Portland Nurseries are a local, family run nursery provider who approached SWA in 2018 to design a purpose-built nursery on a brownfield site in Honley Village near Huddersfield. Portland Nurseries had chosen the site for its unique heritage and landscape features, which provided inspiration for our design response.
The brief for this project has been driven by Portland Nurseries’ Forest School ethos and the proposal includes childcare spaces with free-flow to the outdoors, staff spaces, a kitchen, and an outdoor dining area embedded in the landscape. The new nursery will provide quality learning spaces for children both indoors and outdoors with a focus on sustainability both in the lifestyle, operations and construction of the building.
The project gained planning permission at Committee in March 2021.