Urban Design and Master planning:
Downham Market North
Client: Private
Interactive Web Consultation
In preparing a planning application for a major urban expansion of Downham Market, near Kings Lynn, it was considered that prior to any planning submission the applicant should engage with the local community to ascertain their key issues and concerns and see how the development could best accommodate them. PPS created an interactive web site as a portal for the consultation process. The web site contained full details of the proposals, including details on areas of study such as Ecology, Transportation issues, Flood Risk and Drainage. The site allowed participants to submit comments directly. The consultation process was kick-started by a press release to the local media outlets and took place over a 3 week period. The applicant received a reasonable level of response, primarily form adjoining residents. These comments were taken on board in amending and updating the scheme prior to its formal submission.
Berryfields MDA - Aylesbury
Client: September Properties
Acting on behalf of September Properties, PPS were commissioned to prepare an outline planning application for 235 dwellings as part of the Berryfields Major Development Area in Aylesbury. A detailed master plan had been prepared by the Local Planning Authority requiring illustrative design details to be submitted at outline stage. PPS Urban Design team prepared an illustrative site layout providing detail of layout, housing mix, and the network of open spaces. Street scene perspectives were generated to show massing and scale of development along the major distributor routes in and around the site.
