Waterside School, Nottingham
Proposals for a new sustainable school in Nottingham have been approved by Nottingham City Council on behalf of Reds10, to be operated by Greenwood Academies Trust.
Permission has been granted for the 1,400m2 Waterside Primary Academy. This includes a 30 full-time equivalent place nursery and 210-pupil primary academy, to support the Trent Basin Waterside residential development in Nottingham.
The single-storey Waterside Primary Academy will be one of the first UK schools to base its design on the updated DfE net zero operation guidance, Spec21. Consistent with all Reds10’s buildings, it will include SMART building technology to analyse energy usage and production. The data is used to ensure the building operates at maximum energy efficiency.
The single-storey academy building with appropriate classrooms, staff/administration spaces and main hall will be complemented by soft planting, with areas of short and long grasses, groundcover, native trees and a dedicated habitat area for study.
Informal hard playground space will link the key outdoor play areas and internal classroom layout. A fenced multi-use games area and grass playing field are enclosed by a soft landscape buffer around the perimeter of the site.
Project Team
Mathew joined DHA as one of our original graduate intake in 2004. He has a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Westminster, having previously studied Geography at the University of Birmingham.
Matthew Blythin MRTPI
Director
In his time at DHA, Matthew has worked on a wide variety of projects across all sectors including large scale estate regenerations, rural housing, Local Authority infrastructure projects and industrial schemes. He has also appeared as expert planning witness on behalf of clients at Public Inquiries.
Although working across all sectors and with a wide range of experience in his time at DHA, Matthew leads our education teams in our Maidstone and Leeds offices, and has overseen many applications which have secured permission for new schools and replacement school buildings across the country. He also has particular experience working with contractor and local authority clients on leisure and infrastructure projects, including new leisure centres and multi-storey car parks.
Matt is a keen cricketer and in to all things sport, including coaching the DHA-sponsored Roseacre Raiders!
Bex applied for the role of Graduate Planner at DHA after working for a Local Authority, in the Regeneration Team for 18 months, where she gained experience on large town centre regeneration projects and project management. Prior to this, she graduated from the University of Greenwich in 2019 with a BSc (Hons) in Geography and has now graduated from the University of Westminster with an MA in Urban and Regional Planning.
Rebecca Crayford BSc (Hons)
Associate
Since joining DHA, Bex has been promoted to Associate and has worked on a variety of schemes across the educational, residential and commercial sectors.
Some of her notable projects include a new science building for Thamesview School in Gravesend, a new SEN School in Wembley, 7 new 100% affordable residential flats in Wandsworth and a replacement school block in Wombourne, Staffordshire.
Bex is an instrumental part of the team Education team, leading and supporting Education projects around the country.