Sustainability at design review

CABE design reviews show how design teams across England are addressing sustainability with varying degrees of success.

Teesside Power Station, Stockton-on-Tees

Design review provides free expert advice on the design quality of new developments in England. Our design reviews are published when the proposal has been submitted as a planning application and is in the public domain.

Sustainability is an issue for schemes across all types and scales of development. We might comment on environmental strategies, the use of materials or the energy efficiency of buildings, or make recommendations to improve the experience of pedestrians and cyclists.

CABE also runs an eco-towns panel to provide expert advice on the design quality of the four proposed eco-towns.

Sustainable development

Schemes that aimed to be exemplar projects for sustainable development include:

• Long Sutton Sustainable Extension, South Holland
  Residential development comprising 49 dwellings. Designed by SEARCH Architects.
• The Heart of East Greenwich, London
  Zero carbon district centre for East Greenwich, including council offices, leisure centre and housing. Designed by Make Architects.
• Bognor Regis Eco Quarter, Arun
  Outline application for a mixed-use development including 2,500 new homes, business, education, retail, leisure and recreation uses, health and community uses, and open space. Designed by Atkins.

See all design reviews tagged with sustainable development.

Transport, infrastructure and public space

We also review proposals for major new transport, infrastructure and public space projects:

• Teesside biomass-fuelled power station, Stockton-on-Tees
  A 49 MW biomass-fuelled power station. Designed by Heatherwick Studio.
• Sutton Courtenay Resource Park, Oxfordshire
  Energy from waste incinerator with processing plant, visitor centre and offices. Designed by RPS Group.
• Newhurst Quarry, Leicestershire
  Energy recovery facility. Designed by SLR Consulting.
• Eastside City Park, Birmingham
  Proposal for a 3.2 hectare park within the Eastside regeneration area. Designed by Patel Taylor and Gillespies.

See all design reviews tagged with transport and infrastructure or public space.