Call for Sites Form

Form ID: 1002

Interest in land

Other (please specify)

Specify 'other' land interest

Please contact Agent

If you are not the landowner of the site you are submitting, do you have permission to submit?

Yes

Address of site

Land adjacent Colworth Science Park.

Location plan

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Current use of land

Agricultural including woodland

Adjoining use to the north

Santa Pod/agricultural

Adjoining use to the south

agricultural

Adjoining use to the east

Colworth Science Park

Adjoining use to the west

agricultural

Has the site been developed previously?

Proposed primary use

Housing

Other uses proposed

Housing , Employment , Retail

Number of dwellings proposed

4,500 as a Garden Village

Type of housing proposed

Family houses , Self-build/Custom build homes , Older people housing , Flats

Other type of housing

No answer given

Density proposed

No answer given

Proposed tenures

Market housing - Owner occupied , Market housing - Private rented housing , Affordable Housing - Affordable rent , Affordable Housing - Shared ownership

Other tenures proposed

No answer given

Permanent or transit?

No answer given

Site privately owned?

Nothing chosen

Number of plots proposed

No answer given

Proposed type of employment

B1 space, live/work units, flexible space as part of overall garden village concept

Gross floorspace proposed

Circa 6-7ha new B1 space as part of overall garden village concept (in addition to that existing at the adjacent Colworth Science Park)

Proposed type of retail

Local’ provision as part of the overall garden village concept

Net floorspace proposed

Not stated

Gross floorspace proposed

Not stated

Number of hotel rooms proposed

No answer given

Amount of development proposed

No answer given

Description

No answer given

Can suitable access be achieved for the site?

Suitable access is achievable

Where will the site’s access point(s) be?

1. A new rail halt/station. 2. Two new principle points of access – along Forty Foot Lane to the A6, and via Back Lane skirting Souldrop to the A6. 3. Other arrangements, as necessary as referenced in the separate supporting statement.

Is the site available for development now?

Yes

Is the site currently subject to a planning application?

Is the site currently being marketed?

Are you aware of any issues that might affect the viability of developing the site?

1-5 years (2024/25-2028/29)

400

6-10 years (2029/30-2033/34)

1000

11-15 years (2034/35-2039/40)

1000

16+ years (2040 onwards)

2100

What year, post adoption of the plan, would you expect development to start on site?

This would depend on how quickly the Council were prepared to accept a planning application for the development and/or whether planning permission would be granted in advance of the adoption of the Plan – see separate submission attachment for further explanation. Notwithstanding the above, Wrenbridge/Unilever would persue a start on site as soon as planning permission was granted, which could be as soon as 2024.

The council has declared a climate emergency. How the proposal will respond to climate change

The proposal is to provide an exemplar Garden Village which not only accords with current policy requirements but that incorporates flexible design principles, materials, etc that can adapt overtime to changing policies on climate change, environment, etc.

Attachments

File: Call for sites redacted

File: Viability Report redacted

File: Noise and Heritage Considerations

File: Colworth rail station outline business case

Site size (ha)

450.29

Site size threshold

Above

Overriding constraint?

Site not in accordance with the emerging development strategy

Stage1 conclusion

Exclude from further assessment

Stage 2 Assessment of suitability, availability & achievability

Nothing chosen

Stage 2 conclusion

Nothing chosen

1a. Within or adjoining UAB SPA or built form of a small settlement

Nothing chosen

1b. Accessible on foot to a food store?

Nothing chosen

1c. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

Nothing chosen

1d. Accessible on foot or by bus to a major employer?

Nothing chosen

1e. Outside, adjoining or within the air quality management area?

Nothing chosen

2a. Within or adjoining site of nature conservation importance

Nothing chosen

2b. In an area where protected species are known or likely to exist?

Nothing chosen

2c. Potentially able to achieve a net gain in biodiversity?

Nothing chosen

2d. Able to link into the green infrastructure opportunity network?

Nothing chosen

2e. Likely to impact on an area currently providing ecosystem services.

Nothing chosen

3a. Proposing a renewable energy scheme or extra energy efficiency standards?

Nothing chosen

3b. Within or adjoining the urban area, a defined settlement policy area or the built form of a small settlement?

Nothing chosen

3c. Accessible on foot to a food store?

Nothing chosen

3d. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

Nothing chosen

3e. Accessible on foot or by bus to a major employer?

Nothing chosen

4a. Likely to impact on designated or nondesignated heritage assets or their settings? For more detailed assessment see HELAA supporting document. www.bedford.gov.uk/LocalPlan2040

Nothing chosen

5a. Likely to increase future economic and employment opportunities?

Nothing chosen

6a. Proposing a main town centre use in, on the edge or outside of a town centre?

Nothing chosen

7a. Within 400m of an existing open space or proposing open space within it?

Nothing chosen

7b. Within 800m of a sports facility or proposing a sports facility within it?

Nothing chosen

8a. Likely to have a significant adverse impact on the surrounding landscape?

Nothing chosen

8b. Within the existing settlement form?

Nothing chosen

9a. On previously developed land?

Nothing chosen

9b. On best and most versatile agricultural land ie grades, 1, 2 or 3a?

Nothing chosen

10a. Within a groundwater source protection zone?

Nothing chosen

11a. At risk of flooding?

Nothing chosen

12a. Likely to provide a mix of housing, including affordable housing?

Nothing chosen

12b. Able to address a particular housing need?

Nothing chosen

13a. Within 800m of a facility where cultural or social activities can be accessed?

Nothing chosen

14a. Likely to encourage social cohesion?

Nothing chosen

14b. Likely to help make the area safer? +

Nothing chosen

15a. Within or adjoining the urban area, a defined settlement policy area or the built form of a small settlement?

Nothing chosen

15b. Accessible on foot to a food store?

Nothing chosen

15c. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

Nothing chosen

15d. Accessible on foot or by bus to a major employer?

Nothing chosen

15e. Connect highway without constraint?

Nothing chosen

15f. Highway or junction capacity issues

Nothing chosen

Highway comments. For more detailed assessment see HELAA supporting document. www.bedford.gov.uk/LocalPlan2040

NOTE: This is a large site proposal for a new settlement with complex traffic and transport requirements. Further assessment of the transport impacts has been carried out and published as a supporting document found here www.bedford.gov.uk/LocalPlan2040. The site is located southwest of Souldrop village approximately 9 miles north of Bedford town centre. Access to the site is feasible from multiple locations, such as Colworth Road and other local roads. The closest bus stop located 250m east of the site on High Street Road. In Colworth Road there is footway of 2m on the other side of the road, but there are no footways serving the access point. Cycling is possible on-road. The size of the proposed development needs careful examination and further investigation for future construction. Traffic modelling will need to be undertaken as part of the required Transport Assessment which will identify the impact and will include sustainable transport measures.

Contaminated Land

Nothing chosen

Environmental Health note

railway noise and noise from racing in santa pod potentially

Mineral Safeguarding Area

Nothing chosen

Site assessment conclusions

The site has been excluded from further assessment at Stage 1 because its location is not in accordance with the development strategy. The site has been separately assessed - see New Settlement Site Assessments supporting document.

Supporting documents

File: Colworth Science Park boundaries