Checkley Wood Garden Village

masterplanning, urban design

New settlement and landscape strategy for up to 4,500 dwellings on the site of a sand quarry. 

Regeneration of the damaged landscape to create a new settlement and accessible natural open space serving a central part of the emerging Oxford to Cambridge Arc.

 

client
Arnold White Estates Ltd

location
Heath and Reach Parish, Central Bedfordshire

services

  • Strategy development, locational analysis and data visualisation
  • GIS-based Green Belt Study including landscape and settlement assessments
  • Contributions to submissions as part of Local Plan Process
  • Collaborative technical assessments of quarry volumes and restoration levels
  • Comparative study of Garden Village principles
  • Masterplanning of Garden Village
  • Collaboration with architects specialising in leisure attractions