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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.