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RAF Daws Hill Draft Development Brief

Jerry Unsworth

Purpose of Tonight's Meeting

• Draft Southern Quadrant Transport strategy
• RAF Daws Hill Draft Development Brief
• Understanding
• Consultation – probing, reviewing
• Improving & Refining
• Listening … Leading … Shaping

Consultation Process

• 15th June to 20th July

Public consultation

• 28 June Manned drop in exhibition
• 5th July(?) Daws Hill Reference

Group

• 18th July Planning Committee
• 10th Sept Cabinet

Presentations

• Southern Quadrant Transport Strategy

Marcus Rogers

• Daws Hill Development Brief

Chris Steuart

• Questions and Answers

RAF Daws Hill Draft Development Brief

Chris Steuart: Team Leader Major Development and Design

Consultation Background

• WDC/BCC have organised two

workshops: 1 Traffic and Transport 2 Master planning

• Reference Group set up to enable

information sharing with residents (has met 7 times since September 2011)

Development Brief Contents

Brief sets out:

• Summary of key planning policies
• Analysis of the site and its context
• Redevelopment objectives
• The Framework plan the key

components of the brief.

Policy Framework

• NPPF
• South East Plan
• Core Strategy
• Local Plan
• SPDs (e.g. living within our limits)
• Others (e.g. Position Statement Policy

PS8)

Position Statement

• Policy PS8 – agreed by WDC

Cabinet July 2011

• Brief = a spatial expression
• Re-examine and refresh
• SPD will supersede PS8
• Site is previously developed land

Site analysis

• Tree cover
• Hill top
• Inward looking (former military site)
• Two halves
• M40
• Existing residential boundary
• Existing buildings not suitable for

retention

Townscape

• Residential context
• Parkland
• Landscape structure
• Wooded boundaries
• Lack of a local centre
• Limited views
• Site not functionally part of community

Connections

• Lack of connection
• Close to but far from town centre
• Congestion of Daws Hill Lane
• School drop off

Land use

• What should mix be?
• Local centre
• Non – residential uses location
• Open space
• Effect of Abbey Barn South site

Redevelopment objectives

• To create a heart for the Daws Hill Area
• To reconnect the site with its

surroundings and historic past and be a gateway to the Chilterns AONB.

• To reinforce and protect the existing

Arcadian character of Daws Hill Lane

Redevelopment objectives

• To provide a catalyst to address

congestion and the school drop off issue along Daws Hill Lane

• To create a high quality scheme that is

sustainable and a great place to live.

• To plan to fully integrate with future

development.

Concept

• Builds on existing green structure to create a

green heart for the development

• Residential belt created around this centre

higher in density where the tree constraint is less but reducing at the edges with Daws Hill Lane and existing neighbouring property

• Links together wooded paths to north and

Chilterns AONB to south

• Facilitates future connections to Abbey Barn

South

Framework Plan

• The plan illustrates the main

development principles.

• Not intended to be prescriptive.

Land budget

• 24ha total site area
• 15 ha residential
• 1.6 ha Business
• 1.2 ha School
• 4.6 ha Open space and sports
• 1.6 ha Community/Local Centre/

School Drop Off

Detailed urban design principles

• Connections – routes
• Layout of development
• Layout of car parking
• Trees and green infrastructure
• Local centre
• Site entrance
• Sustainability measures
• Noise and air quality

Residential

• Aim to achieve a net density of at least 30

dwellings per hectare (subject to constraints)

• No maximum density is proposed
• Need to optimise development to meet needs
• Design led approach
• Affordable housing: 30% bedspaces
• Scope for extra care elderly

person housing

Business

• We see this as an important component
• f the development.
• Location at noisiest part of site
• Capable of separate access from Daws

Hill Lane

Education

• One - form entry school proposed
• Located on edge of site
• Flat land needed
• Capable of expansion if

Abbey Barn South is developed

Local centre

• Local shops and services
• Located close to Daws Hill Lane

Community Centre

• Multi - functional community building
• Located close to Daws Hill Lane

Open space and sport and play

• Want to see on site provision
• Sport provided within central part of the

site (level ground)

• Children’s play areas
• A wooded area at the northern end of

the site to be public open space

Trees

• Many trees at the site
• Survey work undertaken
• Presumption is in favour of keeping

trees

• But some tree removal inevitable – due

to health, condition, layout etc

Abbey Barn South

• Land not included in the brief
• No prejudice
• Land uses capable of expansion into

ABS (e.g. School, open space)

Consultation

• 15th June to 20th July

Public consultation

• 28 June Manned drop in exhibition
• 5th July(?) Daws Hill Reference

Group

• Workshop event (to be arranged)

Consultation Questions

• The Development brief sets out key

consultation questions

• We would like feedback on these during

the consultation period

• Also wish to hear any other matters you

wish to raise.

• Thank-you to members who commented
• n draft of the brief.

Consultation

• Leaflet
• Feedback form
• Written feedback

Questions