uwe bower ashton redevelopment projectbristol, UK 1 welcome

Welcome to our Planning exhibition

welcome, and thank you for coming. This exhibition is to show you our proposal for the redevelopment of the University of the west of england Bower Ashton campus.

Please take the opportunity to speak to our consultants about any issues or concerns you may have, they are here to help you.

Please use our FeeDBAcK FoRmS to record your views. All written comments will be recorded verbatim and included in a Statement of community Involvement that will be submitted to the council as part of the formal outline planning application.

uWe boWer ashton redeveloPment

Bower Ashton campus is the home of Uwe Bristol’s Department of creative Industries, and the subject area of Drama, which is part of the Department of Arts and cultural Industries. Both Departments are part of the Faculty of Arts, creative Industries and education (Ace). The remainder of Ace is based at Frenchay campus.

The ambition is for the Bower Ashton Redevelopment work to take place between 2015 and September 2020. However, subject to Uwe approval of the business case and approval of the outline and subsequent Reserved matters Planning Applications, it is hoped that work could be accelerated to enable new-build completion of Building 1 by September 2016.

The campus must be able to sustain business-as-usual throughout the redevelopment. It is hoped that work will be planned so as to have as little impact on the day-to-day activities of the campus as possible. This could mean that smaller projects are scheduled to take place during off-peak times, such as University vacations, but larger, more complex projects may continue during term time. construction teams will be required to be as considerate of campus users and neighbours as possible, however, this will be a delicate balance between getting the work finished so that students and staff can use the new facilities and ensuring normal, day-to-day activities can continue.

Ashton court estate, the campus’ largest neighbour, is a Grade 2 registered landscape and a Site of Nature conservation Interest. Ashton court mansion House and stables are Grade 1 listed. These factors will have implications for the redevelopment of Bower Ashton campus.

Aerial View 1

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Aerial View 2 Aerial View 3

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key aims and benefits

The key aims and benefits of the redevelopment project are:

• Support the ‘Bower+ Strategy’ approved by Governors in 2013, where Ace work with creative organisations within the Bristol ‘creative harbourside’ to deliver programmes in partnership.

• Sustain annual student income of £6 million from activities based at St matthias campus once this closes in July 2014.

• Reconsider the Faculty’s exposure/reliance to leasehold space, including temporary buildings.

• Provide a modern, fit-for purpose, digitally-connected environment that will attract and retain high tariff students and retain our reputation as a sector leader.

• Provide space for growth in student numbers in high performing subject areas.

• Support the new Faculty-wide technical structure, which actively supports new approaches to technology-enhanced learning and increased support for a practice-based teaching and learning curriculum.

• Reduce overhead costs per student by improving space utilisation and energy efficiency.

• Improve ancillary and support services to enhance the student experience.

1. Existing approach to University from carpark and bus stops

5. Existing external spaces lack size andcoherence (F block and C block)

3. Existing external main external spaces are cluttered with out-buildings, equipment andvehicles. The tarmac surface and surrounding buildings also do little to enhance the space

6. Existing approach view from Kennel Lodge Lane lookingtowards G block

7. Existing G block frontage onto Kennel Lodge Lane.The building presents a poor ‘public face’ for the University

8. External spaces adjacent to B block onto Kennel Lodge Lane, which are currently under utilised

9. Views out from site across the Deer Park

2. Existing green spacesadjacent to C block

4. Spaces between buildingslack purpose (C block)

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ACE - DCI

ACE - DCI

ACE - DCIACE - DCI

FAC - EST

FAC - EST

FAC - EST

LEVEL 0

LEVEL 1

LEVEL 1

BLOCK A

BLOCK B

BLOCK C

BLOCK D

BLOCK E

BLOCK F

BLOCK G

EXISTING SITE PLAN

TREES AND LANDSCAPE

Mature woodland Recently planted trees Amenity soft landscape Key views

SUMMARY

• Dblockisnolongerfitforpurposeandneeds

tobereplaced

• Cblockandgblockrequireextensive

refurbishmentandremodellingorreplacing

withnewaccommodation

• Studentcirculationneedstoberationalised

• Thereispotentialtoeliminatedelivery

vehiclesfromthecentralzonewhichwould

reduceconflictsandallowsoftlandscaping

andamenityspace

• Buildingonmaturewoodlandisdiscounted

• Thereispotentialtoprovidenew

accommodationinamorecompact

arrangement

• Amorecompactarrangementwouldprovide

additionalparkingandcyclestores

• Sites3and8havebeenidentifiedas

developmentplots

• Thereispotentialtoremodelcblockinorder

toopenupthecentreofthecampusand

providelandscaping

• Theexistingbuscirculationcauses

congestion,adedicatedwaitingareashould

beprovided

• Theheightofnewbuildingsshouldbelimited

inordertominimisevisualimpactfromashton

courtestateandthesurroundinglandscape

CIRCULATION

Bus circulation Pedestrian routes Cars and deliveries Car / pedestrian conflict Car parks

DEER PARK

ASHTON COURT ESTATE

VIEWS FROM ASHTONCOURT MANSION

VIEWS OUT

ALLOTMENTS

UNDERGROUND SERVICES

Main underground services route Storm drain / sewer

POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PLOTS

• 8Keysiteswereevaluatedfordevelopmentsuitability.

• Sites2and5werediscardedduetotheexistinglandscape.

• Sites1,6and7werealsodiscardedduetotheirrelativelysmallfootprint.

• Site4wasseenasakeylocationforfutureopenspaceintheheartofthecampus.

• Sites3and8werechosenduetosuitablesizedfootprintsandtheabilitytophaseconstructionwithoutmajordisruptiontoexistingbuildings.

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ACE - DCI

ACE - DCI

ACE - DCI ACE - DCI

FAC - EST

FAC - EST

FAC - EST

LEVEL 0

Grade A• Recent new build• Recently

refurbished

Grade C• Poor quality

accommodation: extensive refurbishment or demolition and replace with new buildings

Grade D• Poor quality

accommodation: demolition and replace with new

Grade B• Potential remodelling • Refurbishment

required

BUILDING CONDITION DIAGRAM

VIEWS TOWARDS SITE

Photograph showing view from Ashton Court Mansion car park, with B Block outlined in red.

The campus is well screened by mature woodland and recently planted trees.

It is anticipated that the height of B Block (5 storeys) is not to be exceeded with any new development, due to the visual impact from Ashton Court Estate and other surrounding areas.

3 ANAlYSIS & coNSTRAINTS

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B1B2

B3

B1B2

B3

4 mASTeRPlAN ARRANGemeNT

1: PROPOSED DEMOLITION• Poorqualitybuildingsaredemolishedinphases• Remainingbuildingsarerefurbishedifnecessary• RemainingCblockreceivesinternalandexternalrefurbishment

3: ACCESS AND LANDSCAPE• Anewonewayvehiclearrangementisproposedwithbuswaitingareas

• Anewmaincarparkprovidesabetterarrangementandmorespaces• AnewdropoffisproposedoffKennelLodgeLaneinordertoserviceBuilding1

• Apedestrianonlylandscapedcourtyardlinksthemaincampususes

4: DEVELOPED MASTERPLAN• Thefinalphaserepresentsanintegratedcampuswithactivebuildingfrontagesandgeneroussoftlandscapedspaces

• Accessarrangementsareimprovedforbuses,carsandcyclists• Thenewbuildingsandlandscapewillenhancethevisualappearanceofthecampusfromthesurroundingcontext

2: NEW BUILDINGS• 3Newbuildingsareconstructedinphases• Thenewbuildingshavesmallerfootprintsinamorecompactarrangementaroundacentralcourtyard

BUILDING 1: 3 STOREY 2120m2

EXISTING MATURE WOODLAND

DELIVERY AREA AND REFUSE EXISTING B BLOCK

REMODELLED AND REFURBISHED C BLOCK

SOFT LANDSCAPING AMENITY SPACE

EXISTING MATURE WOODLAND

EXISTING F BLOCK

CYCLE STORAGE & PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

PROPOSED NEW JUNCTION AND ONE WAY VEHICLE CIRCULATION

EXISTING ACCESS USED AS EXIT ONLY

NEW CAR PARK

BUS WAITING AREA

BUILDING 2:3 STOREYS 2535m2

BUILDING 3:3 STOREYS 1600m2

B1B2

B3

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GIA-BA-0-E1• • •• • • ••••••••

BUILDING 23 STOREY2535m2 GFA

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTPLOT.

BUILDING #33 STOREYAPPROX 1600m2

(+36 PARKING SPACES)

+ 10.65

+ 10.83

+ 11.40 + 11.55+ 11.43

+ 11.46

+ 11.6FL +11.6

+ 10.83

+ 10.94

+ 11.08

+ 10.72

+ 10.50

+ 10.63

+ 10.38

+ 10.25

+ 10.21

+ 10.50

+ 10.06

+ 9.94

+ 11.64

+ 11.37

+ 11.12

+ 11.24

WCs

0B5Classroom

Plant

Store

MaleWC

+ 9.37 + 9.32+ 9.35+ 9.36

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LOADING

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10.63

9.9910.63

12.15

11.84

11.24

11.37

11.12

11.19

11.42

11.85

11.90

11.64

11.44

11.75

11.97

10.67

10.88

11.36

11.32

11.27

11.67

11.14

10.94

11.08

11.01

11.07

10.94

10.83

10.72

9.59

9.58

9.60

9.60

9.59

9.81

9.83

9.66

9.66

9.66

9.68

10.21

9.98

10.02

10.98

10.99

10.40

10.56

12.15

12.02

12.41

11.43

11.91

12.08

11.46

11.07

11.47

11.55

11.40

11.05

11.37

11.43

11.42

11.46

11.92

9.28

9.27 9.41

9.27

9.26

11.07

9.56

9.53

9.56

RAMPUP 1:21

+ 11.40

+ 10.65

+ 10.7

+ 10.8

+ 10.6

+ 10.21

+ 10.21

FloorLevel+ 10.3

UPPER DECK+ 11.750

1in21

+ 10.5

+10.65+10.65

+9.3

+ 10.6

+ 10.4

+ 10.3

+ 10.5

+ 10.3

MODIFIED DROP OFF

BUS WAITING

VEHICLEENTRANCE

VEHICLEEXIT

DISABLED PARKING

BUS SHELTERS / BIKES

LOADING

LOADING

FACILITIESCOMPOUND

RAMP UP 1:21

DOWNTO CYCLEPARKING1:12

POTENTIALGATES

+ 10.3

+ 10.3

+ 10.3

LOADING

+10.3

+10.00

+10.3

+10.41

+9.77

+9.56

+9.3

+9.76

+9.77

+9.77

+9.84

+9.44

+9.39

+9.64

PARKING39 SPACES

PARKING108 SPACES

BIKES 52

BIKES 94

BUILDING 1: CINEMATICS2120m2 GFA

VEHICLE WAITING FOR DIGITAL MEDIA LOANS

VEHICLE LAY BY AND TURNINGAREA FOR DELIVERIES

MODIFIED ROUNDABOUT AND WAITING AREA

FOR 2 BUSES

LOADING AREA FORFABRICATION

LOADING AND TURNING AREA FOR

DELIVERIES AND REFUSE VEHICLES

BUILDING 33 STOREY

BUILDING 23 STOREY

2535m2

FACILITIES COMPOUND (REFUSE, RECYCLING,

GROUND WORKS)

NEW VEHICLE ACCESS AND ONE WAY

SYSTEM. DURINGPHASE 2 ACCESS IS

FORMED FOR CONSTRUCTION

ACCESS,

EXISTING ACCESS USEDAS EXIT ONLY FOLLOWING

COMPLETION OF BUILDING 2

EXISTING SEWER

EXISTING PARKING

2 LEVEL BICYCLE STORE

1: AERIAL VIEW FROM WEST

2: AERIAL VIEW FROM NORTH

3: AERIAL VIEW FROM SOUTH

SUMMARY:

BUILDING 1 GFA = 2120m23 STOREY

BUILDING 2 GFA = 2535m23 STOREY

BUILDING 3 GFA = 1600m23 STOREY

PARKING TOTAL147

BIKES = 242

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TRAVEL PLAN

The UWE Bower Ashton Campus Travel Plan will cover all activities and facilities located at the Bower Ashton Campus, Kennel Lodge Road, Bristol. The Travel Plan will apply to all staff, students and visitors who utilise the Bower Ashton Campus.

A new Travel Plan is being developed as part of the new 2014 Bower Ashton Masterplan, which will comprise a strategy for promoting sustainable travel to and from the site.

The development of a Travel Plan specifically for UWE Bower Ashton Campus serves several purposes:

• It will provide the campus with a plan for managing traffic congestion both on the campus and in the immediately surrounding areas and for contributing towards the alleviation of congestion by encouraging staff and students to use alternative means of transport to the car.

• These measures should reduce the existing parking pressures on the campus and local highway network.

• Encouraging a shift in modes of transport will have positive knock-on effects for improving journey times and reducing pollution and consequently improving people’s health and reducing commuting-induced stress.

• The implementation and commitment to the Travel Plan demonstrates UWE’s willingness to recognise and address parking and congestion problems.

TRAVEL TARGETS FOR UWE STAFF AND STUDENTS

• The principal purpose of the travel plan is to transfer mode share away from private vehicles towards more sustainable modes of travel such as walking, cycling and public transport use. Where private car use is necessary the Travel Plan aims to promote car sharing to increase vehicle occupancy and reduce car use during the highway peak hours.

• The Travel Plan will identify a monitoring regime which will include setting annual targets for staff and student travel for a 5 year period. The targets will aim to decrease single occupancy car travel to and from the site and increase travel by more sustainable modes. The targets will be measured via a staff and student travel surveys.

WALKING

• Footways are provided between the campus and Clanage Road. There is an off road foot and cycle route comprising a series of underpasses and footways in Greville Smyth Park between Clanage Road and North Street.

• A signal controlled pedestrian crossing is located across Clanage Road at the junction with Kennel Lodge Road. Tactile paving and dropped curbs are generally provided on pedestrian crossing points within the vicinity of the site.

• Street lighting is provided between the campus and Clanage Road.

• The campus is within a 20 minute walk of North Street, Bedminster which has a variety of shops, cafes, a gym, a food store and Greville Smyth Park for staff and students to utilise.

CYCLING

• Anon-roadcyclerouteislocatedalongKennelLodgeRoadandNationalCycleNetworkroute334androute33areinthevicinityofthesite.

• SecureSheffieldStandsareavailableoncampus,whichprovidescycleparkingforbicyclesforusebystaff,studentsandvisitors.Thesearecurrentlywellused.Showerroomsforbothmenandwomenaresituatedonsiteandcyclelockers,andadditionalstorage,arealsoavailableforusebystaffandstudentswhowalk,cycleandmotorcycletowork.

• Theproposedmasterplaninvolvesincreasedcyclestorageprovisionandwillpromotesafeaccessforcyclists.AnewcoveredcyclestoreisproposedadjacenttoBblock,accessedoffKennelLodgeRoad.

CAR SHARE

• AnexistingcarshareschemeisaccessiblefromtheUWE’sintranet.TheTravelPlanwillincludefurtherpromotionofthiswebsitewhichwillhelpstudentsandstafffindcarsharematches.

• Carsharersbenefitfromsharingthecostofdailycarparkingtokens.

BUSES

• Abusstopislocatedoncampuswhichisservedbybusroutes11Aand12whichhavea15minutefrequencyduringtheweekdaydaytime.

• BusstopsarealsolocatedonClanageRoad(twostopsincludingBowerAshtonandBlackmoorsLane).Sixadditionalbusroutesservethesestops.

• BusservicesprovideaccesstovariouslocationsincludingBristolCityCentre,LongAshtonPark&Ride,Clevedon,Portishead,Weston-Super-Mare.

CAR PARKING

• CarparkingattheBowerAshtonCampusprovides120spacesavailabletostaff,studentsandvisitors.

• ParkingpermitswereintroducedinSeptember2004andcurrentlycost£119peryear.Parkingpermitsareissuedonafirstcomefirstservedbasis.ThenewTravelPlanwillprovideastrategyandincentivesforpermitholderstotraveltoworkbymodesotherthantheprivatecars.

• Thedevelopmentproposalswillincreaseon-sitecarparkingtoapproximately145spaces.

• TheUniversityarepresentlynegotiatingshorttermdecantarrangementsinthelocalarea,includingBedminsterCricketClub.

FLOOD RISK

The UWE Bower Ashton site is close to the tidal River Avon which is predicted to flood in extreme events. However, the site is in Flood Zone 1, at low risk of flooding, according to the Environment Agency (EA) Flood Risk map for Planning.

Sea level rise as a result of climate change will cause flood levels to rise, and predicted flood levels for future years have been requested from the City Council. The site is also below the high ground from Ashton Court Estate, and the site is vulnerable to runoff from the high ground in intense storms.

Consideration will be made in the design to ensure the buildings can adapt to increased flood levels and that people visiting the site will be safe. The design will ensure that flooding off site will not be made worse by the proposals, and if possible flooding will be reduced.

Rainwater falling on the proposed development will be conveyed by a conventional gravity drained system to the existing surface water drainage which serves the site. The existing drainage will be diverted as required to accommodate the new buildings. Sustainable drainage techniques will be used to manage the rate of runoff and reduce the risk of flooding, with new car parks formed in permeable paving where practical. Landscaping will also be introduced to provide an improved amenity, to absorb runoff and to improve runoff quality.

Fig 1 University site superimposed in red on the Environment Agency Flood Map for Planning, showing the site to be outside the predicted flood zones.

ANTICIPATED CAMPUS GROWTH

The information below is based on the future accommodation requirements for the campus and survey data from the 2013/14 academic year. The average peak footfall represented 37% of the total number of students enrolled. We are planning for the capacity of Bower Ashton to be able to comfortably cater for this number, not the number en-rolled.

DEMOLITION• G Block 997 m2• C Block (partial) 811 m2• D Block 2279 m2• E Block 111 m2

• Total Demolition 4198 m2

NEW BUILDINGS• Building1 2120m2• Building2 2535m2• Building3 1600m2

• TotalNewBuild 6255m2

TOTAL AREAS• Currenttotalcampusfloorarea 14390m2• Proposedtotalcampusfloorarea 16447m2• TotalIncrease 2057m2

PARKING NUMBERS• Existing=120 •Proposed=147

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Duncan Flemington

From: Louise Jennings <Louise.Jennings@uwe.ac.uk>

Sent: 04 December 2014 13:24

To: KARL SCHOLZ; Sarah Cole; Erin Blight; Duncan Flemington; Nigel England

Cc: Roger Conlon; BEN TURNER; Tsara Smith; Carl Lapworth

Subject: RE: BA Master plan - Outline Planning App

Hi all

As promised, I’ve been working on some numbers to present to the public. These are indicative.

I think the number to highlight is the orange row. Although by 2020 we will have a large increase in the number of students enrolled in the programmes currently based

at Bower Ashton, many of these will be based at satellite sites. Also, crucial for the public and planners to understand is that we are not a school - students are only

required to spend about 3 out of 5 days each week on site. Survey data from 2013/14 indicated that the number of people on site reaches a peak each day around

lunchtime. The average peak represented 37% of the total number of students enrolled. We are planning for the capacity of Bower Ashton to be able to comfortably cater

for this number, not the number enrolled. Hence the orange numbers are the ones to promote.

2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21

Total enrolled 2,204 2,502 2,783 3,073 3,338 3,466 3,508

Bower Ashton total enrolled 1,890 1,538 1,739 1,905 2,081 2,157 2,175

Satellite Site total enrolled 314 862 925 1,027 1,109 1,162 1,186

Relocate to Frenchay 102 119 142 148 147 147

Bower Ashton increase on previous year 0% -19% 13% 10% 9% 4% 1%

Bower Ashton accumulated increase -19% -8% 1% 10% 14% 15%

Bower Ashton average 'peak footfall' (37%) 699 569 643 705 770 798 805

The drop in numbers in 2015/16 is to give us space to begin construction.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

I’m still working on the Faculty’s vision statement but aim to send this through tomorrow.

Best wishes