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Park Bay Estate
Paignton
SUMMARY
A residential landscape design project for a 110-home development on a former garden centre site in Paignton. Redbay prepared hard and soft landscape designs, specifications, street scene planting, public open spaces and an integrated play space for the new community.
LOCATION
Paignton
CLIENT
Bovis Homes SW Ltd
PARTNERS
N/A
SECTOR
Landscape Design
COMPLETION:
Completed 2013
SERVICES
Concept Design & Masterplanning, Hard Landscape Design, Planting Design, Public realm & visitor landscapes, Construction Detailing
Redbay was appointed by Bovis Homes SW Ltd to provide specialist landscape consultancy and a high-quality landscape framework for Park Bay Estate. The project involved transforming a brownfield site into a new residential community, with landscape design playing an important role in site identity, street character and the connection between the development and its wider urban-rural setting.
Redbay prepared comprehensive hard and soft landscape designs and specifications for the whole site. This included the street scene, plot frontages, public open spaces and a bespoke play area, with planting and materials selected to reflect the local character of Torbay and the English Riviera.
The site needed to balance new housing delivery with a strong landscape identity and an attractive public realm. Positioned on an urban-rural fringe and along the prominent Brixham Road, the development required a landscape response that could soften the built form, create year-round interest and make the estate feel rooted in its coastal Devon setting.
The completed landscape scheme helped establish Park Bay Estate as a distinctive new residential environment, using planting, materials and public open space to create a stronger sense of place.
Redbay developed two complementary landscape themes across the site. The street scene drew on the rugged coastal edge, using shingle surfaces and hardy Mediterranean planting to provide low-maintenance structure and visual interest. The southern public open space took inspiration from sheltered coastal gardens, using architectural and tropical-style planting suited to Torbay’s favourable microclimate.
The integrated play space was designed to sit naturally within this wider landscape setting, using durable timber equipment and structural planting to create a robust, imaginative and community-focused outdoor space for residents. This helped the scheme move beyond standard residential landscaping, giving the development a clearer identity and a more generous landscape framework.
Based on the uploaded project notes for Park Bay Estate, including the former garden centre site, 110-home development, Brixham Road setting, two landscape themes and integrated play area.
