INTRODUCTION
SB Living have been through an extensive design and consultation process in relation to the old Fleetwood Caravan
site since August 2014.
Since the first Public Exhibition in December 2014, SB Living have been incorporating changes suggested by local
residents and various Babergh Council officers into the designs for the scheme where possible and appropriate.
SB Living are keen to finalise the design and will be taking account of further comments coming from this second
Public Exhibition so that a planning application can be put together.
The intention is to submit a planning application within the next few months and, provided a consent is granted, to
begin redevelopment of the site later this year.
Your views and comments are important to us and will be used to refine the proposals further.
Thank you for attending this exhibition.
Please review the boards and fill in one of the feedback forms provided. These can be completed now and left in the comments box or
posted to Telephone House, 69 - 77 Paul Street, EC2A 4NW. Alternatively, your comments can be emailed to [email protected]
All email responses will be acknowledged.
For further information and ongoing news on the development, please visit our website at the following address www.orchard-brook.com
This public consultation exercise will take place on Wednesday 6th May 2015, between the hours of 3.00pm and 8.00pm. Members of
the professional team are available to answer any questions you may have.
ORCHARD BROOK, LONG MELFORD
OPTION PLANS
Public Open Space Options
Option 1 Public open space could be located close to site access
new link to countryside
OUTCOMES OF THE LAST PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Questionaire Responses Received
Orchard Brook ‐ Public Meeting 4th / 5th December 2014 ‐ Questionnaire Responses Received
Are you in favour of housing on this site? Option 2 Potential for retirement home within the scheme
Of those interested in housing for the elderly ‐
would you prefer Sheltered Housing or
a Retirement Home Public open space located close to site access
Retirement Home v Sheltered Houses
25%
Yes
37%
No
Sheltered Housing
Retirement Home
75%
63%
Housing Preference ‐ Mixed / Housing Only?
Where do you prefer the location of open space and play areas?
32
24%
By Entrance
By Coutryside
11
76%
6
OF THOSE IN FAVOUR OF HOUSING ‐ IN FAVOUR OF MIXED USE
OF THOSE IN FAVOUR OF OF THOSE AGAINST JUST HOUSING ‐ PREFER NO OTHER HOUSING ‐ PREFER HOUSING USES
AND ANOTHER USE
1
Key
Key
Public Open Space
Potential retirement home
Link to countryside
From the last questionnaire, there was a strong preference for “sheltered housing” or a
“retirement home”. Following an extensive investigation of the market during the last
few months it is clear that a retirement home would be the only viable option in this
location.
Option 2 has been therefore been selected.
From the survey results, most people preferred Option 1 with Public Open Space
located next to the site access (to form the ‘lobby’ into the residential scheme).
Option 2 Public open space could be located at southern section of the site
Option 1 Potential for sheltered housing within the scheme
new links to countryside
Our earlier concept design included
small business units but this was
rejected by Babergh Council
officers on the basis that they do
not consider this to be a viable use
on this site and they have a strong
preference for affordable housing
most of the public open space located to the
southern section of the site
over business units. On that basis
we have had to remove them from
the scheme design.
ORCHARD BROOK, LONG MELFORD
RETIREMENT HOME
L O C AT I O N O P T I O N S C O N S I D E R E D W I T H I N T H E P R O P O S E D S I T E L AYO U T
Option 2 :
Option 1 :
CLIENT
Location - south west corner of site.
SB2 Long Melford Ltd
SCALE
1:500@A1
LA
Concluded that the building
would be too dominant
when
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from the south
west.
Site Layoutviewed
Plan (Option 4)from the open countryside
6207 / Sk018
PROJECT
Orchard Brook, Long Melford
DRAWING TITLE
DATE
DRAWING NUMBER
Stanley Bragg
DRAWN
CHECKED
Site Layout Plan (Option 4)
A R C H I T E C T S
STANLEY BRAGG ARCHITECTS LIMITED
ABBEYGATE ONE, 8 WHITEWELL ROAD,
COLCHESTER, ESSEX. CO2 7DF
REVISION
T: (01206) 571371 F: (01206) 765242
E: [email protected]
3rd FLOOR ELDON HOUSE, ELDON STREET,
LONDON. EC2M 7LS
T (02036) 675925
Location - in the centre of the site.
CLIENT
SCALE
DRAWN
PROJECT
DATE
CHECKED
DRAWING TITLE
DRAWING NUMBER
REVISION
SB2 Long Melford Ltd
1:500@A1
Orchard Brook, Long Melford
20.02.2015
Site Layout Plan (Option 5)
6207 / Sk019
LA
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SitetheLayout
(Option 5
Concluded that
building Plan
would “fragment”
the)
proposed surrounding housing layout and would over
dominate the rest of the site.
Option 3 :
Location – north west corner of the site.
Concluded that the building would benefit from direct
pedestrian access to open countryside and across the
Public Open Space to Hall Street, would relate well to
the existing surrounding buildings and would also provide
a high quality frontage to the public footpath and to the
Public Open Space, which will encourage responsible use
of those spaces.
CLIENT
SB2 Long Melford Ltd
ORCHARD BROOK, LONG MELFORD
PROJECT
Orchard Brook, Long Melford
DRAWING TITLE
Site Layout Plan (Option 6 )
SCALE
DRAWN
DATE
CHECKED
1:500@A1
20.02.2015
DRAWING NUMBER
6207 / Sk020
LA
IM
REVISION
-
Site Layout Plan (Option 6 )
Stanley Bragg
A R C H I T E C T S
STANLEY BRAGG ARCHITECTS LIMITED
ABBEYGATE ONE, 8 WHITEWELL ROAD,
COLCHESTER, ESSEX. CO2 7DF
T: (01206) 571371 F: (01206) 765242
E: [email protected]
3rd FLOOR ELDON HOUSE, ELDON STREET,
LONDON. EC2M 7LS
T (02036) 675925
P RO P O S E D S I T E L AYO U T P L A N
alternative ‘emergency’ access
Retirement Home
site boundary to be opened up to
countryside
2 spaces to replace spaces
removed from Hall Street
car
parking
car parking
Schedule of accommodation
proposed open space.
(Pos) - “lobby” into the
residential scheme.
Retirement Home
2 bed housing
3 bed housing
Pos & child
play area
pedestrian access to
countryside.
4 bed housing
3 bed bungalows
garages
generous gardens and
open space across the site.
Car Parking
no units
2 bed
3 bed
4 bed
3 bed bungalows
Visitors
Housing Total
Retirement Home
Manager & Visitors
Retirement Total
4
17
5
7
33
34
parking per
dwelling
2
2
3
2
0.25
2.4
0.65
TOTAL
sub total
8
34
15
14
9
80
17
5
22
102
‘shared surface’ throughout site
individual bin storage for each home
Attractive hard and soft
landscaping throughout the site
CLIENT
SCALE
DRAWN
PROJECT
DATE
CHECKED
SB2 Long Melford Ltd
Orchard Brook, Long Melford
DRAWING TITLE
Site Layout Plan (Option 7)
1:500@A1
10/03/2015
DRAWING NUMBER
6207 / Sk021B
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REVISION
B
Ample dedicated parking adjacent to each
house.
PRELIMINARY
Stanley Bragg
A R C H I T E C T S
STANLEY BRAGG ARCHITECTS LIMITED
ABBEYGATE ONE, 8 WHITEWELL ROAD,
COLCHESTER, ESSEX. CO2 7DF
T: (01206) 571371 F: (01206) 765242
E: [email protected]
3rd FLOOR ELDON HOUSE, ELDON STREET,
LONDON. EC2M 7LS
T (02036) 675925
V I E W S I N T O O R C H A R D B R O O K VIEW 1
VIEW 2
New housing
Retirement Home
overlooks Public Open Space.
Pedestrian entrance from countryside with retirement home building
fronting footpath link to Public Open Space.
Provides a new footpath link between the country side and
Hall Street.
Public Open Space.
Shared surface
View 2
View 1
Examples of Shared Surface
Examples of play areas to be located in new Public Open Space
ORCHARD BROOK, LONG MELFORD
E L E V A T I O N S T U D I E S H O U S I N G OV E R L O O K I N G T H E P U B L I C O P E N S PAC E
View A: Plots 19-25 2/3 bed houses
View C: Plots 2 & 3 - 3 bed houses
View B: Plots 16-18 3 bed houses
Feature corner
facing new Public
Open Space and
residential scheme
A
B
Materials Palette :
Roofs: Plain clay tiles or
slate.
D
Walls: Facing brickwork /
render
Windows/ doors: Painted
timber doors
View D: Retirement living building (maltings type architecture)
ORCHARD BROOK, LONG MELFORD
C
H I G H WA Y S T U D I E S
Shared surface for the Orchard Brook scheme
Comparison of proposed activity at the site access with St Catherine’s Road
Orchard Brook
Proposed Scheme
Location
600
The site access is wider and
less intensively used than St
Catherine’s Road.
Site Access
110
Vehicle movements per hour at the site access
500
100
400
300
MfS threshold
A total of 184 dwellings is estimated to
generate the equivalent of 100 vehicles
in the AM peak and 91 vehicles in the PM
peak.
90
200
80
0
Vehicles
Pedestrians
Daily
The chance of a pedestrian
and a vehicle being in the
access at the same time is
less than 7%.
St Catherine's Road
600
The number of vehicles using the access
as part of the proposals is thereore well
below the threshold of 100 vehicles per
hour.
70
Vehicles per hour
100
60
50
40
500
400
30
300
20
200
100
0
Vehicles
Pedestrians
Daily
The chance of a pedestrian
and a vehicle being in St
Catherine’s Road at the same
time is 14%.
10
0
AM (0800 - 0900)
PM (1700 - 1800)
Site Access
How do the proposals compare to other uses…..
60
Comparison of Vehicle Trip Generation at the Site Access of Orchard Brook
50
Number of Vehicles
40
30
20
10
0
Site Proposals: 33 Dwellings & Retirement
Accommodation
Previous Industrial Use
The design guide Manual for Street (MfS)
supports shared surfaces where traffic is
below 100 vehicle per hour.
Previous Proposal: 51 Dwellings
Different Site Uses
AM
PM
The proposals reduce the number of private/mixed dwellings by 35% compared to the previous 51 dwelling scheme. The retirement flats have only 25%
of the trip generation of standard residential properties and very few trips in the peak periods (0800-09:00 and 17:00 – 18:00). Therefore the overall trip
generation for the proposals is reduced.
ORCHARD BROOK, LONG MELFORD