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This hundred hectare site is one of the largest and most
exciting sustainable urban extensions being planned in England
today.
The ten year programme for the site will provide 3,300 new
homes, as well as a commercial/retail centre. The outline planning
consent proposed one retail store (1500 square metres) and fifteen
smaller units (100 square metres) within the local centre. Within
the scheme, there are also commercial offices (1850 square metres),
an eighty bed hotel (2500 square metres), two pubs and other
leisure facilities, a community building and primary school.
In addition to the hundred hectares, there is a further area
which has the potential for approximately five hundred homes.
English Partnerships owns the majority of the development land
within the project area and as part of a master planning process
has worked closely with the Borough Council.
This included extensive collaborative working, including an
"Enquiry by Design" process, which allowed local residents
and stakeholders the chance to have their say on the project. Urban
design consultants EDAW and the Princes Foundation
assisted on the consultation process. From this process, a set of
.design codes have been developed that will be used by the
developers to work up detailed proposals.
English Partnerships has now selected a consortium of
developers, comprising of Persimmon, Wimpeys and Barratts.
Their architects are HTA.
Further information can be found on the project web site at
http://www.lawley.info/ |