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Show Fullscreen The scheme has been designed with small windows to reduce overheating in summer Levitt Bernstein has been given planning permission for a £22m affordable housing development in Newham designed to Passivhaus standards. Gary Tidmarsh, chair of the practice, said that the 65-home scheme had been designed to maximise natural heat and light to reduce energy consumption, with most balconies, living rooms and bedroom orientated towards the south and west to optimise sunlight. All the flats will also be dual aspect, allowing air to flow through the flat to manage summer temperatures,...

Sarah Townsend A public square, river walk along the Croal and shared gardens and roof terraces for residents feature in the landscaping of the £25m build-to-rent development due to start on site this autumn. Manchester-based CW Studio has designed the public realm for the 2.7-acre residential development in Bolton town centre, working with the scheme’s master architect, Levitt Bernstein Architects. Among CW’s designs, pictures of which were released this week, are improvements to the River Croal embankment to connect the development with the rest of the town. Developer Placefirst secur...

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Show Fullscreen The council has approved plans for a 781-home regeneration project in Pimlico Westminster council has approved plans for a controversial £350m development after using permitted development rights to approve the demolition of a 1930s estate in Pimlico. The authority said the 781-home Ebury Bridge scheme, designed by Astudio Architects, will be the borough’s “largest and most significant redevelopment project in a generation”. The green light comes after the council was accused of “underhand and unscrupulous” behaviour by the Labour party after it used permitted devel...

Melfield Gardens A scheme that rewards students with lower rent for being “good neighbours” to older people has been approved in Lewisham.   The development, to be owned and run by Phoenix Community Housing, will involve the demolition of 16 vacant bedsits in Melfield Gardens, near Beckenham Hill station, to be replaced with 32 flats in two blocks between three and six storeys.   Residents aged 55 and above are set to live in 30 of the homes, with two, four-bed flats set aside for postgraduate students.   The older residents will pay London Affordable Rent, while the ...