West Gorton Design Code by Shelagh McNerney

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// A DESIGN CODE FOR WEST GORTON

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// Contents

05 // Chapter 1

16 // Chapter 3

// The West Gorton Ambition

// An Integrated Environmental and Spatial Plan

05 / What is our Vision?

16 / Background

05 / Taking our Vision forward

17 / How will our Vison be achieved?

06 / Definitions

18 / Key elements of our Vision

09 / Strategic Drivers

23 / The Targets – BREEAM Environmental Challenges

11 / Why have a Code? 29 // The Design Code 30 / The Plot Plan 12 // Chapter 2

32 / House Types

36 / Approach to New Streets

// The West Gorton Code and how to use it

12 / Who will use the Code?

61 / Waste Strategy

12 / Aims and Objectives 12 / Using this document

62 // Summary

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// List of Figures and Illustrations

// 01 The Design Code Structure // 02 City Context // 03 The Master Plan // 04 Strategic Drivers

// 17 Street anatomy – Gorton Villa Walks looking west (north side) // 18 Street anatomy – Gorton Villa Walks looking west (south side)

// 05 Aerial view

// 19 Street anatomy – Side street looking north onto Gorton Villa Walks

// 06 Environmental Plan framework icons

// 21 Walking distances in minutes

// 07 Master Plan – Design Code (detail)

// 22 Cycle routes

// 08 Hyde Road, West Gorton

// 21 Public transport

// 09 Village Hub

// 23 View of West Gorton by train

// 10 Green areas

// 24 SUDS – Dry Swales

// 11 Overall Plot Plan (Regulating Plan)

// 25 SUDS – Rills

// 12 Generic house types and plots

// 26 SUDS – Bio-retention / rain gardens

// 13 Street hierarchy

// 27 SUDS – Permeable paving

// 14 Main Street Types – A, B, C & D

// 28 SUDS – Strategy

// 15 Residential Street Types – A, B, C, D & E

// 29 SUDS – Gorton Villa Walk development

// 16 Side Street Types – A, B & C

// 30 Waste collection –European models

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// Chapter 1 // The West Gorton Ambition

// What is our vision? In 2020 West Gorton will be the City’s most dynamic, forward-looking, environmentally sustainable neighbourhood. It will promote healthier lifestyles and community well being in a zero carbon setting. With an international reputation for green solutions for modern living, West Gorton will be a highly attractive place to live, work and visit. It will be supported by zero carbon energy generation with new development achieving level 6 for sustainable homes. The existing housing stock will incorporate high quality, up to date energy efficient technologies and sustainable water and waste management solutions. Homes and community facilities will be set within a high quality public realm that supports a diverse ecology with appropriate tree, shrub and ground cover species planted to enhance sustainability . West Gorton’s green infrastructure will also incorporate design features that will manage flood risk through a network of rills, swales and rain-gardens. The public realm will further support opportunities for recreation, sport and leisure with cycle and pedestrian links creating opportunities to connect the neighbourhood to the range of quality facilities that east Manchester and the city centre have to offer; including the nearby Eastlands Sports complex, good schools, local retail, public parks. West Gorton will be an area of low car dependency, with greater use of public transport. The area will provide opportunities for residents to grow their own food, further promoting the health of the community and supporting local ecology.

// Taking the vision forward Experience of neighbourhood planning, new house building and complex regeneration processes across East Manchester over the last 10 years has led to the approach set out here. Current economic, and environmental conditions demand new, innovative approaches to development. The critical challenge being to continue to secure investment and bring about much needed improvements to the quality of life in West Gorton, whilst not compromising on our vision to create a new family focused neighbourhood based on high quality design and environmental quality. The coordination and phasing, of new development and refurbishment works, alongside good quality neighbourhood management will be complex and demanding. Meeting the needs of residents whose daily lives will be disrupted will be of paramount importance to all involved.

To take forward Manchester’s sustainability aspirations, this integrated design code and environmental plan for West Gorton outlines a zero carbon, energy efficient, green vision for the neighbourhood that is appropriate for the 21st century. We have set challenging standards and targets in order to achieve this goal. As an exemplar for environmental sustainability, West Gorton will set the scene for Manchester’s Green City credentials. It will be a test-bed for our far reaching objectives and a centre of excellence for research, innovation and good practice. The new West Gorton will offer all the features that a family-friendly place should offer to be attractive to existing residents, newcomers and investors.

As part of this process, all partners are committed to innovation in the design of new housing, neighbourhood services and facilities, and the creation of functional green spaces and public realm. The structure of West Gorton and the mix of uses in the new neighbourhood are critical to get right for future generations. Manchester’s commitment to tackling climate change underpins our approach to development and design.

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// 01 Design Code Structure

// Definitions This overarching Design Code for West Gorton has taken the approved illustrative masterplan as the starting point and developed more detailed spatial proposals that directly assist in meeting design standrads and environmental targets specific to West Gorton.

Master Plan

Environmental Review / Critique

Integrated The Design Code and Regulating Plan

Environmental Plan

Physical Standards

Environmental Standards

Spatial Standards

Measurable Standards

Architectual Standards

Implementation Standards

Landscape Standards

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These spatial proposals are set out in a series of illustrations and form what is referred to as The Regulating Plan. This document sets out the physical, spatial, architectural, landscape and use standards for West Gorton. It knits together the transport, drainage and environmental parameters within one clear and deliverable plan. The regulating plan sets the ‘rules’ for street hierarchy and house types along with sustainable drainage solutions. The plan provides clear instructions to developers throughout the development process. Spatial Plan –Spatial planning includes all levels of land use planning from strategic and policy through to proposals. Master Plan – This phrase is interchangeable with the phrase spatial plan but it also gives more comprehensive guidance or instruction and encapsulates the comprehensive, long-term strategy.

// 02 City Context

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// 03 The Master Plan

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1. New community hub: Contains food store, Pharmacy, local health clinic, community meeting room and support offices. Parking is located to the front. Service access and private parking to the rear.

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// The Strategic Drivers / 1 Reputation The sustainability credentials of West Gorton and its proximity to the Regional Centre will create a new reputation for edge of city living, with a choice of housing types for different needs and lifestyles. This new reputation will grow from the investment in new local community facilities quality public realm, streets, spaces and simple workable designs in modern homes. The new parts of West Gorton will knit together with existing areas through public realm and streets that not just serve the needs of local people but also lift the spirits of all who use them. / 2 Mixing it up A wider mix and choice of houses are proposed , from terraces and larger homes as well as apartments overlooking new green spaces. A greater overall mix of types, sizes and tenures will be developed to bring new families and workers to this neighbourhood. / 3 Close to nature In West Gorton, green areas will be created and enhanced. New open spaces and park will provide attractive and welcoming modern, useable areas for all age groups, from local food production to a new green heart which offers play provision for children, sports areas and areas for peaceful reflection.

/ 4 Supporting community life Within walking distance there will be a new community hub where residents will find shops, a medical centre, offices, and community rooms. Armitage School and the climbing centre in the will be integrated into the master plan. These facilities and the new park will be within just a few minutes walk of each other. / 5 Safe and secure Defined streets and spaces will be overlooked. Every house will have a secure and protected garden and it will be clear which is public and private space. Natural surveillance will be utilised everywhere. Highways will be designed to manage traffic speed and ensure that commercial, through and local traffic is separated wherever possible. / 6 Moving around Streets and lanes will be legible and easily navigated by pedestrians and cyclists. Every street will be lined with homes and there will be no cul-de- sacs or dead spaces simply set aside for cars. The community hub, the school, parks, the local railway station and bus stops will all be accessible via pleasant pedestrian routes.

/ 7 Sustainable lifestyles West Gorton will encompass a combination of clever solutions for energy, ecology, mobility and minimised use of resources, which will provide residents with a healthier, better quality of life whilst also contributing to reduced carbon emissions.

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// 05 Aerial View This aerial perspective indicates the form of new residential street created by applying the code. This indicative new Gorton Villa Walk shows a new vehicular street, new housing with features addressing the environmental targets in this plan and arrangements for waste collection, parking and public and private spaces.

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// Why have a Code? This document sets out proposals and standards that will secure the design, sustainable development and low carbon credentials of West Gorton. This is not about aesthetics or style. This code is about co-ordinating new phased house building, refurbishment of homes and investment in a new and existing green infrastructure to create a place within which people can thrive. The code integrates all aspects of place shaping and environmental targets simultaneously. It is about meeting multiple objectives through clear design standards and building in genuine sustainability from the beginning. This innovative approach will ensure the new West Gorton excels as a new low carbon community.

and a challenge to go further. It is a new approach to guiding the implementation of simple, best practice in design as a response to meaningful environmental performance targets. In short this code is intended to challenge and to be challenging.

Manchester City Council , New East Manchester, the Homes and Communities Agency and Guinness Trust Northern Counties Housing Association, have worked together to develop and agree targets and proposals outlined in this code. Communicating the new vision for West Gorton in a way that is clear, practical and engaging is essential. All those interested in West Gorton will be able to understand the core vision and how it can be delivered. The West Gorton Design Code sets out the vision and provides clear guidance and a flexible framework within which the right design, planning and development decisions can be made quickly and effectively. This document sets out specific design guidance and standards to meet challenging environmental targets and requirements which are more than a mere minimum requirement â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they represent a starting point

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// Chapter 2 // The West Gorton Code and How to Use It

// Who will use the Code?

// Aims and Objectives

// Using this document

It will be the responsibility of developers and their design teams to clearly describe how their design solutions respond to this code. The emphasis is on what can be done rather than what canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. It will be vital for Manchester City Council to clearly trace back how any development proposals fit with the West Gorton objectives and the integrated environmental targets. The code will be used throughout the development process by all those;

This document sets out a vision for sustainable development and living and aims to:

In order to communicate the integrated spatial, design, sustainability and environmental features, the structure of this document is based on the Breeam Communities 8 point check-list. This check-list covers:

// Preparing development briefs for works in West Gorton for any uses or developments.

// Create a neighbourhood that is easy to access with good connections to employment and services via public transport and walking and cycling routes.

// Developers and their design teams // The Local Planning and Highway Authority in consideration of planning applications.

// Create a low carbon neighbourhood with energy solutions based on renewable energy and energy efficient design. // Extend green infrastructure in order to mitigate the impact of climate change, enhance biological diversity and create places for recreation and social interaction.

// Create solutions for recycling water and waste. // Develop specific proposals to maximise community, business and neighbourhood management activities in West Gorton. // Establish urban design and place making principles that are genuinely relevant to the new West Gorton. // Guide and challenge developers and their design teams on the development expectations for West Gorton. // Identify and define key targets and standards that integrate environmental requirements with design principles. // Challenge conventional approaches to meeting minimum targets and raise the bar for all development in West Gorton. // Support the planning authority, investors and other stakeholders with clear decision making tools.

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// Climate Change

// Business

// Resources

// Community

// Transport

// Place Shaping

// Ecology

// Buildings

// 06 Environmental Plan Framework Icons

Climate Change

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// Chapter 3 // An Integrated Environmental and Spatial Plan

Prosperity in Manchester will depend on our ability to shape our communities, homes and lifestyles in order that they may successfully thrive in a low carbon future.

// Background

// How will our vision be achieved?

Climate change is a global problem and its negative impact on our living and working environments is already well documented. At international, national and regional levels, measures are being put in place to reduce CO2 emissions through the delivery of long-term mitigation strategies. To prepare communities for the impact of future climatic changes, effective adaptations are also being employed. The City’s ‘Call to Action’ climate change strategy and accompanying ‘Manchester: A Certain Future’ action plan underpin our environmental objectives for West Gorton. The action plan has two key objectives; to reduce Manchester’s CO2 emissions by 41% by 2020 from 2005 levels and to engage all individuals, neighbourhoods and organisations in Manchester in a process of cultural change that embeds ‘low carbon thinking’ into the lifestyles and operations of the city.

As an integral component of the Code, the Environmental Plan shows developers, their designers and other key stakeholders how the built form including, communal, residential, street and public realm, will respond to the West Gorton vision and how it will deliver a truly sustainable community. As with all of the details outlined in the Code, the environmental aspirations for the area have been built around the eight categories that make up the BREEAM Communities environmental assessment method. The standards on page 23 surpass those required by current regulations. The intention is to challenge the market to provide innovative solutions that address the sustainability objectives of our vision for West Gorton. Developers will need to demonstrate how their designs respond to these specific objectives and what contribution they make towards the broader holistic environmental vision for the area.

Any future designs for residential, commercial or community development in West Gorton will be required to respond fully to the City’s climate change strategy and correspondingly to other inter-related guidance including the Local Development Framework Core Strategy Planning Guidance around energy generation and Manchester’s Streetscape Manual which informs the design and management of new start trafficked streets. The Code’s Environmental Plan provides developers and designers with a way to ensure that future development proposals fully embrace the City’s environmental ambitions.

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// Key elements of our vision Using each of the BREEAM Communities sustainability categories as a guide, the following details outline our overall aspirations for environmental excellence in West Gorton.

/ Climate change

/ Resources

It is estimated that during the next 40 years, Manchester could see peak summer temperatures increase in the range of 1 – 3 degrees centigrade. Temperature changes are expected to be coupled with increases in winter temperatures, a rise in winter rainfall and a greater incidence of storm events.

The effective management of resources will need to be considered at all stages of development including demolition, construction and the day to day usage of all buildings. Demolition contractors will adhere to the City’s guidelines for waste management of materials from sites and that all soil contaminants are dealt with appropriately – on site where possible. Building contractors will give consideration to material selection from recyclable and local sources and modern methods of construction. The management of water will be encouraged through design, for example the use of grey water systems for toilet flushing and garden/allotment irrigation. Waste management solutions will include approaches for composting and accessible, convenient locations for recycling to reduce the need to transport waste from residential areas to treatment sites.

All new development in West Gorton will have to play its part in responding to these expected climatic changes and in reducing harmful CO2 emissions that contribute to climate change. Responses will include: localised sustainable energy generation solutions (to be considered in line with planning guidance and the City’s aspiration to develop a sustainable city wide heat network); innovation in energy and water efficiency; a considered response to passive house design principles that will have a positive impact on reducing indoor temperatures in summer; the imaginative use of vegetation across developments to provide natural shading; and a range of Sustainable Urban Drainage solutions (SUD’s) to address the expected increase in the frequency of rain-bursts.

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/ Transport

/ Ecology

/ Business

Through high quality public realm design and the creation of a hierarchy of streets, pedestrian and cycle friendly pathways will encourage walking and cycling as well as providing improved access to the various forms of public transport. Demand for cars could be met through links to local car hire schemes and electric charging points should be provided to facilitate this.

The network of green open spaces will promote outdoor recreation and social interaction whilst at the same time safeguarding and encouraging the development of a diverse insect and wildlife population through considerate planting and the choice of plant and tree species. Allotments provided to give residents the opportunity to grow their own food will also support wildlife/insect diversity. Green spaces, landscaping and water systems will be designed to deliver beautiful, pleasant areas which will encourage outdoor activities, while simultaneously providing benefits such as water filtration and purification, improved air quality and reduced noise.

West Gorton is home to over 20 small to medium size businesses, many of which provide local employment. Local businesses have their part to play in contributing to the area’s reduction targets for CO2 emissions, waste management, noise pollution and recycling. Business traffic throughout the area will be managed through the implementation of the new street hierarchy. Some existing local businesses have already adopted the City’s Environmental Business Pledge as a framework for reducing their CO2 emissions and a number have also become engaged with the Government’s Feed in Tariff initiative as a means of supplying locally generated power to the national grid.

Walking, running and cycling routes are identified in the spatial masterplan and place making principles as described above have informed the range of street designs for use of cars and commercial traffic. The street hierarchy recognises the importance of streets as places in their own right, not just transport corridors.

Given our environmental aspirations, West Gorton will provide opportunities for the creation of local green jobs, through the installation and maintenance of energy efficiency technologies, localised energy generation, local food production and cycle and car hire. In addition, the Village Hub will provide business space/job opportunities for local food sales, a grocer and a pharmacy to serve the neighbourhood.

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Re-shaping the neighbourhood will create opportunities for resident interaction and activity through the provision of the Village Hub and high quality public realm that will foster recreation and social interaction. The neighbourhood will be better connected to the rest of the East Manchester area by improved and new pedestrian and cycle routes to public transport and other trails, pathways and cycle routes. The residents of West Gorton will be able to access the quality facilities east Manchester has to offer, e.g. the Academy High School, the Eastlands Sporting complex, public parks, local district centres and the near by city centre. All residents will be encouraged to embrace sustainable and healthy lifestyles that will engender a sense of pride in their green neighbourhood. Locations will be identified within the area where residents will be able to see examples of the benefits of low carbon living and receive advice and support in developing awareness of how they can enjoy and support the low carbon agenda.

West Gorton residents will benefit from new fibre optic technologies and future higher speeds of broadband. There will be a greater choice of internet providers and telecom connectivity will be future proofed through the provision of a secondary duct network (at street and plot level) at the same time that standard BT lines are installed. This will avoid future disruption to properties and increase the future capacity of internet access for the whole area.

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The Village Hub will be located at the junction of Hyde Road and Clowes Street, containing a mix of health, local housing management, retailing and local community activities. This hub can also be the location for initiatives such as bike repair and rental facilities and social enterprise associated with the allotment and community garden.

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The West Gorton community will benefit from a variety of green spaces, each designed to support and encourage different leisure and recreational opportunities. There will be a focus on green open areas, and strong planting related to the retention and rain gardens proposed as part of the SUDS system. Mature existing trees will be retained, where possible and new tree planting will be encouraged.

D Community Garden/Allotments The existing green space between Clowes Street and Ainsdale Street will be remodelled into community allotments. The existing trees will be retained. This area is designed to help support some of the lifestyle ambitions for West Gorton in terms of fitness, sustainable leisure and local food production.

These include:

E Green Streets All of the proposed streets will include road-side planting. Main streets will include grass lined open swales with tree planting. This will soften the main streets, and give an open green spacious feel as well as providing play opportunities in the street.

A Gregory Street Gardens This original Victorian garden remains intact and becomes the northern part of the proposed linear park that stretches south to Ainsdale Street. B Activity Zone This is a new green area designed to promote sporting activity and exercise and will contain a secure toddlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play area, kick about and outdoor gym.

F Walking trail Proposals also include provision for a walking and fitness trail. This is a dedicated, way marked route which integrates all of the green spaces including the existing tree lined buffer zones on Hyde Road and Pottery Lane.

C Gorton Gardens A new formal garden will be created as a railed, quieter green space with seating and rest areas, adding a sense of reflection and retreat for the residents of West Gorton promoted.

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/ Buildings

West Gorton will be an attractive place for people to live and visit. Development will provide a framework for the creation of a place with a green identity that is easy to travel around and that is connected to neighbouring areas.

The design of individual buildings will contribute to the sustainability of the overall development through the achievement of high environmental standards such as Code for Sustainable Homes (starting at and rising to level 6). All buildings in West Gorton will offer a healthy environment for occupants with good air quality, comfortable temperatures and low noise disturbance.

Development designs will contribute to the sense of place in ways that enhance quality lifestyles and well-being through, for example, a hierarchy of pedestrian and cycle friendly streets, high quality open space, house designs that reduce the negative impacts of noise and air pollution, active street frontages and defensible space.

Our homes will offer a healthy environment with good air quality, comfortable temperatures, low disturbance of noise and no impact of unhealthy substances from the ground, water, building materials or air. The quality of the indoor air in a building depends on several aspects, such as pollutants in the outdoor air, the ground, and building materials. A significant impact on the air quality derives from the occurrence of high humidity in the building construction, as this can cause problems with mould and smell. Careful control of humidity in the structure during construction and is essential. To ensure this the location, orientation, shape of the building and the design of its structure and shell must be performed in coherence with technical systems. An understanding of the needs of the occupants and how the building will be used is crucial in making the building function well. A residential building should also be able to offer a calm and private area for recreation whether that is a balcony or patio. For West Gorton, in total, to contribute to the exacting environmental targets, a more energy efficient, low carbon retrofit programme will be delivered across all retained homes. External enhancements, boundary treatments and new streetscapes will integrate existing and new homes and streets.

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Noise is one of the most common causes of disagreements between neighbours. With this in mind, property design for both houses and apartments will exceed the building regulations requirements for airborne and impact sound in order to comply with the Code for Sustainable Homes assessment. Good practice should include examples of the following; approaches that keep services, stairs, lifts and circulation areas away from bedrooms, apartment corridors to have acoustically absorbent ceilings and floorways.

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Responsible partner

The MCC’s LDF Core Strategy Energy policies will be applied, in particular focusing on sustainable energy supply solutions. An energy statement will be presented for the development.

MCC / Developer

Based on the Energy Performance Certificate, the renovated buildings will achieve minimum band C or minimum 40% reduction of energy use respective CO2 emissions. Planned actions for energy efficiency measures for the existing stock will be presented.

RSL / Developer

The CO2 emissions from energy for operating the domestic and non-domestic buildings will be reduced by 50% by 2020 from 2005 levels.

Developer Developer

Code for Sustainable Homes level 4 will be achieved from 2010 (aspiring to level 6)

Developer

To provide temperature regulation and facilitate infiltration or detention of water. The Green Area Factor for the whole area and for each plot will be minimum 0.4. This demands coordination of e.g. permeable pavements, open water surfaces, green areas and green roofs

The energy demand for space heating and cooling will be:

Developer

The orientation of development will be considered to reduce internal heat gains and create possibility for shading.

Developer

Arrangements to provide natural shading will be facilitated, e.g. by tree planting.

Developer

Development will create facilities to handle extreme flows caused by heavy rain or flooding, e.g. rills, swales and ponds.

Developer

Village Hub will be an exemplar, presenting a zero carbon development.

Developer/MCC/RSL

The apartments and houses will reach passive house standards.

Developer

// max 39 kWh/m2/yr for apartment blocks and mid terrace houses // max 46 kWh/m2/yr for semi detached, end of terrace and detached houses In 2020, 20% of the buildings will have an energy demand that is less than 15 kWh/m2/yr, which is comparable with the criteria for passive houses.

Developer

Dwellings will be designed to be able to benefit from passive heating and/or cooling and natural daylight.

Developer

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2. Resources

Water

Responsible partner

Materials

Responsible partner

Water use in domestic dwellings will be ≤80 l/person/ day.

Developer

Building materials used in development will be chosen from a life cycle perspective and have low impact on health and environment.

Developer

Surface water will be treated locally by infiltration and retention.

Developer Building materials will be controlled so they do not contain hazardous chemicals or substances.

Developer

Grey water recycling systems will be installed to enable water reuse within buildings.

Developer Developer

Water meters and water saving equipment will be installed in the buildings as standard, (in new as well as refurbished buildings).

Developer

Recycled and recyclable materials, locally produced materials and those that are naturally sourced will be prioritised.

Surface water from the construction site will be managed to prevent contamination of soil or water.

Contractor

Waste Development will respond to the area’s waste management strategy

Developer

Development will have facilities for composting.

Developer

Contractors will present a site waste management plan for the demolition and construction phase.

Demolition and Building Contractors

Contractors will reuse demolition waste within the development where possible.

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3. Transport

4. Ecology

CO2 emissions caused by traffic will be reduced by 15% by 2020 from 2010.

Residents / Businesses

Development will ensure that the existing ecological value and biodiversity of the site is conserved and enhanced.

Developer

Street hierarchy will promote the following user hierarchy: // Pedestrians // Cyclists // Public Transport use // Specialist services vehicles // Other motor traffic

Developer An ecological survey will be performed for every development.

Developer

The Green Area Factor will be minimum 0.4 for the whole area and within each development plot.

Developer

Heavy traffic will be limited within the area and car free or low trafficked zones promoted to create better air quality.

Developer

Green infrastructure will be created for keeping and enhancing the vegetation and species.

Developer

The use of public transport will increase by 15%.

Residents / Businesses

Allotments will be provided within the area.

Developer

Public transport will be prominently signposted and accessible with sheltered and informative waiting facilities.

MCC

Cycle and pedestrian pathways will have good connection to surrounding districts and be uninterrupted within the development.

Developer

Cycle storage facilities will be incorporated into house design.

Developer

A bike repair and rental scheme will be located in the area.

MCC

A car pool facility will be located in the area.

MCC

Charging stations for electric vehicles will be arranged in response to demand.

MCC / Developer

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5. Business

6. Community

West Gorton will offer services such as food market, medical centre and cash machine facilities.

Businesses

The development will create opportunities for social interaction e.g. through the design of active frontages.

Developer

Business will be encouraged to engage local labour in services provided within West Gorton.

Businesses

Streets and pathways will encourage movement within the area and offer good connections to the surrounding neighbourhoods.

Developer

All West Gorton businesses to contribute to carbon emission reduction targets for the neighbourhood through for example the promotion of the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Environmental Business Pledge and Feed in Tariffs.

Businesses Green spaces will encourage leisure and recreational activity.

Developer

Businesses

Residents will be informed of how to reduce energy in every day life and encouraged to adopt low carbon lifestyles.

MCC / RSL

Local energy generation solutions, the reductions of CO2 emissions via energy efficiency technologies and adoption of low carbon lifestyles will support the green economy through the creation of local job opportunities.

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7. Place Shaping

8. Buildings

Through housing and landscape design, the development will have its own distinct identity in particular providing opportunities to display its green credentials.

Developer

All buildings will comply with the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4 (aspiring to Level 6).

Developer

The developmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infrastructure will enable ease of movement around the area.

Careful control of humidity in the structure will be performed during construction.

Developer/

Developer

The indoor air quality will be controlled and measured during post occupancy.

Developer

The placement and orientation on site, design of the buildings and landscaping will be planned in such way that negative impacts of noise, air pollutants and contamination are kept at minimum for residents.

Control of radon will be performed. Maximum value in the indoor air will be 50 Bq/m3.

Developer

Wind studies will be performed to ensure a pleasant microclimate.

Developer

All existing residential properties will be fully integrated into the new development through the use of boundary treatment, streetscape and green infrastructure.

RSL/Developer

A home user guide describing how the occupants will use the buildings to benefit from the sustainable solutions and achieve a sustainable lifestyle will be produced for every household. All housing will offer private outdoor space.

Developer

Both airborne and impact sound to be controlled with design that exceed building regulations and complies to the code for sustainable homes.

Developer

The Village Hub building will be an exemplar zero carbon development.

RSL / MCC / Developer

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// Calculation of the Green Area Factor (Example) The Green Area Factor is the ecologically effective surface area divided by the total land area and the higher the value is, the better Green Area Factor score.

The ecologically effective area = coefficient*ecological area The coefficient depends on the permeability and the possibility for holding a varied biotope. The factors used to calculate the Green Area Factor are divided into two categories; coefficients that calculates green surfaces respective surface water. Example: The total area of a development is 479 sqm. 115 sqm is covered with green vegetation (coefficient 1.0) and 85 sqm is covered with mosaic paving (coefficient 0.3). The ecological effective surface area= 1.0 x 115+0.3 x 85=140.5 The Green Area Factor = 140.5/479=0.3

Surfaces

Coefficient

Green/vegetation

1.0

Greenery on facade

1.0

Tree Depending on the circumference of the tree trunk the score varies.

0.3-0.7

Green roofs

0.6

Greenery on building beams (e.g. garage roofs, terrace, balcony)

0.7-0.9

Open water

1.0

Delay and collections (e.g. swales, pond)

0.2

Hard surface (non-permeable)

0.0

Hard surfaces which lead water to adjacent green areas (e.g. a hard surface can be raised in order to allow water to flow down to a green surface below)

0.2

Hard surface with joint/seams (e.g. mosaic, cobblestones)

0.3

Semi-permeable surfaces (e.g. sand, gravel, natural stones)

0.4

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// The Design Code

29 // The Design Code 30 / The Plot Plan 32 / House Types 36 / Approach to New Streets 61 / Waste Strategy

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// Introduction

// The Plot Plan

This part of the document sets out the details of the code itself with regard to plots, houses, streets and the waste strategy.

The master plan is divided up into a sequence of plots. Each plot is colour coded corresponding to a particular approach, layout and treatment conveyed through the model houses described below.

The plot plan indicates the approach to different development plots across West Gorton and use of a variety of house types. There are five house types and the approach to refurbishment of retained homes will be co-ordinated and integrated with the new build. The approach to streets and how they accommodate cars, people, environmental features and contribute to new approaches to drainage is set out here.

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Each plot has a different requirement/response, for example the location of terraces, villas, special corner turners, heights, placement and forms have been used. Similarly, different types of frontage and car parking can also be used to create variety. Each plot is also the basis for assessing how land assembly, procurement, financial viability and funding packages are co-ordinated.

// 11 Overall Plot Plan (Regulating Plan)

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// 12 Generic house types and plots

// House Types

// House Type 01

// House Type 02

Placement

Frontage

Parking

The code contains a set of generic house types. These are not developed designs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they are intended to define scale and massing as well as a range of car parking solutions that can be used within the various development plots. The basic house types are therefore indicative. Developers are free to propose their own house type solutions and variations on their own products, subject to keeping to the spirit of what has been set out, with the aim of exceeding the standards and objectives that have been described here. However, variant proposals need to demonstrate how they address key plot arrangements, frontage and parking arrangements that are fundamental to the code.

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// House Type 03

// House Type 04

// House Type 05

Placement

Frontage

Parking

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// Floor plans – House Type 01

Ground Floor

First Floor

// Floor plans – House Type 02

Second Floor

Ground Floor

First Floor

// Floor plans – House Type 03

Ground Floor

First Floor

House Type 01 – on plot parking

House Type 02 – on plot parking behind plot frontage

House Type 03 – on plot parking behind building line

This house arrangement can be made into a terrace or semi-detached. Its three storey simple frontage lends itself to creating simply lined and defined streets. Parking is located on the drive frontage which also contains a small structure for waste bins. The house plan is flexible and if required can be reduced to a three bed two storey or a five bed if the roof terrace is removed. The upper floor terrace can also be turned to face south.

This house arrangement can be made into a terrace or semidetached. In pairs the house can provide two parking spaces partially located behind the house frontage and within plot. This is a small two storey house which can be adapted to a larger size if required. The advantage of this arrangement is that back gardens are still secure from the front while also providing direct access to the garden and waste bins.

This house arrangement can be made into terrace or semi-detached villa. The house features a private entrance courtyard where parking is concealed and located behind the house frontage and screen wall which includes a roller gate for security. Waste bin storage is within the courtyard.

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// Floor plans – House Type 04

Ground Floor

First Floor

// Floor plans – House Type 05

Second Floor

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

House Type 04 – on plot parking inside house

House Type 05 – on plot parking along side

/ Refurbishment

This house arrangement is ideal as part of a terrace. There is a continuous street frontage where parking is located inside the ground floor of the house. Parking on the ground floor automatically makes these house arrangement three storeys. The upper floor can be adapted for me bedrooms if required.

This house arrangement is designed to maximise smaller or awkward shaped plots. The house entrance is located on its longest side enabling the house to front a corner. Parking is located where possible either side of the house. The emphasis here is on creating a house form which lends a sense of meaning to key corners.

In order to contribute to the environmental targets for the neighbourhood, a retrofit programme will be delivered to the existing housing stock. This will be complimented by a green infrastructure including private gardens, boundary treatment and streetscape that will integrate the new residential developments with the current homes.

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// Approach to new streets One of the primary design intentions underpinning the master plan has been the introduction of a number of short new streets which are designed to re-wire the existing disconnected street pattern. Together with the new streets, the existing streets/routes and spaces are remodelled into a network simple well defined streets which are designed to be safe, useable places in their own right. The new streets create: // A strongly defined division between public and private space which also ensures that every street is lined and overlooked by new homes. // A high quality public realm designed to foster a sense of pride and ownership in the community. // A more people-friendly environment which efficiently manages car access and parking. // A strong spatial and physical hierarchy between different streets creating character and variety. // A network of green and ecological corridors running throughout the new community as part of the SUDS and cooling strategy, whilst also adding to the overall green spaces across the area.

/ Street Hierarchy The Spatial plan proposes a range of street designs which are responses to the role and function of streets within the neighbourhood. West Gorton has been particularly affected by the conflict of business related traffic, local residential routes and movement on foot/cycle. The geometry and layout of the streets in West Gorton has been carefully considered to ensure that the streets provide a pleasant environment for the pedestrians, good connection to local services, and an improvement to the ecological nature of the area. Four street typologies are proposed, aiming to: // Slow vehicle speeds through residential areas. // Provide suitable parking provision. // Incorporate sustainable urban drainage solutions using swales and rills.

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// Bennett Street will provide the main route for commercial traffic accessing the industrial sites and businesses in the West Gorton area. It will also be the bus route. // Main streets will form vehicular links between the residential areas and surrounding highways, and will be civic in nature. // Main streets will form vehicular links between the residential areas and surrounding highways. It is intended these streets will be 6.5m wide and allow for some on-street parking. In some instances swales line the edges of the streets separating footway and carriageway and providing a landscaped zone for pedestrians to move along.

// 13 Street hierarchy

Fig 30 street heirarchy

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// 14 Main Street Types // Main Streets – Type A / Main Streets Main Streets can be divided into four categories:

Main Streets Type A 6m carriageway with 2m footways, swales and on street parking. Main Streets Type B 6m carriageway with 2m footways and swales. Main Streets Type C 6m carriageway with 2m footways and on street parking. Main Streets Type D 6m carriageway with 2m footways.

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// Main Streets – Type B

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// Main Streets – Type C

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// Main Streets – Type D

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// 15 Residential Street Types // Residential Streets â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Type A / Residential Streets Residential streets and Side streets run through areas Residential streets and Side streets run through ares of higher residential density and are pedestrian priority. Cars and certain service vehicles will have the freedom to move around all of these streets, however the street geometry is designed to encourage slow vehicle speeds, walking and cycling. Residential Streets can be divided into five categories:

Residential Streets Type A 4.5m carriageway with 2m footways, swales and on street parking. Residential Streets Type B 4.5m carriageway with 2m footways and on street parking. Residential Streets Type C 4.5m carriageway with 2m footways. Residential Streets Type D 4.5m carriageway with 2m footways and swales. Residential Streets Type E 4.5m carriageway with 2m footways, streets parking and continuous swales along one edge.

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// Residential Streets – Type B

// Residential Streets Type C

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// Residential Streets – Type D

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// Residential Streets – Type E

// 16 Side Street Types // Side Streets – Type A / Side Streets Side Streets can be divided into three categories.

Side Streets Type A 4.5m carriageway with 1.5m footways, rills and planters on both sides. Side Streets Type B 4.5 m carriageway with 1.5m footways, rills and planter on one side. Side Streets Type C 4.5m carriageway with 1.5m footways, planters and on street parking.

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// Side Streets – Type B

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// Side Streets – Type C

// 17 Street anatomy – Gorton Villa Walk looking west (northside)

4 3

/ 1 Grass street swale as part of the area wide suds system.

/ 4 Strong repetitive frontage to emphasise importance of street.

/ 2 New Street (type A with chamfered curb).

/ 5 Tree planting to facilitate solar cooling.

/ 3 On-plot parking concealed behind green boundary treatment or screening/gate (generic house types 1, 5).

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// 18 Street anatomy – Gorton Villa Walk looking west (south side)

3 7

4 1 2 5

/ 1 Grass street swale as part of the area wide suds system.

/ 5 Increased greening with hedges and grass boundary definitions.

/ 2 New Street (type A with chamfered curb).

/ 6 Strong repetitive street frontage and tree lines to facilitate solar cooling.

/ 3 Generic house type 5 to emphasise corner and side street.

/ 7 New street lighting.

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// 19 Street anatomy – Side street looking north onto Gorton Villa Walk

7 2 6

/ 1 Min 1800mm high garden walls onto public realm (solid construction not timber screen) with some open areas.

/ 4 Small dry swale along back edge of pavement on boundary plot edge.

/ 2 Direct overlooking into Side Street.

/ 6 Strong frontage to close off view and provide some overlooking.

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// 20 Local walking distances in minutes City of Manchester Stadium

National Cycle Centre

Piccadilly Gardens

Piccadilly Station

Ardwick Station

Ashburys Station

Village Hub

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// 21 Cycle routes

Ashburys Station

Existing on-road designated cycle routes Proposed cycle routes. Cycle parking will be provided in the Village Hub and various other locations along this route

Village Hub secure cycle parking

New streets suitable for cycling

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// 22 Public transport

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// 23 View of West Gorton by train

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// 24 SUDS –Dry Swales

// Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) All streets will be designed in the spirit of the Manchester Streetscape Manual and DfT’s Manual for Streets. A sustainable surface water drainage strategy is embedded into the design for West Gorton. This strategy will help reduce the risk of flooding by putting less strain on the public sewer network, increase biodiversity, and provide greater resilience to the challenges of climate change. Figure 27 (page 50) summarises the SUDS strategy across the West Gorton Plan. This has been tested in detail on the Gorton Villa Walk plot, as shown on figure 28. These SUDS features are described on figures 23 to 26, and summarised opposite. [The SUDS design is to be based on a 6 hour duration, 1:100 year storm event, as defined by BREEAM.]

/ Dry swales Dry swales are soft, grassy linear areas to hold water which evaporates and slowly drains away. The swales will: // Provide natural remediation to car parking runoff, reducing its pollution // Contain a filter drain at their base providing slow drainage outflow // Be approximately 4m wide, so that a 15m length provides 12m3 of storage // Have ecological value. The Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) SUDS guide recommends a purpose grown amenity grade turf is generally appropriate.

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// 25 SUDS –Rills /Rills Rills are open precast concrete channels to convey roof and road water. The rills will: // Have ‘V’ notches to provide some storage when raining // Typically 300mm deep x 250mm wide, providing 3m3 storage over 50m length // Have ecological value providing they do not dry out. Detention Basins are Vegetated depressions designed to provide flow control through attenuation of storm water runoff. They will normally remain dry except during and immediately after storm events and can function as recreational facilities. Planting should be resistant to water level changes and help minimise bank side erosion. Generally grass together with scattered scrubs is appropriate.

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// 26 SUDS – Bio-retention / rain gardens /Bio-retention / Rain gardens A depressed landscape area that collects and treats storm water runoff. Excess runoff from extreme events is passed to other drainage facilities. In general planting densities of three plants per m or five plants per m2 should be suitable. In residential area where it is important the wetland is of some aesthetic value marginal plants such as yellow iris and meadowsweet are recommended.

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// 27 SUDS – Permeable paving / Permeable paving The paving will allowing rainwater to infiltrate through the surface and into the underlying layers. 400mm deep storage (through single sized stones (33% void ratio)) to be provided below permeable block paving.

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// 28 SUDS – Strategy

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// 29 SUDS – Gorton Villa Walk development

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// 30 Waste collection – European models

// Waste Strategy A key feature of the long term environmental sustainability for West Gorton is the approach to waste management. We are looking to exceed the City Council’s current approach set out in “Waste Storage and Collection Guidance for New Developments “ (December 2008) Developers in West Gorton will be required to respond to this challenge by delivering waste management solutions for housing and apartment developments that will increase recycling activity and reduce waste whilst at the same time balancing their approaches with resident convenience and accessibility.

Developers are required to outline ways to rationalise the number of waste and recycling containers outside individual properties which can be both unsightly and inconvenient for householders. Centres should be sensitively located in places that are easily accessible and designed to conform to “Secured by Design” standards. Such an approach will facilitate more efficient waste collection and reduce the amount of collection traffic. Alternative methods of waste collection for disabled and elderly residents will need to be developed.

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European models of waste collection should be explored including “Environment Houses”. These enable residents to dispose of their household refuse and recyclable products via specified access points outside and within the building. Design standards for environment houses incorporate a green roof, solar panels, and rainwater harvesting. They are well lit and include a sink to allow containers to be washed. This is just one approach to waste management and developers will be expected to explore a range of alternative options.

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// Summary West Gorton is a neighbourhood set to change. Investment in quality new homes and facilities will contribute to the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s targets for ambitious CO2 reductions. This document sets out the challenge to developers in some detail and at the same time we are seeking innovation in response to this code. New streets, new approaches to drainage, open space and waste collection are all aspects of the code that demand high quality design to ensure environmental targets are not just met but exceeded within the next ten years.

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