Telford millennium community at East
Ketley |
| The Telford Millennium Community is part of an exciting
national programme to develop new innovation and environmentally
sound principles in housing
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This thirty five hectare brown-field site is the only
designated Millennium Communities project in the Midlands
Region.
This national exemplar project aims to demonstrate that high
quality, energy efficient, environmentally responsible development
is achievable regardless of geographical location. The development
is required to meet fixed environmental targets, such as Ecohomes
excellent rating.
For More information on the Millennium Communities Programme,
visit the English Partnerships web site.
The project involves Telford and Wrekin Council and English
Partnerships working together as joint landowners. Taylor
Woodrow has been chosen as the lead developer and Beth
Johnson Housing Group has been selected to provide the
affordable housing on the site. The project architects are
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.
Outline planning permission has been granted for a mixed use
development of up to 750 residential and live work units and a new
local centre comprising of ancillary small scale employment,
retail, leisure, primary school and community uses.
The scheme involved the Partners in a considerable amount of
collaborative working and community engagement through the
master-planning stage. Consultants JRUD and Urbed
were involved in the preparation of the master-plan.
Further information, including the works programme, can be found
on the project web site at http://www.tmc-eastketley.info/
or by ringing the TMC information line on 0800 015
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| Please note - Some documents published before
1st December 2006 may contain incorrect contact
numbers. |
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