coombes : everitt Your Sector Lydney
Lydney
Project type
Masterplanning
Client
Landowner consortium
Scope
250 dwellings including new houses, a community building and retirement apartments.
The site is on the edge of the existing residential settlement and is in an elevated position above the town of Lydney.
Our client wished to provide a high-quality development rooted within the existing Lydney community. The site benefits from far reaching views over the Severn Estuary and consequently the visual impact of the development was a key consideration in our design of the proposed scheme.
The proposal was for low rise development in a suitable Forest of Dean vernacular architectural style, utilising high quality materials and finishes. Working in conjunction with Hunter Page Planning and a team of other consultants, we prepared a scheme for two-hundred dwellings. In addition to the new houses, the scheme included a new community building and retirement apartments, all set within public open space and a retained landscape featuring ponds and swales to assist with the management of surface water drainage.
Planning was granted at appeal and the site was developed out in 50 unit parcels.
