Landscape Design

The landscape masterplan at Kidbrooke Park Road North connects large areas of open space with local ecological networks and everyday routes. It supports the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Biodiversity Action Plan and enhances the wider green infrastructure by linking Kidbrooke Playing Fields, Cator Park, Sutcliffe Park, and the railway-edge allotments, creating a biodiverse nature corridor across southeast London. A central green space, shared by both the North and South phases, forms a key organising element of the neighbourhood. Alongside this, a network of semi-private communal gardens, totalling 2,070sqm, offers places for residents to meet, relax, and play. These spaces are framed by planting, specimen trees and informal seating, providing quiet areas for rest as well as more active zones.

Over 2,500sqm of age-specific play space is provided across the site, exceeding the GLA’s 10sqm per child benchmark. Play areas are embedded into the public realm and include natural and interpretative elements made from timber and stone, with spaces designed for children aged 0–4, 5–11, and 12–17. These complement nearby play provision at Cator Park, creating a wider play network. After the removal of two metres of contaminated soil and all existing vegetation, 175 new trees were planted, including species such as hornbeam, cherry, and lime, set within a meadow-planted understory to enhance biodiversity. Rain gardens at the base of each building collect and filter runoff as part of a comprehensive SuDS strategy, while extensive green roofs contribute to both amenity and environmental performance. Together, these elements raise the site’s Urban Greening Factor to 0.60, well above the GLA’s 0.4 benchmark.