Image above: The recently
turfed entrance, prepared
in advance of planting for
the grand opening of the
building.
Image right: An extract
from the detailed planting
design, coloured to produce
a
presentation plan.
Images below:
Photographs of the
completed building,
soft and hard landscape
areas to include tactile
paving around the steps.
Commercial Design
Public Service Village, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
ELD was commissioned by Suffolk County Council and St Edmundsbury Borough Council to produce the detailed hard and soft landscape design for the new joint, public service village (PSV) in Bury St Edmunds.
Working with the Council and project ecologist, the PSV design was subjected to strict BREEAM ratings to obtain planning approval and satisfy planning policy relating to best practice in environmental design, such that the scheme includes everything ‘green’ from: bat boxes; different types of bird boxes; a bird bath; hedgehog domes; reptile basking blocks; insect wood piles and mollusc shelters to bumble bee boxes.
In addition, ELD undertook the survey of existing trees, while landscape proposals include a
sympathetic ornamental and native planting mix. Large-scale, locally predominant infrastructure trees, such as the London Plane, are to be introduced for skyline impact and longevity.
With planning permission now granted and construction well under way, ELD has recently issued the tender documents and advised the appointment of the preferred contractor to undertake the soft landscape elements, with a view to undertaking planting over the next twelve months, in late 2009.
