38 PROJECT REPORT: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS
The development off ers residents the ‘best of both worlds,’ being situated in parkland but with easy access to local amenities
locally by Russell Homes as part of the development – just over £156,500 was allocated to local education provision by Cheshire West and Chester, £179,352 went towards funding local sports pitches and play facilities, and £102,744 provided support for local primary care surgeries. It was also important to both parties to ensure that the development wouldn’t just comprise a cluster of houses. “We always make sure our developments have plenty of usable and public open green space, so that there will be a real community feel,” Relph explains. “We also make sure the homes we design and build are in keeping with the local area, using materials to go alongside.” More than half of the total development area has been intentionally left as open space.
The planning application was submitted in August 2020, with permission granted at the end of July 2021. Once the team had secured planning permission, the project was handed over to Russell Homes for construction to begin. Commencement on site too place in the fi rst uarter of 2022, with remediation works taking longer than anticipated due to inclement
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weather – which included snow and ice as well as rain.
BUILDING & DESIGN DETAILS Russell Homes wanted to ensure the development was in keeping with the local area, so specifi cally selected house types were used on the development. At Brook View, this meant the design team opted to fi nish the homes with Cheshire bric and slate effect roofs and feature stone lintels – details chosen to “echo the character of traditional Cheshire homes, in keeping with the local vernacular,” explains design manager Neil Walker. side from the fi nishing touches being infl uenced by the locality, the other key driver behind the overall design and construction of the homes was sustainability. The company sets out to achieve high sustainability and energy effi ciency standards at all of its developments, and Brook View was no exception.
Explaining the chosen construction method, Walker says: “Timber frames were used on the development to align with our sustainability and energy effi ciency
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