Brightwell Lakes, Ipswich

Brightwell Lakes is a major new community at Martlesham, close to Ipswich, with outline planning permission approved in April 2018 for a sustainable development of 2,000 homes over 279 acres, delivered in phases including an all-through school and local centre.

Our Role

Brookbanks supported the project with a joined up package that brought transport and highways, flood risk and drainage, utilities, and environmental inputs together so the scheme could move quickly from design to consent with clear delivery confidence.
Some of our responsibilities included:

Transportation assessment
Traffic modelling
Highway design
Flood risk and drainage
Utilities
Noise and vibration assessments
Air quality
Ground conditions
Cost plan
Project Coordination
Planning Application

The Outcome

A key outcome was agreement of a holistic transport solution, including around £8m of improvements to the A12 and A14, and achieving approvals on transportation and highway design matters with Suffolk County Council and Highways England within 12 months from submission to outline consent.

This project stands out because it is a real example of One Brookbanks working at scale to unlock consent on a complex edge of Ipswich allocation, including major strategic highway interfacing. The project has also been independently recognised, including being awarded best UK scheme for 500 plus homes at the 2019 Planning Awards and winning the 2018 RTPI East of England Award for Planning Excellence