BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, LANCASHIRE
A pioneering concept on an unprecedented scale. Buckshaw Village is the largest regeneration project in the north of England, delivering homes for more than two thousand people and over half a million square metres of landscaped open spaces. The masterplan of this ambitious garden village centred around transforming a 400-acre brownfield site into a thriving, sustainable community. The site was once a Royal Ordnance factory for BAE and originally contained over a thousand bunkers and buildings. Through careful planning and our commitment to sustainable development, we were able to recycle over 60,000 tonnes of material on-site to form new buildings and landscaping. Community facilities were thoughtfully considered from the very beginning including a variety of housing, improved road and transport links, an industrial centre and an 80-acre major business park designed to create over 1,000 new jobs. And our focus on sustainability was at the heart of all this, with a number of features throughout the site designed specifically with this in mind.
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A SUDS sustainable drainage system was developed to ensure no run off or surface water can leave the site, so everything is absorbed and reused within the environment. To relieve congestion and reduce the number of vehicles on our crowded roads we built Buckshaw Parkway, a brand new railway station to provide residents with direct links to larger cities like Manchester. In addition, a host of facilities have been constructed in the village centre, which residents can easily walk to. There’s a Tesco supermarket, a pub, a state-of-theart media centre, shops, a primary school, allotments and plenty of green open space including two miles of cycle paths to explore. Since it was established, Buckshaw Village has won a number of major industry awards, including Best New Village and Best Infrastructure. This flourishing community has raised the bar for modern urban redevelopment, showing just what can be achieved for our residents, for the environment and the future.
THE LOWDOWN ACREAGE 415 acres NO. OF HOMES 2,500 new homes including Affordable Housing SUSTAINABILITY • Over 600,000 tonnes of material never left the construction site and was recycled into the buildings and landscaping • A network of sustainable water features, channels, swales and balancing ponds were developed providing links between green spaces and formal squares for pedestrians and cyclists • Cycleways created • Refurbishment of two Grade 2 listed buildings • Management company set up which has ensured a high standard of maintenance and community involvement OPEN SPACES 200 acres of open space and 7km of key footpaths (across the village as a whole) AMENITIES The s106 Agreement associated with the Redrow phase of development delivered the following: • Community centre • Doctors surgery • Football pitches including all weather pitches and changing rooms • 5 neighbourhood parks • 2 primary schools constructed Other facilities now in the village include 2 supermarkets, 3 pubs, children’s nursery with swimming pool, vets, chemist and a range of shops TRANSPORT LINKS • Bus subsidy • Provision of a new railway station on the village with a 200 space park and ride