60 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FB
Tel: 0116 253 6161
Fax: 0116 251 4568
E-mail: info@paving.org.uk www.paving.org.uk
PRESS INFORMATION
Ref: 572/1111
Issue date: 15 October 2011
PLANNING WITH PAVING
The trade association Interpave has just published two new case studies
demonstrating the latest thinking on urban design, hard landscape and
sustainable drainage. The first explores the external spaces at the Stirling
Prize winning Accordia housing in Cambridge while the second discusses how
permeable paving enables water to be used as a landscape and biodiversity
asset.
Interpave’s Accordia case study reviews current progress on this important, partcompleted project and the success of earlier phases in use. In particular, it considers
the way in which masterplanning, applied through the planning system, ensures
ongoing and consistent application of good design, detailing and implementation of
hard surfaces. One particularly impressive aspect of Accordia is the attention to
detail taken with paving. This mirrors the care taken by the designers in detailing the
buildings themselves – often forgotten on other schemes.
In another new case study, Interpave looks at the work of Sustainable Drainage
Consultants and Landscape Architects Robert Bray Associates, which goes beyond
just compliance with planning requirements and legislation for SUDS. With a diverse
selection of project examples, permeable paving is used in fresh, inventive ways in
tune with the natural site characteristics to enrich the environment, improve
biodiversity and sustainability – and to add some fun to the local environment. Key to
this approach is the use of concrete block permeable paving to store and treat
rainwater runoff, providing a gradual source of clean water which is then handled as
an asset for a wide range of uses on site.
Both case studies can be downloaded via the Interpave information resource at:
www.paving.org.uk.
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NOTES FOR EDITORS
Interpave is the Precast Concrete Paving and Kerb Association and a product
association of the British Precast Concrete Federation Ltd.
Interpave would be pleased to submit longer articles and provide information
for journalists on all aspects of the paved environment: please contact Chris
Hodson (as below).
Press releases on other, related topics are available at:
http://www.paving.org.uk/commercial/press.php
Contact Details for Publication (if needed):
Interpave, 60 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FB
Tel: 0116 253 6161 Fax: 0116 251 4568 E-mail: info@paving.org.uk
Website: www.paving.org.uk
Reader Enquiries to:
Interpave, 60 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FB
info@paving.org.uk
Further information for editors, contact (not for publication): Chris Hodson,
Tel: 01242 702 741 Fax: 01242 702 754 E-mail: chris@hodsons.com
Address: Hodsons Ltd., 27 Andover Road, Cheltenham Spa, GL50 2TB
ALL MEDIA/COLOUR SEPS ENQUIRIES VIA EMAIL TO: thomas@hodsons.com