Sustainability
- Good insulation
- Solar Panels
- Natural Heating (sun or air source heat pumps)
- Low energy lighting or natural light (windows)
- Low energy appliances
- Water saving appliances
- Recycling facilities
- As energy efficient as possible
- Newmarket Plan Sustainability Document
- To counter flooding risks:
- Green roofs
- Permeable paving/parking
- Water butts
- Drainage systems
- Use a 'fabric first' approach (prioritise energy efficiency of the property right from the beginning)
- Timber/wood sourced from sustainable companies
Community/Local Area
- Newmarket has lots of horse racing
- 1/3 of jobs are related to horses
- Three are different types of housing (multiple listed buildings, different styles and ages)
- Properties, on average, go for about £339,135 in Newmarket
- Newmarket is on a layer of chalk which helps by creating lots of drainage, leaving little seurface water
- A few nearby houses are terraced, mainly detatched or semi-detatched
- About ~415 metres norht (from the primary vehicle access point by road) is a Tesco supermarket, pharmacy and other businesses in the 'Newmarket business park' (2 minute drive)
- About ~1 kilometre away from the town centre
Site
- Next to (north) a playing field and Fitness camp
- Next to (south) a housing estate built around ~ 1981
- Next to (east) mostly fields
- Next to (west) a housing estate built around ~ 1980
- Has a tennis court
- Rows of trees through the middle
- Used to have/currently has a substation on the land
- Used to be a school (St. Felix secondary school) on the land
Flood map, from flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk:
Surface water map, from check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk:
(https://www.fmb.org.uk/resource/10-ways-to-make-your-home-more-sustainable.html)