The proposed plans for Arden Cross feature a series of new urban quarters, each with its own unique character and sense of place.
Arden Cross will be the best connected destination in the UK and at the very heart of the HS2 network.
With instant access from the national motorway and trunk road network, mainline rail links, metro and HS2, it boasts direct connections to most of the UK population centres as well as fast links to Birmingham city centre, Solihull and Coventry.
With local, regional, national and international connectivity built in, Arden Cross offers peerless access to people and markets across the UK and the world.
Moving around Arden Cross will be easy with wide, well designed streets and footpaths, an advanced Automatic People Mover, car-free gateways and ample access to bus, Metro and Sprint services.
It will also be built to support sustainable travel across the site and beyond – utilising a new network of multi-modal public transport corridors and permeable, safeguarded routes.
Fast and convenient access to and from Interchange station to the NEC, Airport and Birmingham International station will keep people on the move throughout and beyond the development.
Sustainability is a key principle for Arden Cross and the development will provide an exceptional network of interlinked landscapes.
The green heart of the site, the Holywell Brook, runs through the development, ensuring new homes look out onto a tranquil oasis that capitalises and enhances the existing landscape features and commercial sites also link into quiet, green areas where people can sit and relax.
A landscape and ecology strategy extends throughout Arden Cross, with the retention of high quality ecology areas and a focus on achieving a net gain of biodiversity.
High quality public realm will ensure Arden Cross is a pleasure to experience whether on foot or bike, whatever the time of year, for visitors, residents, workers and commuters.
This will not only help establish the unique nature of Arden Cross, but lay the foundations for a sustainable future based upon being forward thinking and inclusively planned.
The tactile nature of the landscaping itself will bring genuine interaction with both the ‘green’ and ‘blue’ natural infrastructure, creating a network of spaces that help address climate change, delivers beautiful public spaces, allows nature to flourish and adds to the universal wellbeing agenda.
Existing hedgerows will be supplemented by new native planting, reflecting the regional landscape character and providing seamless wildlife corridors and attractive walking routes.
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