Waverley New Community, Rotherham
∙Client: UK Coal
∙Service Provided: EIA
∙Summary: A 4,000-home new community on a former opencast site and coke works
∙Status: Outline permission was obtained in 2011 and the first phase is well advanced
Tornagrain New Community, Scottish Highlands
∙Client: Moray Estates
∙Service Provided: EIA
∙Summary: A 5,000-home new community on agricultural land near Inverness, intended to be an exemplar under the Sustainable Communities Initiative
∙Status: Planning permission in principle was obtained in 2012 and the first phase is proceeding
Hampden Fields, Aylesbury
∙Client: Local action group
∙Service Provided: LVIA/expert witness
∙Summary: A 3,000-home mixed-use community and associated Southern Relief Road, on farmland to the south-east of Aylesbury
∙Status: Appeal dismissed in 2015, but a subsequent application was approved in 2017
Chapelton and Grandhome, Aberdeen
∙Clients: Elsick Development Company and Grandhome Trust
∙Services Provided: EIA
∙Summary: Two major sustainable mixed-use communities, respectively providing 4,000 and 4,700 homes on 523 hectares and 320 hectares of greenfield land on the edge of Aberdeen
∙Status: Both have been granted planning permission in principle (Chapelton in 2013 and Grand home in 2015), and their initial phases are under construction