A Garden Village for Swale
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A GARDEN VILLAGE FOR SWALE LORD MATTHEW TAYLOR (HON MRTPI) Visiting Professor of Planning, Plymouth University When I proposed the Garden Village programme to Government, the number one objective was to give councils the opportunity to deliver the homes people need in well planned, attractive new garden communities of the highest quality, instead of endless bland housing estates ruining the edge of historic towns. That means delivering great places to live and work, with all the facilities people need from parks and gardens to shops, cafes, schools Lord Taylor of Goss Moor has and employment. In short, creating new 21st century communities with all the best qualities of advised successive governments on planning policy, conducting traditional English market towns and villages. the 2008 ‘Living Working Countryside’ planning review and the 2011 creation of the I have been commissioned to help ensure that the proposals for a Garden Community south of Governments national Planning Faversham achieve all these aims and more. By working with the Council, the intention is to create Practice Guidance suite. He authored the Policy Exchange a long term partnership to design and deliver the best possible community, of the highest quality. report proposing the Garden The commitment is to meet all the objectives of the Government’s Garden Village and Towns Village programme. Gladman have engaged Lord Taylor on programme, and more importantly meet the needs of the people living and working in Swale, this Garden Village project in an especially the next generation currently priced out of homes. This prospectus outlines the proposed independent advisory capacity to help us and the Council ensure approach and the opportunity presented by the well-connected site, but is the start of a process our proposals are of the highest possible quality. that is all about working with the community and the council to meet these local needs. I am excited by the opportunity, and look forward to helping the council and the promoters of this scheme to achieve the best possible outcome – a truly sustainable, 21st century garden community people will be proud and delighted to live in. 1 INTRODUCTION; A GARDEN VILLAGE FOR SWALE Gladman Developments are promoting land to the south There are further technical and environmental evaluations of Faversham for a new Garden Village. Faversham itself is required however the evidence to date confirms that the land is England’s oldest `New Town’ planned and created by Monks in relatively unconstrained and is entirely suitable for the scale and the 13th Century. form of development being proposed. The site is controlled by four principal landowners who have The site’s delivery is secured as the land is owned by a small agreed to work in partnership to plan and deliver a high quality group of landowners who are committed to working together new garden village. with an experienced land promoter supported by a full team of The site presents an excellent opportunity to work in professional consultants. partnership with the Council, County Council, local community and stakeholders to create a self contained, sustainable, distinctive and attractive new settlement w hich will help to meet the housing needs of Swale Borough and the wider area. This new Garden Village for Swale has the potential to deliver in the region of 5,000 new homes, a combination of high quality market, affordable and specialised housing, business / employment land, community uses and extensive greenspace in a strategically important and sustainable location to the south of the M2. The new Garden Village will include a combination of uses and facilities set out in further detail within this document. 3 ERS WN DO AN L UR A NEW GARDEN FO VILLAGE FOR SWALE THE NEW GARDEN VILLAGE The land under control extends to The site is under the control of four approximately 317 hectares and lies principal landowners and is being in a sustainable location; adjacent promoted by an experienced land to the southern side of junction 6 of promoter. This presents an ideal the M2, and approximately 3km from opportunity to work in partnership with Faversham (which runs along the the Council and local stakeholders to FOUR PRINCIPAL LANDOWNERS northern side of the M2). create a sustainable, distinctive and The site’s close location to Faversham attractive residential led mixed use provides the opportunity for a self- new settlement which will help to sustaining new settlement with meet the needs of the Borough and COMMITTED access to and the ability to enhance wider area. the existing sustainable transport The benefits of focussed funding in connections within the wider catchment a new garden village also benefits QUICK DELIVERY areas of Canterbury, Sittingbourne, other stakeholder services such as Ashford, London, Medway Towns and education, health and waste collection. Maidstone. UNCONSTRAINED Survey work of the site is ongoing but to date there are no major constraints identified that would be a barrier to development of a garden village. STANDALONE SELF-CONTAINED OWN IDENTITY LAND CONTROLLED BY HOLMES LAND CONTROLLED BY BENSTED LAND CONTROLLED BY BATCHELOR LAND CONTROLLED BY LEES COURT 4 Brook Brook Manor Track Manor Track Drain Path Drain Path FB FB Preston MP 53.25 115 Preston MP 53.25 M 2 1 Nursery 1 M 2 5 Track Nursery Track M 2 M 2 1 1 2 2 LB LB 127 125 127 Reservoir 125 Reservoir 1 (covered) 1 (covered) Bungalows Brogdale Bungalows The Brogdale Farm The Farm House 5 House 5 ROAD Tank ROAD Tank VICARAGE LANE VICARAGE LANE White Cottage Ouden White Cottage 10 Ouden BROGDALE 10 BROGDALE 129 129 Bramley Bramley 1 House Ramblers 1 House Cedar Terrace Ramblers 7 Cedar Terrace Rosemary 7 Ridge House Rosemary Ridge House 1 M 2 a Brogdale Farm 1a M 2 Brogdale Farm 12 (National Fruit Trails) 1 12 (National Fruit Trails) 126 Ppg Sta 2 1 26 Ppg Sta 2 LB 1 TCB LB TCB SELLING ROAD SELLING ROA 1 3 0 141 1 30 1 141 1 N N Ivy SALTERS ETL Ivy SALTERS Cottages ETL LAND CONTROLLED BY D Cottages 8 128 2 5 1 5 LA LANE NE El Ps El Ps 1 140 1 140 10 2 0 1 Westwood Court 2 Cottages Westwood Court ASHFORD Cottages ASHFO Farm Cottages BENSTED Farm Cottages dale Track The ale RD 2 Brog Track ogd 2 The Br Kiln ROAD 1 The The Kiln ROAD Barn 1 Barn Brogdale Brogdale Oast Oast 148 Gantry 148 Gantry M 2 M 2 ROAD ROAD Westwood Court G Westwood Court The Whitehill ASTLIN E Whitehill The Cottage EASTLING North Cottage North Barn Barn The The South South Barn Barn LB LB Path Path Whitehill Whitehill House House Peel Peel Tank House Tank House Path (um) Path (um) Whitehill Bung Whitehill alows Bungalows 1 Orchard End 1 Little Brook 2 Orchard End Little Brook 2 Brook Brook Farmhouse Farmhouse Copton Copton LAND CONTROLLED BY 3 Cottage 3 4 Cottage 4 Whitehill Track Whitehill Track WHITEHILL WHITEHILL Forge Forge Cottage Brook Farm Cottage Coldstream Brook Farm Coldstream ROAD Cottage ROAD Cottage 1 1 Copton Barn Copton Barn PORTER'S EASTLING LANE PORTER'S EASTLING LANE BATCHELOR Selling Road Selling Road Cottages Cottages 4 4 PLUMFORD PLUMFORD Tanks Tanks Copton ROAD Copton ROAD Copton Manor Manor Forgefield Forgefield Copton Tank Tank A 251 A 251 Workings Workings (dis) (dis) Ordnance Survey, (c) Crown Copyright 2018. 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Licence number 100022432 Tennis Court Tennis Court PORTER'S LANE PORTE R'S LANE Coney Wood Coney Wood Path (um) Path (um) k c a r Track T Tanks Tanks Reservoir Reservoir Track (covered) Track (covered) Stone 8 Stone 8 ack Paradise Cottage Tr Paradise Cottage Track Sole Street Sole Street Cottage 9 Cottage Selgrove Selgrove 9 Stone Stone PORTER'S LANE PORTER'S LANE Tank Tank Path (um) Path (um) th (um) Path (um) Pa The Oast The Oast Portway Portway Plumford Farmhouse Plumford Farmhouse SELLING ROAD 2 SELL 2 12 12 1 1 Plumford Farm Cottages IN Plumford Farm Cottages 14 G 14 R OAD Track Track Pond Pond Kiln Kiln Cottage Cottage Sole Street Sole Street House House 15 LAND CONTROLLED BY 15 Plumford Plumford Track Oast Track 16 Oast 16 The The Granary Granary Tanks Tanks Plumford Barn HOLMES Plumford Barn ASHFORD ROAD ASHFORD ROAD PLUMFORD ROAD PLUMFORD ROAD ETL ETL GP GP Track Track LB LB Path (um) Path (um) ETL ETL Track Track SELLIN SELLING ROAD G ROA Stone Stone D Workings Workings (dis) (dis) ETL ETL 17 17 Path (um) Path (um) 18 18 Square Wood Square Wood Workings (dis) Workings (dis) Badgin Wood Badgin Wood Harewell House Harewell House Path (um) Path (um) North Street North Street Path (um) Path (um) Darwin Darwin Little Owens Little Owens Track Track MS MS Pond Tollgate House Pond Tollgate House Littles Littles Path (um) Path (um) Harewell Harewell Manor Manor Littles Manor Littles Manor Cottage Cottage Oast Farm Oast Farm Maybank Maybank A 19-07-18 Halke Cottages removed from boundary BF North Street North Street Farm House Farm House Forge House Forge House Rev Date Revision notes By A 251 A 251 Heigham Holm Heigham Holm Owens Court Owens Court 1 Cottages 1 Cottages 2 Kinbur Kinbur 2 4 4 DO NOT SCALE Ordnance Survey, (c) Crown Copyright 2018.