Our
Proposals
Design
When beginning to design the homes, we consider several factors to make sure our plans will integrate with Lelant. These include:
- The housing need of the area, including how many people are registered for housing and how many bedrooms they need
- Governmental guidelines, including those set Nationally (National Planning Policy Framework) and by Cornwall Council (Cornwall Local Plan), as well as the St Ives Area Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015-2030, which sets out how the Parish would like to see new homes designed to ensure they are a good fit with the rest of the area
- Ensuring a range of house types and sizes, offering accommodation for all needs
- Reflecting distinct character and appearance of Lelant, directly referencing scale and elevational materials of the existing surroundings
You can download a plan of the site below.
The Plan
Having considered the constraints and opportunities of the site, and these design principles, we are proposing to build 50 new homes, of which 28 will be affordable and 22 will be open market.
The mix of affordable homes has been designed to meet the existing need within Lelant and the parish.
The masterplan demonstrates a fully integrated and coordinated development on the edge of the village, that includes areas of public open space that everyone in the village can use and footpath connections to existing residential areas via the public footpath.
Housing Mix
We are proposing the following homes on the site:
Social Rent
| Bedrooms | Number |
|---|---|
| 1-bedroom homes | 5 |
| 2-bedroom homes | 6 |
| 3-bedroom homes | 2 |
| 4-bedroom homes | 1 |
Shared Ownership
| Bedrooms | Number |
|---|---|
| 2-bedroom homes | 10 |
| 3-bedroom homes | 4 |
Open Market
| Bedrooms | Number |
|---|---|
| 2-bedroom homes | 2 |
| 3-bedroom homes | 10 |
| 4-bedroom homes | 10 |
Landscape & Ecology
When we design our homes, we consider how they will impact upon the existing landscape and biodiversity.
We have taken the following steps to minimise impact, which will contribute to the character and quality of the development:
- Improved biodiversity by increased planting and providing new habitats for wildlife.
- Minimise existing Cornish hedge banks removal within the site and include new hedge planting for ecological connectivity.
- Create a public open space and play area for the village where people can enjoy the outdoors, children can play and take peaceful walks in nature, with pathways that connect to the rest of the village.
- We will be bolstering the existing hedges on the edge of the development with more planting to assist biodiversity, as well as adding bird, bat, bee and insect boxes.
Sustainability
Cornwall Council declared a climate emergency in January 2019, meaning that it recognises that the impacts of climate change are significant and severe, and require urgent action to address.
Since then, Cornwall Council has adopted a Climate Emergency Development Plan Document, which contains energy policies new developments need to demonstrate they comply with.
Some of the energy efficient measures we are proposing to incorporate within the new dwellings on the site are:
- Enhanced building fabric make up to reduce energy costs for the people that live in them
- Homes will be heated using air source heat pumps
- High-quality and sustainable materials in construction
- Solar panels where possible
- Electric vehicle charging points on all homes
- Increased biodiversity on site
- 15% of the site will be covered by tree canopies
- Water efficient sanitary ware to reduce water usage
Movement Plan
An important part of the design process is to ensure we get the engineering right. In particular, this means understanding any traffic impacts the development may have, to help keep people moving around the village.
There will be a single vehicle access point onto Tyringham Road, in the form of a simple T-junction.
In seeking specialist highways and transport advice for the project, it was found that the existing highway network is suitable to accommodate the relatively modest uplift in vehicle movements as a result of the proposed development.
Parking provision with dedicated car parking spaces for each home with one parking space for one bedroom homes and two parking spaces for two or more bedroom homes, alongside visitor spaces.
We are proposing pedestrian access onto Tyringham Road, forming a new footpath running from Sunny Corner to the bus stop, as well as a new pedestrian crossing. We are also planning new pedestrian access into the proposed development from the south from the public footpath that runs from AbbeyHill/Fore Street to Tyringham Road.
Drainage
The site surface water drainage proposals will follow a hierarchical approach as set out by the Local Planning Authority.
The drainage system will seek to utilise the ground’s natural ability to allow water to infiltrate into the ground as confirmed by the testing undertaken to date. The primary features will be shallow open basin closely developed with landscape architects and ecologists thus ensuring they are multi-purpose and aesthetically pleasing. Working alongside the basin will be crated underground soakaways. These drainage features will be handled by a private management company or an adopting water authority, such as South West Water.
The proposed drainage strategy will seek to deal with day-to-day rain fall and have sufficient capacity to deal with extreme storm events with the overall aim of reducing flood risk. In addition, the primary proposed drainage basin feature will seek to provide additional benefits through increasing biodiversity through habitat creation and provide amenity/usability value for locals.