development. Within the Garden Suburb character area these will be defined by estate fences with hedge planting immediately behind them, maintained to a consistent height of around 1m. In the urban area the estate fences are replaced with either metal railings, brick walls or a combination walls with rails above. The height will once again be 1m overall and hedge planting to the rear will be maintained to this height. Type 2 Boundaries. These are located along Type 2 streets and include hedges adjacent to the pedestrian footpaths but do not have walls or railings. Type 3 Boundaries. These are more informal boundaries along the lower order (shared surface) streets with the house builder having greater discretion about the choice and use of planting and boundary treatments. There is an expectation however that the treatment will be consistent along any single side of an urban block and will be replicated on both sides of the street.

B-1A FRONT GARDENS ONTO TYPE 1A AND TYPE 1B STREETS Type 1 streets are higher order routes with tree lined and grassed verges. The proposed 900mm high estate fencing provides a consistent boundary character along these key routes and a clear â&#x20AC;&#x153;trimming lineâ&#x20AC;? for maintenance of the hedges that are planted within the front gardens of the properties.

B-2A FRONT GARDENS ONTO TYPE 2A STREET Type 2 streets are loop roads within the development and provide access to lower order Type 3 (shared surface) streets. These boundaries are defined by hedge planting but do not have a formal rail or fence. Hedges can be established on a temporary post and wire hedge support.

SITE WIDE CODING BOUNDARIES REAR & SIDE BOUNDARIES BOUNDARY B-1B

Boundaries with Employment Areas When the Type 1 street passes through the Urban Edge Character Area, the Estate Fencing is replaced with a low brick wall topped with metal railings to an overall height of 1m

When residential development is proposed adjacent to existing employment areas such as Chep, or next to the proposed employment area, a taller visual barrier is required. Where there are likely to be noise issues and these are substantiated by a noise report and assessment of the existing or proposed employment use, part of the boundary may need to include an acoustic barrier. Any fence, acoustic or otherwise, will need to be faced in timber on the residential elevation and include appropriate planting and landscape treatment to minimise the visual impact of the screening.

BOUNDARY B-GB

FINAL BOUNDARY DESIGN MAY BE DEPENDENT ON AN ACOUSTIC REPORT

Where residential development is adjacent to either existing or proposed employment areas, a wider landscape boundary treatment is required. Where there is a need for significant visual screening this may be made up of a combination of bunding with close boarded timber fence and planting to the residential side of the fence. Other configurations offering equivalent screening will also be considered.. 71

SITE WIDE CODING BOUNDARIES PUBLIC BOUNDARIES

Greenway/Shared Surfaces

B-3A SHARED SURFACE STREET BOUNDARY WITH GREENWAY

Where the Greenway is adjacent to an adopted shared surface highway, greater pedestrian movement between the two areas is possible and the railings and rails used adjacent to private drives can be removed. Hedge and tree planting along the boundary is still to be employed however albeit with higher levels of physical and visual penetration. Greenway/Private Drives Within the Garden Suburb Character area the separation between the public footpath along the greenway and the private drives is made using a timber post and rail fence and hedge planting. This provides some measure of protection for the residents served by the private drive while still allowing natural surveillance of the public open space. Within the Urban Edge character area the timber post and rail fence is replaced with railings.

B-3B PRIVATE DRIVE BOUNDARY WITH GREENWAY

SITE WIDE CODING BOUNDARIES PUBLIC BOUNDARIES SIDE BOUNDARIES ONTO PUBLIC REALM Side Boundaries Where rear gardens are adjacent to the public highway or a public footpath, the boundary will be either 1.8m high brickwork or timber hit and miss boards set into a brick structure (see sketch). Timber close boarded fencing will not be permitted.

BRICK WALLS TO REAR GARDENS WHERE THEY BORDER ONTO MAIN ROAD. WALLS MAY BE BROKEN INTO BAYS SEPARATED BY BRICK PIERS. OVERALL HIGHT SHOULD BE NO GREATER THAN 1.8M AND PLANTING BETWEEN THE WALL AND BACK EDGE OF FOOTPATH IS TO BE INCLUDED WHEREVER PRACTICAL TO DO SO

The boundary treatment along any one side of an urban block should be consistent in its use of detailing and choice and colour of materials. Rear Garden Boundaries REAR BOUNDARIES

Where rear gardens are adjacent to each other and where their joint boundary is not adjacent to a public highway or footpath, 1.8m close boarded timber fences may be used. Where there are streets where there is only development on one side such as adjacent to the Greenway or overlooking the Central Open Space, additional consideration needs to be given to the appropriate boundary treatment with the public area.

SITE WIDE CODING WASTE MANAGEMENT - REFUSE COLLECTION

Refuse Vehicles and Waste Collection The urban block structure of the development has been created to minimise the number of cul-de-sacs and consequently reduce the reversing movements required by refuse and other service vehicles. Inevitably, there are some urban blocks whose shape and form are dictated by a number of topographical, technical and utilities issues which give rise to deeper blocks and a small number of cul-de-sac arrangements arise. Where these occur, turning facilities for refuse vehicles have been provided and visitor parking has been situated so as to avoid potential conflict on bin collection days Bin Collection Locations Bin collection locations should be no more 30m from their normal positions adjacent to the dwellings (this is the maximum distance a resident is expected to wheel their bins). Refuse vehicles must be able to get to within 25m of all bin collection locations. Larger, paved and dedicated bin collection locations should be provided in certain situations such as where multiple dwellings share a common, private drive. Houses A hard standing area to the rear of each property is to be provided within that part of the private garden area that is screened from the public highway by a fence or other visually impermeable boundary no lower than 1.8m. A hard paved, accessible and level 74

route from this rear storage area is to be provided to the edge of the adopted highway for bin collection.

Key Refuse Dimensions Item

Flats The current expectation is that the development will have a limited number of apartments or flats. However, given the scale and duration of the construction phase of the development proposals, there is the potential for the market to change during the life of the permission and a greater demand for apartments to arise. Consequently, any apartments scheme that may be developed will need to make adequate provision for communal bin storage. Bin storage in all apartment buildings is to be located within the main building envelope or, if this proves impractical, within dedicated buildings set behind the front building line. The communal bin storage buildings, if required, should be in the same materials as the principal building(s) that it serves and be roofed. The bin storage areas, in whichever form they take, should incorporate access control measures to prevent misuse, antisocial behaviour and crime. The Local Centre The local centre urban block has no â&#x20AC;&#x153;rearâ&#x20AC;? elevation and is overlooked by housing or heavily trafficked public realm on all sides. Consequently the bin storage areas for the retail units, medical centre and community centre will need to be located within the fabric of the principal building(s) and incorporate access control measures.

Standard

Maximum distance for residents to wheel bins to collection points

30m

Maximum distance from refuse vehicle to bin collection points

25m

Refuse vehicle tracking speed for Type 1 Streets

15mph

Refuse vehicle tracking speed for Type 3 and 4 Streets

10mph

Maximum reversing distance for refuse vehicles on Type 2 Shared Surface Streets

20m

Source: WMDC Street Design Guide January 2012

SITE WIDE CODING UTILITIES

Existing utilities within the site have been diverted to avoid proposed development blocks. The utility systems will be installed in service corridors located within the adoptable highway. Where practicable, the service corridor for the gas, water, electrical and data systems will be located within a 2m zone beneath the footways, in accordance with the requirements set out in the National Joint Utilities Group (NJUG) Guidelines on the Positioning and Colour Coding of Underground Utilitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Apparatus,Volume 1, Issue 2: Nov mber 2007 Utilities Infrastructure Possible locations shall be adjacent to built forms, avoiding being located near tree planting or on isolated plots of land. Where possible the enclosure is to form part of adjacent built forms. Materials and detailing to match adjacent built forms. All to comply with the requirements of the electricity provider. Utility boxes All meter boxes and all other apparatus shall be located unobtrusively. If external, then they must be positioned away from the front or prominent locations. Position of meter cupboards should be concealed against adjoining surfaces. The use of smart meter boxes should be encouraged.Where more than one box is required in close proximity they should align to each other and be spaced evenly. Colours of materials to be sympathetic to host materials.

Street Lighting External lighting should be kept to a minimum with light fittings that minimise intrusive light spillage beyond the intended area of public realm to be lit. Open spaces should be lit only if necessary, to provide safe identifiable routes or to provide feature lighting. Lighting levels along the Green Edge should be kept to a minimum with lighting columns located on the edges next to pathways. Lighting levels should be to adoptable standard or as agreed with the Planning Authority. An integrated approach should be adopted to the design and positioning of trees, lighting columns and other street furniture in order to coordinate these items with the installed utility services and to minimise street clutter. For example, signage should be fixed to existing poles / posts such as lighting columns where possible. Litter bins can be similarly attached.

Photovoltaic Cells, Thermal collectors To be sited such that their location does not impede or interrupt key views and streetscapes. They shall be incorporated into the structure and design of host properties in a manner that either enhances the built form or is hidden from direct view. Wires and cables To be hidden from view at all times unless required for safety or maintenance purposes. External domestic lighting Developers are to ensure that lights are not pointed directly at windows of other houses. Security lights fitted with passive infra-red detectors and/or timing devices shall be adjusted so that they prevent annoyance to neighbours and are set so that they are not triggered by traffic or pedestrians passing outside properties.

Pipes and flues / vents To be located in a sympathetic manner, to align with immediate features. Materials and detailing to be architecturally integrated. Letter boxes To be located so that they are visible from public access locations. In apartments, individual boxes to be provided and accessible from public areas.

SUSTAINABILITY

SITE WIDE CODING SUSTAINABILITY

Drainage A comprehensive surface water drainage system has been designed as part of the planning permission which precedes this Code. Sustainable Development All homes, affordable and private for sale, will be designed to meet the Code For Sustainable Homes at the level relevant to the time of Reserved Matters Application submission, Lifetime Homes, Secured by Design and for non-residential buildings a BREEAM level as agreed with the City Council. Designers must refer to and take account of their Affordable Housing partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Employers Requirements. Safety All designs must follow the Secured by Design principles to ensure that Prince of Wales is a softly policed neighbourhood where people have a stake in their future and a pride in their surroundings. Energy and water conservation All homes will be designed to the appropriate Code for Sustainable Homes level at the time of their design. Contaminated Land As a major development works will be undertaken in seven phases. The site has been fully remediated and decontaminated, and all below ground structures removed and voids filled.

Road Traffic Noise Noise sensitive areas within the site are covered by conditions within the Outline Planning permission. Noise mitigation measures should be integrated into the design from the outset in order to achieve acceptable internal noise levels and sufficient ventilation and summer cooling with the minimal sustainability impact. This may involve shielding with a neighbouring structure, positioning of noise sensitive rooms away from the noise source or providing rooms with additional windows to provide adequate ventilation on faĂ§ades not affected by noise. All external amenity areas such as gardens or balconies shall be protected from excessive noise. Further advice can be found in BS 8233: 1999, Sound Insulation and Noise Reduction for Buildings â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Code of Practice. Design for disabilities The public realm design and the design of all buildings will Meet the current Building Regulations (part M deals with design for impaired movement) and all homes will meet Lifetime Homes standards and follow the principles of Building for Life criteria. Ecology and Biodiversity A full ecological report with recommendations for mitigation is included within the Outline Planning Permission.

CHARACTER AREAS

CENTRAL GREEN AREA

CHEP

SKINNER LANE

PARK ROAD

PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE

RETAIL PARK

BEECHNUT LANE

KEY

GREEN EDGE

GARDEN SUBURB

URBAN EDGE

COLONELS WALK

LOCAL CENTRE

CHARACTER SECTION HEADER AREAS

IN THIS SECTION Character Area Zoning Plan Housing Typologies Character Area Details: The Green Edge Character Area Details: The Garden Suburb Character Area Details: The Urban Edge Character Area Details: The Local Centre

CHARACTER AREAS HOUSING TYPOLOGY

Introduction

Typology Selection Process

The Prince of Wales masterplan has been divided into four distinct character areas with each area being assigned specific design characteristics that are carried through the landscape treatment, highway design, choice of materials and choice of building typologies.

The housing typologies that have been advocated using the traffic light system for each character area, have been selected after careful consideration against each of the following six criteria:

This section of the code looks at both the broad overriding design aspirations for each of the character areas as well as setting out which house typologies are deemed most appropriate for each area of the site. A simple traffic light system has been used to divide house types into the following groups: Green: House type is highly appropriate for this character area Green/Yellow: House type is appropriate for this character area but should not predominate Yellow: House type can be used but should not dominate important vistas, streets and spaces Yellow/Red: House type can only be used very occasionally and only in key locations Red: House type should NOT be used in this character area

Criteria 1: Where is the Parking Located? Some parking solutions lend themselves better to more urban locations than suburban or quasi-rural ones Criteria 2: Number of Storeys The height of buildings can have a significant urban character. Higher land values have traditionally led to taller buildings of three or more storeys being located in town and urban centres, with single storey dwellings located in lower density rural areas. Criteria 3: Length of Frontage (visual permeability) Longer terraces of housing reduce visual permeability to the rear and private gardens and reinforce the building line of the street. Criteria 4: Gable Height The transition between buildings of different heights within a street scene can sometimes be very abrupt and/or create highly irregular eaves and roof lines creating an inconsistent character. In considering which typologies to advocate in each character area, attention has been given to the ability of taller building forms to step down to lower buildings to either side.

Criteria 5: Coverage and Density Higher density house types with higher coverages are advocated for the more urban areas, whilst lower density units with larger plots have been selected for the Garden Suburb and Green Edge Criteria 6: Depth between Building Line and Back of Footpath Certain typologies enable shallow front garden depths which leads to greater sense of enclosure on streets and around public spaces.

Alternative Typologies Not all typologies are covered within the code and there will be a number of variants that can add significantly to the quality and sense of place within each character area. If a variation is proposed, this should be discussed with Harworth Estates and the local authority at the early stages of design to ensure that it will be accepted as a reasonable deviation from the code.

Typology Mix Developers are encouraged to use a selection of the advocated typologies within each character area and street. Schemes that only contain a small number of the advocated typologies are unlikely to be supported.

CHARACTER AREAS HOUSING TYPOLOGY

Typology Selection Criteria The diagram below is NOT an example of an acceptable street scene and is used to illustrate the implications of selecting a wide range of typologies within the same location Criteria 4: Gable Height The transition between buildings of different heights within a street scene can sometimes be very abrupt and/or create highly irregular eaves and roof lines creating an inconsistent character. In considering which typologies to advocate in each character area, attention has been given to the ability of taller building forms Wto step down to lower buildings to either side.

Criteria 1: Where is the Parking Located? Some parking solutions lend themselves better to more urban locations than suburban or quasi-rural ones

Criteria 6: Depth between Building Line and Back of Footpath Certain typologies enable shallow front garden depths which leads to greater sense of enclosure on streets and around public spaces.

Street Surveillance With certain internal floor plans, it is possible that there is very little ground floor surveillance of the adjacent street as a result of the primary living areas being located to the rear of the dwelling. Developers and their designers are therefore encouraged to ensure that within each length of street there are sufficient habitable rooms at ground floor level that will be occupied on an evening. This means trying to avoid situations where front elevations are populated by utility rooms, WCs, circulation spaces and kitchens that are not part of a wider living space

Ground Floor Habitable Rooms Windows to living, playrooms and dining rooms should be located in the zone shown wherever possible to ensure some natural surveillance over the adjacent street

Criteria 3: Length of Frontage (visual permeability) Longer terraces of housing reduce visual permeability and reinforce the building line of the street.

Criteria 2: Number of Storeys The height of buildings can have a significant urban character. Higher land values have traditionally led to taller buildings of three or more storeys being located in town and urban centres, with single storey dwellings located in lower density rural areas.

Kitchens to Front Elevations If a kitchen is the only habitable room on the front elevation capable of providing natural surveillance, then it should form an extension of a wider living space to the rear to ensure that during the evening all windows onto the street are not in total darkness 81

CHARACTER AREAS HOUSING TYPOLOGY

Typology References

Typology Variables

In order to effectively navigate the housing typology proposed for each of the character areas, this code contains a simple reference system that is explained in the adjacent graphics.

The housing typology variables that have been used are as follows:

Every house has its own unique combination of the key variables which is then used to create the associated reference number.

Apartment Typologies Since the development does not include any specific apartment proposals, a typology has not been included within the code. Should future reserved matters applications come forward with an apartment element within them, these will be need to be designed to sit sympathetically with the adjacent proposed housing typologies.

Other Typologies The design code aims to cover all the most common housing typologies deployed by the majority of housebuilders in this region. However other typologies may be considered if they are consistent with the approach and intentions of the housing typologies being advocated within a particular character area.

Dwelling Type Is the dwelling detached, semi-detached or part of a terrace of 3 or 4 dwellings? Terraces of greater than four units have not been included due to market considerations but may be considered as a variation from the code if circumstances favoured this approach. Number of storeys These have been limited to buildings of one, two and three storeys due to local market considerations Single and Double Fronted Elevations A double fronted dwelling is defined as one where there is a principal window either side of the front door. Since double fronted houses are generally wider and traditionally have been used to convey higher status or importance within the street, these have been given their own typology. Parking Arrangements Will the cars be parked at the front, side or rear of the property and will there be integral garages Access to The Rear In the case of terraces of 3 or 4 dwellings, consideration has been given to the two principal access typologies which include access to the mid-terrace dwellings via a passage to the rear accessed from the side of the

end unit, and access via a gated central; passage with accommodation at first floor level. Options In some limited cases a typology may have a number of alternative configurations in which case it will be shown as “Option 1” or “Option 2” etc.

CHARACTER AREAS HOUSING TYPOLOGY

Housing Typology Key

Example

DET

Detached

Single Storey

Single Fronted

FRNT

Parking to Front

SEM

Semi-Detached

Two Storey

Double Fronted

SIDE

Parking to Side

TE3

Terraces of 3

Three Storey

LINK

Linked Garage

TE4

Terraces of 4

SETB

Integral Garage Set back

INTG

Integral Garage

REAR

Garage to Rear of House

Detached

2 Storey

DET-2-D-LINK Double Fronted

Linked Garage

CHARACTER AREAS Road Typologies HOUSING Type 1 SpineTYPOLOGY Road

HOUSING PLOTS: ZONING BANDS

OVERALL TYPICAL BLOCK DEPTH OF APPROX. 30M FROM CENTRELINE OF ROAD TO REAR GARDEN FENCE consectetur adipiscing

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VARIABLE Vivamus vehicula adipiscing dui ac dictum. Morbi in placerat mi. Donec temporWIDTH hendrerit libero id HIGHWAY consequat. Donec tempus neque ut erat congue, CORRIDOR nec commodo nisl pulvinar. Donec placerat, magna TYPICALLY 5.75M WIDEest gravida condimentum molestie pretium, tellus ante, nec ultricies enim sem in INCREASING mi. Praesent vel eros TO MAXIMUM a leo consectetur consequat a sitOFamet 7.3M dui. Curabitur nec nibh elit. Ut sit amet leo vitae dui mattis aliquam 84

ZONE 3 DRIVE AND FRONT GARDEN ZONE TYPICALLY 5.75 METRES DOWN TO 2 METRE MINIMUM

ZONE 4 9 METRE HOUSE ZONE

ZONE 5 10.5 METRE REAR GARDEN ZONE

ZONE 6 10 METRE REAR PARKING COURT ZONE

Each character area is comprised of a number of urban blocks, with each block being sized to take account of the housing typology that it is intended to accommodate. All housing blocks include Zones 3, 4 and 5 shown opposite which allows for front drives, the houses and their private rear gardens designed to the current Space About Dwelling standards. Where rear parking courts are required (or are deemed as being desirable to allow for houses to be located closer to the highway) a rear court parking depth of 10m has been added.

CHARACTER AREAS Road Typologies HOUSING TYPOLOGY: CHARACTER AND DENSITY

DENSITY Density is used in this document to refer to the number of houses Lorem dolorarea sit ofamet, adipiscing per â&#x20AC;&#x153;netâ&#x20AC;?ipsum developable land. consectetur It is often expressed as dwellings per hectare or dwellings per venenatis acre. elit. Vivamus convallis, ante et ornare, risus

LOWER DENSITY

RURAL EDGE Typically lower density housing where land values are lower. Single storey dwellings with wider and often double frontages

SUBURBAN Relatively low density housing, predominantly two storey and often semi-detached with on plot parking, garages and private gardens.

Housing density and coverage have a significant impact on character and ultimately inform the final choice of housing typologies in a particular area of the site. Later in this document, further clarification is given on which typologies are being advocated for each of the character areas. The diagram above explains the four principal categories of typology that have been considered

HOUSING Type 1TYPOLOGY Spine Road

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CHARACTER AREAS Road Typologies Type 1 SpineTYPOLOGY HOUSING Road

HOUSING AND PARKING TYPOLOGY

This design code has considered all five of the normal parking typologies that are utilised in modern urban and suburban housing developments. Careful selection of the appropriate parking typology is needed to ensure that the intended character of an area of the site is not adversely affected by the

REAR

INTG

SETB

LINK

SIDE

FRNT

FRONT OF HOUSE PARKING Parking is located to the front of the property rather than to the sides or rear. This allows higher densities to be achieved but can result in cars being highly dominant in the streetscape. 86

SIDE OF HOUSE PARKING Parking is located to the side of the house with typically a drive in front of the building line and an additional spaces or spaces behind the building line. This arrangement allows for larger garden areas and more landscaping to the front of the houses with the consequential reduction in visual impact of parked cars

LINKED GARAGE A linked garage provides security and additional storage for cycles etc. However if set on the building line, a drive is still required to the front of the property resulting in wider streets and a more suburban character

INTEGRAL GARAGE SETBACK An integral garage with residential accommodation above not only increases coverage, if setback from the building line, it also allows the drive to be shortened and a shallower front garden to be provided. This can assist in creation more enclosed and urban streets without impacting adversely on land and property values

REAR PARKING See separate typology opposite

INTEGRAL GARAGE An integral garage with residential accommodation increases coverage,and can provide a more defined and consistent building line. However, the drive is pushed forward of the building line and, where dwellings are narrow fronted, can lead to a dominance of parked cars on the streetscape. This parking typology is best utilised in conjunction with other parking typologies and ideally should not be the predominant form in any particular area.

inappropriate choice of parking solution. Since the parking typology and house type designs are normally very closely related, most house builders will need to consider both aspects at the time of developing their proposed housing mix for a site. Clarity of which parking types are acceptable in specific areas is therefore required from an early stage if a potentially adverse impact on viability and sales is to be avoided.

Road Typologies CHARACTER AREAS Type 1TYPOLOGY Spine Road HOUSING

REAR PARKING TYPOLOGY

3 3 STOREY

REAR

2 2 STOREY

REAR

REAR PARKING DETACHED HOUSES The garage is not linked to the house and pushed to the rear of the plot. This either increases the number of parking spaces for the house or allows the street to be narrowed and a more urban character to be created. All parking can be then pushed behind the building line and hidden behind gates if desirable to do so.

REAR

REAR PARKING SEMI-DETACHED OPTION 1 The garages are not linked to the house and are pushed to the rear of the plot. This either increases the number of parking spaces for the houses or allows the street to be narrowed and a more urban character to be created. All parking can be then pushed behind the building line and hidden behind gates if desirable to do so.

Rear parking arrangements can assist in providing significant urban design quality to a new development, however they have some limitations and need to be planned for from the outset and should be used carefully and expediently. Not all house builders have house types that can utilise these parking arrangements and early discussions will be needed with developers if they are to be promoted on a specific parcel of land within a larger masterplan area.

REAR

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CHARACTER AREAS Road Typologies Type 1 SpineTYPOLOGY Road HOUSING SINGLE FRONTED

DET DETACHED HOUSING TYPOLOGY SINGLE FRONTED

DOUBLE FRONTED

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing SINGLE S elit.FRONTED Vivamus convallis, ante et venenatis ornare, risus dolor ullamcorper lorem, eget interdum odio mauris S tincidunt facilisis adipiscing. Vivamus sed lacus. Morbi consectetur accumsan nunc, a sagittis erat imperdiet ac. Nam ornare consequat lorem, vel semper est mattis et. Ut id velit vel tortor aliquam pharetra ut a augue. Vestibulum dolor erat, imperdiet at pharetra eu, placerat vitae massa. Etiam elementum purus 3 ac consequat sollicitudin. Nunc nisi metus, egestas STOREY eu 3DETACHED tincidunt vitae, commodo non metus. Proin ultricies fringilla Curabitur suscipit arcu Three storey house molestie. types are more to higher varius antesuited luctus, pretium convallis tellus hendrerit. density, urban characterturpis in tellus rutrum tempus. Vivamus adipiscing

areas. Detached three 2 storey units may be used Suspendisse lobortis venenatis velit, 2utSTOREY sodales purus occasionally in lower density DETACHED suburban areas but should dictum non. Proin odio lorem, rutrum sit amet arcu Two storey detached house used as focal pointsnunc. and Aliquam aliquam eu,betempus eleifend malesuada types are generally suitable landmarks and as corner felis. Nulla scelerisque enim sit amet scelerisque for suburban and rural turners rather than within fermentum. Mauris risus ipsum, lacinialocations eu nisi and a, egestas may be used generally street scenes occasionally in more urban vehicula ipsum. Aliquam in eros dolor. Pellentesque as focal points. aliquet rutrum tortor nec dapibus.areas Cras accumsan

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INTG

SETB

FULLY INTEGRATED GARAGE Best suited to higher density street scenes with clearly defined building lines

INTEGRATED GARAGE SETBACK FROM BUILDING LINE Best suited for higher density urban areas where narrower street widths are desirable with greater sense of enclosure

1 SINGLE STOREY DETACHED Single storey detached houses are most appropriate in lower density locations such as rural or rural/ suburban transition areas. They should generally be avoided in urban character areas due to their impact on character, enclosure, density and coverage

The detached housing typology recognises that the use of detached houses will vary as density and enclosure expectations increase. At the extremes, three storey houses with integral garages are clearly more suited to urban character areas than double fronted single storey dwellings which have large associated plots and are better suited to rural edge locations.

CHARACTER AREAS Road Typologies Type 1TYPOLOGY Spine Road HOUSING

SEM SEMI DETACHED HOUSING TYPOLOGY SINGLE FRONTED

SINGLE FRONTED

DOUBLE FRONTED

SINGLE FRONTED

SEM-3-S-INTG

SEM-2-D

SEM-3-S-SETB

3 3 STOREY SEMI-DETACHED Three storey semi detached houses, like their detached counterparts, are more suited to urban character areas. They should only be used very occasionally in suburban character areas in key locations as their massing and from can appear incongruous if used in general suburban street scenes

SEM-2-S-INTG

SEM-2-S-SETB

SEM-3-S

2 2 STOREY SEMI-DETACHED Two storey semidetached house types are a predominant form of suburban housing. They are relatively efficient in their use of land while still enabling each dwelling to have on-plot parking and private garden space to the rear without the need for shared accesses. They are less suited to urban character areas and should therefore not be the predominant typology in these areas.

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1 SINGLE STOREY SEMI-DETACHED Single storey house types are low density and produce lower coverages. This makes them challenging to deliver in areas of high land values and they produce low levels of enclosure to streets and spaces. Semi-detached single storey dwelling can increase density and viability but should be used carefully in suburban and rural edge locations

SEM-1-S

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CHARACTER AREAS Road Typologies TE3

Type 1 SpineTYPOLOGY HOUSING Road

TERRACED HOUSES: ROWS OF THREE DWELLINGS

CP CENTRAL PASSAGE

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SA SIDE ACCESS TO REAR

INTG

SETB

3 STOREY TERRACES WITH ACCESS FROM PASSAGE AT REAR

FULLY INTEGRATED GARAGE

INTEGRATED GARAGE SETBACK FROM BUILDING LINE

2 STOREY TERRACES WITH ACCESS FROM PASSAGE AT REAR

CENTRALvehicula ACCESS adipiscing dui ac dictum. Morbi Vivamus REAR inTOplacerat mi. Donec tempor hendrerit libero id TERRACED ROW WITH consequat. Donec tempus neque ut erat congue, CENTRAL HOUSES nec commodo nislVIApulvinar. Donec placerat, magna SA OBTAINING ACCESS A COVERED PASSAGEWAY condimentum molestie pretium, tellus est gravida TO REAR ante, nec ultricies enim sem SIDE in mi.ACCESS Praesent vel eros TERRACED ROW WITH a leo consectetur consequat aCENTRAL sit ametHOUSES dui. Curabitur nec nibh elit. Ut sit amet leo OBTAINING vitae dui mattis ACCESSaliquam VIA A SHARED PATH TO THE REAR 90

Terraced rows of houses provide a particular challenge as the location of the parking and rear garden access to the mid terrace properties requires careful consideration. The typology above shows both permutations. Central covered passages are a traditional solution but result in non-standard plan forms and extra bedroom accommodation at first floor level. Shared accesses can provide security issues if the shared gates are not secured on the frontage. In urban design terms however, the terraced form can provide high levels of enclosure to the street and public spaces and provide high density

CHARACTER AREAS Road Typologies TE4 TERRACES OF HOUSES: ROWS OF FOUR DWELLINGS

HOUSING Type 1TYPOLOGY Spine Road

CP CENTRAL PASSAGE SA

3 STOREY TERRACES WITH ACCESS FROM CENTRAL PASSAGE

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing SIDE elit. ACCESS Vivamus convallis, ante et venenatis ornare, risus TO REAR dolor ullamcorper lorem, eget interdum odio mauris sed lacus. Morbi tincidunt facilisis adipiscing. Vivamus consectetur accumsan nunc, a sagittis erat imperdiet ac. Nam ornare consequat lorem, vel semper est mattis et. Ut id velit vel tortor aliquam pharetra ut FULLY a augue. Vestibulum dolor erat, INTG imperdiet at pharetra INTEGRATED eu, placerat vitae massa. Etiam elementum purus GARAGE ac consequat sollicitudin. Nunc nisi metus, egestas eu tincidunt vitae, commodo non metus. Proin ultricies fringilla molestie. Curabitur suscipit arcu INTEGRATED SETB varius ante luctus, pretium convallis tellus hendrerit. GARAGE Vivamus adipiscing turpis in tellusSETBACK rutrum FROM tempus.

2 STOREY TERRACES WITH ACCESS FROM CENTRAL PASSAGE 3 STOREY TERRACES WITH ACCESS FROM PASSAGE AT REAR

and coverages making it highly suitable to urban locations or adjacent to larger public opens spaces in rural or suburban character areas. The typology set out in these facing pages consider three and four dwelling terraces in combination with the various alternative parking typologies. Terraces in Urban Character Areas Both the two and three storey terraces are suitable for use in urban character areas with the central covered passage solution more desirable if the house

BUILDING LINE

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CHARACTER AREAS Road Typologies Type 1 SpineTYPOLOGY HOUSING Road

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These examples illustrate the introduction of primary Vivamus vehicula adipiscing duiwindows ac dictum. Morbi to end gables and in placerat mi. Donec tempor the hendrerit libero id introduction of alternative materials to reflect the consequat. Donec tempus neque ut erat congue, increased significance and nec commodo nisl pulvinar. Donec placerat, magna way-finding role of these key condimentum molestie pretium,locations tellus est gravida

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ACHIEVING VARIATION Developers and designers are encouraged to pay particular attention to the buildings identified on the way-finding and legibility drawings as corner turners, focal points and landmarks for particular consideration and additional treatment. Rather than introducing significant variation of materials and style within the general street scenes, changes of material, roof profile, eaves line and more elaborate/ sophisticated architectural features such as bay windows and principal doorways should be concentrated on these key buildings.

Road Typologies CHARACTER AREAS KEY BUILDINGS AND VARIATION

MATERIALS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED ON KEY FOCAL POINT BUILDINGS

MATERIAL VARIATION TO FEATURE ELEMENTS ON SPECIFIC PROPERTIES GABLE ADDED WITH FEATURE WINDOW ON SOME PROPERTIES

GABLE INTRODUCED TO FRONT ELEVATION

BASIC TYPOLOGY

DOUBLE FRONTED PROPERTIES: EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTABLE VARIATIONS

PROPERTIES WITH INTEGRATED GARAGE PROPERTIES: EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTABLE VARIATIONS

Type 1TYPOLOGY Spine Road HOUSING

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GARDEN INSERT SUBURB TEXTTYPOLOGY HERE 1

HOUSE TYPE IS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA

NUMBER OF STOREYS

HOUSE TYPE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA BUT SHOULD NOT PREDOMINATE

HOUSE TYPE CAN BE USED BUT SHOULD NOT DOMINATE IMPORTANT VISTAS STREETS AND SPACES

HOUSE TYPE CAN ONLY BE USED VERY OCCASIONALLY AND ONLY IN KEY LOCATIONS

HOUSE TYPE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN THIS CHARACTER AREA

SINGLE OR DOUBLE FRONTED

S DET-3-S-FRNT

DET-3-S-SIDE

DET-3-S-LINK

DET-3-S-SETB

DET-3-S-INTG

DET-3-S-INTN

INTN

S DET-2-S-FRNT

DET-2-S-SIDE

DET-2-D-SIDE

DET-2-S-INTG

DET-2-D-LINK

DET-2-D-SETB

DET-1-S-FRNT

DET-2-S-SETB

D DET-2-D-FRNT

DET-2-S-LINK

INTEGRAL GARAGE NARROW

DET-1-S-SIDE

DET-1-S-LINK

DET-1-S-SETB

DET-1-S-INTG

DET-1-D-FRNT

FRNT

PARKING TO FRONTAGE

DET-1-D-SIDE

SIDE

PARKING TO SIDE

DET-1-D-LINK

LINK

DET-1-D-SETB

SETB

LINKED GARAGE

INTEGRAL GARAGE SET BACK

INTG

INTEGRAL GARAGE

GARDEN SUBURB: DETACHED HOUSING TYPOLOGY

CHARACTER AREAS

HOUSE TYPES SHOWN ON THESE TWO PAGES AS YELLOW/RED MAY BE USED AS FOCAL POINT AND LANDMARKS. VARIANTS MAY ALSO BE USED AS CORNER TURNERS

NUMBER OF STOREYS

THE GARDEN SUBURB

SINGLE OR DOUBLE FRONTED

S SEM-3-S-FRNT

SEM-3-S-SIDE

SEM-3-S-LINK

SEM-3-S-SETB

SEM-3-S-INTG

SEM-3-S-INTN

INTN

S SEM-2-S-FRNT

SEM-2-S-SIDE

INTEGRAL GARAGE NARROW

SEM-2-S-INTG

SEM-2-D-SIDE

SEM-2-D-LINK

SEM-2-D-SETB

SEM-1-S-FRNT

SEM-2-S-SETB

D SEM-2-D-FRNT

SEM-2-S-LINK

SEM-1-S-SIDE

SEM-1-S-LINK

SEM-1-S-SETB

SEM-1-S-INTG

SEM-1-D-FRNT

FRNT

PARKING TO FRONTAGE

SEM-1-D-SIDE

SIDE

PARKING TO SIDE

SEM-1-D-LINK

LINK

LINKED GARAGE

SEM-1-D-SETB

SETB

INTEGRAL GARAGE SET BACK

INTG

INTEGRAL GARAGE

GARDEN SUBURB: SEMI-DETACHED HOUSING TYPOLOGY

GARDEN INSERT SUBURB TEXTTYPOLOGY HERE 2

HOUSE TYPE IS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA

HOUSE TYPE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA BUT SHOULD NOT PREDOMINATE

HOUSE TYPE CAN BE USED BUT SHOULD NOT DOMINATE IMPORTANT VISTAS STREETS AND SPACES

HOUSE TYPE CAN ONLY BE USED VERY OCCASIONALLY AND ONLY IN KEY LOCATIONS

HOUSE TYPE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN THIS CHARACTER AREA

3 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT TE4-3-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-3-S-SIDE-SA

TE4-3-S-LINK-SA

TE4-3-S-SETB-SA

TE4-3-S-INTG-SA

3 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT TE3-3-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-3-S-SIDE-SA

TE3-3-S-LINK-SA

TE3-3-S-SETB-SA

TE3-3-S-INTG-SA

3 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO END TE3-3-S-LINK-SA OPTION 2 FRNT

SIDE

LINK

TE3-3-S-SETB-SA OPTION 2 SETB

TE3-3-S-INTG-SA OPTION 2 INTG

2 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT TE4-2-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-2-S-SIDE-SA

TE4-2-S-LINK-SA

TE4-2-S-SETB-SA

TE4-2-S-INTG-SA

2 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT

TE3-2-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-2-S-SIDE-SA

TE3-2-S-LINK-SA

TE3-2-S-SETB-SA

TE3-2-S-INTG-SA

2 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO END

TE3-2-S-LINK-SA OPTION 2

TE3-2-S-SETB-SA OPTION 2

TE3-2-S-INTG-SA OPTION 2

GARDEN SUBURB: TERRACED HOUSING TYPOLOGY WITH GARDEN ACCESS FROM SIDE

GARDEN SUBURB: TERRACED HOUSING TYPOLOGY WITH GARDEN ACCESS FROM FRONT 3 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE

TE4-3-S-FRNT-CP

TE4-3-S-SIDE-CP

TE4-3-S-LINK-CP

TE4-3-S-SETB-CP

TE4-3-S-INTG-CP

3 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE TE-3-S-FRNT-CP

TE3-3-S-SIDE-CP

FRNT

SIDE

TE3-3-S-LINK-CP LINK

TE3-3-S-SETB-CP

TE3-3-S-INTG-CP

SETB

INTG

2 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE TE4-2-S-FRNT-CP

TE4-2-S-SIDE-CP

TE4-2-S-LINK-CP

TE4-2-S-SETB-CP

TE4-2-S-INTG-CP

2 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE TE3-2-S-FRNT-CP

TE3-2-S-SIDE-CP

TE3-2-S-LINK-CP

TE3-2-S-SETB-CP

TE3-2-S-INTG-CP

3 STOREY

DET-3-S-REAR

SEMI-3-S-REAR

SEMI-3-S-REAR OPTION 2

TE4-3-S-REAR

2 STOREY

DET-2-S-REAR

DETACHED HOUSES

SEMI-2-S-REAR

SEMI- DETACHED HOUSES 1

SEMI-2-S-REAR OPTION 2

SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES 2

TE4-2-S-REAR

TERRACED HOUSES

GARDEN SUBURB: HOUSING TYPOLOGY WITH REAR PARKING COURTS

HOUSE SHOWN ON THESE TWO PAGES AS YELLOW/RED MAY BE USED ALONG THE MAIN SPINE ROAD AND OVERLOOKING THE CENTRAL GREEN SPACE AND ENTRANCE SQUARE

THE URBAN INSERTEDGE TEXTTYPOLOGY HERE 1

HOUSE TYPE IS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA

NUMBER OF STOREYS

HOUSE TYPE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA BUT SHOULD NOT PREDOMINATE

HOUSE TYPE CAN BE USED BUT SHOULD NOT DOMINATE IMPORTANT VISTAS STREETS AND SPACES

HOUSE TYPE CAN ONLY BE USED VERY OCCASIONALLY AND ONLY IN KEY LOCATIONS

HOUSE TYPE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN THIS CHARACTER AREA

SINGLE OR DOUBLE FRONTED

S DET-3-S-FRNT

DET-3-S-SIDE

DET-3-S-LINK

DET-3-S-SETB

DET-3-S-INTG

DET-3-S-INTN

INTN

S DET-2-S-FRNT

DET-2-S-SIDE

DET-2-S-SETB

INTEGRAL GARAGE NARROW

DET-2-S-INTG

D DET-2-D-FRNT

DET-2-S-LINK

DET-2-D-SIDE

DET-2-D-LINK

DET-2-D-SETB

S DET-1-S-FRNT

DET-1-S-SIDE

DET-1-S-LINK

DET-1-S-SETB

DET-1-S-INTG

INTG

INTEGRAL GARAGE 1

DET-1-D-FRNT

FRNT

PARKING TO FRONTAGE

DET-1-D-SIDE

DET-1-D-LINK

SIDE

LINK

PARKING TO SIDE

DET-1-D-SETB

SETB

LINKED GARAGE

INTEGRAL GARAGE SET BACK

HOUSE SHOWN AS YELLOW/RED ON THIS PAGE MAY BE USED IN CUL-DE-SACS AND MEWS COURTS BUT NOT ON PRINCIPAL ROUTES OR SPACES

THE URBAN EDGE: DETACHED HOUSING TYPOLOGY

CHARACTER AREAS

HOUSE SHOWN AS YELLOW/RED ON THIS PAGE MAY BE USED IN CUL-DE-SACS AND MEWS COURTS BUT NOT ON PRINCIPAL ROUTES OR SPACES NUMBER OF STOREYS

THE URBAN EDGE

SINGLE OR DOUBLE FRONTED

S SEM-3-S-FRNT

SEM-3-S-SIDE

SEM-3-S-LINK

SEM-3-S-SETB

SEM-3-S-INTG

SEM-3-S-INTN

INTN

S SEM-2-S-FRNT

SEM-2-S-SIDE

SEM-2-S-SETB

SEM-2-S-INTG

SEM-2-D-FRNT

SEM-2-S-LINK

INTEGRAL GARAGE NARROW

SEM-2-D-SIDE

SEM-2-D-LINK

SEM-2-D-SETB

SEM-1-S-FRNT

SEM-1-S-SIDE

SEM-1-S-LINK

SEM-1-S-SETB

SEM-1-S-INTG

INTEGRAL GARAGE

SEM-1-D-FRNT

FRNT

PARKING TO FRONTAGE

SEM-1-D-SIDE

SEM-1-D-LINK

SIDE

LINK

PARKING TO SIDE

LINKED GARAGE

SEM-1-D-SETB

SETB

INTEGRAL GARAGE SET BACK

INTG

INTEGRAL GARAGE

THE URBAN EDGE: SEMI-DETACHED HOUSING TYPOLOGY

THE URBAN INSERT EDGE TEXTTYPOLOGY HERE 2

HOUSE TYPE IS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA

HOUSE TYPE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA BUT SHOULD NOT PREDOMINATE

HOUSE TYPE CAN BE USED BUT SHOULD NOT DOMINATE IMPORTANT VISTAS STREETS AND SPACES

HOUSE TYPE CAN ONLY BE USED VERY OCCASIONALLY AND ONLY IN KEY LOCATIONS

HOUSE TYPE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN THIS CHARACTER AREA

3 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT TE4-3-S-FRNT-SA

3 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT

TE3-3-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-3-S-SIDE-SA

TE4-3-S-LINK-SA

TE3-3-S-LINK-SA

TE4-3-S-SETB-SA

TE4-3-S-INTG-SA

TE3-3-S-SETB-SA

TE3-3-S-INTG-SA

3 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO END TE3-3-S-LINK-SA OPTION 2 FRNT

SIDE

LINK

TE3-3-S-SETB-SA OPTION 2 SETB

TE3-3-S-INTG-SA OPTION 2 INTG

2 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT TE4-2-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-2-S-SIDE-SA

TE4-2-S-LINK-SA

TE4-2-S-SETB-SA

TE4-2-S-INTG-SA

2 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT TE3-2-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-2-S-SIDE-SA

TE3-2-S-LINK-SA

TE3-2-S-SETB-SA

TE3-2-S-INTG-SA

2 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO END TE3-2-S-LINK-SA OPTION 2

TE3-2-S-SETB-SA OPTION 2

TE3-2-S-INTG-SA OPTION 2

THE URBAN EDGE: TERRACED HOUSING TYPOLOGY WITH GARDEN ACCESS FROM SIDE

THE URBAN EDGE: TERRACED HOUSING TYPOLOGY WITH GARDEN ACCESS FROM FRONT 3 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE

TE4-3-S-FRNT-CP

3 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE

TE4-3-S-SIDE-CP

TE-3-S-FRNT-CP

TE3-3-S-SIDE-CP

FRNT

2 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE

TE4-2-S-FRNT-CP

SIDE

TE4-2-S-SIDE-CP

TE4-3-S-LINK-CP

TE3-3-S-LINK-CP LINK

TE4-2-S-LINK-CP

TE4-3-S-SETB-CP

TE3-3-S-SETB-CP

TE4-3-S-INTG-CP

TE3-3-S-INTG-CP

SETB

TE4-2-S-SETB-CP

INTG

TE4-2-S-INTG-CP

2 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE TE3-2-S-FRNT-CP

TE3-2-S-SIDE-CP

TE3-2-S-LINK-CP

TE3-2-S-SETB-CP

TE3-2-S-INTG-CP

3 STOREY

DET-3-S-REAR

SEMI-3-S-REAR

SEMI-3-S-REAR OPTION 2

TE4-3-S-REAR

2 STOREY

DET-2-S-REAR

DETACHED HOUSES

SEMI-2-S-REAR

SEMI- DETACHED HOUSES 1

SEMI-2-S-REAR OPTION 2

SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES 2

TE4-2-S-REAR

TERRACED HOUSES

THE URBAN EDGE: HOUSING TYPOLOGY WITH REAR PARKING COURTS

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THE GREEN INSERT EDGE TEXTTYPOLOGY HERE 1

HOUSE TYPE IS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA

NUMBER OF STOREYS

HOUSE TYPE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA BUT SHOULD NOT PREDOMINATE

HOUSE TYPE CAN BE USED BUT SHOULD NOT DOMINATE IMPORTANT VISTAS STREETS AND SPACES

HOUSE TYPE CAN ONLY BE USED VERY OCCASIONALLY AND ONLY IN KEY LOCATIONS

HOUSE TYPE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN THIS CHARACTER AREA

SINGLE OR DOUBLE FRONTED

S DET-3-S-FRNT

DET-3-S-SIDE

DET-3-S-LINK

DET-3-S-SETB

DET-3-S-INTG

DET-3-S-INTN INTN

S DET-2-S-FRNT

DET-2-S-SIDE

DET-2-D-SIDE

DET-2-S-INTG

DET-2-D-LINK

DET-2-D-SETB

S DET-1-S-FRNT

DET-2-S-SETB

D DET-2-D-FRNT

DET-2-S-LINK

INTEGRAL GARAGE NARROW

DET-1-S-SIDE

DET-1-S-LINK

DET-1-S-SETB

DET-1-S-INTG

DET-1-D-FRNT

FRNT

PARKING TO FRONTAGE

DET-1-D-SIDE

SIDE

PARKING TO SIDE

DET-1-D-LINK

LINK

DET-1-D-SETB

SETB

LINKED GARAGE

INTEGRAL GARAGE SET BACK

INTG

INTEGRAL GARAGE

THE GREEN EDGE: DETACHED HOUSING TYPOLOGY

CHARACTER AREAS

HOUSE SHOWN AS YELLOW/RED ON THIS PAGE MAY BE USED IN MODIFIED FORMAT AS CORNER TURNERS OR ADJACENT TO THE URBAN EDGE CHARACTER AREAS NUMBER OF STOREYS

THE GREEN EDGE

SINGLE OR DOUBLE FRONTED

S SEM-3-S-FRNT

SEM-3-S-SIDE

SEM-3-S-LINK

SEM-3-S-SETB

SEM-3-S-INTG

SEM-3-S-INTN

INTN

SEM-2-S-FRNT

SEM-2-S-SIDE

SEM-2-S-SETB

SEM-2-S-INTG

SEM-2-D-SIDE

SEM-2-D-LINK

SEM-2-D-SETB

S SEM-1-S-FRNT

SEM-2-S-LINK

D SEM-2-D-FRNT

INTEGRAL GARAGE NARROW

SEM-1-S-SIDE

SEM-1-S-LINK

SEM-1-S-SETB

SEM-1-S-INTG

SEM-1-D-FRNT

SEM-1-D-SIDE

FRNT

SIDE

PARKING TO FRONTAGE

SEM-1-D-LINK

LINK

PARKING TO SIDE

LINKED GARAGE

SEM-1-D-SETB

SETB

INTEGRAL GARAGE SET BACK

INTG

INTEGRAL GARAGE

THE GREEN EDGE: SEMI-DETACHED HOUSING TYPOLOGY

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THE GREEN INSERT EDGE TEXTTYPOLOGY HERE 2

HOUSE TYPE IS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA

HOUSE TYPE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CHARACTER AREA BUT SHOULD NOT PREDOMINATE

HOUSE TYPE CAN BE USED BUT SHOULD NOT DOMINATE IMPORTANT VISTAS STREETS AND SPACES

HOUSE TYPE CAN ONLY BE USED VERY OCCASIONALLY AND ONLY IN KEY LOCATIONS

HOUSE TYPE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN THIS CHARACTER AREA

3 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT TE4-3-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-3-S-SIDE-SA

TE4-3-S-LINK-SA

TE4-3-S-SETB-SA

TE4-3-S-INTG-SA

3 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT TE3-3-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-3-S-SIDE-SA

TE3-3-S-LINK-SA

TE3-3-S-SETB-SA

TE3-3-S-INTG-SA

3 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO END TE3-3-S-LINK-SA OPTION 2 FRNT

SIDE

LINK

TE3-3-S-SETB-SA OPTION 2 SETB

TE3-3-S-INTG-SA OPTION 2 INTG

2 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT TE4-2-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-2-S-SIDE-SA

TE4-2-S-LINK-SA

TE4-2-S-SETB-SA

TE4-2-S-INTG-SA

2 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO FRONT TE3-2-S-FRNT-SA

TE4-2-S-SIDE-SA

TE3-2-S-LINK-SA

TE3-2-S-SETB-SA

TE3-2-S-INTG-SA

2 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE PARKING TO END TE3-2-S-LINK-SA OPTION 2

TE3-2-S-SETB-SA OPTION 2

TE3-2-S-INTG-SA OPTION 2

THE GREEN EDGE: TERRACED HOUSING TYPOLOGY WITH GARDEN ACCESS FROM SIDE

THE GREEN EDGE: TERRACED HOUSING TYPOLOGY WITH GARDEN ACCESS FROM FRONT 3 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE

TE4-3-S-FRNT-CP

TE4-3-S-SIDE-CP

TE4-3-S-LINK-CP

TE4-3-S-SETB-CP

TE4-3-S-INTG-CP

3 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE

2 STOREY TERRACES 4 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE

TE-3-S-FRNT-CP

TE3-3-S-SIDE-CP

TE3-3-S-LINK-CP

FRNT

SIDE

LINK

TE4-2-S-FRNT-CP

TE4-2-S-SIDE-CP

TE4-2-S-LINK-CP

TE3-3-S-SETB-CP

TE3-3-S-INTG-CP

SETB

TE4-2-S-SETB-CP

INTG

TE4-2-S-INTG-CP

2 STOREY TERRACES 3 DWELLINGS WITH MID TERRACE GARDEN ACCESS VIA CENTRAL PASSAGE TE3-2-S-FRNT-CP

TE3-2-S-SIDE-CP

TE3-2-S-LINK-CP

TE3-2-S-SETB-CP

TE3-2-S-INTG-CP

3 STOREY

DET-3-S-REAR

SEMI-3-S-REAR

SEMI-3-S-REAR OPTION 2

TE4-3-S-REAR

2 STOREY

DET-2-S-REAR

DETACHED HOUSES

SEMI-2-S-REAR

SEMI- DETACHED HOUSES 1

SEMI-2-S-REAR OPTION 2

SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES 2

TE4-2-S-REAR

TERRACED HOUSES

THE GREEN EDGE: HOUSING TYPOLOGY WITH REAR PARKING COURTS

HOUSE SHOWN AS YELLOW/RED ON THESE PAGES MAY BE USED WHERE THE GREEN EDGE IS ADJACENT TO THE URBAN EDGE CHARACTER AREA

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CHARACTER AREAS Road Typologies Type URBAN THE 1 Spine Road EDGE

The Urban Edge Character Summary

KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE URBAN EDGE CHARACTER AREA HIGHER PROPORTION OF THREE STOREY HOUSING AND TERRACES NARROWER STREET PROPORTIONS DUE TO SHALLOWER FRONT GARDENS AND THREE STOREY HOUSING

The Urban Edge Character Area provides the transitional area between the town centre, Skinner Lane and the lower density Garden Suburb and Green Edge. Housing is denser, predominantly three storey and set closer to the highway. Public realm includes a greater degree of hard paving with trees set into permeable paving with urban tree guards rather than in grass verges. House boundaries are walled rather than hedged although these are softened by planting within the shallower front gardens.

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Buildings Typology

Predominantly higher density, three storey terraced and semi detached housing

Building Height

Between 7.8m and 8.3m from external ground level to eaves

Roofs

Duo pitch with bays and gables onto principal highway

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FORMAL HARD PAVED AREAS TO PUBLIC REALM

Public Realm Highways

A mix of Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 streets with a predominantly hard paved urban “square” forming the focal point.

Boundaries

Shallow depth front gardens with brick walling and painted railings.

Public Open Space

Urban “square” at centre of the character area with urban tree planting.

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CHARACTER AREAS THE URBAN EDGE

Materials Roof materials are to be predominantly natural slate or artificial grey plain tiles to reflect the natural slate roofing of the town. If concrete or coloured clay roof tiles are used in place of natural slate then tiles with a shallow front edge should be used. Walling should be predominantly brick to match the local Pontefract town with only very occasional use of render. Timber boarding and wood grain effect finishes to windows and doors should be avoided. Rainwater goods and railings to the front of the house, where utilised, should be black. Paving to public areas should be in accordance with the Public Realm materials palette contained in another section of this code.

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CHARACTER AREAS THE GARDEN SUBURB KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GARDEN SUBURB CHARACTER AREA

Garden Suburb Character Summary The Garden Suburb is the principal character area at the heart of the development. It is characterised by the quality and extent of green space which includes a central recreational green area, tree lined verges along the main highways and hedge planting to the front gardens of all the houses fronting onto the higher order streets. Building styles are traditional, being characterised by duo pitch or hipped roofs, bay windows and occasional “L” shaped plan forms with gables fronting onto the principal highway (see diagram opposite). Walling materials are predominantly brick and render with occasional timber boarding and tile hanging to accentuate key elements of the building. Buildings Typology

Predominantly lower density, two storey detached and semi detached housing. Occasional 3 storey at key focal points.

Building Height

Between 5.2m and 5.7m from external ground level to eaves for 2 storey houses

Roofs

Duo pitch or hipped roofs with bay windows and gables onto principal highway

STREET TREES IN GRASS VERGES ON TYPE 1 STREETS PREDOMINANTLY TWO STOREY HOUSING FACING ONTO PUBLIC REALM

BRICK WITH RENDER AND TIMBER BOARDING TO CREATE ACCENTS. AND FOCAL POINTS ON BUILDINGS

Public Realm Highways

A mix of Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 streets with the wide tree lined principal spine road setting the character for this area.

Boundaries

Hedges to Type 1 and Type 2 streets set along front garden boundaries and maintained to a consistent height with the use of “Estate” rails on Type 1 streets

Public Open Space

Formally planted entrance space with formal “park” at centre of the character area.

HEDGING TO ALL TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 STREETS. ESTATE RAILS TO TYPE 1 STREETS

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CHARACTER AREAS THE THE GARDEN SUBURB GREEN EDGE

Materials Roof materials are to be predominantly red/orange pantiles and plain tiles. Walling is to be predominantly red brick or white render with some feature timber boarding at key focal points. Rainwater goods are to be black plastic or black aluminium. Windows should be finished in white or, if the house is designed to reflect a particular architectural style, a colour appropriate to that period. Artificial wood grain effects are not to be used on windows or doors. Where either art stone or stone dressings are to be used around windows and openings, these should be in a colour to match the local Yorkshire Sandstone. Adjacent to the Urban Edge, external materials should be the same as those used in the Urban Edge. Paving materials should be as shown in the Public Realm section of this code

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CHARACTER AREAS Road Typologies Type GREEN THE 1 Spine Road EDGE

Green Edge Character Summary

KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GREEN EDGE CHARACTER AREA WOODLAND TREE PLANTING ON EARTH BUND TO SCREEN RAILWAY LINE TWO STOREY HOUSES FRONTING ONTO GREENWAY

The Green Edge is a continuous single character area along the eastern boundary of the site, adjacent to the railway. It provides a strategic pedestrian and cycle link to Skinner Lane and Pontefract town centre and, subject to adjacent development land coming forward, a longer term link to Park Road. Family housing overlooks this linear green area and the wider block structure of the development has been set out to facilitate ease of pedestrian and cycle access to this area. Buildings Typology

Predominantly lower density, two storey detached and semi detached housing. Occasional 3 storey at key focal points.

Aspect

Front elevations overlooking linear green space

Building Height

Between 5.2m and 5.7m from external ground level to eaves for 2 storey houses

Roofs

Duo pitch or hipped roofs with bay windows and gables onto principal highway

Public Realm Highways

Shared surfaces (Type3) and Private Drives with single sided development overlooking highway

Boundaries

Low level informal planting to front gardens with occasional tree planting at irregular spacing

Public Open Space

Informal wooded boundary over grassed bunding providing screening of railway beyond

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CHARACTER AREAS THE GREEN EDGE

Materials Where the Green Edge is adjacent to the Garden Suburb character area, roof materials are to be predominantly red/orange pantiles and plain tiles. Walling is to be predominantly red brick or white render with some feature timber boarding at key focal points. Rainwater goods are to be black plastic or black aluminium. Windows should be finished in white or, if the house is designed to reflect a particular architectural style, a colour appropriate to that period. . Artificial wood grain effects are not to be used on windows or doors. Where either art stone or stone dressings are to be used around windows and openings, these should be in a colour to match the local Yorkshire Sandstone. Adjacent to the Urban Edge, external materials should be the same as those used in the Urban Edge. Paving materials should be as shown in the Public Realm section of this code

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CHARACTER AREAS THE EMPLOYMENT AREA

The employment character is located adjacent to the rear service yard to the existing retail park. It provides an opportunity to create an area of B1 office units with the associated parking and infrastructure that can also act as a visual buffer and transitional character area between the industrial aesthetic of the retail

park and the residential areas. In order to create an appropriate urban response to the proposed housing, office buildings of no more than 2 storeys are located facing onto the houses and have been set back from the proposed highway by 5.75m to create an appropriate sense of enclosure for the street. Flat and/or green

PARKING SCREENED FROM HOUSING BY OFFICE BUILDINGS

LIVE WORK UNITS TO SCREEN SUB-STATION AND ANIMATE ENTRANCE

RETAIL LOCATED ON MAIN ENTRANCE TO SERVE EMPLOYMENT AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS

VEHICLE ACCESS ADJACENT TO RETAIL PARK

roofs are suggested for these employment buildings to keep the overall height of the buildings to a minimum and prevent overshadowing and dominance over the adjacent housing. Live-work units are proposed at the northern end of the employment area adjacent to the entrance square to provide a building form

INDICATIVE EMPLOYMENT AND RESIDENTIAL USES SHOWN ON PCFC AND CISWO LAND AND SUBJECT TO REVIEW AT THE TIME THAT THE LAND COMES FORWARD REDEVELOPMENT

CHARACTER AREAS THE EMPLOYMENT AREA BUILDING LINE 5.75M FROM BACK EDGE OF FOOTPATH

and use that manages the transition between the smaller domestic architecture and larger employment buildings. The diagrams on these pages clarify how the form and building siting can be used to develop this area of land and still be sympathetic to the amenity of the residents of the new housing. PARKING PARKING PARKING IS PROPOSED TO THE REAR OF THE EMPLOYMENT UNITS WITH THE NEW OFFICE BUILDINGS SCREENING THE PARKED CARS FROM THE NEW RESIDENTIAL AREA STREET CROSS SECTION EMPLOYMENT BUILDINGS ARE LIMITED TO TWO STOREYS TO ENSURE THAT THE AMENITY OF THE ADJACENT DWELLINGS IS NOT ADVERSELY IMPACTED PARKING

PARKING REAR ACCESS THE MAJORITY OF VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE OFFICE BUILDINGS IS MANAGED THROUGH THE CREATION OF AN ACCESS ROAD ADJACENT TO THE BOUNDARY

RESIDENTIAL AREA OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS CODE MAKE PROVISION FOR A LANDSCAPE VERGE TO THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF THE ACCESS ROAD /STREET AND THE PROPOSED NEW EMPLOYMENT BUILDINGS ARE TO HAVE A FIXED BUILDING LINE 5.75M FROM THE BACK EDGE OF THE FOOTPATH

CHARACTER AREAS THE LOCAL CENTRE

The Local Centre Character Summary The Local Centre is the smallest of the Character Areas and is comprised of a single urban block at the Skinner Lane Entrance. The block is a combination of two and three storey elements with an active frontage to a significant proportion of its perimeter. Uses contained with the block include a medical centre, pharmacy, local shops and the community centre. The perimeter landscaping to the block is urban in character with a predominance of hard paving, urban trees and formal urban planting areas.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LOCAL CENTRE CHARACTER AREA

CAR PARKING LOCATED TO CENTRE OF URBAN BLOCK AND PARTLY SCREENED BY THE LOCAL CENTRE BUILDINGS WHICH ARE LOCATED TO THE PERIMETER OF THE URBAN BLOCK

ACTIVE FRONTAGE TO CORNERS OF LOCAL CENTRE URBAN BLOCK

Buildings Typology

Two and three storey

Building Height

Up to 10.5m to eaves or top of parapet with a maximum of three storeys

Roofs

To suit architectural style of building and may include flat roof with parapet if appropriate (see adjacent illustration)

Public Realm Highways

A mix of Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 streets with the wide tree lined principal spine road setting the character for this area.

Boundaries

Formal planting to edges with frequent pedestrian and cycle access points

Public Open Space

Community Centre located adjacent to Greenway with principal windows overlooking public path and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play area

PHARMACY AND RETAIL FRONTAGES FACE ONTO SKINNER LANE AND WRAP CORNER INTO MAIN ACCESS ROAD CONTEMPORARY BUILDING STYLES WITH MATERIALS PALETTE TO MATCH ADJACENT HOUSING CHARACTER AREAS

SKINNER LANE

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CHARACTER AREAS THE LOCAL CENTRE THE GREEN EDGE

Materials Roof materials may be chosen to select the architectural style of the buildings where the design is more contemporary than the adjacent housing. Walling however should use a palette of colours similar to those used in the adjacent housing with a predominance of natural materials.

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PUBLIC REALM

SECTION PUBLICHEADER REALM

IN THIS SECTION Public Realm Masterplan Prince of Wales Street Central Spine The Central Open Space Colonels Walk Tanshelf Walk Skinner Lane Entrance The Green Way Attenuation Pond Employment Area Soft Materials Palette Hard Materials Palette

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Character Areas Key Plan

SECTION PUBLICHEADER REALM CHARACTER AREA DESCRIPTIONS The diagram on the facing page outlines the main character areas that have been identified that form the basis of the public open space network. These areas include the following: Prince of Wales Street The access from Park Road will be based on the alignment of the former colliery access roads. This will allow existing trees to be retained without disturbance, creating a mature landscape setting. The landscape will be further enhanced by the creation of swales for surface water run-off and additional tree and shrub planting. The entrance itself is defined by a sculptural feature. Central Spine The Central Spine is defined by an avenue running through the site with footways separated from the carriageway by grass verges and street tree planting. The Spine Road will have a distinct townscape typology with suburban references, A strong parallel building line together with regularly spaced tree planting will give the spine road a high degree of formality. A common boundary treatment of formal hedge planting will provide strong definition between the public and private realm and contribute to the legibility of the street through the site. The Spine Road will include a series of well-designed features to slow down vehicles passing along it. These will consist of changes in surface materials, demarcation through change in avenue tree species and materials.

Central Open Space The primary open space for recreation at the centre of the site. The space will cater for a wide cross-section of users and include elements ranging from formal play equipment to informal open space and seating areas. The Central Spine road passing the space will be designed to ensure that the route and the space have a sense of unity. Colonels Walk A segregated footpath with unified tree planting to provide a legible link to the town centre. Avenues of tree planting will provide a strong definition for the route. Tanshelf Walk A green route along the line of the existing public footpath and drainage ditch. The existing oppressive fences will be removed and a new footpath/cycleway path installed. The existing drainage ditch will be cleaned out and enhanced as an ecological and visual amenity. Skinner Road Entrance A new bespoke sculptural feature will define the entrance off Skinner Lane. The space will also contain the balancing pond which will help create a sense of openness whilst being a valuable visual amenity. In addition a further public open space will be created at the southern end of connection to Colonels Walk. The space will also act as the primary gateway for pedestrians linking the development to Pontefract town centre.

Greenway The Greenway provides a linear green spaces along the entire 700m north-eastern boundary of the site. This has a dual function of providing a buffer to the railway and a direct pedestrian/cycle link whilst being overlooked by active frontages. The greenway will include a series of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;activity nodesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at key points along its route, adding both articulation and connections into the development. Structure will be created through the creative use of native tree and shrub species, and hedge planting in natural plant associations whilst promoting biodiversity through the introduction of a variety of naturally habitats. Species selection will take cognizance of the planting advice of Network Rail due to the proximity of the adjacent operational railway line. No planting will be undertaken within 5m of the track. Northern Attenuation Pond The attenuation pond is to provide new habitat creation, providing an attractive and functional feature.The ponds will be designed for wildlife benefit, and incorporate appropriate marginal flora and bank profiles. An extensive landscaping scheme will help to integrate this area within the wider setting. The greenspace should include significant bands of trees around the perimeter to create a buffer between adjacent land uses.

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Key

Entrance Feature

Proposed Trees

Secondary Entrance Feature

Woodland Edge

Yorkstone Setts

Shrub Planting

Resin Bound Gravel

Grassed Area

Existing Trees & Woodland

Wildflower Meadow

Accent planting at gateway

Railings along green square boundary Accent planting at entrances New woodland edge and ornamental Planting Accent planting creating gateway

Green Square Social/Resting place associated with retail Wall and railings at entrances

Focal Point Existing Trees Retained Existing Trees Retained

Secondary Entrance Feature

Retail and car park New Woodland Edge Planting

Wildflower Meadow Avenue Tree Planting

Stone sett drainage channel with Knee Rail New Bus Stop Entrance Feature

Attenuation Swale

PUBLIC REALM Gateway to Garden Suburb

PRINCE OF WALES STREET

Gateway to Garden Suburb Reinforce frontage with tree planting

URBAN CHARACTER

Green Square

Gateway to Urban Edge

Social/resting space associated with retail Gateway to urban space

TRANSITIONAL LANDSCAPE

Focal point Strong frontage from built form around edge defining green square

PARKLAND CHARACTER

Sketch Design Strategy of Prince of Wales Street

The landscape along Prince of Wales Street aims to link the parkland and urban characters of the site. The parkland landscape brings the adjacent landscape character associated with Pontefract Racecourse into the development providing a link with the wider landscape setting. The green square will be more urban in character with formal tree avenues, ornamental planting and increased hard paving in the landscape. The built form will define the space, and where this is weaker, planting and boundary treatments will provide edge definition. Small gateway accents will enhance the definition of this space. It is important to provide a link between the two different landscape characters of parkland and urban. A transitional landscape will act as a stitch between these two landscapes, however also retaining its own individual character. A strong focal point and more formal and ornamental planting within a parkland backdrop will combine to create this landscape which will also act as a gateway to the green square when approached from the south.

Existing Trees A tree survey of the existing tree cover along the route of Prince of Wales Street has been carried out in accordance with BS5837:2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction. The report identified that there are a number of semi-mature trees located long the entrance pathways and verges. Ninety two individual trees and ten groups of trees were recorded. In accordance with BS5837:2012 forty one trees and groups of trees were recorded as retention category ‘B’ and sixty trees and groups of trees were recorded as retention category ‘C’. The trees were generally found to be in a good to fair condition, however one tree has been recommended for removal due to its poor condition. Whilst the quality of the existing trees is mixed, on balance they do provide a sense of maturity for the new approach to the development. Therefore, wherever possible the existing trees will be retained.These trees will be supplemented with additional trees where appropriate. An assessment of the screening properties of the existing tree cover will be undertaken on completion of the first phase of infra-structure and should it be determined that additional screening of the adjacent industrial units be considered beneficial additional planting, including coniferous trees will be undertaken.

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ENTRANCE FEATURES

The concept for the site entrance has been generated by a modern interpretation of the industrial past of the site. A central eye-catching sculpture, featuring three inverted tapering square pyramids, create a symbolic reference to the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales. Either side of the central feature corten pillars announce the gateway into the site whilst the historic references continue through the angled wing walls and corten plinths rising out of the ground which represent the drift mine operations of the colliery site.

New Tree Planting

Existing Trees

Corten Central Sculpture

Corten Piers and Stone Wall Gateway Feature

The palette of materials will be a simple combination of corten steel and dry stone walling which will provide an additional layer of reference to the industrial heritage of the area. The colour of the walling stone will vary from rust and ochre browns through to the coolest blues and greys which relates to both the coal and strata seems beneath the surface.

Low level ornamental shrubs and grasses

Existing Trees Sketch Plan of Proposals

Precedent Images Corten Sculpture - Adaptation of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prince of Walesâ&#x20AC;? logo

Dry Stone Walling

Corten Fin

Sketch Section of Sculptural Features

Corten Pier

PUBLIC REALM ENTRANCE FEATURES 1500mm 1500mm

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Isometric View of Entrance Feature

Plan View of Entrance Feature

Front Elevation of Entrance Feature

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Isometric View of Secondary Entrance Wing Wall

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ENTRANCE FEATURES Visualisation of Entrance Feature

PUBLIC REALM Road Typologies

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Open grass area

Ornamental shrub planting Accent tree planting and low wall and railings at entrance to provide clear access points

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An new green square will be created at the eastern end of the Prince of Wales Street at the junction with the new spine road and Colonels Walk. The space will be urban in character with formal tree avenues, ornamental planting and increased hard paving in the landscape. The green square will act as an important node and focal point, creating a sense of arrival in the new development. The built form of the new dwellings will define the overall space and where this is weaker, boundary treatments such as railings will provide definition. Additional railings around the boundary of the green square will create a hierachy of space, and small gateway accents will provide clear and visible access points, aiding legibility and orientation through the area. 125

The Spine Road will have a distinct townscape typology with suburban references, A strong parallel building line together with regularly spaced tree planting will give the Spine Road a high degree of formality.

Avenue Tree Planting

A common boundary treatment will provide strong definition between the public and private realm and contribute to the legibility of the Street through the site.

Ornamental Hedgerow

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Grass Verge Tree Pits connected with Drainage Pipe to follow fall in levels of carriageway

Particular consideration will be given to positive drainage of the tree pits, given their location in remediated ground.

Indicative extent of Tree Pit

Sketch Plan of Proposals

Avenue Tree planting

Bitmac Surfaced Carriageway

Conservation Road Kerb

Bulb Planting

Ornamental

Grass Verge with Bulb Planting

Sketch Section of Proposals

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Detail of Tree Pits

Tree Pits connected with Drainage Pipe to follow fall in levels of carriageway

PUBLIC REALM TRAFFIC CALMING Avenue Tree Planting The Spine Road will include a series of well designed features to slow down vehicles passing along it. These will consist of changes in surface materials, demarcation through change in avenue tree species and materials

Ornamental Hedgerow Grass Verge Tree Pits connected with Drainage Pipe to follow fall in levels of carriageway Indicative extent of Tree Pit Block Paved Carriageway

Sketch Plan of Proposals

Precedent Images

Avenue Tree planting

Block Paved Surfaced Raised Table Conservation Road Kerb

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Sketch Section of Proposals

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ADJACENT TO CENTRAL SPACE

The Central Spine road passing the space will be designed to ensure that the route and the space have a sense of unity. The double avenue of trees provided on the spine road generally will not continue for the length of road passing the central open space. Trees will only be provided on the south side of the road, thus opening up the road to the space, thereby creating a better visual connection.Additionally, the carriageway will be surfaced with stone setts where adjacent to central open space, creating a further visual connection, sense of unity with the space and aiding traffic calming.

Avenue Tree Planting Ornamental Hedgerow Grass Verge Tree Pits connected with Drainage Pipe to follow fall in levels of carriageway Block Paved Carriageway Trip Rail Indicative extent of Tree Pit

Sketch Plan of Proposals Avenue Tree planting

Block Paved Surfaced Carriageway

Conservation Road Kerb

Ornamental Hedgerow Knee Rail

Grass Verge with Bulb Planting

Precedent Image Pocket Park 2m

Sketch Section of Proposals

6.75m

PUBLIC REALM SPINE ROAD SQUARE

Precedent Images

As the character of the built form adjacent to the Spine Road changes from garden suburb to a more urban character, emphasised by dwellings changing from two to three storeys, a new public square will be created. Trees and hedged will be used to formalise the space, whilst high quality paving materials will ensure a highly permeable space. A series of moveable benches will provide an opportunity for social interaction whilst offering the potential for a small community events space.

Formal Hedge Planting

Shrubs and Herbaceous Planting Trees Planted in Grid Arrangement

Block Paved Tabled Carriageway High Quality Pedestrian Surface Moveable Benches

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THE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE

Play Open Greenspace

Open Greenspace

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Spatial Plan Option 1

Spatial Plan Option 2

Spatial Plan Option 3

Spatial Plan Option 4

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Open Greenspace

The primary open space for recreation at the centre of the site. The Central Open Space will cater for a wide cross-section of users and include elements ranging from formal play equipment to informal open space and seating areas. It is intended the Central Open Space be developed and designed by the community it will serve. Stakeholder consultation, through appropriate engagement methods, will be carried out with residents and interested parties to finalise what functions the space will have, how these are laid out and what these spaces will look like. The available space has numerous ultimate possibilities, and initial spatial planning has been carried out to illustrate the flexibility available within the Central Open Space, with four options provided. From these initial spatial planning options, three design options have been developed to provide examples of what the ultimate look and use of the Central Open Space may be.

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PUBLIC REALM OPTION 1 Detail Option 1 - Open Green Space

Block Paved Private Drive

Initially, the Central Open Space will be developed as a usable space that is also flexible and adaptable, to provide a framework for future development and uses. Through identifying potential desire lines, gateways into the space will be provided and detailed using the same palette of materials that have been used on the Prince of Wales Street entrance features. These will incorporate bespoke seating elements. Areas of open grass will be supplemented with areas of amenity planting at the entrances.

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The Central Open Space is located on a high point on site, and the centre of this space is the break line to approximate falls of 1:40 to the north west and south east.

Wildflower Meadow

Entrance Node

Precedent Images

Sketch Plan of Proposals

Tree Planting

Spine Road

Entrance Feature

Central Open Space

Entrance Feature Private Drive

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PUBLIC REALM OPTION 2 Detail Option 2 - Central Play Space Entrance Node

Block Paved Private Drive Entrance Feature Entrance Feature

Sculptural Mounding Entrance Feature Avenue Tree Planting Central Play Space Entrance Feature Entrance Node

Wildflower Margin

This design option places an emphasis on a large central play space with formal play equipment. The play equipment will act as a focal point within the space, and mounding will add interest and variety. Footpaths have been laid out on pedestrian desire lines with gateways into the space provided to aid orientation. Sculptural mounds and avenue tree planting separate the space from the nearest residential properties, to the north and east.This in turn provides a buffer between dwellings and the proposed play area. Areas of open grass will be supplemented with areas of amenity planting at focal points and entrances. The space will cater for a wide cross-section of users and include elements ranging from formal play equipment to informal open space and seating areas. Desire lines have been identified and routes laid out accordingly. Gateways into the space will be provided and detailed using the same palette of materials that have been used on the Prince of Wales Street entrance features. These will incorporate bespoke seating elements. The space will be separated from the nearest residential properties, to the east, by sculptural mounds and avenue tree planting. This in turn provides a buffer between dwellings and the proposed play area. Areas of open grass will be supplemented with areas of amenity planting at focal points and entrances. Spine Road Entrance Feature

Entrance Feature Key Junction

Sketch Section of Option 2

Private Drive Entrance Feature Central Open Space Mounding

PUBLIC REALM OPTION 3 Detail Option 3 - Community Hub Entrance Node

Block Paved Private Drive Entrance Feature Natural Mounding Entrance Feature Community Garden and Orchard Natural Play Avenue Tree Planting

This design option caters for a wide cross-section of users and includes formal play equipment, natural play areas (incorporating mounding, boulders and tree trunks), informal open space, a community garden and a community gathering space.The intention is to allow for flexibility within the design, so that each space can function independently, or come together to provide a facility that the community can use for events, such as a village fete or to sell produce from the community garden. Natural looking mounds and avenue tree planting separate the space from the nearest residential properties, to the north and east. This in turn provides a buffer between dwellings and the proposed play areas. Areas of open grass will be supplemented with areas of amenity planting at focal points and entrances.

Community Gathering Space Amphitheatre Formal Play Space Entrance Feature Entrance Node

Wildflower Margin Entrance Feature Key Junction

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COLONELS WALK

Colonels Walk Connection Excluding CISWO and PCFC Land

Colonel’s Walk footpath/cycleway

Retail Park

Tanshelf Walk

CISWO land

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PUBLIC REALM COLONELS WALK

Colonel’s Walk Connection with Future CISWO Link Added

Colonel’s Walk Linkage

Tanshelf Walk

Employment Land Link to Retail Park

New Entrance Space

The outline planning permission makes provision for a new footpath and cycle connection to Colonels’ Walk and the short tunnel underneath the railway line. For the the first few years of the development, it is unlikely that the land owned by CISWO and the PCFC land will be developed therefore two scenarios have been developed, The proposal on the facing page shows an upgraded footpath and cycle link being provided by WMDC and how this connects with Tanshelf Walk and the main Harworth Estates site. The second drawing on this page, shows how an additional pedestrian and cycle link may be added to the development, if/when the CISWO land becomes available for development.

Potential Link to Employment Site

Implementation of the first scheme does not prejudice the delivery of the second proposal and the second proposal can be delivered in addition to the first scheme of works ensuring that abortive or temporary works are minimised.

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Plan of Indicative Highway Treatement through CISWO Land

Avenue tree planting

Hedge planting Grass verge Carriageway

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Public footpath Ornamental planting Footpath to residential Sketch Plan of Proposals

PUBLIC REALM COLONELS WALK Colonels Walk provides an important pedestrian connection between the development and Pontefract town centre. The footpath will be segregated from the road by a landscape verge. The verge will separate the footpath from the carriageway through the use of a formal grass verge punctuated with a strong avenue of tree planting to create definition of the route and a legible link to the town centre. Precedent Images

Low wall and railing Avenue tree planting

Carriageway Hedge planting

Grass verge

Footpath

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Ornamental planting

Sketch Section of Proposals 137

Hedge planting

Existing ditch enhanced with marginal planting

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Informal Tree Planting

Wildflower verge

Footpath / Cycleway

Sketch Plan of Proposals

Informal tree planting Existing Fence Removed Low wall and railing

Hedge planting

Existing ditch enhanced with marginal planting

Existing Footpath

Existing Fence

Sketch Section of Proposals

PUBLIC REALM TANSHELF WALK

A new green route will be created along the line of the existing footpath. Existing fences will be removed and the existing drainage ditch will be enhanced as an ecological and visual amenity. The route will augmented with swathes of species rich grassland and groups of tree planting, and the corridor defined and enclosed at its periphery by native hedge planting. Precedent Images

Informal tree planting

Low wall and railing

Hedge planting

Existing ditch enhanced with marginal planting

Footpath / Cycleway

Wildflower margin

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PUBLIC REALM SKINNER LANE ENTRANCE

A new bespoke sculptural feature will define the entrance off Skinner Lane. The landform will be utilised to create vertical walls of cor-ten and dry stone elements which will frame the spine road as it rises into the site. The space will also contain the balancing pond which will help create a sense of openness whilst being a valuable visual amenity. In addition a further public open space will be created at the southern end of connection to Colonels Walk. Sculptural landform will be used to help create visual interest whilst swathes of wildflower meadow with mown margins and paths will help define the space. Opportunities for informal play and exercise will also be explored The space will also act as the primary gateway for pedestrians linking the development to Pontefract town centre. The Detention basins adjacent to the entrance will provide flow control through attenuation of storm water runoff whilst having dual function as an amenity space in dry weather conditions.

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The entrance sequence for the development at the Prince of Wales colliery comprises a 750m greenway stretching along its north-eastern boundary.

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The greenway has the potential to add significant value to the user experience by providing ; • a clear, safe and interrupted pedestrian and cycle route between Park Road and Skinner Lane • a well-connected place with good links into the proposed development • a varied user experience • opportunities for informal play and for keeping fit • a productive and biodiverse planting scheme. The plan to the left shows how spaces and connecting nodes along the greenway can be organised to meet these overarching aims. The remainder of the document illustrates these ideas in further detail. Species selection has been influenced by Wakefield District Biodiversity Report.

Spaces

Nodes

Linear Space 1 - Spaces adjacent to two storey elevations

Linear Space 2 - Spaces adjacent to three storey elevations.

Movement

Primary node that connects to one or more route

Primary route

Entrance Node

Secondary route

Public Art

Tertiary Route

Local Area for Play (LAP)

PUBLIC REALM GREENWAY SPACE 1

Linear Space 1 - Spaces adjacent to two storey elevations

These spaces will be visible from the adjacent semi-private areas and from the upper storeys of adjacent properties, which will make them feel more secure. The spaces can accommodate some informal activity, while maintaining the privacy and security of the residential areas

Key Plan Precedent Images Woodland screening mix to include Silver Birch (Betula pendula), Downy Birch (Betula pubescens), Common Hazel (Corylus avellana), Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Common Oak (Quercus robur) and Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia)

Fruit trees (eating apples, pears and plums) are to be planted along the edge of all overlooked spaces. Residents will enjoy the seasonal change of the blossoming fruit trees, with the fruit freely available to harvest by community users.

Native hedgerow. Suggested species include Hazel (Corylus avellana), Field Maple (Acer campestre), Dog Rose (Rosa canina), Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).

Railings And Piers with Hedge

1.1m high railings

Views towards the railway area screened by the woodland belt. Activities in the greenway are partially overlooked increasing the sense of safety.

Shared Surface / Private Drive Private Garden Engineered 1:2 slope

Existing boundary

Native woodland edge mix to include Holly (Ilex aquifolium), Goat Willow (Salix caprea), Elder (Sambucus nigra), Common Privet (Ligustrum vulgare), Grey Willow ( Salix cinerea) and Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)

Terraced slope to provide an easy place to pick fruit and a series of informal terraces for play and relaxation. The slope is to be seeded with a wildflower grass mix.

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PUBLIC REALM GREENWAY SPACE 2

Linear Space 2 - Spaces adjacent to three storey elevations.

Key Plan

These spaces will feel urban in context as the fabric of the adjacent buildings rises to three stories in height.

Precedent Images Woodland screening mix to include Silver Birch (Betula pendula), Downy Birch (Betula pubescens), Common Hazel (Corylus avellana), Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Common Oak (Quercus robur) and Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia)

Views towards the railway area screened by the woodland belt. Activities in the greenway are partially overlooked increasing the sense of safety.

Low Level Wall Railings and Piers

Private Garden Precedent Image Proposed Brick Piers, wall and railings to a height of 1.8m

Existing boundary

Engineered 1:2 slope

Sketch Section of Proposals

Boulders placed in random groups along this section of the greenway provides opportunities for informal play and rest.

Native hedgerow. Suggested species include Hazel (Corylus avellana), Field Maple (Acer campestre), Dog Rose (Rosa canina), Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).

PUBLIC REALM GREENWAY PRIMARY NODE

Primary node that connects to one or more route

This space will be visible from the adjacent semi-private areas and from the upper storeys of adjacent properties. It will provide provide links to the Greenway from central open space and is an important gateway into the site. A vertical element within the space will create a focal point from the surrounding areas.

Precedent Images

Key Plan

Woodland screening mix to include Silver Birch (Betula pendula), Downy Birch (Betula pubescens), Common Hazel (Corylus avellana), Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Common Oak (Quercus robur) and Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia) Bespoke natural play element to provide focal point

Woodland screen planting

Footpath / Cycleway

Feature Tree Planting Link to Development Gabion Seating Play Boulders Informal Play Feature

Engineered 1:2 slope

Hedgerow with Tree Planting Post and Rail Fence

Indicative Layout

Existing boundary

Gabions positioned to create informal play space, seating and retain embankment

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PUBLIC REALM LOCAL AREA FOR PLAY NODES

Local Area for Play Node

These spaces will be visible from the adjacent semi-private areas and from the upper storeys of adjacent properties. They will provide a small area of open space specifically designated and primarily laid out for very young children to play close to where they live. They will be detailed to allow for ease of informal observation and supervision and primarily function to encourage informal play and social interaction

Key Plan

Play Boulders to provide opportunities for informal play and seating. Footpath / Cycleway

Woodland screen planting Feature Tree Planting

Link to Development

Gabion and Timber retaining wall and seating Informal Play Feature Hedgerow with Tree Planting Post and Rail Fence

Indicative Layout

Railway boundary

Engineered 1:2 slope Native woodland edge mix to include Holly (Ilex aquifolium), Goat Willow (Salix caprea), Elder (Sambucus nigra), Common Privet (Ligustrum vulgare), Grey Willow ( Salix cinerea) and Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)

Sketch Section of Proposals

Gabions and Timber retaining wall to provide opportunity for seating and informal play

PUBLIC REALM PUBLIC ART NODES

These spaces will be visible from the adjacent semi-private areas and from the upper storeys of adjacent properties. They provide links to the Greenway from adjacent perpendicular footpath and pedestrian routes, whilst giving the opportunity for landfrom and structural artwork.

Public Art Node

Precedent Images Key Plan

Woodland screen planting

Link to Development Free Play Item or Structural Element Hedgerow with Tree Planting Post and Rail Fence Existing boundary

Indicative Layout

Sculptured landform providing visual interest and informal play.

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PUBLIC REALM

ATTENUATION POND The attenuation pond is to provide new habitat creation, providing an attractive and functional feature. The ponds will be designed for wildlife benefit, and incorporate appropriate marginal flora and bank profiles.

Sketch Plan of Proposals

An extensive landscaping scheme will help to integrate this area within the wider setting. The greenspace should include significant bands of trees around the perimeter to create a buffer between adjacent land uses.

3m Maintenance Track Path

Cross Section Through Typical Pond Edge Treatment A

Perimeter Planting

Marginal Flora along the detention Ponds edge

Note: Final design to be in accordance with WMDC pond design standards

Engineered slope maximum gradient 1 in 4

3m wide Access track around the perimeter of the pond 3m

Perimeter Tree Planting supplemented with new infill planting

Minimum 5m

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PUBLIC REALM EMPLOYMENT AREA Employment Unit Low wall and railing

Dwelling Hedge planting

Where the Employment area is adjacent to rear residential gardens, a engineered slope will be included incorporating woodland edge planting and an acoustic barrier.

Avenue tree planting

Grass verge

Employment Unit

The Employment area will enhance the infrastructure landscape with on plot ornamental shrubs and grasses alongside a double avenue of trees.

Carriageway

5.5m

Footpath

An extensive landscaping scheme will help to integrate this area within the wider setting.

Ornamental planting

Accoustic Barrier

Tree Planting

Dwelling

Residential Boundary

Car Park

Engineered 1:3 slope

Rear Garden

SOFT LANDSCAPE MATERIALS INSERT TEXT HERE PALETTE

Prince Of Wales Street Trees Acer campestre

Betula pendula

Carpinus betulus

Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’

Fagus sylvatica

Pruns x schmitti

Tilia x euchlora

Skinner Lane Trees Ulmus ‘New Horizon’ Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’

Malus sylvestris

Quercus robur

Sorbus aria

Sorbus aucuparia

Central Open Space Trees Acer platnoides ‘Crimson King’

Aesculus hippocastanum

Tanshelf Trees Acer campestre

Betula pendula

Sorbus aucuparia

Greenway Orchard Trees

Spine Road Trees Ulmus ‘New Horizon’

Malus domestica ‘Discovery’

Malus domestica ‘Red Windsor’

Malus domestica ‘Spartan’

Pyrus communis ‘Conference’

Pyrus communis ‘Doyenné du Comice’

PUBLIC REALM SOFT LANDSCAPE MATERIALS

Woodland Planting Acer campestre - 3%

Betula pendula - 7%

Cornus sanguinea - 3%

Corylus avellana - 2%

Crataegus Ilex monogyna - 6% aquifolium - 4%

Ligustrum vulgare - 2%

Malus sylvestris - 3%

Prunus Rosa canina spinosa - 4% - 5%

Salix caprea - 40%

Salix cinera - 15%

Sambucus nigra - 3%

Viburnum opulus - 3%

Woodland Edge Ilex aquifolium - 15%

Ligustrum vulgare - 15%

Rosa canina - 10%

Salix caprea - 15%

Salix cinera - 15%

Sambucus nigra - 15%

Viburnum opulus - 15%

Native Hedgerow Cornus sanguinea - 5%

Corylus avellana - 15%

Crataegus monogyna - 50%

Ilex aquifolium - 5%

Ligustrum vulgare - 5%

Prunus spinosa - 15%

Rosa canina - 5%

Shrubs and Ornamental Grasses Sarcococca hookeriana digyna

Lavandula angustifolia

Cistus ‘Silver Pink’

Weigela florida ‘Foliis Purpureis’

Philadelphus ‘Belle Etoile’

Vinca major

Stipa gigantea

Uncinia rubra

Carex pendula

Deschampsia cespitosa

Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ Helictotrichon sempervirens

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HARD LANDSCAPE MATERIALS INSERT TEXT HERE PALETTE

The following materials, which have precedents in Pontefract Town Centre are considered appropriate for feature areas including highway junctions, at park thresholds and within the wider public realm.

Pontefract Town Centre Precedents

SETTS (stone and pcc) Precedent • Variety of Yorkstone sett sizes used, laid in rows of the same width, throughout Pontefract Town Centre • Changes in direction of paving to emphasise entrances and key buildings. • Smaller linear sizes used as trim feature. Materials proposed • York stone sett and concrete sett details Location • Adopted and used within the highway at key crossing points and entrance nodes. Also at park entrance thresholds and junctions. DRAINAGE CHANNELS Precedent • Yorkstone dished channels. • Channels defined with a linear band either side of small units. Materials proposed: • Yorkstone dished sett channels and paving trim Location • Around the perimeter of the central island within the Prince Of Wales Street entrance KERBS & EDGINGS Precedent • Yorkstone Kerbs and Edgings Materials proposed • Conservation Kerbs Location • Within the local centre and green square centre public realms RESIN BOUND GRAVEL Precedent • Loose bonded gravel used on footpaths adjacent to Pontefract Castle. Materials proposed • Resin Bonded surfacing Location • To emphasise feature areas within the scheme, e.g. adjacent to entrance features, seating areas.

Proposed Materials

PUBLIC REALM STREET FURNITURE PALETTE Proposed Street Furniture BENCHES Corten Steel base with timber seat

SIGNAGE Corten Steel with engraved wayfinding information

BINS Corten Steel with timber panel

Strategy It is intended to have a coordinated and coherent street furniture and signage palette, so that all items work together and add to the overall quality of the open space. Corten steel will be the main street furniture material throughout, supplemented with thick timber members. This use of materials will reflect the industrial heritage of the site, and act as a repeating accent of the entry features throughout the site. Street furniture and signage clutter is to be avoided. Street clutter is created by having uncoordinated, mismatched and excessive street furniture and signage. The example images are to illustrate what is to be avoided:

BOLLARDS Corten Steel

CYCLE HOOPS Corten Steel sheffield style hoop

Uncoordinated and excessive street furniture

Excessive posts, bollards and signs

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PARKSIDE HOTEL

RED LINE DENOTES SEPARATION BETWEEN VEHICLE ACCESSES. DEVELOPMENT TO LEFT OF LINE IS ACCESSED FROM PARK ROAD, DEVELOPMENT TO RIGHT IS ACCESSED OFF SKINNER LANE

RAILWAY LINE

THE COMMUNITY CENTRE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE LOCAL CENTRE AREA WHICH IS PART OF PHASE 3 HOWEVER DUE TO THE SECTION 106 TRIGGER OF THE 500TH HOUSE MAY ACTUALLY OCCUR DURING LATER PHASES

PHASING PLAN

CHEP

SKINNER LANE BUS GATE

PARK ROAD

RETAIL PARK

PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE

COLONELS WALK

LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING PHASING WILL OCCUR CONCURRENTLY WITH PUBLIC OPEN SPACE BEING COMPLETED IN PARALLEL WITH HOUSING OCCUPATIONS

TANSHELF STATION

KEY PHASE 1

PHASE 2

PHASE 3

PHASE 4

PHASE 5

PHASE 6

PHASE 7

DELIVERY & PHASING PHASING

The development has been divided into 7 phases with the table below setting out the areas and quantum of development associated with each.

Section 106 Triggers Item

Trigger

Community Centre

500th house

It should be noted that the density of housing development varies according to the phasing which also takes into account the character areas which are explained in greater detail later in this code. Other limitations that have implications for the phasing are:

•

Up to 540 dwellings to be served off Park Road

•

The remaining housing, with the exception of Beechnut Lane, to be accessed off Skinner Lane

•

A bus gate is to be provided on the Spine Road in the location shown to prevent “rat running” through the site

•

Local centre to be served off Skinner Lane

•

Employment area to be served off Park Road

Development Phasing Table - See Note on Densities Below Table Phase

Gross Area Ha

POS or Other Ha

3.38

10.93

0.41

4.05

0.74

3.27

Local Centre Ha

Employment Ha

Net for Residential

Target DPH (based on current market projections)

Dwellings

Park Road Access

2.63

7.89

268

239

2.56

102

0.73

2.54

102

4.31

1.00

3.31

171

3.70

0.16

3.00

135

1.17

TOTAL

30.81

7.59

0.75

0.54

Skinner Lane Access

Beechnut Access

Potential Future Density (if market densities increase e.g. apartments)

Potential Number of Additional Dwellings (if market densities increase)

135

102

15 0.75

3.17

19.30

778

416

333

Housing densities are highly sensitive to market conditions. The current planning permission allows for 917 dwellings however this assumes densities much higher than current market conditions allow. If the demand for apartments and denser urban town houses starts to recover to pre-recession levels then the development may deliver densities shown at the far right of the table above. 155

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Greenway Central Spine Park Road

Skinner Lane Green Square Central Green Space

Substation

Local Centre

Prince of Wales Street

Tanshelf Square

Employment Area

Retail Park

Colonelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk

Pontefract Park

100m

200m

Attenuation Pond

Travis Perkins

Tanshelf Walk