Dickens Heath Village Centre

Format
Project Profile

City
Dickens Hath

Country
UK

Metro Area
Birmingham

Project Type
Planned Community or Resort

Location Type
Small Town/Rural

Land Uses
Education
Library
Medical
Mixed Residential
Office
Open space
Restaurant
Retail

Keywords
Luxury housing
Medical center
Nature reserve
Sustainable development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2009 Finalist
Village green

Site Size
11.1 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2003

Dickens Heath Village Centre is a purpose-built mixed-use village in the heart of the Solihull countryside that, at completion, will comprise approximately 500 luxury apartments and townhouses, 15,000 square meters (161,459 sq. ft.) of commercial space, a library, a medical center, and a nature reserve. Parkridge Holdings is developing the planned community on greenbelt land previously owned by the local authority. Although a relatively small development, the project provides the missing piece in the jigsaw of an urban extension—it introduces an economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable heart to a new community that is urban rather than suburban but still sensitive to its rural setting.

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Developer
Parkridge Holdings
Solihull, UK

Architects
Stephen George & Partners
Leicester, UK

John Simpson & Partners
London, UK

Liam O’Connor Architects and Planning Consultants
London, UK

Glenn Howells Architects
Birmingham, UK

Master Planner
Holmes Antill
Leicester, UK

Stephen George & Partners
Leicester, UK

Website
www.dickensheathvillage.com

Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig, Alexandra Notay, David Leipziger

ULI Awards for Excellence 2009 Finalist