Great Notley Garden Village
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| Great Notley Garden Village | |
  Great Notley Garden Village shown within Essex |
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| Population | 5,500 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Great Notley |
| District | Braintree |
| Shire county | Essex |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRAINTREE |
| Postcode district | CM7, CM77 |
| Dialling code | 01376 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Braintree |
| List of places: UK • England • Essex | |
Great Notley Garden Village, or simply Great Notley is a suburban development, mostly by Countryside Properties on the fringe of Braintree, Essex in England with an approximate population of 5,500. It legally became an independent parish on 1 April 2000 as a result of The Great Notley Parish Council Order 2000.
[edit] Design concept
Great Notley was designed a self-sustainable garden village comprised of three distinct hamlets linked via a spine road[1]:
- Notley Green hamlet, to the South
- Oaklands Manor hamlet, centred around a new manor house
- Panners Farm hamlet, to the North
Also within the overall 188ha (465acre) site is a business park, Skyline120, and a 40ha (100 acre) country park.
[edit] Awards
As a development it has won numerous awards for the sensitivity of the architecture, including the Braintree Environmental Heritage Award [2], Environmental Initiative Award for 'The Discovery Centre' [2], Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Award [2], Best Kept Village in Essex as part of the 1998 National Village of the Year awards [2], and two gold What House? awards. [2]. It is now listed as a 'Best Practice' example by SEEDA for incorporating natural habitats in modern housing development. [3]
Despite such accolades, it has had its detractors, most notably Alain de Botton who found the replication of 17th, 18th and 19th century styles of housing to be unadventurous, featuring the village extensively in the series, The Perfect Home.[4]. de Botton's criticism of the mock historical styles was not accepted by Countryside Properties' Chris Cook which deadened De Botton's 'abstruse aesthetic objections'.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Countryside Properties (2007-02-09). Case Study - Great Notley Garden Village, Braintree. Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
- ^ a b c d e Countryside Properties - Awards. Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
- ^ Building for Nature (Winter 2002). Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
- ^ We Need More Adventurous Architecture. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
- ^ Peter Conchie. "Reviews: Semi-detached from ordinary people", The Independent, May 2, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
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