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Willen Road East

Bloor Homes has submitted pre-application proposals for up to 800 dwellings on land at Willen Road East.

Willen Road East is located within the wider Milton Keynes East Local Plan allocation, the principle of which is established. The rest of the allocation will be developed by Newlands (employment) to the west of Willen Road and Berkeley (mixed use) to the south.

The emerging masterplan has been drafted after discussion with other landowners, Newport Pagnell Town Council, key technical consultees and Officers of Milton Keynes Council.

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Willen Road East will provide the following:

Up to 800 dwellings of mixed type, a primary school and small local centre.

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A series of wildlife corridors/habitat areas and a north-south pedestrian green link.

Two points of access on the eastern side of Willen Road.

Substantial green infrastructure, including formal open space (sports pitches), landscape and amenity areas.

Provision of a distributor road/redway to link to the wider allocation.

A pedestrian and cycle bridge across Monks Way (A422) joining to a network of existing routes.

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Willen Road East will provide the following:

Up to 800 dwellings of mixed type, a primary school and small local centre.

Wildlife Avatar

A series of wildlife corridors/habitat areas and a north-south pedestrian green link.

Two points of access on the eastern side of Willen Road.

Substantial green infrastructure, including formal open space (sports pitches), landscape and amenity areas.

Provision of a distributor road/redway to link to the wider allocation.

A pedestrian bridge across Monks Way (A422) joining to a network of existing routes.

drainage, water, excess, removal, undergroundCreated with Sketch.

Sustainable Urban Drainage.

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Summary of Development Benefits

Social

Improved connectivity
– delivering a well-connected local development, providing new pedestrian/cycle routes and footbridge.

Placemaking and public realm
– the development will deliver high quality design and sense of place.

Increasing housing choice and affordability
– providing a mix of homes, including affordable homes, that will make significant contribution to meeting local needs.

Educational benefits
– delivery of new primary school site.

Economic

Delivering a strategic allocation
– initial homes to be occupied in 2025, meeting local housing needs as soon as possible.

Job creation
– during construction and within the local centre and school.

Environmental

Green infrastructure
– featuring substantial amounts of green space and adaptable homes to accommodate flexible working.

Reduced congestion and vehicle use
– improved reduction in congestion from new traffic routes and non-car modes of travel.

Biodiversity Net Gain
– created through use of green and blue infrastructure, including creation of substantial new planting and habitats.

Habitat improvements and connectivity
– the development will create significant new habitats and trees. The creation of new habitats will include green links to other habitats to aid connectivity.

Blue infrastructure
– the development would include significant creation of flood capacity including new attenuation and swales.

Landscaping
– significant landscape buffers to the A422, Willen Road and south-east Grid Road.

Social

Improved connectivity
– delivering a well-connected local development, providing new pedestrian/cycle routes and footbridge.


Placemaking and public realm
– the development will deliver high quality design and sense of place.


Increasing housing choice and affordability
– providing a mix of homes, including affordable homes, that will make significant contribution to meeting local needs.


Educational benefits
– delivery of new primary school site.

Economic

Delivering a strategic allocation
– initial homes to be occupied in 2025, meeting local housing needs as soon as possible.


Job creation
– during construction and within the local centre and school.

Environmental

Green infrastructure
– featuring substantial amounts of green space and adaptable homes to accommodate flexible working.


Reduced congestion and vehicle use
– improved reduction in congestion from new traffic routes and non-car modes of travel.


Biodiversity Net Gain
– created through use of green and blue infrastructure, including creation of substantial new planting and habitats.


Habitat improvements and connectivity
– the development will create significant new habitats and trees. The creation of new habitats will include green links to other habitats to aid connectivity.


Blue infrastructure
– the development would include significant creation of flood capacity including new attenuation and swales.


Landscaping
– significant landscape buffers to the A422, Willen Road and south-east Grid Road.

The scheme will make contributions for the delivery of necessary infrastructure via the Council’s Tariff Framework.

 

Please take the time to view the plan on this website and have your say by completing the online feedback form. These views will be used to inform the proposals further before the submission of a formal planning application to the Council.

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