Elstree Integrated Retirement Community, Thrive Living

Other key credits: Stantec UK, Coffey Architects, Keeble Brown

Executive summary from entrant: 

Thrive Living’s proposed integrated retirement community takes the health and wellbeing of older people and placemaking for Elstree as its main objectives. The planning consent granted by the council follows engagement between the parties through the plan-making process. In light of delays to the local plan, a detailed and collaborative pre-application process including independent review by the local design panel resulted in a proposal officers felt confident recommending to members as an exception to Green Belt policy in advance of the local plan, praising its ambition and quality.