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Marstonmarston Moretaine, Central Bedfordshire Marstonmarston Moretaine, Central Bedfordshire MarstonMarston Moretaine, Central Bedfordshire MarstonMarston Moretaine, Central Bedfordshire Marston Thrift represents a unique and exciting opportunity to create a viable and sustainable new village community of 2,000 homes close to Marston Moretaine in line with the Central Bedfordshire local plan. What you see here is only the beginning of the journey, we will deliver: • 2,000 new homes, including a range of home types and tenures. We will work with the country’s best housebuilders to craft homes of the highest quality. The range of homes will be designed around fresh air, green space and excellent connections • A 50 bed extra care facility • Two new lower schools and one new middle school, delivered alongside the new homes to cater for the increased demand for school places • A community hub with healthcare, retail, and leisure opportunities • Improved walking, cycling, and public transport facilities, including a dedicated ‘park and change’ facility • An extension to the existing Millennium Country Park, providing a significant new area of open space for new and existing residents to enjoy • A new community woodland delivered in partnership with the Forest of Marston Vale Trust, contributing to the overall objective of increasing woodland within the Marston Vale 1 2 Marston Thrift is not reliant on significant new infrastructure and benefits from the recently completed improvement work carried out on the A421. The site is free from physical constraints, in single ownership and has immediate accessibility to existing transport connections. We are therefore capable of delivering housing early within the plan period, with the first residential completions anticipated within three years, of obtaining an outline planning consent, helping to meet Central Bedfordshire’s strategic housing needs from the outset. A new community hub, including health, retail, recreation and leisure facilities will be included within the first phase of development, along with a new lower and middle school. A further lower school will be included within a later phase to ensure that school capacity is provided in line with demand. The schools and community hub will be a prominent illustration of Catesby Estates investment in early placemaking. 3 The Green Infrastructure Strategy for the Mid Bedfordshire area promotes the creation of a new green infrastructure corridor along the northern edge of the site, occupying the rising ground between the Marston Vale and Greensand Ridge. The layout of the development can help deliver this objective through a combination of new woodland planting and open spaces. The creation of a new community woodland, delivered in partnership with the Forest of Marston Vale Trust, would directly support the aims and ambitions of the Trust, a charity promoting rural regeneration through new woodland planting in the Vale. 4 Well connected The site lies within the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford Arc, a nationally important corridor for innovation and economic growth. Marston Thrift benefits from a location immediately adjacent to the A421, recently dualled in 2010 as part of the Department for Transport’s Oxford to Cambridge (O2C) Expressway to provide improved strategic accessibility and free up local highway capacity. East West Rail provides an opportunity for this location to benefit from integrated road and rail connections, with a new station and park and ride facility planned at Ridgmont. A new 4 platform station, with car parking and ancillary facilities is also planned on the Midland Bedford Mainline at Wixams. Local rail provision is provided by the existing Millbrook station. The site is directly served by a number of existing bus routes, with stops on Beancroft Road and Lower Shelton Road. Additional bus stops and an increase to some of the existing services will be provided as part of the development, alongside a dedicated ‘Park and Change’ facility within the community hub acting as a local park and ride facility that Kempston could support an express service between Milton Keynes and Bedford. Various employment opportunities are easily accessible from the site, including the research and development facilities located nearby at Cranfield University Technology Park and Millbrook Proving Ground. (Proposed new station) Wixams Kempston Marston Hardwick Craneld University Technology Park Craneld Airport Marston Moretaine Millbrook Station Milton Millbrook Keynes Proving Ground Millbrook (Proposed new station) Ridgmont 5 The site is also well served by footpath and cycle links. National Cycle Route 51 runs close to the site and provides links to both Milton Keynes and Bedford. Numerous Public Rights of Way cross the site and there is a comprehensive footpath network within the surrounding countryside. This includes footpaths within the Marston Vale Country Park, which is accessible from the site via an underpass near the north-eastern corner of the site at Lower Shelton. 6 The Vision As a village of 2,000 homes, Marston Thrift will reinforce the existing settlement pattern in the Marston Vale, which is predominantly made up of villages, including those of a similar size at nearby Marston Moretaine, Cranfield and Wootton. MARSTON THRIFT WOODS 7 Key Site boundary Beancroft Farm Residential - Village Core LOWER SHELTON Residential - Woodland Edge Residential - Countryside Park Edge Local centre Extra care home Combined 2 form entry lower school and 4 form entry middle school 2 form entry lower school Countryside park Community woodland Allotments Green infrastructure, including outdoor sport Drainage Agriculture MARSTON MORETAINE A421 8 Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) has already identified the Milton Keynes to Bedford corridor as a location for growth, including the creation of distinctive, well integrated new communities. Catesby Estates, working in conjunction with CBC will deliver a new high quality residential community that is sympathetic to its surroundings, sustainable and sets the benchmark standard for future development in an area that is nationally recognised as a significant investment corridor. Our vision for Marston Thrift is to create a sustainable residential community of the highest standard, characterised by high quality homes within attractive landscaping and generous open spaces, set against a rural backdrop. Acting as Master Developer, Catesby Estates will deliver the core development infrastructure, including roads, open spaces, schools, and community facilities. We will prepare and enforce a design code to ensure that the standard we set is maintained by our selected housebuilders. 9 The development will cater for the whole community, from first time buyers looking for affordable homes, families looking for a place to grow, and homes for those looking to enjoy their retirement in supported facilities. With a commitment to the early delivery of social infrastructure, we will provide a solid foundation upon which the new community can evolve, making Marston Thrift a perfect place to call home. 10 1 Village Core The concept masterplan for Marston Thrift is based on the establishment of four main character areas, each with its own distinct attributes, in order to create a strong sense of place and give the new settlement a clear identity: The Village Core, off Beancroft Road will form the heart of Marston Thrift. This will include a community centre, a health and social care hub, retail units, food & drink outlets, and a dedicated public transport ‘park & change’ facility. 11 2 Woodland Edge The Woodland Edge forms an attractive, leafy residential neighbourhood located between the Village Core and the community woodland. A strong and positive built frontage along the interface with the woodland will establish a well-defined open space/recreational corridor and provide an attractive setting for residents. 12 Countryside3 Park Edge The Countryside Park Edge forms an attractive, semi-rural residential neighbourhood between the Village Core and the Country Park. There will be high levels of connectivity between the new homes and the recreational footpath/cyclepath network running through the Countryside Park and the wider network beyond. 13 Countryside4 Park The Countryside Park, a large semi-natural open space, combining areas of woodland, scrub, grassland, surface water attenuation features and opportunities for recreation and biodiversity. This area will provide space for wildlife to thrive, along with ample space for dog walking, or just taking in the fresh air with the family. 14 We care about the communities we work with and create. We want to work with you and local residents on this journey to build a new community that fits and compliments its surroundings while benefiting existing residents. Catesby Estates specialises in the delivery of land through the planning system and boast a significant track record of delivering viable planning permissions that are fit for purpose for housebuilders across the country. Catesby Estates is owned by Urban&Civic plc a property development and investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange’s main market (UANC). The company has an outstanding track record in crafting strategic sites and commercial developments. They believe in doing things right and define themselves by the quality of their projects. The core business focus is on strategic sites where, as Master Developer, they own or have the stewardship of over 4,000 acres of land across the country. Find out more at www.urbanandcivic.com 15 Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire This 1,425 acre is currently
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