Arkwood has been appointed to deliver a green infrastructure strategy for Newham. The Strategy will be a multi-faceted assessment Newham’s green infrastructure assets and will include the development of new standards for greenspace provision that will inform the Local Plan review. The strategy will consider the significance of Newham’s green […]
Arkwood have been invited by heritage consultants Britton McGrath to develop a new spatial masterplan for Audley End. This iconic Grade I listed Jacobean building is set in a landscape designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown in the mid-18th century. Arkwood’s masterplanning work will form part of a larger study by […]
As a Towns Fund Project, Mansfield District Council has appointed Arkwood to deliver a masterplan and business plan for the revitalisation of Berry Hill Park in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Berry Hill Park has been and continues to be a place of celebration for the local coal mining history. Now home to […]
Arkwood has been appointed to deliver a project to upgrade Heybourne Park for the London Borough of Barnet. The scheme forms part of the Grahame Park regeneration being developed by the Council in partnership with Notting Hill Genesis. The practice provided the Council with initial design advice in 2017 and […]
On the 14th of October Arkwood Director, Jon Sheaff will be joining colleagues in a Financial Times/BNP Paribas webinar. The session will discuss climate change and natural capital and how these relate to Landscape Architecture and the challenges we face on the road to a net zero future.
Our shortlisted project is the ‘Cambridgeshire Open Space Mapping and Standards’, which forms part of the Future Parks Accelerator programme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the National Trust and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. As Cambridge’s population is predicted to grown significantly over the next decade, […]
As part of its £25 million Towns Fund project, East Suffolk Council has appointed JSA to deliver two contingent masterplans for Lowestoft. The project will focus on the town’s North and South Heritage Action Zones. The emerging masterplans will be based on a heritage-driven approach to regeneration that will enhance […]
Our Silkstream Park/Montrose playing Fields project has been nominated in ‘Excellence in Design’ category while our Healthy Croydon report is in line for an ‘Excellence in Public Health’ award. The awards will be announced on November 26. Principal Jon Sheaff commented: ‘We are very proud to have been nominated for […]
Silkstream Park and Montrose Playing Fields are contiguous public open spaces in the Colindale area of Barnet. As the most significant public open space in Colindale, the two parks had the potential to support a sustainable new community and provide a range of ecosystem services that will sustain this new […]
The study demonstrates the economic value of health benefits accruing from greenspace and provides a powerful argument for investment in green infrastructure focused on specific health issues and age cohorts. The report can be of far reaching benefit in reinforcing the crucial significance of publicly accessible urban green space to […]