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Grimshaw masterplan for multi-village scheme in East Hertfordshire approved
Led by Places for People, plans have been given outline permission for Gilston Park Estate, a development of six new villages to the north of Harlow, on the Hertfordshire and Essex border, designed by Grimshaw. The masterplan is being led by the international architecture practice, working together with urban design specialists MICA and landscape architects Grants Associates – is designed to “support a sustainable, diverse, and connected community linked to new infrastructure and extensive facilities,” said Grimshaw. The “landscape-centred” design “has wellbeing at its core,” said the practice, encompassing large areas of green space, including country parks and community gardens – protecting and enhancing local habitats to promote biodiversity across the 1,000 ha site. Set into heathland and surrounded by woodland, the landscape connects the six villages.
The project is hoped to create 1,500 permanent jobs for Hertfordshire, and is supported by nearly £1bn of investment in new infrastructure and social facilities by Places for People. The proposal includes 2,000 affordable homes, and a new community centre, secondary and primary schools, healthcare and sport facilities, plus 29,200 m² of commercial space and 25,100 m² of retail and leisure space.
Kirsten Lees, partner at Grimshaw commented: “This large-scale strategic site allowed us to prepare a holistic approach embedding social, spatial and ecological thinking to provide a much-needed solution to today’s housing challenges in a resilient and sustainable way.”
The site forms part of the wider Harlow and Gilston Garden Town (HGGT)
scheme, which has been earmarked by the Government for the delivery of 23,000 new homes. Following the resolution by East Herts District Council to grant outline planning permission, Places for People will work in close collaboration with HGGT partners to fi nalise the section 106 agreement to “secure the infrastructure provision for the site.”
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