Garden Communities & New Towns Development Conference

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland – Silvia Lazzerini, Project Director

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland are working towards submitting their outline planning application for the Oxfordshire Garden Village scheme which is a new neighbourhood of 2,200 homes plus community infrastructure and a raft of commercial development aimed at attracting businesses to the region. As one of the UK’s most advanced Garden Village initiatives, Silvia is better placed than most to talk about the future development timeline and also gather her thoughts on Grosvenor Britain & Ireland’s approach to creating this new, inclusive and vibrant place.

Henley Camland – Peter Nelson, Director

Henley Camland is a joint venture bringing together the financial resource of The Henley Group with the experience of land purchase structure and placemaking of Camland.

They’re currently working on numerous residential-led projects including the first phase of Eastern Quarry – a development which will see 6,250 homes being built in Ebbsfleet, Martello Lakes in Kent where 1,050 dwellings are planned and a 30-hectare project in King’s Lynn where 2,500 homes are planned.

With so much experience in large scale residential led developments they’ll be well placed to share their thoughts, learnings and opinions on the UK garden community agenda.

Cumberland Council – Jane Meek, Assistant Director Thriving Place and Investment

Jane will join the conference to update on the plans for St. Cuthbert’s – by far the largest site, in terms of capacity, from the Government’s Garden Village Programme. The £225m Southern Link Road will unlock St. Cuthbert’s which will see 10,000 homes built over the next 30 years as well as employment opportunities which will bring significant benefits to Carlisle and the wider county.

Centre for Cities – Anthony Breach, Chief Housing & Planning Analyst

Anthony works as part of the research team at Centre for Cities and is a respected voice on topics of how the planning system can create housing shortages and drive wealth inequality. With publications across the UK media- including the Times and the Daily Mail- Anthony will be on hand to give insight on the viability and potential these new garden communities will unlock for localities across the UK.

Knowsley Council/Halsnead Garden Village – Ian Greaves, Principal Regeneration Officer

Covering 430 acres, Halsnead Garden Village is the largest combined housing and employment site in Liverpool with 1600 proposed houses and 55 acres of proposed commercial development. As one of the key voices leading the scheme, Ian will go into detail about development timelines, positive local economic impact and the further development opportunities it could unlock.

Dunton Hills Garden Village – Coby Tomlins, Project Lead

Dunton Hills Garden Village is a new settlement proposed in Brentwood Borough that will help to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population. The proposal will be self-sustaining; providing up to 4,000 homes, new schools, job opportunities, health and community facilities and new public spaces. Currently at draft masterplan phase, Coby will be outlining the next steps as Brentwood council move into co-design phase which they hope will significantly involve the Brentwood Youth Forum and the Community Forum

CEG – Jon Allen, Head of Strategic Development South

CEG are the master developer delivering one of the government’s first official garden villages at Dunton Hills in Essex. The development will consist of 4000 new homes and community facilities, shops and business space. Jon will talk in depth about the development timeline and also touch on the concepts behind the scheme.

Karbon Homes – Charlotte Carpenter, Executive Director of Growth and Development

Karbon Homes are one of the newly announced joint venture partners for the Seaham Garden Village project which will bring forward the creation of 1500 new homes over the next 10 years. Landlords to over 30,000 houses across the North East, Karbon are the only social housing provider to be entering the realm of Garden Villages and New Town delivery in the UK. Charlotte is keen to interact with all areas of the supply chain to talk about this project and other schemes that Karbon have in the pipeline.

Broadway Malyan – Jeff Nottage, Regional Board Director

Jeff joined Broadway Malyan in 2007 and became a Director of Broadway Malyan Ltd in 2016. He is a Chartered Town Planner and Urban Designer with 17 years experience and heads up the UK masterplanning team, based in the Weybridge studio.

He has worked on a number of large scale and high profile masterplanning projects for both public and private sector clients and has worked in both the UK and overseas. His projects have included strategic urban extensions, new settlements including ‘Garden Villages’, town wide strategies and new urban quarters.

Arcadis – Simon Marks, City Executive, Birmingham

More information to follow.

DCW Group – Dean Ward, Managing Director

DCW Group has developed a new innovative solution that will save time and costs within the development journey of new homes – potentially shaving 3-months off the process. He’ll reveal all in this session.

Didcot Garden Town – Marybeth Harasz, Garden Communities Development Manager

In 2015 Didcot was one of the first towns to be awarded garden town status by the UK government and is also close to becoming a realisation with development scheduled to start in the medium term. The team behind the development was recently awarded £218m for access roads to be developed and as part of this session Marybeth will talk about the timeline for delivery and the economic impact it will have in West Oxfordshire.

The Land Trust – Euan Hall, Chief Executive

The Land Trust is a charity that is committed to the long-term sustainable management of open space for community benefits – and they’re planning a crucial role in pushing forward this agenda across garden communties and the creation of new towns and villages. Euan will share the trusts vision to improve the quality of people’s lives by creating sustainable, high quality green spaces that deliver environmental, social and economic benefits.