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Welcome to our first public exhibition on our emerging proposals for Weyside Urban Village – a new place on the Wey.
As the body responsible for driving the proposals forward, Guildford Borough Council has created a special project team to bring forward and deliver proposals for the site – this is the Weyside Project Team.
Over the next four weeks we’ll be running a series of online exhibitions which will deal with particular topics of interest. This evening we want to:
• Bring you up to speed with the background to the project,
• Explain the planning policy which creates a framework for us to work in,
• Share our vision for the development and
• Showcase a first draft of a masterplan.
Welcome
Leigh EdwardsWeyside Project Team – Surveyor
Meet the Weyside Team To deliver this vision, the Weyside Project Team comprises a number of members who are leaders in their professions. All are critical to ensuring that a comprehensive outline planning application can be prepared and submitted.
Project co-ordinators
Planning consultants
Architects and masterplanners
Landscape architects
Infrastructure advisers
Transport planners and infrastructure engineers
Property consultants
Supporting the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Community engagement
Leigh EdwardsWeyside Project Team – Surveyor
Formerly known as the Slyfield Area Regeneration Project (SARP), the site currently has a range of uses including the existing Guildford Sewage Treatment Works operated by Thames Water, a Surrey County Council waste transfer station, a Guilford Council depot and existing allotments.
The Story So Far
SARP allocation areaKEY:
Leigh EdwardsWeyside Project Team – Surveyor
Over the last few years considerable effort has gone into creating the possibility of development on the site.
We have worked closely with Thames Water to secure funding for them to be able to build a new Sewage Treatment Works to the north of Slyfield Industrial Estate on land identified in the Surrey Waste Plan. Thames Water will be bringing forward a planning application for the new Sewage Treatment Works next year, and will be consulting fully with the community prior to submission.
Guildford Borough Council adopted its Local
Plan, which allocated a brownfield site to the
north east of Guildford Town Centre, known
as the Slyfield Area, for redevelopment.
Guildford Borough Council voted unanimously to approve £350million of
capital funding to enable the infrastructure phase of the development to be
carried out.
We secured planning permission from the
Council to facilitate the new allotments at North Moors and an extension to Aldershot Road. This will enable the Bellfields
Road allotment holders to move, freeing up the site
which forms a crucial part of the overall Weyside Urban
Village site.
An Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping
request was submitted to Guildford Borough Council
(as the Local Planning Authority) to agree the
parameters of the technical work that will be required
to support a planning application.
APRIL 2019 JANUARY 2020 MAY/JUNE 2020 JUNE 2020
The Weyside Project Team is now ready to take the next step, which is to work with as many residents and community groups as possible on what they would like to see happen on the site within the established planning policy framework.
The Story So Far
Leigh EdwardsWeyside Project Team – Surveyor
In 2019 Guildford Borough Council adopted its Local Plan which sets out its development and planning policy framework for the next 15 years. This site was allocated as a suitable place for redevelopment because it is a brownfield site and close to the town centre.
Within the local plan policy boundary, ongoing work between GBC, TW and SCC has shown that the existing uses on site can be moved as shown on the diagram to the right.
Based on site area, access and the proximity to services and facilities the local plan policy allocates the site for approximately 1,500 homes.
Delivering fewer homes would mean that the Council would face a shortfall on its housing numbers and be at risk of speculative developments on sites not allocated in the Local Plan.
The 1,500 homes at Weyside will be delivered in accordance with the Council’s housing mix policy, informed by local housing market assessments, to ensure the right types and sizes of properties are built.
The Planning Context
James BrewerSavills - Planning Consultant
Weyside Urban Village (residential, employment and new depot)
Replacement waste and recycling centre
New STW and accompanying works/infrastructure
Constraints and Opportunities
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
Please note that the above layout is subject to change
Weyside Urban Village - A new place on the Wey.
Weyside Urban Village will deliver a green and thriving community alongside the River Wey. It will draw its reference from the River and the surrounding countryside, incorporating sustainable living and ways of working. The development will prove to be Regenerative in nature, Responsive to its surroundings and Resourceful for all to benefit.
Protect our precious Green Belt Create a destination for all Guildford residents
Move the waste transfer depot and support Thames Water to relocate
the sewage treatment works
Build approximately 1,500 high-quality homes
Address the climate change emergency
Create new work and commercial spaces
The Vision
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
The masterplan design concept has been developed in response to the site context and constraints. The following diagrams identify the design principles which underpins the key strategic and physical aspects of the site.
Design Principles
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
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Surface Water
Design Principles
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Design Principles
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
5 64 access points are created: Access from (1) Moorfield Road, (2) Woking Road, (3) Bellfields Road and (4) Slyfield Green.
Design Principles
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
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Design Principles
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
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Design Principles
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
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Design Principles
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
Design Principles
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
The Emerging Masterplan
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
This plan has been developed from the vision and the masterplan design principles. It illustrated how the proposed uses could be distributed across the site to create an attractive and sustainable Urban Village which will include a range of amenities and open spaces.
Connectivity
Andreas MarkidesMarkides - Transport planners and infrastructure engineers
Key:
Access Points
Junction to be assessed
Green Fingers: Car Free Routes to riverfront
Cycling connections
Sustainable Movement Corridor (SMC)
River crossing point
Cycling Connections to the Town Centre
Our vision is to deliver a range of public accessible green spaces, connecting with nature, benefiting physical and mental health, enhancing biodiversity, and sustaining a strong local community.
Landscape
Phil SmithBMD - Landscape architects
Landscape
Phil SmithBMD - Landscape architects
To ensure the design quality of Weyside Urban Village, a Design Code will be produced to provide future housebuilders mandatory guidelines to inform future Reserved Matters Applications.
The design code document will focus on the following key areas:
• Design of the public realm, including streets and green and blue infrastructure
• Design of buildings, including key principles for their form, appearance, and detailing
• Sustainable design
• Creation of character areas, ensuring that Weyside Urban Village has a distinctive and varied appearance
• Technical design, including utilities provision, waste and recycling, parking and sustainable drainage.
Placemaking & Design Quality
Rebecca TaylorJTP - Architects & Masterplanners
0207 399 2294
weysideurbanvillage.co.uk
RTEL-AYJX-KXUA, 299 Oxford Street, London, W1C 2DZ
We welcome your comments on what you have heard this evening. Please visit www.weysideurbanvillage.co.uk/consultation to let us know what you think.
If you would like a paper copy of the feedback form, please contact a member of the Weyside Project Team directly.
Please send through your comments by 10th August.
Feedback
Leigh EdwardsWeyside Project Team – Surveyor
Today’s public exhibition has been the first chance for the Weyside Team to present the initial ideas, design concepts and parameters for the new development and encourage residents to begin to think about their priorities for Weyside Urban Village.
Next Steps
Joseph BaumCurtin&Co - Community Engagement
The Weyside Project Team will be holding a series of workshop events
• Infrastructure - Monday 20th July • Highways and Transport -
Monday 27th July • Climate Change and Sustainability -
Monday 3rd August
The Weyside Project Team will invite feedback from everyone that has attended one of the exhibitions.
The Weyside Project Team will review the feedback and will work on
a draft masterplan to present to the community in September.
OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS EARLY AUGUST AUGUST
EARLY SEPTEMBER EARLY OCTOBER END OF THE YEAR
The Weyside Project Team will conduct a second public exhibition,
presenting a draft masterplan.
The Weyside Project Team will conduct a third public exhibition,
prior to submitting a planning application.
The Weyside Project Team expects to be able to submit an outline
planning application. A more detailed ‘reserved matters’ application will
come forward in the next few years and residents will have the opportunity
to comment.