Wellesbourne Campus, High Wycombe

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• Wellesbourne Campus, High Wycombe
• New Proposals

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• Wellesbourne Campus New Proposal

My name is David Skilton, and I have been working
on the Wellesbourne Campus re-development design,
along with colleagues and with the close
assistance of your own Urban Design Officers, for
the last 2 years. Tonight we will be
presenting an overview of our revised proposals
for the development of this site. Before starting
this re-design we

• Revisited the planning files to re-read the
  letters of objection to the previous application,
  
• Revisited the written comments given at the
  Public Exhibition for the previous application.
• Revisited the verbal comments taken as our notes
  at the Public Exhibition for the previous
  application.
• And revisited the comments made by Councillors at
  the Committee when the previous application was
  considered.

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• Wellesbourne Campus New Proposal

Whilst we may not agree with all of the concerns
that were identified, we have endeavoured in this
revised scheme to address as many of those
concerns as possible. For the purposes of this
presentation where we state that YOU were
concerned about a particular aspect of the
scheme, we are using the YOU as describing a
concern of all or any of the stakeholders
interested in the development of this site.
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• You were concerned

about the total number of dwellings proposed and
the total amount of development on the site
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• We have

reduced the number of dwellings proposed from 238
to 156 a reduction of 35, along with a
reduction of over 20 in the total floor area of
development
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You were concerned
about the scale of the three-storey apartments
adjacent to the access into the development and
the relationship of these apartments to the
adjacent houses, along with the location and
quantity of car parking adjacent to the
neighbours boundaries
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• We have

removed apartments from this location, and
located housing to this area, we have minimised
the parking and activity adjacent to the
neighbouring boundaries
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You were concerned
that the large triangular area of now public open
space was effectively cut off from the existing
housing by the development getting very close to
the Kingshill Road
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• We have

moved the development back from the Kingshill
Road at the southern end of the site and have
moved the development further and further back
from the Kingshill Road to create a green
triangle of open space drawing the large area of
public open space and the countryside beyond,
toward the existing housing
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You were concerned
about the location and amount of three storey
apartments within the proposed scheme
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• We have

located the apartments that remain on the site at
the centre of the proposed development. Three
blocks, each of which act as a visual stop to the
main street through the development
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You were concerned
at the town like nature of the urban street
running through the length of the previous
application
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• We have

designed the main street within the new proposal
to be more reminiscent of a village main street,
the buildings are varied in angle, height and
scale, with a mix of different materials and
spaces within the street
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• This is an illustration of how the two differing
  street designs would appear

Original proposal
New proposal
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You were concerned
about the relationship of the proposed housing to
the western and southern boundaries with the
existing properties
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• We have

significantly extended the rear gardens of the
proposed properties. Now providing large
distances between the rear of the existing and
the rear of the new houses. Substantial tree
planting will be provided sufficiently far away
from the houses to not cause concerns of
overshadowing
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You were concerned
about the loss of the playing pitches currently
within the Campus
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• We have

agreed money to provide improvements to the
existing football pitches in the area, along with
offering for full public access the triangle of
land to the north of the site
Possible formal pitches
Wilmer End
Informal open space
Wimpey Homes are also proposing full public
access to be given to 42 acres of land at Wilmer
End, part of which could accommodate a small
number of formal pitches with the remainder being
available for informal recreational use
Wellesbourne Campus
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• In summary, we have

• reduced the total number of dwellings by 35
• minimised the number of three-storey apartments
• created a green triangle of open space
• minimised the parking and activity adjacent to
  neighbouring boundaries
• made the main street reminiscent of a village
• provided large distances between the rear of
  existing and new houses
• addressed the issue of playing pitches in the
  area