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SOUTH EASTCHARACTER AREAIpswIch Urban characterIsatIon stUdy

COnTEnTS

Introduction 3

history & archaeology 4

open space & biodiversity 6

Landform and Views 7

character area descriptions 8

Management 15

acKnowLedGeMents

priory heath parish recorders, david Kindred,

dr abby antrobus, dr hannah cutler,

suffolk records office (Ipswich branch)

all hallows church Vicarage, reynolds road

south east ChaRaCteR aRea

InTROdUCTIOn 3

the south east Urban character area was largely undevelopedfarmland until the early twentieth century. Following the end of theFirst world war, much of this area was developed for housing, andreflects early-mid twentieth century public house building aspirations.Many of the residential estates in this Urban character area have beenlaid out taking a planned, garden suburb approach.

this planned suburb approach includes the provision of various parksand green spaces, which is complimentary of the character of urbanIpswich.

this area covers the south east of Ipswich towards the a14 at theborough boundary to the south. the south east Urban character areaalso includes a portion of land allocated to industrial/commercialactivity to the south east of the area, formerly associated with craneengineering.

this Urban character area has been divided into 5 sub areas:

• Racecourse• Upper Nacton Road• Gainsborough and Greenwich • Ravenswood • Ransomes Way

the castle hill, whitehouse and whitton character urban characterisation area and sub-areas.

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open space at ransome road

elmhurst drive

reynolds road

bonny crescent

From left to right:


HISTORy 4

the south east area in 1927 (ordinance survey map)

there were few buildings in the area untilthe early twentieth century, as the southeast was largely undeveloped farmlandand estates. Very few building pre-datingthe 20th century still exist in this characterarea, Felixstowe Villas, and halfway houseappear to be the only remaining relics ofearlier development.

In the thirteenth century, alnesbournepriory was established to the south of thecharacter area. Much of the land in thesouth west of the character area was underthe ownership of the priory. by 1514, thepriory was reported to be ruinous, althoughone wall of the former priory is thought tobe preserved in the Grade II listedalnesbourne priory country club, locatedjust outside the borough boundary.

pond hall, a large 16th century farmsteadto the west of the character area, found inthe Gipping Valley area, also occupiedsignificant portions of land, including pondhall carr. the carr remains, and is locatedbetween Gainsborough Lane and brazierswood, although is carved from the settingof pond hall Farmhouse by the a14.

a racecourse was established to the northof the character area in 1710, occupyingthe space between what is now nactonand Felixstowe road. the original coursewas a circuit of around 2 miles, and wasawarded the royal plate in 1727. theracecourse went through waves ofpopularity, and held its last race in 1911.

this survey area is characterised generally by lighter heathland soils, and was built-up prior to anyrequirements for archaeological investigation. occasional, sparse finds from all periods are recorded but itmay have been more generally open land.

Finds and features from the bronze age including burial mounds and cremations alongside field systemshave been excavated, as have occupation remains of roman, saxon and medieval date. ransome’sIndustrial estate, has also received investigation, but remains are sparser, perhaps due to its topographicposition, or due to extensive world war II gilder trap earth works designed to protect the airfield, andbomb damage (nac 081). these are likely to have destroyed many archaeological remains that onceexisted.

Greenwich Farm 1890s photo courtesy of david Kindred


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building on the racecourse commencedaround 1920, and is the earliest widespread20th century housing in the character area,with much of the racecourse housing estatebeing built in the 1920s. the formerracecourse public house on nacton road(since demolished and now tesco express)was reportedly located on the finish line of theformer racecourse.

Land in the south west of this character areawas the site of Ipswich airport, which openedin 1930 as a municipal airport, led by Ipswichcorporation. the airport put on air shows, aswell as allowed flying of domestic routes. In1939, the aerodrome was requisitioned by theraF following the outbreak of the secondworld war. civil aviation recommencedfollowing the end of wwII, and in the later 20thcentury, the airfield was used as a flyingschool as well as municipal airport. the airportwas de-licenced in 1996, and developed forhousing, now the ravenswood estate. the1930s airport terminal was converted toresidential use and is a Grade II listed building.

conscription during the First world warhighlighted the poor health of the nation, andpost war planning resulted in the clearance ofmany urban slums, and prompted widespreadhouse building on the edge of towns duringthe 1920s and 1930s. Much of the housing inthis character area was built in the peakbuilding years before the second world war.across Ipswich, 4,921 new houses were builton the outskirts of the town between 1921 and1930, many of which were located in thissouth east character area.

Unfortunately Ipswich fell victim to several airraids throughout the second world war asenemy planes targeted the docks and airbase.the location of the early 20th century housingbetween these two strategic targets meantthat the population in this area were frequentlyvictims of bomb damage. several air raids in1940 resulted in damage to houses and loss oflife at Landseer road, clapgate Lane andnacton road. the last air raid Ipswich facedwas on 8th January 1941, where a lone planedropped a string of ten 50 kilo bombs over thesouth east of Ipswich, landing on houses inromney road and Fletcher road in theGainsborough estate, resulting in 2 fatalitiesand several casulaties.

planned house building continued throughoutthe 20th century across the south east ofIpswich, whilst an industrial centre was set upto the south benefitting from good transportlinks to the a14 and a12.

bomb damaged houses at romney road following an air raidon 08.01.1941 – photo courtesy of david Kindred

a Victorian scene of a day at the races at Ipswich racecourse – photo courtesy of david Kindred

Ipswich airport with the former crane engineering site to the right, 1972 – photo courtesy of david Kindred


OpEn SpACE 6

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brazier’s wood forms part of the 100hectares of orwell country park, whichloops around the south of theravenswood estate, emerging intomore of a heathy landscape. ‘the tump’is located to the south of theravenswood estate, which provides avantage point to view the heathlandsand river valley.

open recreational spaces are oftenincorporated into housingdevelopments, such as Murray roadand st augustine’s recreation Groundsat the racecourse estate, and variousgreens around the ravenswood estate.It is often in these smaller pockets ofopen space where public art, sculpturesand memorials are displayed, such asthe Sir Douglas Bader Memorial(Malcom road), Handstanding, 52°North, Formation, Flightpost, GreenWind, Propeller (all ravenswood).

there are 9 schools in this survey area,most of which benefit from large playingfields which contribute to the extent ofopen space found in this character area.

the a14 acts as the boundary to muchof the of the character area, which actsas a visual barrier to the open fields,and heathlands of the area ofoutstanding natural beauty to thesouth. the survey area does includesome undeveloped fields to the south ofthe a14, which read as the openlandscape towards the river valley.

new development should look toprovide biodiversity improvementswhere possible and appropriate. thiscould include the provision of greenroofs, green walls, bat and bird boxes,tree planting and enhancements toexisting green corridors.

the south east character area benefits from several defined parks and open spaces, one of the largest beingLandseer park, a former landfill site in the 1950s and 1960s, since filled and landscaped, with flatterrecreation space to the east, and more ‘natural’ heathlands to the west towards the river valley.

brazier’s wood is an ancient woodland (land that has been continuously wooded since 1600ad) located tothe south of the Gainsborough area, an area of dense woodland, with worn paths navigating through thewoodland. Users of the woodland are reminded only of the urban setting by the hum of traffic using the a14.

From top:Landseer park 1964 prior to remediation - photocourtesy of david KindredLandseer park 2018 braziers woodView from the tump, ravenswood


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Viewsa Landseer park – estuary and

townscape viewsb sandyhill Lane – estuary and

townscape viewsc orwell country park – estuary

and orwell bridge viewsd ravenswood park –

countryside views from ‘thetump’ (elevated viewpoint)

e ravenswood – street andavenue views

Landmark Buildings1 ‘the Follies’ (Formerly the

crown and the havens),Felixstowe road (Locally listed)

2 the Golden hind, nacton road(Grade II listed)

3 285 & 287 nacton road4 Margaret catchpole ph (Grade

II* listed)5 st augustine’s church,

bucklesham road6 King George V Memorial

homes, cliff Lane 7 public art – ‘Formation’ (2003)

by rick Kirby 8 public art – ‘Green wind’ (2006)

by diane MacLean9 all hallows church and hall,

Landseer road10 shelter, nacton road/clapgate

Lane Junction 11 ravenswood community

primary school 12 piper’s Vale community

primary school13 Gainsborough community

Library 14 airport terminal building

(Grade II listed)

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pictures clockwise from top left: the Follies, Felixstowe road

shelter, nacton roadpiper’s Vale community primary school

287 nacton road

the river estuary location provides this character area with regular rise and fall in topography,which, in the open spaces to the west of the area, gives long ranging views across the valleyand over the historic core of Ipswich. Further into the character area, views are largelyresidential, with pockets of greenery and parks which are characteristic of this leafy suburb.

the ravenswood estate has been designed to maximise long ranging views through theresidential development through the use of ‘runways’ which allow views to the surroundingopen space.


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the earliest planned housing development in this character area can be found at theracecourse estate, which is an area of early 20th century public housing, with adistinctive spoke and wheel layout which lead to pockets of open space and localcentres. housing across this area generally feature red brick and rendered dwellings, anumber of which are detached single storey, but most are pairs of semi-detachedhouses or short terraces. styles vary, and use mansard roofs, gables, quoining andchimneys which provides visual interest and variation.

this spoke and wheel layout gives the racecourse estate an interesting character, witha mix of long, straight tree-lined roads with wide, grassed footpaths, and more subtle,curved roads linking up the estate and slowly revealing the changes in housing style.


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Many views from within the estate terminateat the central roundabout at the Queen’s wayservice centre. the central roundabout wouldbenefit from a piece of public art or sculpture,to give some of the long ranging viewsthrough the estate more of a landmark quality.

Later 20th century public housing can befound along Felix road and beatty road, tothe south of the racecourse estate, whichbacks onto the Lindbergh community site,with includes health, education and socialfacilities for residents. Lindbergh road leadsinto campbell and hilton road, andcontinues the spoke and wheel layout foundacross the earlier racecourse estate, withpairs of semi-detached dwellings with aprominent central gables flowing through thecurved road layout.

More recently, the Malcom roaddevelopment, to the southeast of theracecourse estate won the 2015 bricksaward for social housing development of theyear. the development of 108 houses was thefirst substantial housing project led byIpswich borough council for over 40 years. asculpture is dedicated to raF serviceman sirdouglas bader can be found in the centralgreen off Malcom road.

to the north of Lindbergh close off cobhamroad is a small business park with severalbuildings dating from the 1930s, mainlycomprising office accommodation, but alsoincludes the Ipswich transport Museum, aformer trolley bus depot now used to displaya large collection of Ipswich’s transport andengineering heritage

pictures from top to bottom:ransome wayFranklin roadbantoft terraceMalcom road

racecourse estate 1930 - photo credit britain from above (epw032868)


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dwellings along nacton road are generally more varied in design and feature thegreatest amount of architectural embellishment, due to the piecemeal development ofthe northern section of this stretch of road in the late 19th century.

clapgate Lane acts as a thread through this sub area, which features pairs ofsemi-detached dwellings dating from the early 1930s either side of a wide carriagewaywith a green tree belt dividing the houses on the east and west. this gives a particularlyspacious character to the area, with wide frontages which continue north up intonacton road.



the pairs of dwellings along clapgate Lanefeature two storey bay windows of varyingdesigns but benefit from similar featureswhich provide the area with an attractive,coherent character. the bay windowsgenerally terminate with a gable, oftenutilising mock timber panelling, render, pegtiles and brick. the 2 storey bay windowdesign is repeated throughout this sub areaalong cliff Lane, across the rivers estate,and along st david’s road and King edwardroad adjacent to Murray park.

dwellings in this sub area are generally setback from the carriageway and have a linearlayout, with ridges running parallel with theroad, and are presented in a grid layout.these dwellings benefit from generous frontgardens and spacing between the pairs ofdwellings, which provides this area with aspacious, suburban character.

there are pockets of more moderndevelopment off cliff Lane and draymansway which are more of a cul-de-sac layout,but still pick up the overriding architecturalfeatures of projecting gables and use of brickand render.

this sub area benefits from Landseer park asa backdrop to much of the housing to thewest which contributes to the out-of-towncharacter of the area.

a small number of dwellings in this sub area are detached singlestorey houses of modest proportions, but mimic the use of render,masonry, gables and bay windows to positively contribute to thecharacter of the area. pictures from top to bottom:

nacton roadKing edward roadclapgate Laneelmhurst drive


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this sub area is largely public housing dating from the late 1930s, and incorporatesLandseer park and braziers wood.

the Greenwich area is to the west of the sub area, south of Landseer road. dwellingsin this area are generally pairs of semi-detached dwellings of simpler architecturalcharacter than those found in the Upper nacton road sub area, but again utilise brickand render. the dwellings on the north side of the roads in Greenwich featureprominent, pitched shared porches. this design carries across Landseer road andonto the development around hogarth road to the south of Landseer park.

Later 20th century cul-de-sac layout housing can be found off sandyhill road, on thesite of the former Landseer school, which was demolished in the 1980s to make wayfor housing. the road names in this estate are named after teachers of the formerschool (broom, Ireland, davey).



to the east of the Greenwich estate is thelargest single housing development in thischaracter area, known as Gainsborough.Gainsborough has a more fluid layoutcompared with many of the other roads in thischaracter area, and has a hybrid layout of boththe grids and spoke and wheel plan as seenelsewhere in this character area. the layout ofthis estate therefore often provides spaciouscorner plots.

the design of houses in the western side of theGainsborough estate are similar to those in theracecourse, largely 2 storey dwellings, with amix of short terraces and pairs ofsemi-detached houses, featuring occasionalgables. there are pockets of housing withinGainsborough which feature prominentmansard roofs, some of which have retainedtheir original clay roman pantile roofs, althoughmost now have concrete roof tiles. renderedpanels above the principally red brick walls arecommonly painted in Gainsborough, whichgives the estate a colourful character.

the dwellings in the east side of theGainsborough estate repeat the housing stylesfound in the Greenwich area, with pairs ofdwellings featuring the steeply pitched porches,and then evolves into later 20th century housingwhich sees the repeat of the two storeyprojecting bay windows as so commonly foundin the Upper nacton road sub area. Later 20thcentury cul-de-sac housing can be found offbrazier’s wood road, which features a changein gradient which allows for braziers wood toact as a backdrop to the development. thehousing off brazier’s wood road introduces awider palette of materials, including buff andbrown bricks, as well as the more common redbrick and render, and are generally larger pairsof semi-detached dwellings, or detachedhouses in generous gardens. these houseswere designed with driveways and garages,and so on street parking is less prevalent in thisarea.

pictures from top to bottom:all hallows courtLandseer road


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this sub area benefits from several sitesoccupied by community facilities, includingnumerous schools and churches which actas local landmarks throughout the sub area.as the housing in this sub area features theregular repetition of similarly designeddwellings, the varied and unique character ofmany of these community facilities allow forthe non-domestic buildings in this sub areato benefit from a more distinctive identity.

the Gainsborough community Library is aninteresting contemporary building onclapgate Lane, just south of the treehousenursery, which repurposed the 1930s dukeof Gloucester pub which closed in 2000.piper’s Vale primary academy off raeburnroad is a contemporary school withprojecting roof forms.

this sub area includes the Grade II listed allhallows church, erected in 1938-9 to thedesigns of hector Munro cautley, to servethe anglican community of the newGainsborough estate, which sits prominentlyon Landseer road, contrasting with themore traditional design of housing opposite.

all hallows church is regarded as cautley’sfinest work in suffolk which is illustrative ofthe Modernist movement of the 1930s, andstill retains its internal layout and character.

the Grade II listed Golden hind publichouse can also be found in this sub area atnacton road. the Golden hind was erectedin 1936, built by tollemache brewery as oneof a series, using Jacobethan influencesfrom the tollemache family home,helmingham hall. at the time of building, thetollemache and cobbold breweries werelocal rivals, with both brewers using thearchitecture of their public houses to projecta corporate image, now collectively knownas ‘tolly’s Follies’.

to the south of this sub area is the ancientwoodland of braziers wood, and the orwellcountry park which screens the housingareas from the a14, and acts as a rural edgeto the suburb. between Gainsborough Laneand Morland road is an area of allotments,which reinforces the rural edge of the town.

pictures clockwise from from top left: Gainsborough community Library, Fletcher road, all hallows church, braziers wood, boyton road

the Golden hind, nacton road


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the development is laid out along streetswhich benefits from pockets of open spaceswithin the residential core of the estate, aswell as the larger open spaces of therunways and crescent. the relativelymodest front gardens are accommodatedfor by the generous expanses of openspace within and nearby ravenswoodaround these various parks.

the entrance to ravenswood off nactonroad includes a district shopping centrewhich provides shops and restaurantfacilities which contribute to theindependent character of the estate. thestriking architecture of the ravenswoodcommunity primary school off downhamboulevard illustrates the aspirations of theestate and the residents who live there.

ravenswood mimics the spoke and wheellayout of the racecourse estate, and helpsdefine the character of the south eastUrban character area. the additionalbenefit of the spoke and wheel layout allowsfor the ravenswood estate to blendcomfortably into the heathy landscape ofravenswood park. the curved design of theestate acts as a soft edge to thedevelopment, leading to the rural edge ofthe borough. there is further land allocatedfor residential development at ravenswood,which provides opportunity to continuecontributing to this distinctive estate interms of layout and architecture, as well aspublic art, whilst also connecting with theopen landscape and country park adjacentto the estate. Upon travelling south underthe a12, the fields immediately open up andgive the sense of departing urban Ipswichand lead into the area of outstandingnatural beauty to the south.

pictures from top to bottom:Fen bight walkcranberry squareairport terminal now in residential useIpswich airport 1972 – photo courtesy of david Kindred

the residential development of the ravenswood park estate on the site of the formerairfield commenced in 1999. the Grade II listed former airport terminal has beenconverted to residential accommodation, and is located at the north of thedevelopment. the former terminal looks south west over a green, and along downhamboulevard toward the Green Wind sculpture on ‘the tump’. downham boulevard is laidout along the line of a runway, illustrative of the former use of the site as an airfield.

the differing designs of architecture around ravenswood gives the area an interest andquality quite different to some of the other sub areas, and provides the ravenswoodestate with some distinctive zones. the dwellings around the former terminal borrowneo-Georgian influences forming an arc at bonny crescent. More contemporarydesigns featuring 2 and 3 storey dwellings with mono pitched roofs can be foundaround downham boulevard, whilst those at dunwich close feature renderedprojecting box gables. the dwellings around Fen bight circle echo the language of theformer terminal building, whilst some of the accommodation along ravenswood closereflects architectural language of malting buildings found along the waterfront.


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ravenswood benefits from several sculpturesand public art commissions, which enhance theenvironment in which the estate is experienced,and responds to the high quality design andaspirations of the ravenswood development.

referencing the former airfield use of the site,most sculptures in ravenswood have an aviationand flight theme, including Flightpost by andrewsmith nearby ravenswood health centre,Formation, a series of six female figuresseemingly flying as a group marking the entranceto the ravenswood development by rick Kirby,and Propeller, a stone blade sculpture by harryGray. 52° North depicts the mythical horsepegasus with the names of towns and citieswhich share the same latitude (52° north) asIpswich marked into the wings.

Green Wind by diane Maclean is perhaps one ofthe most prominent sculptures aroundravenswood, sitting atop the tump, an elevatedmound which provides a vantage point over theestate. Green Wind features 12 ‘wings’ whichrespond to the direction of the wind and changecolour across the seasons.

Handstanding by Martin heron is a sculpture of achild doing a handstand, constructed using steelin the shape of hands and celebrates the joiningtogether of a new community.

pictures clockwise from top left:‘Green Wind’ situated at the tumpaviation imagery features heavily across ravenswood‘52° North’ by paul richardson‘Handstanding’ in landscaped open space


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this sub-area is an established industrial estate which occupies a significant amount ofland to the south east of the character area. the nearby a14 makes this area well suitedto industrial development with effective transport links.

ransomes europark occupies most of the sub area, to the south east of ransomesway. development on this park is largely mid-20th century industrial warehousing in thecore of the site, with later 20th century ancillary development surrounding the moreindustrial core, which tend to be more commercial in character, incorporatingrestaurants and hotels into the europark.



the commercial buildings in this area arelargely utilitarian in character, often singlevolume space type warehousing.

More recent development off the havenshas generally continued the functionalcharacter of the area, and there is scope formore high quality designed landmarkbuildings, to raise the aesthetic interest ofthe area.

the area to the north of ransomes way isFutura park, a more recent development onthe site of the former crane engineeringsite. there are some fairly generic retail parkunits, although the more recentintroductions to this site have been of ahigher architectural quality than much of thedevelopment found at ransomes (audi,John Lewis/waitrose, Land rover). themore original designs of these sites haveallowed for Futura park to develop a moreindividual identity, which should beencouraged in the development of futurephases of the park.

to the north west of Futura park is the drift,a further area of industrial warehousingdevelopment. these buildings are againutilitarian, often utilising saw tooth roofs.the drift backs onto residentialdevelopment at campbell road. the curvedlayout of campbell road provides the driftwith a buffer area to break between theindustrial and residential sites.

pictures from top to bottom:saw tooth warehouse roofs at central avenue the sandlingsaudi, James bennett avenueFutura park


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RacecoURseSome wide cornerplots may lendthemselves to newresidentialdevelopment, but careshould be taken toretain the plannedlayout, and preservethe pleasant viewsthough to rear andside domestic gardensand the opencharacter of the area.

Where newdevelopment isproposed, it shouldreflect the activefrontages and legiblespoke and wheellayout, having regardto the establishedbuilding line and linearridge lines whichgenerally run parallelwith the estate roads.Open spaces shouldbe retained, and moretree plantingencouraged whereopportunities arise.

Where new/replacementcommercial

development isproposed off CobhamRoad, this should aimto be of high qualitydesign, respecting thescale of the largelyresidential settingsurrounding this area.

UppeR NactoNRoadThere is limited scopefor new residentialdevelopment in thissub area due to thegrid layout of theseestates and modestdistance betweendwellings.

Where newdevelopment isproposed, it shouldreflect the scale,layout and characterof the existing area,which is dominated bytwo storey bays,generous gardens anduse of brick andrender. Additionalplanting andlandscaping should beencouraged in newdevelopmentproposals.

GaiNsBoRoUGhaNd GReeNWichNew industrialdevelopment alongLandseer Road shouldrespond to the changein topography towardsthe river valley, andtake opportunities toimprove the existingindustrial architecturalprecedent, anddevelop sites of morelandmark quality withgreater aestheticinterest.

Where newdevelopment isproposed, it should besure not to reduce theopen, spaciouscharacter of the areaand respect theestablished buildingline of the estate.

New developmentshould be of highquality, reflecting themore unique characterof local facilities in thearea which havelandmark, distinctivequality. Whereopportunities arise,

further tree plantingshould beencouraged.

Braziers Wood andthe Orwell CountryPark should beretained as a ruraledge to the suburb.

RaVeNsWoodFurther phases of thedevelopment of theallocated land atRavenswood iswelcomed. Newphases should reflectthe modern,contemporarycharacter of theestate, and continuethe distinctive pocketsof architectural stylefound in the south ofthe development area.

The layout shouldcontinue to reflect theformer airfieldcharacter of the sitewhilst also respect thespoke and wheellayout alreadyestablished.Development shouldprovide areas of open

space with a stronglandscaping scheme,including generoustree planting,integrating with theexisting development.New developmentshould incorporatecontinuedopportunities forpublic art andsculpture.

Where new phasesare proposed, theyshould be sure torespect the rural edgeof the developmentwhich acts as a bufferbetween the suburbantown and countryside.

RaNsomes WayNew/replacementdevelopment shouldaim to be of highquality design,complementing themore individualcharacter of the morerecent development atFutura Park. Where possible, newbuildings should aimto have architecturalinterest, explore

possibilities to createlandmark sites, andavoid taking a tooutilitarian approach. New developmentshould have activefrontages, and wheresites occupy a cornerplot, should ensurethat all street facingelevations benefit fromactive frontages.

New developmentshould retain existinglandscaping belts, andbe supported byadditional landscapingand tree planting tosoften the impact ofnew development andhardstanding.

SUmmARy

pictures from top to bottom:52° North, dunwich closeHandstanding, downhamboulevardSir Douglas Bader Memorial,Malcom road

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