Hunts Grove is a new sustainable community nestled at the edge of the Cotswold escarpment which combines the convenience of proximity to historic Gloucester with easy access to the M5 and the rural Severn Vale.
Planning approval was granted on July 2008 for a development of 105 Ha of land for 1,750 dwellings. This includes a neighbourhood centre with business uses such as small supermarket, doctors’ surgery, shops, a church, pub and restaurants. Adjacent is the primary school with places for 420 children. To further enhance the environment there is planned recreational open space, sports pitches /play facilities, allotments and a community hall.
The design of the houses will suit all tastes with the scheme being designed around three styles. Rural Edge being the peripheral parts of the site, low rise predominately detached with architecture to reflect aspects of the surrounding villages. Moving towards the village centre the scheme is designed to be Transitional. Here the houses are more formal and urban in style but with mews style “back streets”. As we approach the local centre the style is Modern Contemporary. Designed to be sympathetic with the shops and business area of the scheme the elevations draw from modern materials and styles, density will be higher with a limited number of flats. The density of the development has been given great consideration to ensure it is a low as possible making sure as well that proper parking provision is included.
All homes will be within convenient walking distance of public transport with regular bus services connecting to Gloucester and Stroud. New businesses are being developed on Waterwells Business Park as part of the proposals. Waterwells is a key business location for Gloucestershire, comprising a wide range of offices and businesses which lie within easy walking and cycling distance immediately to the north. There is also easy access to extensive employment opportunities on the southern approach to Gloucester City centre and at the Gloucester Business Park.
Hunts Grove is conveniently located for the recently improved junction of the M5, providing easy commuter access to Bristol in the south and Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Birmingham to the north.
The first phase of this new community will deliver a wide variety of homes ranging from one and two bedroom properties to detached four and five bedroom houses with garages and dedicated parking. Homes at Whitstone Hundred, the first phase of Hunts Grove developed by Crest Nicholson, will be both affordable and designed to the high standards the Company is known for.
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All homes will be built to the latest energy efficient standards. The scheme is designed to reduce the carbon footprint of the site; this will be achieved through Code for Sustainable Homes level 3, a Government requirement. Many of the environmental benefits have been discreetly integrated into the plots such as:
- Either a dedicated bike shed or enlarged garage to store bicycles
- A water butt*
- Compost bin*
- A rotary clothes drier*
- Kitchen bins designed to segregate waste
- Access to allotments to grow your own food
- Access to a regular bus service
- Water run off from drive ways are designed to percolate through stone beds and planted attenuation basins to improve the water quality.*
*Applies to houses only.