Long Marston Airfield.

Our design teams worked with Cala homes on the first phase of Long Marston Garden Village, one of the Government’s Garden Villages on the former airfield at Long Marston, Stratford Upon Avon.

The larger site is allocated as a new settlement proposal for 3,500 homes and we created designs for the first phase of 400 dwellings, an employment and community hub and a significant amount of green infrastructure.

Our infrastructure teams supported the reserved matters application process through the production of urban design and engineering masterplanning advice. We subsequently carried out full detailed design and secured approvals for all adoptable Section 38 highways and Section 104 drainage works, and private plot engineering.

The development is focused around a strong green framework, created by a series of tree lined avenues, green corridors, large open spaces and local greens. These offer a wide range of exciting, green and biodiverse spaces, with variety of formal and informal recreation opportunities. Two strong tree lined avenues create main routes through the place providing bus services, direct walking/cycling routes and legibility.

All dwellings are within short distance of green space with the majority overlooking greenspaces or tree lined routes. There are a variety of traditional architectural styles including arts and crafts and stone buildings. Spaces include a sculptural gateway space at the entrance to the site, a large destination play space, sports pitches, allotments, community orchard, wildlife corridors which include a series of swales and ponds, greenways with active routes, and local greens defined by large feature trees.