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• This document sets out the information presented during the daytime sessions in p g yRaunds.
• Note: All background information has been removed from this document and presented pseparately to avoid duplication between the daytime and evening presentation slidesdaytime and evening presentation slides.
Day One:
Creating theCreating the masterplan objectivesobjectives
Tuesday 5th
October, A.M.
Who we are?Who we are?
• AECOM – planning, design and development consultants– Sandra Roebuck
– Alexandra Steed
– Tom Bridgman
– Gorana Vucic‐Shepherd
– Richard Jones
A strong history of regenerationA strong history of regenerationOur town/city centre plans include:Our town/city centre plans include:
• Corby
• Manchester
• Sheffield
• Dunstable (Bedfordshire)
• Streatham (London)
• Hounslow (London)
• Bromley (L d /K t)• Streatham (London)
• Norwood (London)• Bromley (London/Kent)• Chatham (Kent)
What is Enquiry By Design?What is Enquiry By Design?• Brings together key stakeholdersBrings together key stakeholders
• Devised & promoted by The Prince’s Foundation
• Identifies & assesses complex design issuesIdentifies & assesses complex design issues
• Tests the issues through collaborative design
• Lots of discussion and drawing!!• Lots of discussion and drawing!!
• Hard work, but hopefully fun…..
By it’s nature, every Enquiry by Design is unique, developing a response appropriate to the specific site and issues raised.
What do we want to achieve?What do we want to achieve?
By the end of this week –• Consider & discuss the town’s future, leading to:, g
– Design principles to inform the town’s masterplan
By the end of the project (Jan 2011)• A masterplan to inform future planning documents• A masterplan to inform future planning documents
What is a masterplan?What is a masterplan?
k h d l h l h l l• Looks at how to develop the town as a whole
• Responds to local economic &
• Involves the local community to help build consensus about the futurep
social change that fits well into the existing community
• Helps identify how separate sites
• Define proposals to deliver high quality, sustainable buildings and public spaces• Helps identify how separate sites
within & around the town can be best used
public spaces
• Helps co‐ordinate education, health, leisure and other services
• Makes better use of under‐developed land
• Makes the most of natural assets such as the landscape, topography and ecologyp g p y gy
What are the aims for each day?What are the aims for each day?• Day 1 (Today)• Day 1 (Today)
– Focus on issues & opportunities
Output: masterplan objectives– Output: masterplan objectives
– Inform this evening’s public meeting
• Day 2 (Wednesday)
– Starts to look at potential scenarios through design
– Output: Range of potential scenarios to be refined in Day 3
What are the aims for each day?What are the aims for each day?• Day 3 (Thursday)• Day 3 (Thursday)
– Smaller thematic sub‐groups to assess scenarios emerging from Day 2from Day 2
– Output: Draft ‘design principles’ that will form the basis of masterplanp
– Inform that evening’s public meeting
( id )• Day 4 (Friday)
– Consider design principles & how they could work in Raunds
– Output: Agreed design principles that clearly respond to the
Day 1 objectives
The Raunds History Society
The current planning policy position
T W t (ENC)Trevor Watson (ENC)
Group wide discussionGroup wide discussion..
Question: What makes a good town?
• Economic factors?Economic factors?
• Social factors?
• Environmental factors?
Today we need to help define the future role of Raunds…
• Economic
– What type of jobs?
– What kind of shops?p
• Social
– What sort of community facilities?at so t o co u ty ac t es
– What kind of community?
– What kind of housing?What kind of housing?
• Environmental
– What sort of parks squares & open spaces?What sort of parks, squares & open spaces?
– What role in terms of environmental sustainability?
School ltresults
Breakout task 1Breakout task 1
• If we did nothing, what would Raunds be like in 2026?
• Things to think about…J b h l it f iliti d– Jobs, shops, people, community facilities and spaces, the environment, anything else?
• 20 minutes discussion
Breakout task 2Breakout task 2
• Based on today’s discussion in terms of
– Housing & design
– Environmental issues & opportunities,
• Set out what sort of sustainability
– Transportplace you want Raunds to be in 15 years?
Transport
– Retail & shopping
The econom• Agree a set of masterplan objectives
– The economy
– Community facilities p jfor: – Anything else?
Some promptsSome prompts…• Housing & design • Transport
– Should we have growth?
– If so, what should it be like?
– How should Raunds connect internally & externally
• Environmental sustainability
• Retail & shopping – What should the local centre
do?– How to adapt & mitigate climate
change?
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do?
– Have we got the right shops?
• Community facilities• The economy– What should new jobs be
like?
• Community facilities– What type of facilities &
open spaces are needed?like?
Findings from Manor SchoolFindings from Manor School
• A half‐day session with representation from pall academic years
• A wide‐ranging debate about Raunds today &about Raunds today & in the future
Group 1: Major change to edgeGroup 1: Major change to edge• Out of town shoppingOut of town shopping
west of Raunds– Powered by renewable
energy
• Youth facilitiesskate park & centre– skate park & centre
• Enhanced cycle paths
• New farmNew farm
• Houses to South
• Enhanced cycle pathsEnhanced cycle paths
Group 2: Change by diversificationGroup 2: Change by diversification• Town centre jobs &Town centre jobs &
shops where possible
• Additional larger footprint uses towards NW Raunds as appropriateappropriate
• Could include a hotel
• Local parks & leisure• Local parks & leisure boost needed.
Group 3: Integrated changeGroup 3: Integrated change• Relocate some centralRelocate some central
car parks to S Raunds
• Revive empty shops
• Capture trade back from nearby towns
• RPC site ‐ leisure centre
• Improve healthcare
• Out of town wind‐farm
• Brownfield housing
Group 4: High Street focussed changeGroup 4: High Street focussed change• Improved signageImproved signage
throughout the town
• Higher quality public realm in the town centre, e.g. flowers
h f• Shopfront improvements
• Youth & leisure• Youth & leisure facilities to the south & west of Raunds
Group 5: Retail led changeGroup 5: Retail‐led change• Diversify High StreetDiversify High Street
• Supermarket at RPC Containers as High Street anchor
• New leisure & skate k d kpark towards Stanwick
• Improve green spaces, such as Bassford Recsuch as Bassford Rec.
• Improved cycling links
Day Two:
Creating theCreating the potential scenariosscenarios
Wednesday 6th
October, A.M.
Recap of day oneThe masterplan objectives
Creating spatial scenariosCreating spatial scenariosPointers
• Transport
• Social infrastructure
• Shopping & the retail offer
• The economy• The economy
• Environmental Sustainability
• Housing & design
Breakout taskBreakout task
• What should Raunds be like in 2026?
• Discuss & develop a scenario based on 3Discuss & develop a scenario based on 3 scenarios
H i th b l 500 h ( t d– Housing growth below 500 homes (as suggested by you yesterday)
– Housing growth of 200 homes
– Housing growth of 800 homes or more
Day Three:
Refining theRefining the potential scenariosscenarios
Thursday 7th
October, A.M.
Land owner meetingsLand owner meetings
• Met with 6 land owners and their representatives
• Provide high level feedback today
• Each scheme is at different levels of development
• Today is not about making a decision on the• Today is not about making a decision on the applications
• Rather ens ring a areness of the schemes• Rather ensuring awareness of the schemes
• Consultation on individual schemes through the planning process
Thematic sessionsThematic sessions
• 3 groups to look at each option
• All groups to consider housing
– Economy with Retail and Shopping
– Transport & Community Facilities
– Environmental sustainability
• 1 hour (20 minutes per options)
• 30 minute feedback
• Test each option against the objectives – please use flip chart paper to set out findings (so we have a record)
Testing the objectivesTesting the objectives
• Check which objectives each option meets, does not meet, or is not yet cleary
• Respond to the key questions posed by the consultant team (to follow)consultant team (to follow)
• Identify whether the option and/or the objective needs to change, or stay the same
HousingHousing
• Are we happy that these options will meet housing need?g
Community facilitiesCommunity facilities
• Do the options provide adequate access to community facilities and public services?y p
Retail and ShoppingRetail and Shopping
• How do the options increase footfall through the town?
The economyThe economy
• Are we providing enough space for employment?p y
Environmental sustainabilityEnvironmental sustainability
• Are we doing enough?
TransportTransport
• Access routes to car parks?
• Walking routes to schools – desire lines /Walking routes to schools desire lines / treatment of routes / safety schemes?
B i i i l• Bus provision – express services to larger centres / local hopper services / dial a ride?
• Bus infrastructure – bus stops in the right places / standard of facilities?places / standard of facilities?
Day Four:
DesignDesign principles
thFriday 8th
October, A.M.
Understanding the feedback from last night
• Take the first 15 minutes to read feedback from last night’s public meetingg p g
• Followed by discussion about comments
D d k h h• Do we need to make any changes to the plans?
Is there a do nothing option?Is there a do nothing option?
• Last night people wanted consideration of a do nothing option?g p
• Can a masterplan for Raunds be developed on this basis?this basis?– If we want regeneration, how will it work?
– Will it be viable?
– Things are changing (e.g. RPC & Warth Park)g g g ( g )
Establishing ‘Design Principles’Establishing Design Principles
• Should respond to the objectives and their headingsg
• Need to separate out principles for town centre regeneration and housing (like thecentre regeneration and housing (like the public did last night)
• Should be Raunds specific, but flexible to respond to changing circumstancesrespond to changing circumstances
Some promptsp p• Do we need to set out a
statement on housing need?
• What do we mean by improving the High Street and statement on housing need?
• Can we make an agreed statement on housing (either
what is the rationale for it?
• Can we strike a balance
growth or distribution of it)?
• Where are there areas of
between retaining open space and infill development?
• Have we resolved improvingagreement on transport (walking, cycling, bus and car routes)?
• Have we resolved improving places for community to meet?routes)?
• Can we make an agreed statement on jobs (either type, growth or distribution of it)?
Final thoughtsFinal thoughts
• Has the process be valuable?