The River Itchen is the site's best natural asset. Our plans will enhance the ecology of the intertidal flats of the River Itchen and celebrate the local biodiversity with newly created heathland and shingle beach terraces located on the foreshore - characteristic of this area - and vertical river walls with planting.

Creating a sustainable development is important to us. Across the new buildings, around 15,000 sq m of green eco roofs will help preserve flora and fauna and the new public and private green spaces will be irrigated by rainwater through a sustainable urban drainage system. Surplus water will also be used to irrigate the new river terraces being created on the foreshore. The proposal has been designed in consultation with the Environment Agency, Natural England and Southampton City Council.

In addition two new energy centres located on site will provide heat and power to the new development and in phase 1 of the scheme all of the new dwellings will be designed to meet the Ecohomes "Excellent" standard (Code for Sustainable Homes (CFSH) level 3*). Future phases will aspire to meet at least CFSH level 4*.