Welcome to Cheshunt Lakeside
Cheshunt Lakeside forms The name “Cheshunt Lakeside” was chosen We would be grateful if you could take the time to reflect its proximity to the Lee Valley to fill out one of our feedback forms today. a key part of Broxbourne Regional Park. Council’s strategy to deliver All the information from this exhibition is As the owners of the former Tesco HQ available on our website: new homes and economic and the majority landowner, Inland Homes growth in the area. are leading the redevelopment of the site, www.cheshuntlakeside.co.uk working closely with other landowners and Broxbourne Borough Council to deliver a The Council’s draft Local comprehensive regeneration of the site.
Plan identifies the site as IDM Properties are also working with the providing a significant team as one of the other main landowners for opportunity to deliver Cheshunt Lakeside. sustainable development We believe that the regeneration of Cheshunt Lakeside presents a significant opportunity on a brownfield site, to deliver lasting benefits for both the local helping to minimise the community and the wider area. requirement to develop on This exhibition is the first stage of the Green Belt. consultation with the local community. We want to hear your views on the emerging proposals and understand your priorities for the future of the area. Photo of the former Tesco HQ on Delamare Road
Computer Generated Image (CGI) showing how Delamare Road might look in the new Cheshunt Lakeside
The team We are working with an expert team, covering a wide range of disciplines, to deliver a comprehensive and high-quality development:
Inland Homes IDM Properties Metropolis Planning and Design Roger Cory Partnership Markides Associates Montague Evans Entran Lead Developer Developer Masterplanner Flooding Transport Planning Consultant Environmental Consultants
Cheshunt Lakeside
0800 170 7270 [email protected] cheshuntlakeside.co.uk @cheslakeside The Existing Site
The site identified in the Existing businesses and residents draft Local Plan is situated There is no immediate pressure for any of There are other businesses that between Windmill and the people currently on-site to relocate. are unlikely to be compatible with the Cadmore Lanes and is This project is likely to take 10 years new, largely residential environment and will be phased to allow time for the and we will provide support and currently occupied by a existing businesses and residents to assistance in relocating these to an number of businesses and review their options. alternative location. residential properties. For local businesses, we will be working For the existing homeowners on the site, with Broxbourne Borough Council (BBC) to we will be looking to purchase their The largest employer provide advice and support. Many existing properties or assist in finding and funding businesses will be able to find space in an alternative home as a substitute. on-site, Tesco, recently the new development, which will deliver relocated leaving a large significant employment space on-site. amount of the site vacant.
It is located in the most sustainable location in Photos showing existing site and surroundings Broxbourne, right next to Cheshunt Station with its excellent links into London and Cambridge. On the doorstep are the wide open spaces of the Lea Valley Regional Park.
A 21st Century Agenda for Housing and Employment
Optimising Brownfield Urban Sites
Safeguard Green Belt
• Minimise Car Journeys
• Maximise Rail Use
• Anticipate Cross Rail (2030)
• Live and Work Local
• Encourage Walking and Cycling
Lea Valley Park Maximise use of existing assets Cheshunt Cheshunt + Lakeside
Aerial photograph showing current site Diagram illustrating Cheshunt Lakeside within its Plan showing existing site layout wider context – with excellent transport links in to Illustrative Images London and Cambridge, and the Lea Valley Regional Park onCheshunt the doorstep, it is the most sustainable locationLakeside for new housing in Broxbourne
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0800 170 7270 [email protected] cheshuntlakeside.co.uk @cheslakeside The Draft Local Plan
Broxbourne Borough Housing numbers Council identified the land The original plan for development on the homes and the Council’s latest figure for at Cheshunt Lakeside in site, which would have encompassed potential development is 1,750 new homes. just the former Tesco site, projected a their draft Local Plan as development of around 400 new homes. Our proposals are based on delivering between 1,500 and 2,000 new homes, a significant opportunity Since then, the site has grown to include depending on further testing on what the to deliver new housing, the area between Cadmore Lane and impacts of the development will be and Windmill Lane and a figure of 1,000 new how they might be mitigated. business and community homes was included within Broxbourne’s space. By optimising draft Local Plan. Broxbourne Borough Council’s new Local Plan is likely to be fully adopted in late 2018. this brownfield site for Further testing has been taking place to significant development, assess the full capacity of the site for new the Council is protecting Green Belt land that would otherwise be required.
We estimate that the Council would need to find approximately 56 hectares of Green Belt Land to deliver the same number of new homes as Cheshunt Lakeside, around the size of 50 adult football pitches.
Image from the draft Local Plan of an illustrative Image from the draft Local Plan showing principles masterplan showing how the development of of developing the Cheshunt Lakeside site Cheshunt Lakeside could be arranged within the site
The draft policy outlined the following:
Policy CH1: Cheshunt Lakeside A section 106 agreement will accompany a future planning permission and proportionate contributions will be allocated to Cheshunt Lakeside will be developed as a new mixed-use urban priorities within the Infrastructure Delivery Plan. village to accommodate: Cheshunt Lakeside is to be developed in accordance with a c. 1,000 new homes 1. comprehensive masterplan. Incremental development of the area will be resisted. 2. 20% starter/shared ownership homes If necessary, compulsory purchase will be pursued by the Council. 3. 20% affordable rented homes
4. Elderly persons accommodation The Council appreciates that these proposals will impact on a large number of existing homes and businesses. In the first 5. Businesses and business floorspace for new business start-ups instance, the Council will work with developers and the community to finalise a masterplan for Cheshunt Lakeside. It will then assist 6. A local centre, situated along Windmill Lane, connecting developers to purchase the interests required to deliver a cohesive Cheshunt Lakeside to Cheshunt Railway Station new place. It will also assist those businesses and individuals affected by redevelopment to relocate to alternative premises. 7. A two-form entry primary school There is likely to be a significant lead in time to the development 8. Landscaped open space of the first properties and it is anticipated that most of the new 9. Relocation of Network Rail depot homes will be delivered between 2021 and 2026.
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0800 170 7270 [email protected] cheshuntlakeside.co.uk @cheslakeside The Opportunity
New homes Local Centre Between 1,500 and 2,000 new homes, including affordable A new focal point for the community comprising shops, cafés, housing and a possible care home restaurants, start-up business and community space
Infrastructure Workspace Investment in and improvement of local bus services and Flexible workspace providing space for approximately 1,000 improvements to local highways network, particularly at the jobs, including space for some of the existing businesses on-site Old Pond roundabout
Flooding Open space Opening up of the western boundary to allow better maintenance of Over five acres of new landscaping and publicly accessible the designated main river and extensive landscaping to replace the pedestrian and cycle routes through the site largely impermeable and hardstanding surface on the existing site
Construction Education Over a quarter of a billion pounds of construction, which A new two-form entry Primary School and space for will include opportunities for the local supply chain, local community use employment, and apprenticeships
Health Green Belt Space for new health facilities, such as GP surgeries or dentists, A significant contribution to Broxbourne’s housing requirements if required by the local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) that will help save approximately 56 hectares of the Green Belt
CGI showing new local centre with shops, restaurants and cafés
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0800 170 7270 [email protected] cheshuntlakeside.co.uk @cheslakeside The Masterplan
4 8 Cadmore Lane 6 5 4 8 5 4 7 6 5 2 3 7 4 4 5 3 6 4 5 4 7 7 4 5 3 6 4 5 4 7 7 5 5 4 3 6 5 5 4 6 11 5 6 Delamare Road 11 2 Landmead Road 1 7 6 1113 3 2 5 5 10 6 6 4 Palmers Way 3 3 3
Lea Valley Regional Park Masterplan showing proposed building heights in red 4 Roundmoor Drive
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1 Oakdene
Windmill Lane
KEY
1 Local Centre – possible location for health, 3 Village core – a residential neighbourhood community and commercial uses such as restaurants, shops and cafés 4 Landscaping to western boundary
2 Key employment zones 5 New school The new Cheshunt Lakeside will allow people to live, work and play local
Cadmore Lane
High Street Lea Valley Regional Park
A10 Millbrook School
Windmill Lane Turners Hill Turners
Old Pond
Masterplan of Cheshunt Lakeside shown in its wider context
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0800 170 7270 [email protected] cheshuntlakeside.co.uk @cheslakeside Live, Work, Play Local
Live Work Play
• Between 1,500 and 2,000 new homes, • Flexible workspace providing space • Excellent links directly into the beautiful including affordable housing, the potential for approximately 1,000 jobs, including Lee Valley Regional Park for specialist elderly care accommodation space for some of the existing and a range of apartment sizes to meet businesses on-site • Restaurants, shops, and a public square local need in the new local centre • A wide range of different jobs, including • No traffic on residential streets, with hi-tech light industrial, office, teachers, • Community uses almost all parking provided underground care assistants, gardeners, retail and management opportunities • Extensive cycle and pedestrian routes • Private gardens within each residential area through beautifully landscaped streets • Located in two key areas – in the local and nature routes • Extensive landscaping of public areas centre next to the station and the Cadmore Lane cluster near existing • Excellent proximity to local amenities, employment land to the north including new primary school • Additional commercial space dotted • A short walk from the train station, with through the village core area, occupying excellent links into London and Cambridge, ground floor space of some of the and local bus routes on the doorstep residential buildings
• A range of different commercial accommodation, offering the right space for the local market and allowing the retention of some of the existing site businesses
• Easily accessible by public transport Lea Valley Regional Park is on the doorstep
Extract from the masterplan showing the village core
Highlighted areas showing core employment zones
CGI showing new homes and landscaped area on the western boundary
CGI showing new local centre
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0800 170 7270 [email protected] cheshuntlakeside.co.uk @cheslakeside Highways and Transport
As one of six key strategic The new development will propose one- In addition to improvements to the highways to-one parking for the Cheshunt Lakeside network, we will be improving the area sites within Hertfordshire, development, which is likely to mean around Cheshunt Station to create a much Cheshunt Lakeside is that parking levels will be similar to what better and more spacious drop-off and currently exists on the site now. It is likely part of an ongoing traffic pick-up area, helping to keep traffic moving. that the traffic movements from the new We will be investing in improvements to the development will compare favourably with modelling exercise local bus network and longer platforms and the site as it currently stands. being undertaken by trains will be introduced at the station to Hertfordshire County Although Tesco has now vacated the site, at support future growth. its peak it employed around 1,100 people on Council. This will the site and this, with the other businesses, Further down the line, and around the time assess the impacts of generated significant traffic movements. this development is complete, Crossrail 2 All those traffic movements were sustained is likely to be operating to and from any new developments within the existing local highways network. Cheshunt Station. and recommend improvements to the highways network.
As part of the Cheshunt Lakeside development, we will be making financial contributions to help improve the local highways network, most notably at the Old Pond roundabout.
Local bus services will be improved Cheshunt Station provides excellent links to London and Cambridge
Wider context showing key routes in and out of the site
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0800 170 7270 [email protected] cheshuntlakeside.co.uk @cheslakeside Next Steps
We hope you have found JULY/AUGUST 2017 this exhibition useful and Initial public consultation on emerging proposals we would appreciate 1 if you could take the SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 time to fill in one of our Further public consultation prior to application feedback forms before submission 2 you leave. NOVEMBER 2017 We will be reviewing all the Submission of the planning application feedback received here 3 today to help inform the APRIL 2018 next stages of design work. Proposed determination of the application 4 Over the summer, we will LATE 2018 continue to meet local stakeholders, business and Construction begins 5 residents and will provide updates through our 2028 website and Twitter feed. Final phases completed 6
CGI showing new homes set in extensive landscaping
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0800 170 7270 [email protected] cheshuntlakeside.co.uk @cheslakeside