Netherne

Above: Photographs showing plot frontages, parkland public open space, relocated lime trees within the street scene and Wallace Square, public open

GLEESON HOMES, DAVID WILSON HOMES &
BELLWINCH HOMES

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New Village Development, Netherne on the Hill, Coulsdon, Surrey

This was a major residential, new village development, located at a former Victorian psychiatric hospital site, in an Area of Best Landscape within in the heart of Surrey’s green belt, 1 mile from the M25.

The village is 172 ha in size, comprising 480 new or refurbished properties to include several groups of sheltered housing units built by the Guinness Trust. The development is located within a beautiful parkland setting that contained 1,250 existing trees and over a hectare of public open space.

ELD worked on this project for 8 years, acting as landscape consultant to coordinate the masterplan and design for all of the above developers, completing all tasks associated with trees and landscape, to include: tree survey; tree moving; tree protection; extensive Japanese Knotweed survey & control; concept design; detailed paving and planting proposals; show house designs; major cut and fill subsoil disposal exercises and acting as Quantity Surveyor for all aspects of landscape contract
administration.

Key elements included liaison with the design team and Local Authority from project inception to completion to provide detailed information on trees and landscape to guide the masterplan and establish the ‘best environmental fit’ for proposals. Through ELD’s attention to detail and strict site monitoring, we gained the confidence and approval of the Riegate and Banstead District Council, whilst completing the project within the £1 million budget.

Netherne’s Public Open Spaces

A number of pedestrian routes link private courtyards, such as Wallace Square, illustrated below with the open parkland setting located around the boundary of the site, forming small and large areas of public open space.

Netherne

Above: Photographs from the Italian Garden, public open space.


Wallace Square

Hard Landscape Design - The Crossing Point

The concept design for the crossing point was developed and constructed as shown, to create the pedestrian and cycle route paving detail that links the east and west sides of the residential development with Wallace Square, illustrated above.

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The Italian Garden Public Open Space

The Italian Garden was conceived as a romantic sunken garden, using stoneware from the former hospital buildings to create derelict grottos and stone lined pools and rills with fountains. Creative design gave way to function and budgets and the garden was streamlined to meet client requirements.

The masterplan above and photographs illustrate the formal parterre after planting. Italian Cypress trees are illuminated at night, surrounded by yew & box hedging, topiary box cones and bay trees combined, to provide formality to this courtyard with ground cover roses, herbaceous plants and large Alliums, sure to provide interest throughout the year. The garden is
surrounded by new housing forming part of the new, Netherne village development. These residents now care for this garden themsleves, holding an annual garden party within the space between their houses.

Below shows a view of the Italian Wellhead and Sandstone paving detail, located at the centre of the Italian Garden.

Italian Wellhead

 

Netherne Show Gardens

Netherne Show Garden s

The photgraphs below illustrate the 7 show gardens, 5 of which were designed as a single garden with subtle divisions to allow each
plot to be fenced off once houses had been sold, retaining the integrity of the remaining show gardens.

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Netherne Tree Moving

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40 mature pollarded lime trees, each 100 years old were prepared, lifted and relocated over a 36 month period, using a
specialist tree spade, ensuring the scheme retained scale, character and maturity from day 1 after plantnig. These trees were relocated at a cost of £300 per tree.

The photos above show the tree pit being excavted using the tree spade; the nursery where trees had been ‘stored’ and tendered during building development; followed by two street scenes showing ‘before’ and ‘after’, demonstrating the instant landscape effect.