PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Soham Eastern Gateway neighbourhood will comprise 540 homes, a Staploe Medical Centre and a purpose-built neighbourhood centre featuring a pre-school nursery. The medical centre will provide residents with a new GP practice, double the size of the existing provision. The environment and long-term sustainability have been put at the core of the development proposals, which will see existing hedgerows maintained, new road networks built to decrease congestion in the town centre, and more than 130 new trees planted across the site to enhance nearby habitats and ecosystems. The site will add more than 2.3km of improved public rights of way, cycleways and pathways. It will also provide access to approximately 15 acres of public open spaces, including dedicated play areas and natural green areas.
We were appointed by This Land to cover Sustainability and Energy, working as part of a wider project team made up of Brookbanks, Carter Jonas, Cundall, Farrer Huxley, Pegasus Group, Hushwing, Stansted Environmental Services, Educational Facilities Management, Birketts LLP, Quod, Oxford Archaeology, EPS, and SLR Consulting. We were also instructed independently by property consultants Beckland to review the existing surface water and foul water networks within the vicinity of the site.
By working collaboratively together for over five years, we have completed a variety of technical services to support the compilation of a robust planning application. East Cambridgeshire District Council’s planning committee approved the plans on Tuesday 13th August 2024, alongside a joint application by This Land and Mereside Medical for a state of the art new medical centre.
WHAT WE DID:
PLANNING STAGE:
- Pre-Development Drainage Review
- Sustainability Statement
- Energy Statement
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS / BENEFITS
- Secured planning permission from East Cambridgeshire District Council’s planning committee on Tuesday 13th August 2024, alongside a joint application by This Land and Mereside Medical for a state of the art new medical centre.