Welcome to the second WYE3 consultation event. We’re here to present the results of our consultation The emerging concepts and land use ideas we are events to date including the issues and ideas that have presenting today illustrate possible ways in which emerged from your feedback. Working with these we Wye could develop in future years while retaining the have developed two emerging concepts that consider qualities that are important to the community. They also how WYE3 might evolve. Based on these emerging identify land uses for the WYE3 sites. concepts we have also developed a number of land use ideas for the WYE3 sites. We would like you to comment on these concepts and The need for Wye to retain its village character has ideas so that we can understand your preferences emerged as the most important factor for the local better prior to assessing the viability of the ideas and community when considering the future of WYE3. The transport impact. We will then produce a first draft unique character of Wye is seen as being enhanced masterplan for further consultation. by the variety of architectural styles in the historic core, tied together by a common street frontage to the pavement, its small palette of materials, and by its wider landscape setting. WYE3 consultation timeline to date meeting withWYE3 tenants neighbourhood plan workshop 6 tours of the WYE3 sites 28/29 WYE3 Sounding Board event 2 stakeholder meetings january february march 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25 third WYE3 consultation event 15/16 september october november december 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 WYE3 Consultation Café 19/20 neighbourhood plan workshop 3 WYE3 Sounding Board event 1 3 meeting with Wye Business Association 14 meeting with WYE3 tenants 19 Head of Wye Primary School & Wye Juniors 26 meeting with Councillor Steve Wright 27 neighbourhood plan workshop 1 WYE3 development ideas consultation 7/8 What’s next? Sewage A ce s to Ecology ADAS was Traffic Housing itself. The principle of development at WYE3 has been We have named these concepts The Compact illage’ established through its predominantly brownfield status and Clustered Development’. and its inclusion in the Tenterden and Rural Sites Development Plan Document. Based on your feedback They both respond directly to your comments but in and on our observations made at the Neighbourhood different ways. As discussed, these are emerging Plan workshops, two concepts have begun to emerge concepts our first thoughts and have yet to be tested that look at how the future of the WE3 sites will fit against viability. into, and be of benefit to, the village as a whole. We would like to receive your feedback on these These concepts look at development on the WYE3 sites, concepts and ideas before progressing any further. We taking two different approaches to addressing your can then use this feedback to develop these concepts comments: and present a more refined draft masterplan at our next consultation event on the 15 th /16 th February 2013. the potential effect of development on the village’s compact nature; the pressures of traffic on the existing infrastructure; the impact on the surrounding countryside; how it might meet your aspirations for a sustainable future for the village. Concept 1: ‘The Compact Village’ The compact settlement has been identified in the emerging Neighbourhood Plan workshops and within our consultation feedback. This theme identifies a walkable settlement defining the limits of the village at 500m from Church Street (being the current distance from the centre of Church Street to the Station and southern tip of the village). This theme therefore means that the WYE3 sites are reduced in their development potential (particularly ADAS and Withersdane). By limiting development land this means that the land allowed for growth is more dense, and similar to the village centre (although with a better parking strategy). It does mean that the edges of the village can be more extensively landscaped with woodland to provide sufficient visual buffer to mask this density. Concept 2: ‘Clustered Development’ The Clustered Development concept is the opposite to the compact settlement in that it provides for lower densities in more land and encourages new landscapes (woodland) to permeate between the blocks and thus reducing any visual or physical impact whilst also providing a green infrastructure within which development sits. The benefits to this approach are to bring the ecology into the village (as identified during our consultation) and connect to existing open spaces such as the Church Field, Church yard and The Green. Sco ton Str et Sco ton Str et Vi lage. Sco ton Street busine s use Sco ton Str et Sco ton Str et think of these. Sco ton Str et buildings buildings listed buildings Dark Lane This potential development of up to 220 houses is on a sensitive site adjacent to Grade I and II Listed buildings, in a conservation area and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Existing residents have strong feelings about the re-development of the land owned by a university. <strong>Rummey</strong> <strong>Design</strong>’s role has included extensive consultation, strategic design and preparation for a <strong>Planning</strong> Application (Outline and Detail). strategic design Olantigh Road Occupation Road Scotton Street consultation WYE3 consultation event 2: Welcome... WYE3 consultation event 2: Your feedback ... At our first consultation event, the Consultation Caf held at the Kempe Centre on the 19 th and 20 th October, we asked you to share your views and ideas, asking the fo lowing questions: 1. What do you believe are the i sues that need to be addre sed when considering the future of WYE3? 2. What are your ideas for WYE3 and what opportunities might be presented there? community? There were 59 responses, as we l as many discu sions with members of the design team over the course of the two day event. This feedback was then considered further during our first sounding board event. During the course of these events you also suggested specific land uses for the WE 3 sites. These, along with the rest of the feedback are i lustrated by the diagrams below. The larger the circle the more important or popular the i sue or idea was. Employment opportunties Shared use of co lege facilities Decent IT infrastructure Arboretum fo recreation Riverside walk Increased custom for shops Gym/sports facilities Swimming pool Sustainability Visual Impact for North Downs Compact Vi lage Parking A fordable housing for young people Lack o facilities for young people Withersdane Gardens Secondary School Vi lage Ha l Community meeting rooms Training space Automatic ba rier on railway o benefits for the community Retai l outlets Education Religious retreat Issues to be addressed You would welcome local employment opportunities and the provision of sports facilities. The community use of the listed buildings is also important. Ideas for the listed buildings and Kempe Centre Receptions/events Listed buildings Community use Kempe centre Community centre/library existing infrastructure Sustainability Heritage There is widespread desire for Wye to become a sustainable vi lage. This means di ferent things to di ferent people. Particula responses to our consultation include: o f grid energy generation; walkable se tlement; integrated busine s and housing to reduce vehicle movements; a mix of housing including a fordable; decentralised facilities (such as WyeCycle); local community based food production. WYE3 consultation event 2: General issues The need for Wye to remain a vi lage is the most important i sue that comes across. Wye i seen as a local service centre for the Wye with Hinxhi l Parish and neighbouring Parishes. It is considered to be as large as desired from the south in particular due to the historic growth of the se tlement in this direction. The compactne s of the se tlement is paramount to retaining this vi lage character. Of importance is also an understanding of building materials used in Wye and an appreciation of the character of the historic core are also important. The centre of Wye and its conservation area define the character of the vi lage. The listed co lege buildings are considered to be an integral part of the vi lage centre and there is a desire to use these buildings for the benefit of the community, particularly the grade 1 parts. The a tractive centre was frequently pointed out and the fact that Wye has a particularly sma l pale te of materials used that a lows it to sit in the landscape without being visua ly intrusive and that ties the di ferent period buildings into a Wye character’. Listed buildings need to be protected and used Demolish large dilapidated buildings You are most concerned that development on WYE3 wi l have a negative impact on traffic and alter the compact nature of the village. WYE3: Ideas and opportunties Local f od production Local electricity generation Encourage people to walk and cycle Environmental research centre Community orchard Land based industry/agri-centre Sustainable, green development Gr en Infrastructure Su port busine ses currently using Wye college facilities Self-build plots 3rd east-west road Improve roads No o portunities Good quality housing with a real mix ADAS Light industry Forestry Free school Busine s park Hotel/Conference centre Sma l busine s, consultancies Warden’s lodge Offices T hub Free school A ce s to the listed co lege buildings for community uses is most important to you. The Kempe Centre is the most popular site for busines space (ou responses also came back with the Kempe Centre being a prefe red location for the Free School - we have since understood that this is not the case). Sustainability is important to you. Equally, the creation of busine s facilities, land based industries, and sustainable green housing was identified. Ideas for ADAS and Withersdane Withersdane Hotel/Conference centre Care vi lage Low Density Housing Sma l businessoffices Footprint relocated near the vi lage Nature Reserve WYE3 consultation event 2: Emerging concepts... Transport and Infrastructure There are two separate issues to be addressed. The railway crossing and parking/congestion in the vi lage The rail cro sing is considered by some as beneficial in keeping the vi lage quiet, also the majority of respondents believe the crossing represents a restriction to movement that a fects the ability for Wye to become the important local’ hub. The i sue of parking and congestion in the vi lage seems to stem from peak time movement and parking. The drop off and waiting at school times causes particular problems in the vi lage in the morning. Landscape and Ecology The landscape su rounding the vi lage is considered to be integral to the unique identity of Wye and through the historic research and land based businesses located here (working agricultural). The landscape is also considered to be important for visua ly protecting the vi lage when viewed from the North Downs as well as defining the edge of the vi lage. The landscape is also considered to be of importance for increasing biodiversity and ecology, bringing it into the vi lage. Community farm ADAS was most popularly seen as a site suitable for low density housing and you thought that Withersdane should become a care vi lage or hotel/conference centre. Siting housing on Withersdane was a le s popular idea. WYE3 consultation event 2: WYE3 land use ideas... Having identified two di ferent As you can see, the ADAS site concepts for developing WYE3, is returned to nature (po sibly as what has yet to be established is the a community woodland) when type, style, location and land use the land use ideas are combined of this development and the part it with the concept of The Compact plays in the growth of the vi lage. Working with your feedback, we have developed three land use When combined with the Clustered ideas. These land use ideas build Development’ concept, development upon our emerging concepts. These i spread over more of the site but have yet to be viability tested or for at a lower density and integrated transport impact but are presented with landscape (po sibly new as ideas for land use locations. woodland to screen it from the su rounding countryside). Compact village Clustered development 1. Vi lage Hub Olantigh Road Olantigh Road Olantigh Road Olantigh Road agricultural/land-based industry residential development community facilities hotel (or other commercial use) Olantigh Road Olantigh Road A l three land use ideas incorporate your ideas for uses for specific sites, and addre s the aspirations and concerns outlined in your feedback. We would like to know what you community use of grade 1 listed busine s centre at grade 2 listed small scale agri busine s to south east of site residential development on the rest of the campus north sites Free Sch ol Option 1 Located in the Edwardian buildings and labs fronting onto Olantigh Road WYE3 consultation event 2: Withersdane... WYE3 and the Free School ... Wye Free School agricultural/land-based industry residential development busine s use community facilities 2. New Community and Business Hub hotel use for the listed buildings new community facility at the Kempe Centre with high tech commercial hub and agri business to east residential to edges of the site 3. Dispersed Facilities community use for the grade 1 Coldharbour Lane residential use to the remainder of the listed buildings and lab site commercial use to the Kempe Centre and adjacent lands residential use to eastern most sites of campus north Fr e Sch ol Option 2 Located in Kempe Centre and its car park and the old hop field There were a number of ideas for the redevelopment of Witherdane. This include: Care/retirement vi lage The idea of returning the site to A popular choice for Withersdane a single house (the Ha l) was for some residents who consider considered. This would return the variety of accommodation to be the site to a landscape se ting important to a low elderly residents and would have li tle impact on to remain in the vi lage. Others the vi lage or the Sco ton Street believe there is already enough bottleneck in particular. The over 50’s housing in the village and brownfield land’ would be added it should not happen. In this option to the campus north sites for the gardens would most likely be development. a ce sible to Wye residents. Hotel and conference centre Another popular use for the site although it was recognised that the hotel would need a unique selling point and brand to be able to compete with local hotels (such as Eastwe l Manor and the Ashford International). The gardens would not be available for local residents in this option. There is a strong community desire to be a lowed access to the Withersdane Gardens and the open space in front of Withersdane Ha l. The majority of respondents favour the grade I listed (Edwardian) college buildings as the prefered site for the Free School. The Kempe Centre and adjacent space was the second location suggested for the Free School. The feedback indicates that although you feel that the Kempe Centre is a suitable building, siting the Free School here has the potential to create traffi congestion without securing the listed buildings for the community. We have ensured that the concepts and land use ideas for WYE3 can a commodate the Free School regardle s of the site fina ly chosen. Single house Field research centre The Withersdane site could become an ideal centre of agricultural or ecological field research. Or similar facility such as the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales. masterplan
landscape types types Olantigh R Plantation built form built form site blocks and open space development blocks and open space street hierarchy street hierarchy design code extract overall design code extract Gateway Square Kempe Centre allotments The Arboretum Occupation Road Crown Green Cherry Garden Lane density comparison Stonegate density comparison outline & hybrid applications | Wye up to 225 units
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