Park Prewett, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK
Combining intelligent advice and existing infrastructure for sustainable living
Park Prewett is located on the site of a former hospital and required a subtle approach to redevelopment as well as sensitivity to environmental concerns. This required sustainable drainage techniques and practical transport implementation, including cycle routes and a new footbridge which were all designed and built by Peter Brett Associates LLP (PBA).
The site of one of the first successfully built examples of “The £60k house” is part of a large housing and regeneration project. We have been involved in providing planning, transport, highway and utility infrastructure advice and implementation to both English Partnerships and now Taylor Wimpey.
Keeping beautiful existing infrastructure, including a historic water tower and several of the original hospital buildings designed in 1912, was a major concern for design of utilities and services, and the integration of the remaining hospital buildings which took place while construction progressed on a live hospital site.
We are now working on the northern site and have been commissioned by English Partnerships to develop a supplementary planning document (SPD) to be adopted by Basingstoke and Dean Borough Council in Spring 2009.
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With new retail, recreation and leisure facilities, an existing hospital on the site and the final intended build of 3,000 residential units, Park Prewett is a perfect example of how existing infrastructure and intelligent advice combine to form sustainable communities.
Services provided
- Planning
- Transport advice
- Highway design
- Home zones
- Utility infrastructure advice
- Sustainable drainage
- Building conservation
- Geotechnical & contamination
Project highlights
- Retaining beautiful existing infrastructure through a sensitive approach
- 3,000 residential units
- An existing hospital on the site, successfully integrated
- New retail, recreation and leisure facilities