Proposals include 30% affordable housing provision on the edge of Aylesbury
A 23-home residential scheme designed by Dowen Farmer Architects has been submitted for planning in Bierton, a village on the outskirts of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.
Located on a 2.8-acre site, the scheme for real estate investment specialist ACRE features a mix of terraced, semi-detached and detached family homes, with 30% designated as affordable housing.
According to Antoine Christoforou, founder of ACRE, the design seeks to reference the area’s brickmaking history, which dates back to the establishment of Bierton Brickworks in 1850. Materials and detailing are intended to reflect this heritage.
Christoforou said that the surrounding built context had been “carefully considered” in order to “layer in contextual details that tie our scheme into its setting”.
The scheme includes measures aimed at enhancing the local ecology, such as tree planting, hedgerows and the creation of a wildflower meadow. These are intended to restore elements of the existing landscape and support biodiversity.
James Dowen, director of Dowen Farmer Architects, said: “The design team at Dowen Farmer Architects forensically studied the brick, craft and heritage from the local area and meticulously applied the principles to the architectural response, which sits softly within the landscape.”
A previous application for 23 homes on the site was submitted in 2016 by Shanly Homes and refused, with a subsequent appeal later withdrawn.
The site lies north of Kingsbrook, a large-scale housing development that will deliver 2,450 homes, including 490 affordable homes, across a 756-acre area. Homes at Kingsbrook are being developed by Barratt and David Wilson Homes.
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