Fairoaks Garden Village

Project type:	New Settlement
Client:	Fairoaks Garden Village Ltd
Stage:	Outline Planning Application

Fairoaks Garden Village will be home to a sustainable community with a focus on healthy living in a rural setting.

Artist’s impression looking west towards the Village Green

The 150 ha site straddles the boroughs of Runnymede and Surrey Heath, and is located within the Surrey Green Belt. However, much of the site is previously developed land, currently used as a private airfield and industrial estate.

JTP prepared the masterplan and Design Code, and led the community engagement process on behalf of the client; Fairoaks Garden Villages Ltd.

The new village establishes a vibrant, mixed community. 50% of the 1,000 new homes will affordable or provide a route into home ownership, based on the incomes of local people, including plots for self-build and custom-build homes.

A hybrid planning application was submitted in July 2018.

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JTP and the Garden Village team have created a masterplan for a mixed, balanced and sustainable new community that will be seen as the benchmark for new settlements.

Ian Cox, Managing Director, Fairoaks Garden Village LTD

Project Delivery

1,000 new homes in a broad mix of typologies and tenures, arranged in four distinctive character areas, all designed to ensure no affordability gaps
Extensive community infrastructure inspired by a traditional Surrey village, including a vibrant high street, a primary school, a pub, allotments, and a village hall
Small workshops and offices will be integrated within the residential areas, replicating the mix of uses in older villages
A variety of types of employment space, including provision for existing businesses to expand and new businesses to relocate
60% of the site will be publicly accessible green space, including sports pitches, a village green, allotments, 12.5 ha of habitat creation and biodiversity enhancements, a SANG (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace) and over five miles of walking, cycling and horse-riding routes
Self-sufficiency in domestic energy production is targeted through use of renewable technologies
Integrated sustainable drainage will achieve 60% betterment of greenfield site performance for surface water run-off
A bespoke Community Trust funded in perpetuity to reinforce community cohesion and the long-term management of assets
A Design Code establishes quality standards for buildings and public realm and a palette of materials reflecting local vernacular