SE09 - Utilities – Above Green

(3 credits available)

Aim

To provide easy access to site service and communications infrastructure, with minimal disruption and need for reconstruction, and to allow for future growth in services.

Assessment Criteria

The following is required to demonstrate compliance:

One credit

The development will aim to minimise the number of access points for services, taking into account:
- the scale and density of the development
- links to the existing infrastructure
- ease of access for maintenance
The following service providers have committed to coordinate the installation of related infrastructure, as relevant:
- gas
- electricity
- water/sewerage
- telecommunications/internet
- heat and cooling (where relevant).

Two credits

Criteria 1 and 2 are achieved.
Access to the service(s) is provided away from any circulation routes on site.
Individual service providers have committed to provide access to the network(s) for maintenance which will not severely interrupt customer supply or cause unnecessary disruption or expense.

Three credits

Criteria 1 to 5 are achieved.
Ducting is provided by the individual service providers in addition to the necessary capacity to allow for future expansion of services.

Compliance Notes

Ref

Terms

Description

CN1

Scope of services. See criterion 1

For the purposes of this issue, services include heating, cooling, power, water, sewerage and communications. Any additional subterranean services that the assessor feels should be located away from public areas should be included in this assessment. This includes any service that will require maintenance and repair.

CN2

Circulation routes . See criterion

This refers to any point on the development where the public have right of access, on foot or through other means. Services should be located in such a way that any required maintenance would cause the least possible disruption to people’s movement throughout the development.

Evidence

Criteria No.	Final Assessment
1 & 4	Documentary evidence.
2, 5 & 7	Written commitment from relevant service providers.

Additional Information

Services may require maintenance anywhere along the ‘line’ in which they run. Therefore, key junctions or points at which regular maintenance would occur should be located away from areas in the public realm such as roads, footpaths and parks.

Relevant definitions

Footpaths: Any access or route designed for public access. It does not refer to any private access routes or access routes for a designated service e.g. a substation located away from public areas.