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The planning application was for the reconfiguration of the Fratton Park football stadium and for the construction of 538 residential/commercial units on the adjacent land to the west.
Pompey Stadium Reconfiguration
Fratton Park Goods Yard, which is approximately 1.5km east of the city centre, was developed after the construction of the London and South Western Railway in the 19th century. Portsmouth City Football Club's ground, Fratton Park, has been the home of the club since 1898.
The football stadium would be reconstructed over a period of three or possibly four phases. When completed, the stadium would effectively be turned through 90°. The early phases would increase the capacity of the stadium to 28,000. The design of the west stand would allow for future extension upward if required, to give an ultimate capacity of 36,000.
Residential Development
The residential/commercial plans covered an area of 2.5 hectares and included:
- Doctor's surgery
- Pharmacy
- 'Work at home' office
- Food convenience store
- 538 apartments
- Fitness centre
- Multi-story car park
ASH was responsible for the landscape masterplan for the whole development, including amenity decks, squares, sitting areas, water features, pethanque rink and tennis court. Work also featured external artworks.
The proposal represented a townscape statement. Whilst recognising the density and grain of the surrounding terraced housing, the scheme rises upwards from a poor quality landscape of derelict, light industrial and retail park character in a stepped cluster. This complemented and softened the scale of the adjacent west stand of the new football stadium before rising higher, to culminate in a 57m high "landmark" building.
Environmental measures and planning
Together with the intervisibility restrictions associated with the surrounding existing housing layout, extensive mitigation measures employed during the design process and the evolution of an attractive architectural design significantly reduced significant potential adverse visual impacts.
Pompey Reconfiguration and Development Summary
- Co-ordination of Environmental Statement
- Environmental assessment of landscape and visual impacts
- Landscape masterplan
