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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 29 August 2007. 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 | JASON WALLACE |
Job title | STRATEGIC LAND REGIONAL DIRECTOR (SCOTLAND) |
Organisation | TAYLOR WIMPEY |
Address | 2 GARBETT ROAD, KIRKTON CAMPUS, LIVINGSTON, EH54 7DL |
Telephone | 01506 405 700 |
Fax | 01506 405 701 |
Email | jason.wallace@taylorwimpey.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 EDAW | 2 IRONSIDE FARRAR |
3 | 4 |
5 | 6 |
3 Tick one nomination category
Title of entry | HOPEFIELD, BONNYRIGG |
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
The design and implementation of a master plan providing specific guidance and direction for a settlement extension to the town of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian. The project comprises 1,000 new private dwellings, 100 new affordable homes, self build plots, a new distributor road, a new primary school, a local centre incorporating retail and other commercial facilities, an employment park, open space, landscaping, public art, recycling facilities and all other infrastructure and services associated with a development of this scale. Key to the success of the project was the co-ordination of the design and development team with other key stakeholders and the implementation of a clear process that culminated in the development on the ground. |
Describe the background to the project
The land at Hopefield, a former colliery and adjacent grazing land extending to over 80ha, was allocated in the Midlothian Local Plan (adopted 2003) to meet housing and other requirements of the Lothian Structure Plan (approved with modifications 1997). Midlothian Council published a Development Brief in April 2003 and in August 2003 an outline planning application was approved. Within the context of the above and Scottish planning guidance/policy, a design-led approach was adopted and a multi-disciplinary team appointed to supplement the team in the preparation of a master plan for submission in December 2003. Approval of this master plan in 2004 essentially shaped the form and content of subsequent reserved matters application and ultimately now, development. |
What are the aims and objectives of the project?
The overall objectives of the project were to create a viable, sustainable and compact settlement extension which makes efficient use of land and fits with its wider landscape and rural setting; to create a seamless community and fully integrate it with existing urban area; and to build a high quality and distinctive place. In seeking to meet these objectives the master plan aimed to provide a clear, cohesive and comprehensive framework that shows how the site is intended to be developed; describe and explain the development, transport and landscape proposals; and illustrate the type, character and quality of development proposed. The master plan had to be detailed, yet adaptable. |
Over what timescale has the project been developed?
From the first announcement that development would be located in Bonnyrigg through the Structure Plan, to the approval of reserved matters, to the receipt of all statutory consents including water connections and road construction consents, to development on the ground, it has taken almost ten years to prepare all the necessary reports and plans for development. With current build rates projected and forecasts in place, it is anticipated that development will be completed in approximately 6-8 years. |
Explain the process and action taken
The preparation of the master plan followed a process consisting of many key parts including; undertaking a site analysis and analysis of design influences; preparation of a development framework and landscape framework; early consideration of what form the built environment may take; an analysis of existing and potential future transportation and movement patterns; anticipating possible phasing in line with forecasting and costing. Once the planning applications were approved and other consents had been obtained a further process was followed to actually then deliver the project including key elements such as; the preparation of a project plan; land consolidation; letting of contracts for implementation of key infrastructure including roads, sewers, services and landscaping; site preparation; house completions. |
Explain the role of the key partners
Taylor Wimpey's Strategic Developments team, comprising of land, planning and project implementation expertise, co-ordinated the design and implementation of a number of key elements of the overall project with a team of specialist consultants (planner, architect, urban designer, landscape architect, travel and movement co-ordinator, roads engineer, ground condition analyst, ecologist, archaeologist, flood expert, education advisor, open space and landscape maintenance company, services engineers and key stakeholders such as Midlothian Council and Scottish Water amongst others. The management of this process was challenging, and without these key partners working together in a flexible yet co-ordinated manner, development would never have been able to begin. |
What results were achieved?
The demonstrable results that are evident from this project can be seen through the development itself on the ground. Even on the smallest of sites, the complexities involved with obtaining planning permission, all other consents, a section 75 agreement, and site preparation etc, and then managing infrastructure delivery and construction are immense. At this development, I think we have achieved the aims and objectives, we have also succeeded in providing a broad range of new homes within a quality environment, although only when the development is finished and matured will the true achievements be clear. The success of this project has given Taylor Wimpey the confidence to embark upon the promotion of further land adjacent Hopefield to bring forward a development to follow on from the current development to provide for future requirements of the Edinburgh City Region and Bonnyrigg as a community. The master plan, as well as all infrastructure including the school, has been developed with this future expansion in mind. There is a very real opportunity to utilise this potential. |
In summary, why does this piece of work merit an Award?
This project saw the regeneration of formerly derelict land through the implementation of a sustainable development, which not only was viable, but also provided opportunities for economic development, social enhancement and integration and an open space and landscape structure to offer benefits to the local community as well as assist in the integration of the development into the surrounding environment. The process of delivery saw the employment of key professional knowledge of planners working in partnership with many other disciplinary organisations, such as designers and engineers, in a well co-ordinated and managed manner. |
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