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Sustainability
Baltic Wharf is the most sustainable development site available in the area. The developed area will be almost wholly brownfield and is very close to Totnes town centre.
The owners of Baltic Wharf have designed a scheme with the highest possible standards in terms of sustainability and low-carbon footprint. It includes:
- Code Level 3/BREAM Very Good as a minimum sustainability standard – higher levels will be achieved based on demand
- Minimum 10% energy will be renewable - more if possible based on technical studies into a bio-mass boiler or similar
- Water use minimised eg water efficient fixtures and fittings, rainwater harvesting and grey water recycling
- Use of local materials maximised
- Waste Management Plan to minimise waste and maximise recycling
- Ecological value of the site improved
- Climate change adaptions including flood risk levels in excess of Environment Agency requirements
- Socially sustainable with potential co-housing project
Traffic Impact
The Highways Authority has endorsed the findings of an independent survey into Baltic Wharf’s potential impact on the surrounding road network.
This study found that there would only be minimal impact upon the surrounding road network. Three local junctions are already over capacity and therefore are not working properly, with or without the scheme. A further four junctions will still be able to operate well within capacity with the scheme (i.e. traffic will flow freely). The study also concluded that New Walk, the road that leads to the site, has sufficient capacity to deal with the increase in traffic.
Although the experts do not see Baltic Wharf’s potential traffic impact as significant, the site’s owners believe that to be truly sustainable Baltic Wharf’s design must help reduce residents and workers’ reliance on car ownership.
The scheme must make sustainable travel options a genuine and attractive alternative for those living and working on site.
These include additional bus services and a range of measures to help cyclists and walkers. A management system will control parking, with priority spaces for car clubs/ sharing schemes.
There are wide range of live/work opportunities planned. At least 20 homes will include dedicated work spaces, meaning no commute. Other residents wanting to work close to home can access high-quality shared office and conference facilities for short term rent, again reducing the need to travel to work.
The applicants have agreed to Highway’s request to fund forthcoming infrastructure improvements within the locality as well as improving the access to the site for cars, cyclists and pedestrians.