Concept Plan

This report has been prepared by Caroline Field of Moat Housing Society, Sevenoaks, Kent and was published in March 2000.

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Introduction
The Planning Process - Getting Everybody Involved
Events
Planning For Real
The Concept Plan
Next Step For Cavell Way

Local architects, Artlab, won the tender to translate the results of the Planning for Real into a concept plan for the estate. Their brief was to extract the main themes from the planning for real and produce a coherent plan, rather than to try to include every suggestion.

	Dominance of the central road by car users
	The current under use of space
	The lack of play for older children
	The lack of physical focus
	Poorly defined through ways for pedestrians

The main points of the resultant plan are:

	Traffic calming principally at the entrance to the estate
	Creation of a courtyard in front of middle block of flats, breaking the
	line of the road and linking the flats
	Creation of a ball game space for older children
	A community building/shops to create a focus for the estate
	Making the one pedestrian access to the estate more open and
	attractive

The concept plan is ambitious. We know that it will not be achieved in the short term - some of the elements may never be achieved. However we feel it is important to have the widest vision before focussing on the first practical steps.

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Introduction
The Planning Process - Getting Everybody Involved
Events
Planning For Real
The Concept Plan
Next Step For Cavell Way

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