1. Welcome
Thank you for taking the time to attend our public consultation event for a residential-led development of around 1,600 open market and affordable homes, associated infrastructure, public open spaces, a link road and a new primary school on land to the South West of Birchington-on-Sea.
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MINNIS we are keen to work closely THE CENTrE BIrCHINGToN BAY with the local community over BIrCHINGToN RAILWAY STATIoN the coming months to bring CRISPE PARK A28 forward the best proposals for the village. BIrCHINGToN SquARE MINNIS RoAD
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ACoL HILL QUEX PARK SITE LOCATION PLAN our vision
We are striving to create something aspirational, a place that we can all be proud of. Our site will be well integrated into the village, sympathetic to its surroundings, the environment and embody the principles of health and wellbeing.
To achieve this we need your help. Today’s event is about us hearing your thoughts and aspirations for the site rather than presenting a completed masterplan. We embrace constructive engagement and we will not shy away from the difficult issues.
The whole project team, covering a range of expertise, is on hand today to answer any questions you may have and to capture your comments and views.
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If you have any subsequent questions please do email us on [email protected] or pick up the phone on 0800 232 1794. A copy of the information on display is also available to download from our website www.SouthWestBirchingtonOnSea.co.uk.
We would also encourage you to kindly fill in a feedback form and either leave it in the post box provided, or fill it in online from the website. INFORMATION WEBSITE: WWW.SOUTHWESTBIRCHINGTONONSEA.CO.UK You know your community and local area better than anybody and we value your feedback.
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 2. the team
who we are
Ptarmigan Land is one of the UK’s leading Strategic Land companies with over 25,000 homes in various stages of the planning process. We work hard to deliver high quality developments with a true vision of the long- term legacy for existing and new communities that everyone can be proud of.
EXAMPLE OF A PREVIOUS PROJECT AT CHANNELS, CHELMSFORD
Millwood Designer Homes is an award- winning homebuilder based in Kent, with exclusive developments in country, town, village and waterside locations throughout Kent, Sussex and Surrey. Millwood builds a broad range of individually designed homes from contemporary apartments to traditional two and three storey residences.
EXAMPLE OF A PREVIOUS PROJECT AT ORCHARD GATE, DITTON
project team
Members of the project team from a variety of different disciplines are on hand to answer any questions you have today.
Air Quality, Ecology, Energy, Flood Risk and Drainage, Engineers and Environmental Planning consultants
Masterplanning & Urban Environmental Impact Design Assessment
Public Engagement Landscape Architecture
Transport Planning Archaeology & Heritage
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 3. planning context
Thanet District Council’s emerging Local Plan establishes housing and employment growth requirements until 2031.
The Council are required to deliver 17,140 houses by 2031 which is an average of 857 a year during the plan period.
Our site has been identified at Policy SP14 for a sustainable strategic extension to assist in delivering to help deliver these new homes. The Local Plan also sets out the infrastructure required to support this growth such as roads, schools, community facilities, Doctors’ surgeries and open space provision.
Policy SP 14 - Strategic Housing Site – Birchington Land is proposed to be allocated for up to 1,600 new dwellings at a maximum density of 35 dwellings per hectare net. The policy wording can be found below:
1. A new link road to serve the development and extending from Minnis Road and the A28; The development is also expected to provide 2. Access onto Park Lane and a footway an appropriate contribution and land for the connection to the entire frontage to connect expansion of Birchington Medical Centre. to the existing footway in Park Lane near to the access with Brunswick Road; Our masterplanning must also be informed by and address: 3. Multi-model access, including footway and cycleway connections and an extended • Predesign archaeological evaluation; bus service accessible to the residential development; • Assumptions on the impact of development on certain road junctions; 4. A minimum of 12.8 hectares of public open space (reflects comments by the Government • Liaison with service providers to assess the Inspector); need to upgrade the capacity of any utility services; 5. A fully serviced site of 2.05 hectare (to be provided at the cost of the developer) for a • The need to preserve the listed buildings on two-form entry primary school; site and respect the setting of Quex Park; 6. Small scale convenience retail provision • The need for integration of development and required to accessibly serve the day to day landscaping to enable a soft edge between needs of the development. the site and open countryside; • Appropriate noise mitigation for any development near the northern edge of the site which is adjacent to the railway line.
Our proposals are being progressed in the context of the Council’s proposed policy for Birchington. Our extensive consultation with the community and other key stakeholders, alongside our technical and design work, will help us to refine and tailor the proposals to ensure we deliver a high quality scheme.
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 4. Collaborative process
We look forward to engaging thoroughly with the local community over the coming months in order to bring forward an exciting vision for South West Birchington-on-Sea.
Our engagement to date has included attendance at the Birchington Neighbourhood Plan Community Design Day hosted on the 6th June at All Saints Church. This event was very well attended with over 200 residents having the opportunity to provide their own ideas and aspirations for the future of Birchington.
We were grateful for the opportunity to attend and look forward to continuing our constructive engagement with the Neighbourhood Plan team and other local stakeholders as the proposals evolve.
Today’s event is your opportunity to help shape the proposals so please take the time to engage with us. Later in the year we intend on hosting a stakeholder workshop and a follow up public exhibition prior to the submission of an Outline Planning Application. BIRCHINGTON NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN COMMUNITY DESIGN DAY
Indicative timetable
Attendance at Birchington Neighbourhood Plan Community Design Day June 2019
First Public Consultation Event October 2019
Stakeholder Design Workshop November 2019
Further Public Consultation Event Early 2020
Submission of Outline Application Spring 2020
Thanet DC consultation on Application Spring/Summer 2020
Anticipated determination of Outline Application Late 2020
Signing of S106 Legal Document & Issue of Planning Consent Early 2021
Consultation, submission & approval of Design Codes Spring 2021
Reserved Matters applications, conforming to Design Codes, Autumn 2021 submitted for approval
Construction works start on site Early 2022
First occupations End 2022
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 5. our proposals
There are a number of cross generational benefits of a new development.
Those benefits explored on this board include the delivery of much needed new homes, Delivering the Link road improving choice within the local housing market, the delivery of a new link road to ease • A key benefit of the proposals will be the congestion in the village centre, the creation of delivery of a new link road between Minnis significant public open space and delivery of a Road and the A28 Canterbury Road and south new primary school. towards Park Lane. • The scheme will deliver a key element of the Delivering much needed new Council’s priority ‘Inner Circuit’ relief road, homes taking traffic out of Birchington centre and Westgate. • There is a desperate shortfall of homes, not • The road will help improve the environment just in Thanet but nationally, helping to keep on Station Road and congestion around The house prices unaffordable. Square and at other key junctions. • In Thanet, the average house price in 2018 was 10.5 times the average annual salary, compared to just 4 times the average salary Green infrastructure and New back in 1998. public open Space • By building new homes and with the Government’s Help to Buy scheme these • Landscape-led proposals will provide a affordability issues can start to be addressed. minimum of 12.8 hectares of new formal and informal public open space including play • The provision of affordable homes includes areas. social rented, affordable rented and shared ownership. This will help those most in need • A green edge to the development will be to get into a new home or onto the housing created that provides a more appropriate ladder. transition from the urban form to the wider countryside. • New and exciting habitats and ecological Improving choice enhancement will be created throughout.
• The new homes will range in size, type and tenure significantly increasing the amount of Community Facilities choice in the local housing market both for first time buyers, and those wishing to ‘right • The proposals provide a unique opportunity size’ to a home more suitable for their needs. to improve the capacity and services of the Birchington Medical Centre to help better meet the needs of the new and existing community. • The site will deliver a new primary school to meet the needs of the development and help to create a focal point for the proposals. • The provision of small scale convenience retail meets the day to day needs of new and existing residents, contributing to the creation of a sense of place.
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 6. understanding birchington
Birchington was first recorded in 1240 as Birchenton, a name derived from the Old English words ‘bircen tun’, meaning a farm where birch trees grow. historic evolution
Archaeological evidence has shown the area was inhabited before the existence of the village: Roman and prehistoric artefacts have been discovered in the area, and Minnis Bay was once the site of an Iron THE SQUARE Age settlement.
Most of the village growth occurred between the late
19th century and the late 20th Medieval - Late 19th Century Century. Station Road, running Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century between the railway station and The Square, forms the Early 20th Century - Late 20th Century historic core of the village. Late 20th Century - Present
Birchington today
The village is a popular location for families and people wanting to retire to a peaceful and friendly environment. There is the sandy beach of Minnis Bay, and a good range of shops and businesses. Birchington has mainline rail links and is accessible to London, Canterbury and the south-east of England via the A299.
village shops
birchington-on-sea rail station
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All Saints Church Birchington
BIRCHINGTON ENJOYS A GOOD RANGE OF FACILITIES, WALKING ROUTES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT LINKS
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 7. access & movement
A key component of the proposed development is the delivery of a new link road from Minnis Road to Park Lane via the A28 Canterbury Road, as well as the realignment and widening of Manston Road.
Well Connected
The site is located within 1km of Station Road, which functions as the village centre providing a range of services and facilities. In addition, the Station Road / A28 Canterbury Road mini-roundabout forms the focal point of the transport and road network within the village.
The site currently has good access to public transport services with a range of bus services available. The village benefits from access to long distance coach services towards London, which are accessible within 1km of the site. FOOTPATH LOOKING NORTH TOWARD ALL SAINTS CHURCH Birchington also benefits from having its own railway station, which is located around 1.3km from the site.
There are also a number of public rights of way (PRoW) and cycleways accessible in and around the village, providing good local connectivity.
The emerging masterplan will investigate ways red = improvements to existing road in which the existing PRoW can be integrated Blue = new road across the site as part of the landscape proposals and open space provision.
Wider Access & Movement
THE THANET LOCAL PLAN INCLUDES THE ‘INNER CIRCUIT’ The Link Road and widening of Manston Road are a key part of the County Council’s proposed new ‘Inner Circuit’. This will ease existing Minnis road junction traffic congestion at key locations and ensure sufficient capacity to accommodate future growth in the area. blue = proposed green = proposed inner allocation circuit The northern section of the link road will enable boundary traffic to access / egress the Minnis Bay area without having to travel through The Square, an area which experiences regular congestion.
The link road will enable traffic travelling to a28 junction Margate to bypass Birchington and ease the traffic congestion along the A28, therefore yellow = cycle and pedestrian improvements reducing vehicle emissions in the village centre. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE A NEW LINK ROAD
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 8. site considerations
The site predominantly comprises a series of arable fields with narrow field margins, 01 hedgerows and areas 02 03 of scrub vegetation. 04
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Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 9. site considerations
We have undertaken a number of technical and environmental assessments that will help inform the evolving masterplan. Our findings are summarised on the plan below.
CONSIDERATIONS PLAN
We have summarised below the findings of the The landscape proposals will provide substantial emerging technical work and environmental new open space, connecting from ‘Coast to studies we have undertaken to date. The site, as Quex’, retaining and enhancing views to key you would expect, has a number of constraints features such as Reculver Fort and All Saints and opportunities. Church.
Our approach is to respond to these constraints/ opportunities in an informed and considered Archaeology manner to help create a unique and distinctive addition to the village. Extensive archaeological investigations have already been completed across the site.
Landscape Areas of regionally important archaeological remains have been identified and will need to The site has limited tree cover and adjoins the be preserved in place. These will be retained western settlement edge of Birchington. PRoW within areas of open space as a cultural resource cross the site and connect the village with the for existing and future generations. Elsewhere, wider landscape. locally important archaeological remains will be subject to investigation and recording in Brooksend Stream is present to the south west advance of any development on the site and the within a shallow valley, beyond which the land results published as a benefit to the local and rises. Land uses to the south include Thanet wider community. Earth, agricultural buildings, and infrastructure elements such as pylons and roads. Quex Park lies to the east of the site. Built Heritage
There are views towards Birchington from the There are two Conservation Areas (Birchington south, with the spire of All Saints Church a and Acol Conservation Areas), 42 listed buildings, prominent feature. and one locally listed Historic Park and Garden (Quex Park) within 1km. No on-site designated The emerging masterplan will investigate ways heritage assets were identified. in which the development can respond to local landscape character and create a new soft edge The emerging masterplan will investigate ways to the village. to respect the setting of nearby heritage assets, including the Gore End Farmhouse, Barn and Quex Farm.
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 10. site considerations
Ecology flood risk and drainage
A full suite of surveys have been undertaken A Flood Risk and Surface Water Drainage and a limited number of protected species were Appraisal Report has been prepared to inform identified on the site, including skylarks and a Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) strategy corn buntings. that will be incorporated within the masterplan. The SuDS will be designed to prevent flood risk The site is located within the zone of influence whilst also presenting the opportunity for new of a number of European Sites designated for landscape and biodiversity features. Nature Conservation, all of which are located approximately 600m to the north. These will Consultation is currently underway with various be fully considered in the assessment for the stakeholders including Kent County Council proposed development and, separately, also and the Environment Agency to inform the within a Habitats Regulations Assessment. emerging SuDS design.
The emerging masterplan will utilise the relevant ecological information and surveys to utilities inform site design. Additionally, the emerging masterplan will seek to enhance biodiversity A Utilities Appraisal has been undertaken through the provision of a range of landscape following consultation with relevant providers features including the creation of new habitats. and has highlighted the development following upgrade and reinforcement works will not, adversely affect existing utilities capacity in the local area. It is anticipated that the existing community may benefit from enhanced capacity within power, gas and water networks locally, providing more robust and future proof infrastructure.
Further work is being undertaken to fully understand any necessary upgrades required to INTEGRATING TREE PLANTING serve the development.
INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE WITHIN STREETS
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 11. health & wellbeing
We support the Birchington Neighbourhood Plan’s aim for health and wellbeing. The places where people live have a significant impact on their mental and physical health. Addressing the role of both the physical built environment and the social factors which shape places are key to improving health and wellbeing.
what is a healthy community? South West Birchington-on-Sea: principles for creating a healthy Healthy places are those designed and built community to improve the quality of life for all people who live, work, learn, and play within their borders Even at this early stage we have established - where every person is free to make choices a set of guiding placemaking principles for amid a variety of healthy, available, accessible, development. We would seek to work closely and affordable options. Creating a healthier with the local authority, the Neighbourhood population requires action. This includes Plan team and other key stakeholders to addressing the role of both the physical built develop South West Birchington-on-Sea into a environment and the social factors which shape healthy neighbourhood of real note. neighbourhoods and places.
Movement and access Creating a place that prioritises active and inclusive environments which provide easy and safe opportunities for everyone to be physically active through sustainable modes of travel.
Open spaces, play and recreation Delivering a comprehensive network of natural and public open spaces and places that provide for a range of informal and formal activities for everyone’s participation and enjoyment.
Food environment Providing the local community with the opportunity to grow their own food in designated public and private spaces accessible from the home, school, or workplace.
Designing for climate change Buildings Climate change and the resulting increase in the frequency of Constructing high-quality, human-scale heatwaves presents a challenge buildings with healthy internal and external, for the design of new healthy working and living environments that promote neighbourhoods. At the the long-term health and comfort of their neighbourhood scale there is the occupants. opportunity to mitigate the potential for the heat island effect through the creation of green spaces and cool pavement systems.
Ease of access for an ageing population Living longer, but perhaps with reduced mobility, means that the design of the built environment for an ageing population requires genuine thought. Providing opportunities for social interaction and exercise are important to reduce both physical and cognitive decline.
Design out crime Employ approaches that design out crime, such as buildings overlooking public routes and spaces (natural surveillance), and good street lighting.
Source: Adapted from TCPA, 2017, guide 8 creating health promoting environments & NHS, Putting Health into Place, 2019.
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 12. placemaking
We support the Neighbourhood Plan’s aim to “create a village, not a housing estate”. To achieve this we must first understand what is unique about Birchington in order to create a valuable addition that complements and integrates well with the existing village.
understanding birchington The village has embraced taller buildings, whether It is important to understand the DNA of a historic in nature place from the outset of the design process or more recent. in order to create a valuable addition to the Should heights village rather than a generic housing estate. beyond two In particular, understanding the history, the and two-and-a- half storeys be village’s landscape character and townscape can reflected in design greatly inform the approach to masterplanning proposals? A VILLAGE EMBRACING HEIGHT and ensure a design that shares characteristics with its immediate environment. Areas of housing, We have begun the process of identifying what old and new, have a unifying is special and cherished about Birchington as a character based village. on a strong sense of rhythm and repetition. The following boards identify settlement characteristics that either reflect the uniqueness Design proposals should consider of Birchington, raise design questions or offer rhythm and repetition. other relevant design lessons for our site. AREAS OF RHYTHM AND REPETITION
What do you think? Have we missed anything you feel is special about the village? Much of the village housing stock has projections and impressions on façades such as recessed entries, balconies and bay windows.
Consider projections and impressions. PROJECTIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
The village has In the more contrasting areas historic areas of planned vs. of the village, organic. buildings positively address Should a formal corners through planned character either balconies or established by the chamfers. Victorians extend into the site? Design proposals should positively consider corners. PLANNED VS. ORGANIC BUILDINGS ADDRESS CORNERS
The village has Homes a broad range overlooking the of densities and coastal landscape house types. are larger, detached and Should some unique in design. of the richness of densities Design proposals and types be should consider reflected in design character of proposals? homes over LARGER, UNIQUE, HOUSES OVERLOOKING looking landscape. RANGE OF DENSITIES & TYPES LANDSCAPE
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 13. placemaking
GRENHAM BAY EPPLE BAY The village Aside from the
MINNIS celebrates and BAY farm shop at the BIRCHINGTON RAILWAY STATION enjoys a strong CRISPE PARK A28 Quex Estate there relationship with are no shops south BIRCHINGTON SquARE the surrounding of the A28. RAILWAY SITE LOCATION landscape, coast no shops and landmarks. south of the Design proposals reculver a28 should consider Design proposals locating shops
should consider BROOKSEND STREAM where there is a SITE LOCATION quEX PARK A28
retaining key B2050 lack of provision. views. A VILLAGE CHARACTERISED BY VIEWS IMBALANCED ACCESS TOACOL SHOPS HILL
The village Traditional has a history materials specific of innovation, to the village experimentation include the use of and individualism. flint, stone and a mixture of buff and Should there deep red coloured be areas in the brick. design proposals to explore this Proposals should character? reflect the village material palette. EXPRESSIONS OF INNOVATION AND INDIVIDUALISM A VARIETY OF BOUNDARY TREATMENTS
GRENHAM BAY EPPLE BAY Neighbouring Geometric
MINNIS BAY Grade II listed Gore landscape cuts BIRCHINGTON RAILWAY STATION CRISPE PARK A28 End Farm has a into development strong farmstead create coastal BIRCHINGTON SquARE listed farm character Minnis bay views. RAILWAY reflected in layout, architecture and Design proposals materials. should consider BIRCHINGTON CE PRIMARY SCHOOL development
BROOKSEND STREAM SITE LOCATION Design proposals edges to maximise quEX PARK A28
B2050 should respond to coastal views. this character. REFLECT A FARMSTEAD CHARACTERACOL HILL GEOMETRIC LANDSCAPE CUTS
GRENHAM BAY GRENHAM BAY EPPLE BAY EPPLE BAY The historic The village’s
MINNIS MINNIS BAY neighbourhood BAY contrasting BIRCHINGTON RAILWAY STATION open & sparse CRISPE PARK A28 centred around CRISPE PARK A28 landscapes are Mill Row has determined by BIRCHINGTON SquARE BIRCHINGTON SquARE a distinctive coastal proximity. RAILWAY SITE LOCATION RAILWAY character of lanes The site bounds dense & enclosed and terraced both landscapes.
mill row cottages. BIRCHINGTON CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Design proposals
BROOKSEND STREAM Design proposals BROOKSEND STREAM should reflect quEX PARK quEX PARK A28 A28
B2050 should respond to B2050 differing this character. landscapes. REFLECT MILL ROW CHARACTERACOL HILL TWO CONTRASTING LANDSCAPESACOL HILL
Parts of the The village has historic areas of many sport and the village are play spaces but characterised by a lack of semi- long terraces of natural landscapes homes. beyond the coastline. Design proposals should consider Proposals integrating should include terraced homes. semi-natural landscapes. LONG TERRACES IMBALANCE OF SPACES AND LANDSCAPES
GRENHAM BAY EPPLE BAY The village has a The village is
MINNIS range of boundary BAY characterised BIRCHINGTON RAILWAY STATION treatments and CRISPE PARK A28 by a network setbacks from hard of village and BIRCHINGTON SquARE to soft and from neighbourhood RAILWAY SITE LOCATION deep to shallow. greens.
Consider a variety Design proposals BIRCHINGTON CE of boundary PRIMARY SCHOOL should consider
treatments in BROOKSEND STREAM neighbourhood SITE LOCATION quEX PARK A28
response to B2050 greens. context. A VARIETY OF BOUNDARY TREATMENTS VILLAGE/NEIGHBOURHOODACOL HILL GREENS
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] 14. thank you
Thank you for taking the time to attend our Consultation Event. We will be hosting further events prior to the submission of an outline planning application – the details for these will be advertsised and posted on our dedicated website in due course.
Ptarmigan Land and Millwood Designer Homes welcome your thoughts and ideas for the site and all of the feedback we receive today will help to inform the ongoing design process.
Please take the time to fill in our feedback form and discuss any ideas you may have with members of the project team at one of the breakout tables.
All of the information on display today can be downloaded from our dedicated website: www.SouthWestBirchingtonOnSea.co.uk
You can contact us by:
Freephone: 0800 232 1794
Email: [email protected]
Freephone: 0800 232 1794 Email: [email protected] ptarmigan land experience
This board sets out Ptarmigan Land’s past experience of delivering complex, high-quality developments that existing and new communities can be proud of.
Channels, Chelmsford
Ptarmigan secured planning consent for this site in 2012. The land was previously used for gravel extraction and as a result is laced with lakes and ponds in a verdant landscape that has since been used as a golf course. Following a series of collaborative workshops with the Council and stakeholders, a scheme was devised incorporating 750 houses, a new distributor road and significant areas of new public open space. The houses that have since been constructed are proving to be extremely popular due to their emphasis on a leisure and sporting lifestyle. The next AERIAL ARTIST’S IMPRESSION stage of development is now under way with plans emerging for a further 5,500 homes, 500,000 ft2 of employment space, and range of other community and leisure uses known as Chelmsford Garden Village.
AERIAL DRONE SHOT LAKESIDE HOUSES
Hethersett, norfolk
Hethersett is a large village just outside Norwich and close to the Norwich Research Park, the University of East Anglia and the Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust Hospital. The car manufacturer, Lotus, is also nearby. Although local residents were initially concerned about South Norfolk District Council’s plans to develop the village, we worked closely with them through a series of workshops to shape the vision and deliver a development that everyone could be proud of in the future. This included providing a new primary school, land for the secondary school AERIAL ARTIST’S IMPRESSION to expand, new playing fields for the local football team, and other wider community benefits. Planning for 1,196 homes was secured in 2015 and the site was subsequently sold to Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon. Today nearly half of the homes on site have been built and occupied with the remainder due for completion in the next few years. NEW LOCAL CENTRE NEW RECREATIONAL FACILITIES millwood designer homes experience
This board sets out Millwood Designer Homes experience of building high- quality new homes in Kent. orchard Gate, Ditton, Kent
Orchard Gate was built on the site of the Ditton Laboratories which dated back to 1929. Millwood Designer Homes completely transformed the site on behalf of the East Malling Trust for Horticultural Research, replacing the unsightly laboratory buildings with 35 homes in a rural, edge of village location. In designing the development, one of the principle aims was to transform the site into a unique collection of homes, breathing new life into the area. It was important to the land owner that the development was a legacy they could be proud of.
The scheme took on the appearance of a hamlet that had organically grown over the past 300 years. An eclectic mix of architectural styles were chosen to reflect the vernacular of the area over past centuries.
PHOTOS OF COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT
Chapman Fields, Cliffs End, kent
The Millwood Designer Homes site at Cliffs End developed a former farmer’s field that was classed as ‘green field’ and had a scattering of existing buildings on. The development took inspiration from the existing surrounding area and brought forward 34 dwellings in a compact rural/urban location.
Following the success of the development Millwood Designer Homes are now constructing a second phase of housing opposite. This new development provides an additional 31 homes and a retail unit on land under the same ownership as the original site.
PHOTOS OF COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT