Skip to content
Quattro Design Architects
Gloucester 01452  424234
London 020 4542 5678
Cardiff 029 2274 5925
Gloucester 01452  424234
London 020 4542 5678
Cardiff 029 2274 5925
  • Architectural Services
    • Architecture
      • Building Information Modelling (BIM)
      • Design Services
      • Feasibility Studies
      • Interior Design
      • Technical Design (RIBA Stages 4-6)
      • View Service
    • Sustainable Design
      • Low Carbon Design
      • Passivhaus Architecture
      • View Service
    • Collaboration
      • Community Consultation
      • Design & Build
      • Developer Led
      • View Service
    • Planning
      • Masterplanning
      • Planning Applications
      • Planning Consultancy
      • Premises Development Plans
      • View Service
    • Project Management
      • Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) 2022/23
      • Contract Management
      • Lead Consultant (Project Lead)
      • Principal Designer
      • View Service
    • Historic Buildings & Conservation
      • View Service
    • Landscape Architecture
      • View Service
    • Visualisation
      • View Service
  • Projects
    • Education
    • Healthcare
    • Housing
    • Later Living & Care
    • Leisure & Hospitality
    • Commercial & Mixed Use
    • Sustainability
  • Studio
    • Why Quattro
    • People
    • Careers
    • Accreditations, Affiliations and Frameworks
  • Insights
  • Contact
Home/Projects/Housing/Developer Led/Dinas Powys, Cardiff – Private Residential & Affordable Homes

Dinas Powys, Cardiff – Private Residential & Affordable Homes

Client
Kier Living
Location
Dinas Powys
Project Leaders
Richard Fellows Colm Coyle
Size
70 Units
Value
11.5M

Challenge

In 2017, Quattro was commissioned by Kier Living to produce a residential layout on a site at Carleon Road in Dinas Powys, located to the southwest of Cardiff.

The brief specified that the development should be appropriate for open market sale housing. The site is located at the north-eastern edge of Dinas Powys, adjacent to the railway line running into Cardiff from West Wales. It was classed as a green-field site.

In total, the site comprises 70 dwellings, ranging from one-bed two-person apartments to four-bed detached houses with integral garages. The design also required over 1200sqm of public open space and a LAP (Local Area for Play) at approx. 1100sqm.

An above ground storm water attenuation solution in the form of a seasonal basin/swale and a pumping station for the management of foul water from site into the main sewer system were also required.

Significant existing trees (with RPA’s) and vegetation on the site boundary, also needed to be retained as an ecology buffer between the site and the adjacent land.

In addition, Kier Living specified Quattro should develop the proposed dwellings in line with their existing portfolio, requiring a process of design adaptation to ensure their dwellings were optimised in this location.

In order to comply with local and national planning policy, a percentage of Affordable Housing provision was also required on site.

Sector
Housing
Developer Led
Services
Architecture (RIBA stages 0-6)

Gallery

Residential and housing architectural

Solution

Proposing a residential scheme on this site with the subsequent loss of existing green space, meant that a considered and sensitive design approach was required in order to gain the support of the Local Planning Authority.

Key elements such as surface water drainage, storm water attenuation, and a considered approach to hard and soft landscaping, meant that close liaison with other design consultants was essential in order to maximise the potential for the sale of the dwellings whilst also complying with both local and national planning policy.

The completed proposal successfully integrated the requisite housing mix with well defined streets and public spaces. The final design also expressed an understanding of how elements such as character, context, movement and landscaping can be incorporated to create a coherent and cohesive design strategy.

Through the proven delivery of professional approach, innovative design concepts, attention to detail and collaborative approach to the design and construction process, Quattro have become a designer of choice within Speller Metcalfe.

Andy Metcalfe, Joint Managing Director
Speller Metcalfe, Gloucester

I knew their reputation and skill set from my work with previous employers, to their credit these standards have been maintained. They deliver to program and have the flexibility to respond promptly through out the design and building process.

Danny O’Connor, Senior Construction Project Manager
Housing 21, Birmingham

We are pleased that we were able to improve upon the target construction period to deliver these much needed affordable homes sooner than anticipated. This project (Kelston Close) is an example of true collaborative working.

Phillip Barnes,Regional Manager
E G Carter & Co Ltd, Gloucester

As the largest housing association in Gloucestershire, financially strong organisations like Bromford have a central role to play in investing in new and existing homes and services...cont/

Hazel O’Halloran, Head of Locality
Bromford Housing Association, Wolverhampton

Related Projects

Cedar Apartments, Filton, Bristol – Serviced Accommodation

View Project about Dinas Powys, Cardiff – Private Residential & Affordable Homes

Cathedral House, Gloucester – Office to Residential Conversion

View Project about Dinas Powys, Cardiff – Private Residential & Affordable Homes

Clients and Partners

Accord Housing Association
Advance
Alliance Homes
Aqua Construction
Ark Housing Consultancy
Beard and Tandy Developments
Blackbox Planning
Bromford Group
Bristol Property Partnership
Central Housing Investment Consortium
Cheltenham Borough Homes
Churchill Retirement Living
Cirencester Housing
CJ Bayliss
Connexus Housing
E G Carter & Co Ltd
Elim
G P Thomas and Sons Ltd
Gloucester City Homes
Gloucestershire County Council
Greensquare Group
Homes in Sedgemoor
J Harper & Sons Ltd
Ken Biggs Contractors
Kier Living Ltd
Land Promotions Ltd
LHC
Live West Homes Ltd
M F Freeman
McIntosh DBR
Mcloughin Planning
Monmouthshire Housing Association
Markey Construction
Lovell Partnership Ltd
Platform Housing Ltd
Piper Homes
Redcliffe Homes
Redrow Homes
Rooftop Housing Group Ltd
Rydon Construction
SAHA Development Company
Sanctuary Group
Selwood Housing
Solon South West Housing Association
Sovereign
Speller Metcalfe Ltd
Stonewater Procurement
Stroud District Council
The Guinness Partnership
The Salvation Army
Two Rivers Housing
United living
Valleys to Coast Housing Ltd
West Mercia Housing Group
Willmott Dixon Construction
Yarlington Housing Group
Bristol City Council
SWPA framework
Wyedean Housing Association
S F Planning
Wiltshire Council
Lane Britton Jenkins
Melt Homes
J Harper & Sons
Eastington CLT
Boo Homes
Dowdeswell Estates
Swindon Borough Council

Select A Sector

  • Education
  • Healthcare
  • Housing
  • Later Living & Care
  • Leisure & Hospitality
  • Commercial & Mixed-Use

Have a project in mind?

Gloucester: 01452  424234

London: 020 4542 5678

Cardiff: 029 2274 5925

info@quattrodesign.co.uk

    Quattro Design Architects

    35+ years delivering Sustainable Architecture across the U.K. At Quattro, we design Architecture for the people who will benefit from the places and spaces we create. Our designs excite and inspire, regularly exceeding expectation. Sustainability, Collaboration and Social Value lie at the heart of our work.

    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • Linkedin
    • Architecture
    • Collaboration
    • Historic Buildings & Conservation
    • Landscape Architecture
    • Planning
    • Project Management
    • Sustainable Design
    • Visualisation
    • Education
    • Healthcare
    • Housing
    • Later Living & Care
    • Leisure & Hospitality
    • Commercial & Mixed-Use
    • Why Quattro
    • People
    • Careers

    Regional Offices

    info@quattrodesign.co.uk

    Gloucester (Head Office)

    01452  424234

    London

    020 4542 5678

    Cardiff

    029 2274 5925

    Contact Us
    RIBA Chartered Practice
    Constructionline
    CIOB
    AECB
    • Accreditations, Affiliations & Frameworks
    • ISO 45001
    • ISO 9001
    • ISO 14001
    • CRP
    • Certified Privacy and Cookies Policy
    • Accessibility Statement
    • Company Registration Number 4767576