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Icon - Lime Tree Square
Environment and community
Icon - Lime Tree Square is in the suburban area of Street, 100m from the High Street and Clarks Village, a large purpose-built outlet centre. Other facilities within walking distance include a theatre, schools, a swimming pool, a park and a supermarket. A bus stop is on the main road next to the scheme and Castle Cary mainline railway station is 15 miles away.
Icon - Lime Tree Square comprises one and two bed apartments within three, four and five storey buildings. These are mixed with two, three, and four bedroom ‘deck houses’ which have high external terraces.
There are 30 affordable homes throughout the scheme: a mixture of one and two bed apartments and family homes.
The scheme is built to meet the EcoHomes Excellent standard. All storm water is collected into a system of ditches, swales, and urban drainage channels, creating a sustainable urban drainage system. A wetland area reduces the risks of flooding by absorbing surface water and this is planted with tall trees and wildflowers to form a meadow habitat and wetland corridor.
Water consumption and waste is minimised through dual flush cisterns and maximum flow rates on showers.
The roofs, walls, windows and boundary protection of the homes get an A rating from the Green Guide for Housing. All homes have at least 75 per cent energy efficient lighting systems and a mechanical ventilation heat recovery system which cools the homes in summer and recovers heat in winter.
All homes have spaces to store bicycles, encouraging sustainable travel.
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