Project: Pickersleigh Grove
Client: Platform Housing Group
Location: Malvern
Contract Value: £10 Million
Status: Completed June 2020
Working with both Platform Housing Group and Speller Metcalfe, Zebra were responsible for both a comprehensive planning application and working drawings production with site support for 92 affordable dwellings on the edge of Malvern town centre.
In 2013 the Registered Provider identified that the existing Cornish PRC flats on part of the site had become uneconomical for refurbishment. By incorporating an adjacent large expanse of open space for development this opened the opportunity for a larger scale development where existing residents would be able to be decanted to new homes whilst remaining a part of the local community.
Nestled at the foot of the Malvern Hills adjacent to an AONB, the initial design concentrated heavily on visual impact, integration with green networking links, retention of existing vegetation, protection of trees and listed structures on the site whilst being mindful at all times of the client’s brief to maximise coverage for the delivery of affordable housing.
Speller Metcalfe were appointed in Spring 2018 and with the assistance of Zebra Architects completed the site which was nominated for the 2021 Inside Housing: Best Shared Ownership Development (Urban) award.
