St Cuthbert’s Garden Village – Design Code Pathfinder

Hyas were leading a multi-disciplinary team on behalf of Carlisle City Council, to prepare a Design Code for St. Cuthbert’s Garden Village, as part of the National Model Design Code Pathfinder Programme. The Code seeks to:

- explore key design and placemaking themes;
- develop the masterplanning work undertaken to date to ensure it’s ultimately deliverable;
- build on earlier engagement with communities and landowners;
- positively influence early delivery;
- inform the policies of the emerging local plan with greater clarity towards placemaking and design; and share experience across the country.

Hyas were supporting Carlisle City Council in preparing a new design code for St Cuthbert’s Garden Village, as part of the DLUHC Design Code Pathfinder programme. Hyas were leading a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Open and Civic Engineers, together with a number of consultancies already engaged on St Cuthbert’s, to produce a ground breaking Design Code, that looks to define and guide the quality of future sustainable development expected in St Cuthbert’s.

The Hyas team were leading on overall project management, engagement, design and delivery strategy and net zero aspects.

The code builds on the award winning Strategic Design Guide that Hyas have already prepared for the City Council and will explore how the design code content can be embedded in the emerging Local Plan.