We led the preparation of Kerrier District Council's winning bid to the Big Lottery for the Heartlands scheme, with Carmichael Project Management. Heartlands is one of 23 "up to £25 million" Big Lottery projects and the documentation was submitted to the Big Lottery in May and assessed in June. In November the Heartlands project was awarded £22 million funding.

The 7.5 hectare site will be a mixed use development, centred around the former tin mine, Robinson's Shaft, comprising:

• The regeneration of the former mine workings
• A visitor centre
• Housing
• Park and open space
• Retail and other commercial units
• Studios and making spaces for sculpture
• Performance spaces
• A new heart for Pool village

The development has been designed to go beyond 'carbon neutral' and to be a net energy generator.