About our proposals
The site is allocated in the Petersfield Neighbourhood Plan as site H7 for 64 homes. In responding to feedback on the importance of the landscape setting within the National Park, our application is for 54 homes. Approval of the site will deliver much needed new homes in Petersfield, supporting planned growth and strengthen the five-year housing land supply, including the on-site provision of 50% affordable housing.’
We worked with local people at all stages of the application process to ensure our proposals best reflect community aspirations. We first engaged with Petersfield Town Council in November 2021 and have met regularly over the past two and a half years, taking on board feedback and evolving our proposals. Further, we have engaged with the Petersfield Society, Petersfield Bicycle Buddies, the Petersfield Climate Action Network and the Petersfield Strategy Group.
Public Consultation for the site took place in April 2022, with over 50 local residents in attendance. The proposals took on board feedback from the community, as shown in the Statement of Community Involvement.
“Subject to the application being approved, the Town Council would welcome the potential to own and manage the open space to the north.”
Petersfield Town Council
Our proposals
Designed with the local community’s needs in mind to create a positive legacy for Petersfield, our plans include:
54 sustainable homes, providing a 55% reduction in carbon emissions over baseline.
50% affordable homes, helping young people onto the property ladder, families to afford a better home and older people to downsize.
A landscape-led masterplan that respects the existing lanscape within the National Park.
Protection of existing wildlife and at least 10% biodiversity net gain.
A 100% electric scheme, including the use of Air Source Heat Pumps.
All homes come equipped with electric vehicle charging points as standard.
Access to existing pedestrian and cycle links, with improved cycle links to Petersfield.
Gifting new public open space to the community as a semi-natural woodland for recreation.
Sustainable homes, strong communities
We deliver sustainable, infrastructure-led communities and is an industry leader on biodiversity and the environment.
Boosting biodiversity
The construction of new homes presents a unique opportunity to integrate biodiversity-enhancing features that not only contribute to local ecosystems but also foster a harmonious relationship between humans and wildlife. As such, our carefully designed scheme will provide at least a 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG).
We’ll help nature flourish through carefully designed initiatives, considerate planting and other habitat features. This includes:
- Hedgehog highways, in fences providing freedom to roam gardens and natural foraging.
- Swift bricks, built directly into the walls to provide much-needed nesting spaces.
- Bat boxes, fitted to trees to help local ecosystems by controlling insect populations.
We have a great track record in bringing these initiatives to life, with our planning applications calculating on average 13.58% biodiversity net gain. At our Martingales development in Bookham, the Surrey Wildlife Trust’s ecology consultancy carried out an assessment predicting an impressive 41.38% biodiversity net gain.
Our plans include gifting green space to the local community, as a semi natural woodland area.
Our Eddie & Ellie education outreach
We work with local primary schools through our well established ‘Eddie & Ellie the Ecologists’ initiative.
Born out of a genuine passion to equip local children with the knowledge and enjoyment of the nature and ecology around them, we carefully developed the fully funded programme in consultation with educational specialists to create a lasting impact.
Thanks to Eddie & Ellie, CIRIA awarded us the best Community Engagement Project as part of the Big Biodiversity Challenge awards
Building communities
We deliver infrastructure early in the construction programme. This means that existing Petersfield residents can take advantage of the new community facilities we provide from the earliest stage, and new residents will have access to them soon after they move in.
An example of this is at Pease Pottage, where we delivered £7m of offsite highways works before residents moved in, and a £4.1m Primary School early in the delivery of the site.
Sustainable travel
All homes will have a fast electric vehicle charging point, but we also provide incentives for cycle ownership amongst our residents and the potential for electric car clubs, enabling residents to have easy access to a car without owning one.
The plans include new walking and cycle routes along the Causeway, into the wider South Downs and North, to Petersfield Town Centre
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About us
We are a Sussex-based developer employing over 250 people and several hundred additional local subcontractors throughout the south of England. We deliver sustainable, infrastructure-led communities and is an industry leader on biodiversity and the environment.
In 2022, we were confirmed as the ‘Best Construction & Engineering Company to Work For’ in the UK and have been recognised for our work with young people and veterans. Very recently, we were recognised in the prestigious ‘Best Places to Work 2023’ guide by The Sunday Times.
