Sustainable Residential Development
A new residential development consisting of 89 dwellings across two apartment blocks and 18 individual dwellings surrounded by public open space and amenity areas in the heart of Hinckley in Leicestershire.
Our work included landscape master planning, tree survey, ecology survey as well as providing a detailed Transport Assessment to meet Leicestershire County Highways approval. The assessment included detailed junction capacity analysis as well as predicted trip generation calculations to satisfy the requirements of LCC.
The Results
Working closely with Hinkley & Bosworth Borough Council, Encon Associates collaborated with architects and developers Green 4 to deliver planning consent for the scheme.
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Location Leicester
Contribution to Planning consent
Mitigated objections from Leicestershire County Highways with regards to traffic via comprehensive Transport Assessment including junction capacity assessment, traffic surveys and analysis.
Key Environmental Facts
Extensive protected species surveys to confirm the absence of newts and bats. Protected the existing trees on site to comply with British Standard 5837:2012. Comprehensive landscape proposals including planting of new trees and habitat creation to enhance ecological biodiversity. required by BREEAM
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We recently renovated a large early Edwardian home. Part of the planning approval was the need to obtain an excellent rating from BREEAM in our renovation. This covered everything from responsibly sourcing materials to energy efficient heat pumps and solar panels. Not being a developer the whole BREEAM process was very difficult to understand at first. Luckily we had Encon, and in particular, Glenn on our side. They provided invaluable advice and guidance, were reachable all the time and processed everything in a very timely manner. What was important was that we were able to seek their advice and counsel before we made key purchasing decisions. BREEAM is a complicated process and can seem overwhelming if unfamiliar with it. Having Encon on board with us had helped us achieve our goals of having an environmentally excellent renovation of a 1905 house.
