Homes

Knights Wood

Project Details

Client
Dandara
Location
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Year
2014 – present
Services
Landscape Architecture, Masterplanning

Overview

Working on behalf of Dandara, we took Knights Wood from inception to delivering the final details on site. Our initial brief was to assist with the ‘landscape’ part of the masterplanning, helping define the key areas and opportunities that already existed in this sensitive site.

Our principles

Through LVIA, we created a series of principles that fed through into the masterplan – creating green routes around the hillside that would mitigate sensitive views and help integrate the proposed housing into the surrounding landscape setting.

Following this, we set to work designing these spaces in more detail, providing both hard and soft details for a number of public spaces and plazas. We developed a unique planting mix alongside the local authority that would thrive in this location, and consist of native and naturally regenerative species.

The outcome

We prepared a LEMP (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan) for the surrounding ancient woodlands – this would protect, conserve and enhance these woodlands whilst using them to help educate the local school children – the future generations of Knights Wood.