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build approach, instead looking at every scheme differently, and considering which build methods best suit each. They employ both traditional brick and block builds as well as more modern methods like timber and steel frame. At its Cityglades development in
Cambridge, for example, the team has incorporated a number of innovations in housing design that are geared towards reducing the demand for energy, while creating modern, comfortable spacious homes. One way in which this has been achieved is in the specification of pre- insulated Durisol ICF blocks, made of 80% recycled timber, designed to offer a faster construction method, and maximise the thermal mass benefits of the building envelope.
ECOLOGICAL IMPACT
This Land is already very focussed on ensuring that the above process is performed as sustainably as possible, and have set out a list of goals to ensure that the development affects the ecology as little as possible.
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The company is looking at how to achieve net zero over the coming years, beginning with meeting the Government’s Future Homes Standard. One way in which this is being implemented now is in the adoption of renewable technologies such as air source heat pumps, and another is in its mission to adopt a more landscape-led approach putting planting and open green spaces at the top of the agenda. At Millstone Park specifically, some such goals have already been met in the planning stages, though not without some difficulty. One such challenge achieved was to ensure ecological enhancements
could be created, including new hedgerows and trees. This is intended to improve biodiversity, as well as address the Chalklands Landscape Character Area thereby reversing the intensification of agricultural practices and resultant loss of hedgerows.
Another element of sustainability incor- porated into the planning applications is the project’s SuDS system, which will be designed throughout the site to contribute to the creation of ecological corridors, as well as mitigate flood risk.
ENGAGEMENT
Throughout the project to date, This Land has carried out close engagement with key stakeholders, including conversations and meetings with the Parish Council and letters to local residents, taking in comments on the plans and feedback on the preferred way forward.
In fact, the team reports its primary goal as being “outreach to as much of the community as possible.” The archaeological dig for example was used as an opportunity to engage with stakeholders wider than residents, as well as to secure press coverage to illustrate the progress the company was making in delivering the new scheme. This Land believes it has succeeded in that already, having already welcomed over 200 local visitors to the site during a number of open days, with visits from classes from the local primary school, archaeology groups, Burwell Museum, councillors, and Burwell residents. With reportedly warm feedback on the whole, Millstone Park is on a fast track to become a well-loved part of the local community, heralding a new era for the historic site. g
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