Call for Sites Form

Form ID: 521

Interest in land

Other (please specify)

Specify 'other' land interest

Land Promoter

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

Yes

Address of site

Land East of Oakley Road, Bromham (adjacent to no. 52 Oakley Road).

Location plan

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Current use of land

Agricultural field.

Adjoining use to the north

agricultural fields

Adjoining use to the south

existing housing

Adjoining use to the east

agricultural fields

Adjoining use to the west

Oakley Road and agricultural fields beyond it

Has the site been developed previously?

Proposed primary use

Housing

Other uses proposed

Nothing chosen

Number of dwellings proposed

Type of housing proposed

Family houses

Other type of housing

No answer given

Density proposed

Proposed tenures

Market housing - Owner occupied , 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

No answer given

Gross floorspace proposed

No answer given

Proposed type of retail

No answer given

Net floorspace proposed

No answer given

Gross floorspace proposed

No answer given

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?

The current access is unsuitable/requires improvement

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

Access would be in the form of a new priority junction with Oakley Road

Is the site available for development now?

Yes

Is the site currently subject to a planning application?

Yes

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)

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

No answer given

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

No answer given

16+ years (2040 onwards)

No answer given

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

It is assumed that planning permission would be secured within 12 months of an allocations and the size of the site is such that it would only take 12 – 18 months to build in the current market.

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

• Helping to reduce the urban heat island effect by planning green space and using appropriate shade when locating the development; • Using flood prevention/mitigation techniques including landscape features such as ponds. The Surface Water Drainage Strategy will include an allowance for climatic change; • Reducing the ratio of building height to the spacing between buildings to have a positive effect on natural ventilation; • Including green roofs and walls to insulate against heat gains, absorb rainfall and provide (for roofs) useable outdoor space as well as improving the external environment; • Including provision of greenery, such as vertical gardens, climbers and green roofs on the building envelope to help ameliorate the heat gains in summer; • Planting deciduous trees to provide shade in summer, while permitting solar gain in winter when it is useful; • Inclusion of larger floor-to-ceiling heights in buildings to help in allowing later addition of any cooling mechanisms. In addition, higher ceilings also trap hot air above the heads of people using the room, making the room feel cooler and negating the need for A/C, fans, etc.; • Using permeable paving anywhere that loadings will not cause structural failure. • Providing a rainwater collection system/grey-water recycling for watering gardens and landscaped areas; • Using surface treatments which reflect heat in summer, such as light coloured block-paving or render on buildings; • Incorporating electric vehicle charging points in new developments • Ensuring effective orientation and layout to maximise solar-passive strategies; • Adding or increasing insulation levels and using well-designed, climate-appropriate, insulation solutions • Using appropriate glazing and window styles for climate (e.g. low U-value; high solar heat gain coefficient in cold climates and low in warmer climates); • Sizing and orientating windows to minimise summer heat gains and maximise winter solar gains; • Using renewable energy such as solar thermal, PV or heat pumps.

Attachments

File: Oakley Road Bromham - CfS Submission Final.pdf

File: 2.08 17744 - 1002C - Site Location plan.pdf

File: 17744_1004_Illustrative Sketch Layout.pdf

Site size (ha)

3.56

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

? The site is within or adjoining a defined settlement policy area or within the built form of a small settlement.

1b. Accessible on foot to a food store?

+ A site accessibility score of 6 is recorded where 6 is 11 – 20 minutes’ walk.

1c. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

x A site accessibility score of 4 is recorded where 4 is 21 – 30 minutes’ walk.

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

x The site is within 10 minutes’ walk of a bus stop with an infrequent bus service (less frequent than hourly each day) which enables travel 8am6pm Monday to Friday to a major employer.

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

+ The site is not within or adjoining the air quality management area.

2a. Within or adjoining site of nature conservation importance

+ The site is not within or adjoining a site of nature conservation importance

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

xx Protected species recorded on the site

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

? Uncertain or insufficient information

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

0 The site is not within or adjoining the green infrastructure opportunity network or the impact of the proposal is neutral.

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

++ Opportunity area for fewer than 3 ecosystem services.

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

0 No renewable energy generation scheme included and efficiency standards that meet normal standards.

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

? The site is within or adjoining a defined settlement policy area or within the built form of a small settlement.

3c. Accessible on foot to a food store?

+ A site accessibility score of 6 is recorded where 6 is 11 – 20 minutes’ walk.

3d. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

x A site accessibility score of 4 is recorded where 4 is 21 – 30 minutes’ walk.

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

x The site is within 10 minutes’ walk of a bus stop with an infrequent bus service (less frequent than hourly each day) which enables travel 8am6pm Monday to Friday to a major employer.

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

x The proposal has the potential to cause harm to heritage assets. This harm may range from low to high. There may be options to avoid, reduce or mitigate this harm and where sites have not been ruled out altogether for other reasons, further assessment will be undertaken to more fully explore impacts on significance and options for harm reduction and mitigation. This further assessment may ultimately lead to the conclusion that the site should not be allocated.

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

0 Proposal is not employment related.

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

0 Proposal does not include a main town centre use.

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

x The proposal does not include and is not within 400m walking distance of a publicly accessible open space.

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

x The proposal does not include and is not within 800m of a publicly accessible sports facility

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

? It is uncertain what effect the proposal is likely to have on the landscape / more information is required.

8b. Within the existing settlement form?

+ The site adjoins a defined settlement policy area or the built form of a small settlement.

9a. On previously developed land?

x The site is not previously developed land as defined in the NPPF.

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

x All or a majority of the site is best and most versatile agricultural land as defined in the NPPF.

10a. Within a groundwater source protection zone?

0 The site is located within a source protection zone but the proposed use is unlikely to be a risk to water supplies.

11a. At risk of flooding?

+ The site is within flood zone 1 (areas that have been shown to be at less than 0.1% chance of flooding in any year).

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

+ The site is likely to provide a mix of housing and include affordable housing.

12b. Able to address a particular housing need?

x The development will not meet identified needs eg elderly, care, travellers.

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

x The site is not within 800m of a facility where cultural or social activities can be accessed.

14a. Likely to encourage social cohesion?

0 Neutral.

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

+ The development is likely to increase public surveillance or increase activity.

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

? The site is within or adjoining a defined settlement policy area or within the built form of a small settlement.

15b. Accessible on foot to a food store?

+ A site accessibility score of 6 is recorded where 6 is 11 – 20 minutes’ walk.

15c. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

x A site accessibility score of 4 is recorded where 4 is 21 – 30 minutes’ walk.

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

x The site is within 10 minutes’ walk of a bus stop with an infrequent bus service (less frequent than hourly each day) which enables travel 8am6pm Monday to Friday to a major employer.

15e. Connect highway without constraint?

+ No access constraints

15f. Highway or junction capacity issues

? Potential capacity problem requiring mitigation

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

The site is located east of Oakley Road in the Bromham area approximately 4 miles west of Bedford town centre. Access to the site is feasible from Oakley Road, which is a 30mph road. The potential development could cause significant problems for congestion on the local road network. The closest bus stop is located 350m south of the site. There are no footways or formal cycleways serving the site. Cycling is possible by using the road surface. A Transport Asssessment would be needed to assess the impact of the development on the highway network. Improvement of pedestrian and cycle access would be needed - provision of a footpath and on road cycle markings along Oakley Road.

Contaminated Land

Nothing chosen

Environmental Health note

no noise concerns

Mineral Safeguarding Area

Site does not fall within the boundary of a MSA.

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.