Turner and Townsend help Bournville housing boom

Bournville Village Trust's multi million regeneration project will be project managed by Turner and Townsend and built by the contractor, Kier Partnership Homes.

A GBP25 million housing development at the heart of Birmingham's Cadbury community is to start on site on the 21st July.

Unprecedented demand for social housing in the Midlands has prompted Bournville Village Trust to seek funding from the Housing Corporation for the development of 167 new social renting and owner occupied homes on the Lower Shenley estate in South Birmingham.

All homes will be constructed to the newly introduced Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 environmental standard and recycled bricks will be crushed and used for hardcore.

Other innovative and sustainable techniques will include the pioneering 'Home Zone' street design where people and cars share the same carriageway and pavements.

Home Zone was first introduced to the Netherlands to champion safer communities by encouraging cars in residential areas to travel at less than 10mph; only a fraction faster than typical walking pace.

In order to persuade residents to spend more time at the front of their homes, the Home Zone scheme aims to introduce larger areas for children to play in as well as generously proportioned gardens and new locations for residents to meet; all with the intention of building safer communities.

Bournville Village Trust's multi million regeneration project will be project managed by Turner and Townsend and built by the contractor, Kier Partnership Homes.

Bigwood Chartered Surveyors will handle the sale of 34 private homes on Parklands, off Shenley Lane which will range from two-bedroom flats to five-bedroom family houses.

Roger Cadbury, Chairman of the Trust will be cutting the first sod to mark the commencement of the eighteen month contract with the first properties offered up for sale in January 2009.

Phase One of the major redevelopment is already complete and includes fifty six new bungalows, flats and homes as well as unprecedented levels of landscaping, some public artwork and unique security lighting.

Lorraine Boothroyd, Project Manager with Turner and Townsend says: "All aspects of community and shopping facilities at Lower Shenley have already been upgraded including the extension of the car park, paving and lighting renewal to enhance the Bournville community as not only an exemplar of sustainable living but also as a place where families enjoy spending their time".

"Certainly Turner and Townsend is proud to be involved in such an innovative scheme in the Midlands".

Hitesh Champaneri at Bournville Village Trust said: "The proposals are a comprehensive approach to redevelopment and include safety features and high quality design that relate well to its context.".

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