Sylvan Heritage

The Design Process

Pegasus Life first submitted an outline planning application to redevelop the Wildernesse Estate and create a community for older people in 2014. The Sylvan Heritage part of the original permission comprises the second phase of the development. Outline planning permission was granted in respect of the proposed works in 2015.
Pegasus Life agreed as part of the original planning permission to participate in a Design Review Process with Wildernesse Residents Associations to consider further the detailed design and appearance of the five blocks that comprise Sylvan Heritage. The revised proposals were developed in collaboration with residents over the period of January 2016- June 2016. The process involved rigorous studying, modelling, testing and detailing to update and enhance the original scheme. The revision formed the basis of section 73 (MMA) application, which consents was granted on 13 April 2017.
After the approval of the Section 73 application, Pegasus Life has been progressing the marketing of the development in parallel with the current phase 1 construction works. Feedback from this process has confirmed that the preference from purchasers is for extra care units that are smaller than those shown for the five buildings that comprise the Sylvan Heritage part of the permission. Given this situation the Pegasus Life team has explored how they might rationalise the internal layouts of the individual units that make up the consented Sylvan Heritage buildings and as a result deliver smaller units that will better fit the demand profile of prospective purchaser.
In pursuit of this Pegasus Life have prepared a new planning application in relation to the Sylvan Heritage part of the site which was submitted on February 2018.