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The Crown Estate London Ecology Masterplan

Arup

In July 2015, The Crown Estate, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, Shaftesbury, the Howard de Walden Estate and The Portland Estate, announced that they had formed a unique collaboration to promote green infrastructure through an ecology project entitled ‘Wild West End’. The Crown Estate kick started Wild West End with the London Ecology Masterplan.The masterplan targets were developed through consultation with the London Wildlife Trust, and target Westminster’s priority species. Through a holistic estate-wide approach, the masterplan provides a long-term, flexible strategy for enhancing landscape and ecological value through the delivery of multi-functional green infrastructure features that provide a range of ecosystem services. It links green spaces with new features to create a green corridor through the site.Following the implementation of the masterplan, Arup’s project team have provided regular monitoring and quarterly reporting to track the success against the short term targets and review the projected trajectory towards the long term objectives.

Overview

Location

Location 

London

Category

Masterplanning and visitor facility improvements

Landscape Architect

Arup

Client

The Crown Estate

Brief

The Crown Estate partnered with Arup to develop an estate-wide approach to ecology and green infrastructure through the implementation of a London Ecology Masterplan.

Awards

London

Details

Project Team

Landscape practice: Arup; client: The Crown Estate

Local planning authority or government body

Year Completed

The London Ecology Masterplan was commissioned and developed in 2013 with ongoing implementation, monitoring and updating of related documents on a regular basis.

Project Size

The London Ecology Masterplan is written for The Crown Estate’s central London portfolios. Regent Street, with a street frontage of two kilometres, 1.5 million square foot of flagship retail space, over 10,000 employees and more than 7.5 million tourists per year and; St James’s which comprises four million square foot of retail, office and residential space. To the north of the portfolios lies Regent’s Park and to the south west, Green Park and St James’s Park.

Technical's

Planting

The fundamental target of this Masterplan is the greening of the portfolio. By selecting those species of trees, shrubs and flowers with known ecological benefits to be planted, the rooftops, walls, and the streets of the portfolio will encourage a range of wildlife species into the centre of London. The Masterplan shall target the planting of UK native species, where possible, to confer as great a benefit as possible to London’s biodiversity. Non-native species shall be selected where they provide a known ecological benefit such as nectar for invertebrates, or seeds and berries for birds.

Materials

Contractors 

Arup

Approximate Map Location


Location

London

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