Viet Thanh Nguyen

Masterplanning. Urban Design. Architecture.

Lea Castle LTC, Homes and Communities Agency, Kidderminster

March 2017

Redevelopment of a former hospital site in the Green Belt to the north east of Kidderminster. Viet participated in site visits and prepared Opportunities and Constraints plans which then informed a masterplan of up to 600 homes. Viet also developed several layout options for the associated employment area. The outline planning permission was approved in November 2017.

Following the approval of the Lea Castle Hospital site, in 2018, Viet was involved in the planning for the extended areas of totally 53.46 ha to the east, west and north for up to 800 homes and different considerations for employment, a local centre, allotments, and green links. The resulted Concept Plan was included in the emerging Local Plan.