Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood, London -light case study

Case Study

Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood, London -light case study

Location

susdrain SuDS Awards 2020
www.susdrain.org
The site is located within Marylebone in Westminster
London
UK. The site is split into 4 phased
areas along Marylebone High Street
Paddington Street and New Cavendish Street. These are major
thoroughfares from Marylebone Road to Wigmore Street.

Description

The Marylebone LEN was established in July 2016 and is set on and around Marylebones busy shopping high street, with narrow pavements lined by boutique stores and cafes that spill out onto the pavements. The aim is to improve air quality and the public realm by reducing vehicle dominance, introducing green infrastructure. The site had traditional gully connections draining large catchments (highway and pavements), with the worst gully draining over 1,600m 2 – ten times the recommended design standard.

SuDS used

  • 9 Bioretention areas “Rain gardens” retrofitted into busy public highway in Marylebone, central London

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