Planning permission granted for 71 new homes in Swindon
The homes will make up the second phase of development at Foxbridge Village North.
Planning permission has been granted for 71 new homes as part of an existing housing scheme in Swindon.
The application, submitted by housebuilder Danescroft, outlines plans for the second phase of development at Foxbridge Village North on Wanborough Road.
This forms part of the New Eastern Villages scheme in Swindon.
The proposal includes the creation of access, landscaping, infrastructure, and associated works.
Swindon Borough Council has granted planning permission for the development, subject to several conditions.
These conditions include the requirement that the development must begin within three years from the date of the planning permission.
The development must also be carried out in accordance with a range of approved plans and documents, which detail elements such as site layout, external works, materials and affordable housing.
Public open spaces, such as a so-called ‘Pocket Park’, an area on the eastern boundary adjacent to Heritage Meadow, and a ‘Community Grow Area’, must be completed and made available for public use before the 50th home is occupied.
The same condition applies to cycle and pedestrian paths detailed in the site layout and movement strategy plan.
The developers must also ensure that at least two per cent of the dwellings are wheelchair accessible.
This involves the provision of ramped access with flush thresholds into all doorways, adequate doorway widths for a wheelchair to pass through, space for internal circulation, entry-level bathroom and toilet facilities, and a kitchen designed for wheelchair users.
Parking spaces, including garage space where provided, must also be laid out and made available for use in accordance with the approved plans.
The developers are also required to provide a detailed management and maintenance plan for the proposed streets within the development, unless a dedication agreement has been entered into.
All visitor parking spaces must be provided with one metre-wide surfaced verges to ensure appropriate pedestrian access.
The developers must also submit a site-specific Construction Management Plan (CMP) and a Construction and Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) for approval before any development can take place.
The plan must demonstrate the adoption and use of the best means to reduce the effects of noise, vibration, dust and site lighting.
The development follow a Biodiversity Enhancement Plan, which includes the provision of bat boxes, bird boxes, and swift bricks (into at least 25 per cent of the houses).
It must also adhere to a Flood Risk Assessment and a Drainage Strategy, which outline measures to reduce the risk of flooding at the site and elsewhere.
The developers are also required to submit a waste audit and waste management plan.
The development is likely to be subject to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), a charge that local authorities in England and Wales can put on new development in their area to raise funds to help deliver the infrastructure necessary to support development.
The land now been used for 71 homes was originally set to be used for a primary school for those living on the development.
The school was included in outline planning permission for 220 homes to be built in a triangle of land between the A419 dual carriageway, Wanborough Road and the Southern Connector Road running from South Marston to just north of the Commonhead Roundabout.
But Danescroft objected to this, saying there was enough primary education provision elsewhere in the New Eastern Villages’ programme.