The development provides sustainable homes to Code Level 4, giving tenants modern houses with low running costs. Based on a sustainable ‘fabric first’ approach, the housing applies mainly passive low carbon measures, such as orientation and high levels of thermal insulation, with PV cells on south facing roofs that give the terraces their distinctive saw-tooth appearance.

The units are arranged around mews with central parking under trees, which leads on to a central linear park that is the central feature of the neighbourhood. Mature trees have been retained in this space to give it structure and scale. All the buildings are constructed of a palette of materials that moves from brick adjacent to the neighbouring Victorian terraces, through render and cladding panels on the flats that adjoin the Educational Campus to the north.