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Fairham A453 Background Nottingham Tram Park & Ride A453 The site Outline planning permission Led by principal landowner CWC Group An outline application to develop with Homes England, the Fairham site Fairham was approved by Rushcliffe measures some 606 acres in total and Borough Council in 2019 and includes: is situated to the south of Nottingham. • Residential development of up to 3,000 dwellings The newly dualled A453 Remembrance Way that • Employment space up to 1,000,000 sq ft links directly to the M1 is to the west, the NET tram (93,000 sq m) creating more than 2,000 new jobs terminus at Clifton is immediately to the north, while • Retail development up to 27,000 sq ft (2,500 sq m) open countryside lies to the south and east. • Community buildings including a health centre • Leisure uses • A primary school • New roads and access to the site • Footpaths and cycleways Outline planning permission was granted subject to conditions requiring the subsequent 606 approval of one or more ‘reserved matters’. acre site The development of this site has been agreed in principle and further planning applications will now be submitted to bring forward the individual elements as set out above. These applications will contain more specific details about the number, size, layout and design of individual properties, as well as details of the landscaping of the site. fairhamlife.co.uk Creating a place to live, work and flourish Why Fairham? ork lourih ie The name Fairham has been chosen To support the Fairham name, a new visual identity has been devised and various elements can be seen for the new neighbourhood due to the throughout this exhibition and on the Fairham website. site’s proximity to the adjacent Fairham Using the essence of the development and inspiration Brook - a tributary of the river Trent and from Fairham’s natural environment, the brand symbol was formed to cover the overall development together with a shortening of the previous name of a complementary brand for Fairham Business Park. the site which was Fairham Pastures. Brand Symbol The vision is for a highly sustainable, mixed use development that will add to the economy of the city and the whole East Midlands. Fairham reflects the need for high quality development, bringing much- needed employment and housing to the area. Fairham will provide both residents and businesses the opportunity to benefit from an innovative, high quality and Wordmark well connected modern environment at the heart of the UK. Somewhere for families to grow and businesses to thrive. A place where futures flourish. fairhamlife.co.uk Creating a place to live, work and flourish Fairham Vision 606 3,000 1m acre site beautiful new sq ft of commercial homes employment space more than 27,000 new 2,000 sq ft of shops, cafés, bars three form entry primary new jobs and restaurants school, health centre & community centre over £100m tram of new infrastructure route protected for 4 miles future extension of shared foot & cycle paths 33 50 200 acres of sports pitches acre zone for wildlife acres of parkland and recreation space protection and open space fairhamlife.co.uk Creating a place to live, work and flourish Fairham Vision Mill Hill Fairham Business Park Residential A453 Neighbourhood Centre School Allotments Sports pitches and recreation space The masterplan vision sets out the uses proposed for Fairham. It includes housing areas, business park, neighbourhood centre, new school, landscaping, ecological and recreation spaces together with new roads and cycleways. Approach Our vision sets out aspirations for creating a highly sustainable and desirable family-focused, friendly and future-proof new neighbourhood for Nottingham. It embeds the green and natural features of the site throughout the new landscape, making the most of existing features while creating new ones for everyone View across Fairham for illustrative purposes only who works, lives and visits Fairham to enjoy. We want Fairham to feel both distinctive and rooted Architects in a real sense of place. As we’ve worked up the masterplan vision, we have evolved our ideas from Masterplanning architects ADAM Architecture are a deepening understanding of the wider landscape renowned internationally for their approach to contextual character of the area and neighbouring villages. urbanism and the rigours and understanding they bring to traditional architecture. They have previously This will help Fairham to immediately feel familiar by worked on ground-breaking projects like Poundbury sharing materials and details that can be found in in Dorset and have won plaudits from Prince Charles, existing localities and by responding to the natural amongst others. CountryLife magazine describes ADAM landscape of this part of Nottinghamshire. Architecture as ‘one of the best architects in Britain’. fairhamlife.co.uk Creating a place to live, work and flourish Indicative Phasing Plan Fairham is an £800m mixed Phase 1 of residential use development which will Will deliver up to 150 new homes. be brought forward in phases over a 10 – 15 year period. Fairham Business Park Will be developed in line with market demand and will The first phase of works will be centred deliver up to 1,000,000 sq ft of employment space. on creating a network of roads within the development to open up the development plots Landscaping and Ecology on the site. This will then allow the residential and employment space to progress with Work will start in 2020 on the ecological mitigation zone and early planning applications submitted for the detailed landscaping will be completed within 3 years of starting on site. design of each phase before work starts. The following facilities will be brought forward The proposed plan for work to start on site in 2020/21 is: when the first 500 homes are occupied: • Nottingham Road infrastructure – creating site • School (occupation of classrooms access to the first phases of residential as the houses develop) • Phase 1 of residential to start • Neighbourhood Centre • Mill Hill and Gateway roundabout works • Community Centre • Creation of Fairham Business Park spine road • Health Centre • 50 acre wildlife protection zone • Sport Pitches and changing rooms fairhamlife.co.uk Creating a place to live, work and flourish Planning Applications Mill Hill A453 The first infrastructure Reserved Before the end of 2019, three applications Matters Planning Application (reference will have been submitted for: 19/02061/REM) has now been submitted for consideration by Rushcliffe Roads and associated infrastructure: Residential Phase 1 (Anticipated delivery 2020/21) Borough Council (September 2019). Roads and associated infrastructure: This Reserved Matters planning application seeks permission Residential Phase 2 (Anticipated delivery 2022/23) for the internal spine road into the development off Mill Hill roundabout – looking at the access, appearance, Roads and associated infrastructure: landscaping, layout and scale of the link road through Fairham Business Park (Anticipated delivery 2020/21) the site as well as associated drainage details (ponds). Mill Hill Roundabout Detailed infrastructure plan key: Proposed routeProposed surface water route surface water drainage drainage to be adopted under S104 agreement Proposed route of foul water drainage to be adopted under Pond 12 1,700 sqm S104 agreementProposed route of foul water drainage Phase 1 section 38 residential highway infrastructure SITE ENTRANCE BETWEEN +58 and +60 and +58 BETWEEN ENTRANCE SITE Phase 1 residential highway infrastructure S278 Phase 1 SITE ENTRANCE BETWEEN +57 and +58 and +57 BETWEEN ENTRANCE SITE S278 Phase 2 Phase 2 section 38 residential highway infrastructurePhase 2 residential highway infrastructure SITE ENTRANCE +55 to +56 NCE RA T SITE EN +52 and +54 Pond 16 2,690 sqm Private commercial infrastructure RANCE ITE ENT S +52 designed to adoptablePrivate standards commercial infrastructure Pond 1a 3,931 sqm Plateau @ +46.00 Phase 1 and 2 Section Substation Location Phase 1 and 2 infrastructure Pond 1b 278 Infrastructure 1.987 sqm Pond 9 3,050 sqm Pond 10 730 sqm ITE ENTRANCE S +47.5 Proposed PondsProposed ponds Pond 6,200 sqm SITE ENTRANCE +47.5 Pond 2b 7,740 sqm Offsite S278 Infrastructure a Off-site infrastructure 2.78 H Existing adopted residential Pond 2a 3,290 sqm surface water Existingeasement adopted residential surface water easement Pond 4 4,895 sqm Pond 8 Phase 3 Nottingham Road 4.790 sqm Pond 2c 11,365 sqm Pond 7 5,885 sqm S278 speed reductionPhase 2 Nottingham Road speed reduction Pond 5 1,260 sqm Pond 6 7,600 sqm fairhamlife.co.uk Creating a place to live, work and flourish Mill Hill Roundabout Works Improvements to the Mill Hill Existing road layout roundabout will create better access to and from Fairham and the Clifton South Park & Ride site. A453 (South) (Trunk Road) The first phase of infrastructure improvements to Mill Hill is likely to start in 2020/21. The works will be undertaken in construction phases to P&R Link Road reduce disruption and to ensure safety. Green Street The improvement works have been designed to create (Adopted Road) greater access from Nottingham city while increasing efficiency from the north, south and the M1. A453 (North) As well as increasing capacity of the (Trunk Road) roadway it will create safer pedestrian and cycle access around the junction. New road layout and pedestrian crossings Crucially, the improvements will future-proof the expected demand at this key junction on the Fairham A453 (South) A453 and provide a welcoming first impression (Trunk
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