Land East of Great Notley Welcome Thank you for coming to today’s exhibition. We are talking to the local community about our plans for new development on land east of Great Notley. Our site forms part of a wider area of land that has been allocated for new development in Braintree District Council’s local planning policy as land south of Braintree and east of Great Notley. The site is identified by the red line on the plan to the right. Bloor and Bellway Homes are in the process of developing a coordinated and comprehensive masterplan to create a sustainable new community including crucial infrastructure and services on the site. We are here to present these proposals to you and would really welcome your feedback. Members of the team are on hand to answer any of your questions and please take a moment to fill in one of our feedback cards and leave it with us. A120 Great Notley London Road Bakers Lane About Bloor and Bellway Homes are committed to delivering a superbly designed and well-thought out community. Bloor Homes was formed in 1962 and over 55 years has Bellway Homes has been operating for over 70 years, become the largest privately-owned housebuilder in the UK. and has grown from a small, family-owned firm to one of the most successful house builders in the UK. The Company has a proven track record in the delivering successful new communities. New homes We pride ourselves on delivering high quality new and infrastructure are designed to complement the local homes which meet the needs of all of our prospective area, integrating this with the existing landscape. A buyers ranging from one bedroom apartments to family dedicated Partnership Housing team delivers affordable homes. We want to develop homes that suits the needs housing, meeting the requirements of Local Authorities. of our customers in the environment in which they want to live. We have a strong presence across Essex; some of our recent schemes include Oak Road, Halstead and We have a detailed knowledge and understanding of the Plantation Road, Boreham. local area thanks to our sites in Great Leighs, Cressing, Halstead and Witham. Land East of Great Notley WelcomePlanning Context Land south of Braintree and east of Great Notley is included within the emerging District Plan as an allocated location for sustainable growth. Our site forms part of this allocation. Policy BLAN The Local Plan will, when formally adopted, become 114 in the emerging plan, sets out a vision for a new part of the Development Plan for the area and will be community linked to both Great Notley and Braintree. the core document in the determination of planning applications. The policy allocation also requires the delivery of new community services and facilities on the entire site. B Our site forms most, but not all, of the land allocated in policyB B B B B BLAN 114. B Great Notley & Black Notley. Publication Draft Local Plan. InsB et 29 GNBN 264 B BRS35H B B ± B B BLAN 633 BLAN 114 Black Notley GRNO 260 BLAN 115 BLAN 114 Local Plan site allocation map BLAN 113 BLAN 113 The whole allocation is expected to provide: "Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of her Majesty's 1:11,500 Stationery Office © Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead 1,750 new homes within the Local Plan period £ Financial contributionsto prosecutions or civil procee ditongs." B ralocalintree District C ouinfrastructurencil O/S Licence No. LA 100018490. 2017 Land for a new primary school Early years and childcare provision Open space including recreational space Business facilities as part of a village centre Affordable housing A new health care centre Land East of Great Notley Site characteristics As we work to draw up the proposals for the site, we will be guided and informed by the characteristics and opportunities that the land presents. This board shows some of the different factors These include: which we are considering as we prepare our plans. • The location of local schools Some of these factors will restrict the nature and location of development on some parts of the • Local listed buildings site, while others present opportunities to create a • Bus routes sustainable and high quality new community. • Public rights of way • Town centre and shopping • Noise sources • Pylons • Potential green links Land East of Great Notley WelcomeTransport Existing Movement The site is sustainably located close to the A131 and A120 and other local road links. Additionally, it is approximately a mile from Braintree’s rail links, and benefits from bus links on both London Road and Notley Road. Our plans will also include pedestrian and cycle links, as well as other measures to promote and encourage sustainable transport. Local transport links Our proposals Primary access to the new development will be provided through a new junction on Notley Road. Bloor and Bellway are currently liaising with Essex County Council on the design and layout of this junction. This will allow traffic to enter and exit the site efficiently. The proposals include the facilitation of a future road link connecting through the site to London Road. This link will reduce the amount of traffic on Bakers Lane, which we believe will be of benefit to local residents. A new link road can be delivered through the site Land East of Great Notley WelcomeDrainage We are carefully considering both surface water and foul sewage drainage as we prepare our proposals for the site. Our plans will include sustainable drainage systems, to ensure that the rate of water runoff from the site will not exceed the current greenfield rate. As part of our pre-application discussions with stakeholders, we are engaging with the relevant drainage authorities to determine what foul water infrastructure will be required on-site. This will likely require the provision of new pumping stations as part of the new development. Noise Given the site’s location south of the A120, it is important that our proposals include measures to mitigate and minimise noise in the development. The masterplan for the site includes a noise buffer on the boundary with the A120, which will reduce the amount of traffic noise that can be heard on the site. The majority of the homes on our site are located further away from the A120 as well, reducing the impact of traffic noise on many of the future residents. We will continue to liaise with all relevant local stakeholders about ensuring that noise levels are acceptable across the site. Land East of Great Notley Responding to planning policy The draft policy allocation for the site requires the delivery of homes, facilities and infrastructure across the whole site. These include: • Around 1,750 new homes of mixed size and type appropriate to the area. Our site will be able to deliver 1,450 of these homes • A new primary school • Open space and recreation, including sports pitches • Financial contribution to local infrastructure such as secondary school • Early years and childcare provision • Business facilities as part of a village centre • New health centre • New allotments The image below shows how some of the benefits set out in planning policy could be delivered on our part of the site. This is not a finalised plan, and is subject to change How benefits could be delivered on the site Land East of Great Notley We welcome your feedback Thank you for coming to our consultation event. To let us know what you think, you can: • Fill out a feedback form and leave it with us • Write to us – FREEPOST MPC Consultation (no stamp needed) • Call our Freephone information line 0800 148 8911 Next steps We will review all of the feedback submitted as a result of this event and make amendments to the proposals to take on board these views wherever possible. Bloor and Bellway Homes are committed to community consultation and will aim to keep the local community informed as the proposals progress..