Residential Design Guidance
Full Report of Stakeholders Workshop
21 March 2013 1900-2100
Full Report Appendices
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Appendix 1: Collated Results of Parking Task 1.1 What is your parking like?
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Appendix 2: Collated Results of Parking Task 1.2 Assessing different
parking regimes
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Appendix 3: Collated Results of Amenity space Task 2.1 What is your
amenity space like?
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Appendix 4: Collated Results of Amenity space Task 2.2 Reviewing recent
amenity space
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Appendix 5: Collated Results of Task 5 Scope of the SPD
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Residential Design Guide Stakeholders Workshop Results (21/03/13)
Appendix 1 Collated Results of Parking Task 1.1 What is your parking like?
Each member of your team to describe how the place they live deals with parking…
Group 1
Where do you
park?
E.g. on plot; on street; rear
parking area;
No of
parking
spaces
Number
Number
Do you Where do
Of
Of
Have a visitors
Habitable Bedrooms garage park
Rooms
1
In garage
2
6
3
Yes
2
Front driveway
2
7
4
Yes
3
Garage/drive/field
15
7
3
Yes
What works?
Enough spaces for number of vehicles
No strong preference for on & off street parking
On drive or in shared parking
area on road
On drive or on street &
pavement
On drive or field
Reasons…
Adequate total number of spaces, gives flexibility
What does not work?
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Appendix 1 Collated Results of Parking Task 1.1 What is your parking like?
Each member of your team to describe how the place they live deals with parking…
Group 2
Where do you
park?
E.g. on plot; on street; rear
parking area;
No of
parking
spaces
Number
Number
Do you Where do
Of
Of
Have a visitors
Habitable Bedrooms garage park
Rooms
1
2 on drive 1 on street
2
8
4
Yes
Street
2
Front drive & garage
2
6
3
Yes
Street
3
On driveway to front of
property
On driveway to front of
property
3
7
3
No
On drive or on street
7
8
4
Yes
On drive or on street
4
What works?
Good sized driveways
Reasons…
Older properties on larger plots
What does not work?
Insufficient storage space-garages full
Narrow roads limit off street parking
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Appendix 1 Collated Results of Parking Task 1.1 What is your parking like?
Each member of your team to describe how the place they live deals with parking…
Group 3
Where do you
park?
No of
parking
spaces
Number
Number
Do you Where do
Of
Of
Have a visitors
Habitable Bedrooms garage park
Rooms
1
4
3
No
2
Designated parking space in
communal car park
On forecourt
1
4
2
No
Designated visitor space on
street
On street
3
Forecourt + driveway
5
8
4
Yes
On street or lawn
4
On drive
2
4
2
No
Visitor spaces
E.g. on plot; on street; rear
parking area;
1
What works?
Good design-communal car park with designated spaces & visitor parking, all
close and within sight of houses
Reasons…
Ample parking provision
What does not work?
Garages were not needed
Line of lock-up garages separated by houses and out of sight of them
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Appendix 1 Collated Results of Parking Task 1.1 What is your parking like?
Each member of your team to describe how the place they live deals with parking…
Team 4
Where do you
park?
E.g. on plot; on street; rear
parking area;
1
No of
parking
spaces
Number
Number
Do you Where do
Of
Of
Have a visitors
Habitable Bedrooms garage park
Rooms
3
1
No
2
On street parking in front of 1
property
Park on plot-in front or side 7
6
3
Yes
On grass verge if space availableor park down the road
On the plot
3
Park on plot-at the rear
1
6
3
Yes
On road where possible
4
Park on plot-in front or side
7
9
4
Yes
Double
On plot or village hall car park
What works?
On plot parking
Reasons…
Avoids on street parking
Allows emergency vehicles
Aesthetically pleasing
What does not work?
Excessive selfish on street parking
Lorries parking inappropriately
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Appendix 2 Collated Results of Parking Task 1.2 Assessing different parking regimes
Look at each of the four examples – try and assess from the group of people your team are allocated. What works; what does not?
For example think about convenience; safety; security; visitors & appearance
Team1
A: Lindsay Avenue
What works?
What doesn’t?
B: Whitelands Road
What works?
What doesn’t?
C: Terriers School Front
What works?
What doesn’t?
D: Terriers School Rear
What works
What doesn’t
Which example works the best for the group
you assessed?
A: Lindsay Avenue
D: Terriers School Rear
Group of people: couples no children
Flats have their own spaces
Wide enough to park on both sides
Not enough spaces in total
Too narrow so can only park on one side
Verge very wide and bit of grass but doesn’t achieve anything
According to standards its got enough parking
Cars possibly viewable from dwellings
High fences forbidding
Aesthetically ok i.e. parked cars do not spoil appearance
Reasons…
Within site of dwellings
Reasonable distance
Flexible(so no rows over allocated spaces)
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Appendix 2 Collated Results of Parking Task 1.2 Assessing different parking regimes
Look at each of the four examples – try and assess from the group of people your team are allocated. What works; what does not?
For example think about convenience; safety; security; visitors & appearance
Team2
A: Lindsay Avenue
What works?
What doesn’t?
B: Whitelands Road
What works?
What doesn’t?
C: Terriers School Front
What works?
What doesn’t?
D: Terriers School Rear
What works
What doesn’t
Which example works the best for the group
you assessed?
B: Whitelands Road
Group of people: young couple with small children
Flats with own parking-a bit limited to one car per family
One allocated street parking space per family
Unallocated street parking means parents with children & shopping may not be able to park near their own property
More than one car per family
Visitors parking doesn’t work
Parking on one side only.
Bigger plots less dense
Off street parking on other side of road-thus demonstrates that older style buildings works
Nothing
Very little works
No where for visitors
Unloading car with young children a problem
Leaving car unsighted by properties encourages vandalism & theft
Off street parking associated with each property-particularly the houses
Long term-allowing for stable community there will be a shortage of spaces when older children begin driving aqnd car
ownership.
Currently low number of spaces to bedrooms
Reasons…
Safe parking for a family with young children
Whole highway & property layout is spacious and user friendly
There is less problems caused by communal parking
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Appendix 2 Collated Results of Parking Task 1.2 Assessing different parking regimes
Look at each of the four examples – try and assess from the group of people your team are allocated. What works; what does not?
For example think about convenience; safety; security; visitors & appearance
Team3
A: Lindsay Avenue
What works?
What doesn’t?
B: Whitelands Road
What works?
What doesn’t?
C: Terriers School Front
What works?
What doesn’t?
Group of people: Families with older children
Width of road makes it slightly safer in a street where children could be playing, cycling e.t.c
Width of road could permit space for street-scaping & traffic calming
Lack of ‘control’ over allocation of parking space-i.e. in a street with greater demand for parking than space available, one could
arrive home and find that the nearest parking space is the other end of the street
Some off street parking
Lack of road width acts as traffic calming
Narrower road disallows parking on both sides of road & could create issues/conflicts where traffic flowing in both directions
meets/tries to pass
Car path encroachment towards properties is unsightly & reduces light to properties
Photos suggest adequacy of parking provision(but may be deceptive-depending on time of day of photo)
D: Terriers School Rear
What works
What doesn’t
Mix of parking provision-allows parking adjacent to/in sight of properties seems to work
Which example works the best for the group
you assessed?
D: Terriers School Rear
Reasons…
Allows parking near to/adjacent to properties, without scope to turn spaces into general storage(as would be the case with
enclosed garage)
Communal nature of design permits an element of communal/neighbourhood security(anyone seeming to steal/damage car
would be likely to be capable of being seen by somebody in street
Photos suggest that current parking standards(for number of spaces per residency)is adequate & sufficient
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Appendix 2 Collated Results of Parking Task 1.2 Assessing different parking regimes
Look at each of the four examples – try and assess from the group of people your team are allocated. What works; what does not?
For example think about convenience; safety; security; visitors & appearance
Team4
A: Lindsay Avenue
What works?
What doesn’t?
Group of people: Older people
1 car per household
Residents permits/visitor permits
Rear parking
2 cars open household-plus visitors + commuters
B: Whitelands Road
What works?
What doesn’t?
1 or 2 cars per household on plots
Allowing on street parking-one side of road only
C: Terriers School Front
What works?
What doesn’t?
Sufficient parking overall-but poor design
D: Terriers School Rear
What works
On plot parking for 2 cars
On street for visitors
Designated car parking
People in flats may have some distance to walk
What doesn’t
Which example works the best for the group
you assessed?
Likely to park near property-on street
Reasons…
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Appendix 3 Collated Results of Amenity space Task 2.1 What is your amenity space like?
Each member of your team to describe how the place where they live meets their needs for private amenity space
Team 1
Size? Dwelling
size: no of
1
200 m2
bedrooms &
type
3 bed
2
200 m2
3
200 m2
Communal Quality vs. Quantity? Rate the following out of 5
space?
Space
Sunlight Privacy
Usability Closeness
No
4
3
4
5
5
4 bed detached
No
4
4
4
5
5
3
Yes
5
5
4
5
5
What works?
Reasons…
What does not work?
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Appendix 3 Collated Results of Amenity space Task 2.1 What is your amenity space like?
Each member of your team to describe how the place where they live meets their needs for private amenity space
Team 2
Size? Dwelling
size: no of
1
700m2
bedrooms &
type
4 bed
2
1000m2
3
4
Communal Quality vs. Quantity? Rate the following out of 5
space?
Space
Sunlight Privacy
Usability Closeness
No
5
4
5
4
5
4 bed
No
5
4
5
4
5
1/5 acre
3
No
5
5
5
5
5
350m2
3
No
5
4
5
5
4
What works?
Reasons…
What does not work?
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Appendix 3 Collated Results of Amenity space Task 2.1 What is your amenity space like?
Each member of your team to describe how the place where they live meets their needs for private amenity space
Team 3
Size? Dwelling
size: no of
1
90 m2
2
50m 2
3
446 m2
bedrooms &
type
2 bedroom top
floor flat(in block of
8 flats)
2 bed first floor
apartment
4 bedroom
detached
Communal Quality vs. Quantity? Rate the following out of 5
space?
Space
Sunlight Privacy
Usability Closeness
Yes
3
4
0
0
4
No
2
4
3
0
2
Yes
5
3
4
4
5
What works?
Reasons…
What does not work?
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Appendix 3 Collated Results of Amenity space Task 2.1 What is your amenity space like?
Each member of your team to describe how the place where they live meets their needs for private amenity space
Team 4
Size? Dwelling
size: no of
1
bedrooms &
type
1 bed terrace
Communal Quality vs. Quantity? Rate the following out of 5
space?
Space
Sunlight Privacy
Usability Closeness
2
92 m2
9m2
front
334 m2
Yes
5
4
1
4
5
3 bed bungalow
No
5
5
5
5
5
3
250 m2
3 bed semi
No
5
4
5
5
5
4
836 m2
4 bed detached
No
5
4
5
5
5
What works?
Reasons…
What does not work?
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Appendix 4 Collated Results of Amenity space Task 2.2 Reviewing recent amenity space
Team 1- Wycombe Marsh
Scheme:
Couples
Wycombe Marsh
Houses:
What
works?
Houses
What
doesn’t
Rating out of 5
no children
Size of rear amenity space
Good privacy
4
Families
Families
Older people
Living alone
Size of rear amenity space
Good privacy
Size of rear amenity space
Good privacy
Size of rear amenity
space
Good privacy
Size of rear amenity
space
Good privacy
4
4
Pleasant surroundings
and opportunity for
strolls
Pleasant surroundings
and opportunity for
strolls
Good amenity space
Good amenity space
4
4
small children
4
older children
4
Flats:
What
works
Flats:
What
doesn’t
Rating out of 5
3
Absence of garden
Absence of a garden
1
2
(65+)
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Appendix 4 Collated Results of Amenity space Task 2.2 Reviewing recent amenity space
Team 2-Great Marlow School
Scheme:
Couples
Families
Great Marlow
Houses:
What
works?
Houses
What
doesn’t
Rating out of 5
Flats:
What
works
Flats:
What
doesn’t
Rating out of 5
Families
Living alone
Small properties
Mixed community
Own space-space which
is of manageable size
Noisy on a high density
space
Lack of privacy
Small self contained
Manageable outdoor
space
no children
small children
Noisy
Lack of play space
A communal secure play
space but small
Outdoor space small
4
3
3
4
4
All ok
Lack of outdoor space &
parking
Not appropriate
Ok but small communal
garden
All ok
No enclosed space
Near main road
Not appropriate
2
1
Very small communal
garden
Slope with kids perhaps
not ideal
4
Supply of 2 & 3 bed houses Each house has an amenity
space
4
older children
Older people
(65+)
Noisy on a high density
space
Lack of privacy
4
Which groups works the best for the Reasons…
scheme you assessed?
Couples with children
Older people
Living alone
Probably working during daytime so noise not an issues
Small space for amenities on plot and off plot
Small space for amenities on plot and off plot
What works the best overall?
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Appendix 4 Collated Results of Amenity space Task 2.2 Reviewing recent amenity space
Team 3-Terriers School Front
Scheme:
Couples
Families
Families
Older people
Living alone
Terriers School
Front
Houses:
What
works?
Houses
What
doesn’t
Rating out of 5
no children
small children
Private space
South facing gardens
Visual surveillance
Private space security
4
4
3
3
4
Flats:
What
works
Flats:
What
doesn’t
Rating out of 5
Ease of access-to
communal space
Dual aspect to flats is good
3
2
2
4
4
older children
(65+)
Which groups works the best for the Reasons…
scheme you assessed?
Couples with small children
What works the best overall?
Secure private space
The style of parking provision suggested in the Terriers development could lend itself to the provision of
electric charging points for electric cars
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Appendix 4 Collated Results of Amenity space Task 2.2 Reviewing recent amenity space
Team 4-Terriers Rear
Scheme:
Couples
Terriers Rear
Houses:
What
works?
Houses
What
doesn’t
Rating out of 5
no children
Sufficient garden
Privacy
Usability
Families
Families
Privacy
Usability
Privacy
Usability
small children
older children
Older people
(65+)
3 & 2 bed homes
Garden sufficient
Privacy
Usability
Some gardens on the south Garden for 5 bed house to Garden for 5 bed house to Some gardens on the
side of site have large
small
small
south side of site have
trees-too much shade(loss Some gardens on the south Some gardens on the south large trees-too much
of sunlight)
side of site have large trees- shade(loss of sunlight)
side of site have large
trees-too much shade(loss too much shade(loss of
sunlight)
of sunlight)
4
4
4
4
Living alone
3 & 2 bed homes
Garden sufficient
Privacy
Usability
Some gardens on the
south side of site have
large trees-too much
shade(loss of sunlight)
4
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Appendix 5 Collated Results of Task 5 Scope of the SPD
Team 1
Subject Areas Include
Character
Context
Scale & mass
Design and appearance
Roofscape
Development on slopes
Skylines and views
Materials
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
Legibility
Block structure
Walking routes, creating a walkable
neighbourhood
Building relationships
Street design and layout
Parking layout & design(car & Cycle)
/
/
/
Private amenity space
Public amenity space
Landscape(hard and soft)
/
/
/
Internal space standards
Waste and recycling
Accommodation of storage space
Noise
Light
Privacy issues
Community safety/designing out
crime
/
/
/
/
/
/
Don’t include
/
/
/
/
Sustainability/energy efficiency
/
Access to local facilities
/
Specialist residential useselderly/disabled/student e.t.c
/
Any other issues the guide should
cover
Nature & environmental spaces
Views from hillsides into valleys
Top 3 priority subject areas
1
Scale and mass
2
Context
3
Parking layout & design
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Appendix 5 Collated Results of Task 5 Scope of the SPD
Team 2
Subject Areas Include
Character
Context
Scale & mass
Design and appearance
Roofscape
Development on slopes
Skylines and views
Materials
Legibility
Block structure
Walking routes, creating a walkable
neighbourhood
Building relationships
Street design and layout
Parking layout & design(car & Cycle)
Private amenity space
Public amenity space
Landscape(hard and soft)
Don’t include
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
Internal space standards
Waste and recycling
Accommodation of storage space
Noise
Light
Privacy issues
Community safety/designing out
crime
/
Sustainability/energy efficiency
/
Access to local facilities
/
/
/
Specialist residential useselderly/disabled/student e.t.c
Any other issues the guide should
cover
Top 3 priority subject areas
1
Character
2
noise
3
Sustainability/energy efficiency
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Appendix 5 Collated Results of Task 5 Scope of the SPD
Team 3
Subject Areas Include
Character
Context
Scale & mass
Design and appearance
Roofscape
Development on slopes
Skylines and views
Materials
/
/
/
/
Legibility
Block structure
Walking routes, creating a walkable
neighbourhood
Building relationships
Street design and layout
Parking layout & design(car & Cycle)
/
/
/
Private amenity space
Public amenity space
Landscape(hard and soft)
/
/
/
/
/
Internal space standards
Waste and recycling
Accommodation of storage space
Noise
Light
Privacy issues
Community safety/designing out
crime
/
/
/
/
/
/
Sustainability/energy efficiency
/
Access to local facilities
/
Specialist residential useselderly/disabled/student e.t.c
/
Don’t include
/
/
/
/
/
/
Any other issues the guide should
cover
Top 3 priority subject areas
1
Scale and mass
2
Street design & layout
3
Paving layout & design(car & cycle)
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Appendix 5 Collated Results of Task 5 Scope of the SPD
Team 4
Subject Areas Include
Character
Context
Scale & mass
Design and appearance
Roofscape
Development on slopes
Skylines and views
Materials
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
Legibility
Block structure
Walking routes, creating a walkable
neighbourhood
Building relationships
Street design and layout
Parking layout & design(car & Cycle)
/
/
/
Private amenity space
Public amenity space
Landscape(hard and soft)
/
/
/
Internal space standards
Waste and recycling
Accommodation of storage space
Noise
Light
Privacy issues
Community safety/designing out
crime
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
Sustainability/energy efficiency
/
Access to local facilities
/
Specialist residential useselderly/disabled/student e.t.c
/
Any other issues the guide should
cover
Grey water recovery
Don’t include
/
/
/
Top 3 priority subject areas
1
Parking layout and design
2
Design and appearance
3
Sustainability/energy efficiency
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