GARDEN VILLAGES AND TOWNS IN THE SOUTH WEST

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Andy MartinManaging Partner

PPS Group

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Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

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Bernie FoulkesBoard Director

LDA Design

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Garden Villages – The Defining CharacteristicsBernie Foulkes

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Housing Delivery – 1920-2014 Source DCLG

NEW TOWNS PROGRAMME- 300,000 HOMES PA

Place-making since the new towns programme? SUCCESFUL PLACE-MAKING SINCE THE NEW TOWNS PROGRAMME

Poundbury, Accordia, Newhall

Garden Villages – what are the defining

characteristics?

Garden Villages – what are the defining

characteristics?

1. Patient investing and value capture

2. A clear vision, fitting into the landscape and creating a unique identity

3. Village life – a compact and diverse model

4. The Enterprising Community

5. Maintaining the vision- delivery and governance

Garden Villages – what are the defining

characteristics?

1. Patient investing and value capture

2. A clear vision, fitting into the landscape and creating a unique identity

3. Village life – a compact and diverse model

4. The Enterprising Community

5. Maintaining the vision- delivery and governance

1. Patient investing and value capture

ALCONBURY WEALD – NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL

ALCONBURY WEALD – ENTERPRISE CAMPUS

Garden Villages – what are the defining

characteristics?

1. Patient investing and value capture

2. A clear vision, fitting into the landscape and creating a unique identity

3. Village life – a compact and diverse model

4. The Enterprising Community

5. Maintaining the vision- delivery and governance

PROTECTED LANDSCAPE

PROTECTED LANDSCAPE

FLOODPLAIN

REGIONAL CITY

FLOODPLAIN

HISTORIC VILLAGE

HISTORIC VILLAGE

MOTORWAY

RAIL LINE

RAIL LINE

RAIL LINEMOTORWAY

A WIDER CITY-REGION VISION

TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE

• DAMAGE TO SETTING OF CITY

• DAMAGE TO SETTING OF

EXISTING VILLAGES

• DEPRESSING CAR-DRIVEN

“EDGE-LANDS”

ENVIRONMENTS - NO SENSE OF

PLACE

• POOR ACESSIBILITY TO

SCHOOLS, SHOPS, OPEN SPACE

TYPICAL OUTCOMES FROM CONVENTIONAL GROWTH PATTERNS

GARDEN VILLAGE

GARDEN VILLAGE

GARDEN VILLAGE

NEW RAIL HALT

NEW RAIL HALT

BUS RAPID TRANSIT LOOP

NEW DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR

STRATEGIC CYCLE NETWORK

SMARTER GROWTH - HIGH QUALITY/HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSPORT

SMARTER GROWTH - URBAN DENSIFICATION

SMARTER GROWTH - PLACE–LED INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE

GARDEN VILLAGE

GARDEN VILLAGE

GARDEN VILLAGE

SMARTER GROWTH - GARDEN VILLAGES

GARDEN VILLAGE

GARDEN VILLAGE

GARDEN VILLAGE

SMARTER GROWTH - PLACE-LED

Unique identity shaped by landscape character – Welborne Garden Village, Fareham

Unique identity shaped by landscape character – Welborne Garden Village, Fareham

Unique identity shaped by landscape character – Welborne Garden Village, Fareham

Garden Villages – what are the defining

characteristics?

1. Patient investing and value capture

2. A clear vision, fitting into the landscape and creating a unique identity

3. Village life – a compact and diverse model

4. The Enterprising Community

5. Maintaining the vision- delivery and governance

Village life – landscape fit

Village life – a compact and diverse model

Village life – a compact and diverse model

Village life – a compact and diverse model

Village life – a compact and diverse model

Garden Villages – what are the defining

characteristics?

1. Patient investing and value capture

2. A clear vision, fitting into the landscape and creating a unique identity

3. Village life – a compact and diverse model

4. The Enterprising Community

5. Maintaining the vision- delivery and governance

EXTRA JOBS

10,000

NET CAPITAL

EXPENDITURE

£275MINCREASED ECONOMIC

OUTPUT

£340M

MORE TAX PAID

£300M

LOCAL

INFRASTRUCTURE

INVESTMENT

£100MRESIDENTS

EXPENDITURE

£80M

Source: The Economic footprint of UK Housebuilding –March 2015

HBF and Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners

Garden Village 2,500 homes

Enterprising Community

Enterprising Community

Enterprising Community

Garden Villages – what are the defining

characteristics?

1. Patient investing and value capture

2. A clear vision, fitting into the landscape and creating a unique identity

3. Village life – a compact and diverse model

4. The Enterprising Community

5. Maintaining the vision- delivery and governance

Garden Villages – what are the defining

characteristics?

1. Patient investing and value capture

2. A clear vision, fitting into the landscape and creating a unique identity

3. Village life – a compact and diverse model

4. The Enterprising Community

5. Maintaining the vision- delivery and governance

Garden Villages – The Defining CharacteristicsBernie Foulkes

Ian CollinsonSenior Specialist

HCA

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What makes garden villages, towns

& cities different from other large

scale housing developments

Locally led.

Lock-in quality at an early stage.

Exemplars in sustainability

Why was the programme introduced?

Aim is to accelerate building of new homes,

but also deliver quality and innovation.

Prospectus published in March 2016.

Expressions of Interest invited from local authorities.

Key priority for the government and the HCA.

Includes extensive package of support.

National priorities

14 successful garden villages.

3 more garden towns announced.

£6 million capacity funding over next two years.

Almost £1 million ‘early years’ funding.

Further call for expressions of interest in 2017.

The picture in the south west

Four garden villages

West Oxfordshire

Cornwall

Mid Devon

Fareham

One garden town around Taunton.

Potential to support other projects at

an earlier stage.

Next steps

Prioritise spend

and develop a

Project Plan

Tackle issues &

broker delivery

solutions

Offer further

support and

engagement

Any questions? Panel discussion / Q&As

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