At the 2012 Procon Awards the Loughborough Eastern Gateway, masterplanned and by Franklin Ellis Architects, was named Regeneration Scheme of the Year. The £20m project included a new link road from Nottingham Road to Meadow Lane facilitating a new station forecourt and transport interchange, together with an affordable housing scheme of 91 units designed by FEA [...]
Canalside homes submitted for planning consent
The Sowden Group commissioned Franklin Ellis to design a site for 100 new homes in at Windmill Road, Loughborough. Bordering the Grand Union canal, the brown-field site offers great waterside views and incorporates areas of existing planting and areas of trees. The local community will benefit from a land parcel which will be offered for [...]
Franklin Ellis’ Gateway Housing Scheme Features in Homes and Communities Agency Article
The newly competed Thomas Cook Place housing, designed by FEA and built by William Davis as part of the wider Loughborough Eastern Gateway development, has been praised in a recent HCA article. The 59 houses and 32 apartments have been designed around Leicestershire’s largest ‘Home Zone’, offering pedestrian and vehicles equal priority on a shared [...]
Loughborough Eastern Gateway Shortlisted for Award
Franklin Ellis’ recently completed Loughborough Eastern Gateway social housing scheme has been shortlisted for the 2012 LABC East Midlands Building Excellence Awards. The scheme is designed by Franklin Ellis and built by William Davis Ltd supplying 59 houses and 32 apartments for Nottingham Community Housing Association on the former railway sidings at Loughborough. Our involvement extended to the design of a [...]
Regeneration in Bristol
Franklin Ellis have submitted an application for the regeneration of a 0.4ha site in the Old Market area of Bristol. The proposal for Sowden Group includes 4 new shopfront units, with 42 apartments and 6 townhouses. The run down site has been disused for many years and the proposals have been backed by the local [...]
Franklin Ellis Complete their Second Code 5 Housing Scheme in 3 Months
Vicarage Road is a Code Level 5 Housing Development in Mickleover, Derby, and it’s the most environmentally friendly development Derwent Living has built to date. It consists of one three-bedroom house, two two-bedroom houses and four two-bedroom apartments. The properties are equipped with a number of eco-technologies such as photovoltaic panels, solar hot water panels, [...]
National Green Apple Environment Award
Code Level 5 Whiteford Drive Wins National Green Apple Environment Award. The Green Apple Environment Awards, run by The Green Organisation, recognise eco-friendly initiatives and efforts in sustainability. The £2.2m affordable housing development in Kettering, designed by Franklin Ellis Architects for LHA-ASRA, comprises of 18 highly sustainable family homes across three sites. The new properties [...]
Zero Carbon Homes
The planning application pack for 2no. detached 5 bedroom zero carbon homes in West Bridgford is now complete. We hope to submit the drawings to Rushcliffe Borough Council very soon. The designs have been developed in conjunction with CARBON LEGACY and boast full suite of sustainable credentials including south facing photovoltaic panels, ground source heat [...]
Home Zone First for Leicestershire
The first large scale Home Zone in Leicestershire is approaching completion thanks to a partnership between William Davis Ltd and Franklin Ellis. The development for Nottingham Community Housing Association is under construction on the former railway sidings at Loughborough. The mixed tenure scheme includes 59 houses and 32 apartments, plus a new boulevard style road [...]
Code 5 Housing
Franklin Ellis Architects’ first Code 5 sustainable housing development was opened recently at Whiteford Drive in Kettering. The scheme consists of sixteen houses and two bungalows for affordable rent and was constructed over three sites on land used previously as garages and redundant allotments. The new homes benefit from photovoltaic solar panels, mechanical heat recovery systems, rainwater [...]