— RIBA judging panel citation
St. Chad’s was the first project to be procured through Thurrock Council’s new wholly owned company, Thurrock Regeneration, to revitalise the local area. The scheme comprises 128 new homes, a mix of two, three and four bed houses giving new life to a redundant and underused plot.
Within this layout three different street typologies have been developed; avenue, street and mews, each of which has its own character, dimension and housing typology in order to define a clear sense of place throughout the development. One of the two avenues is a linear green park that provides important amenity spaces as well as sustainable drainage system for the site in this low-lying area of the Thames estuary. The linear park is aligned on distant views of the cranes of Tilbury docks, a reminder of the town’s heritage.
