Long Marston Airfield Garden Village SPD Approved

Published on 23 March 2018

The framework for a new 205 hectare Garden Village at the former Long Marston Airfield has been approved by Stratford-upon-Avon District Council.

The Garden Village is one of 14 identified by the Government in 2017 to promote locally-led growth and ensure quality is delivered alongside the quantity.

Critically, the Garden Villages will be distinct places with their own community facilities, rather than extensions to existing suburban areas, and are supported by a set of design principles to deliver high quality neighbourhoods and landscape.

The proposals for Long Marston Airfield Garden Village are underpinned by a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), prepared by Lichfields and JTP for Stratford-upon-Avon District Council. The SPD sets out a clear vision and framework for the village, and will be used as a guide to ensure the vision and principles for the site are achieved in the future.

The new village will be a stepping stone between the town of Stratford-upon-Avon four miles to the north, and a number of small villages set in countryside to the south.

The proposals include 3,500 new homes in a mix of sizes and tenures and community infrastructure including a secondary school and two primary schools, all set within extensive landscaping and public realm.

A new village centre forms a focal point, and features the schools, a supermarket, a health centre, shops, a pub, a café and a community centre, as well as new homes, ensuring the area is full of activity throughout the day.

The landscape strategy for the site prioritises the preservation and enhancement of the site’s abundance of natural features, and uses these to provide a rich multifunctional network of open spaces including community facilities such as allotments and orchards, to foster a sense of ownership and encourage healthy lifestyles.

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We are delighted that the SPD has been adopted by the council. Given the delivery period of 20 years it was critical that we ensured the SPD was flexible enough to respond to changing local circumstances, yet definitive enough to ensure each phase has a distinct sense of place firmly rooted in its locality.

Anna Howell, JTP’s lead on the project

An outline application will be submitted for the site in early summer 2018.

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