SUTTON ESTATE, CHELSEA REFUSE STRATEGY JULY 2015

SUTTON ESTATE, CHELSEA REFUSE STRATEGY JULY 2015

1.1 INTRODUCTION The Refuse Strategy for the site has been produced through detailed discussions with RBKC (Planning/Highways/Public Health) and with its waste management contractor. As such this constitutes the agreed strategy for the proposed development. N BLOCK THREE BLOCK M COMMUNITY CENTRE MEWS BLOCK ONE BLOCK TWO BLOCK L

1.2 REFUSE CAPACITY As described within Chapter 15 of the ES an estimation of waste arisings from the future residents of the proposed development have been calculated based on the average quantity of household waste collected per head in RBKC. Storage capacity has therefore been calculated using this data combined with the council s current provision of waste collection services for residential properties within the borough: Residual waste: Twice weekly collection in single use sacks (provided by residents). Dry recycling: Twice weekly co-mingled collection in clear single use sacks. Materials collected include: Paper & Card, Glass, Tetra pak, metal tins and plastics (dense, PET bottles, packaging). Communal bins for Flats. Garden: Fortnightly collection of both re-useable and single use biodegradable sacks. Bulky Waste: Residents can have up to 10 items (including three fridges / fridge-freezers) collected for 25.00. A maximum of three fridges, fridgefreezers or freezers are collected free of charge. Bring banks: 17 bring sites are located in the borough, offering recycling and re use for dry mixed recycling, WEEE, batteries, books, textiles and shoes. Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs): Smugglers Way site can be used for dry mixed recycling, garden waste, WEEE, bulky items, rubble and wood (non-commercial). Phase Units Number of Residents Residual Waste Capacity (No of 1100l Eurobins) Recycling Waste Capacity (No of 1100l Eurobins) 1 136 421 14 10 2 145 485 17 12 3 31 72 3 2 4 31 143 5 4 Waste storage capacity has been calculated according to RBKC guidelines of providing one 1,100ltr wheelie bin (Eurobin) for every 18 residents and on the Proposed Development at a 40% recycling rate.

Refuse Store (Affordable) Temporary Holding/Pick Up location & Goods Lift (Private) Pedestrian Routes to Bin Stores 1.3 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT - STORAGE/COLLECTION STRATEGY The Design & Access Statement defines two separate refuse storage/collection strategies for the proposed development - one for affordable dwellings and another for private accommodation: Indicative Refuse Vehicle Route AFFORDABLE Refuse storage for affordable tenants typically consists of a core based approach. Refuse is collected within the home (capacity is as defined by the London Housing Design Guide) and taken to a dedicated, ventilated storage room at ground floor by residents. Typically one storage room is provided per residential core with overall capacity by phase as defined in section 1.2.

Refuse Store (Private) Service Corridor Route (Private) PRIVATE The private accommodation refuse strategy is, in many ways far simpler than that of the affordable areas in that the greater freedom in applying service charges will result in a fully managed solution provided by an in-house FM team. Again refuse is collected within the home and taken to a refuse drop room, with all waste being collected at lower ground floor. This is then taken to a single storage area by means of a dedicated service corridor. From here it is transported to a ground floor via goods lift by the FM team for twice weekly collection by the council s refuse operatives. The collection zone lies under the archway off the link road, thus ensuring that bins do not occupy any part of the public realm during this process.

Refuse Store 1.4 COLLECTION POLICY Through its current arrangement with the waste management provider the maximum allowable distance that a eurobin may be transported by operatives is 10 metres. 10m Radius For the proposed development the locations highlighted within section 1.3 all fall within this maximum distance with collection being from the existing public highways of from the new route through the centre of the site which will ultimately be adopted by RBKC. The difficult is, in fact, collection of refuse points serving the two retained Blocks L (Leverstock) & M (Maylands).

1.5 BLOCKS L & M Refuse from Blocks L & M is currently collected from a single location adjacent to the sunken garden with service vehicles tracking through the estate along a route running parallel with Block L and existing beside Block K (Kingsmill) onto Cale Street. In the proposed development this route is cut off and, in order to comply with the 10 metre collection distance, alternative approaches must be sought. Using the same criteria described in section 1.2, the capacity for Blocks L & M has been calculated as follows: Block Units Number of Residents Recommendati on for Residual Waste (1100lt Eurobins) Recommendati on for Recycling Waste (1100lt L 35 88 2 3 M 42 136 3 5

N NTS 5 Residual 5 Recycling The proposed strategy locates one bin store within the archway between the mews street and Elystan Street. This meets the full need of Block M with some spare capacity. 1 Residual 1 Recycling Block L is served by two separate bin stores, one beside Elystan Street and one within the new Block Two adjacent to Cale Street. Again this offers some spare capacity and/or diversity in usage. In addition to the provision for Blocks L & M the mews houses and Community Centre each require bin storage. The mews houses are served by a dedicated store to the southern end of the mews street whilst the Community Centre will use the central refuse store serving Phase 3. 2 Residual 2 Recycling 2 Residual 1 Recycling 3 Residual 2 Recycling Block M total nr of bins = 10 Block L total nr of bins = 9 Mews total nr of bins = 3

1.6 DESIGN As part of ongoing improvement works to the retail units fronting Elystan Street and Chelsea Green the pram sheds to the inward facing facades are gradually being replaced by plant and storage enclosures associated with these shops. These are constructed of vertical timber slats with powdercoated metalwork. EXISTING MAIN ARCHWAY In order to maintain visual consistency it is therefore proposed that all external refuse stores will be constructed of similar materials. +11.000 L01 +11.000 L01 BLOCK M STORE The refuse store under the serving Block M will sit on the wide pedestrianised area to the eastern side of the archway. Bins will be arranged in a single line (11.5metres in length and 1.7m wide), thus maintaining a narrow strip beside the carriageway with space at either end for pedestrians to wait for service vehicles to pass. The enclosure will be a bespoke design of vertical timber slats with sliding doors to avoid obstruction of the carriageway. In order to allow the lids of the eurobins to be lifted the height will therefore be a minimum of 2.15metres. GRANITE SETTS AS PART OF MUSE PAVING EXISTING PROTECTIVE KERB EDGE RETAINED 2.15m PEDESTRIAN ARCHWAY MAINTAINED BESPOKE BIN STORE FOR HOUSING BLOCK M BINS 1100Lt EUROBIN +7.000 L00 6.880 GL 1:60 +7.000 L00 DRAINAGE POINT

BLOCK L STORE (ELYSTAN STREET) In contrast to the Block M store the refuse collection point to Elystan Street will be a proprietary design but will again feature timber and metalwork. Due to its location the store will be small scale so as to neither visually nor functionally impair the narrow entrance point to the site.

Dropped Kerb Omitted 1.7 TRANSPORT The refuse strategy has been reviewed with RBKC as regards potential impacts on the public highways. Where dropped kerbs have had to be introduced these have been balanced against the removal of others and have ensured that there is no let loss of on street parking spaces. Dropped Kerb Introduced The scheme has also been fully tracked against the required size of service vehicle.