CUE- Lamb Drove

Location

Cambourne, Cambridgeshire

The Project

Project was part of European-funded programme which featured 40 projects throughout Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK

Costs

Small scale

benefits are mainly on a local scale

Detention basins have little reduction in run-off

Vegetation requires maintenance

Benefits

Cambridge Housing Society development of 35 'affordable' homes

water butts to collect rainwater for garden irrigation

permeable paving

freen sedum roof to reduce and treat runoff

swales to collect excess water from site

detention basins and wetlands to slow run-off rate and temporarily store water in event of extreme floods

retention pond for final stage before water is released into drainage ditch beyond the site

cost effective- construction and on-going maintenance costs are 10% less than conventional pipe drainage systems

substantial improvement in biodiversity, ecology and QOL at Lamb Drove

Attractive landscaping