On behalf of Rushcliffe Borough Council, Allan Joyce Architects were appointed following a successful design competition bid to produce a Design Code, Illustrative Scheme and secure outline planning application to support the Rushcliffe vision for new housing on the Abbey Road Depot site.
Allan Joyce Architects have since been employed by the incoming developers Peveril Homes and Stagfield, to complete the design development and technical design of the scheme.
Built on the brownfield Abbey Road Depot site, the brief for the scheme was to create a new exemplar housing development for Rushcliffe and to set a new standard for sustainable high-quality urban family living in West Bridgford. The new neighbourhood will contribute to the creation of an entirely new community within the town centre, embracing passive energy efficiency, new green technology and enhanced biodiversity. Significantly, the project will also be one of the largest no gas new developments in the borough with Air Source Heat Pumps, PV panels and electric car changing incorporated throughout.
The overall development will provide 71 new sustainable homes, contemporary in form and considerate in approach, set across a wide variety of types and tenures, thirty percent of which will be affordable housing. The development was conceived as different building types, each of a different scale and organisation tailored to its specific location: Terrace, Link, Flats, and home-zone lanes. These have been designed to provide exceptionally high quality, contemporary design and sustainability features. Areas generally exceed the national space standards. The buildings share particular features such as porches, full height windows and doors, detailed brickwork and balconies articulated in metal.
A new central green space provides an area for informal play and also creates an area for rainwater storage, ensuring that the proposals do not increase the risk of flooding in the area. Across the site over 40 new trees are to be planted, incorporating native species, as well as specimen shrubs, wildflowers, bird and bat boxes. The result of this will be an enormous increase in biodiversity across the site in relation to the previous commercial use, as well as the creation of an attractive landscape-focused environment.
Rushcliffe Borough Council, Peveril Homes and Stagfield
The scheme has been crowned winner of Residential Development of the Year, under 100 plots at the Insider Media Awards 2025.
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