Client

St Philips Ltd: A professional land developer and master developer

Approach

Node were commissioned by St Philips to undertake a visioning and landscape visual impact exercise for the purposes of promoting a greenfield site at West Street, Welford for a residential development allocation within the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy.

Node undertook a comprehensive site and contextual analysis, including a detailed character assessment to understand the distinctive features of the local built form as well as the landscape characters of the site. This analysis, together with a recognition of the site’s specific opportunities, allowed Node to develop a series of spatial design principles and vision for the potential development of the site.

Impact

Node produced a site vision for a 75 dwelling residential scheme on the western extent of the village. The proposals were structured around the principles of recreating the historic medieval holloway, creating locally distinctive courtyard development patterns, as well as preserving long distance views between the grade II* listed church of St Mary and the rolling open countryside to the west of the village.

Node submitted an illustrative layout as well as a comprehensive vision document to support the site allocation. The local plan review is currently ongoing and the site allocation awaits determination.