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Daedalus
Lee-on-the-Solent
Master planning
Terence O'Rourke Ltd
March 2007
Terence O’Rourke
creating successful environments

Daedalus
Lee-on-the-Solent
Master planning
Terence O'Rourke Ltd
March 2007
Terence OʼRourke Everdene House
Deansleigh Road Bournemouth BH7 7DU
T: 01202 421142 F: 01202 430055
E: maildesk@torltd.co.uk W: www.torltd.co.uk

1. Introduction
Terence O’Rourke Ltd is delighted to have been given the opportunity
to design a master plan for Daedalus. The location between two
communities and the issues raised by the site’s built heritage, coastal
setting and the strategic gap make this a unique and exciting project and
one which we feel we are well suited to deliver.
The Gosport Peninsula has suffered
considerably from the decline in defense
and manufacturing and we see the
redevelopmnent of Daedalus as the
key opportunity to reinvigorate both
Stubbington and Lee-on- the-Solent with
mixed use development which builds on the
site’s distinctive character and provides a
dynamic new focus for both communities.
Terence O’ Rourke shares SEEDA’s
commitment to achieving the highest design
quality and we have won numerous awards
for our work including the Royal Town
Planning Insitute's Award for Sustainable
Communities for our work in Stonebridge
and two RTPI awards for Spatial Strategies
in 2005 for our work in Poole and Taunton
in 2005.
environmental consultancy. In addition,
given the importance of the historic
environment and the reuse of historic
buildings we have retained conservation
consultants Forum Heritage Services (FHS).
Terence O’ Rourke’s base in Bournemouth
means that the site is readily accessible
to us and we have extensive knowledge of
the local area, having worked on projects
in Southampton, Whitley, Fareham,
Stubbington and Portsmouth. FHS are
also based nearby and have extensive
experience within Hampshire.
We pride ourselves on the integration of
our component disciplines and feel that the
challenges of the site require collaboration
between a number of specialisms. Our
team of staff are qualified and experienced
in urban design and master planning,
architecture, landscape architecture and

Stubbington
800m
school
community centre
library
post office
shops
marine industries
hangars
listed building
bus routes
Marine Coastguard Agency
town centre
10 minute walk
potential access point
Lee-on-the-Solent
800m

2. Appreciation
Following visits to the site and it’s surroundings, and our initial
background research, we identified the following key issues and
opportunities:
Integrating the development into its
surroundings
The removal of the security fences
around Daedalus will be a symbolic act
signalling the integration of the site with its
neighbouring communities. Connecting
to and complimenting the seafront,
Stubbington and Lee-on-the-Solent can
be achieved by creating a legible and
permeable network of routes into the site.
While regenerating the site itself, new uses
should also bring increased vitality to the
existing town centres rather than competing
with them.
The historic environment
A number of listed and unlisted buildings
contribute to the unique character of
Daedalus. They create a strong starting
point to develop a vision for the site and
have potential to be brought into a range of
active uses.
Diversifying the site
To realise the full potential of the site the
redevelopment should achieve a mix of uses
such as leisure, employment, education
and a range of housing. The mix should
meet the needs of the nearby communities
and the scheme should be able to adapt to
changing demands over time.
Participation
Ensuring that the concerns and aspirations
of local people are fed into the master
planning process effectively will be crucial
and we will work closely with the community
consultants, Gosport and Fareham Borough
Councils and other stakeholders to achieve
this.
Employment development
The area currently has high levels of
out-commuting and the introduction of
employment uses will help to make the
peninsula more self-sustaining. There is
potential to create local jobs by building on
local marine and aviation expertise as well
as by adding other growth sectors.
The strategic gap
A creative approach and landscape focus
will be necessary when considering
development in the north eastern and
north western parts of the site given the
requirement to maintain the open character
of the gap between Stubbington/ Lee-onthe-Solent
and Fareham/ Gosport.
Mineral deposits
The need to safeguard mineral deposits
under parts of the site is highlighted in the
joint planning statement for Daedalus.
Minimising environmental impact
The regeneration of Daedalus will the
biggest development in the area and as a
SEEDA project it should be an exemplar
scheme, designed to minimise energy and
water consumption and support sustainable
waste management and biodiversity.
Left: Our initial appreciation of the context, showing key
features and facilities and highlighting the relationship
between the site and the centres of Stubbington and Lee-onthe-Solent.
Right: Bikes in Stubbington town centre. The flat landscape
lends itself to cycling and the scheme should be designed to
encourage this.

Southern area
The southern part of the site including
the conservation area and listed buildings
will be the main focus for mixed use
development at Daedalus due to the
existing concentration of buildings, the
location within the built up area and the
proximity to the seafront and the centre of
Lee-on-the-Solent.
The collection of historic buildings give
the site instant character and structure.
Most appear to be in good condition with
the potential to accommodate a range
of residential, employment and leisure
uses. This site also lends itself to a mix
of soft and hard surface public spaces.
The former may be concentrated amongst
residential buildings with the latter
providing flexibility around employment
buildings
Good physical and visual links with the
surrounding neighbourhoods are possible.
There is potential to create access points
from a number of streets making the site
accessible from the seafront, town centre
and adjoining residential areas.
Top left: location of the southern area
Top centre: the development should reconnect the sire to
the seafront.
Top right: the site should become part of a natural network of
routes, fully integrated with the existing urban fabric.
Above: the officers mess, set in a more active and accessible
green space.

The three WWI hangars at the front of
the site occupy a prime position with
the potential to achieve high values and
animate the seafront. Bringing them into
active use will be a key challenge. The
area including the hangars would be an
obvious focus for the development of
marine industries, drawing on local skills.
Although there is no quayside or dry dock,
the potential to make greater use of the
slipway for access to the sea should be
investigated. Small scale shops and cafes
could support residential and employment
development and help the site to remain
active at different times of the day and
week.
Given the existing large buildings within the
site and the open setting of the airfield and
seafront, parts of the site have the potential
to incorporate buildings of a significant
scale for residential or commercial uses.
The proximity to the centre of Lee-on-the-
Solent and bus routes to Fareham and
Gosport also support relatively high density
development in this location. The attractive
historic building pictured above creates a
strong landmark at the end of King’s Road.
Daedalus has the potential to create a
high quality environment for residential
development, particularly adjacent to the
secluded and characterful residential area
to south east. Manor Way, above, has an
almost rural character and could be one of
several attractive and modestly trafficked
approaches to the site.
Above left: One of the listed WWI hangars which occupy a key
position on the site
Above centre: Characterful historic building which terminates
the view down kings Road
Above right: View down the attractive Manor Way, a quite
approach to the site.

North western area
The north western part of the site is located
within the strategic gap but is relatively
concealed. Development here could help
to soften the existing angular edge to the
gap when combined with new stuctural
landscape.
The case could also be investigated for
housing development within this part of
the gap. Residential units here could be
relatively hidden, would integrate with the
existing housing and would be within walking
distance of Stubbington town centre.
The prominent and accessible hangar on
Gosport Road, opposite Baycroft Special
School, has potential for leisure, training
or community use. This could be related
to Baycroft School or Crofton Secondary
School adjacent.
There is potential to reuse or replace the
existing hangars with employment uses
either in the short or lomg term, albeit that
these should relate comfortably to adjacent
housing.
There are a number of potential access
points including Hammond industrial park
(left), William Close (pictured above centre)
and East House Avenue. Land swaps may
be necessary in order to create effective
connections into the western part of the site.
Top left: location of the north western area.
Top centre: William Close would provide a relatively direct
potential access.
Above: Hammond Industrial Park is another possible
connection, which could give access to a development of
small scale workshop units.
Above right: a prominent hangar with potential for community
or leisure use.

Above: The hangars are distinctive landmarks in the open grassland.

North eastern area
This part of the site is both the most
exposed within the strategic gap and the
most accessible from the strategic road
network.
Various scenarios could be explored for
development here. In the existing built
footprint, illustrated right, the hangars
are widely distributed across the centre
of the site. As shown above, numerous
configurations of the developed area are
possible (compact, dispersed, closer
to the motorway or the built up area of
Lee). Landscape impact needs to be
investigated.
The existing hangars make striking
landmarks scattered in the grassland.
Their simple forms, dispersed layout
and muted colours mean that the open
character of the gap is maintained.
Opportunities to reuse or replace the
hangars for recreation or employment
uses need to be explored.
Top left: location of the north eastern area
Top right: possible reconfigurations of the built footprint
Above right: the existing footprint of the hangars.

Additional sites
The three small additional sites aquired by
SEEDA outside the main Daedalus sites
appear relatively free from constraints and
could be useful in adding value to the overall
development pot.
Above: location of the three additional sites

3. Skills and experience
From the wide range of skills and experience within Terence O’Rourke we
have put together a team which will bring enthusiasm and imagination
to the project, together with specialist skills in master planning, urban
design, architecture, conservation, stakeholder engagement and
landscape.
High quality, creative masterplanningg
As a practice we have developed a
reputation for our innovative approach
and our consistently high quality output.
We always start from first principles, look
for new ways of doing things, question
preconceptions.
In the Poole Bridge Regeneration Project,
for instance, we challenged the proposal for
a long harbour crossing and suggested a
shorter, more pedestrian friendly, landmark
bridge, located adjacent to the heart of
town where it could kick start regeneration.
The project won the RTPI Spatial Strategy
award in 2005. Judges commented that
“this is no paper exercise; it is already
leading to action on the ground.”
Above left: characterisation of Poole's new waterfront.
Right: an early visualisation of the Poole master plan.

Mixing uses
Sustainability
Achieving an appropriate mix of uses is a
central theme in all our master planning
work and our projects incorporate a
variety of uses within buildings, streets
and neighbourhoods. Our team is familiar
with the challenges of mixing uses and we
are experienced in over coming these to
achieve varied and integrated schemes.
Our master plan for Stonebrige, Brent,
much of which has already been built
incorporates1,500 new homes, offices,
shopping areas, a church, health,
community and recreation facilities.
Buildings include the Stirling Prize
shortlised Fawood Children’s Centre and
the Hillside Hub, which is now being built to
incorporate a radio station, community and
health uses, retail and car parking.
We welcome SEEDA’s emphasis on
achieving sustainable development.
Sustainable thinking is inherent in our
approach from the layout of a master plan
to the sustainable construction of individual
buildings. Our architects are accustomed
to achieving high standards in BREEAM
and Ecohomes and our environmentalists
are able to provide specialist input on
matters such as energy from waste and
wind power.
We share the holistic approach
encompassed in the SEEDA’s sustainability
checklist and believe that sustainable
developments are not only environmentally
responsible but also fully integrated into
their surroundings, socially cohesive,
economically successful and able to adapt
over time.
Our commitment to sustainability was
recognised in 2005 when we won the
Sustainable Communities Award for
our regeneration work in Stonebridge in
2005. Our work here has included master
planning, site briefs and design codes.
Judges commented that
“a genuinely sustainable community has
been created...far from being a quick fix (the
project) looks comprehensively at the longterm
future”.
Above: flats fronting a superstore in Poole
Above right: a photomontage for one of Terence O'Rourke's
numerous wind farm projects.

Historic environment
Landscape
We have detailed experience of developing
master plans which respond sensitively to
conservation areas and listed buildings.
Recent projects include our work in
Park Village, a historic hospital site in
Basingstoke where the core is designated
as a conservation area. Construction is
now underway, to designs by our in-house
architects, incorporating the conversion of
historic buildings, new housing and flats
and a mixed use centre. Given the crucial
importance of this aspect of the master
plan we have asked FHS to work with us
on building significance, conversion and
feasability.
The involvement of our experienced
landscape architecture team will be
particularly important in ensuring that
the open character of the strategic gap is
maintained. Technically robust assessments
to withstand challenge are produced by this
team using best practice techniques and
guidance.
Above: an imaginative scheme for a listed tram shed in
Northampton.

Inclusive design and accessibility
Planning applications
As a practice Terence O’Rourke
is committed to creating inclusive
environments and we believe that this
requires people of different ages, from
different backgrounds and with different
needs to participate in the master planning
process. We believe it is important for
schemes to support the development of
mixed communities, cater for different
incomes, age groups and family sizes and
incorporate spaces sufficiently flexible to
adapt to diverse and changing requirements.
Ease of access is a key concern and we
recognise that places which are sensitively
designed to cater for those with limited
mobility are easier for everyone to use.
We have extensive experience of preparing
material for the submission of major and
complex planning applications and are
fully familiar with the latest requirements.
We are accustomed to seeing through our
master planning projects such as Poole
Bridge Regeneration Initiative, Taunton
Vision and Park Village to the planning
stage and beyond. We are accustomed
to working with planning consultants to
prepare material for planning applications
and have worked in this way on many
proposals.
A current exemplary project in Devonport,
Plymouth with English Partnerships and
Redrow Homes is incorporating inclusivity
and accessibility as a core component of a
high density regeneration area.
Above right: a character sketch of Park Village, Basingstoke,
now under construction. The scheme carefully combines new
development with the reuse of historic buildings.

4. The team
Left to right:
Richard Summers
Sophie Leon
Juliet Matthews
Abhishek Xavier
Simon Bircham
Jane Copeland
Jo Griffiths
Bob Edwards
James Webb
Ronald Gorman DipTP FRSA MRTPI
Ron will be the Director with overall
responsibility for the project at board level.
Richard Summers MA Dip UD MRTPI
Richard is a Technical Director within the
urban design team. Since joining Terence
O’Rourke, Richard has demonstrated his
versatility by developing proposals for
a sustainable urban extension to Milton
Keynes; formulating urban design strategies
for the regeneration of Poole town centre in
connection with a second harbour crossing;
and devising appropriate urban design
approaches for a variety of brownfield sites,
including coordinating the production of high
quality documents and images specific to
each project.
He is currently working on the community led
regeneration of the former Stores Enclave at
Devonport in Plymouth. New homes, retail,
leisure and employment opportunities are
planned which will breathe life back into a
deprived area and regain local pride.
As a result of his experience in both the
public and private sectors, Richard has
considerable expertise in the development
process as well as current best practice in
urban design, conservation and regeneration.
He has a track record in understanding and
interpreting the needs and aspirations of
commercial clients and the public sector,
and in engaging with local communities and
special interest groups.
Before joining the practice, Richard spent
nine years at Westminster Council in the
urban design and conservation team.
There he worked on schemes such as Tate
Britain, Victoria Station, Leicester Square
Hippodrome and the Royal Army Medical
College at Millbank.
Sophie Leon MTCP Dip UD MRTPI
Sophie is a Senior Urban Designer with
experience in the public and private sectors.
After qualifying as an urban designer
Sophie worked at Tibbalds TM2, where she
prepared housing layouts for a number of
surplus sites for Hampshire County Council
and was involved in the development of a
master plan for an urban extension to the
north of Basingstoke. She then joined Kent
Architecture Centre as an Urban Designer
and Design Review Advisor. She assessed
numerous large and complex development
proposals for the South East Regional
Design Panel which the Centre runs for the
South East England Development Agency.
Schemes reviewed included Rochester
Riverside, a high density mixed use
development on a 30 hectare brown field
site adjoining Rochester’s historic core, and
Shoreham Renaissance strategy, prepared
to guide the development of a small, south
coast town.
Sophie has experience in producing detailed
design briefs and character appraisals as
well as particular expertise in residential
development, having prepared illustrated site
briefs and a best practice guide for the South
East England Development Agency.
Juliet Matthews BALA MAUD
Juliet is an Associate Director in Urban
Design, and is qualified as both a landscape
architect and an urban designer. She has
more than nine years of experience, working
on master plans for complex mixed use
and residential schemes, public spaces and
detailed streetscapes. Juliet has recently
joined the team from Gillespies where she
worked on a wide range of urban design
projects for numerous clients. Recent
projects include a public realm vision and
signage strategy for the regeneration of the
Thames Gateway , and a detailed master
plan for the regeneration of Gloucester
Docks as part of a major waterfont mixed use
development.
Juliet also produced a wider strategy for
Telford, which demonstrated how a vision
for regeneration could be promoted to
enhance the perception of the heart of the
town, incorporating a detailed master plan
for the town park. She has also produced
major housing master plans, including
major proposals for the West Midlands
to demonstrate how sustainable new
neighbourhoods could be created.
Abhishek Xavier BArch MA
Abhishek is an Urban Designer, with an
architectural background, who joined the
practice in 2002. Having trained as both
an architect and urban designer, he has
particular skills in the development of realistic
and imaginative design solutions. He has
contributed to master plans and design
concepts for town centre redevelopment
projects, residential schemes and large scale
mixed use developments.
Abhishek has worked on a number of
urban extensions and new communities,
including projects at Devizes and Apsley,
Hemel Hempstead, involving site analysis,
development of design concepts and the
preparation of master plans.

Simon Bircham BSc(Hons) Arch DipArch
ARB RIBA
Since joining the practice, Simon has been
involved in a broad range of projects from
residential schemes in Birmingham and
Poole to a £2 million sports pavillion and
youth facility for Stonebridge Housing
Action Trust. Simon is currently working on
a planning application for Park Village, a
new residential community of more than one
thousand homes and a mixed use village
centre based on the site of the former
Park Prewett hospital in Basingstoke. The
development brief incorporates a master
plan for the whole site, including the village
centre and shops, and allows for the
conversion of existing historic institutional
buildings and the provision of new housing
and flats.
Simon is particularly interested in the
development of design solutions that
address sustainability issues. He gained
first prize in the Velux Lifetime Housing
Design Competition 2000. The competition
required the ever changing needs of a family
to be carefully addressed in the design,
with particular regard to its lifecycle and
also with regard to providing sustainable
solutions for the design of the community.
Jane Copeland ARB RIBA
Jane has worked on a wide range of
projects including a number of aviation
related schemes and projects in greenbelt
and other sensitive locations.
Her landscape planning experience includes
master planning, most recently on projects
at the former Filton Airfield near Bristol and
a former barracks site at Fleet in Hampshire.
Jane has also been involved in the design
of landscape for the redevelopment of
Farnborough Airport within an area of
particular landscape sensitivity and has
been involved in undertaking landscape and
visual impact assessments for commercial
hangar buildings at Luton Airport. She has
contributed to landscape and visual impact
assessment work, including residential
developments, energy from waste facilities,
airports and industrial buildings.
Jo Griffiths BA(Hons) MSc
Jo is an Environmental Manager and
has worked on a range of projects,
contributing to screening and scoping
reports and environmental statements.
These projects have been predominantly in
the renewable energy and leisure sectors.
After completing her MSc, Jo worked at the
GeoData Institute as a researcher. She was
involved with projects looking at a variety
of subjects, including tourism, land use,
river catchment dynamics and ecology. Her
role involved data collection in a number
of different media, from fieldwork to digital
capture and archive studies, as well as data
processing and management, and report
compilation.
Bob Edwards (FHS) Bsc Dip Archaeology
IHBC MIFA
Bob is a Historic Environment Consultant
and Partner at Forum Heritage Services,
a consultancy that offers a wide
range of historic environment services
including conservation area appraisals,
archaeological desk-based assessments,
building recording and listed building
condition surveys .
He recently assisted Hampshire County
Council with a Strategic Landscape
Sensitivity project and undertook building
surveys for the National Trust.
Bob was previously the Principal
Conservation Officer at Hampshire
County Council where he advised district
authorities in their conservation work, in
particular relating to Buildings at Risk and
grant aid.
James Webb (FHS) BSc MSc Dip UD
DCDOG IBPT IHBC
James is a Historic Environment
Consultant, Partner at Forum Heritage
Services, and former member of the South
East Regional Design Panel. He is also
a part time Conservation and Design
Officer for North Dorset District Council,
working on all aspects of the conservation
of the built environment. James is
currently involved in writing a Borough
wide landscape character appraisal for
Restormel Borough Council, a conservation
plan for the Priest’s House Museum
in Wimborne and a Conservation Area
Appraisal for the City of Salisbury. Recent
work includes preparing a Buildings At
Risk Survey for Fareham Borough Council,
including detailed surveys of Fort Fareham
and Fort Wallington and producing 12 draft
conservation area appraisals for Salisbury
District Council.
James was previously Principal
Conservation Officer at Christchurch
Borough Council where he was responsible
for the delivery of conservation policy
throughout the borough. Prior to this
he was a Senior Conservation Officer at
Hampshire County Council where his work
included recording of key military buildings
including a number of listed buildings in
Gosport and Fareham.

5. Methodology
This section sets out the steps required, and the tasks and techniques we
envisage using, to produce a robust master plan for Daedalus.
Our approach is based on:
• Strong team working across the board
• Understanding and building upon
existing work
• Harnessing the energy and enthusiasm
of stakeholders
• Understanding the commercial
requirements of key businesses
• Challenging established positions
to explore opportunities and ensure
robustness
• Continuously monitoring and
contributing to the evolving policy
framework
• Evolving core principles against which
proposals can be tested
• Building a broad consensus for change
• Identifying early priorities and
opportunities
• Helping develop a clear and concise
delivery strategy
Although the process is iterative we
envisage five principal tasks:
1. Baseline audit and Visioning
2. Strategy and Principles
3. Community and stakeholder
engagement
4. Option evaluation
5. Master plan & delivery
Task one:
Baseline audit and visioning
A fundamental element of the baseline audit
will be to achieve clarity where possible and
isolate those issues which require further
examination.
The commissioning meeting will provide an
opportunity to agree the core documents
to be reviewed, the key stakeholders to
be involved (and at what stages), and any
co-ordination required with other studies
or initiatives being promoted by the local
authorities or SEEDA. The study team will
also require comprehensive digital mapping
at this point. Oblique aerial photographs
would also be useful.
The key findings will be presented to
the client group in the form of summary
reports and drawings. These will capture
the essential physical, visual, townscape,
movement, heritage and landscape
qualities of Daedalus and its hinterland.
This package of information will provide
a lasting resource for the life of the
masterplanning project and beyond. Given
the potential scope of an audit, and the
inquisitiveness of the masterplanning team,
the collection, sifting and recording of
relevant, or potentially relevant, information
tends to continue throughout the life of the
study.
Mini-tasks
The following will be used in the baseline
audit:
1 Characterisation
The overall context for the project will be
provided by a rapid characterisation of
the neighbouring urban areas of Lee-onthe-Solent
and Stubbington. The aim is to
explain the structure of each place, their
key components and the way each works
– in movement, townscape and commercial
terms. This will highlight, for instance,
key uses and destinations, landmarks
and gateway features, character areas,
key public or open spaces, noteworthy
buildings, topographical features,
important views, sensitive historic/
environmental areas, principal vehicle,
cycle and pedestrian routes and barriers to
movement.
2 Landscape appraisal
In addition to the above, and in view of the
critical importance of the Strategic Gap, a
technically robust landscape appraisal will
be carried out including. It would address
issues including landscape pattern, type
and character, the relationship between
the site, its constituent parts and existing
settlements, visibility of the site from the
surrounding landscape and townscape,
inter-visibility and coalescence of the
settlements and potential for development.
Above: character areas in Weymouth.
This would include a site visit and
comprise a written report with drawings
identifying key landscape issues and a few
representative viewpoint photographs from
local areas.

3 Site assessment.
Detailed site assessments will be produced
for each site with the principal focus being
on the developed area at the southern
end of the airfield. The baseline audit
will identify and illustrate the physical
characteristics of each development site
and its context, as well as the key issues
relevant for development. It is assumed
that topographical surveys already exist,
or will be commissioned, of individual
sites. The key output will be a simple
issues plan (or plans) for each site which
encapsulates key factors relevant to its
development. These will be invaluable for
briefing participants in design workshops
and consultations.
5 Sustainability Appraisal
This will be carried out for all parts of the
site against a common set of agreed criteria
and set out in the form of a short report.
This will help identify the varied potential
across the site. It will be predominantly
desk-based and will identify natural
heritage features and character areas, any
protected species or habitats, as well as
water quality. The aim will be to establish
any potential constraints to development
or potential ecology biodiversity or visitor
attraction opportunities. Key sources will
include the Environment Agency, English
Nature, County Council and District
Council.
Visioning
In parallel with the above broad
information gathering exercise, we will
begin to establish the vision for the site.
Contributions to the vision are likely to
come from any number of sources and
encounters as well as from focused and
planned workshops or consultations. Set
down in a brief and accessible collection
of words and images the aim is to capture
a bold, aspirational yet realistic future for
the site.
4 Movement mapping
The master plan for Daedalus should be
founded on a thorough understanding of
existing access and movement patterns in
and around the site as well as a strategic
overview of its location within the Lee,
Fareham and Gosport sub-region. We
would work with the appointed Transport
consultants to understand and illustrate
these patterns which will help in identifying
the potential of the site and its sub-areas.
We would expect the Transport consultants
to broadly identify the development
capacity of key parts of the site as well as
the nature of any transport improvements at
this stage.
6 Historic built environment review
The baseline audit will include an
overview of the significance of the site
and its buildings and spaces from an
archaeological and historic buildings
perspective. This can be used as a
resource against which proposals can be
assessed. The aim will be for this piece
of work to be agreed between the client’s
masterplanning team, the local authorities
and English Heritage.
Above right: an image used in consultation on the vision for
Falmouth Waterfront.

Task two
Strategy and principles
In order to ensure the strategy is robust it
is important that major issues and priorities
are identified early on in the process,
even if they ultimately become modified or
superseded. First impressions and instincts
often prove to be correct. But even if they
turn out not to be they should always
be subject to extended testing, through
discussions with stakeholders and the
client team.
The issues we anticipate include:
1 Design
• What is the appropriate scale and form
for the sites
• Where should the key focal spaces be
established and at what scale
• To what extent should historic buildings
influence the master plan
2 Economic
• What is the potential for commercial
uses on the sites
• What environments and formats are
best to support the marine and aviation
industries
• How could Daedalus contribute to
tourism and leisure
3 Social
• To what extent can Daedalus contribute
to social cohesion and integration in the
locality
• Where should affordable housing
be accommodated, and at what
proportions
Above right: Town centre growth in Yeovil .
4 Sustainability
• How can sustainable transport modes
be encouraged at Daedalus
• How can environmental and economic
sustainability best be combined
• How can Daedalus set a sustainable
benchmark for South Hampshire
5 Delivery
• What will be the key public/private
partnerships
• What external agencies can assist with
gap funding, grants or indirect support
• Which projects or parcels can provide
early funding to the scheme
Task Three
Community and stakeholder
engagement
Whilst this will be led by the Community
consultants we would expect to make a
significant contribution to this element
of the project. The divide between the
Community and Stakeholders is, in
our view, largely a false one. Here it is
essentially a distinction between those with
a direct involvement or remit for the site,
and the public beyond the boundary.
Community
For engagement to have real value it is
essential for the study team, and client
team, to demonstrate wholehearted
commitment to the process and for
all involved to enter genuine debate.
Community events will typically concentrate
on issues relating to design, movement,
land uses and development, and
representatives from the study team will
attend to cover these areas.
Stakeholders
Key stakeholders will be identified early in
the process and will be those individuals
or organisations that are likely to be central
to understanding or unlocking an issue
on the site. These may be drawn from,
for example, local residents associations,
schools and colleges, youth forums,
students groups, local businesses,
economic partnerships and initiatives,
sports organisations, bus operators or
civic societies. It is likely to be necessary
to consult with external agencies such as
English Heritage and the Environment

Agency and potentially with CABE, the
Housing Corporation, English Partnerships,
Arts Council South East, and the South
East Regional Design Panel.
Task four
Option Evaluation
As an overall strategy begins to emerge the
central role of key sites will be confirmed.
For each of the sites identified, a concept
plan will be produced, based on the
outcomes of the stakeholder workshops
and the baseline assessment. For the
majority of sites a block plan and key
design principles diagram will be provided,
supported by a simple three-dimensional
model.
This will be sufficient to guide the form of
future development and enable broad
costings and viability to be assessed. This
will not be a full development appraisal, but
will provide a clear indication as to whether
the proposals are likely to:
1. Require public subsidy.
2. Be broadly viable.
3. Generate surplus value to help fund
other projects.
The proposals for each site will be tested
with the principal relevant stakeholders to
ensure broad acceptance, before being
discussed with the wider community and
being incorporated in to the master plan.
Right: Mixed use master plan in Warwick.
Visualisation
In order to assist the team in discussions
relating to the study area a simple CAD
massing model will be produced. This will
illustrate the overall form of the town centre
and seafront, including key landmarks, in
terms of its scale and grain, and will be
invaluable in testing basic site and area
proposals.
Task five
Master plan & Delivery
Master plan
This will comprise both a series of plans
and a suite of documents, and will
be designed to explain the vision and
strategy for the project area, the rationale
for development and the nature of key
elements. It will cover:
• Activity focuses
• Key proposals
• Landmark projects and gateway
features
• Public transport links, access and
parking
• Principal vehicle, cycle and pedestrian
routes
• Active frontages/ground floor uses
• Public spaces and landscaping
• Building heights/scale
• Key views.
The final Master Plan will need to serve a
number of purposes. This can be difficult
to achieve within a single document
and therefore, for clarity and impact, a
simple summary document is likely to
be preferable, with additional supporting
reports and appendices as necessary.
The summary document must demonstrate:
1. a distinctive and exciting vision for
Daedalus
2. a robust and defensible rationale for the
strategy
3. the flexibility to adapt to changing
economic circumstances
4. consistency with the wider policy
framework
5. consistency with other development
proposals
6. that it meets the commercial needs of
key operators, in the short and long
term
7. that it meets the social needs of future
and neighbouring residents
8. a clear mechanism for implementation.

6. Conclusion
Daedalus is a varied and complex site
and it is its uniqueness which makes the
project so interesting to Terence O’Rourke
and Forum Heritage Services - off the shelf
solutions cannot be applied here.
Through two world wars and beyond
Daedalus was central to the function of the
Gosport peninsula, at the cutting edge of
naval and aviation activity. Its purchase by
SEEDA creates an opportunity for the site
to regain an important role for the life and
economy of the area.
By working closely with SEEDA, local
stakeholders and the wider community
our carefully selected team has the
dedication, skills and vision to shape
the future of Daedalus as a development
driving the regeneration of the adjacent
towns and acting as an exemplar mixed use
development in a unique historic context.
Left: A series of images which illustrate a variety of building
types, uses and materials which may be appropriate and
Daedalus, creating a high quality and distinctive environment.

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