kingston hospital
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Masterplan
July 2010
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Introduction
This document proposes the principles for an agreement on the future improvement of Kingston Hospital.
The aim is not to produce a fixed masterplan but a site strategy based upon simple principles that can be developed in more detail as opportunities arise and as developments come forward.
The principles have developed from the Hospital Estate Strategy and four subject areas are covered in this first edition.
The Key Hospital Service BuildingsThe observation that the core hospital functions are predominantly found within buildings in the centre of the site and that it is a good idea to build on this in the future.
Height opportunities and constraintsA massing envelope to provide a strategy for the location of new buildings and the possible height of any new development within the site boundary.
The StreetA strategy for improving way finding and communication around the hospital as a whole. A simple way of transforming the site.
Parking StrategyAn approach to the location and purpose of parking on the site.
The masterplan strategy will be an evolving process and further topics added in the future.
NHS Trust
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
MasterplanK
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Masterplan
May 2010
• EstateStrategy
• FutureStrategy
• KingstonHospital Galsworthy Road Kingston Upon Thames Planning and Urban Design Brief
• ParkingatKingstonHospital Health Overview Panel
• UDP/LDFPolicy
• HealthyTransportPlan
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Hospital Services
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Non-Key Buildings
Non-Key buildings
3Wolverton Centre
22Multi Storey Car Park
15Maple Children’s Centre
16Regent Wing
21Catering Wing
20Creche
13Generator, Works Yard
9Pain Management & Diabetes
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14Roehampton Wing,
6Davies Wood House
Wolverton Centre
Multi Storey Car Park
Davies Wood House
Maple Children’s Centre
Pain Management and Diabetes
Generator, Works Yard
Roehampton Wing
Regents Wing
Nurses Homes
19Nurses Home
4Averil ResidenceBurley ResidenceCecil ResidenceLaundry
Residences
The Estate Strategy produced a qualitative survey of all thebuildingswithinthehospital.Fromthisbuildingswereidentified as either nonessential, under performing or in need of major investment.
Key
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Key Buildings
7A&E Wing
19Nurses Home
2Kingston Surgical Unit
17Out Patients Wing
10Bernard Meade Wing Paediatric/Pathology
8Maternity/SDU
18Esher Wing
5Boiler House
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1Sir William Rous Unit
11Princess Alexandra Wing
Esher Wing
Princess Alexandra Wing
A and E Wing
Maternity /SDU
Boiler House
Wolverton Centre
Sir William Rous Unit
Kingston Surgical Unit
12Mortuary
Key buildings
Key
This diagram shows the buildings that form the core functions of the Hospital.
By this process the key buildings were identified.
In the Estates Strategy these buildings were called ‘core’ buildings but to avoid confusion with the ‘core’ area of the site we are calling these key buildings.
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Key buildings
Non Key buildings
Peripheral Sites
Services StrategyThe Core and the Periphery
The identification of Key buildings has helped define a future strategy whereby the site has a Core area consisting of the majority of the Key hospital buildings and a periphery that contains the majority of the Non Key buildings.
This principle enables us to develop a strategy that provides the most efficient use of the site in terms of capacity and massing and allows the closest and strongest possible connections to be made between clinical services.
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Toward Norbiton Station
Coom
be Road
Galsworthy Road
Coom
be Road
Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill
Key
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Services StrategyEstates Strategy 5 Year Plan
The Trust’s Estate Strategy includes a 5 year plan for capital and revenue expenditure. This is updated annually.
The Strategy adopted in March 2010 focuses resources primarily on investment in maintenance and improvements in the existing hospital buildings.
Only one service proposal is identified which could involve a new building proposal and this would be an extension to Maternity to resolve the current overcrowding and future growth in the service.
The Estates Strategy notes a potential opportunity for this to take place on the adjoining site currently occupied by the Creche and Consultants Car Parking.
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Building Envelope
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FutureCapacityPeriphery Capacity
The periphery of the hospital currently contains parking servicing landscaping and residential accommodation. No ‘key’ buildings are found here.
As this is the area that adjoins the neighbouring residential area it is the part of the site where building size and use is most constrained by the context of the site.
The future strategy recognises that any redevelopment of this area should be sympathetic to the surrounding context and would be unlikely to exceed the heights of the surrounding buildings.
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Peripheral Capacity
FutureCapacityNotional Core Capacity
Existing Core Heights
The core area of the site has potential for higher massing because it is less constrained by the surrounding context.
Maximum potential height (Determined by the Esher Wing)
Peripheral Development on constrained land
Existing hospital development
This diagram shows a summary of the notional capacity and massing for the hospital site.
Peripheral sites may be constrained to the height of the surrounding residential buildings.
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FutureStrategy
Whilst the peripheral areas of the hospital are constrained by the surrounding context, the internal ‘Core’ areas are less constrained. Buildings in this area could achieve a similar height to Esher Wing and would allow for the density of services to be increased and greater opportunitiesforcloserlinksbetweenservices.Lowdensity buildings in this area could be wasteful.
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Coom
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Galsworthy Road Coom
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Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill
Peripheral Sites - Constrained by the surrounding context.
Core area - Potential for height - fewer constraints.
Landscaped Space
Key
- Maintain and enhance existing Landscaping surrounding the hospital
Garden Area - Maintain and enhance existing Garden Area along Kingston Hill
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The Street
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Existing Movement
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It is agreed that there would be major benefits for everybody who uses the hospital if we were to be able to improve access and way finding around the hospital.
A review of the site has suggested that we could work towards the creation of a new ‘street’ which would run right through the very middle of the hospital.
As the following diagrams show, the creation of a central route would help to improve routes to all buildings as existing routes could be connected to it.
The opportunity for a new ‘Street’ arises because there is an almost completely straight and building free route through the site today. Only the temporary Roehampton Wing is in the way.
This image shows the existing ad hoc movement of people throughout the site.
Improving Circulation
This image shows the hospital looking south from Kingston Hill. Highlighted in red is the temporary Roehampton Wing.
By removing the Roehampton Wing from this view the opportunity for the street becomes apparent.
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A New StreetThe Street
The development of an Estate Strategy has highlighted the opportunity for a new street which could provide a single route by which the majority of the hospital can be accessed.
The street is not envisaged as a route for vehicles.
Toward Norbiton
Station
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Galsworthy Road
Coom
be Road
Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus StopBus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Pedestrian/Cycle Access
Pedestrian/Cycle Access
Pedestrian / Cycle Routes
Key
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The new street would encourage better use of the garden at the Kingston Hill frontage of the hospital. It could be an amenity garden used by patients, visitors and staff but at present it is difficult to find and access.
In the future it could be found very easily at the end of the street and signposted accordingly.
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Strategy: A New Street
The key to the creation of the street would be to agree that it is a desirable objective and to ensure that no new structures are built in its path.
The Estates Strategy supports this proposal.
The creation of the street could take place incrementally with the development of sites adjoining its route such as the redevelopment of Roehampton Wing and the Catering Block.
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Toward Norbiton Station
Coom
be Road
Galsworthy Road
Coom
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Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus StopBus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Kingston Hill Garden Area
Kingston Hill Garden Area
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Parking Strategy
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Parking Management
The management of parking at the Hospital is a multi-faceted task.
The diagram to the right shows how the existing spaces are being managed to alter the balance between staff and visitors to increase those available for visitors and patients. It also shows how Healthy Transport Planning initiatives are influencing the overall balance between cars and public transport. These are long term initiatives that have been underway for some time and are yielding results.
At the same time hospital services are expanding and demand to travel to the hospital is increasing and may be expected to continue to do so.
This growth, together with the fact that surveys show that many visitors are currently using local streets for parking, combine to create significant problems from an inadequate parking capacity on site.
Finallywehaveanopportunitytorationalise the ad hoc arrangement of parking across the site to improve its function and the relationship with the surrounding streets. This last topic is the main focus of this document.
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Parking Management
Patient Demand
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Now Initiatives Taken Initiatives Result Future
75% of Spaces
25% of Spaces
Parking Contract Review
Healthy Transport Plan
Largefallinthenumberofpermits being issued. Staff passes have been reduced by around 50%, from well over 2,440 in 2002 to around 1400 by 2009
50% of Spaces
50% of Spaces
Now Expansion Areas Future
Pat
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s MaternityFacilities
Norbiton Station
Coom
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Galsworthy Road
Coom
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Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill
Disabled/Drop off/Bus
Car Park
Car Park
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Pedestrian/Cycle Access
Pedestrian/Cycle Access
Diagnosis Services
ElectiveFacilitiesEmergencyFacilities
Residencies:
Multi-Storey:
Galsworthy Road 1:
Galsworthy Road 2:Goods Yard:
Generator:
Coombe Road:
Maternity:
MasterplanNow Parking StrategySite Strategy
Parking CapacityNow
Spa
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800 on site
Future
Review Parking Policy
400 off site?
The Street
Maintain essential on site requirement
Possible off site restriction reduced capacity
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Existing Parking
Car parking is currently provided by a series of ad hoc parkinglocations.Theseareservedbysixentrance/exitpoint, from around all four sides of the hospital.
The existing parking arrangement is insufficient for the parking requirements of the hospital and currently 29% of all staff parking for the hospital is located off site in the surrounding streets.
Galsworthy Road
Kingston Hill
Wolverton Avenue
Coom
be Road
Staff:265 Spaces
Staff:37 Spaces
Public:54Spaces
Public:101 Spaces
Staff:18 Spaces Staff:36
Spaces
Staff:36 Spaces
Staff:37 Spaces
Staff:45 Spaces
Public:50 Spaces
Staff:8 Spaces
Staff:16 Spaces
245 cars, (29%) of all Staff parking is off siteOdyssey Travel Survey 9th March 2010
245 cars, (29%) of all Staff parking is off siteOdyssey Travel Survey 9th March 2010
805 Spaces within the hospitals boundaryOdyssey Travel Survey 9th March 2010
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Existing EntrancesExisting Entrances
Galsworthy Road
Kingston Hill
Wolverton Avenue
Coom
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1. Galsworthy Road Main Entrance and Exit point for visitors to the hospital site.
2. Galsworthy Road Entrance, this is an extra entrance point providing relief for the main entry point into the hospital (1).
3. Entrance from Coombe Road mainly utilised by staff for surface parking located to the South of the site.
4. Entrance and Exit from Wolverton Avenue. This is used by staff only for surface parking to the west of the site.
5. Traffic light controlled junction providing access for staff to the multi storey car park to the north of the site.
6. Ambulance only entrance from Galsworthy Road to the A&E wing.
The existing arrangement of parking within the site is hard to navigate, creating a backup of cars which often tails out onto Galsworthy Road, creating traffic problems for local residents.
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Parking StrategyParking Anchors
New parking areas could feed onto this street providing easy access to all the hospitals facilities.
1. A+E vehicular entrance
2.Dropoff/Disabled/TaxipointfromGalsworthyRoad
3. Car park entrance off Kingston Hill
4. Car park entrance off Coombe Road
Galsworthy Road
Kingston Hill
Wolverton Avenue
Coom
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Car Park
DropPoint/Disabled/Bus
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3
Car Park
No Parking
1
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus StopBus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
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Masterplan Strategy
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Masterplan Strategy
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Toward Norbiton Station
Coom
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Galsworthy Road
Coom
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Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill
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Toward Norbiton StationC
oombe R
oad
Galsworthy Road Coom
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Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill
Car Park
DropPoint/Disabled/Bus
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4
3
Car Park
No Parking
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Toward Norbiton Station
Coom
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Galsworthy Road Coom
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Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill
Parking Strategy - Parking ProvisionThe Street - Way finding
FutureStrategy-BuildingEnvelopeServices Strategy - Key Buildings
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Toward Norbiton Station
Coom
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Galsworthy Road Coom
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Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill
Parking Strategy - Parking Provision
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Masterplan Strategy
This conceptual diagram shows the combination of the strategies and the interaction between them. The development of this masterplan creates a legible, more efficient use of space, providing a clear approach to the future development on the hospital site.
Norbiton Station
Coom
be Road
Galsworthy Road
Coom
be Road
Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill
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LandscapedSpace
Peripheral Area
Core Area with existing building
Core Area for possible redevelopment
The Street
New connections to the street
Car Parking
Vehicular Entrances
Core Area
A&E Only
Disabled/Drop off/Bus
Car Park
Car ParkThe Street
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Pedestrian/Cycle Access
Pedestrian/Cycle Access Kingston Hill Garden Area