First stage of pilot scheme will see 18 homes built off-site
Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects has submitted planning for 18 Passivhaus-standard homes as the first part of a pilot of low-carbon building in the city.
The Cambridge Investment Partnership has submitted two separate applications for timber frame council homes for sites on Fen Road and Ditton Fields.
It is a joint venture between a Cambridge council and housebuilder Hill.
The Cambridge Investment Partnership said the offsite timber frame construction will provide the homes with thick, highly insulated walls allowing gas free heating.
The Fen Road site in East Chesterton, currently vacant, will provide 12 of the planned homes, with the remaining six at Ditton Fields. The schemes will include electric car charging points, secure cycle parking provision and tree planting.
Tom Hill, regional director of Hill said the firm was delighted to be submitting its first ‘Passivhaus’ schemes. He said: “As well as providing these low carbon homes, all our developments are now gas free, five years ahead of the Government’s targets with high levels of insulation and are built in accordance with the Cambridge Sustainable Housing Design Guide.”
Cambridge council said the low carbon homes were part of its commitment to tackling the climate emergency.
The news comes after Stirling Prize-winning architect Mikhail Riches last week won planning for 52 off-site built Passivhaus council homes in North Somerset.
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