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Care Village Transition Plan, Surrey

24 Jan, 2024
Care Village Transition Plan

At the edge of a planning Green Gap at Farnham, a Care Village is proposed that offers significant communal leisure facilities. These include an extension to the local rugby club playing fields, new tennis and bowls clubs with a central management hub. The landscape setting of the 4.48ha site will be improved by extensive mixed-age enclosure planting with new footpath links to the local nature reserve and greenspace as well as drainage and bio-diversity enhancement to the boundary stream and linked wetland margins. The design, including long-term management, will offer a meaningful transition between the existing settlement and open countryside. The pre-application inquiry submitted to WBC is being co-ordinated by HR Architects with Bell Cornwell Planning on behalf of Lamron Developments (Holybourne) Ltd.

Hambrook Extension, Sussex

07 Jan, 2023
Hambrook Extension

Working with HGP architects for Foreman Homes, DA provided the landscape strategy for a 30 unit residential development on a 1.23ha site in a village setting severed by the A27 trunk road improvements. The landscape submission included an enhanced landscape framework.

The new greenspace is linked by public footpaths to boundary marginal habitat and woodland improvements. Integrating linked SUDS drainage on this low-lying site was an important design feature retaining the mixed-age tree canopy and mature hedgerow enclosure.

Mixed use development in Basingstoke

07 Jan, 2023

wo years after Basingstoke Town FC moved to a new ground operated by the Hampshire FA the application for mixed use development at their former 2.7ha Camrose site has been approved on appeal. The successful scheme includes mixed tenure apartments with street and podium level landscape all adjacent a new neighbourhood park. The roadside frontage includes a stepped vertical landscape treatment to fit the prominent sloping site and opposite a new link road there is a proposed care home sited near local community facilities.

DA provided the landscape strategy with supporting design and management plan. Fibonacci Architects co-ordinated the submission on behalf of Basron Developments. 

Settlement Edge Integration, Sonning Common

07 Jan, 2023

This recently occupied 25 unit development for established client T A Fisher includes affordable and market units with LAP play facilities set within reinforced shelterbelts and structural landscape adjacent the AONB. DA continues to work with T A Fisher across the Thames Valley.

Suburban Apartments, Purley

03 Nov, 2021
Purley apartments

The Croydon Council housing intensification policy guided DA and the successful design team for the 7 unit apartment scheme for The Purple Pepper Partnership.

The application led by WSPA exploited the significant site topography while respecting the local street pattern and mature tree canopy.

DA provided landscape and tree protection advice in a scheme that included communal allotments and play space.

We continue to work with WSPA on a number of projects across the south-east in the residential/ leisure and private sectors.

The Glasshouse, Basingstoke

03 Nov, 2021
The Glasshouse Basingstoke

This high specification office development lies in a prominent location at the edge of the established Basing View business district. 

The passive energy 7 storey development includes communal conference facilities, gym, café and terraced roof gardens with significant vertical landscape treatment around the basement parking zone. 

DA worked with Fibonacci Architects and Woolf Bond Planning for Fishron Properties Ltd.

Urban Renewal, Basingstoke

17 Jun, 2019
Urban Renewal Basingstoke

Basingstoke Town Football Club has recently moved to a new ground west of the town operated by the Hampshire FA. The former 2.7ha Camrose site is now being redeveloped for mixed-use with care home, apartment and terraced housing around communal green space and shared links to the town centre.

Vertical landscape treatments are utilised together with buffer structure planting in the DA landscape strategy and supporting design statement in the application to BDBC.

Fibonaaci Architects co-ordinated the submission on behalf of Basron Developments.

Sensitive Settlement Edge – Sonning Common

17 Jun, 2019

Sensitive Settlement Edge – Sonning Common

Our latest scheme for T A Fisher has been the detailed application for 25 units at Kennylands Road.

The proposal on a west facing, edge of settlement site includes both affordable and market housing with LAP play facilities. Boundary treatment was carefully considered reinforcing existing shelterbelts, respecting neighbouring privacy while enhancing distant views in the AONB context.

DA also provided a long term landscape management plan to support the detailed application. Pro-Vision Planning co-ordinated the submission to SODC.

 

Redundant land re-use – Courtlands Farm, Surrey

29 Oct, 2018

Another Green Belt success has seen the granting of detailed planning permission at this former munitions factory on the Surrey North Downs.

The reinforced green envelope and associated long term management plan will assist with the integration of the residential development into the local landscape character. DA working with WS Planning and Architecture co-ordinated the landscape planning reports. Construction is anticipated to commence in 2019.

 

Major School Development – Hampshire

31 Aug, 2017

Alton School is embarking on a major development programme on a south facing heavily wooded site. This will include new teaching, boarding and sports facilities including an indoor tennis centre and 4G pitches. A central social hub will be created around the refurbished Manor House with improved parking all to be set within the managed wooded setting. DA are working with MVL architects on the new masterplan providing the key tree and landscape advice.

A detailed application is anticipated in Spring 2018 with significant construction planned for autumn 2019.

Work continues in the Green Belt, South Downs National Park, Conservation Areas and other constrained areas of the southern UK.

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