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SITE ATTRIBUTES - URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES
The urban designer for Cotswold Downs is Erky Wood of GAPP Architects in Johannesburg, one of South Africa's leading architectural firms in this field. Erky's work includes V & A Waterfront in Cape Town, Sandton Square, Durban Point Waterfront and Umhlanga Ridge New Town Centre.
The urban design is based on three overall guiding principles:
 Optimising the golf experience
Dealing with the residential areas as a series of villages
Maximising the sites natural qualities
Optimising the golf experience
Houses will not infringe on the golf course
Golf course landing areas will be very generous, well in excess of the norm
The rolling landscape of the site will provide a feeling of openness
A series of villages
Characteristic of the Cotswolds in South West England, the estate will be developed in a series of villages
Each village will have a character and identity of its own but will share a general identity found in the picturesque Cotswolds
The emphasis will be on the pace of pedestrians and, occasionally, a cantering horse
The pace of life will emphasise unhurried rhythm and the relaxed mood of village living
Maximising the sites natural qualities
Equestrian and walking trails will criss-cross the landscape
Forests, streams and wetlands will form an important part of the natural environment
Village greens, cobbled lanes and hedgerows will create a special ambience
The golf course has been designed to respond to the natural features both in the careful alignment of each hole and in the walks from green to tee
In all Cotswold Downs has been designed to become a very special, memorable place
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