Community
Plan for 133 Homes
If it gets built, the plans include a mixture of residential dwellings, affordable housing, high quality public spaces and places to work
The Manx Development Corporation has released plans for a development in the area around Westmoreland and Demesne Road in Douglas.
The scheme, known as ‘Westmoreland Village’, is a large sustainable development based on the “20 minute neighbourhood” concept, no we’d not heard of it before either.
If it gets built, the plans include a mixture of residential dwellings, affordable housing, high quality public spaces and places to work.
MDC said: ‘The “20-minute neighbourhood” concept, is based on the idea that residents’ everyday needs can be met locally within a 10-minute return journey from home by walking, cycling or via local public transport. This approach encourages people to become more active, improving their mental and physical health. This reduces traffic, enables local shops and businesses to thrive and allows people to see more of their neighbours, strengthening community bonds. ‘Westmoreland Village’, just a 10-minute walk from Douglas town centre, makes it an ideal location to adopt this concept.’
That sounds like a long winded way of saying there won’t be a lot of parking.
The proposed development includes 133 dwellings, in addition to the 37 already being provided at the Former Nurses’ Home, through a mix of apartments and three bed townhouses and over 20,000ft2 of office space created via the reimagining of Crookall House.
Chair of the board Sean Gilbert said: ‘We are particularly delighted with how well the design for ‘Westmoreland Village’ has progressed; integrating into the existing fabric of Douglas, providing revitalisation and regeneration of the Westmoreland Road area. It is a pleasure to be able to provide new build contemporary homes that will deliver sustainable living in a town-centre location, and to reimagine another iconic Manx building in the form of Crookall House.’
MDC will be running two drop-in sessions at the Douglas Lawn Tennis Club on Kensington Road and invite anyone who would like to find out more about the development or ask any questions to come along. MDC would like to stress that it is not a formal presentation and encourage the public to drop by at a time convenient to them.
The MDC team will be on-hand at the Douglas Lawn Tennis Club on Kensington Road for drop-ins to have a chat about the plans.
Friday January 37 3.30pm – 6.30pm
Saturday January 28 11am – 3pm
