Introduction Bata M ews East Tilbury Thames Industrial Estates Ltd welcomes you to this community It would be helpful for us if you could complete a feedback form before consultation event in respect of the proposals for the land at The you leave the event today, giving us your thoughts and input on the Thames Industrial Estate, Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury. proposals. This represents an opportunity for you to infl uence the proposals and an opportunity for us to improve the scheme to optimise Please feel free to peruse the boards and ask any questions from the design quality and better refl ect the local communities’ wishes. applicants and design team who are all in attendance today. Thank you for taking the time to attend this event. If you wish to, The objective of this event is to articulate the development proposals please feel free to mark where you live or work on the plan below. for the areas outlined in red on the plan below and for the developer team to gain a better understanding of the needs and aspirations of the local community so that the proposals can be designed to refl ect those aspirations so far as possible. Linford Gobians Park M uckingford Road Station Coronation Avenue King George VI Avenue Coronation Avenue Princess M argaret Road Queen M ary Avenue Stanford House Railway Bata Avenue School Site Thames Industrial Estate Former Computer Centre Princess M argaret Road Love Lane
History & Site Photographs Bata M ews East Tilbury The Bata estate was established in 1933 by the Czech, T omas Bata, From the 1960s manufacturing began to move overseas and from 1970 who came to East Tilbury in 1932 to establish a British branch of the British Bata began to decline. In 2006 it fi nally went out of business. Bata Shoe Company. Bata’s buildings and the spaces between them Sadly, much of the Bata vision is also in decline and many of the were both modern and visionary. original communal facilities are gone. All the buildings on the estate and their locations were carefully Redevelopment of the front of the former factory site that fronts designed to work as a self-contained social mechanism generating a onto the town centre provides an important opportunity to start to great community spirit amongst its 3000 employees. revitalise and regenerate the historic core of East Tilbury. The early East Tilbury Bata buildings in 1935 with Building 13 in the foreground and Bata Avenue to the rear. Much of Former Bata shoe shop in converted dwellings on the Cutting through the Bata grid. The diagonal pedestrian the Bata estate housing and the town centre buildings are not yet built. Building 13 is surrounded by soft landscaping. front of the site, east of the disused computer building. route in full use in front of Building 13. The Bata Service Station, Building 11b and wider factory The site fronting onto Princess Margaret Road with car parking and the Memorial Gardens in the foreground. The Bata estate at its full extent taken circa 1966, before across the former gardens in front of Stanford House estate buildings and spaces started to be eroded. View of Building 13 today. The strong visual and View south, along the front of the former Bata Shoe Statue of T omas Bata located in front of Buildings 12 The setting of the statue with Building 11b in the rear. physical link has largely been lost with the town centre. factory site, now the Thames Industrial Estate. and 13 on Princess Margaret Road. The former car parking area located on the front of the A disused fl oor slab next to the former car park. The disused former computer centre building located within the proposed Bata Mews development site. Thames Industrial Estate, Princess Margaret Road.
Site Analysis Bata M ews East Tilbury The relationship between the proposed Bata Mews development and the historic Bata estate has been a key driver in determining an appropriate form of development on the site. The key design considerations are summarised in the diagrams below: Site Extant Scheme Much of the Thames Industrial Estate is used. The open land to the The Bata Grid Much of the Bata estate was planned around a 6.15m grid. Land Availability rear/west of the Thames Industrial Estate has planning permission The illustration above shows this grid and how buildings and open for three industrial units (extant scheme shown above). The former spaces are located within it. computer site is the only remaining land that is not used. Largely defi ned by the 6.15m grid, the factory buildings adhere to Key Lines Key Axes The proposed development is arranged to address and reinforce key grid lines. These grid lines have been followed to establish the existing axes. New dwellings fi nish the axis between the T own Centre parameters of new development. and the factory site (green line). A new pedestrian route is aligned on the Memorial set within the adjacent Memorial Gardens (blue line). Bata Factory Buildings 11b Bata Estate New Open Houses Space Proposed Mews Houses New public open space is proposed along Princess Margaret Road. New Open Space Building Form The mews aims to merge key attributes and bridge scale differences This space is ‘bookended’ by the existing three storey Building 11b between the large factory blocks and the smaller semi-detached and a new three storey dwelling that defi nes the corner of the Bata estate houses. proposed development.
The M asterplan Bata M ews East Tilbury The proposals aim to provide 51 high quality homes and new public A new public open space is proposed on Princess Margaret Road, which open space. The proposed residential development will facilitate the will provide a larger and improved setting for the existing statue of repair and upkeep of the historic listed buildings and facilitate public T omas Bata. Landscape improvements are also proposed to the south realm improvements along the frontage of the estate along Princess of Building 13, which will help to screen parked cars and enhance the Margaret Road. It is also hoped that these proposals will provide the setting of this important Building. catalyst for regeneration of the wider area. The proposed dwellings are arranged to overlook the new public open The proposed houses are designed to refl ect the existing Bata Estate space and the Memorial Gardens, which will improve security and help dwellings and the existing fi ve storey factory blocks. This is achieved by to reduce the likelihood of anti-social behaviour. forming mews houses arranged in terraces that relate to scale of the factory blocks. T he new houses have integrated courtyards, terraces and garages. A new road junction is proposed to the north of the Industrial Estate, opposite Stanford House on Princess Margaret Road. It is proposed Roads and parking have been carefully designed to minimise the impact that the existing historic entrance to the site will be used to access of vehicles. The streets within the masterplan have been designed as small businesses and offi ces in Building 13 and the new homes. Home Zones, where the priority is given to pedestrians. Stanford House Gloucester Bata Avenue Avenue New Junction Village Hall Building 11b School New Public Open Space M emorial Gardens Statue Thames Industrial Estate Building 13 Princess M argaret Road New Parking Square Swale Play Area
Perspective Views, Plans & Elevations Bata M ews East Tilbury Computer generated view of the historic pedestrian route between the town centre and the factory The new houses viewed from the site entrance, opposite the Memorial Gardens, with a entrance. The new open space is on the right, Building 13 in the centre and the new houses on the left. drainage swale in the foreground and Building 24 in the distance. The new houses viewed from Princess Margaret Road, with the drainage swale in the foreground. The central avenue of the residential development with Building 13 in the distance. Streets within the residential development would be shared surfaces where pedestrians and vehicles share the street. T ypical Street Elevation Line two Ground First Ground First Ground First Ground Floor Plans Line two
Character Bata M ews East Tilbury The proposals should be of high quality and build on and refl ect the architectural language of the existing Bata Estate in East Tilbury. The images below are examples of similar residential developments and spaces to what is proposed for the site. The images illustrate the quality of materials and spaces that the Bata Mews development aims to incorporate. Mews housing with usable integrated garages A successful Home Zone, where pedestrians share Pedestrian bridges over small streams and swales. Dwellings with integrated garages and roof ter- and roof terraces in Street, Somerset. the street with vehicles. races at Street, Somerset. T own houses with integrated garages at the Abode development, Cambridge A fi rst fl oor roof terrace. A fi rst fl oor roof terrace at Newhall, Harlow, Essex. Abode development, Cambridge. Successful modern mews houses at the Accordia A pedestrian street with landscaping at Accordia. An internal courtyard and roof terrace at Accor- An internal courtyard. development, Cambridge. dia. A public square with gravel surface and good A traditional European public space shaded by A well designed drainage swale with established Public art and focal point. A tree formed from quality communal street furniture in Street. closely planted trees. planting at Street, Somerset disused Clarks shoe lathes in Street, Somerset.
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