Rackheath Eco-Community

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Homes & Buildings

Community Structure

To help Rackheath function as a sustainable community, residents will be expected to actively embrace the principles of a low carbon lifestyle and be aware of their personal carbon footprint.

Eco-friendly living will be achieved by offering easily accessible, user-friendly alternatives to traditional non-sustaining means of key elements, such as energy, travel and food. SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS WILL BECOME THE NATURAL CHOICE.

New and existing residents will be fully involved in the decision making, operation and governance of the settlement. Initiatives which improve the carbon footprint of the existing homes and employment areas will be implemented by the community management company.

The company will champion low carbon living. It will be locally-run and responsible for overseeing the development and management of the community assets, such as parks, recreation areas and on-site energy production.

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Types of Buildings

Rackheath Eco-Community will include a mix of infrastructure uses. Homes will naturally form the majority of the built environment, but there will also be office, school and retail buildings.

The new development will be broken up into legible residential areas, each with its own distinct character and sense of place and influenced by the Norfolk vernacular. The Masterplan layout will make a virtue of the existing landscape features and incorporate key relevant and historic elements, such as memories of the airfield.

There will be a mix of home types, ranging from flats to large family homes. Houses and flats will be found in larger numbers (higher density) around the new train stops and main streets which will accommodate the majority of shops and services.

Our aspiration is for 40 per cent of the homes to be affordable and managed by local housing associations; these will offer both shared ownership and rental tenure options. All the new homes will be constructed to the highest environmental standards, which will mean incorporating rainwater re-cycling, low flush WC’s, high insulation levels and green roofs. They will also be for all ages and offer flexible designs that can adapt to the varying demands of modern day living.