{"id":24238,"date":"2025-05-22T11:13:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/?p=24238"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:13:03","slug":"nansledan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/news\/nansledan\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s it like to live in Nansledan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nansledan is an extension to surfers\u2019 paradise Newquay, on the stunning north coast of Cornwall.<\/p>\n<p>The development is being constructed slowly over decades by three local building firms. And despite critics sneering, it&#8217;s proving very popular with those locals who can afford to live there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Before we get to the nitty gritty of what life&#8217;s like there, here&#8217;s the background on this out-of-the-ordinary place.<\/p><div class=\"gdmag-content\" id=\"gdmag-169472854\" data-cfpa=\"20295\" data-cfpw=\"20295\"><div class=\"gdmag-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><div class=\"GRVMpuWrapper mobile\"><div class=\"GRVAd inline mobile\" data-ad-type=\"primary-mpu\" data-ad-label=\"mpu\" data-ad-sizemapping=\"primary-mpu\" data-ad-sizes=\"[[300,250],[300,600],[320,480]]\" data-ad-refreshmapping=\"always\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">;new advadsCfpAd( 20295 );<\/script>\n<div id=\"attachment_24239\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24239\" class=\"wp-image-24239 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1835-700x401.jpg\" alt=\"sea in Newquay\" width=\"700\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1835-700x400.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1835-250x143.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1835-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1835-1536x881.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1835-120x69.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1835-1200x688.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1835.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newquay is a beautiful place to live<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Cornish language<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24256\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24256\" class=\"wp-image-24256 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1849-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"street scene in Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1849-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1849-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1849-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1849-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1849-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1849-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1849.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slate street name and building still in progress in the background<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The name, which means \u2018broad valley\u2019 in Cornish, is pronounced \u2018Nans-ledd-in\u2019. All the street names on the new development are Cornish too, or taken from the Death of Arthur, the tale of King Arthur, who legend says was born not far away in Tintagel.<\/p>\n<p>Several other things also set this estate apart\u2026<\/p>\n<p>First, it was the brainchild of the King, planned through his charity the King\u2019s Foundation (formerly the Prince\u2019s Foundation) and built on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall.<\/p>\n<p>Second, it is designed to look old \u2013 in a traditional style that reflects Cornish vernacular buildings.<\/p><div class=\"gdmag-content-2\" id=\"gdmag-2152891079\" data-cfpa=\"19928\" data-cfpw=\"19928\"><div class=\"gdmag-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><!-- code from Primis - granddesignsmagazine.com -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/live.primis.tech\/live\/liveView.php?s=116493&schain=1.0,1!grv.media,65,1\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- code from Primis --><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">;new advadsCfpAd( 19928 );<\/script>\n<p>And, third, there\u2019s a <em>very<\/em> comprehensive set of rules that residents need to abide by if they want to live there, governing both the appearance of their homes and their behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Over 800 homes are finished so far, and the scheme will eventually include almost 4,000, plus employment opportunities and the services needed to support this new community, from schools to shops, medical centre to community centre.<\/p>\n<h2>The Duchy of Cornwall<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24252\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24252\" class=\"wp-image-24252 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1855-1-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"street scene in Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1855-1-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1855-1-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1855-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1855-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1855-1-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1855-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1855-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Building detailing features traditional motifs &#8211; each district of Nansledan has its own flower emblem<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prince William is the 25<sup>th<\/sup> Duke of Cornwall, and he is now in ultimate charge of the scheme begun by his father.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchy of Cornwall was created in the 14<sup>th<\/sup> century by King Edward III for his son, and revenue from the Duchy is used as an income source for the monarch\u2019s heir.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchy owns 128,500 acres across 20 counties, including 19,000 acres in Cornwall itself, plus a portfolio of financial investments.<\/p><div class=\"gdmag-prop-primary-mpu\" id=\"gdmag-4200762962\" data-cfpa=\"20294\" data-cfpw=\"20294\"><div class=\"gdmag-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><div class=\"GRVMpuWrapper\"><div class=\"GRVAd inline\" data-ad-type=\"mpu\" data-ad-sizes=\"[[300,250]]\" data-ad-refreshmapping=\"always\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">;new advadsCfpAd( 20294 );<\/script>\n<p>It manages the <a href=\"https:\/\/nansledan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nansledan<\/a> project as well as other smaller housing schemes in Newquay.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24263\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24263\" class=\"wp-image-24263 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_561065839-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"Aerial view of Newquay in cornwall\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_561065839-700x525.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_561065839-250x188.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_561065839-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_561065839-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_561065839-120x90.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_561065839-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_561065839.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cornwall&#8217;s beauty doesn&#8217;t protect it from social issues such as homelessness Image credit: Adobe Stock<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Other Duchy schemes<\/h2>\n<p>A similar scheme in Scotland, at Knockroon, has proved less successful.<\/p>\n<p>But, the Duchy has applied for planning permission for another new development at South East Faversham in Kent.<\/p>\n<h2>Poundbury<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24260\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24260\" class=\"wp-image-24260 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_490095902-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"Street scene at Poundbury\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_490095902-700x525.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_490095902-250x188.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_490095902-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_490095902-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_490095902-120x90.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_490095902-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_490095902.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The architecture at Poundbury is grander in style Image credit: Adobe Stock<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The King\u2019s first large-scale \u2018model\u2019 community was Poundbury, an extension to Dorchester, built on Duchy land in Dorset.<\/p><div class=\"gdmag-prop-in-content-mpu\" id=\"gdmag-1590173627\" data-cfpa=\"20294\" data-cfpw=\"20294\"><div class=\"gdmag-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><div class=\"GRVMpuWrapper\"><div class=\"GRVAd inline\" data-ad-type=\"mpu\" data-ad-sizes=\"[[300,250]]\" data-ad-refreshmapping=\"always\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">;new advadsCfpAd( 20294 );<\/script>\n<p>It was initially criticised for its similar combination of traditional appearance and extensive list of rules.<\/p>\n<p>But it has bedded in well since construction began there in 1993 \u2013 and the estate has proven very popular with residents.<\/p>\n<p>Nansledan has been designed taking account of lessons learned from Poundbury, and with an even greater focus on sustainability, which has become a higher priority in the years all since Poundbury was built.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24270 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/04993.-CG-Fry_Nansledan_07-June-2023-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/04993.-CG-Fry_Nansledan_07-June-2023-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/04993.-CG-Fry_Nansledan_07-June-2023-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/04993.-CG-Fry_Nansledan_07-June-2023-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/04993.-CG-Fry_Nansledan_07-June-2023-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/04993.-CG-Fry_Nansledan_07-June-2023-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/04993.-CG-Fry_Nansledan_07-June-2023-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/04993.-CG-Fry_Nansledan_07-June-2023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The underlying vision is to create a sustainable, walkable, mixed-use community that reflects its local context and works well for the people who live there.<\/p><div class=\"gdmag-prop-in-content-mpu-2\" id=\"gdmag-2731503719\" data-cfpa=\"20294\" data-cfpw=\"20294\"><div class=\"gdmag-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><div class=\"GRVMpuWrapper\"><div class=\"GRVAd inline\" data-ad-type=\"mpu\" data-ad-sizes=\"[[300,250]]\" data-ad-refreshmapping=\"always\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">;new advadsCfpAd( 20294 );<\/script>\n<h2>Interest in architecture<\/h2>\n<p>This kind of community building is a passion project for the King.<\/p>\n<p>He has always taken an interest in architecture, since the infamous time in 1984 when he called a proposed extension to the National Gallery a \u2018monstrous carbuncle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>As the Prince of Wales, he always made clear his preference for classical styles over modernism; publishing a magazine about architecture; setting up the Prince of Wales\u2019 Institute of Architecture (that would eventually become the King\u2019s Foundation), and writing a book on the topic, A Vision of Britain.<\/p>\n<p>He also exerted influence behind the scenes on the proposed design of significant new buildings, something that many have criticised as undemocratic.<\/p>\n<h2>Model community<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24245\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24245\" class=\"wp-image-24245 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54318596727_f883a0180f_o-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"The King in Nansledan with Primer Minister Kier Starmer and Angela Rayner\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54318596727_f883a0180f_o-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54318596727_f883a0180f_o-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54318596727_f883a0180f_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54318596727_f883a0180f_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54318596727_f883a0180f_o-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54318596727_f883a0180f_o-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54318596727_f883a0180f_o.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The King visited Nansledan with Kier Starmer and Angela Rayner earlier this year. Image credit: Simon Dawson\/Number 10 Downing Street under<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Creative Commons<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>For Charles, Nansledan was another chance to put into practice his own ideas about what constitutes a successful neighbourhood \u2013 with the hope that these will be copied elsewhere.<\/p><div class=\"gdmag-prop-in-content-mpu-3\" id=\"gdmag-2397578630\" data-cfpa=\"20294\" data-cfpw=\"20294\"><div class=\"gdmag-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><div class=\"GRVMpuWrapper\"><div class=\"GRVAd inline\" data-ad-type=\"mpu\" data-ad-sizes=\"[[300,250]]\" data-ad-refreshmapping=\"always\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">;new advadsCfpAd( 20294 );<\/script>\n<p>Earlier this year, he took the opportunity to show off the project to Kier Starmer and Angela Rayner, for whom solving the UK&#8217;s housing crisis is a top priority.<\/p>\n<h2>Traditional style<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24247\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24247\" class=\"wp-image-24247 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1846-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"street scene in Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1846-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1846-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1846-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1846-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1846-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1846-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1846.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastel shades and lavender in the garden<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The variety of designs gives the suburb real visual appeal \u2013 though it won\u2019t be to the taste of those who like modern architecture, because all the buildings here are built in traditional styles.<\/p>\n<p>All are low rise; some brick painted in pretty pastel colours; some clad in weatherboarding; some in hung slate, some rendered; some stone built.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a mixture of large detached homes, semis, terraced houses, and flats.<\/p>\n<p>Most are terraced, sitting behind traditional looking iron railings. Doors and windows are traditional in style and made of timber (or metal) \u2013 uPVC is not allowed.<\/p>\n<h2>Low-carbon construction<\/h2>\n<p>Homes are built using modern low-carbon construction methods and locally sourced materials.<\/p><div class=\"gdmag-prop-in-content-mpu-4\" id=\"gdmag-937943313\" data-cfpa=\"20294\" data-cfpw=\"20294\"><div class=\"gdmag-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><div class=\"GRVMpuWrapper\"><div class=\"GRVAd inline\" data-ad-type=\"mpu\" data-ad-sizes=\"[[300,250]]\" data-ad-refreshmapping=\"always\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">;new advadsCfpAd( 20294 );<\/script>\n<p>These are really well insulated, sustainable green homes built to LETI and RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge standards.<\/p>\n<h2>Pedestrian friendly<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24255\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24255\" class=\"wp-image-24255 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1840-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"street scene in Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1840-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1840-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1840-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1840-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1840-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1840-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1840.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The community is bike friendly<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The plan is designed to encourage walking and cycling rather than car use, though whether car use will be reduced remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>The development is zoned into several quarters, each with a distinctive look, and its own centre.<\/p>\n<p>The layout is designed so that no home is more than five minutes\u2019 walk from the nearest shops.<\/p>\n<p>Streets are curved to slow traffic, and residents\u2019 cars \u2013 and garages \u2013 are hidden out of sight behind the terraces in parking courts (small car-parks with designated spaces).<\/p>\n<h2>Businesses<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24251\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24251\" class=\"wp-image-24251 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1854-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"street scene in Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1854-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1854-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1854-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1854-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1854-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1854-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1854.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caf\u00e9 culture \u2013 the area feels affluent<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nansledan\u2019s main high street \u2013 which will boast a Tesco \u2013 has not been built yet, but small businesses operate in the shops dotted around the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>So far these are mainly independent speciality shops and boutiques, such as a yoga studio, handmade chocolate shop, vintage shop, fancy interiors shops and so on.<\/p>\n<h2>Other architectural styles<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24240\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24240\" class=\"wp-image-24240 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1837-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"street scene in Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1837-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1837-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1837-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1837-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1837-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1837-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1837.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public and commercial buildings are designed in a range of historical styles<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Commercial and public buildings are designed in different historical styles, from Arts and Crafts to Art Deco, to recreate the architectural variety of a place that has grown organically over time.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the public buildings are less grand and theatrical than those in Poundbury.<\/p>\n<h2>Affordable housing<\/h2>\n<p>Thirty percent of the homes in Nansledan are classed as affordable, and available for local people on Cornwall Council\u2019s housing register. Half of these are offered at an affordable rent, the rest for shared ownership or discounted sales.<\/p>\n<p>The affordable homes are identical to the others, and are scattered throughout the development.<\/p>\n<p>How genuinely affordable they are in a town with many low wages is another matter.<\/p>\n<p>But Prince William recently announced 24 new supported homes for homeless people in the development &#8211; and the proportion of social housing is set to increase to 40% in future stages of construction.<\/p>\n<h2>Nature friendly<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24248\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24248\" class=\"wp-image-24248 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1847-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"parking court at Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1847-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1847-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1847-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1847-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1847-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1847-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1847.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents may pick fruit from the espaliers in the parking courts<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There are lots of lovely nature-friendly touches, such as fruit trees trained up walls alongside pavements, and bee bricks and nest boxes built into walls.<\/p>\n<p>Front gardens come planted with herbs and other edible plants.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24268\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24268\" class=\"wp-image-24268 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00566a.-Hugh-Hastings_Tregurra-Park_20-May-2020-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Bird using nesting box at Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00566a.-Hugh-Hastings_Tregurra-Park_20-May-2020-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00566a.-Hugh-Hastings_Tregurra-Park_20-May-2020-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00566a.-Hugh-Hastings_Tregurra-Park_20-May-2020-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00566a.-Hugh-Hastings_Tregurra-Park_20-May-2020-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00566a.-Hugh-Hastings_Tregurra-Park_20-May-2020-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00566a.-Hugh-Hastings_Tregurra-Park_20-May-2020-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/00566a.-Hugh-Hastings_Tregurra-Park_20-May-2020.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: Hugh Hastings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gardens are generally small, but there are plenty of communal green spaces, including several playparks, allotments and a community orchard.<\/p>\n<h2>Visual clutter<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24249\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24249\" class=\"wp-image-24249 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1848-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Street scene in Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1848-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1848-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1848-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1848-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1848-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1848-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1848.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homes are close together like in ancient villages or towns<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Visual clutter\u2019 is frowned upon. There are few street signs, just tasteful slate street name signs.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the rules state: \u2018The naming of new houses in Nansledan will not be encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>This is because the affixing of nameplates to a house increases the visual clutter of the elevations.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2>The rules<\/h2>\n<p>Talking of rules, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nansledan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Nansledan-Design-Community-Code.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design and Community Code<\/a> runs to 36 pages &#8211; covering everything from what materials houses must be built from to what font should be used for shop signs.<\/p>\n<p>Many rules are aimed at ensuring the build quality of homes, extensions and repairs. Others aim at ensuring a visual conformity \u2013 arguably a rather specific, neat-freak kind of middle-class visual conformity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24244\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24244\" class=\"wp-image-24244 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1857-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Garden sign at Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1857-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1857-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1857-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1857-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1857-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1857-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1857.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rules are designed to keep everything neat and tidy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This means there\u2019s a blanket ban on some things \u2013 including leylandii, \u2018bubble\u2019 skylights, \u2018prefabricated accessory buildings\u2019, permanent plastic sun blinds\/awnings, TV aerials, and satellite dishes.<\/p>\n<p>And homeowners must make sure other things aren\u2019t visible from the street, including clothes dryers, meter boxes, extractors, bins, and rooftop solar collectors.<\/p>\n<p>Other rules ban all types of antisocial behaviour from drunkenness to harassment on the grounds of age, gender, race, culture, ability or lifestyle.<\/p>\n<h2>House prices<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24250\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24250\" class=\"wp-image-24250 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1850-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"street scene in Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1850-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1850-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1850-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1850-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1850-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1850-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1850.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nansledan is a desirable place to live<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We all know tidiness is good for property prices, and house prices here are generally higher than in the rest of town.<\/p>\n<p>Four-bed detached homes on the development are on the market for up to about \u00a3550,000; four-bed terraces up to about \u00a3495,000.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a shared-ownership one-bed flat is currently on the market for \u00a367,000.<\/p>\n<h2>Housing crisis<\/h2>\n<p>There is a particular housing crisis in Cornwall, which has low social housing stocks.<\/p>\n<p>Many locals who work in the poorly paying, seasonal tourist industry find themselves priced out of a housing market where prices have been kept high, in part at least, by demand for second homes.<\/p>\n<h2>Local people<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24258\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24258\" class=\"wp-image-24258 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1858-700x700.jpg\" alt=\"street scene in Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1858-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1858-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1858-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1858-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1858-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1858-1200x1201.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1858-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1858.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The suburb is home to a range of independent stores housed in unusual buildings like this<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24272 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06675.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_17.10.24-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"aerial shot of Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06675.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_17.10.24-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06675.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_17.10.24-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06675.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_17.10.24-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06675.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_17.10.24-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06675.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_17.10.24-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06675.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_17.10.24-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06675.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_17.10.24.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the Duchy, \u2018the primary purpose of the development is to meet local needs\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>So holiday lets are not allowed, and the Duchy is proud of how many home-buyers have Cornish postcodes.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the homeowners I met, though, may have moved from elsewhere in Cornwall but originated from other parts of the UK, which raises questions about what actually constitutes \u2018local\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It also has to be said, Nansledan isn\u2019t the most diverse of places and, for some, this will be a dealbreaker &#8211; but it&#8217;s also a reflection of the broader ethnic make-up of Cornwall, which is 96.8% white.<\/p>\n<h2>Community<\/h2>\n<p>All kinds of community events are organised throughout the year from the Christmas light switch-on to winter solstice celebration, annual arts festival to summer barbecues.<\/p>\n<h2>So what\u2019s it like?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24269\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24269\" class=\"wp-image-24269 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01576.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-27-April-2021-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Bee bricks and trained fruit tree at Nansledan\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01576.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-27-April-2021-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01576.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-27-April-2021-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01576.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-27-April-2021-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01576.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-27-April-2021-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01576.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-27-April-2021-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01576.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-27-April-2021-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01576.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-27-April-2021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bee bricks and communal fruit trees are lovely touches Image credit: Hugh Hastings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All this being said, what\u2019s it like to live there?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not a natural rule-follower, so I\u2019m not sure it would suit me. But a great deal of thought has gone into designing a community and built environment that work well &#8211; and there\u2019s lots to like.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone I met in Nanseldan was full of praise for the place and loved living there.<\/p>\n<p>It feels safe, easy on the eye, clean and tidy &#8211; all those rules pay off in terms of keeping things up to scratch.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the traditional styling is undeniably appealing &#8211; even if it\u2019s not as textured, detailed and quaint as in an old settlement that has grown over time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24243\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24243\" class=\"wp-image-24243 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1856-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"street scene in nansledan \" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1856-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1856-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1856-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1856-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1856-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1856-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1856.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents need to consult the Design and Community Code before making any repairs or alterations to their homes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s a development that feels aspirational too \u2013 this is clearly somewhere people want to live.<\/p>\n<p>Walkability is only going to improve as more everyday shops open to supplement the current scattering of boutiques and independent stores.<\/p>\n<p>The focus on nature too is very appealing.<\/p>\n<p>There <em>is<\/em> something slightly unreal and stage-set like about the estate. It does feel a little like a \u2018historic\u2019 theme village.<\/p>\n<p>But not unpleasantly so, and, as time goes by, a patina of age will likely help dissipate the incongruity of the new \u2018old\u2019 buildings.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer modern architecture on principle, this is not the place for you &#8211; but there are plenty of people who will love the way it looks.<\/p>\n<p>It seems as if traditional styles could be undergoing a wider resurgence in popularity because they can make us feel secure and comforted \u2013 something that can be important in challenging times, and that doesn\u2019t have to be a negative thing.<\/p>\n<p>Nansledan is much more appealing and better designed than most other new estates.<\/p>\n<p>Passion and love have been put into the design of these homes \u2013 not something that can be said about many soulless new-build developments.<\/p>\n<p>And a great deal of thought has gone into the masterplan, and intentional community-building.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24264\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24264\" class=\"wp-image-24264 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_212333253-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"Beach scene in Cornwall\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_212333253-700x525.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_212333253-250x188.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_212333253-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_212333253-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_212333253-120x90.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_212333253-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_212333253.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The housing crisis in Cornwall is severe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s not as quaint and picturesque as an authentically old village or town. But old houses in old places usually cost much more \u2013 and are frequently more remote and lacking the local amenities you\u2019ll find at Nansledan.<\/p>\n<p>On its own, Nansledan won\u2019t solve the Cornish housing crisis \u2013 or even the housing problems of Newquay.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s unfair to expect it do to so &#8211; it\u2019s just one housing estate &#8211; and it&#8217;s only because of the royal connections that we make unrealistic demands of the place.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24271\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24271\" class=\"wp-image-24271 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06082.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-12-April-2024-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Street scene Nansleden\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06082.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-12-April-2024-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06082.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-12-April-2024-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06082.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-12-April-2024-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06082.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-12-April-2024-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06082.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-12-April-2024-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06082.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-12-April-2024-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06082.-Hugh-Hastings_Nansledan_-12-April-2024.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There is a stage-set quality to some of the streets Image credit: Hugh Hastings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It may not be a cure-all, but it <em>will<\/em> provide 4,000 much needed homes and accompanying infrastructure \u2013 as well as lots of neat ideas that could be copied by other housebuilders if they wanted to improve their offerings.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, it mainly feels as though this is just a great place to live.<\/p>\n<p>Just so long as you can cope with following the rules.<\/p>\n<h2>Rule breaking<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_24262\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24262\" class=\"wp-image-24262 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_466129862-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"surfers in Newquay\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_466129862-700x525.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_466129862-250x188.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_466129862-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_466129862-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_466129862-120x90.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_466129862-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_466129862.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nansledan has been nicknamed Surfbury<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And I am not sure I could. I wouldn\u2019t trust myself not to erect a uPVC conservatory in the dead of night or paint my house in several clashing non-approved colours.<\/p>\n<p>Just because. (Problem with authority? Moi??)<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what would happen if I did\u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/interior-design\/tonwell-tower\/\">Ultra hip holiday home in the sky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/design-for-all\">Warksburn Old Church \u2013 a remarkable church conversion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granddesignsmagazine.com\/news\/design-for-all\/%20%E2%80%8E\">Free help with building design for charities with \u2018grand designs\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nansledan is an extension to surfers\u2019 paradise Newquay, on the stunning north coast of Cornwall. 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