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1 1 ,QWURGXFWLRQ Land at South West Milton Keynes Design and Access Statement 2 01. ,QWURGXFWLRQ 1.1 INTRODUCTION This Design and Access Statement (DAS) has been prepared by Despite the application Site remaining unchanged, a number CSA Environmental on behalf of the South West Milton Keynes of changes have been made to the proposed development as Consortium (SWMK Consortium) in support of submitted outline follows: planning application AVDC Ref. 15/00314/AOP (the Planning Application). The Planning Application is for a mixed-use • The alignment of the oil pipeline crossing the Site was not development at South West Milton Keynes (SWMK). The Planning LGHQWLÀHGFRUUHFWO\LQWKHRULJLQDO3ODQQLQJ$SSOLFDWLRQ Application was reported to AVDC’s Strategic Development drawings, and as a result needs to be amended to show the Management Committee in June 2017, where it was resolved correct alignment. It should be noted that the oil pipeline was, to grant planning permission subject to conditions and the DQGFRQWLQXHVWREHORFDWHGZLWKLQDQDUHDLGHQWLÀHGDVD completion of a legal agreement. At May 2020, the Planning green infrastructure corridor running through the heart of the Application remains for determination. The Applicant for the Site. Planning Application is unchanged. The SWMK Consortium • The standards required for climate change mitigation comprises Hallam Land Management, William Davis Ltd, Taylor have been enhanced since the Planning Application was Wimpey, Connolly Homes and Bellcross Homes. submitted. As a result, larger surface water attenuation ponds It is important to note that on 1 April 2020, Aylesbury Vale District need to be included, which has required minor changes in the Council (AVDC) was merged with Buckinghamshire County size and disposition of the proposed development parcels. Council, Chiltern District Council, South Bucks District Council 7KHKRXVLQJQHHGVRIROGHUSHRSOHDUHLGHQWLÀHGDVDVSHFLÀF and Wycombe District Council to create a new unitary authority issue in the emerging Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan, and called Buckinghamshire Council (BC). The former AVDC area is this type of housing is supported by policy (Policy H6b as referred to by BC as lying within the Aylesbury Vale Area. PRGLÀHG RQWKRVHVLWHVLGHQWLÀHGE\$9'&DVVXLWDEOHLQWKH The application site (the Site) remains unchanged. The proposed Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment. The development area is wholly located within the Aylesbury Vale DSSOLFDWLRQ6LWHLVLGHQWLÀHGDVDVXLWDEOHKRXVLQJVLWHDQGLVD Area, but the principal access points to the A421 are within the draft residential allocation. As a result, the SWMK Consortium area of Milton Keynes Council (MKC). The Planning Application decided that a Care Home should be provided as part of the was submitted to both AVDC and MKC, so that each planning proposals, within the overall quantum of the C3 housing. authority can determine the elements of the proposed For all these reasons, minor amendments need to be made to development that fall within their respective administrative areas. the submitted Planning Application, including the description of MKC has refused planning permission for the elements of the development and the submitted plans. These amendments are Planning Application that fall within its administrative area i.e. submitted as part of the current Planning Application and will the access points onto the A421; the SWMK Consortium is in the need to be subject to consultation with statutory consultees and process of submitting an appeal against this decision. local residents. 3 The amended Planning Application, therefore, comprises the 1.2 ROLE OF THE DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT following: The DAS is prepared in accordance with the requirements Outline planning permission (all matters reserved except for of Article 8 of the Town and Country Planning (Development access) is sought for a mixed-use sustainable urban extension on Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010. It draws on, and 144.85 hectares of Land at South West Milton Keynes, to provide UHÁHFWVUHOHYDQWJXLGDQFHVHWRXWLQ¶*XLGDQFHRQ,QIRUPDWLRQ for the following: Requirements and Validation’ (DCLG, 2010). The purpose of this document is to provide an accessible and logically structured • Up to 1,795 mixed tenure dwellings (C3) on 53.00ha of land, record of the issues and considerations which have informed the with an additional 0.9ha of land for 60 extra care units (C3), a development of the design of the Site. total of 1,855 dwellings. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) recognises • An employment area on 2.07ha of land. that design quality matters and that planning should drive up • A Neighbourhood Centre on 0.67ha of land accommodating standards across all forms of development. Achieving good retail (A1/A2/A3/A4/A5), community (D1/D2) and residential design is about creating places, buildings or spaces that work well (C3) uses. for everyone, look good, last well and will adapt to the needs of future generations. • Provision of a secondary school on 5.12ha of land. • Secondary school open space measuring 1.69ha. In October 2019, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published the National Design Guide (NDG). • Provision of a primary school on 3.0ha of land. Part 2 of the NDG sets out the ten characteristics which help to • Allotment space on 1.18ha of land. nurture and sustain a sense of community. They work to positively address environmental issues affecting climate. They all contribute • Ground remodelling. towards the cross-cutting themes for good design set out in the NPPF. • 53.97ha of multi-functional green open space including: The DAS aims to set out the context and characteristics of the parkland; sports and recreational facilities and pavilion/ Site and its surroundings (including the Site constraints), and changing facilities; play areas; wildlife areas; a range of relevant development plan and national planning policies, and strategic open spaces including a community orchard and design guidance. In particular, it explains how the context for new landscaping. the proposals have been evaluated and how this has informed • A Sustainable Drainage Scheme(SuDS) including 7.74ha of the development of design principles for the proposals, and the land for surface water attenuation measures. development of the application proposals themselves. • Associated infrastructure including new junctions to the A421, The DAS deals with the principles, concepts, strategic pattern, amounts, Whaddon Road and Buckingham Road, primary streets, locations, scale and appearance, including design characteristics, of residential streets, pedestrian footpaths and cycle routes, foul the proposed development. It also addresses access. water pumping stations and statutory undertakers equipment. Detailed design and the siting of buildings are reserved for future • A Grid Road Reserve of 7.28ha. approval. However, the Parameter Plans to which this DAS relate • Highway improvements on 6.03ha. will be approved as part of any outline planning permissions, WKHUHE\À[LQJWKHNH\GHVLJQHOHPHQWVRIWKHSURSRVDOV7KLVLQ • Public transport infrastructure, car and cycle parking for all uses. turn will inform the more detailed elements to be developed as • Undergrounding of 132Kv overhead powerlines. part of the Reserved Matters application. The detailed design will be guided as appropriate by the overall design approach set out in this DAS, and in any additional appropriate mechanism as may 7KH6LWHLVQRZLGHQWLÀHGDVDQDOORFDWLRQLQWKH6XEPLVVLRQ9DOH be agreed with the local planning authority. of Aylesbury Local Plan (SVALP2017) for a mixed-use sustainable urban extension – Site Ref. NVL001: Land at South West Milton Keynes. Land at South West Milton Keynes Design and Access Statement 4 5 2 6XPPDU\RIWKH Proposals Land at South West Milton Keynes Design and Access Statement 6 02. 6XPPDU\RIWKH3URSRVDOV 2.1 LOCATION This section summarises the development proposals. The outline 7KHSODQQLQJDSSOLFDWLRQDUHDFRPSULVHVDJUHHQÀHOGVLWHQRUWK planning application reserves all matters for subsequent approval, west of Newton Longville, west of Far Bletchley and south west of with the exception of access. In accordance with the provisions the centre of Milton Keynes. The Site falls within the administrative of the General Development Procedure Order (as amended), boundary of Buckinghamshire Council (Aylesbury Vale Area), but the application includes further information on use, amount and due to its proximal location with Milton Keynes, should be viewed scale of development, and indicative layout. These elements in terms of its context and synergy, as an extension to Milton of the planning application are shown on the Parameters Keynes. and Development Framework Plans. The application is further supported by an Illustrative Masterplan which elaborates on the design and access principles and spatial parameters set out in both the Development Framework Plan and Parameters Plans, and illustrates an approach to how development of the Site may be taken forward. RAIL LINK WITH SERVICES TO CCENTRALENTRAL NORTHAMPTON, RUGBY MMILTONILTON KKEYNESEYNES & TAMWORTH MMILTONILTON KKEYNESEYNES Awaiting Site Context Plan 1 2 4 AA421 AD M RO INGHA BBUCKINGHAMUCK ROAD SSTANDINGTANDING WWAYAY SITE BBLETCHLEYLETCHLEY RAIL LINK WITH SERVICES TO WATFORD & LONDON )LJXUH Site Context 7 ROAD BBUCKINGHAMUCKINGHAM ROAD 1 AA42142 Y WA NG NDI SSTANDINGTA WAY WWHADDON ROAD H A D D O N R O A D Site Boundary: 144.85ha )LJXUH Illustrative Masterplan Residential developable areas (including