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A MASTERPLAN FOR NORTH BLACKBURN DEVELOPMENT SITEDEFINING A SENSE OF PLACE

1. WELCOME

Our plans remain in draft; your comments will help us to refine these over the next few months.We value your feedback so please complete a questionnaire or speak to one of the team today. Members of our team covering the design, town planning, transport, drainage and environmental issues are here to listen and answer your questions.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXHIBITION

The land to the north of Yew Tree Drive and Ramsgreave Drive outlined in red on the plan is a proposed housing development site in the Council’s new local plan.

The site has the potential to be developed for a range of high quality housing including a wider choice of family housing within an attractive rural setting on the edge of Blackburn.

Community facilities including schools and local shops are nearby. The site also has good connections to the surrounding countryside.

The land is privately owned by a number of landowners. The Council has

been working with the landowners to develop some initial ideas for how the site could be developed. The intention is to prepare a masterplan for the whole site to guide future development.

The purpose of this exhibition is to show the main issues that have informed an initial design concept for the coherent development of the site.

Please take time to look at the exhibition, ask questions and give us your views - they are important.

AMBITIONS AND AIMS The development aims to:

SITE LOCATION & SURROUNDING FACILITIES

• Provide good quality family housing.

• Create a well-connected and legible network of streets and footpaths.

• Enhance the watercourses and habitats on the site to increase biodiversity.

• Sustainably manage surface water run-off through an integrated system of ponds, swales effectively integrated into the green space network through the site.

• Create a multi-functional green linear corridor along the northern boundary of the site.

• Opportunity to create distinctive character areas across the site.

Ramsgreave Drive

Yew Tree Drive

Barker Lane

Whinney Lane

Beardwood

PleckgateHigh School

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GP Surgery

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Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School

Lammack Primary School

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C of E School

Shops

Post office

Places of worship

Sports facilities

Secondary School

Primary School

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE

TIME TO VISIT OUR EXHIBITION WHICH PRESENTS

OUR EMERGING PLANS


2. OPPORTUNITIES AND KEY CONSIDERATIONS

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Yew Tree Drive

Barker Lane

Whinney Lane

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Site boundary

Public footpaths

Trees & Hedgerows - of mixed quality

Dry stone wall

Water course

Surface water run off areas

Contours

Existing pedestrian access

Existing vehicle access

Potential vehicle access

Existing houses

Key views immediately adjacent to the site

Services easement

Important frontage

OPPORTUNITIES• Attractive rural location on the edge of the town overlooking countryside.

• Site is highly visible with good views out of the site.

• Accessible location with good connections to road, rail and cycle network.

• Connections to existing green infrastructure.

• Proximity of local facilities including doctors’ surgery, post office, schools and shops.

• Attractive and varied landscape character.

• Established footpath network into surrounding countryside.

Pleckgate High School

MAIN FEATURES AND ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION• Watercourse along northern boundary

and related natural habitats.

• Sloping areas and good vantage points.

• Surface water drainage.

• Rural characteristics.

• Established landscape features/green infrastructure.

• Proximity of established residential areas and main road corridor.

• Need for new access off Yew Tree Drive and Ramsgreave Drive to each of the main land parcels.

• Pedestrian connections across the development and to surrounding area.

• Public utilities and services on site.

Initially we have looked at the opportunities offered by the site and any features and/or constraints that may influence the form and content of the new development.


Movement through the site is important so that people can access facilities in the rest of the town and move around the site easily. It will also be important to create an attractive network of routes and spaces that are suitable for all modes of transport and create an attractive place.

3. MOVEMENT & CONNECTIVITY

Site boundary

Ramsgreave Drive/ Yew Tree Drive

Primary Street

Secondary Lanes

Green Route (pedestrian priority)

The Green Edge (pedestrian only)

Ramsgreave Drive

Yew Tree Drive

Barker Lane

Whinney Lane

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KEY GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE MASTERPLAN ARE TO CREATE:

• An accessible and connected neighbourhood with attractive roads and footpaths.

• A number of new vehicular access points off Ramsgreave Drive and Yew Tree Drive will ensure the development is well connected.

• Enhanced and improved footpaths across the site to link to neighbourhood centres, schools and green spaces beyond the site.

• An attractive footpath along the brook within the new green corridor to the northern par t of the site.

• Accessible and safe links to Weavers Wheel cycle network.

• An opportunity to create a series of attractive green spaces, shared streets and lanes that respect rural character.

• Views through the site to wider countryside retained.

Rural Lanes

Public Right of Way

Potential Site Access

Existing Site Access

Views out to the countryside

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A hierarchy of streets and spaces will be created which will work with the existing topography where possible and favour pedestrians over cars.


The development must create an attractive network of green spaces incorporating existing features such as watercourses, hedgerows and trees and provide additional features to create an attractive new neighbourhood.

KEY GUIDING PRINCIPLES:

• Aspect and topography to be used to create an interesting and varied development.

• Provision of sustainable urban drainage solutions to be incorporated within green infrastructure.

• Provision of attractive linear green corridor following watercourse at northern edge of the site to from new green corridor.

• Variety of green spaces to be provided to break up the built form, to form focal points open out views and provide areas for play and enjoyment.

• Trees, hedgerows and watercourses to be enhanced to support habitats.

• Tree lined streets to form an important element of the development.

4. GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

Site boundary

Water course

Surface water run areas - Potential to incorporate into drainage proposals

Green corridor to provide amenity, pedestrian connection and a landscape buffer between the development and Ribble Valley countryside.

Potential green connections from Ramsgreave Drive to the Ribble Valley to the north

Potential locations for green spaces, parks and play areas

Existing hedges to be retained and integrated within the development

Existing stone wall to be retained

Contours


A series of character areas will be created within the development to define the place and will respond to the site’s relationship with the surrounding context.The site presents an opportunity to create an attractive new neighbourhood with a distinctive character providing a mix of housing with predominantly family housing.

5. CHARACTER

Bullion Moss fold THE WHINNEY THE Waves West Wilworth

KEY GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEING CONSIDERED ARE:

• Creation of 4 distinct character areas which complement features of the site and housing in adjacent streets. This could include materials, density and views into and from the site.

• Landscape elements to form a key aspect of character with tree lined streets and shared surfaces taking references from the rural character.

• Dwellings to front a connected network of streets, lanes, and green corridors.

• Provision of a variety of plots and house types. Possibility to incorporate mews and courtyard developments.

• Creation of series of attractive public spaces that relate to landscape features within the site.

• Utilise level changes to provide interest across the site and make the most of views.

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KEY PLAN

ILLUSTRATIVE CROSS SECTION THROUGH THE WAVES

Organic in character with a rural feel. A mix of brick, stone and render detatched, semi-detatched and terraced cottages with internal courtyard spaces and mews streets.

A mix of predominantly brick and stone housing, transitioning from a more formal, urban character along Ramsgreave Drive to a softer, informal feel along the landscaped corridor.

A mix of brick and rendered properties of varying typologies with a character influenced by green streets and corridors.

Informal in nature, with large detached and semi-detached properties arranged around shared courtyard spaces and the landscape corridor.


6. VISION

Key

Site Boundary

Development parcels

Water course

Potential Suds/attenuation pond

Vehicle Access

Pedestrian Access

PROW

Pedestrian connections

Primary roads

Proposed cycle route

Secondary roads

Green Space

New landscape to provide buffer to edge of development

Ramsgreave Drive

Green Corridor

Yew Tree Drive

Barker Lane

Whinney Lane

Beardwood

PleckgateHigh School

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Key Space - see character example ‘Bullion Moss Fold’

Gateway Green

Key Space - see character area ‘The Waves’

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Lamm

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ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN


7. CREATING DISTINCTIVE NEIGHBOURHOODSA series of character areas have been created to define a sense of place within the development. The character areas are defined by landscape spaces, scale and density and provide appropriate variety and richness providing a sense of place.

THE WAVES

BULLION MOSS FOLD

Rural Green

Bullion Moss Fold is organic in character with building forms defining the internal courtyard spaces. A mix of properties and buildings should either front or side onto the adjacent open space, providing a high degree of overlooking. Varied roof forms (hips and gables), combined with use of render and timber within gables, can create variety and interest when viewed from the Green Corridor.

Boundaries should be less well defined with the landscape flowing into the spaces and front gardens, which may be minimal within locations. Marker buildings define the gateway into Bullion Moss Fold.

The Waves features a mix of brick and rendered properties of varying typologies with a character influenced by green streets and corridors. Along the Linear Park, buildings either front or side on to the open space, providing a high degree of overlooking and maximising views out to the

Rural Courtyards

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Green Link

Play

Village Lane

Rural Courtyard New Boundary Planting

Linear Park

Rural Gateway

Linear Park

New Boundary Planting

Public Right of Way

Public Right of Way

countryside. Variety and interest is created with the use of varied roof forms (hips and gables) and changes in building materiality. The Green Link brings the informal planting of the Linear Park into the development, with planting becoming more

formal as the development nears Ramsgreave Drive. Spaces which are courtyard in character provide the interface with the Linear Park, responding to landscape and visual sensitivites along the urban/rural transition.


8. NEXT STEPS

What Happens Next?

The consultation on the draft masterplan ends on 25th April 2016. After that date the Council will consider all the comments made before finalising the masterplan.

Once adopted the masterplan will be used by developers to inform the detailed preparation of individual schemes. The masterplan will be taken into account by the Council in considering all planning applications for development of the site.

There will be fur ther opportunities for resident engagement when planning applications are submitted for development on the individual land parcels.

Updates will be provided on the Council’s website: www.blackburn.

gov.uk/Pages/Supplementary-

Planning-Documents.aspx

Please let us know your thoughts on the draft masterplan by completing a questionnaire, or contact us on the email/phone number to the right:

Key Questions• What are your views on the

draft masterplan so far?

• Do you agree with the main issues that we have considered in developing the draft masterplan? Are there any others that should be taken into account?

• Do you feel issues such as drainage and highways have been addressed sufficiently? If not, why not?

• What are your views on the proposals for movement across the site?

PLEASE COMPLETE A

QUESTIONNAIRE THANK YOU FOR

TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT

• Do the proposals offer links to the key areas and facilities used by local residents?

• Do you have any comments on the proposals for incorporating green infrastructure into the development?

• Do you agree with the character areas identified?

[email protected] / tel: 01254585418