Mascalls Park
Mascalls Park is a high quality residential development located in Brentwood, Essex. Liz Lake Associates were appointed by Bellway Homes to deliver a design for the landscape elements of the site which used to be NHS Mascalls Park Hospital. Many of the former building were demolished and replaced by dwellings, but key architectural features of the site have been retained including the Lodge at the site entrance and the Water Tower, both of which have been refurbished and add historical value to the area. Further to retaining historic value, ecology was an important aspect of the design with ecologists ensuring that habitat loss was mitigated and that biodiversity adjacent to the surrounding woodland was not diminished.
Liz Lake Associates had a comprehensive scope of works including the landscape appraisal and strategy report (including historical survey and photographic analysis), detailed planting proposals, rendered Outline Landscape Masterplan, surface material selection, before and after drawing, Code for Sustainable Homes report and Landscape and Nature Conservation Management Plan. Furthermore, the central open space has been recontoured to allow for safe access whilst ensuring existing trees were retain to give the site instant maturity and continued ecological habitat. The central open space includes a long set of steps that Liz Lake Associates advised on which have become a feature of this space. Pedestrian connectivity into the wider landscape has been improved with access now possible to Clements Wood and a network of user friendly paths that run through the development.
