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Land South of Lower June 2020

Rainier Developments is preparing an outline planning Your comments are welcome application for new homes on land west of Road, We are writing to brief you on our proposals before a planning south of Lower Stondon. application is finalised and submitted to Central The proposals seek to provide a comprehensively master Council. planned and sustainable development that provides a range We welcome your comments regarding our proposals, which of new homes for local people and complements adjacent will be reviewed by Rainier Developments and compiled planned development to complete the southern gateway into in a Statement of Community Involvement, which will be the village. submitted as part of the planning application. The scheme has been informed by a series of technical and Commenting at this stage will not affect your right to environmental studies and could provide opportunities comment at a later stage when the planning application has for traffic calming, new landscaping and enhancements to been submitted to the Council. biodiversity. KEY: CONTEXT PLAN

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Pumping station More information is available at: www.rainier-lowerstondon.co.uk

Feedback Form

Our proposal Please let us have your feedback by Monday 29 June 2020 Name: The site comprises 5.75 hectares of agricultural land to the • New pedestrian access to Bedford Road and a west of the A600 Bedford Road and north of Holwellbury new crossing point across Bedford Road, enabling Address: Road. It is located immediately opposite the Barratt David connectivity with adjoining development sites and Wilson site (Lavender Grange) and east of the Brunswick Gate bus stops on Bedford Road. Email: site being developed by Mulberry Homes. • Vehicle access from Bedford Road, designed to The location is highly sustainable, being within easy walking complement the highways and access arrangements What would be most important to you when considering development on this site (tick as many as you distance to local services and facilities in Lower Stondon. It of the surrounding sites to create a new southern like) is adjacent to the existing bus stop south of Bedford Road gateway to the village. and the proposed bus stops being delivered as part of the Number of Affordable Homes Range of house sizes Lavender Grange site. • Existing hedgerows and trees will be retained and brought into regular long-term management. A small Landscape and Ecology Transport and Infrastructure The Concept Masterplan above illustrates the proposals, of area of vegetation clearance will be necessary to Contribution to Infrastructure Other (please specify below) which the key elements are: provide the site access, however new planting across the site will provide a net gain of trees. A new wetland • Up to 115 new homes, of which 35% (40 homes) will be Please provide details of any important local issues that you feel are relevant to the proposals: meadow and open space will soften views into the site affordable homes to help meet the needs of Stondon and enhance biodiversity. Parish and the wider area and enabling younger families and first-time buyers to get onto the housing • Financial contributions towards infrastructure ladder. improvements for the village. Please provide any other comments you wish to make here: • Provision of a range of house types and sizes, including smaller two- and three-bedroom properties to help cater for young families, first time buyers and those Do you wish to receive future updates? Yes No looking to downsize. Any personal information that you provide us will be held securely. Under no circumstances will personal data be shared with third parties or for direct marketing purposes. [email protected] More information is available at: www.rainier-lowerstondon.co.uk You can choose to stop receiving updates from us at any time by contacting us at: Key benefits of the proposals

Mix of family homes, including A sustainable location, within a short walk approximately 40 affordable properties, of Lower Stondon village centre and its A comprehensive landscape strategy to thus increasing opportunities for affordable services, generating increased spending in deliver biodiversity net gain. home ownership in the local area. the locality by new residents.

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Employment opportunities including full Creation of a new southern gateway to Financial contributions from the developer time and supply chain jobs during the the village, complementing the adjoining to both Central Bedfordshire Council and construction period. development sites. Stondon Parish Council, helping to deliver new local infrastructure and community facilities.

What happens next? How to contact us

Rainier Developments will be submitting an outline planning In light of the current restrictions due to Covid-19, we have application in the coming weeks which will set out the several ways for you to provide your feedback to us. The easiest principles of the development in more detail. way is to fill in the Feedback Form attached to this leaflet and send it back to us at our Freepost address. Should the application be approved, we will then work with a housebuilder partner to deliver a range of new homes. Alternatively, you can email your comments to:

[email protected]

Call us at: 0800 080 3173

Business Reply License Number RUAE-JLAR-CUAB

Rainier Developments Limited Rainier House 62 High Street Henley-in-Arden B95 5AN

Please let us have your feedback by Monday 29 June 2020