Cannock Mill Cohousing

We are proud to be involved in this ambitious plan for an unusual co-housing project.

A group of retired professionals have developed a community centred around Grade II listed building, Cannock Mill. The group includes a retired doctor, diplomat, civil servant and several architects and they are all aged 55 upwards. They want to create an eco-friendly community where they each live independently in their own homes, but with shared facilities.

The project has been built on the principle of the participants grow old independently, but with support and without suffering from isolation.

The mill site has planning permission for 23 homes, made up of a terrace of 17 two and three-bedroom houses and six flats. All the homes will be designed and built to the Passivhaus standard, which means they will need almost no energy to heat them. They will be highly-insulated, with a ventilation system which directs warm air back into the homes.