- 160ha site comprising a walkable neighbourhood with cycle and leisure routes connected to the network of streets.
- Highly commended by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and highlighted as best practice in Sport England’s Active Design guidance.
- Over 2,500 mixed tenure homes with supporting community facilities including schools and a comprehensive network of over 50ha of open space and landscape.
- A 3.5km long, 26ha wooded ridge provides visual screening from the adjacent M1 motorway, acoustic and air quality benefits, open rooms and areas of ‘food for free’.
- Managed waterbodies, seasonal wet and dry areas, and SuDS control surface water drainage and maximize biodiversity.
- The strategic landscaping has been delivered as part of the initial phases of the 20 year development programme.
OTHER PROJECTS
RUGBY RADIO STATION FOR URBAN&CIVIC
Lead planners and masterplanners for the former Rugby Radio Station, now known as Houlton, with capacity for up to 6,200 homes together with schools, employment space, extensive provision for ecological enhancement, plus a full package of supporting infrastructure.
WATERBEACH, FOR URBAN&CIVIC AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
Working closely with award-winning Fletcher Priest Architects as masterplanners and a large multi-discipline team.
THURROCK GROWTH STRATEGY, FOR THURROCK COUNCIL
Retained by the Council to provide ongoing strategic planning and development advice as part of the preparation of the local plan.
STEVENAGE CENTRAL FRAMEWORK
Stevenage was the UK’s first New Town in 1946, with the New Town heritage shaping a distinctive town centre.
PEBBLE MILL, FOR CALTHORPE ESTATES
Lead consultant securing an outline planning permission to regenerate the former BBC Studio site into a new Bio Technology and Science Park with enhanced sporting facilities for community use.
OXFORD MK CAMBRIDGE ARC (O2C)
For Milton Keynes Council, Aylesbury Vale District Council, and South Northamptonshire Council
MARSTON VALLEY, FOR O&H PROPERTIES LTD
Lead masterplanners and planners for a series of new communities of up to 5,000 homes, 30 hectares of employment land, and new parklands incorporating 17 hectares of formal open space.
LANGLEY, FOR BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
Lead masterplanners of an emerging urban extension on a strategic land release to the north east of Birmingham.
HAMPTON, FOR O&H PROPERTIES LTD
Masterplanning and implementation of a new community on the southern edge of Peterborough since 1998.
CRANBROOK, FOR HALLAM LAND MANAGEMENT, PERSIMMON HOMES & TAYLOR WIMPEY
Masterplanning and delivering a new community to the east of Exeter for 3,500 dwellings and subsequently the future expansion for a further 4,000 dwellings.