Uplands Nailsea

Landscape-led housing for North Somerset.

Achieving a biodiversity net gain can be challenging on greenfield sites such as The Uplands in Nailsea where we are delivering 54 new mixed-tenure Passivhaus homes on a former playing field as an extension to a suburban neighbourhood for North Somerset Council. A greater challenge was a bat corridor following an ancient Holloway to the south, requiring care to avoid light spill. A swathe of inaccessible land along the Holloway creates a re-wilding strip. This landscape-led approach permeates the site with a network of habitats linking the surrounding woodland and hedgerows. Native hedgerows take the place of garden fences. 56% of the site is earmarked for landscape and biodiversity, delivering a biodiversity net gain and habitat improvement for target species.

“North Somerset Council are extremely pleased with the working relationship we had with Mikhail Riches in fulfilling the development brief of bringing together a sustainable development within a landscape led design. We have every confidence that Mikhail Riches will work closely with our development partner to achieve an exemplar housing estate.”

Geoff Brakspear

Development Project Manager at North Somerset Council

“North Somerset Council are extremely pleased with the working relationship we had with Mikhail Riches in fulfilling the development brief of bringing together a sustainable development within a landscape led design. We have every confidence that Mikhail Riches will work closely with our development partner to achieve an exemplar housing estate.”

Geoff Brakspear

Development Project Manager at North Somerset Council

Project:

Uplands Nailsea

Client:

North Somerset Council & Stonewood

Tenure:

54 homes for shared ownership/social rent & private sale

Density:

25 dwellings/ha

Images:

Darc Studio

Awards:

Team:

Greengauge Building Energy Consultants, Johns Associates, SEED Landscape Design

Project:

Uplands Nailsea

Client:

North Somerset Council & Stonewood

Tenure:

54 homes for shared ownership/social rent & private sale

Density:

25 dwellings/ha

Images:

Darc Studio

Awards:

Team:

Greengauge Building Energy Consultants, Johns Associates, SEED Landscape Design