Imperial Square RedevelopmentMasterplan Scale 1-250

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1. Re-sited Holst Fountain with pergola surrounding.

2. Central circular Pergola surrounding modified existing Ashlar steps.

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3. Raised Cotswold stone beds with seating surround-ing. Annual bedding plants will now feature here, freeing up the rest of the site for festi-val usage.

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5. Western wall of Skillicorne gardens has been removed and the garden bar extended to improve the facilities of-fered to festival goers. Al fres-co seating will feature here.

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A. South pedestrian entranceB. South West pedestrian en-trance.C. West pedestrian steps to middle terraceD and E. West pedestrian steps to lower terrace

F. Service vehicle, pedestrian and disabled access ramp.

G. Vehicular, pedestrian and disabled access

H. Vehicular Access to Town hall car park.K

J. Vehicular service access.K. South Eastern pedestrian access

4. Graduated steps create transition between the flat ter-race and the gradient of the Promenade.

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Bedding plantsYorkstone pavingLawnAsphalt/TarmacBlock paving

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I. Vehicular service access.

Imperial Square Redevelopment

1.North Western entrance from promenade. Level change of 900 mm traversed with 6 x 150mm Cotswold Stone risers,

tapering to the South and East

3. Steps to upper terrace. 9 x 150mm Cotswold stone risers with 300mm York stone treads Level change of 1350mm. Steel banister. Wheelchair access ramp

Section elevation A-B illustrating new terracing and North-South pergola ‘corridor’. 1.8m level change dealt with by 12 x 150mm steps

4. Oak pergola surrounding enhanced existing Ashlar steps, creating a central hub. 150mm Cotswold stone risers. Level change of 450mm. 2 litter bins

6. Steps to middle terrace. 150mm Cotswold stone ris-ers and York stone treads. Tumbled setts for edging.

7. Western entrance. 150mm risers, 750mm level change from promenade. Steel fencing

8. Cast iron and hardwood benches on tum-bled setts, recessed into Cotswold stone wall.

9. South Western en-trance to middle terrace from Promenade. Cotswold stone risers and York stone treads.

Level change 1200mm

5. Skillicorne Gardens opened up and Garden Bar extended to better serve the increased numbers of festival

visitors using the square.

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Indicative new layout of festival marquees.The new layout of the square allows the exist-ing marquees to be retained whilst still provid-ing good access facilities. There is also less ob-struction within the Town Hall car park due to the new access through the wall. The lower plaza is kept clear.

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Hard material design details

2. Eastern Vehicle and pedestrian entrance with wheelchair ramp. 4 x 150mm Cotswold stone risers, 300mm treads. Steel fencing and balustrade

Upper Terrace border (from left to right)1.Buxus sempervirens ‘Elegantissima’2.Aucuba japonica ‘Crotofolia’3.Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Rollissonii’4.Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Pewter’5.Daphne laureola6.Skimmia japonica ‘Wakehurst white’7.Daphne pontica8.Mahonia x media9.Viburnum x davidii10.Weigela florida ‘Alexandra’11.Mahonia japonica12.Viburnum burkwoodii ‘Anne Russell’Approximately 5 of each plant needed to repeat the pattern in all beds along the Southern site boundary

Existing Hedge

Ligustrum ovalifolium hedging retained

Existing Trees

Mature trees all retained.

Raised Planting Beds

Annual bedding plants shown as indicative only.Central feature Cordyline australis ‘Torbay dazzler’5 x Phormium tenax ‘Sundowner’5 x Phormuim cookianum subsp. hookeri ‘Cream Delight’

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Screening trees

Mature trees all retained, with spaces between planted with screening conifers

South facing border (from left to right)1.Abelia schumanii2.Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’3.Taxus baccata ‘Dovastonii aurea’4.Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Moerloosei’5.Viburnum opulus ‘Roseum’ 6.Fatsia japonica ‘Variegata’7.Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’8.Betula utilis ‘Jaquemontii’ (existing)This pattern should be repeated across the ad-joining three borders requiring 3 of each plant.

Central Tree corridor

18 x Malus sp, comprising 10 existing trees transplanted, and 8 new trees H 3m S 1m

South facing border/ Hedging

Clipped Elaeagnus ebbingei planted at 1m intervalsrequiring approximately 130 plants in 7ltr pots13 specimen trees displaced by extension of upper terrace will be

relocated within this border between hedging plants.

Imperial Square RedevelopmentPlanting rationale

Sunny South Facing Border (from right to left)

1.Carpenteria californica2.Philadelphus coronarius aureus3.Philadelphus x lemoinei ‘Belle Etoile’4.Cistus x dansereaui ‘Decumbens’5.Cistus x purpureus6.Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety‘7.Ceanothus ‘Puget Blue’8.Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’9.Myrtus communis ‘Jenny Reitenbach’10.Philadelphus x pupureomaculatus ‘Sybille’11.Hebe ‘Sapphire’An emphasis is placed on colour and fragrance in these central bor-ders set behind seating. Approximately 4 of each plant will be needed to repeat this pattern across the site from East - West.

Skillicorne Garden

Large conifers retained with the remaining border space filled with the same se-lection of shade tolerant shrubs as the Upper Terrace Border.