Urban design baseline report

28Hangars West(14.3 hectares)Hangars WestAerial view of Hangars West and adjacent housingStubbington LaneHangars WestkeyOwnership BoundaryOwnership boundaryPrincipal frontagePrincipal frontageIndustrialIndustrialInstitutional/commercial / commercialKey Landmark featureHardstandingImportant green space spaceTree Tree/hedge / hedge screen screenPublic Pedestrian footpath route off-streetkeyOwnership boundaryPrincipal frontageOther buildingIndustrialInstitutional/commercialExisting non-operational site accesssite accessKey featureHardstandingImportant green spaceTree/hedge screenPublic footpath off streetExisting non-operational site accessKey viewsHangars West essentially comprises three linked trianglesof land formed by the new airfield boundary and a serratededge to Stubbington.• Hangars West consists of an irregularly shaped areaof flat grassland and hard standing containing sixlarge hangar buildings.• Located within the strategic gap at the edge of thebuilt up area of Stubbington. There is little vegetationto soften the transition from built development toopen land. The existing stepped edge of the built uparea creates an abrupt end to the strategic gap.• The most prominent hangar is located close toGosport Road, opposite the existing school buildings.The proximity of Baycroft Special School and CroftonSecondary School creates the potential for acommunity focus in the northern part of the site.Key viewsKey viewsnotesA 30.05.07 updated further to feedback SWDB 26.07.07 updated further to feedback SWD• Back gardens of houses line the site boundary andtheir privacy and security will need to be protected.statusDraftclient / projectSEEDADaedalusdrawing titleHangars West,Stubbington Lane & Sea LaneHangars WestscaleNTSdateApril 2007drawing no.drawn bySWDchecked byRSrevision no.