{"id":925,"date":"2023-09-30T09:53:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T09:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=925"},"modified":"2023-09-30T10:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T10:01:28","slug":"september-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=925","title":{"rendered":"September 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How important to Knebworth is Lutyens?\u00a0 Very, I say.\u00a0 The eminent Edwardian architect is behind the 1909 plan for the creation of Knebworth (see the background of the diagram below) &#8211; then \u2018Knebworth Garden Village\u2019 &#8211; planned as history\u2019s second Garden community after \u2018Letchworth Garden City\u2019.\u00a0 To Lutyens, Knebworth owes its wide, airy streets \u2013 like Stockens Green, St Martin\u2019s Road and Oakfields Avenue \u2013 with recessed build lines leaving room to park cars behind green hedges, keeping streets free of parked cars. \u00a0Lutyens even foresaw \u2013 at a time of few cars \u2013 that we\u2019d need more local vehicle routes, although none of these were built.\u00a0 Four of his neighbourhoods, however, were built, forming the shape of modern Knebworth, and until infilling began in the 1950s, Knebworth was still very much \u2018Knebworth Garden Village\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence is that you agree on Lutyens\u2019 importance, and value our Garden Village heritage.\u00a0 After many years consulting on design preferences should further Local Plan development take place, The Knebworth Neighbourhood Plan concludes that <em>\u201cLutyens\u2019 Garden Village concept still has a significant impact on the culture and style of the village\u201d<\/em> and states as an Objective, <em>\u201cRetain the existing architectural character of the Garden Village, conservation areas and other heritage assets.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NHDC\u2019s \u2018Design Review Panel\u2019 for the KB4 planning application, however, disagrees with you:\u00a0 \u201cW<em>e query.. the extent to which Lutyen\u2019s <\/em>(sic)<em> historic plan for Knebworth should be used as a design driver.. this was only ever implemented in very small parts\u2026 \u00a0Deep plots are proposed which may result in all car parking being located in front gardens.. (whereas) parking could be integrated into courtyards and on-street\u2026\u00a0 Due to the proposed width of the avenue.. there is likely to be a considerable distance across the street from building line to building line. \u00a0The street will appear wider, suburbanising the character of this place and reducing opportunity for building a sense of community.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>What nonsense, I say.<\/p>\n<p>So, who does NHDC listen to?<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HenryCobboldKH\">@HenryCobboldKH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Knebworth-Garden-Village-today-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-926 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Knebworth-Garden-Village-today-806x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"813\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Knebworth-Garden-Village-today-806x1024.jpg 806w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Knebworth-Garden-Village-today-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Knebworth-Garden-Village-today-768x976.jpg 768w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Knebworth-Garden-Village-today-1209x1536.jpg 1209w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Knebworth-Garden-Village-today-1612x2048.jpg 1612w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Knebworth-Garden-Village-today-scaled.jpg 2015w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/813;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How important to Knebworth is Lutyens?\u00a0 Very, I say.\u00a0 The eminent Edwardian architect is behind the 1909 plan for the creation of Knebworth (see the background of the diagram below) &#8211; then \u2018Knebworth Garden Village\u2019 &#8211; planned as history\u2019s second &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=925\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-23"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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