Marston Vale New Villages

DevelopmentDRAFT Brief January 2020 DRAFT

Prepared By David Lock Associates DRAFT CONTENTS

PREFACE 1 5.0 DEVELOPMENT TESTS 22 The Status of the Development Brief 1 Introduction 22 The Structure of the Development Brief 1 The Concept Plan 22 Achieving Design Quality 22 1.0 PURPOSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF 2 Introduction 2 6.0 NEXT STEPS - IMPLEMENTATION & DELIVERY 44 An Exemplar Development at the Introduction 44 Gateway to Central Bedfordshire 4 Planning Process 44 Sequence of Design Control 44 2.0 POLICY & GUIDANCE CONTEXT SUMMARY 6 Sequence of Delivery 46 Design Policy & Guidance 6 Other Delivery Considerations 46 Governance 46 3.0 SITE CONTEXT & KEY DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCES 8 APPENDIX A: CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE LOCAL Location & Existing Land Uses 8 PLAN POLICY SA2 48 Site History & the Historic Environment 10 Access, Movement & Connectivity 12 APPENDIX B: CONSULTATION STATEMENT 50

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 Landscape, Ecology & Hydrology 14 Utilities 16 APPENDIX C: POLICY CONTEXT ANALYSIS 52 Health and Community Provision 18 APPENDIX D: DELIVERING POLICY REQUIREMENTS 57 4.0 THE VISION FOR THE MARSTON VALE NEW VILLAGES 20 APPENDIX E: REFERENCE LIST 58 DRAFTAPPENDIX F: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 58 iv PREFACE

THE STATUS OF THE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF THE STRUCTURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF

The Development Tests established within this This Development Brief has the following structure: Development Brief will comprise a material consideration for the determination of any outline Purpose of the Development Brief planning application (OPA), future Infrastructure Design Codes, Village Pattern Books and subsequent Reserved Matters Applications (RMA) Policy & Guidance Context Summary at the Marston Vale New Villages Allocation Site.

This Development Brief has been subject to Site Context & Key Development influences detailed discussions with Central Bedfordshire Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H Council (CBC). This engagement has informed the content of the Development Brief including the Development Tests established. A The Vision for the Marston Vale New Villages Consultation Statement is provided at Appendix B. In accordance with CBC’s emerging draft Development Brief & Design Code Guidance Development Tests this sets out who has been consulted on the Development Brief, how they have been consulted, a summary of responses made Next Steps - Implementation & Delivery DRAFT andDRAFT how they’ve been taken into account. 1 1.0 PURPOSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT BRIEF

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Marston Vale New Villages is an allocation within the 1.3 This Development Brief has been prepared to meet emerging Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (January the requirements of Policy SA2 with reference to 2018) (the Emerging Local Plan) for a mixed-use Central Bedfordshire Council’s (CBC) emerging development including up to 5,000 dwellings draft Development Brief & Design Code Guidance and up to 40 hectares of employment. Its future (October 2019). It describes the purpose of development is subject to Policy SA2. The Emerging the document, the vision and objectives for the Local Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State development of the Marston Vale New Villages for Examination in April 2018. The wording of Policy allocation (‘the Allocation Site’), the policy and site SA2 is provided at Appendix A. However, this is context and key development influences. subject to examination and the potential for further modifications. 1.4 This Development Brief sets out 10 ‘Development Tests’ which must be met to ensure that the 1.2 Policy SA2 requires the preparation and approval of principles of Policy SA2 are achieved and that CBC a Development Brief which provides additional detail and O&H’s shared aspiration for the highest possible in relation to the principles of the policy. Paragraph development is met. Finally, the Development Brief 17.8.2 of the Emerging Local Plan sets the purpose describes the appropriate approach to the delivery and scope of a Development Brief: of the Allocation Site including an indicative Delivery Sequence diagram. “A Development Brief is intended to bridge the gap

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 between the Local Plan and a planning application. 1.5 This Development Brief has been prepared by David It will focus on planning issues and must be Lock Associates on behalf of O&H Properties Ltd consistent with the Local Plan. A Development Brief (O&H). O&H is the land owner of the Allocation Site often details a site’s constraints and opportunities and will act as the Master Developer for its delivery. and outlines what type of development is expected by the Local Planning Authority. The guidance in Development BriefsDRAFT will focus on planning issues”. 2 Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H

Figure 1.1 The Marston Vale – A strategic location Base Image Source: Cambridge Milton Keynes Oxford Interim DRAFT DRAFTReport (Nov 2016)National Infrastructure Commission 3 AN EXEMPLAR DEVELOPMENT AT THE GATEWAY TO CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE

The Allocation Site is located at the geographical heart of The Marston Vale New Villages will maximise the unique the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford Arc (‘the Arc’). opportunity for sustainable travel presented by its It occupies a prominent location in the Marston Vale and location. Its communities will benefit from high levels is at a key gateway to Central Bedfordshire. of connectivity to the excellent provision for active and public transport in the Marston Vale which will be The development of the Marston Vale New Villages enhanced through future planned investment in transport allocation represents an exceptional opportunity for infrastructure. exemplar sustainable development. Its delivery is a critical component of CBC’s Growth Strategy for the next The Marston Vale New Villages will respect the identity 20 years. of the existing villages of Brogborough, Lidlington and Marston Moreteyne but will also provide new physical The Marston Vale New Villages will be a special Place. connections between them delivered through a strong

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 Its concept will focus upon the creation of an inherently network of green infrastructure defined by woodland and sustainable place which will enable its communities parkland landscapes. achieve their aspirations and to live happy, healthy and prosperous lives at the centre of an extraordinary, The landscape of the Marston Vale New Villages will accessible landscape which will be a focal point of the be worthy of recognition. It will be characterised by its Forest of Marston Vale. role to contribute to the environmental regeneration of the Forest of Marston Vale. It will be an outstanding The design of the Marston Vale New Villages will archive recreational resource rich in biodiversity and variety. the Council’s aspirations to limit the impacts of climate There will be extensive tree planting, which will mature change. New homes and buildings will be designed to create a populated, accessible woodland setting which to make best use of energy, water and other natural will enrich the lives of local communities and the people resources. DRAFTof Central Bedfordshire as a whole. 4 All residents of the Marston Vale will benefit from improved access to the countryside which will transform Visitors to the Marston Vale Villages in 30 years’ time will from a uniform agricultural landscape to a network of witness a thriving, active place where modern houses are biodiverse woodlands, parks and wildlife areas. framed by woodland and parkland belts. High frequency public transport whizzes around and the streets are New homes and buildings will have a confident and animated with peaceful activity. distinctive character which will make a real contribution to identity of the Marston Vale. They will be designed The development of the Marston Vale New Villages will to reflect the architecture of today whilst respecting the be supported by a multi-faceted and comprehensive character of local villages. governance strategy. This will be a founding principle of the Marston Vale New Villages and is a key characteristic Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H The new waterway links, enhanced rights of way network of O&H’s Master Developer model. presenting and the opportunities at Brogborough Lakeside will set opportunities for meaningful and ongoing community a new standard for recreation, tourism and water-based involvement and oversight of the stewardship of the sports and activity. This will transform the leisure time development. of residents and provide opportunities for a truly healthy lifestyle.

It is a deliberate decision not to align with any particular current Government initiative about making good places. Instead, all the best and most interesting ideas which lead to the creation of high quality environments have been harvested and will be taken forward to form this new DRAFT series of communities.DRAFT 5 2.0 POLICY & GUIDANCE CONTEXT SUMMARY

DESIGN POLICY & GUIDANCE

2.1 A full detailed analysis of the relevant national and The National Planning Policy Framework The Emerging Local Plan local planning policy context for the delivery of the Marston Vale New Villages allocation is provided at 2.4 The importance of good design is clear within the 2.7 Policy HQ1 of the Emerging Local Plan establishes Appendix C. policies of the National Planning Policy Framework CBC’s planning policy requirements for new (NPPF) (February 2019). Section 12 of the NPPF is development. The Policy seeks to ensure that all 2.2 The location and context of the Marston Vale New focused upon policies to achieve well-designed developments are of the highest possible quality Villages presents an exceptional opportunity to places. and respond positivity to their context. The Policy deliver an exemplar development. This ethos is includes 12 bullet points which describe the specific reflected in the vision for the Marston Vale New National Design Guide policy expectations. In summary, these are: Villages described within this Development Brief and the Development Tests established to ensure that 2.5 Central Government’s ambition within the NPPF to • Distinctiveness: proposals should reinforce local this vision is achieved. achieve high quality design in new development is distinctiveness. reflected in the recently published National Design • Form: size, scale, massing, orientation, 2.3 The following National and Central Bedfordshire Guide (NDG) (September 2019). The purpose of materials and appearance should reinforce local policies and guidance relating to design are of the NDG is to illustrate how well-designed places distinctiveness. particular relevance to this Development Brief and that are beautiful, enduring and successful can • Character & Density: should be considered to are summarised below. be achieved in practice. The NDG highlights that make efficient use of land whilst responding to specific, detailed and measurable criteria for good local character. The likely lifetime of the development will extend design are most appropriately set out at the local • Connectivity & Sustainable/Active Travel:

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 beyond the plan period for the Emerging Local level. The NDG forms part of the Planning Practice proposals should be well connected to support Plan. Therefore it is expected that the policies Guidance (PPG) and should be read alongside the sustainable and active travel. which are relevant to its delivery and the Council’s separate PPG on design process and tools. consideration of future Infrastructure Design Code, Village Pattern Books and Reserved Matters 2.6 The NDG recognises that components for good Applications will also change as national and local design include: the context for places and buildings; planning policies evolve. hard and soft landscape; technical infrastructure – highways etc.; and social infrastructure. The NDG also acknowledges that well-designed places have individual characteristics which work together to DRAFTcreate its physical character. 6 • Public & Private Spaces: there should be a clear Design in Central Bedfordshire Emerging Development Brief & Design Code distinction between public and private spaces. Guidance • Landscape and green infrastructure: proposals 2.8 Equally, ‘Design’ features prominently in local should compliment the natural environment, policies and guidance, most notably the Design in 2.10 CBC is developing its Development Brief & Design landscape setting and character. Landscape Central Bedfordshire (Adopted 2014) which sets Code Guidance. This guidance set out the design should be used to integrate development out CBC’s key principle and standards to ensure expected content and approval procedure for all into the environment. all new development is of the highest quality. Development Briefs and Design Codes submitted • Inclusive Design: should be considered from the Design in Central Bedfordshire also seeks to deliver to CBC. This guidance seeks to ensure high-quality outset. the Council’s expectations in relation to: layout; design is considered at the outset and enshrined • Reducing Opportunities for Crime: layouts street developments; parking provision and home within Development Brief(s) and Design Code(s) should maximise surveillance and increase dimensions. The guide is a material consideration in to hold developers accountable for the delivery of pedestrian activity. the determination of planning applications intended development of the highest design standard. • Amenity: development must not have an to be used to guide all types of new development in unacceptable adverse impact upon nearby or Central Bedfordshire. 2.11 Whilst it is still emerging, reference has been existing uses. made to this guidance for the preparation of this • Energy & Water Efficiency: resources should be 2.9 Design in Central Bedfordshire is presented Development Brief. used efficiently. in 10 parts covering the key principles and Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H • Lighting: should not have a detrimental impact expectations of each: Placemaking in Central on the surrounding area. Bedfordshire; Green Infrastructure, Climate • Waste Management: development should Change Adaptation and Sustainable Buildings; The support the sustainable management of waste Historic Environment; Public Realm; Residential through its layout and building design. Development; Accommodation Specific Housing Needs; Householder Alterations and Extensions; Larger Footprint Buildings; Town Centre Vitality; and Movement and Streets. The relevant parts of Design in Central Bedfordshire have been considered in this Development Brief and must will continue to guide the development of the scheme through to final DRAFT DRAFTdelivery. 7 3.0 SITE CONTEXT & KEY DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCES

LOCATION & EXISTING LAND USES

3.1 The Allocation Site comprises 560 ha (1,398 acres) Existing Settlements & Communities within the Marston Vale. It is positioned within a strategic movement corridor at the geographic 3.4 There are a number of settlements located around heart of the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford the Allocation Site and throughout the Marston Vale. Arc. A map showing the boundary of the Allocation The Allocation Site is positioned to the south west Site is provided at Figure 3.1. of Marston Moreteyne and to the north east of the village of Brogborough. The village of Lidlington 3.2 The Allocation Site is equidistant to the centre of lies centrally to the south eastern boundary of the Milton Keynes and Bedford, each approximately site. Other local settlements include Millbrook, 7.5 miles (12 km) from the site. It is largely bound the model village of Stewartby, Hulcote & Salford, to the north west by the A421 and to the south Ridgmont and Cranfield. There are other smaller east Marston Vale Railway Line – soon planned to settlements further afield including Kempston become a major part of East-West Rail (EWR). It Hardwick, Houghton Conquest, Lower Shelton and is traversed by the C94 (old A421), which provides Wilstead in the east of the Vale. Larger notable immediate access to the M1 motorway via Junction settlements are Ampthill and Flitwick to the south of 13, and the future route of the proposed Bedford the Marston Vale and the new settlement of Wixams and Milton Keynes (B&MK) Waterway. located within Bedford Borough, to the south of Bedford between the A6 and Midland Mainline 3.3 The Allocation Site is largely characterised by railway.

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 its currentlower grade arable landscape. The Site contains some existing vegetation, trees, 3.5 Seeking to complement and strengthen these hedgerows, Brogborough and Lidlington Lakes and existing communities will be a key structuring a small number of existing buildings. Features of the element of any development in this area and will previous industrial use of the site are also evident. influence the type and location of new facilities The Allocation site also includes the existing C94 provided. Delivering new homes, jobs and amenities road and other local roads – including parts of in the right places will help to physically integrate Sheeptick End, Marston Road, Thrupp End and new and existing communities whilst opening-up Thrupp End. The Allocation Site is set against the much wider access to existing landscape assets. backdrop of the Greensand Ridge and is traversed by local roads and Public Rights of Way (PRoW).

DRAFTFigure 3.1 The Marston Vale New Villages Site 8 DRAFT

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9 Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H SITE HISTORY & THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT

3.6 The landscape of the Allocation Site has been subject to continued change over recent generations as a result of the brickmaking history, its demise and subsequent environmental regeneration efforts. Features of the site include now flooded clay extraction pits in the form of Brogborough Lake and Lidlington Pit which are a legacy of the former industrial use of the Allocation Site. These features will play a key role in the future as a green/blue infrastructure resource of the development.

3.7 Much of the built development associated with the brickmaking history of the Allocation Site has disappeared. Outside of the Allocation Site the former Stewartby Brickworks site, including its listed chimneys, is one of the most prominent lasting features. Within the Allocation Site, more subtle features remain including the routes of conveyor belts once used to move extracted clay material as

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 part of the brickmaking process.

Heritage & Archaeology

3.8 There are no designated archaeological assets within the Allocation Site, however there are three scheduled monuments and listed buildings which lie outside of the site but close to its boundaries. These assets are shown on Figure 3.6 and can be identified using the letter references below:

Scheduled Monuments • A – Medieval village and moated sites at Thrupp End – a scheduled monument located to the east of Thrupp End on the eastern edge of Lidlington; • B – Ringwork at The Roundhouse – a medieval ringwork (castle earthworks), a scheduled monument which is inset to the western edge of the Allocation site and to the east of the village of Brogborough on Brogborough Hillside; and

Figure 3.2 Former DRAFTMarston Valley Brickworks Circa 1936 10 Lidlington Brickworks

• C – Moat Farm moated enclosure and associated settlement earthworks – a scheduled monument located to the north of the Allocation Site between Woburn Road and the built edge of Marston Moreteyne village.

Listed buildings • D – Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin and Tower – Grade I listed building located on the southern edge of Marston Moreteyne village; • E – Thrupp End Farmhouse – a Grade II listed building located close to the Medieval village and moated sites at Thrupp End; • F – The Round House – a Grade II listed building located within the Ringwork at The Roundhouse scheduled monument; • G – Moat Farmhouse – a Grade II listed building Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H located within the Moat Farm moated enclosure scheduled monument; • H – Millbrook Station – Grade II listed building located immediately to the east of the south east corner of the Allocation Site; and • I – Stone Known as the Devils Toenail – Grate II listed stone on the eastern side of Station Road.

3.9 There are number of other listed buildings within the area around the Allocation Site: • The Old Rectory – Grade II listed – Marston Moreteyne; • Old School House and Former School – Marston Moreteyne; • Marston Moreteyne War Memorial – Marston Moreteyne; • South Pillinge Farmhouse – Marston Moreteyne (Parish); • 8 and 10 High Street – Grade II listed - Lidlington; • The Green Man Public House – Grade II listed – Lidlington; • Lidlington House – Grade II listed – Lidlington; DRAFT DRAFT• The Poplars – Grade II listed – Lidlington. 11 ACCESS, MOVEMENT & CONNECTIVITY

Road Access Public Rights of Way (PRoW)

3.10 The principal access to the Marston Vale Villages 3.12 The Allocation Site is crossed by a number of Public allocation is provided by the C94 (former A421) Rights of Way (PRoW). Nationally promoted routes which provides direct connections on to the A421(T) include the Marston Vale Trail (PRoW footway) which at Junction 13 of the M1 and at Marston Moreteyne. bisects the site, connecting Marston Moreteyne to Three local roads traverse and provide access to Lidlington. This trail also connects the site to the the site including Thrupp End, Sheeptick End and existing PRoW footways around the Marston Vale Marston Road/Station Road. Millennium Country Park and Stewartby Lake. The John Bunyan Trail crosses the site east-west in the Public Transport southern section of the site – this is part of a long- distance route between Bedford and the north of 3.11 Notwithstanding the rail access provided by the Luton. There are no existing footways (i.e. adjacent Marston Vale line via stations at Lidlington, Millbrook to roads) within or in the vicinity of the site. and Ridgmont, existing bus services across the Vale are limited. There are five infrequent services 3.13 The Greensand Ridge Walk skirts Millbrook through Brogborough, Marston Moreteyne and Proving Ground to the south of the Allocation Site, Lidlington. For the Marston Vale as a whole, two bus connecting Lidlington to Ampthill. National Cycle services, the 53 and C10 (operated by Stagecoach Route 51 (NCR 51) (The Varsity Way) runs close to

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 and Uno respectively) currently operate more the northern boundary of the site through Marston than once a day. These hourly services provide Moreteyne and continues west across the A421, and connections between Marston Moreteyne, Bedford then south towards Milton Keynes. and Cranfield University. 3.14 A series of walks and riding routes also start from the Forest Centre & Millennium Country Park and pass through the local and wider setting of the Site and are promoted regionally as ‘Paths 4 Communities’ through the Forest of Marston Vale (FoMV).

DRAFTFigure 3.3 Site Access 12 DRAFT

DRAFT 13 Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H LANDSCAPE, ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY Figure 3.4 Local Context Landscape & Topography Stewartby Lake 3.15 The Marston Vale has a distinct Marston Vale landscape, characterised by varied Millennium Country Park topography including the higher ground A421(T) C94 Elstow Brook Former Marston of the Greensand Ridge that encloses Valley Brickworks the southern boundary of the Vale and a lowland landscape that is marked by Marston Moreteyne previous industrial processes, most notably the extraction of clay for the production of bricks in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Previous extraction pits have either formed as lakes or have been re- used for waste management purposes.

3.16 The majority of the Allocation Site sits at Brogborough Lake the base of the relatively flat valley along the course of the Elstow Brook. Ground levels vary from 60m AoD on the western

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 edge of the site to 30m AoD close to Lidlington Marston Moreteyne.

Forest of Marston Vale

3.17 The long-term management and enhancement of the Marston Vale landscape is both a local and national priority. The designation of the Marston Vale Community Forest is helping to secure the ongoing environmental restoration of the area through a comprehensive tree planting and community engagement programme. The Allocation Site is located within the designated area of the Forest of Marston Vale (FoMV). The Forest Centre, based Maston Vale Line Millbrook Proving in the Millennium Country Park, lies to (future East West Rail) Ground the east of the Allocation Site. In line with Policy EE9 of the Emerging Local Plan and the principles of Policy SA2, the DRAFTdevelopment of the site will include 30% 14 tree cover. Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Park

3.18 Bedford & Milton Keynes (B&MK) Waterway Park is a nationally significant infrastructure project seeking to deliver a new section of inland waterway linking the River great Ouse in Bedford to the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes. The provision of a section of the B&MK Waterway is a requirement of Policy SA2 of the Emerging Local Plan. Policy EE10 of the Emerging Local Plan relates directly to the B&MK Waterway and requires that development on the route of the Waterway will be expected to deliver the Waterway channel and Waterway Park within the development boundary.

3.19 Part of the indicative route of the B&MK Waterway Park runs through the centre of the Allocation Site. The development of the Allocation Site presents the opportunity for the delivery of a substantial element of the B&MK Waterway Park as a central element of the green and blue infrastructure network supporting movement, leisure and tourism uses. The Waterway Park can be key recreational and ecological asset for the development and could have a sustainable Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H drainage function. Its delivery can also create a navigable connection between Brogborough Lake and Stewartby Lake as part of the Waterway Park and support the wider rejuvenation of the landscape of the Marston Vale.

DRAFT DRAFTFigure 3.5 B&MK Vision 15 Policy SA2 Boundary UTILITIES Marston Valley Dominant Topography

Hydrology 3.24 A number of utilities cross or are in close proximity 5m Contour Intervals to the site and the following should be considered in 3.20 The Elstow Brook is the principal watercourse in the future development proposals: Large Water Bodies area. It flows broadly south-west to north-east. It rises in an area to the south of Brogborough Lake • a small part of the north eastern component of Environment Agency Flood Zone 3 and routes through the central part of the site after the site is crossed by a 400kv power line; which it is culverted under Station Road. From • an existing 132kV overhead tower line (Ref. 2E) Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 here it follows the edge of Marston Park where it runs through the site from north to south from Dispersed Settlements then outfalls into Stewartby Lake. A tributary (the across the A421 and Moreteyne Farm north of the ‘Cranfield Tributary’) joins the brook downstream site boundary; Landscape Features of Brogborough Lake. In addition to Brogborough • a High Pressure (HP) gas main runs across the Lake, Lidlington Pit and a smaller adjacent pond south western end of the site. This HP pipe Arable Agriculture Dominates are substantial existing waterbodies within the site, has development restriction zones associated owing to the brickmaking heritage of the Marston with it as advised by the HSE’s Planning Advice Woodland Vale. for Developments near Hazardous Installations (PADHI) guidance; and Sites of Specific Scientific Interest (SSSI) (maximise public use of the open spaces within the 3.21 According to the Gov.uk Flood Map for Planning, a • a Cemex pipeline has been identified running Proposed Development to discourage heightened use small proportion of the site, along the route of the across the south western end of the site in of SSSI) Elstow Brook and the Cranfield tributary is affected conjunction with a compound that is close to the County Wildlife Sites (CWS) / Roadside Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 by Flood Zone 2/3. C94. Nature Reserve (RNR) (minimise disturbance to CWS caused by direct land Ecology take and minimise disturbance from use as recreational resource through controlled access and clearly defined access routes) 3.22 There are no internationally designated sites within 5 km of the site. There is one statutory designated Primary Highway Infrastructure site (at the national level) within 2 km of the site: Marston Thrift Site of Special Scientific Interest Bedford to Bletchley Rail (future EWR) (SSSI), approximately 800 m to the north-west. There are two statutory designated Site of Special E High Voltage Overhead Power Lines Scientific Interest (SSSI) located between 2 km to 5 High Pressure Gas Main km from the site. These are King’s Wood and Glebe G Meadows, Houghton Conquest SSSI and Cooper’s Scheduled Monument Hill SSSI. Listed Building (within / immediately 3.23 There are two County Wildlife Sites (CWS) within adjacent to the Site) the site - Brogborough Lake CWS and Lidlington Pit CWS. Stewartby Lake is also a CWS. A Roadside Approximate location of other listed Nature Reserve is also within the site. buildings Former Brickworks DRAFTFigure 3.6 Site Factors 16 STEWARTBY LAKE

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MILLENNIUM COUNTRY FORMER PARK BROGBOROUGH C LANDFILL A2T Elstow Brook

LIDLINGTON LAKE PREDOMINANTLY ARABLE LANDSCAPE ON VALLEY BOTTOM Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H BROGBOROUGH LAKE A MILLBROOK PROVING GROUND

Cemex Pipeline to be added

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Health Education Open Space and Leisure 3.25 The site lies within the Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The Bedfordshire 3.28 Historically, Central Bedfordshire has operated a 3.33 The Forest Centre & Millennium Country Park is CCG is made up of 5 localities. The Cranfield & ‘three-tier’ school system with lower, middle and located in Marston Moreteyne. There are other large Marston Moreteyne ward is located within the upper schools. However, CBC has now adopted formal recreation areas in Marston Moreteyne and Bedford locality. The Marston Surgery of the group a ‘two-tier’ primary and secondary school system Lidlington including the recreation ground. CBC’s is located in Marston Moreteyne approximately 1.8 which will apply to the delivery of the Marston Vale Leisure Strategy indicates that there is an existing miles from the Allocation Site. The surgery has a New Villages. shortfall in areas of open space for recreation in catchment area which includes; Cranfield, Marston Marston Moreteyne. There is also demand for Moreteyne, Lidlington, Salford & Hulcote, Moulsoe, Lower Schools additional children’s play facilities. Wharley End, North Crawley, Astwood, Hardmead, Bourne End, Upper Shelton and Lower Shelton. 3.29 The ‘Cranfield Cluster Area’ includes Cranfield, and Local Services and Facilities There is a pharmacy in Marston Moreteyne. The Marston Moreteyne to the west and Houghton closest dentist to the site is located in Cranfield Conquest to the east. It is served by the following 3.34 There are no existing local facilities within the (Cranfield Dental Practice). lower schools: Church End Lower and Forest End site. There are local scale facilities in neighbouring Lower located in Marston Moreteyne; Houghton settlements, with the highest level of provision in Education - Early years’ facilities Conquest Lower; Cranfield C of E Academy (St Marston Moreteyne, although there are no ‘district’ Peter and St Paul sites); and Thomas Johnson Lower scale facilities in the Vale. Higher order services,

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 3.26 Early years’ (0-5) education is met through different which is the closest existing school located in facilities and retail can be found in Ampthill and sectors but primarily: school run maintained Lidlington. Flitwick, or further afield in Bedford and Milton provision; voluntary and private pre-school facilities; Keynes. full day care nurseries and child minders. Middle Schools 3.35 The villages of; Marston Moreteyne, Lidlington, 3.27 Thomas Johnson Lower Nursery Unit is the only 3.30 Hollywell Middle School is the only middle school Cranfield, Millbrook and Stewartby have village halls state nursery in the proximity of the site. For early within the Cranfield Cluster Area. Marston Vale which can be hired for the provision of community years’ provision (0-5 years) there are 17 other Academy is located in Stewartby and currently services and meetings. The Forest Centre at the nursey units of maintained schools within 5 miles serves pupils living in Lidlington, Marston Moreteyne, Millennium Country Park in Marston Moreteyne also of Lidlington including; Stewartby Pre-school; Lower Shelton, Houghton Conquest, and other local has meeting rooms that can be hired. Ridgmont Lower Nursery Unit; Templefield Lower villages within Bedford Borough. Nursery Unit and Aspley Guise Pre-school. 3.36 The closest library to the site is Ampthill. There is a Upper Schools post office in Marston Moreteyne.

3.31 Upper school provision is at Wootton Upper School & Arts College.

Post 16 Study

3.32 Kimberly College is the closest Six Form College located in Stewartby. Kimberly College specialises in DRAFTscience, technology, engineering and mathematics. 18 DRAFT (source: South East Midlands Strategic Economic Plan (2017) Plan Economic Strategic Midlands East South (source: Key Assets SEMLEP from Extract 3.7 Figure DRAFT 19 Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H TEST Habitats & Species 4.0 THE VISION FOR THE MARSTON TEN VALE NEW VILLAGES TEST The Forest of Marston Vale NINE 4.1 The Marston Vale New Villages will be a special Place. Its concept will focus upon the creation of an inherently sustainable place which will enable its communities achieve The Bedford & Milton TEST Keynes Waterway Park their aspirations and to live happy, healthy and prosperous EIGHT lives at the centre of an extraordinary, accessible landscape which will be a focal point of the Forest of Marston Vale. Understanding & Interpreting the Past 4.2 This section of the Development Brief expands upon the TEST Vision for the Marston Vale New Villages introduced in SEVEN Section 1. The Vision is directly linked to the Development Tests described at Section 5. The specific relationship Connecting Place & People between the elements of the vision and individual TEST through Infrastructure Development Tests is highlighted below. The vision for the SIX Marston Vale New Villages will be achieved through the delivery of the Development Tests.

TEST Sustainable Placemaking FIVE Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 TEST Vital Communities FOUR

TEST Homes & Jobs THREE

TEST Green & Blue Infrastructure TWO

TEST The Marston Vale Villages ONE

CONCEPT PLAN

Figure 4.1 Composite ConceptDRAFT Plan 20 TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST THE VISION FOR THE MARSTON VALE NEW VILLAGES ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN

VILLAGE FOCUSED

Each village will have its own sense of identity and will comprise a mixture of uses with schools, community and civic facilities at its centre.

INCLUSIVE The development will comprise a series of linked new villages providing up to 5,000 new homes with a range of accommodation to provide a socially mixed and diverse community. New homes will be provided for people at all life stages and abilities. DISTINCTIVE The villages will have a distinct design character which responds to but is not restricted by local character and context. The built form will adopt a consistent high standard of design, will present a bold and confident identity for the villages which people are proud to live in. The design of the Marston Vale New Villages will reflect its history and will incorporate heritage assets. PROSPEROUS New jobs and opportunities will be created building upon the Marston Vale’s existing high skill, research and technology led economy. The development will also present new employment within its communities, will support new working practices, innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit of its residents. HEALTHY The Marston Vale New Villages will have a healthy, active and happy community. Its open spaces and green and blue infrastructure will present a unique natural environment with outstanding opportunities for leisure, recreation, sport, play and learning. Its facilities will support the wellbeing and social cohesion of its communities.

DEMOCRATIC Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H The community will be offered a direct and meaningful role in the governance and stewardship of the Marston Vale New Villages. This principle and a commitment to ongoing engagement and involvement will be at the heart of the detailed design of the development. LANDSCAPE LED New villages will be set within a comprehensive green infrastructure network which will contribute to the continued environmental regeneration of the Marston Vale. Substantial new woodland planting will contribute to the objectives of the Forest of Marston Vale. The development will have the Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway and Waterway Park at its heart. Its green infrastructure will create new networks between the new villages and existing communities. RESILIENT The development will benefit from the early delivery of new infrastructure to support its population. Investment will be made in transport services and infrastructure to maximise access to public transport and strategic transport networks. A structure of walkable neighbourhoods will ensure that active travel and public transport is the best and most convenient option. LOW CARBON & ENVIRONMENTALLY SECURE As a priority the environmental impact of the development will be minimised through innovative approaches and mitigation. The development will make best use of energy, water and other natural resources and will be capable of adapting to the impacts of climate change. BIODIVERSE

The Marston Vale New Villages will have a rich and diverse biodiversity augmenting the value of its existing assets through the creation of new habitats and features resulting in a biodiversity net gain.

DRAFT DRAFTPrimary relationship Secondary relationship No relationship 21 5.0 DEVELOPMENT TESTS

INTRODUCTION THE CONCEPT PLAN

5.1 Policy SA2 of the Emerging Local Plan sets 15 5.6 The description of each of the Development Tests is ‘Principles’ for the future development of the Allocation supported by a diagram illustrating the spatial factors Site. The Policy SA2 principles and the wider policy relevant to the Test. When applied together the wording is provided at Appendix A. The principles of Development Test diagrams form an overall Concept Policy SA2 must be achieved by development proposals Plan as a spatial framework to guide the delivery of the in order to comply with the requirements of the policy. Marston Vale New Villages allocation.

5.2 This Development Brief provides 10 Development ACHIEVING DESIGN QUALITY Tests which are drawn from the principles of Policy SA2. When the Development Brief is endorsed by the 5.7 A key purpose of this Development Brief is to ensure Council’s Development Management Committee, the that an ambitious design aspiration is achieved for Development Tests will be a material consideration for the development of the Marston Vale New Villages. the determination of any future planning application, The Development Brief will be a key tool to inform Infrastructure Design Code, Village Pattern Books and future Infrastructure Design Coding and Village Reserved Matters Application (RMA). The Development Pattern Books which will prescribe the detailed Tests will be used by the Local Planning Authority (LPA) design requirements for the development. to assess if the development proposals achieve the principles of Policy SA2. 5.8 The design aspiration for the Marston Vale New Villages is not limited to the character of its villages

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 5.3 The Development Tests also address the wider policies but also the design of its landscapes, public realm, of the Emerging Local Plan and therefore will guide infrastructure and holistic fabric. Therefore, each compliance with the Plan as a whole. Table 1 at of the Development Tests are intended to have a Appendix C explains how the development will meet function to secure the highest quality of design. the Policy SA2 and wider policy objectives. This is not soley a consideration of aesthetics but also the wider placemaking principles which 5.4 Each Development Test is supplemented by a series of will deliver O&H and CBC’s shared vision for the ’Aims’, which provide further detail to describe how the allocation. Test should be met.

5.5 The vision for the Marston Vale New Villages will be achieved through the delivery of the Development Tests. DRAFT 22 Figure 4.2 The Concept Plan

Policy SA2 Allocation Area Higher Density (including Village Centres) Medium Density Lower Density Employment & Commercial Areas Green Infrastructure Lakes Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H DRAFT DRAFT 23 TEST ONE The Marston Vale Villages Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020

KEY Concept Plan Policy SA2 Allocation Area Mixed Use Villages DRAFTEmployment & Commercial Areas 24 SA2 PRINCIPLE

TEST ONE 1a 3 10 The Marston Vale Villages The Marston Vale Villages will create a new vibrant and distinctive character for 1b 4 11 the Marston Vale by respecting the pattern and form of existing settlements whilst looking for opportunities to positively connect and integrate communities. 1c 5 12

Aim (I) The Marston Vale New Villages will be a Aim (V) The development will provide a mixture of 1d 6 13 unique and exceptional place to live and uses including new homes and employment work. It will be an exemplar sustainable opportunities (in accordance with Test 3 - 1e 7 14 development, maximising the opportunities Homes and Jobs), services and facilities to presented by its central location within the meet the needs of the new population and Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge Arc, will also serve the whole community of the 1f 8 15 the Forest of Marston Vale and the alignment Marston Vale (Test 4 – Vital Communities). of the Bedford to Milton Keynes Waterway. New community facilities and services will 2 9 16 Aim (II) As a defining characteristic, the development be delivered in Community Hubs within each will comprise a series of villages set within a new village. vibrant framework of green, grey and blue Aim (VI) New and existing communities will be EMERGING LOCAL PLAN POLICY strategic infrastructure. connected to each other and to new services and facilities by a comprehensive, permeable Aim (III) An ambitious design quality will be SP1 T3 EE12 CC8 established so that each village will network of streets and pedestrian and cycle be distinct in terms of its identity and routes and public transport services (Test Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H architectural character. This will be secured 6 – Connecting People and Places through SP2 T5 EE13 HQ9 through approved village pattern books Infrastructure). (design codes). Aim The design of the public realm should H1 EE1 EE14 HQ1 Aim (IV) The design of each new village will respond (VII) provide a consistent use of materials, street to its context and relationship to the furniture, way marking and signage so that existing settlements of the Marston Vale. there is a comprehensive design language H3 EE2 EMP1 HQ2 An appropriate setting will be created for for the public realm and open spaces across existing settlements through the delivery the whole development. multifunctional green infrastructure. H4 EE3 CC1 HQ3 This should provide appropriate physical separation whilst also promoting integration H6 EE4 CC2 HQ4 and access to new facilities for existing communities. H7 EE5 CC4 HQ9

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KEY Concept Plan Policy SA2 Allocation Area Green Infrastructure (including Woodland, Grassland, Wetlands, Public Rights of Way & Connections) Lakes DRAFTWaterways & Drainage Features 26 SA2 PRINCIPLE

TEST TWO 1a 3 10 Green & Blue Infrastructure The development must unite its existing fragmented and inaccessible strategic landscape 1b 4 11 features to realise the potential of the Marston Vale through a landscape led strategy that lays the framework for development and defines a new local distinctiveness. 1c 5 12

Aim (I) A holistic strategy must be established Aim (I) • ensure that a net gain in biodiversity is 1d 6 13 for the design and delivery of new green cont. achieved through the preservation of areas infrastructure which will: of ecological importance whilst balancing 1e 7 14 • utilise the Allocation Site’s existing ecological sensitivity with recreational landscape character, features and assets access. as a framework for the development; Aim (II) A holistic strategy must be established for the 1f 8 15 • deliver landscape and ecological design & delivery of new blue infrastructure enhancement as part of the wider which will: 2 9 16 environmental regeneration of the • incorporate the flooded former clay pits Marston Vale; Brogborough and Lidlington Lakes as • forge new connections with the existing major recreational, biodiversity & water EMERGING LOCAL PLAN POLICY green infrastructure network surrounding management resources, facilitating their the Allocation Site; continued restoration and protecting & SP1 T4 EE12 CC8 • draw upon the diverse landscapes of enhancing their ecological & amenity the adjoining Millennium Country Park

value; Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H so that the natural environment extends • draw upon the character of existing SP2 T5 EE13 HQ9 through the development adding watercourse features including the flooded richness and diversity to the public realm; tramways created through the sites • create a network of multi-functional brickmaking heritage; H1 EE1 EE14 HQ1 landscapes to support a range of open • incorporate water into the fabric of space based recreational, leisure, the development by extending blue sporting and educational uses and infrastructure features through the new H3 EE2 EMP1 HQ2 activities drawing upon CBC’s Leisure villages; Strategy and Sport England Active Design • deliver a substantial section of the Bedford H4 EE3 CC1 HQ3 Principles; & Milton Keynes Waterway Park as a main • offer opportunities for food production element of multifunctional green & blue including allotments, orchards and within infrastructure facilitating a connection H6 EE4 CC2 HQ4 the streetscape; between Brogborough Lake, the • accommodate a diverse and Millennium County Park & Stewartby Lake imaginative play provision throughout (in accordance with Test 8 – The Bedford H7 EE5 CC4 HQ9 the development, well positioned to & Milton Keynes Waterway Park); and Community Hubs and key destinations • comprise an integrated system to T1 EE6 CC5 HE1 with most properties within 5 minutes attenuate and discharge surface water walking distance; drainage to mitigate flood risk. • place the priorities of the Forest Plan at T2 EE9 CC6 HE3 the heart of the development and meet Aim (III) The long-term management & maintenance of requirements of Policy SA2 and EE9 of the comprehensive provision of new green & blue infrastructure will be secured in perpetuity See Appendix D for the emerging Local Plan to provide 30% T3 EE10 CC7 tree cover (in accordance with Test 9 – so that it continues to provide the intended full Development DRAFT DRAFTecological services & quality of life benefits. Test review Forest of Marston Vale); and 27 TEST THREE Homes & Jobs Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020

KEY Concept Plan Policy SA2 Allocation Area Higher Density (including Village Centres) Medium Density Lower Density DRAFTEmployment 28 SA2 PRINCIPLE

TEST THREE 1a 3 10 Homes & Jobs The Marston Vale villages must deliver a range of housing to meet local needs, including flexible housing 1b 4 11 to meet the changing needs of an aging population. Opportunities to cement the Vale’s position as Bedfordshire’s economic gateway should support high-technology industries, tourism and retail. 1c 5 12

Aim (I) The development of the site will provide Aim (III) To realise the unique economic potential 1d 6 13 up to 5,000 new homes. This will include: of the gateway to the Marston Vale and • new market homes; the heart of the Cambridge – Milton 1e 7 14 • a broad range of affordable housing to Keynes – Oxford Arc, up to 40ha of meet Central Bedfordshire Council’s employment uses within the Marston Vale policies at the time that any outline New Villages will: 1f 8 15 planning permission is determined; • contribute to the existing cluster of high • a variety of housing types across a technology and knowledge industry range of densities to ensure choice and in the Marston Vale associated with 2 9 16 diverse communities; and Cranfield University and Technology • opportunities for a range of self-build or Park and Millbrook Proving Ground; custom build properties. • maximise connectivity between new EMERGING LOCAL PLAN POLICY Aim (II) The development will provide a range of employment uses and key public SP1 T4 EE12 CC8 accommodation for older people. Where transport nodes; • provide a range of accommodation to

possible, this will be located close to or as Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H meet the needs of occupiers including part of a mix of uses within Community SP2 T5 EE13 HQ9 Hubs to benefit from proximity to flexible and ‘follow on’ space to support community facilities, services and public start-up enterprises; transport provision. • recognise changing working patterns H1 EE1 EE14 HQ1 leading to increased home working and growing demands for shared services and multifunctional facilities; H3 EE2 EMP1 HQ2 • contribute to a holistic development which provides opportunities for residents to live close to where H4 EE3 CC1 HQ3 they work integrated by strong walking, cycling and public transport H6 EE4 CC2 HQ4 connections; and • create jobs throughout the development through new tourism, education, leisure H7 EE5 CC4 HQ9 and recreation uses.

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TEST FOUR 1a 3 10 Vital Communities The growth of the Marston Vale New Villages must offer the opportunity for 1b 4 11 a full range of community, sporting activity and civic engagement so that residents of the development and existing communities can thrive. 1c 5 12

Aim (I) The Marston Vale New Villages will be Aim (IV) Marston Vale New Villages will support the 1d 6 13 supported by a range of new civic facilities health and wellbeing of its community by: which should be a focus for community • providing new health and social care 1e 7 14 activity and engagement to include: facilities at the heart of the community; • education provision to meet the needs of • supporting healthy lifestyles through the the new communities; creation of walkable neighbourhoods 1f 8 15 • multi-purpose community buildings so that as a priority, a range of services, including library space to support a range facilities, and public transport options of activities; are accessible by active travel including 2 9 16 • healthcare facilities; walking and cycling; • formal indoor sports facilities; and • delivering lively streets and spaces • an appropriate mix of retail and leisure uses. and clustering a range of community EMERGING LOCAL PLAN POLICY Aim (II) New schools will be a key defining facilities at key centres to promote social SP1 T4 EE12 CC8 element of the Marston Vale New Villages interaction and integration; • providing a range of open spaces

and should: Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H including, play and formal sports • be located at the heart of walkable SP2 T5 EE13 HQ9 neighbourhoods (in accordance with opportunities, amenity and leisure Test 6 – Connecting Places and People uses within multifunctional green through Infrastructure); infrastructure to encourage active H1 EE1 EE14 HQ1 • comprise both primary with early years lifestyles and awareness; and secondary provision; • promoting inclusive design principles and • demonstrate an ambitious design to lifetime neighbourhoods to create places H3 EE2 EMP1 HQ2 ensure the highest aesthetic quality and that are suitable for the whole population regardless of age or disability; and integration with their surroundings; H4 EE3 CC1 HQ3 • be delivered through consideration of the • providing opportunities for healthy role of and relationship to existing local eating including through the carefully considered food retail offer and by school provision; and H6 EE4 CC2 HQ4 • be located to support multi-purpose providing opportunities for local food trips and as a focal point within villages production. encouraging social integration and Aim (V) The development will meet CBC’s standards H7 EE5 CC4 HQ9 community development. for formal open space including formal sports provision described within the Aim (III) The delivery of new schools represents a T1 EE6 CC5 HE1 significant investment in new community Council’s Leisure Strategy. facilities. Every effort should be made to Aim (VI) A governance strategy for the Marston ensure that the design and management of Vale New Villages must define measures T2 EE9 CC6 HE3 schools allows for appropriate community to enable the ongoing use of the facilities access to serve the wider community provided so that they remain a fundamental See Appendix D for T3 EE10 CC7 beyond school hours. benefit for the whole community. full Development DRAFT DRAFTTest review 31 TEST FIVE Sustainable Placemaking Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020

KEY Concept Plan Policy SA2 Allocation Area 400m walking distance (5 minutes) DRAFT800m walking distance (10 minutes) 32 SA2 PRINCIPLE TEST FIVE 1a 3 10 Sustainable Placemaking The Marston Vale New Villages will be an intrinsically sustainable development which will enable 1b 4 11 and encourage sustainable living in a supporting environment. The master plan, detailed design of buildings, infrastructure and landscape will together play a critical role in safeguarding natural resources and provide opportunities to limit the effects of climate change. 1c 5 12

Aim (I) The energy strategy for the development Aim (III) The detailed design of buildings at the 1d 6 13 must be flexible and able to respond to Marston Vale New Villages should: regulatory changes, market forces and • consider opportunities to incorporate 1e 7 14 technological advances over the lifetime of renewable and low carbon technologies; the development. It should be ambitious and • adopt a fabric first approach to reduce seek to meet the highest viable standards. energy demands before considering the use 1f 8 15 Aim (II) The development of the Marston Vale New of mechanical or electrical services systems and renewable/low carbon technologies; Villages should consider all opportunities 2 9 16 to reduce the energy demands of the • identify viable passive and active measures development by: to reduce the energy and water demands of • supporting low carbon options as the key buildings to meet occupier demands. EMERGING LOCAL PLAN POLICY primary transport choice by providing Aim (IV) Waste from site clearance and throughout a mixture of uses within walkable the construction of the development will SP1 T4 EE12 CC8 neighbourhoods and connected to each be managed through a commitment to a

other by a comprehensive and permeable best practice approach to waste prevention, Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H movement network; preparation for reuse, material recover, SP2 T5 EE13 HQ9 • supporting sustainable travel to key strategic energy recovery and disposal. locations by maximising access to public Aim (V) An operational waste strategy must be transport services including to future East developed so that the development meets H1 EE1 EE14 HQ1 West Rail (in accordance with Test 6 – waste reduction targets through behaviour Connecting Places and People through change. Infrastructure); H3 EE2 EMP1 HQ2 • ensuring that the design of development Aim (VI) Appropriate potable water and foul sewage infrastructure will be provided. parcels consider passive measures to reduce H4 EE3 CC1 HQ3 energy demands; • considering all opportunities for viable connections to alternative sustainable energy H6 EE4 CC2 HQ4 supplies; • future proofing the delivery of electric vehicle charging and providing electric H7 EE5 CC4 HQ9 vehicle charging points as appropriate, practicable and viable in accordance with T1 EE6 CC5 HE1 planning policy.

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KEY Concept Plan Policy SA2 Allocation Area Upgraded C94, Bedford Road Access Points Primary Main Street Secondary Access Street Local Access Segregated Public Transport Route DRAFTPublic Transport Link 34 SA2 PRINCIPLE TEST SIX Connecting Place & People through Infrastructure 1a 3 10

Investment in new transport infrastructure must mitigate transport impacts of the 1b 4 11 development. The provision of new safe walking and cycling routes alongside new public transport provision should be a priority to connect key destinations. Existing public rights of way must be integrated with the pedestrian, cycle and bridleway network within the site. 1c 5 12

Aim (I) As a founding principle, walkable Aim (V) the creation of walkable neighbourhoods 1d 6 13 neighbourhoods will be created to reduce the will be supported by the early delivery need for travel and to promote sustainable of public transport provision so that 1e 7 14 options as the primary transport choice. The sustainable patterns of travel behaviour are PRoW network should become an integral part established. of the development and enhanced, directional Aim (VI) An appropriate car parking strategy will be 1f 8 15 signage should be incorporated into the established for each phase of development public realm as part of a comprehensive and in accordance with Council’s adopted 2 9 16 consistent waymarking strategy. standards and design guidance. Car parking Aim (II) A suitable sustainable transport strategy must strategies will: be established which maximises access to • establish a level of provision aligned with EMERGING LOCAL PLAN POLICY public transport services including to future the general principle to provide walkable East West Rail. neighbourhoods; SP1 T4 EE12 CC8 Aim (III) The outline planning permission should • ensure that car parking is integrated with allow future monitoring of transport patterns proposed landscaping and planting so that it Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H over time so that evolving travel demands does not dominate the street scene; SP2 T5 EE13 HQ9 can be managed through appropriate local • consider all opportunities for combining and strategic transport measures. parking provision in Community Hubs, in proximity to schools and mixed-use areas; H1 EE1 EE14 HQ1 Aim (IV) Walkable neighbourhoods will enable • provide electric vehicle charging and cycle sustainable movement between key parking provision in accordance with CBC’s destinations within the proposed villages and policies and standards. H3 EE2 EMP1 HQ2 to the wider Marston Vale by: • delivering a comprehensive network of Aim The proposed development will deliver permeable new safe walking and cycling (VII) a comprehensive vision for the future H4 EE3 CC1 HQ3 routes between the villages, their centres, integration and utilisation of existing highways including the C94. community hubs, key facilities, open spaces H6 EE4 CC2 HQ4 and public transport interchanges; Aim The layout of new streets should provide • facilitating the creation of a cycle/pedestrian (VIII) direct and legible routes between key connection between Stewartby Lake and designations within and beyond the Marston H7 EE5 CC4 HQ9 Ridgmont Railway Station; Vale New Villages. Design coding for the • providing green corridors and other traffic- design of new streets should have regard to free pedestrian routes to complement the CBC’s Highway Construction Standards & T1 EE6 CC5 HE1 permeability provided by the street network; Specifications Guidance. • ensuring integration with existing public T2 EE9 CC6 HE3 rights of way including pedestrian, cycle routes and bridleways and improving See Appendix D for alignments where possible; and T3 EE10 CC7 full Development • giving priority to sustainable transport modes DRAFT DRAFTTest review in street and junction design. 35 TEST SEVEN Understanding & Interpreting the Past Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020

KEY Concept Plan Policy SA2 Allocation Area Scheduled Monument Listed Building (within / immediately adjacent to the site) Respectful Setting DRAFTFormer Historic Brickworks 36 SA2 PRINCIPLE

TEST SEVEN 1a 3 10 Understanding & Interpreting the Past Development proposals must provide a complete assessment of impact on 1b 4 11 designated and non-designated heritage assets with reference to archaeological investigations. Where necessary, mitigation shall be identified. 1c 5 12

Aim (I) The archaeological context of the Aim (IV) The former conveyor lines will be utilised 1d 6 13 Allocation Site will be established through where possible as part of the surface water archaeological assessment and geophysical drainage system serving the development 1e 7 14 survey which will be reported at outline continuing their relevance and part of the planning application stage. local geography. Aim (II) Where necessary, further staged Aim (V) The defining features of the Allocation Site’s 1f 8 15 archaeological investigation will be secured industrial past are the former clay extraction by any outline planning permission. pits Brogborough Lake and Lidlington 2 9 16 Aim (III) A comprehensive assessment of the potential Pit. These features will be retained and effects on existing designated scheduled enhanced through the development of the Marston Vale New Villages and will ancient monuments will be undertaken. EMERGING LOCAL PLAN POLICY This process will establish the appropriate serve and a key part of the green and blue infrastructure serving the development. mitigation measures which could include: SP1 T4 EE12 CC8 • an appropriate offset between the proposed development area and existing scheduled Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H ancient monuments with their settings SP2 T5 EE13 HQ9 incorporated into the open space and landscape design; • view corridors; H1 EE1 EE14 HQ1 • limitation on development building heights in proximity to affected scheduled ancient H3 EE2 EMP1 HQ2 monuments; and • interpretation as part of a heritage and public art strategies. H4 EE3 CC1 HQ3 This mitigation will be secured through the planning permission. H6 EE4 CC2 HQ4

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KEY Concept Plan Policy SA2 Allocation Area Lakes Waterways & Watercourses DRAFTFuture Waterways 38 TEST EIGHT SA2 PRINCIPLE The Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Park 1a 3 10 The development must deliver a significant section of the Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Park. This will be a defining feature of the proposals and a significant natural asset for Central Bedfordshire. 1b 4 11 The Waterway will function as both a navigable route, linking Brogborough and Stewartby Lakes, and a Sustainable Drainage System alleviating flood risk for the development. The Waterway Park must be 1c 5 12 designed to recognise its potential as a significant recreation, tourism, ecological and economic asset.

Aim (I) The development of the Allocation Site will Aim (III) The section of the Bedford & Milton Keynes 1d 6 13 include a substantial section of the Bedford Waterway within the development will: & Milton Keynes Waterway Park as a defining • have a surface water drainage function; 1e 7 14 central green and blue infrastructure feature • be capable of accommodating ‘broad beam’ and a major new green infrastructure asset boats and conveying surface water; to all of Central Bedfordshire and the existing • accommodating smaller crafts; 1f 8 15 and new local communities. • comprise retained and enhanced channels; • support the delivery of an interlinked Aim (II) The Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Park 2 9 16 will: network of waterways and channels • be a continuous feature running through connecting to the main section of waterway; the centre of the development facilitating a and EMERGING LOCAL PLAN POLICY green corridor between Brogborough Lake, • The development will maximise the potential the Millennium County Park and Stewartby multi-use of waterways provided throughout SP1 T4 EE12 CC8 Lake; the development.

• be multi-functional; Aim (IV) The design of the built form will respond Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H • support a range of ecological habitat; to the varying character of the Bedford & SP2 T5 EE13 HQ9 • support diverse recreation and tourism Milton Keynes Waterway Park as it permeates uses including by promoting engagement through the development of the Marston with blue infrastructure and the recreational Vale New Villages. The detailed design of H1 EE1 EE14 HQ1 opportunities it offers; and the Waterway will take account of B&MK • present more formal opportunities for Waterway Trust (www.b-mkwaterway.org. supporting waterside leisure as a setting for uk/) design guidance, relevant policies of the H3 EE2 EMP1 HQ2 cafes and other businesses. Emerging Local Plan and any future adopted standards. H4 EE3 CC1 HQ3 Aim (V) The layout of the development should recognise the opportunity for supporting waterside living with direct access for H6 EE4 CC2 HQ4 homes to the waterfront, personal moorings facilitating canoe and small craft trips. H7 EE5 CC4 HQ9

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TEST NINE 1a 3 10 The Forest of Marston Vale A varied wooded character should permeate through the development so that 1b 4 11 the requirements of Policy SA2 and EE9 of the emerging Local Plan are met. The development should also seek to achieve the wider objectives of the Forest Plan. 1c 5 12

Aim (I) Marston Vale New Villages is centrally Aim (V) New woodland planting should be a key part 1d 6 13 located within the Forest of Marston Vale. of new landscapes providing opportunities The development will make a significant for: 1e 7 14 contribution to the environmental • informal recreation; regeneration of the Marston Vale and • sport; meeting the objectives of the Forest Plan • artistic and cultural events; and 1f 8 15 through the creation of a visually exciting and • to support educational and learning functionally diverse environment. opportunities for surrounding schools and 2 9 16 Aim (II) Tree-cover will become a much more community groups. dominant feature of the landscape. Tree Aim (VI) In some locations, woodland planting will canopy cover should extend across the have a screening function; EMERGING LOCAL PLAN POLICY development through street tree planting, Aim The planting and management of woodland trees in private gardens, informal and formal (VII) areas should explore opportunities for the SP1 T4 EE12 CC8 open space; civic and educational areas, production of biofuels, timber and wood employment and community hubs to products and the employment opportunities Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H achieve the requirement of 30% tree canopy linked to that. SP2 T5 EE13 HQ9 cover overall. Aim (III) A strong wooded character will permeate through the development of the Marston H1 EE1 EE14 HQ1 Vale New Villages. The delivery of new woodland within the development will H3 EE2 EMP1 HQ2 consolidate and connect existing areas of important vegetation. Aim (IV) The delivery of new woodland areas will H4 EE3 CC1 HQ3 provide an opportunity not only for tree planting but also a range of woodland H6 EE4 CC2 HQ4 characteristics including gladed areas, wet woodland, coppice and the creation of a mosaic of new habitats. H7 EE5 CC4 HQ9

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KEY Concept Plan Policy SA2 Allocation Area DRAFTOpen & Ecological Space 42 SA2 PRINCIPLE TEST TEN Habitats & Species 1a 3 10 The development of the Marston Vale New Villages should maximise opportunities to protect 1b 4 11 and/or enhance key features of biodiversity. Existing features will be well integrated into the development, connected with additional habitat creation and linkages where necessary. The landscape features of the development will provide a net gain in biodiversity. 1c 5 12

Aim (I) New green and blue infrastructure delivered Aim (III) The likely ecological effects of the 1d 6 13 through the development of the Marston development of the Marston Vale New Vale New Villages will support a net gain in Villages will be identified, and appropriate 1e 7 14 biodiversity. mitigation will be secured through any Aim (II) The development will preserve areas of planning permission to reduce identified ecological importance whilst creating these effects. 1f 8 15 valuable biodiversity connections. The proposals will balance ecological sensitivity 2 9 16 and recreational need.

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INTRODUCTION

6.1 This section of the Development Brief provides 6.3 The Development Tests are derived from the Outline Planning Permission more detail on the planning application process requirements of Policy SA2 of the emerging Local as well as the acceptable approach to phasing and Plan. The proposals for the Allocation Site must 6.7 The approval of an OPA that is in accordance with infrastructure delivery for the development of the comply with Policy SA2 and the policies of the the Development Tests will establish the parameters Marston Vale New Villages allocation. emerging Local Plan. However, given the scale for the development and agreed spatial and design of the development and its likely timescales, post principles for the development secured within an PLANNING PROCESS outline consent, future design codes and RMA will approved Development Specification. be considered against the Council’s emerging and The Status of the Development Brief adopted polices at the time of determination. Infrastructure Design Coding

6.2 When endorsed by CBC’s Development 6.4 In meeting the Development Tests, proposals 6.8 An Infrastructure Design Code will set a regulatory Management Committee, the Development for the development of the site can demonstrate framework for the detailed design for the delivery Tests established within this Development Brief compliance with the requirements of Policy SA2 and of the strategic green, blue and grey infrastructure will comprise a material consideration for the the emerging Local Plan as a whole. supporting each Delivery Area. Each Infrastructure determination of development proposals for the Design Code will be compliant with the approved development of the Allocation Site. It is intended SEQUENCE OF DESIGN CONTROL parameters of the outline planning permission. that the Development Tests will inform future Infrastructure Design Codes, Village Pattern Books 6.5 To secure design control at subsequent stages of Village Pattern Books (Design Code): and subsequent Reserved Matters applications the planning process a tiered system of approval

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 (RMA) at the Marston Vale New Villages Allocation will be sought (Figure 6.1). This tiered approach 6.9 Village Pattern Books will sit alongside the Site. will be secured by the planning conditions of the ‘infrastructure codes’ to establish the intended outline planning permission. The proposed tiered detailed design parameters for the built form of approach accords with Central Bedfordshire’s village, relating predominately to the built form and policy requirements for Design Coding and public realm character, materials and architectural Comprehensive Master Planning of the site. The style. Each Village Pattern Book will be compliant design control process for the development is with the approved parameters of the outline planning proposed to be multi-layered. permission.

The Development Brief (this document) Reserved Matters Applications:

6.6 The Development Brief establishes the relevant 6.10 Future Reserved Matters Applications for strategic Development Tests for the Marston Vale New Villages. green, blue and grey infrastructure and the detailed Compliance with the Development Tests at each stage design of the villages will be required to be in of the development will ensure the comprehensive accordance with the approved Infrastructure Design design and delivery of the site in accordance with Code and Village Pattern Book. DRAFTPolicy SA2. 44 POLICY SA2 MARSTON VALE NEW VILLAGES

SITE WIDE FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT TESTS MARSTON VALE NEW VILLAGES DEVELOPMENT BRIEF

TEST 1 OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION SUBMITTED TEST 2 TEST 3 TEST 4 SUPPORTING APPROVED DOCUMENTS FORMAL APPROVED DOCUMENTS SITE WIDE TEST 5 Environmental Statement, Design Parameter Plan, Description FRAMEWORK & Access Statement, Landscape TEST 6 of Development & Biodiversity Statement TEST 7 TEST 8 TEST 9 TEST 10 OUTLINE PERMISSION WITH CONDITIONS & S106

TEST 1 ENABLING WORKS TEST 2 Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H TEST 3 TEST 4 INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN CODE TEST 5 Grey Green Blue TEST 6

DESIGN TEST 7 DEVELOPMENT AREA FRAMEWORK CONTROL TEST 8

TEST 9 VILLAGE PATTERN BOOKS VILLAGE PATTERN BOOKS VILLAGE PATTERN BOOKS TEST 10 VILLAGE PATTERN BOOKS

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IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION

MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE & GOVERNANCE DRAFT DRAFTFigure 6.1 Delivery: Sequence of Design Control 45 SEQUENCE OF DELIVERY OTHER DELIVERY CONSIDERATIONS

6.11 This comprehensive design coding process 6.16 New highway junctions, movement routes and 6.20 The development of the Marston Valley New Villages will provide a clear design rationale and vision connections should provide necessary upgrades, allocation will be subject to a long term build out for the delivery of new development giving full capacity and manage network pressures as the reflecting its scale and complexity. Unusually consideration to the scale and character of the new communities are established whilst providing for a scheme of this scale, the nature of the site, proposals in the context of existing settlements. safe cycling and walking routes to supplement which incorporates much existing infrastructure, those existing. Led by overarching design codes, allows for development delivery to commence and 6.12 The initial phases of development will be capable of the associated movement infrastructure should be continue in more than one area at any stage of being served by the existing infrastructure network delivered in a consistent and high-quality way. the project timeline. This has advantages in terms together with advanced infrastructure, such as of maintaining good levels of housing delivery by woodland planting and the establishment of parks, 6.17 Employment areas are envisaged to be delivered opening up more than one ‘development front’ at a to give time for growth and screening of more alongside the new villages. As the market will time. sensitive development areas in ‘interim’ and ‘later’ drive the speed and frequency of new business delivery sequences. establishments, with a lesser reliance upon 6.21 Nevertheless, all development areas must bring supporting infrastructure balanced with the desire forward critical community infrastructure such as 6.13 The ‘interim’ delivery areas will embed the overall to bring new jobs alongside new homes, these areas schooling and health care as they progress, with vision whilst bringing forward higher order facilities will benefit from no constraint on phasing. care taken to dovetail the provision of healthcare/ and strategic infrastructure elements, such as school places with the arrival of new residents middle and upper school provision, new primary 6.18 Within the three sequences there can be overlap thereby increasing the ‘self-sufficiency’ of the new streets and much of the waterway park. Phased provided that this does not compromise the delivery villages and reducing the need to travel outside site

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 implementation of drainage channels and the B&MK of key infrastructure and services. There may to access essential facilities. Waterway should keep pace with development areas also be the need to return to earlier sequences to serve their needs. as the project moves through its implementation 6.22 The sequence of design control as proposed offers period to access, upgrade and finalise supporting numerous opportunities, more than the typical 6.14 The ‘later’ delivery areas are those that will benefit infrastructure such as utility provision, drainage and sequence of planning applications, for the Council most from the maturing of advance planting and completing movement connections. Any associated and pertinent stakeholders to be consulted upon establishment of strategic infrastructure links, construction impacts arising from this overlap will and influence design codes/development proposals. and as such will come forward as later phases of be carefully managed as part of a Construction development. Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) to be GOVERNANCE secured through planning conditions. 6.15 The transition from a predominately arable 6.23 The development of the Marston Vale New landscape to one that is developed should 6.19 The tiered approach with its associated controls Villages will be supported by a multi-faceted and be carefully considered to ensure that viable and processes set out above will be integral to the comprehensive governance strategy. This is a key agricultural parcels are available in the interim outline planning permission in so far as it will be characteristic of O&H’s Master Developer model, between sequences. described within the approved appropriately worded presenting opportunities for meaningful and planning conditions and Section 106 obligations ongoing community involvement and oversight of attached to any outline planning permission. the stewardship of the development.

DRAFTFigure 6.2 Marston Vale New Villages Delivery Sequence 46 Initial delivery areas Interim delivery areas Later delivery areas Employment areas Phased movement infrastructure Community hub Education Formal open space Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H DRAFT DRAFT 47 APPENDIX A: CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE LOCAL PLAN POLICY SA2

The principles of the development are:

The land for Marston Vale New Villages, as identified 1. The development will form a series of new 2. The development shall provide dedicated and safe in the Proposal Maps, is allocated for a mixed-use villages appropriately separated and screened pedestrian and cycle links between the new and development comprising of up to 5,000 dwellings and up from neighbouring settlements by green and blue existing villages, connecting new local centres, to 40 hectares of employment land. The employment infrastructure. The villages will provide a mix of employment opportunities, schools, shops, public land is intended for B1, and B2, specifically for uses necessary to achieve a sustainable and vibrant transport nodes and community facilities with existing employment relating to research and development, office, network of communities. Development will include: pedestrian and cycle networks in the wider Marston services and tourism. a. Up to 5,000 homes across a series of new villages Vale. with an appropriate balance and mix of residential Development in the Strategic Land Allocation will be accommodation to meet identified needs. This mix 3. The development shall maximise opportunities to permitted in accordance with other relevant policies shall include, subject to viability, a policy compliant create Green Infrastructure corridors. The allocation in the Development Plan and the principles set out mix of affordable housing, starter homes, self/ is expected to deliver a multifunctional Green below. These principles will be defined in more detail custom build plots and a mix of homes to meet all Corridor through the entire length of the site to form through the preparation of a Development Brief which identified needs for older people; the Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Park. The will include an indicative master plan and a phasing plan. b. Up to 40 hectares of employment land to satisfy development will deliver a water-filled and navigable Planning permission will only be granted for development identified needs for Research and Development, link to facilitate a waterway connection between following the Council’s adoption of this Development office, services and tourism. This employment Brogborough and Stewartby Lakes. The development Brief. Site wide Design Code(s) will also be required, should be well-integrated with the villages, both in shall deliver a cycleway within the Bedford and Milton followed by area specific Design Codes for each phase, terms of design and pedestrian and cycle access. Keynes Waterway Park Green Corridor. This will form to be prepared by the developer and approved by the c. Provision of a suitable parcel of serviced land and part of a cycleway connection between Stewartby

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 Council. commensurate financial contribution towards Lake and Ridgmont Railway Station. the delivery of a primary healthcare facility In order to ensure the development will be supported by to be delivered on site and the provision of a 4. The development shall provide appropriate mitigation, the local and strategic infrastructure needed to ensure commensurate financial contribution towards the compensation and/or enhancement of key features sustainable development, in the context of pooling delivery of a health and social care facility to serve of biodiversity including but not limited to, identified restrictions and multiple landownerships, the Council the healthcare needs of the development. protected species and priority habitats. Key ecological will refuse any piecemeal planning permission that d. Provision of new community facilities in accordance features should be protected, well buffered and would undermine the Council’s ability to deliver such with Policy HQ3, a mix of retail, a community library connected with additional habitat creation and infrastructure. space and at least one drinking establishment to linkages. Potential detrimental impacts on wet habitats serve the existing and new communities everyday valuable for Great Crested Newts or other flora and needs; fauna must be avoided through careful zoning of uses e. Provision of new educational facilities, comprising or, where it is ecologically acceptable, habitats may be day nursery facilities, early years, primary school, compensated through the creation of new ponds and secondary school and sixth form facilities to wetland features. meet the identified needs of the development or equivalent facilities to meet the educational and 5. The development shall provide appropriate landscape childcare needs arising from the development; and measures to create a sense of place, provide a net f. Provision of leisure facilities, including: gain for biodiversity and include mitigation to address i. indoor sport and leisure facilities, in accordance the potential impact of development on the wider with Policy HQ3; and landscape. The site is within the Forest of Marston ii. outdoor sport, leisure and open space, in Vale, and therefore any development must comply DRAFTaccordance with Policies EE13, including pavilions with Policy EE9. 48 and allotments. 6. The development will ensure that any impact on 10. Subject to the findings of the site-specific flood risk deliverable scheme for improvements at J13 of the non-designated heritage assets with archaeological assessment the development shall deliver strategic M1 and the strategic highway network as necessary, interest is mitigated in order to record and advance measures to reduce flood risk including the use of to mitigate the impacts of development. The understanding of any heritage assets affected by the sustainable drainage methods (SUDS) to attenuate development shall deliver viable and efficient public development. The mitigation will include making and discharge surface water run-off at reduced levels transport routes through the development that link the results of all archaeological investigations where possible, and at least at a rate no greater than with key destinations including East West Rail at publicly available for the benefit for this and future if the site were undeveloped and to reduce existing Ridgmont Train Station and employment areas. generations; downstream risk. Regard shall be had to the phased delivery of flood mitigation and SUDS in accordance 13. The development shall provide commensurate 7. The development will be designed to mitigate any with the phasing of the development to ensure contributions towards the provision of appropriate harm caused to the significance of all designated adequate measures to mitigate flood risk (from all off-site infrastructure improvements including heritage assets in the vicinity of the site. The sources) are provided throughout the lifetime of the public transport interchange facilities related to development will not result in the destruction of development. The detailed designs of sustainable the enhancement of Ridgmont Railway Station as a any designated heritage assets or their settings and drainage systems should maximise biodiversity stopping station for East West Rail. shall deliver mitigation measures that preserve all enhancement, mitigation of visual landscape impacts, designated heritage assets and their settings for future flood risk reduction, maintenance and safety, 14. Foul drainage from the development will be generations. This is required in order to ensure that when considering their location and relationship to connected to the public sewerage network. The Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H the public benefits of the development outweigh neighbouring sites and uses. SuDS will be designed development shall demonstrate that there is adequate the degree of harm caused to the significance as part of the green infrastructure network, enhancing capacity in water recycling centre (sewage treatment of all designated heritage assets affected by the existing watercourses and drainage features, and works) and the foul sewerage network to serve the development; integrating them with the Bedford and Milton Keynes proposed development and that it will not have Waterway Park where appropriate. Safe access and an adverse impact on surface or ground water in 8. The development shall be designed to ensure that egress shall be provided taking account of the flood terms of quality and quantity. Any application for uses and developments within the site that are risk at the site. planning permission shall detail any infrastructure vulnerable to flood risk are located outside of areas of upgrades where required and any necessary phasing flood zones 2 and 3 and areas at high risk of surface 11. The development shall integrate and, connect to, arrangements as agreed by the relevant Water and water flooding. Flood capacity shall be retained on and improve alignments of existing public rights of Sewerage Company. site. way within and adjoining the site to provide routes within the development to the wider countryside and 15. Incorporate measures to adapt to climate change, 9. The development will, through the creation of the neighbouring settlements. In addition to these routes, minimise energy use and include renewable energy Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Park, provide the development will enable a cycle and pedestrian technologies. a link for moving water between Brogborough and connection to be made between Stewartby Lake Stewartby Lakes contributing, where possible, to water and Ridgmont Railway Station which shall include 16. Shall be accompanied by a Mineral Resource management objectives at the catchment scale. appropriately designed crossings over the waterway. Assessment in accordance with Policy MSP11 of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan (January 2014). 12. The development will provide supporting transport infrastructure to mitigate the impact of traffic 17. The development will be required to respond associated with the development, including appropriately to its location with the Health and commensurate financial contributions towards a Safety Executive Major Accident Hazard Pipelines DRAFT DRAFTConsultation Zone. 49 APPENDIX B: CONSULTATION STATEMENT

This Consultation Statement sets out the consultation The Outline Planning Application Engagement with the Member Advisory Group undertaken which relates to the preparation of this The outline planning application was validated on the O&H presented the updated Development Tests section Development Brief. 25th May 2018. The application submission included of the Development Brief to Members on 9 January a draft Development Brief which was consulted upon 2020 as part of the Member Advisory Group (MAG) This Development Brief has been prepared by David Lock formally for the statutory period between 25 May 2018 – meeting. This meeting was an opportunity for Members Associates on behalf of O&H Properties Ltd (O&H). O&H 15 June 2018. to feedback on key issues and priorities which should be is the land owner of the Allocation Site and will act as the reflected in the documents. The feedback from Members Master Developer for its delivery. This consultation period allowed the public, non-statutory resulting from this meeting has helped to shape the final consultees and statutory consultees to make comments draft version of the document that O&H has produced. Pre-submission Public Engagement on the Development Brief. Beyond the statutory O&H completed a comprehensive programme of pre- consultation period the application has been subject to Stakeholder Group application engagement with the communities most comments from all parties throughout the determination As part of the bespoke approach to consultation likely to be affected by the Marston Valley development period which is ongoing. As such, the Development Brief agreed with officers, the final draft Development Brief (through proximity) in February 2018. This is reported in has primarily been consulted upon through this process was provided to the Stakeholder Group for review and detail within the Statement of Community Involvement which has been both lengthy and extensive. feedback at a meeting with officers arranged for this (SCI) (May 2018), submitted with the Outline Planning purpose on 27 January 2020. Application (OPA). Post Submission Consultation with Officers Post submission of the OPA, O&H has worked with CBC O&H organised four exhibitions at Lidlington, Officers and the Council’s consultants to update and

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 Brogborough and Millbrook Village Halls and the Marston refine the Development Brief. Moreteyne Sports Pavilion. Through its engagement with the community at these events, O&H were clear This collaboration has informed the production of various that it was an opportunity for public consultation on the iterations of the Development Brief which has been Development Brief as well as the OPA proposals. reviewed by officers at each stage. Most significantly, there was a full review of the Development Brief At the events and online through its dedicated website, undertaken by Central Bedfordshire Council and their O&H provided the opportunity for consultees to provide consultants, including Essex Place Services in 2018. comments through a questionnaire. The outcomes of the consultation were reported in the SCI. O&H has maintained dialogue with the relevant officers to resolve these concerns which has resulted in further DRAFTiterations of the Development Brief. 50 COMMENT RESPONSE

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This appendix to the Development Brief provides an The NPPF identifies the three dimensions to sustainable Section 8: Promoting Healthy Communities notes that analysis of the policy context for the development of the development (para. 8), those being economic, social and planning decisions should aim to achieve places which Marston Vale New Villages allocation. environmental. The planning system is identified as having promote opportunities for meetings between members of a role in each of these dimensions as follows: the community, including mixed use developments and NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY strong neighbourhood centres that bring together those Economic: ensuring the right land is available to support that work, live and play in the vicinity. Planning decisions The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) growth and innovation and ensuring that investment should plan positively for the provision of community (February 2019) (including infrastructure) is properly coordinated; facilities and other local services and ensure an integrated approach to the location of housing, economic uses, The NPPF was revised in February 2019. It sets the Social: supporting healthy and vibrant communities community facilities and services (Para 92). Local planning government’s economic, environmental and social specifically by providing the supply of housing required to authorities should take a proactive and positive approach planning policies for England. The policies of the NPPF meet the needs of present and future generations; to development that will widen choice in education (Para are material considerations which should be taken into 93). Access to high quality open spaces and opportunities account in dealing with application from the day of its Environmental: protecting and enhancing the natural, for sport and recreation make an important contribution publication. built and historic environment. to the health and wellbeing of communities (Para 96).

The NPPF places an emphasis on the need for a positive At paragraph 59 the NPPF outlines that in order to support Significant emphasis is placed on good design which approach in plan making and decision taking. To achieve the Government’s objective of significantly boosting the is a key aspect of sustainable development, helping to this aim, the NPPF is clear that a positive approach should supply of homes, it is important that a sufficient amount create better places in which to live and work and makes

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 be taken in decision making: and variety of land can come forward where it is needed. development acceptable to communities (Para 124). Inappropriate development should be avoided in areas at “Local planning authorities should approach decisions The NPPF requires developments that generate significant risk of flooding by directing development away from areas on proposed development in a positive and creative amounts of movement to be supported by a Transport at highest risk (Para 155). way. They should use the full range of planning tools Statement or Assessment and Travel Plan. In keeping with available, including brownfield registers and permission in the positive approach to be adopted in decision making, Submission of Central Bedfordshire Local Plan principle, and work proactively with applicants to secure Paragraph 109 states that: “Development should only be developments that will improve the economic, social and prevented or refused on highways grounds if there would The Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (CBLP) was submitted environmental conditions of the area. Decision-makers be an unacceptable impact on highway safety, or the to the Secretary of State for examination in April 2018. at every level should seek to approve applications for residual cumulative impacts on the road network would The CBLP will deliver a minimum of 24,000 jobs and sustainable development where possible.” (Para 38) be severe.” 39,350 homes.

Plans and decisions should apply a ‘presumption in favour The most relevant policies of the emerging CBLP to the of sustainable development’ (Para 11). For decision-taking development of the Marston Vale New Villages allocation this means “approving development proposals that accord are set out in summary below: with an up-to-date development plan without delay” or where there are no relevant development plan policies, or Policy SP1 – Growth Strategy: indicates that the Council the policies which are most important for determining the will make provision for about 15,822 net additional application are out-of-date granting permission unless dwellings and a minimum of 24,000 new jobs in Central there are any adverse of doing so would significantly Bedfordshire during the Local Plan period. and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the policies in thisDRAFT Framework. 52 Policy SP3 – Generic Requirements for Strategic Sites: Policy H4 – Affordable Housing: states that qualify sites Policy T4 – Public Transport Interchanges: states that states that development proposals bought forward at of 11 or more units will provide 30% affordable housing development proposals within close proximity to bus and identified strategic allocations should be accompanied that are dispersed throughout the site and integrated with rail interchanges should provide enhanced access in order by a comprehensive Development Brief (this document) the market housing to promote community cohesion and to encourage more public transport use, cycling and as well as being based on a series of principles and tenure blindness. walking, support the viability of services and enhance the objectives. vitality of the town centres in which they are located. Policy H6 – Starter Homes: states that all qualifying Policy SA2 – Marston Vale New Villages: allocates the planning applications must have regard for Starter Homes Policy T5 – Ultra Low Emission Vehicles: states that land for Marston Vale Villages comprising of a mixed-use delivery. Starter homes will be incorporated within the new developments (inc. Residential Developments, development made up of 5,000 dwellings and a minimum 27% of intermediate tenures as stipulated by policy H4. Employment sites and Other large-scale trip generating of 40ha of employment land. The policy sets a series of uses) will be required to prove charging points to principles that the development must be based upon Policy H7 – Self and Custom Build Housing: states the support the provision of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles. including providing a dedicated and safe pedestrian and Council will support applications for delivery of serviced The exact amount of provision will be negotiated on a cycle links between new and existing villages as well as plots in suitable locations where they help meet the case by case basis until standards are set out in the Local maximising opportunities to create Green Infrastructure demand as demonstrated by the Council’s Self & Custom Transport Plan which will then be applied to all qualifying corridors. Build Register. developments. Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H The full wording of Policy SA2 is provided in Appendix A. Policy T1 – Mitigation of Transport Impacts on Policy EE1 – Green Infrastructure: states that all major Policy H1 – Housing Mix: states that development must the Network: Travel Plans, Travel Plan Statements development must demonstrate a net gain in green include a mix of housing types and sizes in order to meet and Transport Assessments will be required for any infrastructure; linking, enhancing and extending existing the needs of all sections of the community based on up- development which meets or exceeds the Gross Floor green infrastructure assets, and creating new ones. to-date evidence to encourage sustainable, inclusive and Area thresholds set out in the Council’s Guidance. mixed communities. Development proposals must demonstrate how they will Policy EE2 – Enhancing biodiversity: states that seek to reduce the need to travel and secure a modal shift development proposals should provide a net gain in Policy H2 – Housing Standards: states that internal towards sustainable forms of transport. biodiversity through the enhancement and creation of spaces standards will be applied to all new developments. ecological networks. Development proposals within, or in In addition to this the council will require new Policy T2 – Highway Safety and Design: states that close proximity to an ecological corridor should enhance build housing to deliver at least 35% Category 2 all proposals for new development must not have a the functionality and connectivity of the corridor. Requirement MA (2) adaptable homes (or any new or detrimental effect on highway safety and patterns of revised regulations that revoke or modify the Building movement as well as provide appropriate access in Policy EE3 – Nature conservation: the Council will Regulations); and at least 5% Category 3, Requirement accordance with the relevant standards. ensure important habitats and sites of geological and M4 (3) wheelchair accessible homes (or any new or geomorphological interest will be protected, maintained revised regulations that revoke or modify the Building Policy T3 – Parking: states that provision for parking and enhanced by not permitting development that would Regulations). (of new residential development, for commercial adversely affect County Wildlife Sites, Local Nature development, cycle parking and lorry parking) must Reserves, Local Geological or Geomorphological Sites, Policy H3 – Housing for Older People: states that all new adhere to the relevant guidance and standards. Protected species, or; Species and habitats of principal residential development will be required to respond to the importance. challenges relating to older people and sets a number of principles such as providing accommodation in suitable and sustainable locations, based on the latest evidence DRAFT base. DRAFT 53 Policy EE4 – Trees, woodlands and hedgerows: states Policy EE11 – The River and Waterway Network: Policy CC3 – Flood Risk Management: states that that developers will be expected to include new planting development proposals near to the river and waterway development proposals will be supported: where it is in developments. The policy also outlines a number of network should support the protection, conservation located in areas at lowest risk of flooding; considers the Council expectations which include the design of proposed and enhancement of the waterways’ and associated impacts of the land use and layout on offsite flood risk; development schemes to incorporate significant tree environment; promote the waterway and towpath as part makes provision for appropriate surface water runoff features, ensure new planting is designed within a green of an ecological and open space network for sustainable management and the area of impermeable surface is corridor as part of the site’s public realm and ensure any transport and recreation uses; and promote the waterway minimised. development that forms a rural edge will include an effective as a catalyst for urban regeneration and in support of landscape edge consisting of native tree and hedgerow waterway related enterprise. Policy CC5 – Sustainable Drainage: the Council expects planting consistent with the local landscape character. all development to incorporate SuDS as normal practice, Policy EE12 – Public Rights of Way: states that giving priority to naturalistic solutions incorporated into the Policy EE5 – Landscape, Character and Value: states that development proposals should protect, enhance and soft landscape of the development. Council recognises the importance of valued landscapes promote the public rights of way network. Development and that all major development proposals will be proposals which will affect a right of way will need to Policy HQ1 – High Quality Development: states that required to demonstrate how they incorporate landscape submit a rights of way scheme that demonstrates how the Council will ensure all new developments are of the enhancement, in accordance with the relevant guidelines. the development will protect, enhance and promote the highest possible quality and respond positively to their public rights of way network, with improvements where context. Policy EE8 – Greensand Ridge Nature Improvement Area: necessary to help restore and re-connect it, in line with states that development within the NIA should demonstrate the Council’s ‘Public Rights of Way – Standards and Policy HQ3 – Provision for Social and Community

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 how a biodiversity net gain will be delivered; enhance Guidance for Development’ guidance. Infrastructure: states that new housing developments wildlife networks and increase ecological connectivity; will be required to contribute towards the provision of demonstrate how provision is made for species recovery Policy EE13 – Outdoor sport, leisure and open space: social and community infrastructure and the Council will and resilience; and respect the topography and landscape of states that on new residential development the Council work with developers to ensure an integrated approach to the NIA. will require the provision of open spaces and outdoor the location of housing, economic uses and community sports facilities in accordance with the Leisure Strategy facilities and services. Policy EE9 – Forest of Marston Vale: states that standards and facility requirements. developments for new buildings within the Forest of Policy HQ4 – Indoor Sport and Leisure Facilities: on Marston Vale will need to deliver 30% tree cover across the Policy CC1 – Climate Change and Sustainability: states new residential developments the Council will require the development site. This can be achieved by a combination that the Council requires any new development to be provision of indoor sport and leisure facilities, preferably of retaining and protecting existing trees, woodlands and designed to increase its own resilience and the resilience on site, to have regard to the Leisure Strategy standards hedgerows within development sites, and the planting of of the surrounding area within the site to climate change. and facility requirements and be designed and constructed new trees, woodlands and hedgerows within development This will be demonstrated through the submission and in accordance with Sport England facility guidance, sites. preparation of an adaptation strategy which will detail together with the facility guidance of the relevant National the measures that will be taken in order to minimise the Governing Body for Sport (NGB). Policy EE10 – The Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway developments vulnerability to the impacts of climate Park: states that development on the routes of the change. Policy HQ7 – Public Art: the council requires Public Art route of the Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Park appropriate to the scale of development to be provided as will be expected to deliver the section of the Waterway part of development that meet or exceed set thresholds Park within the development boundary, incorporating a (inc. residential development consisting of 100 or more Waterway channel and ‘towpath’ for non-motorised users units). All development proposals should take account within a multifunctional greenDRAFT corridor. of the detailed guidance presented in the Central 54 Bedfordshire Design Guide. ADDITIONAL DESIGN GUIDANCE

Policy HQ9 – Larger Sites: the Council expects larger Minerals and Waste National Design Guide (Published September 2019) sites to provide a mix of uses to ensure an integrated approach towards delivery of residential, economic and The Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Strategic Sites and The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local community uses. Where development exceeds certain Policies (MWLP: SSP) was adopted by the Full Council Government (MHCLG) published the National Design thresholds (inc. 300 dwellings) a Development Brief (this of all three councils in January 2014: Bedford Borough Guide (NDG) in September 2019. The NPPF makes it document) must be agreed with the Council. Council (15 January 2014); Luton Borough Council (21 clear that creating high quality buildings and places is January 2014); and Central Bedfordshire Council (30 fundamental to what the planning and development Policy HQ11 – Modern Methods of Construction: the January 2014). process is. The purpose of the NDG is to illustrate how Council seeks to encourage innovation and appropriate The MWLP: SSP sets out the strategic allocations well-designed places that are beautiful, enduring and use of modern building techniques and as such proposals for mineral extraction and for waste management successful can be achieved in practice. that embrace such modern methods of construction will development in the Plan area together with strategic be considered favourably. policies which will guide the ongoing supply of minerals The NDG forms part of the Planning Practice Guidance and development of waste management facilities. (PPG) and should be read alongside the separate PPG on Policy HE1 – Archaeology and Scheduled Monuments: design process and tools. states that development proposals that affect known The Allocation Site lies within a mineral safeguarding area archaeological heritage assets or areas which have the for Oxford Clay and as such policies MSP11 and MSP12 The NDG recognises that components for good design potential for archaeological heritage assets must be apply. include: the context for places and buildings; hard and Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H accompanied by an Archaeological Heritage Statement. soft landscape; technical infrastructure – highways etc.; Where development proposals will impact upon Policy MSP11 - Minerals Resource Assessment: Surface and social infrastructure. archaeological heritage assets, where possible, the development proposals within a Mineral Safeguarding Council will seek the preservation of those remains in situ. Area (excluding exemptions set out under policy MSP12: Well-designed places have individual characteristics Where preservation in situ cannot be achieved, a scheme Surface Development within a Mineral Safeguarding which work together to create its physical character. The of archaeological investigation, recording, analysis and Area) shall be accompanied by a Minerals Resource NDG sets out ten characteristics of well-designed places publication (i.e. preservation by record) will be required Assessment. which help to nurture and sustain a sense of community. prior to the completion of the development. The ten characteristics also work to positively address Policy MSP12 - Surface Development within a Mineral environmental issues affecting the climate. Policy HE3 – Built Heritage: states that development Safeguarding Area: Surface development will only be proposals that could affect the significance of Listed permitted within a Mineral Safeguarding Area where it The ten characteristics of well-designed places are: Buildings, Conservation Areas and non-designated has been demonstrated that; the mineral concerned heritage assets of local importance and/or their setting is proven to be of no economic value as a result of the • Context - enhances the surroundings. will only be granted permission where they can uphold undertaking of the Mineral Resource Assessment; or the • Identity – attractive & distinctive. the key criteria of the NPPF and are accompanied by the development will not inhibit extraction if required in the • Built form – a coherent pattern of development. required evidence. future; or there is an overriding need for the development • Movement – accessible & easy to move around. and prior extraction cannot reasonably be undertaken; • Nature – enhanced & optimised. or the mineral can be extracted prior to the development • Public spaces – safe, social & inclusive. taking place. • Uses – mixed & integrated. • Homes & buildings – functional, healthy & sustainable. • Resources – efficient & resilient. DRAFT DRAFT• Lifespan – made to last. 55 The NDG notes that a National Model Design Guide The design guide was adopted on 18 March 2014 as Paragraph 1.20.01 – Densities: encourages a variation of will be published in due course. This will be a material technical guidance for Development Management purposes density across large development as this creates different consideration for both the drafting and determination of and remains the most up-to-date local design guide. character and stimulates interest. future design codes. Only the most pertinent aspects of the design guide that informed the Marston Valley development proposal are Paragraph 5.04.01 – Accessible and Adaptable Homes: Central Bedfordshire Council Development Brief & outlined here, for more detail on the evolution of the design states that homes should be designed to be as adaptable Design Code Guidance (October 2019) please refer to the Design and Access Statement submitted as possible, considering that households evolve as the as part of the outline planning application. requirements of families and individuals change. The Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) Development Brief & Design Code Guidance (DB&DC Guidance) was Paragraph 1.04.03 – Design Codes: the Council expects Paragraph 5.06.04 – Gardens and Private Amenity prepared by Places Services on behalf of CBC. The design codes to be produced for development of over 400 Space: states that the minimum depth for all rear gardens purpose of the guidance has been produced to set out dwellings to ensure that a uniform vision is realised across a should be 10m to ensure both that suitable levels of the procedure and expected content for all Development site. privacy are maintained, and that reasonable sized gardens Briefs and Design Codes submitted to CBC. are created. Wider frontage properties will therefore tend Paragraph 1.09.01 – User Hierarchy: street design should to provide larger gardens. Rear gardens for three- and This guidance provides all users with a reference point for follow a user hierarchy (1. Pedestrians; 2. Cyclists; 3. Public four-bedroom homes should ideally be about 100sqm but producing an appropriate development brief and design Transport users; 4. Consider last other motor traffic) which generally no less than 60sqm. code and should be the first point of reference prior to recognises both the need to support sustainable modes of their preparation. travel and the community function of streets as spaces for Paragraph 5.07.03 – Frontage Conditions and Setbacks:

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 social interaction. states that in all but exceptional cases, the frontage The Development Brief for Marston Vale New Villages should be no less than 0.5 metres (to allow for opening had begun prior to the circulation of this guidance and Paragraph 1.09.02 – Permeability: development proposals windows, canopies, steps, planting, bins etc) and as such this guidance was not available as a reference should be structured around a layout that minimises travel is unlikely to be more than 6 metres. The preferred point prior to its preparation. However, this guidance has distances by private vehicles to key facilities and services approach for larger homes (4-bed plus) that are likely to informed the ongoing development and evolution of this accommodate children is a minimum 2m setback. Development Brief and will inform the development of Paragraph 1.13.02 – Parking: new developments will be future Design Codes at the outset. expected to comply with the Council’s minimum parking Paragraph 5.14.05 – The Lifetime Homes Principles: standards which sets minimum provision based on the states that the Lifetime Homes concept is based on five Design in Central Bedfordshire (Adopted 2014) number of bedrooms proposed. overarching principles (1. Inclusivity; 2. Accessibility; 3. Adaptability; 4. Sustainability; and 5. Good Value). Design in Central Bedfordshire, hereinafter referred to Paragraph 1.16.01 – Block Structure: emphasises that new These inform and establish the functional basis for the as ‘the design guide’ sets out CBC’s key principles and housing development should be laid out such that there is a statements of principle that have been introduced for standards to ensure all new development is of the highest clear distinction between public and private space. each of the sixteen Lifetime Homes criteria. quality. It sets out the key principles and standards to ensure the delivery of high-quality design in Central Paragraph 1.17.01 – Areas of Play: new development will Future updates to design guidance must inform future Bedfordshire and the Council’s expectations in relation to: be expected to comply with the for the provision of open proposals. layout; street developments; parking provision and home space and play areas are based on best practice guidance dimensions. The design guide is supported by a suite of standards set out in the Central Bedfordshire Leisure other guidance such as; Sustainable Drainage Systems, Strategy. Local Transport Plans and Strategies and Landscape Character Guidance. DRAFT 56 APPENDIX D: DELIVERING POLICY REQUIREMENTS

DEVELOPMENT TESTS - DELIVERING POLICY OBJECTIVES

The development of the Marston Vale New Villages S A 2 EMERGING LOCAL allocation will meet the 10 Delivery Tests set out within DEVELOPMENT TEST this Development Brief. In meeting these tests, the PRINCIPLE PLAN POLICY development will by virtue comply with Policy SA2 and 1a, 1b, 1c, the wider policies of the emerging Central Bedfordshire Test 1 The Marston Vale Villages SP1 Local Plan. The relationship between the Development 1d, 1e, 1f Tests, Policy SA2 and the wider Local Plan is shown in Table 1. Test 2 Green & Blue Infrastructure 3, 10 EE1; EE5; EE6; CC7

Test 3 Homes & Jobs 1a, 1b H1; H3; H4; H6; H7; EMP1; HQ9

Test 4 Vital Communities 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f EE13; HQ2; HQ3; HQ4

SP2; T3; T5; CC1; CC2; CC4; CC5; Test 5 Sustainable Placemaking 8, 14, 15, 16

CC6; CC7; CC8; HQ1; HQ3 Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H

Connecting Place & People Test 6 2, 11, 12, 13 T1; T2; T4; EE12 through Infrastructure

Test 7 Understanding & Interpreting the Past 6, 7 HE1; HE3

The Bedford & Milton Test 8 9, 10 EE10; EE14; CC4; CC7 Keynes Waterway Park

Test 9 The Forest of Marston Vale 5 EE1; EE4; EE9

Test 10 Habitats & Species 10 EE2; EE3 DRAFT DRAFTTable 1 Development Tests – Delivering Policy Objectives 57 APPENDIX E: REFERENCE LIST APPENDIX F: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust, A Brief to Space, Design and Other Technical Issues in Providing AoD Above Ordnance Datum for the Bedford Milton Keynes Waterway. Available here: http://www.bmkwconsortium.org.uk/documents/ED016_13_BMK-Waterway-DESIGN_A4-v3_PRESS.pdf B&MK Bedford & Milton Keynes

Central Bedfordshire Council, 2014. CBLP Central Bedfordshire Local Plan Design in Central Bedfordshire. Available here: www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/planning/design/info.aspx CCG Clinical Commissioning Group

Central Bedfordshire Council, 2018. CEMP Construction Environmental Management Plan Central Bedfordshire Pre-submission Local Plan 2015 – 2035. Available here: www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/Images/pre-submission-local-plan-compressed-v2_tcm3-27081.pdf CWS County Wildlife Sites

Central Bedfordshire Council. EWR East West Rail Construction Code of Practice for Developers and Contractors. FoMV Forest of Marston Vale

Central Bedfordshire Council, 2019. HP High Pressure Emerging Central Bedfordshire Council Development Brief & Design Code Guidance. NCR National Cycle Route Central Bedfordshire Council, 2019.

Marston Vale New Villages Development Brief : January 2020 Highway Construction Standards & Specifications Guidance. NGB National Governing Body for Sport

National Infrastructure Commission, 2017. NIC National Infrastructure Commission Partnering for Prosperity: a new deal for the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford Arc. Available here: www.nic.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Partnering-for-Prosperty.pdf NPPF National Planning Policy Framework OPA Outline Planning Application The Forest of Marston Vale, 2000. Forest Plan. Available here: Planning Advice for Developments near PADHI edrms.bedford.gov.uk/OpenDocument.aspx?id=UbcTnkI4WXIHKuWjQiAmvg%3D%3D&name=Marston%20 Hazardous Installations Vale%20Forest%20Plan%202000.pdf PRoW Public Rights of Way The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2019. National Planning Policy Framework, February 2019. Available here: RMA Reserved Matters Application assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/810197/NPPF_ Feb_2019_revised.pdf SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2019. The Arc Cambridge - Milton Keynes - Oxford Arc National Design Guide, September 2019. Available here: The Expressway Oxford to Cambridge Expressway assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/835212/ National_Design_Guide.pdfDRAFT 58 APPENDIX F: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Prepared by David Lock Associates : on behalf of O&H DRAFT DRAFT 59