Keepers Place is a proposed mixed-use community creating up to 3,500 new homes including a range of market and affordable housing designed to meet local housing needs, alongside supporting strategic infrastructure, community facilities, employment opportunities for local businesses and extensive public open space and landscaping. This will support the future health and prosperity of Milton Keynes and Central Bedfordshire and form a part of the wider Eastern Strategic City Extension which is allocated in the emerging Milton Keynes City Plan.
What is Keepers Place?
Key Benefits
A series of walkable villages set within the landscape
New community hubs and local centres to bring people, services and activities together
New primary schools and a secondary school to support new development in the area
Employment opportunities including space for start-ups and local businesses
Up to 3,500 new homes, including affordable and family homes, in a mix of size, type and tenure reflective of the local context and character
Specialist elderly and care accommodation located near to or within local centres
High quality public open spaces - approximately 60% of the Keepers Place site is proposed as open space - and the creation of new landscaped areas that will connect people with nature
Improved active travel and public transport infrastructure, with enhanced connections across the M1 to support the development and Milton Keynes City Council’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) ambitions
New sports facilities and pavilion buildings as well as a community hall, café and visitor centre near to Broughton Grounds community woodland
Healthcare services within the local centres to ensure the community is provided with easily accessible, convenient healthcare facilities
Preservation and enhancement of ancient woodlands, hedgerows, and creation of new habitats like species-rich grasslands and re-naturalised watercourses
Cross Boundary Vision
Hallam’s scheme forms part of the southern extent of the Milton Keynes Eastern Strategic City Extension, an identified allocation within the advancing MK City Plan 2050 (due to be re-consulted on in November and December 2025), and includes additional land in Central Bedfordshire. Our proposals intend to bring forward development as a comprehensive scheme, respecting the character and policy requirements of both Milton Keynes City Council and Central Bedfordshire Council.
Next Steps
As part of this process to support the MK City Plan 2050 and to guide the formulation of a planning application, Hallam Land has submitted a Scoping Opinion request to both Milton Keynes City Council and Central Bedfordshire Council and is working with both local authorities to address comments raised by consultees.
Alongside this, a comprehensive period of public consultation and engagement with the local community place took place earlier this year and we are now engaging again to let you know how the proposals have been adapted to respond to your feedback.
This website will continue to be updated as our proposals progress toward the submission of an outline planning application to both local authorities.