Features included in all three ideas
- A wider choice of new one and two-bedroom apartments with balconies
- New three-bedroom apartments
- New three and four-bedroom houses with front doors onto the street and private gardens
- New two and three-bedroom maisonettes with their own front doors, private gardens and terraces
- A new community hub close to the bus stop and next to the new public open space
- New seating areas, safer cycle routes and improved lighting
- A new nursery with outdoor space facing the central green
- Safer streets and routes overlooked by new homes
- Improved footpaths, trees and planting, with better links to Hollington Stream and the industrial area
- A new green space at the heart of the neighbourhood, with play areas for all ages
- Protected and enhanced ecology, with existing trees retained wherever possible
Homes of no more than five storeys in height.
Idea 1
Key features:
- A greater proportion of apartments and maisonettes
- A smaller number of houses
- A layout designed primarily around the existing roads
- A larger central green space.
Idea 2
Key features:
- More houses than Idea 1
- A layout that continues to respond to the existing roads
- New roads introduced from Stonehouse Drive to improve connections through the site
- A smaller central green space
- The potential for bus stops on Stonehouse Drive and within the upper part of the site.
Idea 3
Key features:
- A greater number of houses, balanced by apartments and maisonettes
- Less overall open space than Ideas 1 and 2
- A new north to south road introduced through the site to improve connectivity.
