Addison

We were engaged by McConnell Property to assist with a review of the first stage of the development in 2005 and became part of the design and assessment team for all subsequent stages of this large master-planned residential area. The masterplan includes approximately 1,500 homes, a large retirement village, and a neighbourhood retail and community centre.

The Ministry for the Environment has included Addison as a case study for the Urban Design Protocol and is often heralded as an example of best-practice urban design. Our work included street design with particular attention to street widths, connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists, rear-lanes, and interfaces to the arterial roading network. We also assessed traffic impacts and prepared reports and evidence for each subdivision stage. We were also involved in a number of related plan changes which involved undertaking structure planning for the area and giving evidence to plan change hearings.