Creative thinking was required to unlock this awkward shaped site within Spalding conservation area. The key to unlocking the site plan was the relocation of the DIY store’s garden to the space between two retail pavilions, challenging the traditional terrace arrangement. The layout allows servicing space to be sited tightly behind the external retail space and the car park extended into the ‘leg of lamb’ parcel of land to the south west of the site – offering a potential link to the adjoining town centre parking. The northern elevation is a brick screen wall which replicates the scale and rhythm of the elevation of the factory which previously occupied the site. The wall, a mix of solid and void, defines a clear boundary to the site and provides continual built form to the street. A sculptural metal gate and boundary fence depicting the red tulip emblem of Spalding, secures the site at night.