We are very pleased to announce that we have just received planning permission to complete both phases of our Walled Garden project.

Following submission in August 2022, our plans soon received a very positive response from Historic England and other statutory agencies, and they have generated a lot of local excitement and interest. If you are interested in viewing the full planning decision and associated conditions you can do so by following this link: Planning search – harlaxton college (southkesteven.gov.uk)

This is exciting news for the College as it allows us to progress with this important element of our plan to transform Harlaxton. The Walled Garden project, with its aim to restore the Walled Garden to productive use with an emphasis on education, community participation, sustainability, accessibility and inclusion, is but one element of a wider plan which includes a strategic realignment of our educational programs and unleashing the potential of our enterprise business.

The Walled Garden project will reinforce these wider educational and enterprise initiatives as well as:
• Honouring our heritage and celebrating the University of Evansville’s stewardship of Harlaxton over the last 50 years
• Creating new academic space
• Inviting the community to be a part of our past and future
• Contributing to the strength and stability of Harlaxton for the next 50 years and beyond.

But what next?

Now that we have planning permission, we will begin the next detailed design stage (RIBA Stage 4). In essence, this will take our submitted application materials and add a level of detail necessary to create plans and specifications suitable to allow contractors to bid on the construction work.

This stage will take approximately 6 months and it will be a highly collaborative design process involving all constituencies of the College, our consulting team, other external supporters and advisors. It will involve all staff teams, faculty, students and colleagues from the University so that we can ensure that our needs (as Client) are properly incorporated into the detailed design of the project.

We are very excited about the future of Harlaxton and hope you will take a moment to celebrate with us.

For further information please contact us.