Amy Burbidge North Northants Joint Planning and Delivery Unit Tresham Garden Village

Location

Background Garden Village promoted through preparation of Joint Core Strategy ENC supportive, others cautious Policy 14 - opportunity for additional growth if quality high enough Enabling policy not an allocation Requires a masterplan and delivery strategy and joint work on cross-boundary issues A model for sustainable rural living, with exemplary standards of design, construction and community facilities, made possible by the long term commitment of the Deene Estate

Environmental impacts o Avoid o Minimise o Mitigate Hub for rural services Schooling Health care Community Shops Carbon neutral Construction Energy Trees Joint Core Strategy Policy 14 Effective use of brownfield land o Restore landscape o Replace aviation & storage uses A model for sustainable rural living, with exemplary standards of design, construction and community facilities, made possible by the long term commitment of the Deene Estate Support rural economy Premises Broadband Training Balanced & mixed community o Affordable housing o Later-life housing o Custom & selfbuild Sustainable water treatment & status of Willow Brook Transport choice & connectivity o Footpaths & cycleways o Public transport o Electric vehicles Strengthen Green Infrastructure Landscape Biodiversity Recreation Stewardship Community governance Long term management

Joint Core Strategy JCS Inspector: the available evidence indicates that Deenethorpe Airfield constitutes an appropriate and sustainable opportunity for the creation of a new community or Garden Village that seems likely to prove viable and deliverable within the plan period. the proposals for this site in policy 14 are sound, as modified, and consistent with the relevant national polices in the NPPF. JCS adopted July 2016

Government support Council secured capacity support January 2017 - one of 14 Garden Villages to share 6m over 2 years Delivery enabling funding plus expertise, brokerage and access to funding streams o Planning capacity o Design input/ review o Delivery mechanisms o Viability support o Housing strategy o Ecosystem services o Custom & self-build

Progress of the Garden Village proposal MDS Planning application Design codes RMAs Public consultation Feb/ March 2018 Urban Design Framework July 2017 Capacity support - Jan 2017 JCS adopted 2016 JCS Examination Summer 2015/16 Pre-Submission JCS - Jan 2015 JCS Issues - Feb 2011 Initial discussions - 2007

Scheme evolution ENC Project Board ENC, NCC, Benefield PC, Deene & Deenethorpe PC Nov 2016 day of days to test emerging masterplan and push innovation

Urban Design Framework July 2017 Basic structure of landscape and movement Supported by Opun Design Review Panel Endorsed by Project Board and PPC Basis for masterplan development Council considered draft MDS November 2017

Independent design review with OPUN External design expertise Commissioning of technical work - Housing strategy - Custom & self-build - Ecosystem services - Space syntax - Stewardship - Cost consultant Positive, collaborative process Master steps to the masterplan Assessment of deliverability supported by HCA consultant

Bringing in Expertise: Design Review Independent design review at key stages The proposals for a new garden village were considered to be an excellent opportunity to provide a new exemplary development in Northamptonshire. The Panel felt there were many positives with the scheme including the Deene Estate s ownership and long-term stake in the development, the strong green character and agricultural function of the site, the overall design approach undertaken to create a walkable, sustainable, productive development, with a strong emphasis on place. (June 2017 review)

Landscape Led Masterplan

Ecosystems Services

Section 4 Plots, Building & Streets

A child friendly Tresham? Key child friendly strands to assess masterplan against: Public space for play and amenity Facilities people want within walking/cycling distance Safe streets which children can use independently

Public space Space and lots of it Landscape led masterplan with green space threaded through so its always nearby Stewardship planned from the outset Protecting fragile existing habitats muddy ponds, spinney and brook as they are places to play/engage with nature Advance planting of trees to ensure first people get to play in a mature landscape 80,000 trees already in Edible landscape and streets

MDS - Introduction

A walkable place 3 neighbourhoods Set in a connecting green web Green Streets as key secondary streets supported by a mesh of local streets So that most things are within 5 minutes walk, and everything within 10 minutes. Provision of a through school, nursery, shops, café and public facilities A number of cycle/ped only routes Things still to do: Targets! Aim at Dutch levels of walking/cycling to school? ie, two-thirds of Dutch children under the age of 12 walk or cycle to primary school and for secondary school children 75% cycle to school. Details bike parking at schools, shops easy and convenient People to feel safe requires that there are always people around how can we encourage people to be based in the Village in the day?

Safe streets which children can use independently Wider pavement on the sunny side, with trees for shade. All streets with street trees and abundant greenery. Ensure routes to key destinations are not blocked by construction traffic routes, as these cause obstacles to connectivity which are remarkably enduring.

Section 4 Plots, Building & Streets

Safe streets which children can use independently Some things still to do: Details matter On residential streets - invitations to play out, filtering out traffic but ensuring connectivity The main street crossing it, slow speeds and walking and cycling routes along it. How would you get outside the village?

Section 4 Plots, Building & Streets

Design for later life

Sustainable Design embedded in the masterplan

Drainage

Encouraging Enterprise

Encouraging self and custom build Right to Build Task Force engaged in the project. Target to deliver 20% of homes as individual and community custom-build projects and self-build housing subject to the design code

Status of Masterplan and Delivery Strategy Not a development plan or supplementary planning document but an important material consideration Belongs to promoter, but the Council, JPDU and our consultants have been closely involved Approval will confirm Council s support for project but won t prejudge consideration of detail at planning application stage Expect MDS to form part of application Built-form masterplan will be baseline for development

Can the MDS be delivered in a viable development? Satisfied with proposed delivery/ stewardship arrangements Viable if value generated exceeds costs and provides enough incentive to landowner GVA assessment is a snapshot and only as good as inputs including: Costs still some unknowns Values how much premium will TGV attract? Benchmark land value patient capital Gap funding will be required for infrastructure in early phases GVA advise inherently viable if standard costs, but exemplary standards have significant effect on land value

Can the MDS be delivered in a viable development? Baseline model shows that target land value not achieved - something might have to give (but not yet) Scope to improve viability need to consider at application stage Promoter has agreed a collaborative approach to assessing viability phase by phase as per national guidance Subject to this, confident that will get an exemplary scheme but not yet certain that all aspects of Policy 14 can be delivered in full Further consideration at planning application stage

Beyond the planning application.. Site wide and detailed design codes Tresham Street Specification and Technical Manual Engagement with interested self builders Future gazing conference

Single landowner with ambition for lasting legacy Strong planning position to secure infrastructure and high design quality. Good working relations with Estate s professional team. Driving change within the LPAs and County too. Inclusive approach to design development key stakeholders on board & Government support to develop and test proposals including Design Review and viability testing Exemplary GV raising aspirations outside the Village itself Reasons to be cheerful