The Design

The Hub is designed to meet several community objectives

  • Provide a small ‘walk-to’ retail unit of approximately of 18 square metres

  • Create an attractive full width glazed frontage

  • Bring about a tasteful facelift to a much-loved building

  • Provide step free access for wheelchair users and pushchairs

  • Provide fully compliant access stair to the basement facilities

  • Form a disability WC with baby-changing facilities

  • Install an elevator suitable for delivery access to the Club

  • Provide a disability parking space next to the Hub entrance

  • Construct a new bus shelter on the green serving the direction towards Braintree (the most used side)

  • Incorporate a new village notice board within the shelter

  • Provide an electrical hook up cabinet for ‘power to the green’

  • Provide an EV charging point (location tbc)

  • Provide a much needed new electrical main for the entire building

  • Improve the overall setting of the village green

  • The ‘Hub’ simply means the centre of activity for the community.

How is Disruption going to be managed ?

What will the impact on the existing users be?

Disruption to the hall and Club will be minimal

A ‘crash’ deck and tunnel will be constructed to maintain access to the hall during construction.

None of the recently refurbished parts of the hall are affected.

Delivery access to the Club Cellar will be maintained.

The disruption will last for about three months over the five-month build.

Plans

Floor Plans: Existing Ground Floor
Floor Plans: Existing Basement
Floor Plans: Proposed Ground Floor
Floor Plans: Proposed Basement

Elevations

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Rendered Model View

View of the new extension viewed from Braintree Road

View from within new basement hallway showing stairs and new elevator

Interiors

Vital Statistics

  • 54-60 m of deep retail shelf space

  • 3m wide main counter

  • 1.5m of glass fronted display space

  • 1.5m of shallow wall display space

  • 1.5m of glass fronted counter

  • Headroom 2.7m

  • 1.5m wheelchair turning circle

  • Energy efficient heat/cool system

  • Air borne virus filtration

  • Powered doors

  • Tactile handles for visually impaired

  • Hearing Loop

  • Low energy Lighting

  • Energy Consumption monitoring

  • Electrical powered wheel-in elevator

  • 10 sq.m. secure storage in basement

  • Disability WC with baby-changing

  • 1m wide stair with 2 handrails

  • Emergency Lighting

  • Modern Fire Alarm

  • Exposed brick walls downstairs

  • Metro tiled walls upstairs

Examples of how a retail unit and new stairwell could be laid out. This aspect of the design is not fixed and very much subject to public feedback to determine the best use of the retail space.

Highways and Bus Stops

‘Great Leigh’ Bus Shelter is the design selected and agreed with the conservation officers, and is made from certified sustainable hardwood