| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dock road car park monolith | |
| Posted by: | Lorne Gifford | |
| Date/Time: | 29/03/19 15:57:00 |
| Before I quote the whole of CC3, as most people will no unexpectedly fall asleep reading it, I’d just like to ask about the Morisons. The Local Plan states this specific site is suitable for mixed-use development with 75% of its floor space allocated to retail use. With your undoubted planning expertise, can you tell me how a Tesco metro with 7 or 8 stories of flats above it can possibly be counted as 75:25 Retail:residential? (a) Supporting tall buildings in Hounslow town centre; (b) Supporting a limited number of tall buildings in Feltham town centre; (c) Supporting a limited number of tall buildings in Brentford town centre. These should be carefully designed and sensitively placed so as not to have a significant adversely impact on the setting of, views from and between heritage assets including Royal Botanic Gardens Kew World Heritage Site, Syon Park and the Thames foreshore landscape. They should also respect and respond to the area’s special townscape and heritage value; (d) Supporting tall buildings along certain sections of the A4 Golden Mile frontage. Specific sites will be identified in the (Great West Corridor Plan) subject to the delivery of strategic public transport improvements. These should be carefully placed so as not to create a wall of tall buildings, ensuring they relate sensitively to surrounding residential areas and do not or substantially have a significant adverse impact on the setting of, or views from heritage assets including Gunnersbury Park, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew World Heritage Site, Syon Park and Osterley Park; (e) Preserving the predominantly 2 to 3 storey (less than 10m) building heights across the rest of the borough with some limited scope for 4 to 6 storey (up to 20m) buildings/ elements along main streets (for example London Road), to assist with way-finding and where the opportunity exists for higher density development; (f) Not seeking to replace existing tall buildings which are in inappropriate locations (assessed against the criteria of this policy) and not allowing them to be a justification for the provision of new ones; (g) Undertaking more detailed design analysis including a study to identify spatial sensitivities; and (h) Working with our partners, particularly Historic England and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew World Heritage Site; We will expect tall building development proposals to (i) Be sensitively located and be of a height and scale that is in proportion to its location and setting, and carefully relate and respond to the character of the surrounding area; (j) Be of the highest architectural design and standards; be attractive, robust and sustainable; (k) Be of a scale that reflects their relevance and hierarchical importance when located within a grouping/cluster of tall buildings; (l) Be designed to give full consideration to its form, massing and silhouette, including any cumulative impacts, and the potential impact of this on the immediate and wider context; (m) Relate heights to widths of spaces to achieve comfortable proportions, and provide a positive edge to the public realm and a human scale through the careful treatment of ground floors and lower levels; (n) Provide for a comfortable and pleasant microclimate which minimises wind vortices and overshadowing; (o) Provide for biodiversity within the building form and be sensitive to surrounding open spaces including waterways to ensure minimal impact; (p) Take opportunities to enhance the setting of surrounding heritage assets, the overall skyline and views; (q) Carefully consider the façade and overall detailing to ensure visual interest, vertical and horizontal rhythms, an indication of how the building is inhabited, internal thermal comfort and the visual break-up of the building visually at varying scales; (r) Use materials and finishes that are robust, durable and of the highest quality, with facades providing innate interest, variety and function; (s) Incorporate innovative approaches to providing high quality, usable, private and communal amenity space where residential uses are proposed; and (t) Comply with the requirements of the Public Safety Zone. |