ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
1897, and was an idea advocated by the Superintendent, Hugh Gardiner-Hill ,with support from John Langdon-Down. The building was designed by Rowland Plumbe, and opened with the admission of 20 patients. The opening of the Annexe enabled the hospital to provide an active approach to the training and education of mentally disabled children who had been dispersed throughout the hospital. The Elizabeth Newton Wing is also Grade II listed, and is being retained by the Trust in the short term due to a surge in demand for mental health services.
The Trust had much foresight in setting up an artefact room (Fig. 3), via retired Property Manager, John Cheetham, which houses a collection of photographs, furniture, and memorabilia. The room will be recreated by City & Country in the Main Building, and will be available to view via a booking system through the Concierge Service, once it is in operation.
Planning
The planning process at Springfield has been complicated. In 2012, on appeal, the Secretary of State granted outline planning permission and listed building consent for mental health development of up to 25,000 m2 as part of a wider masterplan, which also provided for provision of other social care, housing, education, retail, and parkland facilities. The detailed design was to be within the ‘parameters’ set by the outline planning permission. The parameters governed the amount of development, and the maximum physical dimensions of each development parcel – as shown in red and blue residential plots in Figure 5; yellow denotes the areas bought by City & Country, and the white is new/retained mental health, plus the park and new school. The landscape masterplan (Fig. 6). provides a template for creating an ordered multi-use healthcare estate which links in with the
Figure 5: The plot plan at Springfield.
adjacent community. The areas coloured blue in Figure 5 have already been sold (Barratt London), while those shown in red will be coming to market in the coming years.
Following the outline, and to implement the consent, Bellway Homes bought a small parcel of land opposite the Elizabeth Newton building to progress a 26 residential unit scheme; these units have now been built and sold to private home-owners.
Lansdcape masterplan The Trust and STEP progressed comprehensive planning applications for the mental health buildings (Forensic and Non-Forensic) and the park, roads, public realm, and infrastructure of Springfield Village. The landscape masterplan creates many attractive, relaxing and social spaces, including Chapel Square, which sits between the mental health facilities and the
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1881 chapel (Fig. 4). A series of play areas in the park will keep children of all ages entertained, while a ‘trim trail’, a series of exercise stations, and informal green space, will provide exercise, sport and relaxation areas. A pavilion will provide café and washroom facilities, easily accessible from car parking across the road, and a network of roads and footpaths will generate lots of routes for exploration. The site drainage strategy has been incorporated into the landscape by a number of attenuation ponds, and a number of special landscaped areas will be created such as the rose garden.
Barratt London has just submitted its planning application for residential units across the top of the site (the blue area in Fig. 5), and City & Country (the yellow area in Fig. 5) is progressing the rejuvenation of phase 1 of the Main Building.
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New mental health facilities The new mental health facilities have been designed by architect, C.F. Møller. The architectural team has designed spaces to an important set of requirements that will provide state-of-the-art rehabilitation facilities, encompassing: l Quality of life – the facilities will provide space for service-users to be private and reflect quietly, as well as areas to socialise and develop a sense of being part of a community.
l Social inclusion and recovery – the design will help service-users and staff to feel valued and be an integral part of their community.
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Figure 6: The landscape masterplan. Key to Masterplan: 1 Chapel Square. 2 Forensic mental health building. 3 Non-forensic mental health building (and Figure 7). 4 Springfield Park. 5 Retained listed building, sold to City & Country. 6 Residential development. 7 Retained mental health buildings. 8 Retained grounds in front of the Main Building. 9 New pavillion. 10 Springfield Drive. 11 FM shed. 12 School.
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l Single-sex accommodation – will be facilitated by the provision of 100% single sex, en-suite rooms, with separate day areas for men and women, and separate access routes to bedroom corridors.
l Security – the physical elements of security have been designed into the building, supporting the staff to implement their procedures and to develop relationships with service-users.
JULY 2020 | THE NETWORK
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