North Northallerton Development Area - Hambleton District Council

North Northallerton Development Area – Masterplan Framework & Design Guidance
Requirements
5.2 The requirements for the North Northallerton Development Area
(NNDA) have been explained in Section 3. These requirements
were first developed by the client group and presented in the
project brief to the consultant team. They were then refined
collectively by key stakeholders at the ATLAS Visioning
Workshop. A clear vision and series of objectives were then
agreed by the client team and consultant team.
5.3 Full details of these requirements are explained in Section 3 but
principally these included the need to deliver a quantum of new
housing numbers and employment space, acting as a
sustainable extension to Northallerton. There was also the need
to deliver open space and recreation facilities, both to serve the
new residents and to address the needs of the town as a whole.
The new development must also sit comfortably in the
surrounding landscape and within the established settlement
form, i.e. preserving the integrity of the separate village of
Brompton.
5.4 The requirements were also refined, and to some degree
expanded, during the study. For example, discussions with
the Local Education Authority allowed us to understand the local
complexities in determining how to deal with the increased need
for primary school places. This allowed for an indicative location
for a school to be included in the masterplan, should it be
determined that this is the best way to deal with the increased
need.
Allocations DPD
5.5 The spatial form of the requirements were first expressed in the
form of the land-use plan in the Allocations DPD. This was
prepared by Hambleton DC in a process that involved significant
public consultation, and has subsequently become adopted.
This plan (see Figure 2.1 in Section 2) is a land-use plan, with
five large single-use land-use areas (for residential, employment
and open space uses) and a suggested broad alignment for the
new east-west route. These land-use areas were allocated
broad housing densities to provide an approximate indication of
housing numbers. The Allocations DPD established the principle
of these uses in planning policy terms.
5.6 Whilst the broad land-use principles within the DPD remain
valid, a detailed masterplanning exercise was needed to:
Benefit from a greater understanding of the landscape
and townscape contexts to aid integration with
Northallerton and foster greater sense of place.
Understand site constraints and opportunities – i.e. flood
risk, utilities, ecology and topography. These factors
mean that not all the development areas indicated in the
DPD plan can be developed and also influence the form
of development.
Provide a finer grain mix of uses to support sustainability
objectives.
Reduce the impact of the east-west road, especially on
the northern countryside edge, and incorporating value
savings and functional requirements of the road from
both transport engineering and placemaking
perspectives.
Create a useable network of accessible open spaces
across the site.
Consider access to local shops, services and public
transport hubs across the NNDA.
Provide a more realistic estimate of housing numbers
across the site, allowing for on-site constraints, the ability
to vary densities within sites (to aid placemaking,
sustainability and landscape integration) and
consideration of block form.
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