Ashbourne Airfield Masterplan

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Derbyshire Dales District Council (the Council) has awarded a contract following a further competition tender exercise under the Homes England, Development and Regeneration Technical Services (DARTS) Framework Lot 2 - Place making, master planning and design services The contract is for consultants to provide a comprehensive Masterplan for the Ashbourne Airfield site that will shape the development of the whole site, owned by two private landowners. The commission will be undertaken in 2 stages: Stage 1 will establish a set of overarching principles for the development of the site. The emerging principles will be agreed with the Council, landowners and other stakeholders. The output from Stage 1 will be a comprehensive report which justifies the overarching development principles for the whole site and how they take account of the ten characteristics of a well-designed place as set out in the National Design Guide. Stage 2 will be a masterplan for the whole site. This will require the appointed consultants to undertake any and all required site analysis including desktop assessments and reporting, including considering the issues, risks, impacts on holding and development. It will be accompanied by comprehensive development framework which clearly sets out the data and justification that underpins the consultant's recommendations for all the elements of the brief, as well the financial viability of the development. The initial contract period for Stage 1 is approx. 3 months; the contract is estimated to commence 1 August 2024 and expire 31 October 2024. The Council will reserve the option to extend the contract for a further period of 3 months to 31 January 2025 to carry out stage 2 of the project.

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