Maydown

Question 1

Project summary ?

Answer 1

• East of City of Derry, NI.
• former industrial waste site.
• Redevelopment by capping waste material
• to prevent leachate into the Faughan and Foyle rivers.
• reshaping, resurfacing and planting
• to create landscaped amenity area
• creation of habitats for native protected species

Question 2

Project Value ?

Answer 2

xxx ???

Question 3

Project Funding/Client?

Answer 3

Du Pont Corporate Remediation Group

- part of Du Pont - American chemical production company

Question 4

Construction Programme?

Answer 4

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Question 5

Procurement ?

Answer 5

xxx ??

Question 6

AECOM Appointment

Answer 6

RIBA 0-4

Contract:
bespoke Master Services Agreement
- more info needed

Disciplines
Environmental, Ecology, Engineering Design, Landscape Design and Planning services

Question 7

The Site?

Answer 7

• 9.8 Ha,
• post-industrial within an active industrial setting.
• Reclaimed land following the construction of a dyke and railway.
• naturally regenerating scrub and young woodland.

Question 8

Context / need for the project?

Answer 8

Voluntary land management effort carried out by DuPont

Maydown is an industrial zone - site of the first DuPont production facility in Europe.

‘Lime Pile’ began as a waste site for slaked lime - a by product in the manufacturing of Neoprene. Site has been unused for over 40 years.

Risks to human health (tresspassers)
Risks to human health (public on foreshore/fishing)
- elevated pH in soils and surface water on site
- exposure to carcinogenic chem - shallow water on site

Question 9

My Role?

Answer 9

• Designs for and visualisations PACC
  and Plannign app
• Designers risk assessment – CDM
• planting strategy and palette for sign off by NIEA
• Liaison with Statutory consultees for and after planning application
• Design coordination calls / Meetings / site meeting time allowance
• coordinate with ecology team - design

Question 10

How did the design address the sensitivity of the site?

Answer 10

o Raised hedgerows and banks – space for roots so they don’t go deeper than the capping layer
o Ditches/swales - drainage
o Floating islands – bird nesting and aquatic plant species
o Reedbed – biodiversity and bird nesting
o Ephemeral scrapes / vernal pools - biodiversity
o Species rich wet meadow - biodiversity
o Species rich wildflower hay meadow with bare soil patches - biodiversity
o Log piles – habitat creation / biodiversity
o Raised scrub patches – roots above capping layer
o Newt hibernacula with rock crevices and coastal heath – habitat creation

Question 11

Legislation / Guidance referred to?

Answer 11

to develop landscape proposals:
1. LDP
noted enhancement of landscape in accordance with aims of existing designations

2. UK BAP - for guidance on species for planting
3. NI LCA and SCA
   for characteristics of character areas
4. NIEA published Conservation objectives for….

SAC River Faughan- Habitats Directive
(flora and fauna)
SPA Lough Foyle - Birds Directive
(migratory water fowl)
Natura 2000 - Environment (NI) Order 2002
(restore species + habitats to fav condition)

within 2.5km….
Lough Foyle RAMSAR site
wetland and migratory birds

CDM Regs
Planning application - PACC, EIA Screening
LVIA - GLVIA, LDP

Question 12

Planning and consultations?

Answer 12

Pre application discussions with: 
Informally – neighbours
Formally
    - Derry City & Strabane District Council and their Environmental Health Department
     - Planning Department at DC&SDC

Question 13

Visual receptors in the LVIA

Answer 13

Residents
Railway Passengers
Industrial Park workers
Culmore Country Park - visitors
A2 Road users

Question 14

Landscape receptors in the LVIA?

Answer 14

NI Regional LCAs:
- Lough Foyle Coast and Dunes (site)

Local LCA:
- Lough Foyle Alluvial Plain (study area)

NI Seascape Character Area:
- Lough Foyle (site)

Other:

• Industrial Zone (site)
• Culmore Country Park (study area)