ECOBuilder-Specifiers Journal spring2018
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Cane House Phase 1, Coulsdon CR5<br />
HTA Design LLP<br />
Cane Hill Phase 1 celebrates the natural<br />
and historic character of this Green belt<br />
site and improves access to countryside<br />
for the existing community to create an<br />
exemplar sustainable development for<br />
the 21st century, delivered by a volume<br />
housebuilder in close collaboration<br />
with the GLA, Croydon council and<br />
the local community. This phase of<br />
187 homes provides a statement of<br />
intent for the quality that the whole<br />
83ha 677-home development seeks<br />
to deliver integrating this currently<br />
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derelict site with the surrounding area<br />
and strengthen links to Coulsdon town<br />
centre.<br />
Cane Hill sits to the south of Coulsdon<br />
Town Centre and is characterised by<br />
its dramatic topography and a rich<br />
establish landscape of mature woods,<br />
stand alone trees, hedgerows, fields<br />
and footpaths. The masterplan works<br />
with these features so that the site is<br />
always the star, delivering new houses<br />
that respect and enhance their setting,<br />
while having strong connections<br />
to Coulsdon town centre to bring<br />
economic activity to the high street<br />
and historic town. Retained hospital<br />
buildings, the Chapel and Water tower,<br />
are incorporated into the design to<br />
provide heritage focal points which<br />
aid navigation and provide a memory<br />
of the site’s previous use.<br />
A new networks of streets is laid<br />
out based on existing routes where<br />
possible. Tree groups provide a focus<br />
to terminate views, and avenues<br />
are created using banks of mature<br />
trees. Green pedestrian links provide<br />
off-road walking routes through<br />
mature woodland that connect the<br />
village green at the centre of the new<br />
neighbourhood with Coulsdon Town<br />
Centre and the railway station.<br />
The development is organised into<br />
distinct character areas which use a<br />
different design approach tailored to<br />
the specific qualities of each part of<br />
the site. The central ridge of mature<br />
trees forms a linear park bordered by<br />
the formal terrace of gable fronted<br />
houses, forming the Ridgeway<br />
character area, while to the east of the<br />
site on the open hillside which looks<br />
over the valley to Farthing Downs.
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