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Merchant's House, 24 North Quay, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 4LE. Tel: (01624) 672050. Fax: (01624) 629237, (01624)615465.
E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.savagechadwick.com
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Directors:
M. Savage BA DIP Arch(Liverpool), RIBA, ACA, MaPS
PE. Chadwick BA Hons Dip Arch(Oxford), RIBA, MaPS
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RECEIVED ON
17 AUG 2006
Our ref: MS/ac/SC905
17th August 2006
DOLGE
Planning Department
Murray House
Mount Havelock
Douglas
IM1 2SF
FAO Secretary to the Planning Committee
Dear Sirs,
Proposed replacement Swimming Pool, The 'Peveril Plot', Mooragh Promenade / Old River Road, Ramsey for the Northern Local Authority Swimming Pool Board
Please find enclosed four copies of the above detailed Planning Application.
This facility is designed to replace the current Swimming Pool facility which is reaching the end of its useful life. Upon completion of the proposed (assuming Approval) the existing facility will be decommissioned and closed.
A statement on traffic / parking is provided with this Application and discussions on foul, surface water and backwash facilities have separately taken place between our Consultant Engineers Holmes Grace and the Department of Transport.
Should there be any queries in connection with this Application please do not hesitate to contact the writer at this office.
Yours faithfully,
M Savage
For
Savage & Chadwick Architects Ltd
Encl
c.c.
Mrs M Crane
Mr R Senior
Mr M Renshaw
Mr J Grace
Dr P Slinger
Mr R Horne
Following the Brief issued by the Planning Authority for this site, we looked at various options for the siting of the building on the plot known as 'The Peveril Plot'. It became clear however that rather than the pool facility being a part of a whole development framework for the site, the Brief demanded that the vast majority of the site area was necessary to accommodate the development of the Northern Swimming Pool.
As such the design concept then steered toward the issues of context, scale and visual impact.
The site is an exposed and visible site and clearly visible from the Town Centre. The existing buildings that site centrally within the land are Victorian Promenade buildings and clearly the proposed use would not allow this architecture to be replicated. As such, we felt that the design approach most appropriate was that of the site's harbour side / seaside setting. The wave form of the roof reflects this approach as does the use of cedar boarding (at lower level) and the metal faced (aluminium) cladding system.
The entrance to the building sits on an axis to the swing bridge making a visual connection with the Town Centre.
The Victorian buildings adjacent to the site are tall and predominant. The harbour side settings is of a more modest scale. As such the mass of the building gradually increases from the harbour side to the promenade reflecting the difference in scale(s).
The lower roof is positioned toward the entrance / café public areas to step the scale down to the areas of greatest public use.
The building deliberately makes a design statement with curved and flowing lines. This will make it into a landmark that can be visually identified from the Town Centre itself.
By contrast the car parking for the facility is located behind its main mass and that of the adjacent Victorian properties. This minimises the visual impact of the 58 car parking spaces necessary to service the development.
The site is an Island site which makes multiple access possible. The concept is to separate pick up and drop off (the building will have significant school bus use) and general parking. As buses should generally not reverse, a one way pick up drop off arrangement has been utilized. The Mooragh access road is also wide enough to allow a right turn lane, ensuring continued traffic flow. General parking is separate, but close to, the building entrance and has dual access from Old River Road and the Mooragh Promenade.
The current swimming pool facility does not have a car park and consequently users park on the road. As such, it is difficult to determine how many car parking spaces are required at any one time and as the facility is located in the town centre the numbers arriving by public transport may be significant.
Current car parking standards for the pool would be 1 space per 10 sq m pool water area (40 spaces) and 1 space per table for the café (18 spaces). As such we have provided 58 spaces (including 3 disabled spaces). We have also provided a cycle park adjacent to the main entrance.
By comparison the recently completed Western Pool provides 48 spaces (including 2 disabled spaces) and the staff report that this is hardly ever full and for the most part under used. For comparison the Pools, at both facilities are the same size but the café at the proposed Ramsey facility is bigger.
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