Where homes could be built in Aylesbury as council releases 91,000 property plan for consultation
Bucks Council has opened a six-week consultation period on its major development plan for the county.
The authority is required to submit a local plan to the Government to show how it can meet Labour’s housing demands.
Bucks Council said it is required to construct 95,000 homes by 2045 and its latest draft shows an assessment of how around 91,000 dwellings could be constructed during that time period.
Part of the documentation submitted to the council’s cabinet shows the urban projects the council is assessing in the Aylesbury area.
This file does not include larger housing projects which will increase housing by hundreds over the next two decades such as projects in Kingsbrook.
Bucks Council’s updated illustrated map shows where new dwellings could be built and the potential capacity of housing those areas could accommodate.
Here are some of the urban housing projects that could be coming to Aylesbury in the next 20 years:
-Car park by Cambridge Place: Up to 190 homes. Bucks Council says a buffer zone would be created by the new neighbourhood to protect a Grade II Listed building.
-Former Walton Mill site: Up to 95 homes. Bucks Council says the project would be created outside of nearby flood zones. A buffer would be needed to keep the project separate from the canal to the south and Bear Brook to the north, the document states. An archaeological evaluation is required to assess the impact on the medieval to modern Walton Mill and possible line of Akeman Street and Roman Road, it has also been revealed.
-Up to 75 homes could be built at Cromwell Court.
-Aylesbury Multicultural Centre: Part of the building could be used to create up to 75 dwellings.
-Land at Cannock Road has been earmarked for up to 65 properties. The council advises that suitable mitigation should be provided to address
the fluvial and surface water flooding on site.
-An abandoned building at 66 High Street could provide 55 homes.
-Up to 50 homes could be created at 4 Wendover Road. A developer taking on the scheme would have to contribute financially to the Southern East Link Road.
-Land north of Manor Hospital in Bierton: Up to 39 homes. Proposals will be supported where the existing onsite healthcare services and associated car parking is appropriately re-provided offsite, the council revealed. It is adamant that the Old Manor House wall fronting Bierton Road is to be retained.
-Aylesbury Town Centre Complex – Waterside North Car Park: Could support up to 45 homes.
-Land at Thame Road has been earmarked for up to 45 homes.
-Cooper's Yard car park has been earmarked for up to 25 homes. The council would look to approve a mixed use scheme including retail sites.
-The Cambourne Health Centre, Brentwood Way, Bedgrove, could accommodate five dwellings according to the council’s findings.
-71-77 High Street, Aylesbury: The unit could accommodate up to five homes.