This high quality residential scheme for the Joseph Rowntree Trust provides a mix of affordable homes to rent and outright sale. Priority has been given to pedestrians with an informal, ‘meandering’ shared surface and well defined street frontages. Front garden areas and boundary treatments further reflect this with hedges utilised rather than hard lines of railings and walls. The dwellings are designed to comply with Lifetime Homes, Homes and Communities Design and Quality Standards and Secured by Design. Generous living spaces are provided with large windows maximising daylight and natural ventilation. The design concept relies on the traditional domestic styling of punched windows, pitched roofs and locally sourced materials. The selective introduction of feature cladding panels, together with the creative use of brick, render and Juliet balconies, giving a contemporary design aesthetic. Building orientation and roof design facilitate solar collection. All dwellings were built to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5 adopting a ‘three phase’ strategy of high performance building fabric, excellent levels of air tightness and micro renewables.