Silver Street

Devon

Customer:

LiveWest

Contract:

JCT Design and Build

Duration:

78 Weeks

Value:

£4.3m

Project Overview

Our team constructed a mixture of 28, two and three bed timber frame houses for social rent in a rural location for Livewest. Each unit had brick paved drives or allocated parking areas. Each unit also had a landscaped rear garden and the development boasted a landscaped public open space with stunning views across the rolling Devon countryside.

Detailed ecology measures were put into place to protect existing trees, shrubs and wildlife features.

We enjoyed working again with our longstanding customer, LiveWest and look forward to continuing our successful relationship.

Added Value

Halsall constructed a new access road leading into the site which avoided using the original access road.

By doing this we achieved excellent local relations and caused little to no inconvenience to the local residents.

We were able to negotiate permission with a local farmer to use their land for our storage containers.

This meant our storage was not an eye sore for the residents and also with our storage containers out of sight, prevented any unauthorised entry activity.

Added Value

Halsall constructed a new access road leading into the site which avoided using the original access road.

By doing this we achieved excellent local relations and caused little to no inconvenience to the local residents.

We were able to negotiate permission with a local farmer to use their land for our storage containers.

This meant our storage was not an eye sore for the residents and also with our storage containers out of sight, prevented any unauthorised entry activity.

Challenges and Solutions

Due to the site and planning restrictions on site and the local area, there was very limited parking.

Halsall approached the local football club and it was agreed that we could use their car park. To show our gratitude, we sponsored the football club for one season and even held a charity football match – Halsall Vs LiveWest.

Late changes and delays with planning permission could have potentially delayed the agreed completion dates.

With continuous communication and clear and precise planning, this was overcome and the project was handed over successfully and on the agreed date.

The existing contours and gradients on site raised issues with the supporting of the rear gardens.

To overcome this, we introduced gardens with step features for safe access.