Green infrastructure
The landscape-led approach to the proposed new neighbourhood has maximised the opportunities for the provision of extensive areas of new public open spaces. A network of new public walking and cycling routes will be set within these landscaped areas, creating connections with the existing public rights of way located on the site boundaries. This will facilitate access to services in the wider community by sustainable means.
The generous provision of open space will provide opportunities for play and recreation, including the provision of formal and informal play areas.
Barratt Redrow and David Wilson Homes put nature, people and wellbeing at the heart of their developments.
Enhancing nature is essential to the design of Barratt Redrow and David Wilson Homes developments and makes them more attractive communities in which to live.
The landscape-led approach to the layout has resulted in the provision of extensive areas of public open space on land that was previously largely inaccessible to the public – click to enlarge
Biodiversity net gain
The site at Blood’s Hill is primary comprised of arable crop fields of low botanic species diversity and limited nature conservation value. Higher value habitats such as mature trees and hedgerows will be retained as much as possible. Extensive additional landscape planting will deliver a significant increase in tree cover across the site.
As part of the process of preparing the planning application, detailed ecological surveys have been carried out and will be submitted as part of the planning application. The development will also include mitigation and enhancement measures to provide benefit to species which may be found locally.
Through the retention of higher value habitats and the creation of additional and more varied new habitats with landscape planting and the sustainable drainage scheme for the site, the development will deliver at least a 10% Biodiversity Net Gain, in line with national policy. This will result in a significant improvement in biodiversity over and above the site’s existing condition.
The development will result in a significant improvement in biodiversity on the site.
Redrow Nature for People for Strategy
Redrow’s biodiversity strategy, ‘Nature for People’, was developed in partnership with the Wildlife Trusts in 2020. It contains 15 commitments which are delivering net gains for biodiversity, connecting residents with nature, and establishing processes for long-term management and monitoring.
As well as delivering meaningful biodiversity net gain outcomes - playing a part in halting the decline of nature - the strategy is also delivering high quality landscaping and natural spaces which provide a beautiful setting to their homes and valued spaces for people to explore and enjoy.
Homes for Nature
Barratt Redrow and David Wilson Homes are proud to be a member of the Homes for Nature Programme. This includes a commitment to see a bird-nesting brick or box installed for every new home built, as well as hedgehog highways as standard on every new development.
