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Major lakeside residential scheme approved by Reading planners
he final residential phase of a major mixed-use development around a new railway station on the outskirts of Reading has been given the green light. Planners at Reading Borough Council unanimously backed proposals for a series of seven lakeside residential buildings that will create 459 new apartments at Green Park Village. An associated gym and retail units have also been approved. The latest application on behalf of St
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Edward Homes, part of the Berkeley Group, is the sixth phase of residential development at the scheme which will eventually provide homes for all aspects of the community. The full variety of housing will range from one bedroom apartments to detached family homes and an extra care home.
Planning for a new school is also due to be submitted and the scheme includes a community hall, market square and local shops.
The development will be connected to Reading by the new Green Park railways station and a public transport interchange. James Cook, director of architecture at Broadway Malyan and leader of the project said the transport links and proximity to Green Park Business Campus will help create a sustainable residential development.
He commented: “Green Park Village is a highly successful and ambitious project to create a completely new, high quality community in Reading with a lakeside setting and open green spaces at the heart of the design.”
Commenting on the design, he said: “For this final phase we have worked hard to create a series of elegant and slender lakeside buildings that offer a high quality environment for residents while providing views of the lakeside and countryside. The buildings are arranged in a crescent and step up from the lakeside to mark the location of the new train station and Station Square.”
Broadway Malyan director David Anderson, who leads the company’s Reading studio, commented: “This decision reflects the culmination of more than 10 years’ work taking a masterplan vision through concept and detailed archi- tectural design to the realisation of the final phases of building a new community.” Discussing the design’s progression he
said: “Green Park Village is a modern and vibrant development that has evolved and responded to society’s changing needs and aspirations, and the demographic shift brought about by Reading’s renaissance as the south east’s most important satellite town.”
“GREEN PARK VILLAGE IS A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AND AMBITIOUS PROJECT TO CREATE A COMPLETELY NEW, HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITY IN READING WITH A LAKESIDE
SETTING AND OPEN GREEN SPACES AT THE HEART OF THE DESIGN.” James Cook, director of architecture at Broadway Malyan.
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