Sibson takes centre stage

Sibson Garden Community takes centre stage at Building New Communities Conference

We brought our proposal for Sibson Garden Community to the leading UK conference on new towns, urban extensions and communities – hosting an insightful workshop and panel discussions.

Hosted at the headquarters of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London, the 5th annual Building New Communities Conference brought together more than 250 experts to discuss the best means of advancing the next era of house building as the government seeks to build 1.5 million homes this parliament.

We hosted a workshop at the event to gather insights from attendees on our proposal for Sibson Garden Community.

Sibson Garden Community involves the creation of an innovation hub at the former airfield at Sibson, anchoring the development of a new, modern market town in north Huntingdonshire.

Built on garden village principles and structured around the ideas of integrated communities; to support walking, wheeling and cycling, Sibson will bring jobs, homes, shops, schools and healthcare to the doorstep of its residents.

And with approximately 35% of land given to green open spaces – from woodlands and hedgerows to common spaces, parks and allotments – Sibson will be naturally healthy – connecting its neighbourhoods to a thriving natural world.

The workshop centred around the five themes of Huntingdonshire District Council’s 2050 Place Strategy: Pride in Place, Environmental Innovation, Inclusive Economy, Health Embedded and Travel Transformed.

Attendees – from architects to planners, local government leaders to biodiversity and nature specialists – engaged in a fruitful session that provided great insights, learnings and opportunities.

In addition, members of the project team participated in a panel discussion - In the context of climate change – exploring how we can create new communities sustainably.

Find out more about Sibson on the Sibson Garden Community website.