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Application form
Please make sure you have read all the notes carefully before you start to fill in the application form. This application form can either be completed by hand or electronically - it is available on the Planning homepage at www.scotland.gov.uk/planning. Please complete all five sections. The deadline for submitting applications is 8 September 2006. An acknowledgement letter will be sent to the person who has completed this form.
1 Please provide a name and contact details of the lead organisation responsible for this work.
Name | Andrew Bayne |
Job title | Senior Consultant |
Organisation | EDAWAECOM |
Address | Norloch House, 36 Kings Stables Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2EU |
Telephone | 0131 222 3000 |
Fax | 0131 222 3030 |
Email | andrew.bayne@edaw.com |
2 If this is a joint application, please list the other partners who had a key role. You should also inform your partners that you are nominating the project for an award.
1 CALA Homes (East) Limited | 2 |
3 The Lighthouse | 4 |
5 | 6 |
3 Tick the category of nomination
Title of entry | Winchburgh Future Master Plan - Community Involvement and Engagement |
Please complete the form on the following pages by providing a brief summary of the piece of work you have entered. You must also conclude with a key reason as to why you think this work merits an Award. Only the two A4 pages supplied here can be used and your text must fit within the boxes. The font size should be no less than 12pt.
The judging criteria are set out below. Please tick only the key criteria relevant to your entry:
You must describe, in your written submission, how the criteria which you have ticked relate to your project.
Description of project
Overview: The engagement of the people of Winchburgh and other stakeholders is a major aspect of the ongoing development of a Master Plan for the extension of the village. The settlement will include around 3450 new homes, employment space, supporting community facilities and transport connections set within an extensive landscape framework. The input of the community and other stakeholders has been fundamental to the development of the Master Plan layout. Regeneration: From the outset the Master Plan has embraced the importance of establishing ideas for the improvement to the existing village whilst respecting the local context and assets. It has not merely focused on what new development will look like but has sought to build upon the assets of the village and its surrounding landscape in order to maintain a sense of place and to integrate the new with the existing. Innovation and community interest: In order to encourage a collaborative approach initial consultation consisted of a brief presentation of ideas and a series of workshops. The full design team and CALA were present in order to provide answers to questions raised by the community. Key to the ongoing involvement of the community and stakeholders were the innovative methods used to keep this exchange of information and ideas fluid and to ensure that people considered their continuing input to be worthwhile. A further important aspect was that sectors of the population were not being reached by conventional public gatherings. A website was set up to provide the latest information on the evolution of the proposals and to provide the opportunity to make comment. Primary school children participated in a series of lessons that were designed to encourage their input to the evolution of Winchburgh. A second round of exhibitions, presentations and workshops involving the community and other stakeholders provided information about how their input had informed the plan and provided opportunities for further comment and scrutiny of the proposals both formally and informally. |
Context - describe the background to the project
The Finalised West Lothian Local Plan identified the area around Winchburgh as part of a Core Development Area ( CDA). The Winchburgh Development Initiative ( WDI), which is seeking to create sustainable urban extension within the CDA, consists of the key landowners and CALA. The extension of an existing village, with a population of around 2000, to the size proposed, is reliant on the successful integration of its communities and the fabric of the place along with consideration of how the existing village and population may alter as a result of the extension. |
What are the aims and objectives of the project?
Aims: To inform people of - (1) what is coming, why and how to be involved; (2) the purpose of change and need for development and (3) what opportunities exist to include their ideas/comments. To listen to what local people have to say - good and bad. To explain the proposals and process. To plan by incorporating proposals that reflect local peoples' contributions into the master plan. Objectives: To ensure the master plan is fully aware of local issues, concerns and aspirations. To include proposals and design guidance that directly relate to local issues. To establish a process for ongoing consultation at later design stages. To create a "knowledgeable community" using master planning as a means to learn about the built environment. |
Timescale - over what timescale has the project been developed?
The Master Plan project began in Spring 2004 with Stakeholder Group Meetings commencing from that Autumn. Consultation with the Winchburgh Community Council was undertaken at regular intervals and the wider community has been actively involved in the Master Plan process from February 2005. The Draft Final Master Plan was submitted to the Council in August 2005. |
Action - explain the process and action taken
1. Mid February 2005: Community Newsletter and Project "Flyer" distributed to every home in the area 2.19th and 23rd February 2005: Two community workshops held by Community Council, run by EDAW 3. March to April 2005: CALA Design team prepare Draft Master Plan 4. Mid May 2005: Draft Master Plan Consultation Leaflet distributed to every home in the area 5. Mid May 2005: a project website created for information and comment 6. 25th to 28th May 2005: a four day manned exhibition in local Community Centre 7. 31st May 2005: Community evening workshop held in local Primary Schools 8.1st June 2005: Key Stakeholder afternoon workshop held in local Community Centre 9. Mid June 2005: Primary School Pupil Postcard Project 10. Mid June 2005 Primary School Pupil "Space of Feelings" Project 11. From August 2004-Ongoing: Council Departmental Steering Group 12. Autumn-Winter 2004: Two Statutory Consultee Steering Group meetings to inform the master plan 13. August 2006: The Council and CALA appoint an artist to work with community. Funded by CALA and a £15,000 "Visionary Award" from PROJECT - engaging artists in the built environment. |
Explain the role of the key partners
CALA Homes (East) Limited - is the lead developer at Winchburgh. CALA has advocated a design-led approach from the outset and has sought to positively engage local people in the process of preparing its master plan from day one. EDAW - is the lead master planner who led the entire consultation and engagement programme. The Lighthouse - helped facilitate the lesson plans, present the project to the School assembly and brief teachers how to conduct the lessons. |
Results - what results were achieved?
1. The Master Plan includes a set of sustainable actions and a process for future applications to follow that includes a consultation stage on the preparation of design codes (Master Plan, page 13) in response to views on ensuring Winchburgh is a sustainable place. 2. The Master Plan includes a chapter outlining how the community were involved in master plan design and what difference that made (Master Plan, Chapter 4, pages 15 to 22) to ensure that local people get the credit for their contributions. A detailed Consultation Report has also been prepared. 4. The Master Plan includes an analysis of local character in response to local concerns about the need to protect and enhance local assets (Master Plan, Chapter 6, Pages 45 to 56). 5. The Master Plan includes a landscape framework that incorporates many of the active and passive leisure facilities that were requested by local people and stakeholders. 6. The Master Plan includes strategic design guidelines that specifically address local issues and concerns such as (1) the integration of the existing village and how existing housing is included in new development areas; (2) development and uses around the existing Glendevon Properties; and (3) the permeability of development blocks south of existing houses to retain some countryside views. 8. The Master Plan includes a phasing strategy that explains what will happen when as a response to the need to know what happens, when and in what order. |
Conclusion - in summary, why does this piece of work merit an Award?
1. It is a unique in Scotland for a sustainable community project of this scale and importance. 2. It has involved all age groups in the community and established a process for further engagement. 3. It has resulted in direct additions to the master plan, changes to the draft proposals and the inclusion of design guidance specific to key issues raised during the consultation process. 4. The Top 20 ideas from local school children are now proposals contained within the master plan. 5. It provided several ways to engage: by post, internet, prepaid postcards and/or attending meetings and workshops. Furthermore, the master plan has been written (and designed) to inform and be informed by the Public Local Inquiry into the Local Plan -truly integrated consultation. |
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