Broadnook Garden Suburb

Broadnook Garden Suburb Project Images
Broadnook Garden Suburb Project Images

Define have acted as masterplanning, urban design and landscape architectural consultants for the planning and design of a new Garden Suburb north of Leicester in Charnwood District. The location has a rich history of garden suburbs, with the alignment of the Great Central Railway (GCR) line, which ran from Nottingham to London Marylebone, being the source for Garden Suburbs being established in the early 1900’s in Quorn, Rothley and Birstall. Broadnook completes this pattern by establishing a new Garden Suburb, alongside a new railway halt for the GCR, north of Leicester. Define have shaped and guided the vision through a detailed appraisal of national Garden Suburb precedents, with key design principles being established. These principles originate from a response to the distinct changes of landscape elements within the site, from the exposed and geometrical, to the rolling and intimate, and therefore are of ‘Broadnook (the name Broadnook derives from a local spinney which is the dividing line between these landscape elements). These principles have been evolved through close dialogue with the County and District Councils and ATLAS and have been applied to detailed areas within the Garden Suburb, working closely with separate developers and architectural teams to realise the vision.