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Named after the brook in attractive Georgian market town Melbourne, Milbrook embodies everything great about Derbyshire - gardens, lakes, cottages, churches and interesting shops.
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Creating a Place
5. Character
6. Working with the site and context
Street & Home
10. Car parking
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Conceptual Masterplan (Opportunities and Constraints)
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Ordinance Survey Map
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Aerial view
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Site plan indicating layout and routes in and out of the site
The site is located on the edge the existing residential fringe of Melbourne, to the north east of the Town Centre. The site is predominantly bounded by Station Road to the west, and Carr Brook to the east. The Lilypool Industrial Estate lies to the south of the site and open countryside to the north and east. The topography of the site falls from west to east, and rather than re-grading land, the proposed scheme will retain the natural landscape features and exploit positive views to the north and east. The overall site area is 4.72ha, and the application site area is 3.25 ha. Lower density development will be located along the northern and eastern boundaries, higher density to the south, and medium density to the west and across the remainder of the site.
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Buildings Print
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Connecting frontage
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Connections to existing landscape and buildings
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View along Station Road_Application site to the right
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Entrance view looking into the site from Station Road main access point
Taller, distinctively detailed entrance buildings will be used to frame the key view into the site from Station Road, and vistas along the proposed internal movement network. They contrast with smaller informal detached properties situated within quieter, more private areas.
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View along Station Road currently with site on the right
Taller, distinctively detailed entrance buildings will be used to frame the key view into the site from Station Road, and vistas along the proposed internal movement network. They contrast with smaller informal detached properties situated within quieter, more private areas.
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Elevation fronting Station Road at site entrance
Taller, distinctively detailed entrance buildings will be used to frame the key view into the site from Station Road, and vistas along the proposed internal movement network. They contrast with smaller informal detached properties situated within quieter, more private areas.
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into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Landmark building framing vista on the outskirts of Melbourne
Taller, distinctively detailed entrance buildings will be used to frame the key view into the site from Station Road, and vistas along the proposed internal movement network. They contrast with smaller informal detached properties situated within quieter, more private areas.
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into the neighbourhood
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Bluebells Entrance Gate
Taller, distinctively detailed entrance buildings will be used to frame the key view into the site from Station Road, and vistas along the proposed internal movement network. They contrast with smaller informal detached properties situated within quieter, more private areas.
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2. Facilities and services
Map of local facillities
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Map of local connectivity
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2. Facilities and services
Local Amendities
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Existing cycle routes
By reducing traffic speeds, pedestrian and cycle movement will naturally become a safer and more attractive option for moving through the site, and by providing 4 separate pedestrian/cycle links to Station Road, a permeable network is created, which links into the existing area, and connects to local facilities.
Walking and Cycling adjacent to the site is supported by a nearby Sustrans route accessible from the site. This is in the form of an off road route running from Derby to Ashby de le Zouch. Walking in nearby areas is also positively encouraged with Calke Park and Lake, Melbourne House Historic Hall and Stanton Bridge all within walking distance of the proposed development.
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Permeability plan indicating pedestrian, cycle and bus routes
By reducing traffic speeds, pedestrian and cycle movement will naturally become a safer and more attractive option for moving through the site, and by providing 4 separate pedestrian/cycle links to Station Road, a permeable network is created, which links into the existing area, and connects to local facilities.
Walking and Cycling adjacent to the site is supported by a nearby Sustrans route accessible from the site. This is in the form of an off road route running from Derby to Ashby de le Zouch. Walking in nearby areas is also positively encouraged with Calke Park and Lake, Melbourne House Historic Hall and Stanton Bridge all within walking distance of the proposed development.
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2. Facilities and services
Movement hierarchy indicating pedestrian, cycle and bus routes
By reducing traffic speeds, pedestrian and cycle movement will naturally become a safer and more attractive option for moving through the site, and by providing 4 separate pedestrian/cycle links to Station Road, a permeable network is created, which links into the existing area, and connects to local facilities.
Walking and Cycling adjacent to the site is supported by a nearby Sustrans route accessible from the site. This is in the form of an off road route running from Derby to Ashby de le Zouch. Walking in nearby areas is also positively encouraged with Calke Park and Lake, Melbourne House Historic Hall and Stanton Bridge all within walking distance of the proposed development.
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Legibility and routes plan
By reducing traffic speeds, pedestrian and cycle movement will naturally become a safer and more attractive option for moving through the site, and by providing 4 separate pedestrian/cycle links to Station Road, a permeable network is created, which links into the existing area, and connects to local facilities.
Walking and Cycling adjacent to the site is supported by a nearby Sustrans route accessible from the site. This is in the form of an off road route running from Derby to Ashby de le Zouch. Walking in nearby areas is also positively encouraged with Calke Park and Lake, Melbourne House Historic Hall and Stanton Bridge all within walking distance of the proposed development.
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Routes to public transport
There are currently 3 bus stops within a few hundred metres of the site and it is not considered that provision for bus penetration at the site is necessary. Several good quality public transport routes run along Station Road to Blackmore Avenue every hour. Service numbers 60, 61, 68, 69 & 69A run from Swadlincote to Derby via Melbourne. Given the scale and location of the site, the access strategy provides high quality user friendly links to the existing bus stops.
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2. Facilities and services
Permeability plan indicating bus stops and pedestrian links
There are currently 3 bus stops within a few hundred metres of the site and it is not considered that provision for bus penetration at the site is necessary. Several good quality public transport routes run along Station Road to Blackmore Avenue every hour. Service numbers 60, 61, 68, 69 & 69A run from Swadlincote to Derby via Melbourne. Given the scale and location of the site, the access strategy provides high quality user friendly links to the existing bus stops.
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Masterplan indicating transport and pedestrian links
By reducing traffic speeds, pedestrian and cycle movement will naturally become a safer and more attractive option for moving through the site, and by providing 4 separate pedestrian/cycle links to Station Road, a permeable network is created, which links into the existing area, and connects to local facilities.The creation of perimeter blocks and a permeable movement network will increase legibility within the site, as will the series of nodal points (Social Spaces) along the main access roads, the importance of which will be highlighted by an increase in scale and massing, where appropriate.
Although straight, engineered roads have been avoided, clear views have been created throughout the site to further increase legibility and wayfinding. Prioritising pedestrian safety within the street layout is a key design principle within the proposals, and by creating safe, and convenient routes that link to Station Road and existing movement networks beyond the site, an attractive environment will be created for pedestrians.
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3. Public transport
Access copied from nearby town
By reducing traffic speeds, pedestrian and cycle movement will naturally become a safer and more attractive option for moving through the site, and by providing 4 separate pedestrian/cycle links to Station Road, a permeable network is created, which links into the existing area, and connects to local facilities.The creation of perimeter blocks and a permeable movement network will increase legibility within the site, as will the series of nodal points (Social Spaces) along the main access roads, the importance of which will be highlighted by an increase in scale and massing, where appropriate.
Although straight, engineered roads have been avoided, clear views have been created throughout the site to further increase legibility and wayfinding. Prioritising pedestrian safety within the street layout is a key design principle within the proposals, and by creating safe, and convenient routes that link to Station Road and existing movement networks beyond the site, an attractive environment will be created for pedestrians.
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into the neighbourhood
3. Public transport
Local transport plan
It can be seen that the site currently benefits from a good level of public transport accessibility.
Given the scale and location of the site, the access strategy provides high quality user friendly links to the existing bus stops.
There are currently 3 bus stops within a few hundred metres of the site and it is not considered that provision for bus penetration at the site is necessary. Several good quality public transport routes run along Station Road to Blackmore Avenue every hour. Service numbers 60, 61, 68, 69 & 69A run from Swadlincote to Derby via Melbourne.
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4. Meeting local housing requirements
Locations of affordable housing
The proposed development includes 20% affordable housing within phase 2. The locations of these properties have been located evenly across the site in order to create a more socially inclusive community. Consistent materials and detailing will be applied across the site and will not offer any aesthetic indication of tenure. a good mix of housing types and sizes has been provided in order to create a balanced community. The range of building types also helps create variety and interest within the streetscene when elevations are viewed as a composite, a key characteristic of Melbourne Town Centre. The proposed mix also allows for future residents to move home, without moving neighbourhood, whether it be moving to larger or smaller property as the demographic of the areas change.
Appropriate amenity space will also be provided, with larger properties, geared towards families, having larger gardens, and flats be located near POS or adjoining smaller areas of amenity space.
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4. Meeting local housing requirements
Locations of affordable housing in overall scheme
The proposed development includes 20% affordable housing within phase 2. The locations of these properties have been located evenly across the site in order to create a more socially inclusive community. Consistent materials and detailing will be applied across the site and will not offer any aesthetic indication of tenure. a good mix of housing types and sizes has been provided in order to create a balanced community. The range of building types also helps create variety and interest within the streetscene when elevations are viewed as a composite, a key characteristic of Melbourne Town Centre. The proposed mix also allows for future residents to move home, without moving neighbourhood, whether it be moving to larger or smaller property as the demographic of the areas change.
Appropriate amenity space will also be provided, with larger properties, geared towards families, having larger gardens, and flats be located near POS or adjoining smaller areas of amenity space.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Street widths and characters
Within the development, buildings will be designed to form groups that interact with one another using a coordinated range of materials and detailing based on a contextual analysis of the Town. The proposals will include a range of buildings that are varied enough to give character yet at the same time complement each other when viewed as a composite. As in traditional townscapes, a hierarchy of dwellings is proposed, ranging from large buildings and detached properties through to smaller terraced properties.The proposals seek to reduce the engineered form of the road and instead create places. A hierarchy of streets, which not only provide for the necessary vehicle circulation but also reinforce changing character is therefore an integral part of the proposals, aiming to reflect the informal character of the existing road pattern within Melbourne.The site will provide not only contained streets but Social ‘spaces’ and significant landscaping to mitigate the visual impact of the development on the surrounding landscape.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Indicative street hierarchy
Within the development, buildings will be designed to form groups that interact with one another using a coordinated range of materials and detailing based on a contextual analysis of the Town. The proposals will include a range of buildings that are varied enough to give character yet at the same time complement each other when viewed as a composite. As in traditional townscapes, a hierarchy of dwellings is proposed, ranging from large buildings and detached properties through to smaller terraced properties.The proposals seek to reduce the engineered form of the road and instead create places. A hierarchy of streets, which not only provide for the necessary vehicle circulation but also reinforce changing character is therefore an integral part of the proposals, aiming to reflect the informal character of the existing road pattern within Melbourne.The site will provide not only contained streets but Social ‘spaces’ and significant landscaping to mitigate the visual impact of the development on the surrounding landscape.
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5. Character
Elevations indicating a range of building characters
Within the development, buildings will be designed to form groups that interact with one another using a coordinated range of materials and detailing based on a contextual analysis of the Town. The proposals will include a range of buildings that are varied enough to give character yet at the same time complement each other when viewed as a composite. As in traditional townscapes, a hierarchy of dwellings is proposed, ranging from large buildings and detached properties through to smaller terraced properties.The proposals seek to reduce the engineered form of the road and instead create places. A hierarchy of streets, which not only provide for the necessary vehicle circulation but also reinforce changing character is therefore an integral part of the proposals, aiming to reflect the informal character of the existing road pattern within Melbourne.The site will provide not only contained streets but Social ‘spaces’ and significant landscaping to mitigate the visual impact of the development on the surrounding landscape.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Public and private zones indicating change of character
Within the development, buildings will be designed to form groups that interact with one another using a coordinated range of materials and detailing based on a contextual analysis of the Town. The proposals will include a range of buildings that are varied enough to give character yet at the same time complement each other when viewed as a composite. As in traditional townscapes, a hierarchy of dwellings is proposed, ranging from large buildings and detached properties through to smaller terraced properties.The proposals seek to reduce the engineered form of the road and instead create places. A hierarchy of streets, which not only provide for the necessary vehicle circulation but also reinforce changing character is therefore an integral part of the proposals, aiming to reflect the informal character of the existing road pattern within Melbourne.The site will provide not only contained streets but Social ‘spaces’ and significant landscaping to mitigate the visual impact of the development on the surrounding landscape.
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5. Character
Zones
Within the development, buildings will be designed to form groups that interact with one another using a coordinated range of materials and detailing based on a contextual analysis of the Town. The proposals will include a range of buildings that are varied enough to give character yet at the same time complement each other when viewed as a composite. As in traditional townscapes, a hierarchy of dwellings is proposed, ranging from large buildings and detached properties through to smaller terraced properties.The proposals seek to reduce the engineered form of the road and instead create places. A hierarchy of streets, which not only provide for the necessary vehicle circulation but also reinforce changing character is therefore an integral part of the proposals, aiming to reflect the informal character of the existing road pattern within Melbourne.The site will provide not only contained streets but Social ‘spaces’ and significant landscaping to mitigate the visual impact of the development on the surrounding landscape.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Zones
Within the development, buildings will be designed to form groups that interact with one another using a coordinated range of materials and detailing based on a contextual analysis of the Town. The proposals will include a range of buildings that are varied enough to give character yet at the same time complement each other when viewed as a composite. As in traditional townscapes, a hierarchy of dwellings is proposed, ranging from large buildings and detached properties through to smaller terraced properties.The proposals seek to reduce the engineered form of the road and instead create places. A hierarchy of streets, which not only provide for the necessary vehicle circulation but also reinforce changing character is therefore an integral part of the proposals, aiming to reflect the informal character of the existing road pattern within Melbourne.The site will provide not only contained streets but Social ‘spaces’ and significant landscaping to mitigate the visual impact of the development on the surrounding landscape.
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5. Character
Local inspiration behind varied elevations with a range of door and window treatments
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5. Character
Contextual photographs indicating streets, footways and informal squares as social meeting places
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Contextual photographs of Melbourne
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Local inspiration behind building design
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Fenestration
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Elevation materials
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Window details
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Material Palette
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Elevation materials
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Materials Plan
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5. Character
Masterplan indicating landscaping strategy
Public open space has been provided as a series of feature areas within the built form, a prominent area of open space to the southern boundary that secures an appropriate area of transition between the development and the existing industrial area to the south, and a woodland walk that opens up the waterside setting to Carr Brook to provide an attractive leisure route connecting the northern extent of the development to the public open space in the south.The ‘Market space’ forms a focal point when entering the site from Station Road and has been designed to reflect the exiting ‘green’ spaces found within Melbourne. The main area of open space to the southern boundary will combine children’s play equipment, with a focus on natural play, with an attractively laid out landscape setting incorporating bespoke seating areas looking out across the realigned watercourse. The new wetland areas provide an important opportunity to enhance the biodiversity and nature conservation status of the site. The realigned channel will also become part of the sustainable drainage system for the site. The woodland walk provides the opportunity to open up an attractive woodland setting to Carr Brook providing an important leisure route that will link the north and southern extremities of the site. Undergrowth will be reduced and tree canopies lifted to open up views along this watercourse. A conservation path will meander through drifts of Bluebells and Crocus to provide an important amenity feature, enhanced habitats for wildlife and nature conservation and an attractive setting to properties backing/fronting this space. The balanced earthworks approach avoiding removal of gradient from the site benefits local amenity through reducing the number of construction vehicle movements, reducing construction noise pollution and keeping site won materials out of local landfill sites.
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5. Character
Bluebell Walk
Public open space has been provided as a series of feature areas within the built form, a prominent area of open space to the southern boundary that secures an appropriate area of transition between the development and the existing industrial area to the south, and a woodland walk that opens up the waterside setting to Carr Brook to provide an attractive leisure route connecting the northern extent of the development to the public open space in the south.The ‘Market space’ forms a focal point when entering the site from Station Road and has been designed to reflect the exiting ‘green’ spaces found within Melbourne. The main area of open space to the southern boundary will combine children’s play equipment, with a focus on natural play, with an attractively laid out landscape setting incorporating bespoke seating areas looking out across the realigned watercourse. The new wetland areas provide an important opportunity to enhance the biodiversity and nature conservation status of the site. The realigned channel will also become part of the sustainable drainage system for the site. The woodland walk provides the opportunity to open up an attractive woodland setting to Carr Brook providing an important leisure route that will link the north and southern extremities of the site. Undergrowth will be reduced and tree canopies lifted to open up views along this watercourse. A conservation path will meander through drifts of Bluebells and Crocus to provide an important amenity feature, enhanced habitats for wildlife and nature conservation and an attractive setting to properties backing/fronting this space. The balanced earthworks approach avoiding removal of gradient from the site benefits local amenity through reducing the number of construction vehicle movements, reducing construction noise pollution and keeping site won materials out of local landfill sites.
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5. Character
Southern Meadow landscaping strategy
Public open space has been provided as a series of feature areas within the built form, a prominent area of open space to the southern boundary that secures an appropriate area of transition between the development and the existing industrial area to the south, and a woodland walk that opens up the waterside setting to Carr Brook to provide an attractive leisure route connecting the northern extent of the development to the public open space in the south.The ‘Market space’ forms a focal point when entering the site from Station Road and has been designed to reflect the exiting ‘green’ spaces found within Melbourne. The main area of open space to the southern boundary will combine children’s play equipment, with a focus on natural play, with an attractively laid out landscape setting incorporating bespoke seating areas looking out across the realigned watercourse. The new wetland areas provide an important opportunity to enhance the biodiversity and nature conservation status of the site. The realigned channel will also become part of the sustainable drainage system for the site. The woodland walk provides the opportunity to open up an attractive woodland setting to Carr Brook providing an important leisure route that will link the north and southern extremities of the site. Undergrowth will be reduced and tree canopies lifted to open up views along this watercourse. A conservation path will meander through drifts of Bluebells and Crocus to provide an important amenity feature, enhanced habitats for wildlife and nature conservation and an attractive setting to properties backing/fronting this space. The balanced earthworks approach avoiding removal of gradient from the site benefits local amenity through reducing the number of construction vehicle movements, reducing construction noise pollution and keeping site won materials out of local landfill sites.
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5. Character
Planting Plan indicating soft landscaping
Public open space has been provided as a series of feature areas within the built form, a prominent area of open space to the southern boundary that secures an appropriate area of transition between the development and the existing industrial area to the south, and a woodland walk that opens up the waterside setting to Carr Brook to provide an attractive leisure route connecting the northern extent of the development to the public open space in the south.The ‘Market space’ forms a focal point when entering the site from Station Road and has been designed to reflect the exiting ‘green’ spaces found within Melbourne. The main area of open space to the southern boundary will combine children’s play equipment, with a focus on natural play, with an attractively laid out landscape setting incorporating bespoke seating areas looking out across the realigned watercourse. The new wetland areas provide an important opportunity to enhance the biodiversity and nature conservation status of the site. The realigned channel will also become part of the sustainable drainage system for the site. The woodland walk provides the opportunity to open up an attractive woodland setting to Carr Brook providing an important leisure route that will link the north and southern extremities of the site. Undergrowth will be reduced and tree canopies lifted to open up views along this watercourse. A conservation path will meander through drifts of Bluebells and Crocus to provide an important amenity feature, enhanced habitats for wildlife and nature conservation and an attractive setting to properties backing/fronting this space. The balanced earthworks approach avoiding removal of gradient from the site benefits local amenity through reducing the number of construction vehicle movements, reducing construction noise pollution and keeping site won materials out of local landfill sites.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Hard landscape treatment
The proposed development responds to Melbourne's tradition of informal streets and paths as social spaces through the incorporation of several feature areas and lanes providing a softer highway landscape constructed from quality hard and soft materials that focuses the user on a series of meeting places, areas of open space or prominent built form. Changes in material are used to limit vehicle speeds, indicate shared spaces with pedestrian priority, generate landscape interest and connect to the wider context.
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5. Character
Play area masterplan
The proposed development responds to Melbourne's tradition of informal streets and paths as social spaces through the incorporation of several feature areas and lanes providing a softer highway landscape constructed from quality hard and soft materials that focuses the user on a series of meeting places, areas of open space or prominent built form. Changes in material are used to limit vehicle speeds, indicate shared spaces with pedestrian priority, generate landscape interest and connect to the wider context.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Masterplan indicating landscape treatment
The proposed development responds to Melbourne's tradition of informal streets and paths as social spaces through the incorporation of several feature areas and lanes providing a softer highway landscape constructed from quality hard and soft materials that focuses the user on a series of meeting places, areas of open space or prominent built form. Changes in material are used to limit vehicle speeds, indicate shared spaces with pedestrian priority, generate landscape interest and connect to the wider context.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Street widths and characters, reinforced by landscaping and materiality
The proposed development responds to Melbourne's tradition of informal streets and paths as social spaces through the incorporation of several feature areas and lanes providing a softer highway landscape constructed from quality hard and soft materials that focuses the user on a series of meeting places, areas of open space or prominent built form. Changes in material are used to limit vehicle speeds, indicate shared spaces with pedestrian priority, generate landscape interest and connect to the wider context.
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6. Working with the site and context
Permeability plan indicating views
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6. Working with the site and context
Landmark building framing vista on the outskirts of Melbourne
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6. Working with the site and context
View from within site towards adjoining countryside
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Views from access roads
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6. Working with the site and context
Inspiration
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Melbourne
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6. Working with the site and context
Existing and new buildings along Station Road frontage
The proposals include a continuation of the existing development along the southern side of Station Road. These dwellings are set back from the road and form a continuous building line, which is extended into the application site , offering a sympathetic extension to the existing built form.
In keeping with the site's topographical slope from higher ground in the west to lower ground in the east, the proposed buildings will step down with the slope and provide variations in height and roofscape - reflecting the scale of the existing residential landscape and the characteristic variety of Melbourne Town Centre's architecture.
The development will avoid the impression of a repetitive use of standard housetypes by incorporating a mixture of different materials typical of the area as well as varying door and window details creating a more bespoke design based on contemporary re-interpretation of the existing Town Centre.
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6. Working with the site and context
Landmark building framing vista on the outskirts of Melbourne
The proposals include a continuation of the existing development along the southern side of Station Road. These dwellings are set back from the road and form a continuous building line, which is extended into the application site , offering a sympathetic extension to the existing built form.
In keeping with the site's topographical slope from higher ground in the west to lower ground in the east, the proposed buildings will step down with the slope and provide variations in height and roofscape - reflecting the scale of the existing residential landscape and the characteristic variety of Melbourne Town Centre's architecture.
The development will avoid the impression of a repetitive use of standard housetypes by incorporating a mixture of different materials typical of the area as well as varying door and window details creating a more bespoke design based on contemporary re-interpretation of the existing Town Centre.
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
Local building details reused for elevations
The proposals include a continuation of the existing development along the southern side of Station Road. These dwellings are set back from the road and form a continuous building line, which is extended into the application site , offering a sympathetic extension to the existing built form.
In keeping with the site's topographical slope from higher ground in the west to lower ground in the east, the proposed buildings will step down with the slope and provide variations in height and roofscape - reflecting the scale of the existing residential landscape and the characteristic variety of Melbourne Town Centre's architecture.
The development will avoid the impression of a repetitive use of standard housetypes by incorporating a mixture of different materials typical of the area as well as varying door and window details creating a more bespoke design based on contemporary re-interpretation of the existing Town Centre.
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
Connections to existing mature landscapes
The topography of the site falls from west to east, and rather than re-grading land, the proposed scheme will retain the natural landscape features. Established vegetation along the site boundaries, particularly along the eastern site boundary alongside Carr Brook, will largely be retained giving the scheme a sense of maturity and enhancing wildlife and nature conservation.Where there are open boundaries to the countryside buildings have been designed to reflect the scale associated with farmsteads and settlement boundaries that are common to the surrounding landscape character.
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6. Working with the site and context
Connections to existing mature landscapes
The topography of the site falls from west to east, and rather than re-grading land, the proposed scheme will retain the natural landscape features. Established vegetation along the site boundaries, particularly along the eastern site boundary alongside Carr Brook, will largely be retained giving the scheme a sense of maturity and enhancing wildlife and nature conservation.Where there are open boundaries to the countryside buildings have been designed to reflect the scale associated with farmsteads and settlement boundaries that are common to the surrounding landscape character.
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Street view
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Station Road and the siting of homes
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Street view
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Street view
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Street view
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Street view
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Street view
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Site layout plan
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Sections indicating natural surveillance at corners and junctions
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Sections indicating natural surveillance at corners and junctions
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Sections indicating natural surveillance at corners and junctions
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Sections indicating natural surveillance at corners and junctions
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Corner Building
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Corner Building
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Corner Building
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8. Easy to find your way around
Movement hierarchy indicating distinctive character areas
Landmark buildings are located throughout the development in order to give the scheme a sense of character and identity and increase legibility. Landmark, or feature, buildings may be taller and/or incorporate distinctive architectural detailing that distinguishes them from the surrounding built form. These will be used to frame vistas along the proposed internal movement network, notably marking entrances to the site and framing the key view into the site from Station Road.
The creation of perimeter blocks and a permeable movement network will increase legibility within the site, as will the series of nodal points (Social Spaces) along the main access roads, the importance of which will be highlighted by an increase in scale and massing, where appropriate.
Although straight, engineered roads have been avoided, clear views have been created throughout the site to further increase legibility and wayfinding. Prioritising pedestrian safety within the street layout is a key design principle within the proposals, and by creating safe, and convenient routes that link to Station Road and existing movement networks beyond the site, an attractive environment will be created for pedestrians. The scale and massing of buildings will also increase legibility, with taller, more formal buildings located along key movement routes and smaller detached properties situated within quieter, more private areas.
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8. Easy to find your way around
Masterplan indicating layout and cadastral grid
Landmark buildings are located throughout the development in order to give the scheme a sense of character and identity and increase legibility. Landmark, or feature, buildings may be taller and/or incorporate distinctive architectural detailing that distinguishes them from the surrounding built form. These will be used to frame vistas along the proposed internal movement network, notably marking entrances to the site and framing the key view into the site from Station Road.
The creation of perimeter blocks and a permeable movement network will increase legibility within the site, as will the series of nodal points (Social Spaces) along the main access roads, the importance of which will be highlighted by an increase in scale and massing, where appropriate.
Although straight, engineered roads have been avoided, clear views have been created throughout the site to further increase legibility and wayfinding. Prioritising pedestrian safety within the street layout is a key design principle within the proposals, and by creating safe, and convenient routes that link to Station Road and existing movement networks beyond the site, an attractive environment will be created for pedestrians. The scale and massing of buildings will also increase legibility, with taller, more formal buildings located along key movement routes and smaller detached properties situated within quieter, more private areas.
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Transition from public to domestic space across the site
Landmark buildings are located throughout the development in order to give the scheme a sense of character and identity and increase legibility. Landmark, or feature, buildings may be taller and/or incorporate distinctive architectural detailing that distinguishes them from the surrounding built form. These will be used to frame vistas along the proposed internal movement network, notably marking entrances to the site and framing the key view into the site from Station Road.
The creation of perimeter blocks and a permeable movement network will increase legibility within the site, as will the series of nodal points (Social Spaces) along the main access roads, the importance of which will be highlighted by an increase in scale and massing, where appropriate.
Although straight, engineered roads have been avoided, clear views have been created throughout the site to further increase legibility and wayfinding. Prioritising pedestrian safety within the street layout is a key design principle within the proposals, and by creating safe, and convenient routes that link to Station Road and existing movement networks beyond the site, an attractive environment will be created for pedestrians. The scale and massing of buildings will also increase legibility, with taller, more formal buildings located along key movement routes and smaller detached properties situated within quieter, more private areas.
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Legibility analysis
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Masterplan indicating landmark buildings
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Connections to existing buildings and landscape
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9. Streets for all
Street section
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9. Streets for all
Street widths and characters
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9. Streets for all
Street sections
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9. Streets for all
Movement hierarchy generated by building layout and landscape detailing
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9. Streets for all
Shared spaces
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9. Streets for all
Changes in material will be used to define pedestrian and vehicular priority
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9. Streets for all
Kerb/Paving
Streets are designed to limit traffic speeds and promote pedestrian safety as well as to introduce character and variety. Proposals include material variation, car-free homezone areas, landscaped streetside nodes for social gathering, and the exclusion of dedicated footways in certain locations to promote shared surface usage. Disabled parking is also provided to enable sufficient room for disabled users to enter and exit the vehicle and located in close proximity to the principal entrance to the building.
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9. Streets for all
Sections indicating footway width for different street types; disabled parking is located near building entrances
Streets are designed to limit traffic speeds and promote pedestrian safety as well as to introduce character and variety. Proposals include material variation, car-free homezone areas, landscaped streetside nodes for social gathering, and the exclusion of dedicated footways in certain locations to promote shared surface usage. Disabled parking is also provided to enable sufficient room for disabled users to enter and exit the vehicle and located in close proximity to the principal entrance to the building.
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9. Streets for all
Changes in material will be used to define pedestrian and vehicular routes
Streets are designed to limit traffic speeds and promote pedestrian safety as well as to introduce character and variety. Proposals include material variation, car-free homezone areas, landscaped streetside nodes for social gathering, and the exclusion of dedicated footways in certain locations to promote shared surface usage. Disabled parking is also provided to enable sufficient room for disabled users to enter and exit the vehicle and located in close proximity to the principal entrance to the building.
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9. Streets for all
Road and pavement widths will vary, as is common in Melbourne town centre
Streets are designed to limit traffic speeds and promote pedestrian safety as well as to introduce character and variety. Proposals include material variation, car-free homezone areas, landscaped streetside nodes for social gathering, and the exclusion of dedicated footways in certain locations to promote shared surface usage. Disabled parking is also provided to enable sufficient room for disabled users to enter and exit the vehicle and located in close proximity to the principal entrance to the building.
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9. Streets for all
Elevation or section indicating fenestration and natural surveillance - bay or oriel windows at corners
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9. Streets for all
Elevation or section indicating fenestration and natural surveillance - corner turning units
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9. Streets for all
Elevation or section indicating fenestration and natural surveillance
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9. Streets for all
Elevation or section indicating fenestration and natural surveillance
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9. Streets for all
Eyes on street
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9. Streets for all
Natural surveillance
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9. Streets for all
Frontages - old and new
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9. Streets for all
Parking typologies plan
Parking provision is generous in order to avoid impact on the wider area, with a parking ratio of 2.9 spaces per unit across the site. The car parking strategy consists of on-street parking combined with managed parking squares and courtyards. The on-street parking integrates with the highway alignment to enhance the traffic calming benefit whilst avoiding the requirement for large areas of unsupervised courtyard parking to the rear of the properties.
Rear servicing predominantly serves dwellings located along the ‘Local Streets’ in order to allow strong, continuous frontages along these key routes and avoid on-street parking dominating the streetscene.
Disabled parking is also provided to enable sufficient room for disabled users to enter and exit the vehicle and located in close proximity to the principal entrance to the building.
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9. Streets for all
Chart of parking typologies
Parking provision is generous in order to avoid impact on the wider area, with a parking ratio of 2.9 spaces per unit across the site. The car parking strategy consists of on-street parking combined with managed parking squares and courtyards. The on-street parking integrates with the highway alignment to enhance the traffic calming benefit whilst avoiding the requirement for large areas of unsupervised courtyard parking to the rear of the properties.
Rear servicing predominantly serves dwellings located along the ‘Local Streets’ in order to allow strong, continuous frontages along these key routes and avoid on-street parking dominating the streetscene.
Disabled parking is also provided to enable sufficient room for disabled users to enter and exit the vehicle and located in close proximity to the principal entrance to the building.
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10. Car parking
Parking examples
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10. Car parking
The few parking courts preserve continuous frontages and avoid a car-dominated feel
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10. Car parking
Section indicating range of parking treatments
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10. Car parking
Plan of parking typologies
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11. Public and private spaces
Play area
Public open space has been provided as a series of feature areas within the built form (like the ‘Market space’ when entering the site from Station Road), a prominent area of open space to the southern boundary that secures an appropriate area of transition between the development and the existing industrial area to the south, and a woodland walk that opens up the waterside setting to Carr Brook to provide an attractive leisure route connecting the northern extent of the development to the public open space in the south. The main area of open space to the southern boundary will combine children’s play equipment, with a focus on natural play, with an attractively laid out landscape setting incorporating bespoke seating areas looking out across the realigned watercourse.
The proposed layout ensures that areas of the public realm are well overlooked by dwellings, particularly the ‘social spaces’ off Station Road and the POS. Elevations and streetscenes show that frontages will be animated and by providing door and windows which open onto a permeable street network, will also increase surveillance over the public realm. Surveillance along the Bluebell and Carr Brook will be provided by strategic located properties within phase 2 of the development, which will be located nearer to the POS boundary in this location, with gardens generally located to the side of properties to allow first floor views from the rear of dwellings over the public realm. These public open spaces have been developed in consultation with the local planning authority, and will be transferred to LA ownership and management after development.
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11. Public and private spaces
Section through south meadow
Public open space has been provided as a series of feature areas within the built form (like the ‘Market space’ when entering the site from Station Road), a prominent area of open space to the southern boundary that secures an appropriate area of transition between the development and the existing industrial area to the south, and a woodland walk that opens up the waterside setting to Carr Brook to provide an attractive leisure route connecting the northern extent of the development to the public open space in the south. The main area of open space to the southern boundary will combine children’s play equipment, with a focus on natural play, with an attractively laid out landscape setting incorporating bespoke seating areas looking out across the realigned watercourse.
The proposed layout ensures that areas of the public realm are well overlooked by dwellings, particularly the ‘social spaces’ off Station Road and the POS. Elevations and streetscenes show that frontages will be animated and by providing door and windows which open onto a permeable street network, will also increase surveillance over the public realm. Surveillance along the Bluebell and Carr Brook will be provided by strategic located properties within phase 2 of the development, which will be located nearer to the POS boundary in this location, with gardens generally located to the side of properties to allow first floor views from the rear of dwellings over the public realm. These public open spaces have been developed in consultation with the local planning authority, and will be transferred to LA ownership and management after development.
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11. Public and private spaces
Plan indicating public and private spaces
Public open space has been provided as a series of feature areas within the built form (like the ‘Market space’ when entering the site from Station Road), a prominent area of open space to the southern boundary that secures an appropriate area of transition between the development and the existing industrial area to the south, and a woodland walk that opens up the waterside setting to Carr Brook to provide an attractive leisure route connecting the northern extent of the development to the public open space in the south. The main area of open space to the southern boundary will combine children’s play equipment, with a focus on natural play, with an attractively laid out landscape setting incorporating bespoke seating areas looking out across the realigned watercourse.
The proposed layout ensures that areas of the public realm are well overlooked by dwellings, particularly the ‘social spaces’ off Station Road and the POS. Elevations and streetscenes show that frontages will be animated and by providing door and windows which open onto a permeable street network, will also increase surveillance over the public realm. Surveillance along the Bluebell and Carr Brook will be provided by strategic located properties within phase 2 of the development, which will be located nearer to the POS boundary in this location, with gardens generally located to the side of properties to allow first floor views from the rear of dwellings over the public realm. These public open spaces have been developed in consultation with the local planning authority, and will be transferred to LA ownership and management after development.
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11. Public and private spaces
Natural surveillance over common areas
Public open space has been provided as a series of feature areas within the built form (like the ‘Market space’ when entering the site from Station Road), a prominent area of open space to the southern boundary that secures an appropriate area of transition between the development and the existing industrial area to the south, and a woodland walk that opens up the waterside setting to Carr Brook to provide an attractive leisure route connecting the northern extent of the development to the public open space in the south. The main area of open space to the southern boundary will combine children’s play equipment, with a focus on natural play, with an attractively laid out landscape setting incorporating bespoke seating areas looking out across the realigned watercourse.
The proposed layout ensures that areas of the public realm are well overlooked by dwellings, particularly the ‘social spaces’ off Station Road and the POS. Elevations and streetscenes show that frontages will be animated and by providing door and windows which open onto a permeable street network, will also increase surveillance over the public realm. Surveillance along the Bluebell and Carr Brook will be provided by strategic located properties within phase 2 of the development, which will be located nearer to the POS boundary in this location, with gardens generally located to the side of properties to allow first floor views from the rear of dwellings over the public realm. These public open spaces have been developed in consultation with the local planning authority, and will be transferred to LA ownership and management after development.
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11. Public and private spaces
Masterplan indicating common landscaped areas
Public open space has been provided as a series of feature areas within the built form (like the ‘Market space’ when entering the site from Station Road), a prominent area of open space to the southern boundary that secures an appropriate area of transition between the development and the existing industrial area to the south, and a woodland walk that opens up the waterside setting to Carr Brook to provide an attractive leisure route connecting the northern extent of the development to the public open space in the south. The main area of open space to the southern boundary will combine children’s play equipment, with a focus on natural play, with an attractively laid out landscape setting incorporating bespoke seating areas looking out across the realigned watercourse.
The proposed layout ensures that areas of the public realm are well overlooked by dwellings, particularly the ‘social spaces’ off Station Road and the POS. Elevations and streetscenes show that frontages will be animated and by providing door and windows which open onto a permeable street network, will also increase surveillance over the public realm. Surveillance along the Bluebell and Carr Brook will be provided by strategic located properties within phase 2 of the development, which will be located nearer to the POS boundary in this location, with gardens generally located to the side of properties to allow first floor views from the rear of dwellings over the public realm. These public open spaces have been developed in consultation with the local planning authority, and will be transferred to LA ownership and management after development.
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11. Public and private spaces
Development plots will be defined by a range of boundary treatments including walls, timber bollards, railings and hedging, depending upon their location, in order to clearly define public and private spaces
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11. Public and private spaces
The incidental open spaces and landscaped squares will be overlooked to enhance the sense of security for people using the areas.
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11. Public and private spaces
Where gable ends of houses adjoin the street, additional windows may be incorporated on these elevations to reinforce the level of surveillance of public areas.
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11. Public and private spaces
Box and beech hedge planting as described in the Landscaping Strategy
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11. Public and private spaces
Front garden
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11. Public and private spaces
Front garden
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11. Public and private spaces
Front garden fencing
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11. Public and private spaces
Front garden fencing
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12. External storage and amenity space
Bin store
In addition to bins for each house or garden, numerous additional recycling stores are provided around the estate.
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12. External storage and amenity space
Masterplan indicating housing layout with bins on each plot
In addition to bins for each house or garden, numerous additional recycling stores are provided around the estate.
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12. External storage and amenity space
Generous garages and in-house utility space meet storage needs
Larger garages and numerous additional recycling stores and storage areas are provided within the layout. In many locations, gardens are larger than the minimum requirements so that they maximise usable space.
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12. External storage and amenity space
Generous garages and in-house utility space meet storage needs
Larger garages and numerous additional recycling stores and storage areas are provided within the layout. In many locations, gardens are larger than the minimum requirements so that they maximise usable space.
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12. External storage and amenity space
Generous garages and in-house utility space meet storage needs
Larger garages and numerous additional recycling stores and storage areas are provided within the layout. In many locations, gardens are larger than the minimum requirements so that they maximise usable space.
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