30 PROJECT REPORT: LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS


and cycleways integrated throughout the development’s parkland leading into the surrounding area.


THE RIGHT ETHOS


Although the homes include luxury fi nishes, for Vernon-arcourt, the premium feeling comes from elsewhere: For me, luxury is about creating beautiful homes that fi t into the local landscape and improve with time, he says. “Creating a new development that takes the best aspects of traditional towns and villages is a challenging thing to do, but worth it for the result it brings. After planning consent was granted in December 01, City & Country had the option to sell parcels of the land to other developers, but chose not to. The team wanted to ensure they maintained their own design ethos and not, in Vernon-arcourt’s words, water it down. We believe we are unique in the extent of work we put into creating special places and looking carefully at the local architecture to create something unique, he says. We’ll be building for a number of years to come, ensuring we continue to build things we can be proud of and the new owners will love and care for, for


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generations to come.


The build has been relatively straightforward thanks to the use of timber frame, which has enabled the build team to get the roof on quickly and start internal fi t-out while the walls go up. Gaining highways approval however was a slow process due to the busyness of the local authority, who have been very positive since the outline planning approval, says Vernon-arcourt. It has been good to work with them as the scheme has developed.


Phase  of the development launched at the end of September 05, with Phase 1 having already received signifi cant recognition. Within the UK award region of the International Property Awards it was awarded the ‘Best Residential Development 0+ nits Essex’ award for two consecutive years, in both 0 and 04.


It also has the seal of approval from residents already living on the development  Vernon-arcourt asserts that they love it. e concludes: They can see we have gone above and beyond to create a very special place that mixes history and detail with modern convenience and performance to give the best of both worlds.


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