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The site is located directly north of Broughton and the M1, comprising 231 hectares, with part of the site forming a critical part of the first phase of the Eastern Strategic City Extension which is allocated in the emerging Milton Keynes City Plan 2050. The site is sustainably located and is free from any significant environmental designations or constraints.
The project is currently at a very early stage in the Planning process and productive discussions are ongoing with both local authorities and local community stakeholders, in addition to this consultation.
The land has been selected as a preferred allocation for sustainable growth beyond the built-up area of the city in the emerging MK City Plan 2050.
This demonstrates the site is capable of delivering a significant number and mix of new homes and meeting local aspirations for growth by providing new affordable homes, community facilities and infrastructure and public open spaces.
The land is a critical part of the first phase of the Eastern Strategic City Extension which is allocated in the emerging Milton Keynes City Plan 2050.
Whilst we are at a very early stage in the Planning process, we envisage the land could provide up to 3,500 homes including affordable homes in a mix of type and tenure.
The proposals include new community hubs and local centres, new primary schools and secondary schools, and employment opportunities for the community.
This is in addition to high quality public open spaces and the creation of new landscaped area, and active travel and public transport infrastructure, with connections across the M1.
Extensive on-site assessments have taken place to understand the current flood risk across the site and how this interacts with the wider area. Sustainable drainage systems will be designed for the site to ensure that the flood risk of the surrounding land is not impacted. Built development within the site will be located outside of areas at risk of flooding, with the sustainable drainage network proposed to form an attractive, central part of the set within the wider green infrastructure network.
The drainage systems implemented on-site will have to improve current drainage conditions and account for the increased flood risk associated with climate change, to ensure the development remains safe long into the future.
Sustainable transport measures are central to our emerging proposals, and will include investment into public transport, the creation of safe and inclusive infrastructure for cyclists, and extensive walking routes. Residents will have a genuine choice of travel options without relying on cars. The site will benefit from numerous points of access, and will be integrated into the existing Milton Keynes Redways and public transport systems, with mobility hubs strategically located to facilitate onwards journeys.
Hallam Land will work closely with both Councils to assess the capacity of the surrounding road network, this will include considering the potential impacts on the wider transport network and working to identify any mitigation needed to address these impacts.
Hallam Land will also work closely with Milton Keynes City Council to safeguard land within the development for the planned the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system.
The site will include a range of employment opportunities, allowing new and existing businesses in Milton Keynes and Central Bedfordshire to establish and grow.
Our current proposals show specific areas of the site identified for employment uses with the proposed schools, community hubs, including retail and health facilities within the local centres, providing further employment opportunities for the new and existing communities.
It is currently envisaged that the site could deliver thousands of jobs across the site, with hundreds of further jobs for local people created throughout the development’s construction.
Yes, the site will meet the needs of new residents by providing health facilities, which would be located within local centres. Co-locating this type of facility in the local centres will ensure they can be sustainably accessed and help to create new, vibrant community hubs that are focal points for community and social cohesion.
The site is characterised by arable land, with hedgerows, woodlands and ditches. Valued habitats will be retained and buffered from development with opportunities to enhance existing habitats and improve connectivity via new hedgerows and tree planting forming a key element of our green infrastructure strategy, supporting existing ecology across the site.
Large areas of open space planned throughout the development will help to contribute towards a 10% biodiversity net gain, with habitat creation and improvements allowing us to deliver this onsite.
Scoping is part of the Environmental Impact Assessment process and is used to determine the extent of issues to be considered in an assessment and reported in the Environmental Statement which is submitted as part of an outline planning application. The Applicant, in this case Hallam Land, can ask the local planning authority for its opinion on what information needs to be included – which is called a ‘scoping option’.
An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a process used to evaluate the likely environmental impacts of certain proposed developments, in this case due to the scale of development proposed.
We will consider all feedback which will be essential in helping shape the plans. Updates will be published regularly on this website.