HTA’s 250-hectare Garden Village masterplan at Wyton Airfield transforms a historic MOD site into a connected, characterful settlement. By reimagining former runways as linear parks and embedding strategic infrastructure, we created a strong identity rooted in place. The phased development delivers a village core with employment, education and leisure uses, integrating with existing MOD housing and offering a model for sustainable rural-edge growth.
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Wyton Airfield
Combining Placemaking, Landscape-led design and robust Urban Design principles to transform Wyton Airfield into a contemporary Garden Village
One Place, Many Stories
Masterplanning & Urban Design
Wyton Airfield is a 250-hectare Garden Village masterplanned by HTA Design, shaped by its legacy as a former MOD airfield. The site’s defining feature, its expansive runways, was reimagined as a design asset. These were transformed into 60-metre-wide linear parks that create grand green axes, structuring the plan and providing a strong visual identity.
A radial network of roads and avenues complements this framework, supporting a clear movement strategy and linking the new village to St Ives and Cambridge. A comprehensive green infrastructure strategy brings nature into the heart of the community, connecting open countryside with generous civic parkland.
The masterplan is organised around a series of connected neighbourhoods, with a detailed first phase focused on a civic centre. Located at the A141 entrance, this includes a school, workspace, shops and a cricket green, offering key amenities from the outset.
A carefully designed rural edge defines the perimeter of the settlement. It supports the village’s relationship with its surrounding landscape, shaping views and providing gradual transitions between countryside and community.
The phased delivery strategy allows for coordinated growth alongside the active MOD presence to the west. Over time, the plan anticipates the removal of security barriers to integrate existing military housing with the new settlement, creating a unified community.
This approach transforms a historically constrained site into a distinctive, connected and landscape-led village, rooted in context and designed for long-term resilience.