Consultation events

We shared three masterplan ideas for the Stonehouse View regeneration at our community events on 11 and 13 July 2026.

Read on to find out more about the ideas.

All three masterplan ideas include around 475 homes, a new community hub, a nursery, improved green spaces, safer streets and enhanced opportunities for nature to thrive.

Features included in all three ideas

• A wider choice of new one and two-bedroom apartments with balconies
• New three-bedroom apartments
• New three and four-bedroom houses with front doors onto the street and private gardens
• New two and three-bedroom maisonettes with their own front doors, private gardens and terraces
• A new community hub close to the bus stop and next to the new public open space
• New seating areas, safer cycle routes and improved lighting
• A new nursery with outdoor space facing the central green
• Safer streets and routes overlooked by new homes
• Improved footpaths, trees and planting, with better links to Hollington Stream and the industrial area
• A new green space at the heart of the neighbourhood, with play areas for all ages
• Protected and enhanced ecology, with existing trees retained wherever possible
  Homes of no more than five storeys in height.

Idea 1

Key features:

• A greater proportion of apartments and maisonettes
• A smaller number of houses
• A layout designed primarily around the existing roads
• A larger central green space.

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Idea 2

Key features:

• More houses than Idea 1
• A layout that continues to respond to the existing roads
• New roads introduced from Stonehouse Drive to improve connections through the site
• A smaller central green space
• The potential for bus stops on Stonehouse Drive and within the upper part of the site.

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Idea 3

Key features:

• A greater number of houses, balanced by apartments and maisonettes
• Less overall open space than Ideas 1 and 2
• A new north to south road introduced through the site to improve connectivity.
  

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For more details about these events, view the full report.

Number of attendees: 43 attendees, including children 

Overall comments received: Around 80

You said: 

• Safety remains a top priority; specific concerns include CCTV in parks and anti social behaviour
• Provide seating areas
• Preference for welcoming, homely designs using brick and glass
• Requests for front gardens on streets to improve accessibility
• Demand for bungalows, 4-bed houses (for families), and ground-floor accessible flats with space for carers

The first draft ideas of the masterplan were shared. The feedback from the 28 March and 30 March events helped shape these:

Idea 1: 

• Positive feedback for shared private spaces for flats and access to spaces for planting 
• Central location for the community centre
• Request to preserve the memorial tree and plaque to the north of the site
• Consider an additional connecting road. 

Idea 2: 

• Preference for diverse mix of house types 
• Community centre located near the lower level near the existing bus stops
• Suggestion to incorporate historical names (Bevin, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Churchill) to signpost flat blocks. 

Idea 3: 

• Praise for smaller green spaces tailored to different age groups 
• Balance street connectivity with creating hiding places.

For more about this event, including images of the first masterplan ideas, view the full report.

Number of attendees:
23 attendees, including children (28 March 2026); 24 attendees, including children (30 March 2026)

Overall comments received:
Around 300

You said:

• The strongest message was the need for larger, better designed homes
• Residents strongly support keeping as much green space, trees and nature as possible
• Residents asked for more places to sit, rest and meet.
• Residents highlighted the need for safer roads, better footpaths and easier access
• The community hub is seen as important and should be improved and better used
• Residents want the next chapter of Four Courts to carry forward what matters from the existing place.

For more detail about these events, see the full report.