The Wheelwrights, Goff’s Oak A Project By: iB Architects Location:  Hertfordshire  |  Client:  Landchain Ltd  |  Status:  Planning Following the successful outline consent for the adjacent Tina Nursery site in Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire, iB Architects again collaborated with Landchain to design ten contemporary family homes on the site of the former Wheelwrights public house.  With this smaller development we took the opportunity to explore a bespoke and more unique offer of speculative house design – compared to the significant expansion of national housebuilder developments provided elsewhere in the area. The project brief included challenges that related to protected trees, as well as the relationship to other adjacent or nearby outline planning consents – for much larger residential developments. Root protection zones for retained trees sterilised the development potential of the entire plot, however by retaining and incorporating these into the layout they helped ensure that the tree-lined character of Goffs Lane was preserved for future generations and the landscape surrounding the new homes would feel mature and established from the beginning. A good relationship had developed between the client, consultant team and Broxbourne District Council during the promotion and subsequent outline consent for the adjacent, much larger site. This provided … Continue reading New Build Homes in Goff’s Oak, Hertfordshire