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Village PROSPECTUS Aerial view of site for proposed Garden Village in relation to SPITALGATE HEATH

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PREFACE

From day one, we have shared a common goal; the viability of the new development; to ensure goal, and works with us to promote Spitalgate to bring forward the highest quality development that what we are proposing is achievable. Heath as one of its cohort of new Garden Towns that meets the needs of the current and future and Villages. residents of the District. Our hope is that Government recognises this close working relationship - which extends to include We have worked together on a masterplan colleagues at County Council, The that encapsulates our aims and ambitions for Homes and Communities Agency and many other Spitalgate Health and on the necessary detail of important service providers - and our common

3 “Spitalgate Heath Garden Village will create an environment with new homes, jobs and leisure opportunities for all ages, containing the very best of town and country living in a vibrant new community.”

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A Village in a Park

IMAGINE a Village in a Park, combining the CREATE a place where face-to-face social very best of town and country. interactions occur on a regular basis.

CONJURE a vision of sustainable reality, with MIRROR the spirit of the original Garden new homes, a business park, community hub City movement, not simply to provide with schools, healthcare and sports facilities homes and jobs, but to create a legacy of a and green public open space, socially balanced community that integrates employment, living and social interaction to ENJOY connections to the neighbouring provide opportunities for all. Grantham town centre along a new habitat- rich green blue corridor along the River Witham providing pedestrian and cycles routes. ... AND DELIVER 3,700 new mixed tenure homes in close proximity to 110,000 DELIGHT in a community woodland park sqm of employment space , 4,000 new jobs and opportunities created in partnership with the Woodland for existing high value knowledge business companies to Trust, offsetting housing and allowing expand and new companies to grow. inhabitants to interact with and enjoy their surroundings.

5 1hr Grantham to Robin Hood Airport by car

1hr Grantham to Leeds 1hr 20

Grantham to Airport 1hr GRANTHAM Grantham to Birmingham International Airport by car 1hr 10 Grantham to Stanstead Airport by car

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Why Spitalgate Heath and why Grantham?

The name derives from the medieval ‘spetilgate’ a The South Kesteven Core Strategy, adopted in own right; similar to the relationship established reference to a former leper’s hospital which was 2010, supports sustainable development with between Dorchester and Poundbury. located in the vicinity of the site. a focus on major development in Grantham to reinforce its role as a Sub-Regional Centre. South Kesteven District Council's new District And our vision is based on traditional estate Grantham’s own Area Action Plan identifes Economic Development Strategy identifes villages found in Lincolnshire, the closest being the proposed site for the Garden Village as growth and investment focussing on establishing Buckminster, which demonstrate some of the an opportunity to create a sustainable and Grantham as a Sub-Regional Centre, with a key principles of a garden village on a smaller scale. deliverable greenfeld site. project being the delivery of Spitalgate Business Park which forms part of the Garden Village by The Greater Lincolnshire LEP Strategic Economic The evidence base gathered through the providing opportunities to promote high value Plan 2014-203 recognises the importance of Grantham Capacity and Limits to Growth Study knowledge based inward investment and support providing a range of high quality housing options and the Environmental Statement of the South existing businesses to grow. to support the economic ambitions of the county. Kesteven Local Plan, promotes the development It is committed to supporting the delivery of of the proposed site for the Garden Village for An outline planning application has been a 100,000 new homes by 2031 - unlocking housing and employment uses. submitted for the current scheme, scheduled development sites and promoting innovative for determination in the autumn 2016 and approaches. Historic ’s Urban Panel supported the accompanied by supporting evidence including need to have a clear vision supported by robust a Design and Access Statement and Viability A Strategic Infrastructure Delivery Plan is being but fexible masterplans, in relationship to the Assessment. prepared to enhance the Grantham Southern area identifed for the Garden Village. Relief Road and improve connectivity including proposals for the Grantham Green Blue Corridor Our vision will create a development with its linking the proposed site with the town centre. own clear and distinct identity as a place in its

7 URBAN growth A607 CONCEPT

A1 Grantham Green Blue Corridor Green Fringe

A52 Existing Rural Settlements

Proposed Settlements

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Employment Site A52 Southern Relief Road

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Garden Village principles

The public and private sponsors of the Spitalgate The Garden Village fulflls the ambitions for Grantham’s Southern Relief Road will form the Heath Garden Village recognise and endorse the Grantham, forming part of the future development southern most boundary of the site and provides core principles of establishing a Garden Village as: of the town. the major point of access on to the highway network. The East Coast mainline runs through • Strong community leadership Most of the site comprises large south west facing a partial embankment to the east of the site and • Master plan lead open arable felds on slopes rising from the River follows part of the lower river valley. • Inclusive partnerships Witham valley to a plateau to the east. The plateau • Clear stewardship and land management edge forms part of a distinctive landscape feature Consultation and Engagement • Affordable mixed tenure housing which stretches around Grantham, playing an Meaningful community participation underpins • Range of high value employment opportunities important part in the visual character of the town the Garden City ethos. We have undertaken • Imaginatively design homes and highly visible from large areas of the town. an extensive programme of consultation and • Clear environmental standards engagement with the local community, resulting in • Strong cultural diversity The Grantham Townscape Assessment identifes strong support for the growth plans for Grantham. • Shared neighbourhoods the area for the garden village as a landscape Looking to the Future, The Local Plan Sites and • Integrated sustainable transport fringe, comprising open green-spaces crucial to Settlements consultation is seeking public views • Health and wellbeing the character of the town. for growth plans for all settlements via a series of public exhibition, on-line surveys, questionnaires, Location The River Witham valley provides an important community meeting briefngs. Spitalgate Heath is located on the southern fringe corridor offering a matrix of woodland and wetland of Grantham in south west Lincolnshire, covering habitats and provides the majority of existing sites an area of approximately 224 hectares. with biodiversity and ecological value.

9 Spitalgate heath garden village layout (Illustrative)

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Design awareness of the project nationally green-spaces Concept and internationally. • Develop a palette of materials to refect the A Master-plan for the proposed Garden Village local vernacular with particular reference to use details the preferred strategies for the uses, Design principles of brick, local limestone and pantiles, layout, scale, landscaping and overall appearance Design principles underpinning the Garden • Adopt a sustainable urban drainage system - includes street pattern, residential dwellings, Village respond to: • Conserving the ecological character employment and commercial units, community • Use of private gardens, sports pitches, facilities and green infrastructure. • Appropriate siting and integration of new built allotments to enhance the green infrastructure Extensive planning, environmental and technical forms alongside existing uses network work including all aspects of landscape • Respect and reinforce the River Witham • Comprehensive network of footways, cycle character, ecology, water and drainage, heritage, corridor vistas paths and nature trails environment, access, connectivity and movement. • Create a wooded landscape corridor and visual • Safeguard and enhance habitat creation to A Parameters Plan describes the location, extent backdrop along the eastern plateau edge support increased biodiversity and limits of the development. • Develop a Green Blue Corridor using the River Witham connecting the Garden Village with Crucial to the deliverability and viability of the The Garden Village sponsors are promoting Grantham town centre Garden Village proposal, it is proposed to an international design competition to attract • Design streets with varied skylines, interesting establish a Sustainable Design Board to direct innovative and sustainable design frameworks vistas to frame local views, the quality of design. This will provide advice and to guide site development over the long term. • Facilitate the ease of none vehicular guidance to house builders on the standards of This would promote contemporary designs using movements design that will be expected as part of the scheme. the latest in sustainable technology and elevate • Incorporate avenues of trees, planting and

11 “Human society and the beauty of nature are meant to be enjoyed together.” E Howard SPITALGATE HEATH

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original Garden Cities i.e. Garden City Companies, statutory bodies, economic development Urban Development Corporations and New Town organisations, private sector landowners, Innovation Development Corporations – all statutory bodies representatives from local business organisations Innovative approaches to design and construction that refected the scale of these larger projects. and local interest groups. will ensure a distinctive character. Individuals Where the scale of the project is smaller, as with or smaller bespoke companies will be invited to Spitalgate Heath, and where projects are already South Kesteven District Council has established develop sustainable construction techniques, off in the planning system, the local authority(s), a development partnership called Team SK site pre-fabrication, eco-homes and self build. landowners and developers are exploring comprising representatives from partners and establishing a joint venture for part of the site stakeholders (chair of Greater LIncolnshire LEP, Governance Homes and Communities Agency, Lincolnshire Ownership This might take the form of a Spitalgate Heath County Council and local business), who have an The ownership of the majority of the site is with Garden Village Joint Venture Company, interest in shaping the future, to lead the delivery one land owner, Buckminster Estates Ltd, Development Trust or Community Land Trust. The of the Garden Village. Lincolnshire Community Land Trust has been set Leadership and Governance up for communities seeking to establish a Trust. South Kesteven District Council is taking the lead This is similar to the route that has been followed in the creation of a new Garden Village which in Bicester, Oxfordshire for Graven Hill Village by requires commitment to the long term, plan the local authority developing a former MOD site. making powers, a strong vision and a masterplan. Partners Discussions are ongoing about the appropriate Key to successful delivery of this proposal is close model to deliver the Garden Village. cooperation of a wide range of partners including Different vehicles were employed to deliver the government departments, local authorities,

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Place Connectivity linking the proposed site of the Garden Village Development Proposals The 4km Southern Relief Road is a crucial building with the town centre using the River Witham The Masterplan identifes a summary block for the growth ambitions of Grantham and is being promoted. Utilising the topography of of the different types of use: the delivery of Spitalgate Heath Garden Village. the town and addressing the need to provide a It will provide relief for traffc travelling along the sustainable link through the town, the Green Blue Use Area (Ha) A52 without entering the town centre, crossing Corridor will facilitate access to existing parks, Residential 99 the River Witham valley and the route of the East recreational facilities, schools, the new college Employment 27 Coast mainline via a new bridge and accessing campus, Grantham’s emerging Minster Quarter the A1 at a newly constructed junction. and the proposed Cultural Quarter. Local centre 2 Community school 6 Benefts will include removing HGV’s from the Housing Primary school 2 town, reducing the level of bridge strikes currently The Garden Village will encourage a wide Informal green space 36 affecting the operation of the East Coast mainline, demographic, this will need to be refected in Outdoor sports facilities 8 a reduction in overall congestion and a freeing a mixed type of tenure houses, from starter up of capacity, improvements in air quality, and homes, family homes and retirement properties Parks and recreation 11 provide an opportunity to remodel the town centre. with innovative design, energy effciency and Allotments 2 sustainability. Play areas 1 Plans for an integrated transport hub centred on Relief Road 31 the East Coast mainline railway station operated There is also scope for a competition to test Other ancillary uses 1 by Virgin Trains will include a travel plan the latest in thinking on zero-carbon building to facilitate the greater use of sustainable means construction technologies. Total 224 of transport. A new bus interchange, additional designated cycle and pedestrian routes, new The former Aveling Barford works, close to the facilities for cyclists and taxi rank will allow greater river corridor on the opposite side of the River numbers of residents to access the station. Witham, has been a diffcult site to bring forward An extended Grantham Green Blue Corridor due to contamination and poor access.

15 “A city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.” P Geddes SPITALGATE HEATH

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This proposal provides an opportunity to explore Education and Skills small businesses, public house/restaurant, health returning part of the site to natural habitat with the The school will provide education at the centre centre, nursery, police offce and community hall. remainder as a site for development. of the community. With outdoor sports pitches The pattern of streets will be adapted for walking accessible from the green infrastructure corridors, and cycling and landscape corridors will feed into Community health and well being cycle paths and footpaths, there is potential for the local centre to improve accessibility. Adopting a Healthy Village principle, the use by the community out of hours. ambition is to create a centre of excellence for The 19+ agenda is subject to a major review, but Employment healthcare provision in the community bringing this creates opportunities for developing links with The Spitalgate Business Park, together with the to together pre-school, school, family and elderly the new Grantham College campus and Lincoln King31 development, is the primary employment communities. University and the University Technical College site serving the proposed Garden Village - offering could place the Garden Village as part of a wider a total of 110,000 sqm of offce, commercial and This would start to tackle the Community Care life-long learning programme. light industrial accommodation. Groups priorities of reducing obesity, levels of addiction and mental health through healthy living There are plans to establish a Construction Skills It will provide opportunities for existing local frms supported by an integrated network of cycle paths Acadamy bringing together traditional skills and to expand and attract new inward investment. and footpaths, community woodland, allotments, a new off site manufacturing technologies Proposals for a Business Incubation Centre, part forest garden, outdoor gym/trim trail to encourage of a network across Lincolnshire, will further cater residents to be more active, and a local food plan. Local Centre for new high value knowledge businesses with Opportunities will be explored to promote A local centre will feature prominently in the a high quality managed offce environment in community volunteering with an opportunity for layout of the Garden Village designed in such which to grow. As part of the county’s Growth Hub a Community Interest Company to manage an a manner to encourage active participation to operation, the centre will extend public business element of the public open space or include some elements of residential use, school support for any business in the locality. community facility. and recreational facilities. It will include shops and a convenience store, offce/workshop facilities for The layout of the Spitalgate Business Park will

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refect demand but also the topography of the site. primary and secondary greenways, public parks, premise of a settlement minimising impact on Larger units will occupy the lower slopes leading informal public open spaces, allotments and river the environment and reducing effects on to the River Witham valley, while smaller units will corridor provide the framework for designing the climate change. be situated alongside Spitalgate Level frontage. housing layout and other buildings. It will be accessed by car off the new relief road, A close partnership with Greater Lincolnshire by public transport, on foot or cycle by newly Features being considered include a community LEP and partners such as Natural England will constructed routes. wood, carbon sink, River Witham Green Blue formulate a sustainable development strategy Corridor, arboretum, habitat (wetland, acid grass, for the Garden Village comprising: South Kesteven District Council will seek to Jurassic escarpment), arts and sculpture trails and designate a Local Development Order on both a Woodland Trust Community Woodland. • Biodiversity action plan employment sites to facilitate quicker planning • Green infrastructure plan decisions for business. The Council will also revisit Long-term stewardship of the green infrastructure • Sustainable transport plan seeking Enterprise Zone status and/or consider and public open spaces is recognised as one • Health and well-being plan instigating its own enterprise zone benefts of the main challenges facing the Garden Cities • Drainage and Water-cycle strategy through the business rates regime, to encourage movement. Sponsors are currently exploring new investment. options with bodies including the Woodland Negotiations will take place with Sustrans (over TrustForestry Commission, Lincolnshire Nature extending the route of the national cycle network) Environment Partnership and the Environment Agency to Grantham Green Blue Corridor infrastructure The Village in the Park concept will respond to establish a Community Woodland Trust to oversee corridor, and the Woodland Trust about the demand of climate change. A total of 57 Ha or management with opportunities for volunteer establishing a Community Woodland. 30 percent of the Garden Village is given over to programmes. green infrastructure. The public open space is the For future energy supplies there is an opportunity primary feature dictating the whole rationale for Sustainability through the construction design code to explore the design and delivery. The integrated network of Our Village in a Park concept is built on the options for photo-voltaic and ground or air source

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heat recovery systems – plus possibly small power A specifed construction design code provides There will also be new central primary and generation schemes linked to the River Witham. opportunities to incorporate heritage design secondary schools with additional community Reduction in energy consumption and zero carbon features including references to Grantham leisure facilities. The Garden Village will also buildings offer freedom to exercise new thinking. vernacular, the heritage of Sir Isaac Newton, include new children’s play areas and will be A competition element can test the latest thinking born and educated locally, and other aspects linked to Grantham’s existing parks via new, green on zero-carbon building construction technologies of local heritage. pedestrian footpaths and cycleways. and provide another means of learning what would work on the site. Proposals for the Grantham Green Blue Corridor ICT infrastructure along the River Witham valley provide direct Attractiveness of the settlement to new residents There is also potential for carbon off-set as access to the cultural quarter and Minster will be enhanced, with a comprehensive strategy developers would contribute towards the planting quarter areas of the town centre - providing an to ensure access to high speed broadband is of trees as part of the Community Woodland. opportunity to extend the outdoor gallery and future-proofed both for houses and business. create a heritage trail. Having new schools programmed from the outset Heritage sport & culture will help to ensure that a high speed fbre network An opportunity has been identifed to potentially Extending plans for an Isaac Newton Way would is in place to serve the community. This will be incorporate an open air sculpture park as part of contribute to the long distant national footpath an important element of providing improved high the Village in a Park concept. Discussions with network, following the Grantham Green Blue quality public services where access to information leading UK arts organisations are at an early Corridor between National Trust properties at is increasingly being delivered universally on-line. stage, where artworks currently held in national Belton House and Woolsthorpe Manor. storage could form part of a rolling programme of Viability long term loans. Spitalgate Heath Garden Village will create new The viability of Spitalgate Heath has been opportunities for sports and leisure pursuits as addressed, jointly, by the landowner, Local This presents the unique opportunity to create an well as providing green links to existing facilities. Planning Authority and County Council. A shared open air gallery for the beneft of local residents The settlement, for instance, would provide new viability model has provided a frm, agreed and the wider community and adds a special outdoor sports space adjacent to the existing position, on costs, development values, and result character to the area. rugby club. developer contributions to be secured through

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a section 106 agreement. This will include a planned growth in Grantham. Business Park and will be followed by phase 2 contribution towards the cost of the relief road, which will create a new junction on to the A1. affordable housing and community facilities. Demand suggests that there will be a particular Phase 3 will deliver a new bridge crossing the need for two and three bedroom homes for new valley and the East Coast mainline completing Demand families and older households seeking to remain the connection to the A52 planned for The Core Strategy adopted in 2010 identifes a in the area but downsize. There is a particular completion by 2019. requirement for 13,620 new dwellings across the requirement for social affordable homes, and district with 56 percent to come from Grantham the growing needs of sectors in the community An outline planning application has been by 2026. Since 2010 Grantham has consistently including people over ffty, people above eighty submitted for the whole site, which is due for struggled to deliver the numbers achieving fve and people with registered disabilities in need determination in the autumn of 2016. Once an average around 30 percent of the annual of extra care facilities. permission has been determined, a proposed completions for the district. Enhancing the quality development schedule will be agreed to bring fo the design through the garden village will help The prospect of a Garden Village being promoted forward elements of the site. support the acceleration of development. in Grantham is hoped to provide the impetus to the housing market to drive both demand and Consideration is being given to designating part The Peterborough Sub Regional Strategic interest from a greater variety of developers. of the site, under a Local Development Order, to Housing Market Assessment (revised 2015) assist in attracting investment to the proposed reviewed demand based upon a number Deliverability employment element of the proposal. of scenarios for projected growth including A crucially important element of the initial demographics, economic, affordability and recent infrastructure supporting the proposal, the Funding Strategy dynamics of the housing market. It identifed a Grantham Southern Relief Road, has commenced A viability study has been completed for the initial range for the district of 659 to 700 new dwellings on site with phase 1 creating the new access on proposals and on-going discussions continue to per annum. The district is one of few areas to to the B1174. take place over the S106 agreement. have consistently hit its housing targets albeit that delivery has been achieved in areas outside This provides access to the proposed Spitalgate The Grantham Southern Relief Road has been

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forward funded by Lincolnshire County Council Benefts We are aiming to stimulate international interest, with support from the GLLEP through the Benefts derived from delivering the Spitalgate possibly with a design competition to attract Growth Deal. Heath Garden Village are many.,various, landscape designers and architects with different sustainable and long term, including: perspectives to develop ideas for particular pilot Discussions are continuing with Network Rail over • Innovation in the housing market areas of the proposals. the agreement to build over the East Coast mainline. • Accelerated housing delivery • Catalyst for employment growth The Council will explore the opportunity to seek • Exemplary design to provide a benchmark designation of Enterprise Zone status as a means for future standards to attract new investment. • Creation of Village in Park • Health and well-being for residents Discussions are planned to explore the potential • Creating civic pride for other fnancial instruments that could be used to assist in attracting investment and fnancing Spreading the word the development. We will use formal and informal consultation methods including; public exhibitions, public Timetable forum, presentations to local community and The outline application for new housing, interest groups, on-line questionnaires, press and commercial foor space and community facilities PR, briefngs for elected members, staff briefngs, at Spitalgate Heath is due to be determined in face to face meetings with investors, attendance Autumn 2016. With reserved matters to follow any at MIPIM international property show. grant of consent. The landowners are targeting a We will create an exhibition ‘road show’ extolling start on site in 2017/18, completing up to 50 the virtues of the garden village concept to a new houses. It is anticipated that this fgure would wide variety of audiences. rise to 550 homes by 2021.

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Garden Enabling Programme Village To develop the concept and accelerate delivery for the Spitalgate Heath Garden Village, the Council and its partners are seeking support for the following:

Enabling Role Support Estimated Cost Timetable

Accelerate negotiations with Network Rail over position on the building of the new road bridge over the East Coast mainline and the agreed shared value position Brokerage and Need for new junction on A1 which requires DfT and Highways England In-kind support Immediate negotiation approval application for Housing & Growth Fund to be determined

Support for capital infrastructure funding to support fnancial model

Work to be undertaken over six Master planning months from September 2016 Call for applications September Employing Local Development Orders to support development Technical advice 2016 deadline December 2016 In-kind support and guidance Support for application for EU ERDF funding e.g. Axis 6. Grantham Green Blue Corridor or Axis 3. Business Incubation Centre Spitalgate Business Park Work to be undertaken over six months from September 2016 Establishing a governance framework including community land trust

To support the aspirations to create a new business park to attract new investment and job opportunities to the area explore the potential for Financial Work to be undertaken over six Enterprise Zone designation In-kind support fexibilities months from September 2016 Explore opportunities for employing fnancial instruments e.g. Tax Increment Financing Technical support for landscape design, accessibility, sustainable urban drainage, energy reduction Work to take place over next £100,000 18 months commencing in Technical reports for hydrology, contamination, habitat, viability September 2016

Technical reports for hydrology, contamination, habitat, viability Funding Total cost On-going role to manage the Staff support in areas of architecture and design, sustainable development £40,000 pa process Capital funding for infrastructure, abnormal costs, start-up and To be agreed Works on Grantham Southern affordable homes Relief Road commenced, frst homes due for commencement Long term loan fnance To be agreed 2017/18

27 Contact Paul Thomas, Executive Manager for Development and Growth South Kesteven District Council St Peters Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 6PZ

T. 01476 40 60 80 www.southkesteven.gov.uk

July 2016