Award Winning Development at Adrian Shinn Way, Horncastle

SJG Homes’ Phase 1 development off Brackenbury Close (Adrian Shinn Way) demonstrates how a small-scale residential scheme can successfully integrate highways design, drainage, and placemaking to create a high-quality living environment. The layout adopts a more informal alignment, promoting lower vehicle speeds and a sense of place, while still delivering a functional and adoptable arrangement for residents.

The quality of the development has been formally recognised through its success at the LABC Building Excellence Awards 2025, where it was named a Regional Winner for Best Medium Volume New Housing Development.  This accolade reflects the wider housebuilding achievement of the scheme, including its bespoke approach, high specification homes, and strong attention to detail, all contributing to a cohesive and well-designed neighbourhood.

From a highways perspective, the scheme is particularly notable for its approach to street lighting. The site has been delivered without adopted lighting columns, instead utilising a coordinated private lighting solution. Low-level illuminated bollards, linked to internal timers and powered via individual properties, work alongside carefully positioned external house lighting to provide sufficient visibility and safety. As illustrated by the night-time appearance of the development, this approach achieves an effective level of illumination while maintaining a softer, more attractive streetscape, avoiding the visual impact of standard highway lighting infrastructure. Importantly, the site is adopted / due for adoption, demonstrating that this alternative approach can be successfully delivered within an adoptable framework.

Overall, Adrian Shinn Way highlights how careful consideration of highways, drainage, and lighting design can support not only technical compliance, but also contribute positively to character, safety, and place quality within smaller residential developments.