Architectural Professional Studies

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Kieron PeatyU_15

Architectural Proessional Studies


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Architectural Professional Studies

Contents Page

1.0 Introduction

1.11.1.01 Context 31.1.02 Project Setting 41.1.03 Site Location 5

1.1.04 Programme 6

2.0 Architectural Management

2.1 Architect2.1.01 Role & Responsibilities 102.1.03 Designer/Client Relationship 112.1.04 Designer/Contractor Relationship 122.1.05 Pre-contract Issues 132.1.06 Project Planning 142.1.07 CDM Regulations 15

3.0 Building Economics

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3.1.01 Procurement Strategies 173.1.02 Project Brieng & Cost Planning 203.1.03 Project Drivers & Objectives 213.1.04 Budget 223.1.05 Funding 233.1.06 Architects Fees 243.1.07 Cost in Use 253.1.08 Project Lie-cycle 26

4.0 Legal Issues

4.14.1.01 Planning Legislation 284.1.02 Property Law 29

4.1.03 Adjoing Owners & Boundaries 304.1.04 Planning Process 314.1.05 Conservation Area 324.1.06 Legal Duties & Responsibilites 34

5.0 Appendix

5.15.1.01 Planning Application Form 385.1.02 Conservation Area Demolition Consent 435.1.03 Hoardings Online Application Form 45


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1.0 I n t r o d u c t i o n

1.1.01 Urban Morphology & Development

Tis report provides proessional context or the projectproposal. It introduces the main project drivers. Teseinclude the client and consultants, procurement methodand subsequent contract issues, and nally the issuesrelating to land and property law in the context o theproposal.

Te initial part o the report provides context setting othe project. Detailing site location, program and t he client.

Te second part o the report demonstrates the project

relationships between the architect, client, nanciers andconsultants.

Te building economics part conveys matter relating to thenancing o the project and reects upon the implicationso decisions upon the project.

Te nal part o the report covers legal issues, planningprocess and health and saety matters.


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Context:Te decision to act upon a broken society has beentaken by Central Coalition Government ollowing acts orioting throughout Britain in August 2011. Investigationsconducted by independent bodies determined that rioterswere mainly youths rom under-priviledged areas.

Te Coalition has convinced none state owned nancial

and business service providers/institutions to invest in theutures o youths rom under-privileged backgrounds. inreturn or tax relie. Te hope is that the investment willconvince youths disillusioned by the uture, job prospectsand their place within society that there is hope o a betterlie.

Aer consultation with the London Borough o owerHamlets, the Spitalelds and Banglatown ward hasbeen chosen as one particular area to benet rom theimplementation o such investment.

1.1.01 C o n t e x t

1.1.01 Urban Morphology & Development


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1.1.02 P r o j e c t S e t t i n g

1.1.02 Project Setting


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Site:Te site is 21-25 Osborn Street, located at the southerntip o Brick Lane in the Spitalelds and Banglatown Wardthe London Borough o ower Hamlets

Te site was previously owned by the ruman Breweryuntil it was donated to ower Hamlets Council to bedeveloped or OSYEF.

1.1.03 S i t e L o c a t i o n

1.1.03 Site Location


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Client: Te Education Funding Agency (EFA), parto the Department or Education, came into eect on1 April 2012 ollowing the Coalition Governmentsannouncement that more than 900 public bodies were tobe reormed with the objective to make at least 2.6 billionin administrative savings and a urther 30 billion savingsby reducing programme and capital spending over thespending review period. (http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutde/armslengthbodies/b00199952/the-education-unding-agency).

As a result the EFA were set up with the remit to deliverkey unctions. Te EFA will be a single body responsible

or the operation o the education and training undingsystem or those aged 3 to 19. Tis will provide, over time,a more joined-up service or young people, our customersand partners.

As such the EFA will oversee the development o theacility rom the inception phase through to completionon site. Tey will be the client. Te EFA will also providepartial unding or the acility however, Barclays plc willprovide the dominant share.

Following the completion o the construction phase andsubsequent handover the EFA will hand the acility overto the ower Hamlets College who will run the acility.

1.1.04 Client

1.1.04 C l i e n t


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Program: As an education centre the building will havethree main denable spaces that are targeted to work inunison to assist with the development o the youths.

Te education spaces are split into 4 dierent sizes asrequired by the dened age groups:1 group o 20 - 14-16 year olds2 groups o 10 - 16-18 year olds4 groups o 5 - 19 years olds20 individuals - 20 year olds

Te counselling and support space is located on groundoor o the building. In this space the youths will be able togain advice about general concerns such as struggles withthe course requirements, housing or nancial problems,but also more specialised counselling on a one to onebasis or issues such as anger management or relationshipadvice.

Te recreation space is distributed over the three mainoors. Te dining and kitchen areas are the main heart othe building with views rom above provided by the doubleheight atrium. Lounge, workspace and seminar spaces areprovided however this space has been designated with adegree o exibility to provide perormance and rehearsalspace or the amateur dramatics groups.

1.1.05 P r o g r a m

1.1.05 Program


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Contents Page

1.0 Introduction


1.1.04 Programme 6




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4.0 Legal Issues

4.14.1.01 Planning Legislation 284.1.02 Property Law 29

4.1.03 Adjoing Owners & Boundaries 304.1.04 Planning Process 314.1.05 Conservation Area 324.1.06 Legal Duties & Responsibilites 34

5.0 Appendix



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Role & Responsibilities: under section 2 o the ArchitectsRegistration Act 1938 an architect is dened as one whopossesses with due regard to aesthetic as well as practicalconsiderations, adequate skill and knowledge to enablehim to originate, to design and build, to arrange or andsupervise the execution o such buildings, or other works,calling or skill in design and planning as he might in thecourse o his business, reasonably be asked to carr y out in

respect o which he oers his services as a specialist.

Studio 4D have been nominated as Project Architects bythe client, the Education Fundaing Agency (EFA). Tepractice is a small to medium sized design rm that havebeen provided with the programme by the client. Teyhave been tasked with undertaking preliminary schemework that is to orm the basis o the clients preliminarycost estimates to be posed to Barclays plc, as soon aspossible.

Te EFA are the main Client and will also provide parto the unding or the project. Upon completion o theproject the EFA will hand the acility over to the owerHamlets College. Tey will run the education acility inaccordance with the programme with Barclays providingmentoring to the 20 year old youths as stated within theprogramme.

2.1.01 R o l e & R e s p o n s i b l i t i e s

2.1.01 Role & Rsponsibilities


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Designer/Client Relationship: Te Client is classed asPublic. Te difculty o the project is that the EFA are anew agency and there is a strong chance that the authoritymay not have been clearly dened. Te bureaucracysurrounding this agship project could potentially leadto an inefcient construction process. However, it isassumed that lessons have been learnt rom the previousGovernments BSF initiative.

Te main hurdle aced by the Client is to establish as earlyas possible an initial cost estimate to allow or unding tobe secured thus preventing, in theory at least, unnecessarydelays to the project programme.

Studio 4D (Architects) have entered into a contract withthe EFA to act as agent on the public clients authority.Te architects role under this contract - agency as itmay also be described - is special meaning that theyact on behal o the client to undertake the design o theproposed acility.

ypically the appointment would be ormalised with theuse o the RIBAs Standard Form o Agreement or theAppointment o an Architect, which consists o threedocuments:

1 - Memorandum o Agreement2 - Conditions o Appointment3 - Schedules

Tere are our Schedules:1 - Inormation supplied by Client2 - Ser vice to be provided by Architect3 - Fee arrangement4 - Consultants, specialists, and others to beappointed.

Te Public client have their own Form o Agreement

or consultants however the schedules and inormationrequired/provided within them do not dier greatly romthe RIBAs standard.

ypically, should a Design and Build procurement routebe adopted the Client would become the Contractor, thusaltering the struture o the relationship.

2.1.02 D e s i g n e r / C l i e n t R e l a t i o n s h i p

2.1.02 Designer/Client Relationship


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Designer/Contractor Relationship: Te relationship

between the Architect and the Contrctor is greatlydetermined by the procurement strategy adopted by theEFA.

A traditional procurement strategy has been adoptedand a subsequent Standard contract undertaken, thus theContractor will receive instructions relating to the designand construction o the building rom the ContractAdministrator (Studio 4D) and relavent consultants.

2.1.03 D e s i g n e r / C o n t r a c t o r R e l a t i o n s h i p

2.1.03 Designer/Contractor Relationship


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2.1.04 P r e - C o n t r a c t I s s u e s

Pre-contract issues: Upon completion o the conceptphase, the Education Funding Agency is keen or Studio4D to progress through the design stages and achieve thenecessary consents rom the relevant authorities.

Following this the Client has also let it be known that itwould be preerable or Pre-Costruction documentationto be produced and co-ordinated prior to the appointmento a Contractor and the commencement o work on site.

Te diagram demonstrates the primary consultants thatwill orm the design team at the early design developmentstage and throughout the ollowing pre-constructionstages up to ender stage.

Tis is the result o instruction given to the EFA to breakthe project down into stages. Tus consultancy ees or thedevelopment o the design and construction inormationwill be paid to consulting design team members prior tothe commencement on site. Following this only Studio 4Dwill remain as an active member o the design team aerthe tender phase. Tey will act as Contract Administratoron the behal o EFA, providing instruction to the chosenContractor.

2.1.04 Pre-Contract Issues


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2.1.05 P r o j e c t P l a n n i n g

2.1.05 Project Planning

Project Timeline: Te construction o the project isexpected to take no longer than 14 months, howeverthis is a nominal timerame and will be consulted uponwith the contractor at the tender stage. Te anticipatedprogram or site works is as ollows.

Site preparationDemolition o existingGroundworks & li coreSteelrame erection

Pod wall erectionFirst FixStaircaseGlazing installationSecond Fix


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2.1.06 C D M R e g u l a t i o n s

CDM Regulations: Te Client will appoint a CDM co-ordinator to act on their behal. Te CDM co-ordinatorwill be responsible or ensuring that a planningsupervisor is appointed and that the contractor is capableand possesses the necessary resources to carry out theirresponsibilities. Te CDM co-ordinator will also beresponsible or producing and maintaining, throughoutthe project, a suitable health and saety plan and the healthand saety le.

Studio 4D will be responsible or ensuring that the designcan be constructed saely by the contractor and that thenished building can be saely occupied and maintainedby ower Hamlets College.

Te health and saety plan will orm 2 stages. Te CDMco-ordinator will supervise the plan during the pre-tenderstage, whilst the contractor will take on the responsibilityo maintaining the plan throughout the constructionphase. Pre-tender, the plan will contain health and saetyinormation such as that provided by the Client relatingto matters o services locations in conjunction withdesign inormation, rom the design team, relating tounavoidable risks in the construction phase.

At the pre-tender stage the plan will serve to providepotential contractors with all inormation available at t hetime concerning health and saety matters derived romthe design, thus enabling the competence o prospectivecontractors to be adequately assessed at the tender stage.

At the construction stage the plan will detail thearrangements made to ensure the health and saety o thoseworking on site during construction phases. Te plan willdetail the methods o managing risk during constructionand the monitoring systems to be implemented to ensurethe plan is abided by.

Te CDM co-ordinator will prepare the health and saety

le or the benet o ower Hamlets College.

Te le will contain inormation such as;As built drawingsConstruction methods and materials utilisedMaintenance instructionsManuals or plant, equipment and serv ices

Te preparation o the le will be continuous throughoutall stages o the project. Generally, inormation will becontributed by all parties concerned.

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Contents Page

1.0 Introduction


1.1.04 Programme 6




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4.0 Legal Issues

4.14.1.01 Planning Legislation 284.1.02 Property Law 294.1.03 Adjoing Owners & Boundaries 304.1.04 Planning Process 314.1.05 Conservation Area 324.1.06 Legal Duties & Responsibilites 34

5.0 Appendix



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Procurement Strategies: deciding upon a method oprocurement is a process o evaluation. 3 desirableobjectives are considered rom the project outset;

1. ime - speed or certainty o completion date2. Cost price level or cost certainty3. Quality unctionality and perormance

Only two objectives will be achievable at the expense othe third, thus the two most valued will determine theprocurement route ollowed.

Te main actors to consider or each o the 3 procurementmethods are as ollows;

raditional

- Te design process separate rom constructionphase ull documentation required prior totender (incl. sub-contractor)- Relatively slow process separate phases(design & construction)- Reasonable certainty o cost - alldocumentation is provided at tender stage- Independent consultant required to act/administer the contract (in most contract orms)

- Risk spread amongst parties (consultants) lessso or measurement- raditional lump sum is more in clients avour

Design & Build

- Lump sum pricing- Relative speed and cost certainty- Contractor responsible or design- Client loses control over design process- no independent contract administrator- 2 stage tendering maintaining competitiveelement- Risk is with the contractor

- Uncertainty over design and quality

Management

- Cost uncertain almost until completion- E arly contractor involvement- Relative speed, work can start on site as detaildesign evolves- Relatively low risk in terms o design and quality- Relatively high risk with regard to time and cost- Risk essentially with the client

3.1.01 P r o c u r e m e n t S t r a t e g i e s

3.1.01 Procurement Strategies


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Contract: the procurement method chosen by theEducation Funding Agency is traditional.

As a result the preered contract will be a Standard BuildingContract without quantities. Studio 4D and nominatedsub-contractors will produce ully designed and detaileddocumentation prior to tender stage. It is not consideredthat a bill o quantities will be required and generallyspeaking at this early stage o the project Studio 4D do notoresee that the building will be particularly complex innature, nor is it expected to contain extensively complexservices thus no specialist works will be required to beundertaken.




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Sub-Contract: Studio 4D have given consideration topossible construction methods and materials to be utilisedor the building o the acility and consider that therewill be an element o sub-contractors design. Tus therewill be Standard Building Contract with sub-contractorsdesign.

Te use o a sub-contract will reduce risk or Studio 4D,Without it Studio 4D may end up detailing/designingelements that would be better served being produced by

specialists (i.e. metal rame contractor - Metsec, timberrame contractor - Howarth)



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3.1.02 C o s t P l a n n i n g

Cost: Initial cost estimates at the early stages o designdevelopment will be less reliable than those producedusing tender documentation prior to construction. Simplyput this will be the result o design decisions taken duringthe early stages o the project being tentative and thusless accurate. Generally, decisions and accuracy relatingto cost will be determined by the level o inormationavailable at any given stage o the project.

Te levels o accuracy relating to cost estimates willuctuate at varying stages o project development.

With this in mind the Education Fundaing Agency wishto have one design phase led by Studio 4D and aided bynominated consultants. Fees or all consultants will besubsequently paid at the same time, namely the end o thedesign phase.

At this point, ollowing all necessary site investigations,

the obtainment o consents and approvals, it is consideredthat there will be adequate inormation avaliable to allowor more exact cost estimations prior to tendering theproject.

Te traditional procurement method allows or a greaterdegree o cost certainity than would be present i anothermethod, such as management, were chosen. Althoughsitework may be delayed by comparison to a managementprocurement route, the project will still be progressedsuitably beore site commencement. Given the timing othe project, the design phase will nish and consultantsees paid prior to the end o the scal year at the end oMarch 2013.

Work on site is anticipated to begin in February 2013.

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3.1.03 P r o j e c t D r i v e r s

3.1.03 Project Drivers


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Budget: Te building will be a agship or the new youtheducation scheme. With the opportunities providedby the majority o unding being provided by a privateinstitution, Barclays, ower Hamlets Council and theower Hamlets College are keen or the building to benished to a high standard.

o provide as much opportunity or the scheme to suceedthe acility will need to be welcoming to the youths usingit on a daily basis, durable, energy efcient and have

the highest quality nishes available throughout, bothinternally and externally.

Support 113Education 372Recreation 115Circualtion/Seminar/Workspace 516Amenities 73Store 33Garden 105

Total 1327sqm.

Te guide price or the budget is 1,750 sqm thus theinitial cost estimate or the building is 2.4 million.

3.1.04 Budget

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233.1.05 Funding

Funding: Te project will be mainly unded by Barclaysplc. Tey have an agreement with the goverment thatthey will receive tax relie in return or investment in thebuilding proposal. Te agreed percentage o unds to becontributed to the project by Barclays is 85%. Tereorewith an estimated 2.4 million project cost Barclays willbe investing 2.04 million.

Te remaining unds will be contributed by the EducationFunding Agency. Te EFA are a governement body set up

with the remit to und the education system or youthsaged between 3-19 years old whilst also managing sixthorm and college estates. Te EFA will be adding theremaining 15% o the project cost, namely 360,000.

I all goes well with the project the government have anagreement with Barclays or another two acilities to bebuilt in Lewisham and Hackney.

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Architects Fees: ypically the Architects ee is calculatedas a percentage o the contract value. Te diagramsshown that the smaller the contract value the higher thepercentage will be.

Te ees attached to the project will be higher than aDesign and Build contract simply because o the increasedlevel o exposure to all elements o the project as a resulto the traditional procurement route.

Studio 4D will receive two separate ees or the provisiono two separate scope o works. Te rst ee is attachedto the design portion o the project. Tis will take intoconsideration the progressive stages o the project romdevelopment o the brie, conceptual design, detaileddesign to production inormation or tender.

Te second ee or the project is attached to contractadministration during the construction phase.

Fees will be paid to Studio 4D by the Client, EducationFunding Agency upon completion and sign o o each othe two previously detailed scope o works.

3.1.06 Architects Fees

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Cost in Use: It is imperative that due consideration isgiven to issues o building cost once the project has beencompleted.

As well as recurring costs relating to matters such asheating and cooling the building there will also be issuesrelating to the maintenance o the acility. Over a periodo time the cost o maintenance may swell as the needto restore and/or replace aulty elements o the buildinggrows.

It is imperative that Studio 4D, as designers give due careand attention when considering the perormance o thenished buiding and the materials used or constructionand nishes.

As such the building will utilise a heat recovery and

ventilation system coupled with a ground source heatpump to reduce the need or excessive articial heatingand cooling o the building. Tis will maintain lowrecurring costs or the building maintenance.

Te proposed EPDM external nish is given a 20 yearguarantee by product manuacturers Prelasti who alsoclaim that their product has a lie expectancy o 50 years.Maintenance costs or the external envelope may relate tocleaning o windows, etc. details o which will be handedover to ower Hamlets College in the Health and Saetyle.

Internal nishes are intended to range rom brickwork totimber thus it is not considered that there will uncessarymaintenance costs other than those related to daily use othe building by the youths.

3.1.07 Cost in Use

3.1.07 Co s t i n U s e

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Project Lifetime: Once completed it is considered that thebuilding will be utilised or its intended purpose or aslong as it is o benet to the local community. Barclaysplc have signed a contract with ower Hamlets Collegedictating the provision o mentoring services to theCollege or a period o 20 years. Tus the acility will existor at least the duration o the 20 year period.

Te education cycle proposed is 6 years rom the age o

14 to 20 years old. Ergo, it is conceivable that the merito having such a acility in the area will not be ullyunderstood or the duration o this initial six year period.

Te Education Funding Agency are aware that this projectmay eventually be the only one o its kind i it is deemedas being unsuccessul. Tereore, Studio 4D have beeninstructed to investigate materials or construction thatare exible and demountable to allow or the building tobe recongured to acilitate larger numbers or alternativeuse should ower Hamlets College decide at a later date toexpand the unctionality o the nal building.

3.1.08 Project Lie-cycle

3.1.08 P r o j e c t L i e - C y c l e


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Contents Page

1.0 Introduction

1.11.1.01 Context 31.1.02 Project Setting 41.1.03 Site Location 51.1.04 Programme 6




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4.0 Legal Issues

4.14.1.01 Planning Legislation 284.1.02 Property Law 294.1.03 Adjoing Owners & Boundaries 30

4.1.04 Planning Process 314.1.05 Conservation Area 324.1.06 Legal Duties & Responsibilites 34

5.0 Appendix


4 1 01 P l i L i l t i


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- Te Conservation Area lies within the Banglatownand Brick Lane Sub-Area o the City Fringe Area ActionPlan (AAP) in the LDF. Te Area Action Plan statesthat Regeneration and new development must strive ordesign excellence which respects and enriches the sensitivetownscape and the built heritage o the area. New buildingsand public spaces must enhance the historical eatures o theCity Fringe, including the numerous Conservation Areas,Listed Buildings, street patterns, and the ower o London.Policy CFR1 o the City Fringe spatial strategy statesthat development in the City Fringe should ensure ... the

preservation and enhancement o the historic environmento the Borough.

-Te LDF identies 10 development sites in or around theConservation Area. Tese include sites at the BishopsgateGoodsyard, 32-42 Bethnal Green Road, the Cygnet StreetCar Park, the ormer Shoreditch Station, Vallance Road,Cheshire Street, Allen Gardens North (as public openspace), the Old rumans Brewery, a site at 86 Brick Laneand 40-48 Fashion Street.

- Large parts o the area are identied as an area oarchaeological importance.

Planning policy/legislation: Tere are a number o policiesand legislation documents which will impact upon theproject. Predominantly this is the result o the project sitebeing with a conservation area and also the City Fringe.Te ollowing demonstrates some o the documentationthat have/will impact upon the project.

- At national level, the Planning (Listed Buildings andConservation Areas) Act 1990 places a duty on owerHamlets to designate Conservation Areas in areas o specialarchitectural or historic interest, and to ormulate andpublish proposals or the preservation and enhancemento its Conservation Areas. National policy or planningand the historic environment is set out in Planning PolicyGuidance 15 (PPG15).

- At the regional level, policy 4B.1 o the London SpatialDevelopment Strategy (or London Plan) states that Te

Mayor will seek to ensure that developments ... respectLondons built heritage.

- At local level, the new Local Development Framework(LDF) o ower Hamlets states that the Council will protectand enhance the historic environment o the borough. Tisis described in detail in policy CP49 o the Core Strategy othe LDF. In addition, parties applying or consent shouldnote policy CP46 to ensure that access issues are properlyaddressed in work carried out in a Conservation Area.

4.1.01 P l a n n i n g L e g i s l a t i o n

4.1.01 Planning Legislation

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4.1.02 P r o p e r t y L a w

Boundaries: Te site is 21-25 Osborn Street, owerHamlets. It was previously owned by the ruman Brewery.However, ollowing an appeal by ower Hamlets Councilin January 2012 or private landowners in the boroughto donate unused land t or development, the Breweryoered the site.

Te Council were given the leasehold or the land, alongwith the permission o the ruman Brewery to developthe site to accommodate the new youth education acility.

Te site is ronted to the east by Osborn Street, whichwill provide the main access to the site. o the north theneighbouring building is the EDF Energy sub-station orEast London. Whilst to the south there is an access roadwhich could potentially be utilised or site ofces or thedelivery o materials.

4.1.02 Property Law

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Party & Adjoining Walls: ower Hamlets Council wereinormed by the ruman Brewery upon receipt o the landthat there were no party wall concerns attached to the site.

Te area shown red on the diagram denotes neighbouringwall to the site but it is not considered to be an adjoiningwalls. Tis wall is to be taken as a boundary wall, whichunder the Party Wall Act Etc 1996 is not necessarily a

party wall or a ence wall.

4.1.03 A d j o i n i n g O w n e r s & B o u n d a r i e s

4.1.03 Adjoining Owners & Boundaries

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Planning Process: ower Hamlets Council are ully awareo the project. Tey have already spent considerable timearranging or the agship project to be built in theirborough. However this will not mean that corners can becut with regards to the obtainment o planning consent.Any proposal will have to be sensitive to the context othe area.

Te emphasis bestowed upon the scheme by the CoalitionGovernment means that there is a degree o pressureupon ower Hamlets Council to ensure that the projectdoes not become tangled in t he planning process. Tus itis hoped that the decision or Studio 4D to work closelywith a planning supervisor will prevent any time delays.

Studio 4D have been tasked with obtaining all necessaryapprovals and consents. Tis will include ull planningconsent or the project as well as conservation areaconsent, change o use and demolition in a conservationarea consent.

Te Education Funding Agency are aware that planningapproval will take between roughly 8-10 weeks to obtainthus they are keen or Studio 4D to press ahead with thedesign stage.

4.1.04 P l a n n i n g P r o c e s s

4.1.04 Planning Process

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archaeological area: An EDF energy owned electricitysub-station neighbours the site to the north. It is a majorpower supply or the whole o east London.

ower Hamlets Council granted Conservation AreaConsent in August 2008 or the demolition o the existingsub-station. Te consent was part o a move to rebuildthe acility so that it may cope with increased powerrequirements. Within the accompanying Ofcers Reportit was stated that the existing buildings were not statutorily

listed. Te report also suggested that any proposal or theEDF site should take into account and be sensitive to thecharacter o the surrounding area in terms o design, bulk,scale and use o materials.

Planning consent (reerence PA/08/01149) or the EDFsite was granted in April 2009.

As part o preparatory work prior to the commencemento construction o the new sub-station an archaeologicalinvestigation o the EDF site was undertaken. During theinvestigation remains o a post medieval well (probably18th Century) and medieval (or more likely post-medieval) pit-alls.

Given the need or archaeological investigations atthe neighbouring substation there will be similarundertakings or the project site. Te ower Hamlets Codeor Construction Practice states that, it is an oence toundertake works to scheduled Monuments or AAIs [Areaso Archaeological Interest] without frst obtaining ormalconsent rom the Secretary o State.(p39)

4.1.05 C o n s e r v a t i o n A r e a

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Demolition: Te buildings currently occupying the site areto be demolished.

Te site exists within the Brick Lane and Fournier StreetConservation Area. As such Studio 4D will complete an

Application or Conservation Area Consent or Demolitionin a Conservation Area Form or the demolition o theunlisted buildings/structures.

Although consent is not required or the demolition obuildings under 115 cubic metres in size, it is consideredthat the existing buildings/structures occupying the siteexceed this allowance.

A specialist demolition contractor will be requiredto undertake the work, with special care given toneighbouring buildings. A method statement will beproduced by the demolition contractor, detailing theworks to be undertaken.


4.1.05 Conservation Area

4.1.06 L e g a l D u t i e s & R e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s


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Foundations & Excavation: Te project will not requiredeep excavational work. Te youths proposed to use theacility are not expected to own cars or other such vehiclesand would not need to utilise these as a means o travellingto the site or the sole reason that the building is aimed ateducating local youths. As such there will be no need toprovide underground car parking acilities, etc. Tis will

allow or unds to be used above ground to provide thebest building possible.

Te oundations or the building have not been conrmedat this early stage however preliminary consideration isthat they will be piled oundations. Te only neighbouringwall/building that will potentially be impacted upon isshown red in the diagram.

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Road Closure: Osborn Street is a narrow one way street.Delivery o materials to the site could be problematic.It may be possible or materials to be delivered into theservice road to the south o the site, however the narrownature o Osborn Street and the act that it is in constantuse by residents and visitors requireing access to BrickLane provide a number o issues or consideration.

Consultation with ower Hamlets Council will be saught

to gather inorrmation about the best way to deal withthis issue. Te simplest resolution may be or the deliveryo materials to occur outside times o high trafc volumeand peak daytime. Tere may be a need to arrange or thetemporary closure o Osborn St during deliveries.

ower Hamlets Code or Construction states that, thecontractor will carry out initial consultation with theLondon Borough o ower Hamlets concerning the stoppingup o roads and ootpaths and the postin o noticesinorming local residents, business and organisations. (p7)

Other alternatives such as delivery during the evening/night or early morning could be extremely detrimentalto neighbouring businesses, particularly the City Hotel

adjacent to the site.

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Tower Hamlets Code of Construction Practice (CoCP): Tecode sets out standards and procedures or managing theenvironmental impacts o constructing major projects andsmall scale construction alike within the LondonBorough oower Hamlets.

Te code is a comprehensive document providingconsiderable inormation relating to all conceivableaspects o a development/construction project withinower Hamlets. Advice is given on issues relating to

highways, disposal o waste, site boundaries, etc. It willbe the responsibility o the Contractor to ensure that allrelevant licenses and approvals have been obtained priorto the commencement o work on site.

Planning consent or projects in ower Hamlets isconditional upon compliance with the CoCP. Tereorethe CoCP will have an impact upon the Osborn Streetbuilding project.

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Contents Page

1.0 Introduction

1.11.1.01 Context 31.1.02 Project Setting 41.1.03 Site Location 51.1.04 Programme 6




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4.0 Legal Issues

4.14.1.01 Planning Legislation 284.1.02 Property Law 294.1.03 Adjoing Owners & Boundaries 30

4.1.04 Planning Process 314.1.05 Conservation Area 324.1.06 Legal Duties & Responsibilites 34

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