Walton-on-the-Naze

In 2007 Turley Associates commissioned the Princes Foundation for the Built Environment to carry out a Scoping Study for 'the Martello site' at Walton-on-the-Naze. iCube were invited to provide urban design support. Following this event, iCube was then independently commission to work up a scheme for the site based on the findings of the Scoping Study.

The regeneration opportunity to create an exemplar residential development at the Martello Site within the walkable catchment of Walton's town centre would increase the town's population by up to 2000. This increased all year round population will aid the consolidation of the high street, maintaining existing services. Key to developing the Martello site, would be the connections both to the Mere and to the town centre, whilst utilising the Grade II Listed tower as a focal point for both views in and out of the site.

Residential development should be influenced by the water that defines Walton-on-the-Naze. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) would form the southern boundary of the site with the town, creating a unique water feature, permeated by pedestrian and cycle bridges and alleviating any potential flooding in an area that has been hard hit in recent years. These SUDS would also utilise water run-off from the Martello Tower site.

The resulting plan still to be taken forward through the Local Development Framework process was a mixed use development of circa 450 houses which included holiday cottages to ensure retention of facilities for the tourist industry for which the town has become famous.

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