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Mulberry Park - Civil Infrastructure Services

The former Ministry of Defence (MoD) Foxhill base was identified by the Bath and North East Somerset Council as a key site in helping to meet Bath¡¯s housing requirements through 2026. Acting for not-for-profit housing and support organisation, Curo Enterprise Ltd, who bought the site, we helped with their plans to redevelop it into a distinctive, contemporary development¡ªMulberry Park.

As a former MoD location, this 19-hectare (47-acre) site had been inaccessible to the public for many years. We worked closely with planners, architects, and other key parties to design a means of access and circulation to transform this once off-limits part of the city into a vibrant new place that people can live in and enjoy.

We first carried out an engineering appraisal to provide the developer with the reassurance they were seeking to purchase the site. We also provided comprehensive infrastructure design services including on- and off-site highways design, surface and foul water drainage strategies, plot engineering, and an assessment of cut and fill volumes.

With the proposed transformation of the site from a vacant military establishment to a well populated housing development, we identified that the local foul drainage network capacity would be exceeded. We worked closely with the local sewerage authority to develop a strategy involving sewer diversions, emergency storage, flow controls, and a pumping station to achieve a desirable solution.

With the site located in the world heritage city of Bath, visual impact is a key planning consideration. We worked with the design team to establish finished site levels that would enable ridge height target restrictions to be met without compromising our client¡¯s development aspirations.

When complete, Mulberry Park will provide up to 700 homes, retail and employment space, community facilities, and a primary school, as well as attractive open spaces.