Fenwick Estate

Description

Custom build houses have a private garden of a minimum 50m²; some with an additional roof terrace. An open space we have called 'Not the Village Green' is proposed in the center of the custom-build masterplan, and will be designed and managed in collaboration with the new community. An edible landscape strategy within the custom-build site has also been developed with local gardeners and ecologists. It will provide a variety of landscape features which will be accessible to residents and have an 'edible' aspect that is tailored to the specific ecology of the site. The new homes will also benefit from the variety of landscaped spaces at the adjacent Heartlands Park.

Planning History

Twenty years ago the site was a working mine, but forced to close down as it became uneconomic to continue to operate. Heartlands, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been recently regenerated as part of a masterplan led by the HCA, following Outline Planning consent in 2009. The mine buildings have been restored with a visitor's centre, museum and cafe, and new community spaces, shops and workshops set in landscaped gardens and spaces. The final part of the masterplan is mixed tenure residential to be developed by Carillion-igloo and Coastline Housing Association. HTA Design developed and submitted two separate applications: a hybrid application for Carillion-igloo for the Custom Build Housing site and with Trewin Design Architects a detailed application for Coastline Housing for an affordable housing-led mixed tenure residential development. The planning applications were developed with Cornwall Council through a Planning Performance Agreement. In order to explain Custom Build as envisaged by Carillion-igloo the planning consultation process involved detailed and extensive discussions, visits to other schemes and wider stakeholder consultation. Outline consent was granted in January 2015 for the overall masterplan including custom-build and full planning for the Coastline sites. Planning conditions are now being discharged and construction starts on site in the spring of 2016.