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Denvilles-Emsworth

Havant Borough Council

Masterplan Document | December 2017

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Job name Havant Masterplan

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Contents

1. Introduction

2. Policy overview

3. Analysis

Wider context

Historic evolution

Site conditions

Photographic study

Neighbouring application sites

4. Character study

Emsworth

Havant

Denvilles

Surrounding areas

5. Constraints and opportunities

6. Community engagement

7. Design principles

8. Masterplan

Masterplan layers

Masterplan

Land budget

Viability

Denvilles - Emsworth | December 2017

1. Introduction

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Project scopeLevitt Bernstein were appointed in December 2016 to develop a design workshop led strategic masterplan for the site between Emsworth and Denvilles.

The site has been identified as the only strategic housing site within Havant’s 2016 local plan housing statement.

The scope of the project is to work with residents using a series of inclusive design workshops to develop a strategic vision for developing a new neighbourhood on the identified site.

Introduction

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2. Policy overview

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Policy context

South Hampshire strategic housing market assessment

The masterplan has been informed by the following planning documents. Below is a brief summary of the role of each of these key documents.

This strategic housing market assessment has defined the extent of the relevant housing market areas (HMAs) covering the ‘partnership for urban South Hampshire’ (PUSH) area; and then considered the objectively-assessed need for housing within them.

The report considers the overall need for housing, the need for different types of homes, and the housing needs of different groups within the community in line with the requirements of the 2012 national planning policy framework (NPPF).

The SHMA concludes that provision of 4,160 homes per annum across the PUSH area would represent a robust basis for forward planning based on the demographic evidence and market signals. This is split between the two housing market areas with an assessed need for 2,115 homes per annum across the Portsmouth (PUSH East) housing market area to 2036.

How housing provision is ultimately distributed and met across the two housing market areas and the PUSH area as a whole should reasonably be decided at the local level and through dialogue between the authorities within the PUSH partnership, taking account of constraints and land availability, the need to promote sustainable patterns of development and other policy aspirations (such as regeneration). The SHMA analysis is thus intended to provide a ‘starting point’ and input to this which is to be taken forward through the development and review of the South Hampshire strategy and authorities’ development plans.

It should be noted that in September 2017, the Government published its consultation document ‘Planning for the right homes in the right places’. It is likely that in due course a new national methodology for assessing housing need will replace any local assessments made.


Havant Borough Local PlanHavant borough council’s local plan includes their core strategy (2011) and the site allocations plan (2014). Together, these documents establish the spatial vision and accompanying policies, and identify sites for development until 2026.

The core strategy sets out how the council believes the borough should develop. It identifies the strategic sites that are considered fundamental to achieving the overall vision. The core strategy also identifies the required physical and social infrastructure necessary to support new development and meet future needs. The site allocations plan identified smaller sites for development across the borough.

The Borough Council is in the process of updating its Local Plan. The work contained within this masterplan will inform the policies proposed in the Local Plan Review for this part of the Borough.

Local plan housing statementA higher housing requirement is a certainty in the new local plan and the housing statement identifies sites which the council considers appropriate and sustainable for housing delivery in the short and longer term to ensure that it is able to plan positively to address the high housing need figure in accordance with the NPPF. In light of the high housing need, it has been necessary for the Havant borough council to look at sites outside the urban areas of the borough, as defined by policy AL2 of the adopted local plan, as there is insufficient land within the urban areas to meet this need. The statement therefore specifically identifies a number of urban extension sites outside the urban area which it considers appropriate to come forward ahead of their formal allocation in the Havant borough local plan 2036, so as to maintain a healthy supply of housing land in the short to medium term.

In particular reference to the proposal site and as part of guiding principle 5 the report states ‘the area between Denvilles and Emsworth will be

Housing constraints and supply analysisThe housing constraints and supply analysis provides a background on housing need in Havant borough and how this can be addressed. It looks at high level constraints in the borough and opportunities for development.

The report reviews the potential of the proposal site for future development stating that it is expected the site will provide a minimum of 1,650 dwellings.

Among other considerations particular high level constraints to the site include:

• Maintaining the settlement identity of both Denvilles and Emsworth,

• The need for extensive infrastructure, which will likely include a new primary school and extensive SUDS.

• Transport infrastructure to serve the development,

• The railway and existing highway network breaking up the site

• The presence of existing buildings on the site.

progressed through the new local plan. Both strategic sites should be appropriately masterplanned, in consultation with local communities, in order to ensure that they are brought forward comprehensively. This will establish the development potential of the two sites, the mix of development types which should be brought forward, phasing, settlement identity and infrastructure requirements.


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Emsworth design statementA design statement records the distinctive character of a village/small town and its relationship with the surrounding environment. It defines design principles or guidelines which have the objective of maintaining or enhancing this distinctive character.

The purpose of the Emsworth design statement is to contribute to the protection and wherever possible the enhancement of the human, economic, structural and environmental qualities identified by the project so that Emsworth continues to be a thriving community in an attractive setting.

The Emsworth design statement is broken down into themes that cover:

• Landscape setting

• Settlement patterns

• Built environment

• Life in Emsworth

Design policy

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3. Analysis

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Wider contextLocationThe site is excellently located for a strategic housing site within the borough, benefitting from close proximity to three train stations and the A27 and A3(M) road corridors which allow good connections to Chichester, Brighton, Eastbourne, Portsmouth and London. The site also neighbours Havant to the east and Emsworth to the west thereby being ideally located to offer the best of town and country.

Strategic sitesThe land between Denvilles and Emsworth has been identified in the Local Plan Housing Statement (LPHS) as the only strategic housing site in the borough and states the site is capable of accommodating at least 1650 dwellings and a local centre.

Public transportThe site is located near to 3 train stations, allowing easy access to London Waterloo and London Victoria from Havant Rail Station and access to Portsmouth and Brighton from Warblington and Emsworth Stations. There are bus links connecting the site with surrounding settlements including Havant, Emsworth, Rowlands Castle, Portsmouth, Bognor Regis and Chichester, however, buses are infrequent.

Town centresThe closest centres to the site are Havant town centre which is located circa 2km from the site and Emsworth town centre which is circa 1.5km from the site. Establishing connections to these surrounding town centres has been an important consideration as part of the masterplan for the site.


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Road hierarchyThe primary road in the area is the east-west A27, which connects Brighton to the east with Portsmouth to the west. The A27 is the primary road connection between the site and the A3(m) that is the primary vehicle route to London. Havant road is the other A road in the area, connecting Emsworth town centre and Havant town centre. There are a number of B roads around the site that provide local connections to Emsworth, Warblington and Westbourne. The A27 runs through the site, though currently with no access. Southleigh road, Horndean road and Eastleigh road are the main local roads that run through the site.

Wider context

Environmental designationsWhilst only a small portion of the site is covered by environmental designations there are various designations on land surrounding the site which will need to be considered as part of any future proposals.

Much of the neighbouring land to the east, north and north west of the site are designated as tree preservation order (TPO) areas. Additionally there is land within the site adjacent to Horndean road that is designated as a TPO area.

Much of the woodland to the north and north east of the site is designated as a Site of Importance to Nature Conservation (SINC). There is also a small SINC on land within the site to the north east of Emsworth Park.

To the south of the site is Chichester AONB

South Downs national park

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Sites of importance to nature conservation

Tree preservation order areas

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Pedestrian and cycle routesThe site is surrounded by a network of cycle trails that provide routes through and between Emsworth, Denvilles and Havant and to the wider countryside.

Important cycling trails include routes through Southleigh forest and Sustrans route 2 which runs along much of the southern coast.

Community infrastructureThe site is predominantly surrounded by residential neighbourhoods including Denvilles to the west and Emsworth to the south and east. The site is also surrounded by a number of community facilities including primary schools and Emsworth park to the east of the site and the Stride community centre to the west. Also within a short distance of the site are Emsworth high street and the centre of Havant. Once the site is built out it will provide the opportunity to increase the range of community facilities available to local residents, in particular through the provision of a new local centre.

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Historic evolution

1. 1880• Havant grows around St. Faith’s Church, and at the cross roads of

South Street, North Street, West Street and East Street with West and East Street being a Roman road.

• The population of Havant grows following the connection by rail of Havant to Portsmouth and Brighton via Chichester in 1847 and the connection to London in 1859.

• Emsworth is a market and port town that initially grew around ship and rope building

2. 1942• Within Havant, the majority of growth takes place around Havant

and Warblington station due to connections to Portsmouth and London.

• Within Emsworth, the majority of growth takes place around and to the north of Emsworth rail station and along Havant Road. Growth during this century was due to Emsworth being a suburb of Havant and Portsmouth and was made possible by its rail connections

The growth of Havant and EmsworthWe have studied the growth of Havant and Emsworth since 1880 to explore why the proposal site is a logical location for residential development as the next natural step in the evolution of the two settlements. Adjacent are a series of plans illustrating the extent of Emsworth and Havant, and the pattern of growth since 1880.

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3. 1960• Largescale residential development takes place to the north west

of Havant on Leigh Park following the bombing of Portsmouth during WWII.

• Between 1939 and 1960 The population of Havant rose from circa 25,000 to circa 75,000.

• Within Emsworth smaller scale, incremental growth takes place.

4. 1990• Construction of the Havant bypass results in additional

employment space to the south of Havant.

• Residential development takes place as pockets of development to the north of Emsworth and Havant

5. Today and tomorrow Since 1990 growth has occured as pockets of development at the edges of Emsworth and Havant.

As illustrated, there are a number of sites that have been granted planning permission that are resulting in the incremental growth of the two settlements toward one another.

The proposal site provides the opportunity to create a strategic framework that will result in development that is better planned than piecemeal development and supported by infrastructure improvements.

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Site conditions

Residential

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Land useThe site is predominantly surrounded by residential land to the east, west and south.

Employment land is located to the north of the site within the Southleigh Park House estate and to the west within New Lane industrial park.

Public open space including sports facilities is located to the south-east of the site within Emsworth park.

There are a number of primary schools surrounding the site in Emsworth, Warblington and Denvilles.

TreesThere are a number of existing trees within the site. The majority are located to the north of Southleigh Road. Most of these trees in addition to areas to the north, north-west and east of the site are covered by Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs). To the north east of the site is Southleigh forest.

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DrainageThere are a number of existing field drains within the site that will be an important part of any drainage strategy for the site.

HedgerowsThe site is surrounded on most sides by mature hedgerows that currently block views from surrounding streets. Within the site are a number of hedgerows and tree belts that define existing field boundaries.


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Public transportThere are a number of bus routes within close proximity of the site with the 700 connecting to Portsmouth and Bognor Regis and the 27/28 connecting with Rowlands Castle and Emsworth.

Whilst there are bus services passing through or near the site, bus frequency is a problem.

HeritageThere are grade 2 listed buildings within and surrounding the site. Those buildings within the site include cottages along Eastleigh Road. Surrounding listed buildings include Southleigh Park House and a number of other houses along Bartons Road.

There are a number of Grade II listed building along the high street of Emsworth to the south of the A27 as well as Emsworth conservation area.

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Flood riskThe only parts o f the site that lie within flood zones are to the south-east of the site as illustrated in the above mapping. However, Emsworth is an area with known drainage issues, which has suffered flooding in the past.. Proposals for the site will need to carefully consider drainage.

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Building ageThe majority of surrounding housing was constructed post 1945 with much of the housing in Denvilles to the west and Emsworth to the east having been constructed after 1990.

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TopographyThe site slopes from north to south and is steepest on land to the north of Southleigh Road and flattest on land to the south of Southleigh Road.

Neighbourhood forum and ward boundariesThe majority of the site lies within St. Faith’s ward with the south east corner being located within Emsworth ward and being covered by the Emsworth neighbourhood forum. The views of residents from both wards have been incorporated into the masterplan and engagement process.

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Site photographs The following pages show views across the site including relatively unconstrained, gently sloping agricultural fields, existing on-site buildings, existing connections to Emsworth Park and neighbouring public open spaces.

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1. View looking eastward across the site from Japonica Way

2. View looking eastward across the site from Southleigh Road


3. Underpass connecting Emsworth Park with land to the south of the A27 4. Emsworth Park

5. Skatepark at Emsworth Park 6. Children’s playground at Emsworth Park


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7. Small business centre in historic farmstead along Southleigh Road

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8. Emsworth Station to the south east of the site

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2. Land north and west of Selangor Avenue

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To the south and east of the site is Emsworth, an attractive market and port town located within the Chichester Harbour area of outstanding natural beauty. Initially Emsworth grew around ship building, boat building and and rope making.

Since 1900 Emsworth has grown as a suburb of Portsmouth and Havant, predominantly to the west along Havant road and to the north of Emsworth railway station.

Emsworth consists of a number of attractive streets including the high street which includes a number of listed Buildings. The land south of the A27 is well served by the high street, however, land north of the A27 within Emsworth is predominantly residential with few other uses.

Emsworth park is located to the North of the A27, to the east of the proposal site and includes a variety of sporting facilities.

Emsworth

Slipper Mill pond

Emsworth memorial garden

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HavantDirectly to the west of the site is Havant, a town in the south east corner of Hamsphire located 15 minutes from Portsmouth by either car or train.

Havant is well connected with the A3(M) and A27 running though the town as well as good rail links to Portsmouth, London, Chichester and Brighton from Havant Railway station.

Havant saw rapid growth with the population more than doubling in the 20 years following WWII as a consequence of the bombing of Portsmouth and the subsequent need for housing.

Within the town centre there are a number of retail areas, with large new retail units at the Central and Solent Retail Parks, and more traditional smaller shops in the historic core around West Street. Within Havant there are also a number of large business/ industrial parks including Langstone Technology Park and New Lane industrial estate which are located to the west side of the proposal site.

Havant stationHavant Park

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DenvillesDenvilles is a locality within Havant, situated directly to the west of the proposal site and to the east of New Lane Industrial Park. To the south of Denvilles is Warblington railway station which is on the coastal line between Southampton and Brighton.

Denvilles is predominantly residential and is composed of a network of smaller housing estates largely constructed post 1960.

St. Thomas A Becket’s church, Warblington

Warblington stationDenvilles House


Surrounding area

The proposal site provides easy access to both town and country with Southleigh Forest, the South Downs and Stansted Park all located to the north of the site.

To the south of the site is the Chichester harbour area of outstanding natural beauty allowing easy access to attractive coastal walks and a variety of coastal activities.

Many of these surrounding destinations are connected to the site by a network of public rights of way and cycle trails that provide routes to these surrounding destinations. Importantly the surrounding cycle trails include routes through Southleigh Forest and Sustrans route 2 which runs along much of the southern coast.

Stansted ParkChichester harbour

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Southleigh Park HouseSouthleigh Park House is a listed Victorian mansion and clock tower situated on the north east edge of the proposal site. The mansion is surrounded to the north, east and west by planting however has south facing views over the sea.

The setting and southern views from Southleigh Park House have been an important consideration in the masterplanning of the proposal site.

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Constraints and opportunities

IntroductionOur design approach involves responding to opportunities and constraints in an informed and considered manner to help create a unique and distinctive proposal on land between Emsworth and Denvilles.

ConstraintsThe site between Emsworth and Denvilles is considered to be suitably unconstrained with the capacity to accommodate new homes and a mixture of other supporting uses

While there are some constraints, such as adjoining and on-site properties and valuable on-site tree planting , many of the perceived constraints are in fact opportunities.

As shown overleaf, site constraints include:

• Areas of TPO trees predominantly to the north of the site

• Existing drainage channels

• Neighbouring and on-site grade II listed buildings including Southleigh House to the North of the site.

• Noise from the A27 and railway line to the south of the site

• Land within Flood zone 3 to the south east of the site

• Conservation area to the south east of the site

• Adjoining properties and neighbouring sites that have been granted planning permission


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Opportunities and constraints

OpportunitiesThe site’s location provides a unique opportunity to offer existing and future residents the best of town and country living. The site’s location between Denvilles and Emsworth also provides the strategic opportunity to better connect the two settlements whilst a strategically well connected road network and public transport infrastructure make travel more sustainable.

The surrounding countryside offers the opportunity to create the missing link between surrounding communities and the countryside to the north and coast to the south.

As shown overleaf, site oportunities include:

• Potential to create attractive and walkable landscape corridors connecting key destinations including Chichester Harbour to the south of Emsworth with Southleigh Forest, the South Downs and Stansted Park to the north of the site.

• Potential to create landscape corridors that connect the site with Emsworth and Warblington railway station thereby promoting more sustainable modes of transport.

• Opportunity to create walkable routes to neighbouring primary schools.

• Opportunity to incorporate Southleigh House into the setting of the site

• A number of potential access points into the site thereby allowing the potential for a proposal that better integrates with surrounding neighbourhoods.

• A number of attractive clusters of trees

• A network of existing pedestrian and cycle routes.


Emsworth Recreation Ground

Manor Farm Open Space

Southleigh Forest

Rowlands Castle

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Community engagement

IntroductionLevitt Bernstein was commissioned by Havant Borough Council to coordinate a series of workshops, both with expert stakeholders including Highways England and the Environment Agency and with local communities to inform the preparation of a masterplan document for the land between Denvilles and Emsworth.

This chapter provides an overview of the initial online needs survery that was carried out to gather local opinion and design workshops that led to the preferred option. A fuller report on the community engagement process which led to the masterplan is set out in the accompanying report ‘Consultation Summary’.

Online questionnaire Prior to undertaking the community workshops, we did an extensive online questionnaire. This enabled us to gather a wide selection of local opinions on the proposed development, providing a platform of information that informed the workshops.

We carried out this online questionnaire using Commonplace, a digital engagement platform. We used Commonplace to gather people’s opinions and sentiments about the site, and what they would like to see happen in it as it develops into a sizeable new neighbourhood. The information from the Commonplace platform helped frame the workshops and allowed us to engage with more people than attended the workshops. The “news” feature of the Commonplace website was used to provide access to information presented during the workshops and allowed us to feedback summaries of discussions held during the workshops.


IntroductionAn initial workshop was held on 2nd March 2017. This focused on anintroduction to the project, a presentation of our understanding of the site and its wider context and broader visioning. This presentation was then followed by two interactive design tasks for local residents.

At the start of the first workshop attendees were asked to use stickers to indicate where they live. This was used to identify the relationship between attendees and the proposal site.

identity

local centre

sustainable transport

open space

community facilities

housing

Local residents discussing ideas

Aerial plan illustrating where attendees live

Workshop 1 Task 1 - Site understanding

Task 1 asked local residents whether they felt our understanding of the site was correct and whether there were any additional areas that needed exploration. Local residents were then asked to map their understanding of the local area and to list any facilities or infrastructure needed in the local area.

Task 2 - Site vision

Task 2 involved local residents coming up with a shared vision for the site. Potential ideas relating to the following themes were discussed and sketched out. Themes around which discussions were held included:

Sketch ideas gathered during task 2

Plan prepared during task 1 gathering site information from local residents


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Workshop 2

Introduction

The second design workshop was held on the 30th March 2017. This workshop was informed by site considerations and vision ideas explored during the first workshop. The second workshop included a presentation of development principles and two initial development frameworks. This material was intended as a trigger for discussions with local residents.

Topics covered as part of the workshop included:

Workshop 2 program

1. General principles

A series of diagrams were prepared illustrating general design principles that would be applicable to any general framework. These illustrations were prepared as triggers for discussions as part of the workshop tasks. These general principles covered:

· Streets · Sustainable drainage · Housing density

2. Option specific principles

A series of plans were prepared showing principles specific to the two development framework options. Option specific principles covered:

· Identity · Open space · Road Network · Pedestrian and cycle connections

3. Framework options and their layers

The two frameworks illustrated on the following page were prepared, one based on the principle of the development as a separate settlement, and the other based on the principle of development more associated with Denvilles. These framework options were then broken down into layers to better explain their components. This is illustrated below :

Framework 1 + 2

Housing density

Local Centre

Open Space

Movement

Site identity

Local residents discussing framework options


Framework option 1 : A separate settlement Framework option 2: A settlement weighted toward Denvilles

Framework option 1 Framework option 2


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The following diagrams show the key principles for development of the land between Denvilles and Emsworth. They have been informed through baseline analysis of the site and wider context and a series of commmunity workshops. Design principles include:

• Identity

• Open space

• Road network

• Pedestrian and cycle connections

• Drainage

Design principles

1. Identity 2. Open space

The vision for the land between Denvilles and Emsworth has been informed by an intensive community workshop process. This iterative process has led to the above site identity for a settlement weighted toward Denvilles but with its own identity and seperated from Denvilles by a landscape corridor.

Central to the open space strategy is the creation of a seperate settlement surrounded by open space that respects the setting of Southleigh Forest and that incorporates its character through a Woodland edge running along the eastern side of the site.

Additionally, the open space strategy looks to provide strong connections between Denvilles and Emsworth as well as from these settlements to Southleigh Forest

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3. Road network 4. Pedestrian and cycle connections 5. Drainage

The site provides the opportunity to incorporate a spine road that in addition to providing access to the proposal site, also acts as a relief route. This route would connect the A27 with Barton’s road and remove traffic from surrounding roads, and in particular, relieve traffic from Havant town centre.

The site is surrounded by Emsworth to the east and Denvilles and Havant to the west as well as a number of important places including Southleigh Forest, Emsworth Park, and Warblington, Havant and Emsworth train stations. The site is also surrounded by a network of pedestrian and bicycle routes. This masterplan proposes a bicycle and pedestrian network connecting these important places and that stitches the site into the wider pedestrian and bicycle network.

Key pedestrian and bicycle routes through the site include east to west connections between Emsworth and Denvilles, connections to Emsworth, Denvilles and Havant stations and connections to Southleigh Forest.

The site slopes from north to south and includes a spring line to the north of the site running from west to east. The masterplan looks to create a sustainable urban drainage system (SUDs) incorporating existing and proposed drainage channels running from north to south that drain into a proposed wetland habitat .

Attenuation storage will need to be agreed with the Environment Agency as part of any future proposals for the site.

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Site characterThe following sequence of diagrams illustrate the component parts of the illustrative masterplan including:

• Identity

• Local centre

• Open space

• Movement

• Density

They show how site development principles together with our baseline analysis have been incorporated into the site.

Masterplan layers

Locate a new settlement weighted toward Denvilles but with its own identity. This settlement works with the existing landscape and provides walkable corridors around the site and to surrounding destinations including Southleigh forest, Emsworth and Warblington railway stations, Emsworth Park, and the Stride community centre.

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2. Local centre 3. Open Space

1 Woodland walk

2 Linear park

3 Wetland habitat

4 Local green

5 Local centre

Legend

Development

Local centre

Primary school

Legend Create a mixed use local centre at the heart of the settlement providing facilities for new residents and residents from surrounding Denvilles and Emsworth. Most of the new settlement would be within 5 minutes walk of the new local centre and all would be within 10 minutes walk thereby creating a walkable neighbourhood and promoting healthier lifestyles.

The local centre is located next to and incorporates the identity of the existing on-site farmstead. Community facilities within the local centre could include a community centre, a primary school, a nursery/ pre-school, a local shop and a pub/cafe.

The edge of the developed area is surrounded by open space including a proposed woodland edge on the eastern side of the site that better connects Emsworth with Southleigh forest. Open space incorporates existing on-site natural features and provides a walkable/cyclable route around the site linking up key destinations.

A linear park runs through the proposed settlement which also connectes Denvilles and Emsworth with Southleigh Forest to the north east of the site. This corridor incorporates communal and productive landscapes including children’s play areas, orchards and gardens.

The existing topography and on-site drainage channels provide an opportunity to create a sustainable drainage system (SuDs) of swales and ponds to capture, store and dissipate surface water. This provides the opportunity to create a wetland habitat to the south of the site to enhance biodiversity, where people can enjoy nature.

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4. Movement

Spine road

Neighbourhood streets

Local and mew streets

Pedestrian/ cycle route

Junction improvement

Legend The illustrative masterplan includes a spine road on the east edge of the developed area of the site connecting the A27 to the south with Barton’s road to the north. This spine road provides the opportunity to relieve traffic pressure within Havant and on surrounding streets.

The design of vehicular routes embraces the design ethos that streets should be designed as social places as well as meeting their traffic function. The majority of proposed streets are envisioned as shared surface spaces.

Additionally there is the opportunity to create new pedestrian and cyle routes to complement the comprehensive, existing, network of pedestrian and cycle routes including Sustrans route 2 to the south of the site and those pedestrian and cycle routes within Southleigh Forest

Local streets and mews streets Smaller scale streets including local streets and mews streets provide slower and less vehicle oriented streets that are more informal in nature.

Neighbourhood streetsThe neighbourhood streets provide an internal loop that acts as the main route for vehicular movement within the development, and for vehicular access to the strategic road network.

The neighbourhood streets could be used by local bus services with bus stops located within local parks allowing all homes to be within 5 minutes walk of a bus stop.

Many of the neighbourhood streets incorporate existing drainage channels which connect with the proposed wetland habitat to the south of the site

Spine roadThe spine road provides the main access into the site and provides a strategic link between the A27 and Bartons Road. The topograpgy of the site and existing drainage issues mean that incorporation of SUDs into the street network is a fundamental element of the infrastructure.

The woodland edge, Southleigh Forest, Emsworth Park, Emsworth Station and other destinations are located to the east of the spine road and as such regular pedestrian crossings over swales must be provided linking up with pedestrian and cycle routes throughout the site.

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Above average densities respond to parts of the site that are less visually sensitive and which are in important locations including the main gateway to the site from the A27, along stretches of the proposed spine road and within the proposed local centre. This area could potentially include apartments, townhouses and terraced housing.

The average density areas respond to parts of the site that are less visually sensitive. The housing typologies in this area include a broad mix of semi detached and terraced housing.

The lower density areas respond to the western edge of the site which is more visually senstive owing to its relationship with existing homes along the edge of Denvilles. Houses within this area comprise mainly of detached dwellings

5. Density

Below average density

Average density

Above average density

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Detached houses with larger gardens : 15-20 dph

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Average density


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Terraced houses:

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Linear apartments:

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Residential

Mixed use local centre

Drainage

Open space

Education

Commercial

Highways service area

Illustrative Masterplan

Set out overleaf is the illustrative masterplan for the land between Denvilles and Emsworth.

Designed as a walkable and sustainable mixed use neighbourhood, the site is a seperate settlement that integrates with and provides strong connections to Denvilles to the west and Emsworth to the south and east.

The proposal is set within a generous and spectacular landscape network that includes a new woodland park for new and existing residents to enjoy.

THE NUMBERS & CONTENT

• The gross area of the site is approximately 154.3 ha

• About 2100 new homes

• Typical housing mix consisting of detached, semi detached and terraced family homes and some flats

• Creation of a new woodland park for the neighbourhood to enjoy

• Creation of a mixed use village centre within walking distance of all proposed housing that could include a primary school, a nursery/ pre-school, play areas, a local shop and a pub/cafe.


Legend

1. Local centre

2. Primary school

3. Woodland edge

4. Southleigh Park House

5. Wetland habitat

6. Attenuation basins

7. Spine road

8. Pedestrian / bicycle crossing

9. Neighbourhood street

10. Existing farmstead

11. Pedestrian/ cycle route

12. Linear green

13. Connection to Denvilles

14. Connection to Emsworth Park

15. A27 buffer

16. East to west linear park

17. Local park

18. Visitor centre

19. Junction improvement

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Land budget

Land use schedule Area (Ha) Percentage

Residential

Existing 3.9 2.5%

Proposed 49.7 32.2%

Open Space

Park/woodland/square 69.9 45.3%

Attenuation 5.5 3.5%

Local Centre

Primary school 2.8 1.8%

Other local centre uses n/a*

Roadway

Spine road 5.1 3.3%

Existing road 7.5 4.9%

Other

Area south of A27 8.7 5.6%

Services 1.2 0.8%

Total 154.3 100%

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Average density


Local centre

Existing residential

Education

Open space

Spine road

Land south of A27

Land budget plan. NTS

The associated schedule and plan shows a high level land budget for site.

* Area for proposed residential includes other uses within the

mixed-use local centre.

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ViabilityGVA have undertaken a high level assessment of the viability for the proposed masterplan at Denvilles-Emsworth. GVA have carried out a residual development appraisal model, and determined a Benchmark Land Value in line with Industry guidance.

The purpose of the assessment was to understand the current viability position and to inform whether the development is able to cover the costs of providing the necessary infrastructure.

GVA have assessed two scenarios. The first scenario included a S106 and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) cost assumption, and the second scenario, omitted the CIL costs.

Both appraisals resulted in a Residual Land Value which was higher than the adopted Benchmark Land Value. The scheme including the S106 and CIL cost assumption provided a positive, yet marginal surplus whereas the scheme omitting the CIL costs resulted in a relatively larger positive surplus. Therefore subject to the assumptions adopted by GVA for this assessment, the masterplan is broadly viable, with the scheme omitting the CIL costs able to provide some contribution to the necessary infrastructure.

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