Our Living Experience

The Living sector is a core part of CDA’s work. We collaborate with developers, investors and operators to deliver housingled schemes which are commercially sound, planning–aware and designed to create lasting value.

Our experience spans Build to Rent, Purpose-Built Student Accommodation, Extra Care, private residential and mixed-use neighbourhoods. Each development brings its own requirements, from operational efficiency and management models to resident experience and placemaking. Our approach balances these practical considerations with thoughtful design to create places where people want to live.

Successful living environments must do more than maximise density. They need to respond to context, create a strong sense of place, and deliver homes that meet the needs of residents and communities.

From early feasibility and masterplanning, through planning, technical design and delivery, we bring commercial insight, design rigour and technical expertise to every stage of the process.

What can we do for you?

We understand the residential sector, and the pressures and priorities of developers, housebuilders and investors.

Site appraisals

Assessing opportunities, constraints and development potential to support early decision-making. 

Masterplanning

Creating residential layouts and place-led strategies that balance density, quality and deliverability.

Design optimisation

Refining layouts, unit mix and building form to improve efficiency, viability and the quality of homes and places.

Regeneration and repositioning

Transforming existing sites and assets into successful residential or mixed-use developments.

Sustainability

Embedding sustainable design principles within the architectural design to improve performance, meet regulatory requirements and future-proof developments.

Download our Living Experience Brochure