PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Planning Permission in Principle for a Major Mixed- use Development comprising Business Park (Class IV, V & VI), Retail& Leisure (ClassI, III & VII), Key workers & Elderly Amenity Housing and Nursery (Class VIII, IX & XI), Visitor Centre and Renewable Energy Centre.

Client: Hallhill Developments LtdArchitect: EMA Architecture + Design LtdEngineer: Fairhurst

Site area: 21 Ha

DunBear Park is proposed to be a mixed-use low carbon

community, located on the edge of the East Lothian town of

Dunbar.

DUNBEAR PARK, DUNBAR

Community Consultation Event

This presentation provides details of the proposed mixed-use development by Hallhill Developments Ltd at DunBear Park, Dunbar, a low carbon community.

The 54.3-acre mixed-use development, being undertaken by Hallhill Developments Ltd, provides a variety of retail, office, leisure, distribution and residential opportunities, as well as community uses.

Strategically sited beside the A1, renowned for being Scotland’s sunniest location, this ambitious development is designed around the magnificent sculpture, The DunBear. Named by a pupil at Dunbar Grammar School after a competition involving all of the schools in Dunbar, this is a tribute to Dunbar-born naturalist John Muir who is credited with establishing national parks around the world.

Built on the success of the sculpture, The DunBear, this development will assist in creating jobs and delivering housing for key workers. It will also play a major role in supporting the economic recovery from the current crisis, in which the construction sector could play a major part.

DunBear Park is an excellently connected community offering an unrivalled quality of life, the ideal place to work, live and play.

About Hallhill

DunBear Park is part of the Hallhill development.Extending to over 400 acres the land at Hallhillwas acquired in 1990 by Hallhill DevelopmentsLimited (HDL).

Since commencing work in 1999 the Hallhill mixed-use development has delivered more than 1,500 homes, either built or under construction. Of these around 250 are affordable family homes. It is also the location for Dunbar Primary School (primaries 4 to 7), sports facilities, as well as an Asda, garden centre, hotel, pub/restaurant and a McDonald’s drive-thru food outlet.

As part of its commitment to the local community and reflecting its sustainable values, HDL gifted 15 acres of land which now hosts the Healthy Living Centre. Thisis a community hub with excellent facilities and home to most of the sports clubs in town.

Land was also provided to East Lothian Council ata subsidised cost to deliver the primary school. In addition, a total of 56 acres of woodland has been transferred by HDL to the local community Woodland Trust.

Over the years Hallhill has grown and brought major economic benefits to Dunbar and East Lothian. An independent economic assessment identified that over 600 jobs have been created, 1,524 homes have been built or are under construction and over £30m is being contributed into the local economy annually (Mackay Consulting 2018).

For further information please go to:www.dunbearpark.com/planning

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Welcome

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

The site is allocated within the current Local Development Plan (LDP) as DR7. The site covers an area of approximately 21 Ha of land at Spott Road, Dunbar and is allocated for employment uses.

LDP DEVELOPMENT BRIEF - SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING GUIDANCE 2018

The Development Brief is to inform developers and other interested groups of the type of development encouraged by the Council. The aim of a Development Brief is to achieve a higher standard of development than would be achievedwithout one.

1. The main vehicular access to the site should be taken from the existing road between Asda and the garden centre on the eastern boundary.

2. A second vehicular access may be created from the employment area immediately to the north of the site.

3. A 20m wide landscaped strip, incorporating the main vehicular access and SUDs should be implemented at the first phase of development. A 3m‐wide shared use path for cycling and walking should be provided as part of this connecting road and through to the railway underbridge (5).

4. The ground levels of the site are highest at the southern end, adjacent to the A1. As a key gateway to Dunbar and East Lothian, buildings should be kept off this higher ground and set back from the A1 to safeguard views over the site to Dunbar Parish Church and surrounds. Due to its proximity to the A1 the southern end of the site is best suited for retail or office use. These should be of a higher quality design and be of appropriate colours.

5. As part of the cycle/walk route (3) a connecting path should be provided through to the railway underbridge. This should be 3m shared use and lit.

6. A gateway sculpture is to erected on site. All paths to the sculpture should join the main pedestrian and vehicular access. For safety, there should be no pathway links to the A1.

All Housing and Mixed Use sites - Policy RCA1 will applyAll Employment sites - EMP1 will applyAll Education proposals SECF1 will apply

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey map with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office(c) Crown Copyright 2017. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or Civil Proceedings. Ordnance Survey Number 100023381.

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East Lothian Local Development Plan¯ Inset Map 9 - Dunbar, Belhaven & West BarnsInset Map 9 - Dunbar, Belhaven & West Barns

KeyWaste Sites

DC8

Transport Safeguard

Tourism

Housing Proposal

Employment Proposal

DR3

OS1

EMP2

EMP1

HSC2

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SECF1

RCA1

DC1

Town Centre

Local Centre

CH2

All Housing and Mixed Use sites - Policy RCA1 will applyAll Employment sites - EMP1 will applyAll Education proposals SECF1 will apply

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey map with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office(c) Crown Copyright 2017. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or Civil Proceedings. Ordnance Survey Number 100023381.

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East Lothian Local Development Plan¯ Inset Map 9 - Dunbar, Belhaven & West BarnsInset Map 9 - Dunbar, Belhaven & West Barns

KeyWaste Sites

DC8

Transport Safeguard

Tourism

Housing Proposal

Employment Proposal

DR3

OS1

EMP2

EMP1

HSC2

HOU1

SECF1

RCA1

DC1

Town Centre

Local Centre

CH2

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

DR7‐ Spott Road, DunbarEmployment land of circa 21ha

1. The main vehicular access to the site should be taken from the existing road between Asda and the garden centre on the eastern boundary.

2. A second vehicular access may be created from the employment area immediately to the north of the site.3. A 20m wide landscaped strip, incorporating the main vehicular access and SUDs should be implemented at 

the first phase of development. A 3m‐wide shared use path for cycling and walking should be provided as part of this connecting road and through to the railway underbridge (5).

4. The ground levels of the site are highest at the southern end, adjacent to the A1. As a key gateway to Dunbar and East Lothian, buildings should be kept off this higher ground and set back from the A1 to safeguard views over the site to Dunbar Parish Church and surrounds.  Due to its proximity to the A1 the southern end of the site is best suited for retail or office use. These should be of a higher quality design and be of appropriate colours. 

5. As part of the cycle/walk route (3) a connecting path should be provided through to the railway underbridge.  This should be 3m shared use and lit.

6. A gateway sculpture is to erected on site. All paths to the sculpture should join the main pedestrian and vehicular access.  For safety, there should be no pathway links to the A1.

Notes:• The colour, scale, frontage design and frontage lines of buildings should be co‐ordinated, promoting a design 

led approach to the overall site development. 

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Garden Centre

Food Outlets 6

Refer to corresponding note

Walking and cycling access

Walking and cycling active travel connection Vehicular access

Landscape edge Viewpoint or view towards feature

Open space  Careful consideration of view

Open space  Built form (note)

Possible SUDS location Green asset (note)

Possible SUDS location Off‐site walking and cycling route

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Culvert Green corridor

LDP DEVELOPMENT BRIEF

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Planning Background

PROPOSALS

DunBear Park will aim to comprise a mix of uses, the plan shown here is indicative only and one of the main purposes of this consultation is to find out what the community thinks could be included in the masterplan.

POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL USES• Industrial/storage/distribution/

manufacturing units• Office pavilions• Retail and leisure units• Innovation centre – giving entrepreneurs

and start-ups the ability to establish themselves

• Drive-thru units• Hotel• Nursery• Care home

POTENTIAL COMMUNITY USES• Community youth centre• Visitor centre for The DunBear sculpture• Community garden and bee keeping

POTENTIAL HOUSING• Elderly amenity housing• 100 low carbon affordable homes for rent –

these will be aimed at key workers, such as NHS staff, police and care workers and be delivered without any government subsidy.

DUNBEAR PARK, DUNBAR

Indicative Use Framework

This ambitious development could adopt the latest low carbon technology. Heating, for example, could be delivered onsite via a highly innovative district heating network.

This makes heat cheaper and with lower carbon emissions than gas-fired boilers, bringing considerable cost savings for those looking to operate a business or live on site.

A photovoltaic array could provide the development with renewable clean power and electric vehicle charging points could be installed.

The entire development could embrace environmental, socio-economic and governance criteria that will ensure that DunBear Park could become an exemplar low carbon development.

DUNBEAR PARK, DUNBAR

A Low Carbon Community

• Delivering considerable employment opportunities, especially at a time when the country will be recovering from COVID-19.

• Providing further new investment in Dunbar and East Lothian.

• Delivering much-needed housing for key workers.

• Delivering unrivalled commercial, retail and leisure opportunities, building on existing schooling, outdoor leisure and sports facilities at Hallhill.

• Bringing tourists to the area through The DunBear sculpture and a proposed visitor centre, benefiting the town.

• Delivering an exemplar development that is sensitively integrated within the local community, reducing environmental impacts and providing significant green space and an extensive network of footpaths.

• Complementing the existing offering in Dunbar town centre, which has insufficient space to accommodate the uses proposed, rather than competing with it. This will ensure that consumer spend is retained within the community rather than going elsewhere, as is the case at present, boosting footfall and thereby expenditure in the town centre.

DUNBEAR PARK, DUNBAR

Benefits

Thank you for taking the time to review the proposal. We value your feedback and would be grateful if you could complete the feedback form.

Further feedback can be provided by email to: hello@dunbearpark.com

OR in writing to: DunBear Park, c/o Orbit Communications, 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JE

Telephone: 0131 302 3259

Please can we ask all feedback is provided no later than 26th June 2020.

We will look at all the feedback responses and prepare a consultation report that summarises all the ideas and issues that you tell us about which will support the planning application submission.

Meanwhile Hallhill Developments will be making minor planning applications that comply with existing policies, addressing the demand from commercial developers looking to develop at Hallhill and continuing to invest in Dunbar.

DUNBEAR PARK, DUNBAR

Thank You & What Happens Next?