Creating a sustainable environment and enhancing the natural landscape
are two key elements in the development.
One third of the 4oo acre site will be green landscape with parks and places for
children to play. Semi-mature, native trees - such as beech, plane, horse chestnut, ash,
cherries and white beam - are being planted on all the strects and in the courtyards.
Views to Maiden Castle are being enhanced by extensive tree planting.
The Poundbury Building Code encourages the housebuilders to include the latest
energy-conserving features such as storage for recycle-able waste, general insulation,
double glazing, condensing boilers and water meters.
All services such as telephone, electricity, gas and drainage are housed in a single
channel behind housing, partly for case of maintenance and also to prevent inconvenient
road disruption. Both terrestrial and satellite televisjon are cabled to every house so
there are no unsightly wires at Poundbury.
