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Horsted Park
Chatham, Kent
Horsted Park is a mixed-use, mixed tenure scheme located near Fort Horsted, Chatham, Medway. Comprising 330 residential units alongside commercial space, the development will creates 20 acres of sustainable environment.
Surrounded by open countryside, Horsted Park will offer a good mix of new homes suitable for all types of buyer.
The external design ensures that the homes are conceived as a series of "farmsteads". These houses take their cue from the rural vernacular of Kent farmsteads to produce a series of squares and courtyards with dwellings arranged around them to provide shelter, open spaces and a comfortable, domestic environment.
The mixture of new houses and apartments alongside new community facilities, as well as large open spaces, will attract interest from those wishing to move to a development that has everything on its doorstep.
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5. Character
6. Working with the site and context
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10. Car parking
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Site constraints and opportunities: The overall development site is bounded to the west by two main roads, Maidstone Road and Horsted Way. There are the only two permitted points of vehicle access into the site. The proposed development for phase 2.1
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Ordinance Survey Map
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Aerial view of site boundary (derelict Medway College buildings to be removed for residential development)
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1. Connections
Roof top view of masterplan
Fort Horsted to the North, main road Horsted Way and runways to the west off of which will become the entrance to the development, More developments to the northwest and southeast, and a large meadow to the south which will be a managed public open space. Horsted Park is generally well contained with views being limited because of open space with dense vegetation, Horsted Farm, the gyratory system and Fort Horsted providing important stop gaps between the site and existing neighbourhoods.
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Perspective illustrated here in relation to masterplan
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View of development over trees from Fort Holsted
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Northern border facing Fort Horsted
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Photograph from entrance with completed homes
Welcoming signage and large driveway for vehicles and cycles with sidewalks for a short walk along the main road to the bus stop.
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Aerial view close-up of development entrance
Welcoming signage and large driveway for vehicles and cycles with sidewalks for a short walk along the main road to the bus stop.
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Main entrance from Horsted Way (sketch)
Welcoming signage and large driveway for vehicles and cycles with sidewalks for a short walk along the main road to the bus stop.
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2. Facilities and services
Cycle Route Plan
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Bus Route Plan
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Walking Catchment Plan
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Bus stop on Horsted Way
Secure communal cycle stores afford 1 cycle minimum space per dwelling and provision for safe cycling is a public realm shared surface for mixed traffic of pedestrians, vehicles and cycles. The site has good access to public transport local facilities and services so car travel needs are reduced. Pedestrian crossings are located on Horsted Way gyratory near the entrance servicing access to City Way. The nearest bus stops are on both sides of Horsted Way gyratory adjacent to the development with routes servicing Rochester, Chatham and Maidstone town centres for further trips than 800m.
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Pedestrian routes out of development
Secure communal cycle stores afford 1 cycle minimum space per dwelling and provision for safe cycling is a public realm shared surface for mixed traffic of pedestrians, vehicles and cycles. The site has good access to public transport local facilities and services so car travel needs are reduced. Pedestrian crossings are located on Horsted Way gyratory near the entrance servicing access to City Way. The nearest bus stops are on both sides of Horsted Way gyratory adjacent to the development with routes servicing Rochester, Chatham and Maidstone town centres for further trips than 800m.
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Cycle storage routes out to main road (blue)
Secure communal cycle stores afford 1 cycle minimum space per dwelling and provision for safe cycling is a public realm shared surface for mixed traffic of pedestrians, vehicles and cycles. The site has good access to public transport local facilities and services so car travel needs are reduced. Pedestrian crossings are located on Horsted Way gyratory near the entrance servicing access to City Way. The nearest bus stops are on both sides of Horsted Way gyratory adjacent to the development with routes servicing Rochester, Chatham and Maidstone town centres for further trips than 800m.
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Two bus stop locations outside development
Secure communal cycle stores afford 1 cycle minimum space per dwelling and provision for safe cycling is a public realm shared surface for mixed traffic of pedestrians, vehicles and cycles. The site has good access to public transport local facilities and services so car travel needs are reduced. Pedestrian crossings are located on Horsted Way gyratory near the entrance servicing access to City Way. The nearest bus stops are on both sides of Horsted Way gyratory adjacent to the development with routes servicing Rochester, Chatham and Maidstone town centres for further trips than 800m.
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Pedestrian access routes out of development
The closest railway station is Chatham (1.7 miles). Passengers can reach
Victoria, London Bridge and St Pancras International in under an hour. There are two bus stops located just outside of the development on the main road.
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Bus stop viewed from within development open space
The closest railway station is Chatham (1.7 miles). Passengers can reach
Victoria, London Bridge and St Pancras International in under an hour. There are two bus stops located just outside of the development on the main road.
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Bus stop view from Horsted Way
The closest railway station is Chatham (1.7 miles). Passengers can reach
Victoria, London Bridge and St Pancras International in under an hour. There are two bus stops located just outside of the development on the main road.
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10 minute Bus Route to Chatham Station (trains to Central London)
The closest railway station is Chatham (1.7 miles). Passengers can reach
Victoria, London Bridge and St Pancras International in under an hour. There are two bus stops located just outside of the development on the main road.
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3. Public transport
Nearest two bus stops outside of Horsted Way entrance.
It takes 10 minutes on the bus to reach Chatham station. Buses also go to Rochester and Maidstone.
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3. Public transport
Cycle safety and public space - accessible shared surfaces
Yes. A key feature of the scheme is the incorporation of many sustainable features that aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The proposed development also incorporates several aspects of sustainable transport; including the provision of new cycle and pedestrian routes as well as making a financial contribution to facilitating improvement to public transport, as has previously been agreed in relation to the 2005 planning application.
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4. Meeting local housing requirements
Affordable Housing (purple) and other residential (pink) highlighted masterplan
The development proposes a broad range of dwelling sizes from one to four bedroom units and housing ranges from apartments, to terraced houses, semi to fully detached houses and lastly, a mixed use community center containing affordable housing for the elderly. The Extra Care building forms a key pivotal building within the Horsted Park masterplan, providing a ‘marker’ building within the heart of the development and acting as gateway to the smaller scale family house units within phase 1. The building is arranged in a ‘U’ shaped form over 4 storeys. The treatment of the elevations proposes a variety of brick bonding and weatherboard to deliver a modeled appearance to the built form and to give a more individual expression to the dwellings within. A balcony element, achieved with the use of a steel framework, is clad in vertical timber battens to provide a degree of enclosure, topped with a slatted timber hood to articulate the roof profile. The upper floor is articulated with dormer windows within the roof to provide a domestic scale to the accommodation.
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Extra Care Affordable Housing central in relation to other residential types
The development proposes a broad range of dwelling sizes from one to four bedroom units and housing ranges from apartments, to terraced houses, semi to fully detached houses and lastly, a mixed use community center containing affordable housing for the elderly. The Extra Care building forms a key pivotal building within the Horsted Park masterplan, providing a ‘marker’ building within the heart of the development and acting as gateway to the smaller scale family house units within phase 1. The building is arranged in a ‘U’ shaped form over 4 storeys. The treatment of the elevations proposes a variety of brick bonding and weatherboard to deliver a modeled appearance to the built form and to give a more individual expression to the dwellings within. A balcony element, achieved with the use of a steel framework, is clad in vertical timber battens to provide a degree of enclosure, topped with a slatted timber hood to articulate the roof profile. The upper floor is articulated with dormer windows within the roof to provide a domestic scale to the accommodation.
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Location of different housing types on masterplan (Affordable housing with
The development proposes a broad range of dwelling sizes from one to four bedroom units and housing ranges from apartments, to terraced houses, semi to fully detached houses and lastly, a mixed use community center containing affordable housing for the elderly. The Extra Care building forms a key pivotal building within the Horsted Park masterplan, providing a ‘marker’ building within the heart of the development and acting as gateway to the smaller scale family house units within phase 1. The building is arranged in a ‘U’ shaped form over 4 storeys. The treatment of the elevations proposes a variety of brick bonding and weatherboard to deliver a modeled appearance to the built form and to give a more individual expression to the dwellings within. A balcony element, achieved with the use of a steel framework, is clad in vertical timber battens to provide a degree of enclosure, topped with a slatted timber hood to articulate the roof profile. The upper floor is articulated with dormer windows within the roof to provide a domestic scale to the accommodation.
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Street view of Extra Care housing amongst other homes
The development proposes a broad range of dwelling sizes from one to four bedroom units and housing ranges from apartments, to terraced houses, semi to fully detached houses and lastly, a mixed use community center containing affordable housing for the elderly. The Extra Care building forms a key pivotal building within the Horsted Park masterplan, providing a ‘marker’ building within the heart of the development and acting as gateway to the smaller scale family house units within phase 1. The building is arranged in a ‘U’ shaped form over 4 storeys. The treatment of the elevations proposes a variety of brick bonding and weatherboard to deliver a modeled appearance to the built form and to give a more individual expression to the dwellings within. A balcony element, achieved with the use of a steel framework, is clad in vertical timber battens to provide a degree of enclosure, topped with a slatted timber hood to articulate the roof profile. The upper floor is articulated with dormer windows within the roof to provide a domestic scale to the accommodation.
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5. Character
Close up of differentiation throughout site
Building forms and configurations have been carefully devised to support a new permeable public realm and at the same time provide a domestic scale to both the development as a whole and within individual accommodation clusters. Built form and landscaping treatment have also been used to emphasise the hierarchy of movement patterns across the site. This includes a principle loop road, referred to as the street"
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Different character areas of development (numbered on masterplan)
Building forms and configurations have been carefully devised to support a new permeable public realm and at the same time provide a domestic scale to both the development as a whole and within individual accommodation clusters. Built form and landscaping treatment have also been used to emphasise the hierarchy of movement patterns across the site. This includes a principle loop road, referred to as the street"
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5. Character
Design precedent - Kent village character with loose courtyards around farmsteads
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Design precedent - Rochester brick and projecting brick siding seen in town
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Design precedent - traditional terraced buildings, oast houses and free standing buildings at Goldhurst, Kent
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Design precedent - Cloisters in Hampstead
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Vertical timber hoods on balconies
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Close up building materials
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Building Materials Palette
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Street surfaces (Different Colour Paviors for Footways & Carriageways; Granite Kerbs)
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Streetscape
The landscape design approach is focused on the role of the site in
establishing connections between the development pattern and the
surrounding open landscape, whilst aiming to create a distinctive and
pleasant living environment for residents.
This approach incorporates the following key principles:
• Creating a sequence of landscape spaces through the core of
development, connecting with the wider landscape
• Responding to the tree and hedge lines in and around the site
• Creating a distinctive spatial sequence of public realm
spaces,reinforced and characterised by street tree planting, the
use of decorative grasses and hedges and the treatment of the
hard landscape fl oorscape
• Developing boundary treatments which integrate the site with
its surrounding landscape character
• Adopting a tree planting character which utilises similar
species as a key component to connect with the local landscape
character and reinforce the concept of creating distinctive
places.
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5. Character
Wildflowers & Native Species
The landscape design approach is focused on the role of the site in
establishing connections between the development pattern and the
surrounding open landscape, whilst aiming to create a distinctive and
pleasant living environment for residents.
This approach incorporates the following key principles:
• Creating a sequence of landscape spaces through the core of
development, connecting with the wider landscape
• Responding to the tree and hedge lines in and around the site
• Creating a distinctive spatial sequence of public realm
spaces,reinforced and characterised by street tree planting, the
use of decorative grasses and hedges and the treatment of the
hard landscape fl oorscape
• Developing boundary treatments which integrate the site with
its surrounding landscape character
• Adopting a tree planting character which utilises similar
species as a key component to connect with the local landscape
character and reinforce the concept of creating distinctive
places.
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5. Character
Typical shrubs and other plants
The landscape design approach is focused on the role of the site in
establishing connections between the development pattern and the
surrounding open landscape, whilst aiming to create a distinctive and
pleasant living environment for residents.
This approach incorporates the following key principles:
• Creating a sequence of landscape spaces through the core of
development, connecting with the wider landscape
• Responding to the tree and hedge lines in and around the site
• Creating a distinctive spatial sequence of public realm
spaces,reinforced and characterised by street tree planting, the
use of decorative grasses and hedges and the treatment of the
hard landscape fl oorscape
• Developing boundary treatments which integrate the site with
its surrounding landscape character
• Adopting a tree planting character which utilises similar
species as a key component to connect with the local landscape
character and reinforce the concept of creating distinctive
places.
Creating a Place
5. Character
House front landscaping from lane
The landscape design approach is focused on the role of the site in
establishing connections between the development pattern and the
surrounding open landscape, whilst aiming to create a distinctive and
pleasant living environment for residents.
This approach incorporates the following key principles:
• Creating a sequence of landscape spaces through the core of
development, connecting with the wider landscape
• Responding to the tree and hedge lines in and around the site
• Creating a distinctive spatial sequence of public realm
spaces,reinforced and characterised by street tree planting, the
use of decorative grasses and hedges and the treatment of the
hard landscape fl oorscape
• Developing boundary treatments which integrate the site with
its surrounding landscape character
• Adopting a tree planting character which utilises similar
species as a key component to connect with the local landscape
character and reinforce the concept of creating distinctive
places.
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Interaction of soft and hard landscapes
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5. Character
LEAD and LAP play area equipment
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Rustic Fitness Equptment on
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Site overlooking Holsted Way
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View from Fort Holsted
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6. Working with the site and context
View from Holsted Way
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Southern Meadow view to be managed as open space Eco Park
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Dated existing structures of Medway College
Derelict buildings of former Medway College were demolished to build Horsted Park
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Overgrown lots and single use buildings
Derelict buildings of former Medway College were demolished to build Horsted Park
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Derelict buildings of former Medway College
Derelict buildings of former Medway College were demolished to build Horsted Park
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View from street of old college
Derelict buildings of former Medway College were demolished to build Horsted Park
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6. Working with the site and context
Lawns and unkept site - negligible biodiversity
Mostly the bordering trees, some old healthy trees within the center and flower species within the southern meadow have been kept in the design, but most of the site ecology is negligible as it was unkept lawn and weeds around the derelict buildings.
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Existing vegetation survey
Mostly the bordering trees, some old healthy trees within the center and flower species within the southern meadow have been kept in the design, but most of the site ecology is negligible as it was unkept lawn and weeds around the derelict buildings.
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Southern Meadow included in design
Mostly the bordering trees, some old healthy trees within the center and flower species within the southern meadow have been kept in the design, but most of the site ecology is negligible as it was unkept lawn and weeds around the derelict buildings.
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Site Plan with existing trees
Mostly the bordering trees, some old healthy trees within the center and flower species within the southern meadow have been kept in the design, but most of the site ecology is negligible as it was unkept lawn and weeds around the derelict buildings.
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Road Surfaces
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Road layout
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Corner building street perspective
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Corner building balconies and cloister passages
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Corner buildings with balconies
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8. Easy to find your way around
Streetscape
The proposals will create the conditions for people to enjoy being in the
external environment - places for people living and visiting to meet and
relax, whilst allowing the necessary functions of the site. It will create
places which are sheltered, at a human scale and orientated to provide
comfort. It will include comfortable places for people to sit out, on
lawns, under trees and in comfortable areas within the lively street; at
all times of the day and throughout the year. The general arrangement
of the street and streetscape elements, and the detailing of surfaces and
edges will empower people to use the street.
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Landscape and Street Strategies
The proposals will create the conditions for people to enjoy being in the
external environment - places for people living and visiting to meet and
relax, whilst allowing the necessary functions of the site. It will create
places which are sheltered, at a human scale and orientated to provide
comfort. It will include comfortable places for people to sit out, on
lawns, under trees and in comfortable areas within the lively street; at
all times of the day and throughout the year. The general arrangement
of the street and streetscape elements, and the detailing of surfaces and
edges will empower people to use the street.
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Green corridors and connections to open space
The proposals will create the conditions for people to enjoy being in the
external environment - places for people living and visiting to meet and
relax, whilst allowing the necessary functions of the site. It will create
places which are sheltered, at a human scale and orientated to provide
comfort. It will include comfortable places for people to sit out, on
lawns, under trees and in comfortable areas within the lively street; at
all times of the day and throughout the year. The general arrangement
of the street and streetscape elements, and the detailing of surfaces and
edges will empower people to use the street.
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8. Easy to find your way around
Streets, Lanes, Courts with legible surfacing
The proposals will create the conditions for people to enjoy being in the
external environment - places for people living and visiting to meet and
relax, whilst allowing the necessary functions of the site. It will create
places which are sheltered, at a human scale and orientated to provide
comfort. It will include comfortable places for people to sit out, on
lawns, under trees and in comfortable areas within the lively street; at
all times of the day and throughout the year. The general arrangement
of the street and streetscape elements, and the detailing of surfaces and
edges will empower people to use the street.
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8. Easy to find your way around
Landmark mixed-use building - U-shaped central marker
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8. Easy to find your way around
Landmark mixed-use building - central community center and affordable housing
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8. Easy to find your way around
The Eco Park on the southern border of the site
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9. Streets for all
Shared surface strategy - Aprons, ramps, street furniture and landscape
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Street Material Differentiation
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Street furniture at entranceway
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Shared surfaces and engaging verticalities in facades of buildings
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Safe, Compact Streetscape - trees as interesting vertical interventions
All principle entrances to the apartments face either Horsted Way or
the new shared surface areas within the development and are clearly
legible. Entrance approaches will be level, allowing ease of access from
parking spaces, pathways etc.
The topography for the apartment blocks within phase 2.1 is
predominantly level and proposed gradients on average are 1:125.
Towards the steeply sloping areas of the site to the east, a maximum
gradient of 1 in 25 is proposed, although generally gradients in this
area range from 1 in 60 to 1 in 30. All are within acceptable gradient
levels indicated in the Kent Design Guide and Building Regulations. All
landscape zones are level or very gently sloping and therefore allow
ease of movement to wheelchair users.
The scheme will be detailed in accordance with the Approved Document
Part M of the Building Regulations and with the option to provide layouts
to Lifetime Homes Standards if required. Level threshold access will
be provided to all principle entrances. Circulation within the common
areas and the dwelling will meet part M.
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9. Streets for all
Kerb, footpath and road surfaces
All principle entrances to the apartments face either Horsted Way or
the new shared surface areas within the development and are clearly
legible. Entrance approaches will be level, allowing ease of access from
parking spaces, pathways etc.
The topography for the apartment blocks within phase 2.1 is
predominantly level and proposed gradients on average are 1:125.
Towards the steeply sloping areas of the site to the east, a maximum
gradient of 1 in 25 is proposed, although generally gradients in this
area range from 1 in 60 to 1 in 30. All are within acceptable gradient
levels indicated in the Kent Design Guide and Building Regulations. All
landscape zones are level or very gently sloping and therefore allow
ease of movement to wheelchair users.
The scheme will be detailed in accordance with the Approved Document
Part M of the Building Regulations and with the option to provide layouts
to Lifetime Homes Standards if required. Level threshold access will
be provided to all principle entrances. Circulation within the common
areas and the dwelling will meet part M.
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9. Streets for all
Shared surface strategy - Accessible, safe, slow speed, multifunctional, breaks social barriers to interaction
All principle entrances to the apartments face either Horsted Way or
the new shared surface areas within the development and are clearly
legible. Entrance approaches will be level, allowing ease of access from
parking spaces, pathways etc.
The topography for the apartment blocks within phase 2.1 is
predominantly level and proposed gradients on average are 1:125.
Towards the steeply sloping areas of the site to the east, a maximum
gradient of 1 in 25 is proposed, although generally gradients in this
area range from 1 in 60 to 1 in 30. All are within acceptable gradient
levels indicated in the Kent Design Guide and Building Regulations. All
landscape zones are level or very gently sloping and therefore allow
ease of movement to wheelchair users.
The scheme will be detailed in accordance with the Approved Document
Part M of the Building Regulations and with the option to provide layouts
to Lifetime Homes Standards if required. Level threshold access will
be provided to all principle entrances. Circulation within the common
areas and the dwelling will meet part M.
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9. Streets for all
Windows behind buildings overlooking public walkways
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9. Streets for all
Overlooking windows and arrangement of buildings
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9. Streets for all
House front view
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9. Streets for all
Arrangement of buildings to overlook common land
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Close-up of parking spaces in masterplan
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9. Streets for all
Masterplan with parking spaces/lots shown
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9. Streets for all
Ground level parking
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9. Streets for all
House types with Garages
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10. Car parking
Garages and street parking spaces
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10. Car parking
Street spaces and garages for different housing types
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10. Car parking
Parking spaces separated by planting trees and shrubs
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11. Public and private spaces
Overview of green space and open space to the south (Play spaces equipment in red)
The design of the public realm at Horsted seeks to visually enhance the
development, reinforcing the existing tranquil, green, and ecological local
character through the introduction of appropriate street trees and open
spaces. It will complement the local environment with quality materials,
referencing the types of surfaces found nearby, whilst maintaining a
simple landscape, free of unnecessary clutter on the street.
Horsted will become a distinctive place in its own right, establishing
it’s own typology of streets and spaces. Thresholds are created into the
development, announcing the new street type and signalling to drivers
that here, they are guests.
Within the development, accessible routes to the common entrance to
apartments is provided, from the road and car parking either within
the curtilege of a building, on street or within parking courtyards. An
accessible route contains no barriers, such as kerbs, steps or similar
obstructions that may restrict access to the home.
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11. Public and private spaces
Eco Park on southern border
The design of the public realm at Horsted seeks to visually enhance the
development, reinforcing the existing tranquil, green, and ecological local
character through the introduction of appropriate street trees and open
spaces. It will complement the local environment with quality materials,
referencing the types of surfaces found nearby, whilst maintaining a
simple landscape, free of unnecessary clutter on the street.
Horsted will become a distinctive place in its own right, establishing
it’s own typology of streets and spaces. Thresholds are created into the
development, announcing the new street type and signalling to drivers
that here, they are guests.
Within the development, accessible routes to the common entrance to
apartments is provided, from the road and car parking either within
the curtilege of a building, on street or within parking courtyards. An
accessible route contains no barriers, such as kerbs, steps or similar
obstructions that may restrict access to the home.
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Public and Private space divide
The design of the public realm at Horsted seeks to visually enhance the
development, reinforcing the existing tranquil, green, and ecological local
character through the introduction of appropriate street trees and open
spaces. It will complement the local environment with quality materials,
referencing the types of surfaces found nearby, whilst maintaining a
simple landscape, free of unnecessary clutter on the street.
Horsted will become a distinctive place in its own right, establishing
it’s own typology of streets and spaces. Thresholds are created into the
development, announcing the new street type and signalling to drivers
that here, they are guests.
Within the development, accessible routes to the common entrance to
apartments is provided, from the road and car parking either within
the curtilege of a building, on street or within parking courtyards. An
accessible route contains no barriers, such as kerbs, steps or similar
obstructions that may restrict access to the home.
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11. Public and private spaces
Management of Open Space (meadow)
The design of the public realm at Horsted seeks to visually enhance the
development, reinforcing the existing tranquil, green, and ecological local
character through the introduction of appropriate street trees and open
spaces. It will complement the local environment with quality materials,
referencing the types of surfaces found nearby, whilst maintaining a
simple landscape, free of unnecessary clutter on the street.
Horsted will become a distinctive place in its own right, establishing
it’s own typology of streets and spaces. Thresholds are created into the
development, announcing the new street type and signalling to drivers
that here, they are guests.
Within the development, accessible routes to the common entrance to
apartments is provided, from the road and car parking either within
the curtilege of a building, on street or within parking courtyards. An
accessible route contains no barriers, such as kerbs, steps or similar
obstructions that may restrict access to the home.
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11. Public and private spaces
Cross-section of space between buildings
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11. Public and private spaces
Brick wall across house fascade
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Front of housing surfaces and landscape
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Main street facing buildings
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12. External storage and amenity space
Removal Vehicle Tracking
Medway Council has a commitment to recycle domestic waste. The
design includes manoeuvring space for refuse vehicles and has taken
into account that the design must include provision for the required
number of household recycle bins and their collection points must be
within easy reach of each dwelling.
Collection systems and arrangements must encourage participation by
householders. Training and information through community websites,
stewardship and community groups will be encouraged.
The Council currently operates fortnightly main kerbside collections
of recyclable garden and waste and a weekly kerbside collection of
general household refuse. Within apartment blocks an integrated bin store is to be provided . The
distance from access point of the collection vehicle to the storage area
or collection point of the apartment block, will be no more than 30m.
It is proposed that refuse from apartment block F4 facing onto Horsted
Way will be collected from the Horsted Way roadside.
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12. External storage and amenity space
Bin storage and removal path (red line)
Medway Council has a commitment to recycle domestic waste. The
design includes manoeuvring space for refuse vehicles and has taken
into account that the design must include provision for the required
number of household recycle bins and their collection points must be
within easy reach of each dwelling.
Collection systems and arrangements must encourage participation by
householders. Training and information through community websites,
stewardship and community groups will be encouraged.
The Council currently operates fortnightly main kerbside collections
of recyclable garden and waste and a weekly kerbside collection of
general household refuse. Within apartment blocks an integrated bin store is to be provided . The
distance from access point of the collection vehicle to the storage area
or collection point of the apartment block, will be no more than 30m.
It is proposed that refuse from apartment block F4 facing onto Horsted
Way will be collected from the Horsted Way roadside.
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12. External storage and amenity space
Cycle + Extra Storage in Community Centre Building
Extra Storages and other Cycle parking spaces are being provided in secure communal cycle stores within the curtilege of the apartment buildings. For cycle storage locations refer to above diagrams.
In accordance with the Medway Councils Interim Residential Parking
Standards (From 1 March 2010), residential dwellings will be afforded
a minimum of 1 cycle parking space per dwelling.
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12. External storage and amenity space
Unit Cycle Stores (blue line)
Extra Storages and other Cycle parking spaces are being provided in secure communal cycle stores within the curtilege of the apartment buildings. For cycle storage locations refer to above diagrams.
In accordance with the Medway Councils Interim Residential Parking
Standards (From 1 March 2010), residential dwellings will be afforded
a minimum of 1 cycle parking space per dwelling.
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