Figure 3.3 Panoramic photograph across the site

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1 ROYAL PIER WATERFRONT, SOUTHAMPTON Royal Pier Figure 3.3 Panoramic photograph across the site managed by ABP lies between Town Quay and Trafalgar Dock further to the east, and provides 140 berths Southampton city centre lies beyond the A33 to the north east of the application site. The City Cruise Terminal is located at Berth 101 in the Western Docks, which is located to the north west of the application site The site is well located within the city centre to take advantage of the available bus services. The closest bus stops to the proposed development are on Town Quay Road, the High Street and Platform Road. The bus services available from these stops include Uni-Link U1A, Uni-Link U1W, Uni- Link U6, Xelabus X24 and the Bluestar City link, providing bus connections to the city centre, Central Railway Station and Southampton Airport Long distance coach services are also available within a 15-minute walk of the development at West Quay, off Harbour Parade, and provide direct services to Portsmouth, Poole, London, Gatwick and Heathrow Airport The closest railway station to the proposed development is Southampton Central. It can be accessed on foot, by cycle and by bus. Southampton Central offers services to London Waterloo, Brighton, Newcastle, Cardiff, Manchester, Brockenhurst, Bournemouth, Salisbury, Basingstoke, Woking, Reading, Weymouth, Exeter, Portsmouth and Southampton Airport The Red Jet passenger ferry terminal, and the Red Funnel vehicle and passenger ferry terminal will both be relocated to Trafalgar Dock as part of the comprehensive scheme proposals. This is within walking distance, and the Ferry City Link service will also stop at Platform Road, allowing employees from the Isle of Wight to access employment opportunities at the site The application site is located in close proximity to a number of important heritage assets. The medieval Old Town walls are located to the north east of the site. The walls are scheduled monuments and grade I listed. Dock Gate 8 is located adjacent to the north west of the site and is grade II listed, as is Harbour House on Town Quay to the north east. The, the grade II listed 1A Bugle Street and the grade I listed Wool House form an important group at the western end of Town Quay, where the road Figure 3.4 Site photographs 15

2 Mayflower Park Royal Pier Gatehouse (Kuti s Thai Restaurant) Red Funnel Terminal 1 Figure 3.5 Red Funnel site 16

3 ROYAL PIER WATERFRONT, SOUTHAMPTON Figure 3.6 Environmental designations in the vicinity of the site Special Protection Area and Ramsar site Special Area of Conservation Site of Special Scientific Interest New Forest national park Site boundary 3 km 17 Figure 3.7 Photograph looking east towards the gatehouse building and Royal Pier

4 Figure 3.8 Historic assets in the vicinity of the site! Listed buildings Scheduled monuments Conservation areas Site boundary 18

5 ROYAL PIER WATERFRONT, SOUTHAMPTON curves to follow the alignment of the town walls, and the open Mayflower Park allows one of the key views of the old town and waterfront. In addition, there are many other listed buildings and structures in the vicinity of the site, as outlined within the accompanying ES. Four conservation areas are located to the north east of the application site; Old Town North, Old Town South, Old Town West and Canute Road The application site is located circa 470m from the Solent and Southampton Water special protection area (SPA) and ramsar site and also the Hythe and Calshot Marshes site of special scientific interest (SSSI), which lie across the river to the south west of the site. Dibden Bay SSSI is located circa 760m from the site, also to the south west. The Solent Maritime special area of conservation (SAC) is approximately 2.7km to the south. The New Forest SPA, ramsar site, SAC and SSSI is approximately 4km to the south west of the application site The site lies within the outer explosive consultation zone surrounding the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre, approximately 1km away. Site history 3.22 Royal Pier, the structure of which remains within the southern section of the application site, opened as a timber structure in 1833 to serve passenger steamers travelling to the Channel Islands, Le Havre and the Isle of Wight. Between 1876 and the commencement of World War I, the pier included a railway station which served a line along Town Quay to Southampton s main terminus The pier was provided with a new gatehouse in 1888 and a major rebuilding process was undertaken in 1892 extending the pier to 900 feet long and utilising iron piles. In 1894 a section of the pier was converted to a pleasure pier, with the addition Application reference Sqm1/1651 Application details of a pavilion with refreshment rooms, a bandstand and viewing platforms as well as landing stages The pavilion closed during World War II, reopening in The pier continued to be used for regular passenger services until Except for the gatehouse, which remains in use, Royal Pier was closed in It was grade II listed in 1980, but fires in 1987 and 1992 destroyed all the buildings on the pier itself. A 30m section of the pier platform fell into the water in 2010 and the remaining structure is deteriorating rapidly Mayflower Park was constructed on land that was reclaimed from Southampton Water between 1927 and The land Permission granted Change of use to pub/restaurant, including alterations to building, erection of single storey rear extension with roof garden and a side extension at first floor level, together with provision of car parking area, beer garden and gates to Mayflower Park /EL Demolition of Mayflower Rooms /EL Demolition of pier structure and associated building /01910/FUL 08/00969/FUL 10/00091/FUL 14/00162/LBC 14/00636/FUL Erection of single storey rear extension to form extended dining area and first floor rear extension to form enclosed terrace Erection of single-storey rear extension and first floor rear extension with new screened external terrace, installation of 6 air-conditioning units to north west elevation, guarding rails to main entrance, boarding applied to 9 ground floor windows, ventilation grilles to rear/ side and meter box to side (retrospective) Terminal 1 pontoons Construction of new (after removal of existing) 40m x 3m pontoon in four sections at Terminal 1 Town Quay Listed building consent for the removal, refurbishment and relocation of 18 posts and railings in alternative location further west from existing Mayflower Park Erection of a Spitfire monument and memorial on the river frontage of the park Figure 3.9 Recent planning permissions granted on or near the site was initially used as a marshalling yard and the park was landscaped and laid out in 1965, and has served as an area of public open space in the city centre ever since. It is one of the only areas in the city where members of the public have direct access to the waterfront Figure 3.9 shows a number of planning permissions have been granted in respect of the application site, demonstrating its active use and modification over recent years As noted, a full planning application (ref: 15/00408/FUL) has already been submitted to SCC for the relocation and consolidation of Red Funnel facilities at 19

6 Trafalgar Dock, east of the current planning application site. This relocation is part of the Solent Gateways project, which also includes the relocation and upgrading of Red Funnel facilities at East Cowes, similarly releasing a key development site. So important is this to improving accessibility and growth across the region that this project has been identified for 15m of LEP funding. Site designations and relevant planning policy 3.28 Section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires that planning applications be determined in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. This is reinforced by paragraphs 2 and 196 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) Southampton City Council s current development plan comprises: Amended Core Strategy 2010 (updated 2015) Adopted City Centre Action Plan 2015 Amended Local Plan Review 2006 (updated 2015) Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan 2013 Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule The Core Strategy contains the city s vision, objectives and strategic planning policies, and was adopted in January It covers the period to The document was amended in 2015 to incorporate the changes from the Core Strategy Partial Review. The amendments relate to incorporating the presumption in favour of sustainable development established by the NPPF, and reducing the development targets for new office and retail floor space over the plan period The City Centre Action Plan (CCAP) was adopted in March 2015 and provides the planning framework for development within Southampton city centre. The CCAP replaces the city centre policies in the Local Plan Review CCAP policy AP 23 identifies the land at Mayflower Park and Royal Pier for a major mixed-use development, known as Royal Pier Waterfront. The principle of the redevelopment of this land is therefore clearly established The Local Plan Review was first adopted in 2006, and was updated in 2010 following the adoption of the Core Strategy. This update reflected the fact that some of the policies had been replaced by those within the Core Strategy. The Local Plan Review was further updated in 2015, taking into account the policies within the CCAP. The vast majority of saved policies within the Local Plan Review have therefore been replaced by the CCAP policies relating to development proposals within the city centre Figure 3.10 provides a policy matrix, highlighting the relevant generic planning policies that have helped to shape the proposals. A detailed review of development plan policy is included in appendices A and B. Policy topic Core Strategy 2010 (amended 2015) Local Plan 2006 (amended 2015) City Centre Action Plan 2015 Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan 2013 Royal Pier Waterfront site allocation AP 23 city centre CS 1, CS 3, CS 8 REI 7 AP 1, AP 6, AP 7, AP 8, AP 9 Waterfront sites CS 12 CLT 10, CLT 11 Economy / employment CS 6, CS 24 Housing CS 4, CS 5, CS 15, H 2, H 7 CS 16 Culture, leisure and tourism CLT 1, CLT 6, REI 7, Design CS 13, SDP 1, SDP 10 AP 16, AP 17 Transport / access CS 18, CS 19 SDP 4, SDP 5, SDP 11, TI 2 AP 18, AP 19 Sustainability, energy and resource conservation CS 20 SDP 13 AP 14, Landscape and natural environment CS 22 SDP 12, NE 1, NE 4, NE 5 Marine CS 12 NE 1, NE 5, CLT 11 Air quality SDP 15 Noise SDP 16 Lighting SDP 10, SDP 17 Contamination SDP 22 FRA / drainage CS 23 SDP 21 AP 15 Historic environment / heritage CS 14 HE 3, HE 6 Open space CS 21 CLT 10 AP 12, AP 13 Infrastructure delivery TI 5 Waste Policy 25, Policy 30 Figure 3.10 Relevant development plan policy matrix 20

7 ROYAL PIER WATERFRONT, SOUTHAMPTON 04 THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS NOTES: This drawing is the copyright of Hyland Edgar Driver. It must not be copied or reproduced without written consent. Only figured dimensions are to be taken from this drawing. All contractors must visit the site and be responsible for taking and checking all dimensions related to the works shown on this drawing Main Entrance no 32no N no 102no no 13no FOR PLANNING 14no REVISIONS H E D Hyland Edgar Driver Landscape Architects and Urban Designers One Wessex Way Colden Common Winchester Hampshire SO21 1WG Telephone Facsimile PROJECT Royal Pier Waterfront SUBJECT Illustrative Masterplan DATE +3.2 Figure 4.1 Illustrative master plan 21 SCALE DRAWN BY A0 DRAWING NUMBER HED.1116.RPW.101 DRAWING STATUS B CHECKED BY REVISION JW SE -