- architect: Pollard Thomas Edwards
- developer and contractor: Hill
- planning authority: Uttlesford District Council
- site area 2.9
From the author:
- 76 new homes ranging from one-bedroom flats to five-bedroom detached houses
- includes 25% affordable housing and 18 flats and small houses specifically designed for the over-55 market
- the scheme responds sensitively to its mature landscaped context, within a Conservation Area and adjacent to a listed water tower
- it creates a series of character areas which reflect the pattern and character of the neighbouring townscape
- maintains and enhances the intrinsic qualities of the site
- the heart of the scheme is a retained avenue of mature lime trees, The Avenue. The homes here are arranged around courtyards behind a new garden wall, or are set back beyond grassed and planted verges
- the new landscaping includes relocated native hedgerows, planted fruit trees from existing rootstock on the site, and retention of most of the mature trees
- brochure of the development