Kettering Station Quarter North Introduction Kettering Lower Street General Hospital Victoria Street Project Background Kettering Town Centre • As part of the One Public Estate (OPE) Phase 7 the Northamptonshire Property Northfjeld Avenue Partnership submitted a joint Services & Assets Delivery Plan. The plan requested capacity funding to support accelerated delivery of housing on public estate land Gipsy Lane across a number of projects, and to enable other key service-related improvements and effjciencies. One such project is the Kettering Station and Surrounds Land Release Programme, which will be delivered over a 24 month period (starting in June 2019) with multiple partners involved including Network Rail, EMR and a d a m p t o n R o N o r t h Northamptonshire County Council. Station Road London Road • The objective of this commission is to produce a Services and Assets Delivery Plan Northampton Road for Kettering Station Quarter, with the benefjt of OPE funding. The purpose of the Lake Avenue project is to formulate a Station Quarter Delivery Plan that sets out development principles for the potential delivery of car parking, improved transport Kettering Station interchange, commercial fmoor space, and housing to serve the railway station . • The Plan should also design and layout improved access and public realm for a new station plaza , accommodate integrated transport solutions within this area, and a second access point to the station from land to the west. Designs should also be provided that make provision for improvements to open space (inc. the Slade Brook) and recreation to meet needs and a potential defjcit as a result of the release of land for development. A 1 4
Kettering Station Quarter 1 2 3 Station overbridge Station building Overfmow car park access Site Overview Key Site Characteristics The station environment suffers from a poor ‘sense of arrival’ and identity. It is currently surrounded by surface level car parks, and vacant land. Confmict exists in the area between pedestrians, taxis Station entrance (Grade II listed) on station road Current access to overfmow car park being replaced by Netowrk Rail stabling facility North station car park and cars. In addition, connectivity to the railway station by bus Network Rail Maintenance Yard Houses on embankment (The Crescent) 4 5 is poor and by cycle and on foot, unattractive. There is no visual “signposting” to provide a sense of direction to the town and the 5 6 current public realm linking the station to the town centre is poor. 7 Creating a more attractive interchange and opening up Station Road to buses will revitalise the area, encourage sustainable 3 transport, and strengthen the attractiveness of the location for Current ‘station forecourt’ with no dedicated space for pedestrians Poor cycle routes connecting East/West of railway employment and housing growth within the Station Quarter, the 6 7 nearby New Residential Quarter, and rest of the town centre. 1 Kettering Station Network Rail has started construction of “rail stabling” to the south of the station. This facility will bring about the need to 4 8 replace car parking spaces lost. This brings with it an opportunity to reconfjgure the station’s car parking provision and reduce the confmict between pedestrians, cars and taxis at the forecourt of the East-West connection: uninviting road bridge station. 8 2 Network Rail Maintenance Delivery Unit and platform lengthening works Poor visual connection from town centre to station (Station Rd)
Kettering Station Quarter Opportunities 1. Future proofjng station Site Constraints and Opportunities • Electrifjcation, platform lengthening and new trains for more services Constraints 2. Enhanced Connectivity 1. Network Rail works • Potential link across railway to improve permeability East-West • New Maintenance Delivery Unit and stabbling facility forcing relocation of station overfmow car park 3. Car park 2. Intermodal connections • EMR car parking requirements Station Road unlock opportunity for relocation and Northampton Road • Poor connection to local buses + confmict reconfjguration of traffjc between cars and pedestrians outside station 9. 4. Levels + sightline 3. Northfjeld Avenue Queensberry Road East/West divide • Embankments and level changes can 4. • Poor connections from Kettering West to station facilitate implementation of decked 3. The Crescent 3. (uninviting road bridge, narrow and unsafe) solution and sightlines can be redesigned 8. 4. 5. Station access West Levels 2. 4. 7. • Opportunity to create new station • Embankments on both sides of railway make 6. entrance to the West with potential car 4. access and connection to station and surrounding park/intermodal area sites diffjcult and can create overlooking issues 5. 6. Environmental assets 2. 5. 1. 5. Flood Plain 3. • Green corridor to be enhanced (Slade Brook) • Flood risk around Slade Brook Lake Avenue 7. 1. Land ownership 6. 6. Constrained access • Most of land around station in public land ownership (NR or KBC) • Bridges and ramps needed to reach station from the West 8. Shared Space • Opportunity for station forecourt to be shared by different types of transport 9. Link to town centre • Connection to Town Centre to be enhanced with active frontages ?
G r e e n s p a c e s Kettering Station Quarter 1- Gateway to Kettering Waterways => improve link to town centre, urban realm and future proofjng of station Vision and wider context river 2- Well integrated transport hub => station forecourt + car parking + intermodal connections stream 3- Improve accessibility and permeability across railway Rothwell Rd Railway 4- Explore potential public land release and enhancement of green corridor S t L o w e r => Sustainable ways of moving and living Kettering General Roads Hospital Greenspaces Town centre / High Street G i p Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces s y L a n e Sheep Street Amenity - Transport St Mary’s Rd a d N o r t h a m p t o n R o Camping Or Caravan Park Business Station Road Development Area Cemetery Northfjeld Avenue Golf Course 2 L Lake Avenue o n d o Land Use Changing n R 1 o a d G a r fj e Natural l d S t 2 Headlands 3 Playing Field Private Garden Lake Avenue Kettering Conference Schools & Colleges Centre Public Park Or Garden 4 Religious Grounds 2 School Grounds
Kettering Station Quarter Parking Existing intermodal facilities N o r t h Car Parking fj e l d North A v 500 spaces with 6 accessible e n Station Road u e spaces 280 north of station, 220 overfmow car park Station car park (280 spaces) 2 Bicycle Storage PLT 2&3 P PLT 4 Bus stop L T Lake Avenue 1 110 spaces Q u e e n s b e 20 racks + 90 within station building r r y R d (Platf. 1) Rail replacement 3 Drop-off Taxis 1 2 Network Rail yard Taxi rank available although most Taxi rank appear to wait on Rail Replacement Cycle storage (Platform 1) box immediately outside the station Buses Closest bus stop 100m away in The Crescent Northfjeld Avenue - Stagecoach 1 routes 2 and 47 Overfmow car park (220 spaces) Drop-off Dedicated spaces available outside the station 3 3
Kettering Station Quarter Question : Which of the following locations would you see more appropriate to deliver additional car parking spaces ? Parking EMR intermodal requirements + future proofjng Car Parking Scenarios Northampton Road N o r Car Parking t h fj e 700 East of Station (A/B) l d A 700 car parking spaces v North e n (Not reliant on a new Western Station u e +30 staff car parking spaces Entrance) Station Road - Not enough land for surface only Bicycle Storage A 170 bicycle parking spaces > Deck A & B Queensbury Road > Or single multi-storey facility B C Lake Avenue Taxis 700 East + West of Station (A/B/C/D) 9 taxi ranks on either side - Split based on customer service use Buses 2+1 bus stops to be - Potential impact of parking structure on B safeguarded urban setting T D h e C r e - Future provision - increase/decrease s e Drop-off n t Dedicated spaces outside - Different locations within NR/KBC land both entrances with access challenges (bridges across brook/ramp to embankment) Green modular decked car parking solutions
Kettering Station Quarter Question : What type of public space would you see outside the station entrances ? Public Realm + Transport interchange Eastern Entrance (existing) reconfjgured to allow for more space for pedestrians + improved interchange with buses and cycles Lake Avenue Northfjeld Avenue Station Road Paving and landscaping solutions for pedestrian spaces Generous pedestrian space planted with trees Integrated interchange (buses + station forecourt) Seating, playing, waiting in a green car-free space
Kettering Station Quarter Question : What type of public space would you see outside the station entrances ? Public Realm + Transport interchange Western Entrance (new) giving access to station to West Kettering Upper Station concourse reached via a set of lift and stairs Pedestrian-focus spaces with modular playful uses Station Road Northfjeld Avenue Landscaped ramp serving as seating space too Slade Brook
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