The team behind the redevelopment of Waterbeach Barracks and Airfield is celebrating after being awarded the Landscape Institute Award for Excellence in Masterplanning and Urban Design. The annual award ceremony, which was held online on 26 November this year, celebrates the value of landscape in connecting people, place and nature. The accolade rewards landscape professionals who are taking innovative and …
Work is progressing well on the new access into the Waterbeach Barracks site from the A10, which will form the main construction access and, in time, become a key gateway entrance for new residents. As part of the works being taken forward by contractors J Breheny, and to support the new turning off the Cambridge Research Park roundabout, restrictions are …
Work to transform Waterbeach Barracks and Airfield into a 6,500-home community has started. After the completion of archaeological digs and remediation work for the first phase of the development, 30 heavy earth-moving machines – including diggers, bulldozers and dump trucks – have moved on to the site. With construction access installed, earthworks to create the future landscape has begun, which …
Work is underway to put in place the new access from the A10, which will act as both the main construction access, and in time a key gateway entrance for first residents. As part of the works being taken forward by contractors J Breheny, and to support the new turning off the Cambridge Research Park roundabout, there are restrictions in …
Urban&Civic have published the latest newsletter about the development of the former airfield and barracks at Waterbeach. It has been a busy few months since the Design Code was agreed to set the quality standard for the first phase of development and the announcement of £61million infrastructure funding to bring forward delivery of early infrastructure, landscape and community facilities. And …
Before work starts on the first phase of development at Waterbeach Barracks, extensive archaeological investigations have been carried out to capture the history of previous residents and allow their story to inform the future designs and features of the new development. This includes three areas of Roman settlement, two areas of Roman industry and numerous areas of medieval field system …
Urban&Civic will be carrying out essential safety works next week (15-20 June) to a number of the Cherry trees in the avenue that runs from Denny End Road into the main entrance of the former Barracks. The cherry trees range in ages from 50-65 years old and following full safety checks by an arboriculturalist and damage to the boughs in …
Urban&Civic have completed works on the initial construction access which will enable work to start on the former Barracks site. The Access, which is directly by the A10 junction off Denny End Road and next to the Cadets building, will enable the setup of the internal haul routes and the establishment of the main construction access directly from the A10 …
The redevelopment of Waterbeach Barracks and Airfield reached another milestone today (10 June) with the approval for the Design Code which ensures the quality of the vision will be delivered throughout the first phase of development, and provides the template for review and update across later phases of development. The Code covers the first 1600 homes and the first primary …
Government housing agency Homes England has agreed a £61 million investment with developer Urban&Civic plc which will begin the delivery of a 6,500 home community at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire. ● Loan will deliver key infrastructure to enable thousands of new homes ● First £15 million of contracts underway with local contractors The infrastructure loan from the agency’s Home Building Fund …