Even though the project site is a flurry of construction activity, there is still a lot to design and planning work to do for future stages. Here’s an update on recent milestones and future planning activities: Community Centre We have now achieved Planning Approval from the Shire for the proposed ...
Sustainable Settlements is proposing to modify the Ecovillage Structure Plan with changes that include: amending the zoning of our Cottage / Short-Stay lots to Tourism increasing the size of the Aged and Dependant Care Housing site to retain some existing trees increasing the density along Bussell Highway to facilitate clusters ...
We are very excited to have commenced the design process on the Ecovillage Community Centre. This will be the first building within the Village Centre and the social focal point for the Ecovillage, hosting community meetings, workshops, classes, and events that are relevant to the growing community. Leading the design ...
Our Design Review process is in full swing, with many residents chomping at the bit to get their house designs approved so they can start building. So far, we’ve issued concept design approval for 30 houses and formal approval for seven of those. Once the approval process is completed, we ...
Site Classification During the sales process, we have advised purchasers that they should expect sites that can be Classified as “S” (for building foundation design). This advice is based on two reports: Geotechnical Study of Entire Ecovillage Site, Galt Geotechnics, Dec. 2015 46 Test pits across the property Preliminary classification ...
Formal Assessment Checklist Once all of the detailed documentation for the building is completed, this needs to be submitted to the WEV Design Team for review and final approval. Please see the Formal Assessment Checklist, which provides a concise list of the submission requirements. In filling out the ‘Specifications Summary’ ...
At the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, we wanted to take sustainable building design to the next level. After enshrining the basics of passive solar design into our Sustainable Building Design Guidelines, we took the next step of examining the energy it took to create, transport to site, and dispose of various building ...
The subdivision of land has many steps and can take considerable time. For a project of this complexity, there are also many layers to coordinate and the bureaucratic protocols of a variety of government departments to navigate. With the receipt of formal subdivision clearance letters from the Augusta-Margaret River Shire ...
Long-awaited Ecovillage house designs After much ado, we have now publicly released our suite of pre-designed, tailormade Ecovillage houses. They comprise 16 separate designs that are correctly oriented and sized for each of our three block types (six designs for Groupie lots, five for Cottage and five for Family lots). ...
