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Building with Nature
Client:
IM Proper琀椀es
Services Involved:
Landscape Architecture, Building with Nature Assessment and
Arboriculture
Descrip琀椀on:
The Building with Nature standards and their strong focus on green “The Building with Nature (BwN) Design Accredita琀椀on has been
infrastructure underpinned the plans for the development of a
awarded to Land at Thrapston to re昀氀ect the fact that the Project
new industrial park in Northamptonshire. The aim was to achieve
sets out a holis琀椀c approach to the design of green infrastructure.
Building with Nature design accredita琀椀on with the poten琀椀al for full
accredita琀椀on upon project comple琀椀on.
It is clear from a review of the submi琀琀ed materials that IM
Proper琀椀es are commi琀琀ed to the principles of high-quality
The tree-rich design was carefully curated to increase climate
green infrastructure which underpin the Building with Nature
resilience and maximise carbon sequestra琀椀on across the site whilst benchmark. It is also evident that the involvement of the BwN
providing improved access and crea琀椀on opportuni琀椀es for local
Assessor has helped to consolidate and enhance the proposals
residents.
for the site.”
Ecological features were speci昀椀ed including bat boxes and
- Assessor Feedback
roost units as well as a mosaic of na琀椀ve habitats to mimic the
surrounding landscape. This resulted in a signi昀椀cant upli昀琀 of
39.07% in area habitat units and 1043.67% in linear habitat units.
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