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Clay Field

Clay Field

Project

Winner

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Number/street name:
1 Clay Field

Address line 2:
Elmswell

City:
Bury Saint Edmonds

Postcode:
IP30 9FG

Architect:
RHM Architects

Architect contact number:


Developer:
Orwell Housing Association.

Contractor:
O. Seaman and Son Ltd

Planning Authority:
Mid Suffolk District Council

Planning consultant:
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Planning Reference:
1144/06/FUL

Date of Completion:

Schedule of Accommodation:
4 x 1 bed apartments, 13 x 2 bed houses, 9 x 3 bed houses

Tenure Mix:
100% affordable rent (housing association)

Total number of homes:


Site size (hectares):
0.53

Net Density (homes per hectare):
49

Size of principal unit (sq m):
77

Smallest Unit (sq m):
46

Largest unit (sq m):
98

No of parking spaces:
42

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Planning History

Clay Field is the result of a RIBA competition launched in 2005. The local planning authority, as well as the Parish Council, was involved in this competition from the beginning, and sat on the jury for the selection of the winning scheme. Full planning permission was granted in February 2007 for the scheme.

The Design Process

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Scheme Information

Sustainability

  • Low embodied carbon construction

Sustainability

Designed around solar gain and low energy consumption, thid scheme was one of the first with wood-chip communal CHP
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