East Cambridgeshire housing
Development of an agricultural site to provide eight new homes in East Anglia
Placing nine new dwellings on the site represents the creation of a small new community. The layout seeks to provide a development of distinctive character which acknowledges its agricultural past and has a density akin to a rural settlement rather than a suburban sprawl.
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![Site layout plan with house 1 to the right, cottages arranged around the lime tree and new housing defining the yard beyond](https://www.smithandtaylorllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/03-Site-layout-plan-with-house-1-to-the-right-cottages-arranged-around-the-lime-tree-and-new-housing-defining-the-yard-beyond.webp)
Site layout plan with house 1 to the right, cottages arranged around the lime tree and new housing defining the yard beyond
![House 1 ground floor plan](https://www.smithandtaylorllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/01-House-1-ground-floor-plan.webp)
House 1 ground floor plan
![House 1 first floor plan](https://www.smithandtaylorllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/02-House-1-first-floor-plan.webp)
House 1 first floor plan
![House 1 cross section through entrance hall](https://www.smithandtaylorllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/03-House-1-cross-section-through-entrance-hall.webp)
House 1 cross section through entrance hall
![House 1 cross section through kitchen](https://www.smithandtaylorllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/04-House-1-cross-section-through-kitchen.webp)
House 1 cross section through kitchen
![House 1 long section](https://www.smithandtaylorllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/05-House-1-long-section.webp)
House 1 long section
![Cottage ground floor plan](https://www.smithandtaylorllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/06-Cottage-ground-floor-plan.webp)
Cottage ground floor plan
![Cottage first floor plan](https://www.smithandtaylorllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/07-Cottage-first-floor-plan.webp)
Cottage first floor plan
Plots 6-9 broadly follow the location and massing of the existing farm buildings, and define a shared ‘yard’. These have a minimum number of windows facing the yard, to give them a barn-like presence. Their massing approximates that of the existing farm buildings and the doorcases relate in scale to the house they serve. The entrance to the yard is defined by a cart lodge and communal bin store.
The project won planning approval in 2018 and was built out to a revised design from 2020-21.