Planning Services - Major Project
| Gardiners Lane South
Supplementary Planning Guidance
Basildon District Council has adopted S P Guidance for the Gardiners Lane South site, in Basildon. | |
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The 90-acre site close to the A127 is one of the last large development sites in the District and offers an opportunity to create a new quality mixed-use business location serving Basildon and South Essex. The Supplementary Planning Guidance provides an overall vision for the site and considers its impact on surrounding areas.
It was prepared following a Collaborative Design Workshop held in July and October 2002. English Partnership is managing the scheme with partners in the Basildon Renaissance Partnership (see below), which includes Basildon District Council, East of England Development Agency, Essex County Council, the Housing Corporation and the Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership.
Following a public consultation period between March and May this year, the Council adopted the new planning guidance on 3 July 2003. The guidance will help the Council in determining planning applications for the site; guide developers in considering the appropriate form of development; existing landowners in valuing the site; and the public agencies behind the project in considering funding.
The development proposals include:
- Up to 110,000 square metres of business premises, principally offices and light industrial units – catering for headquarters as well as start up units
- A Basildon Enterprise and Innovation Centre with 'grow on' space for small businesses
- 400 new homes
- 8 hectares of open space and ecology areas
- A new access off the A127
- A central area called The Place, which will support a hotel, shops, cafes, restaurants, crèche etc.
- Improved public transport links along the Cranes Farm Road corridor
- The site could support up to 8,000 jobs
The planning guidance is one of a series of documents for this proposal, the others including:
- A Relocation Strategy
- Environmental Statement
- Ecology Mitigation and Compensation Strategy
- Design Code
- Transportation Strategy
- Planning Statement
It is anticipated that an outline planning application for the whole site will be submitted early 2004.
| Should you wish to discuss the proposals and how you can be involved in this development, please contact: |
The Strategic Development Coordinator – Ian Butt
Telephone: 01268 294825
e-mail: ian.butt@basildon.gov.uk
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