We wish to hear your views with regard to the quality, mix and design of this proposed development. We will take into account all comments and suggestions provided to us as part of this consultation.

This is your opportunity to comment on and influence the planning of this site. You will have further opportunity to provide comments to Basingstoke and Deane District Council during the planning application process.

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Gladman Developments Ltd has successfully invested in communities throughout the UK over the past 20 years, developing high quality and sustainable residential, commercial and industrial schemes. We are proposing a residential development of approximately 95 dwellings on land to the west of Sherfield-on-Loddon.

Introduction

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INTRODUCTION

HOUSING NEED

Housing Need

Why is the site suitable for development?Sherfield-on-Loddon is considered to be a sustainable location to accommodate a large proportion of the Council’s future housing growth. The site is suitably located with good access to existing community facilities and to the local public transport network. The proposal will provide new homes to sustain the vitality and viability of the local community.

Every Council is required by the Government to boost significantly the supply of housing and to make planning decisions in the light of a presumption in favour of sustainable development.

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Site BoundaryCharacter Areas

Open Arable on Clay

Mixed Farmland and Woodland

Mixed Farmland and Woodland: Small scale

Parkland

Modern Military

Urban areas

Open Valley Sides

Open Valley Floor Farmland

Landscape Character

Residential Character

Goddards Lane, Sherfield-on-Loddon03EXISTING CHARACTER

The site lies immediately adjacent to the settlement of Sherfield-on-Loddon in the Loddon and Lyde Valley character area. This character area covers a broad tract of landscape extending from Old Basing, Chineham and Basingstoke eastwards and northwards to the District boundary. Loddon and Lyde Valley’s key characteristics and other relevant extracts are provided below:

• Broad, shallow valley sides of the River Lyde and River Loddon that meander through, and unify, the varying landscape types;

• The flat, lowlying valley floor pasture has a distinctive pattern of drainage ditches, willow-lined watercourses, water meadows and an often pastoral, remote character;

• Generally unspoilt, quiet and rural character, and a sense of remoteness in less accessible parts of the river valley, but with intrusion by major roads, the railway and electricity pylons in some areas, and by an incinerator immediately east of Chineham

The existing residential areas adjoining the site off Goddards Close and Goddards Lane include a range of 20th century dwellings of varying typologies with common themes including red brick and render; roofs of slate; and red clay tiles. The local character of Sherfield-on-Loddon provides design elements that could be taken forward into the proposed residential site. The historic core of the village contains a conservation area with many listed buildings of varying vernacular forms and styles. Red brick buildings with pantile roofs are widespread within the centre and timber frame construction with thatched roof detail .

Existing Trees & Hedgerows

Contours

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Existing Roads

Consider Views from Existing Properties

Potential Access Point off Goddards Close

Low Point- Potential Location for Proposed

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Goddards Lane, Sherfield-on-Loddon04CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES

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Goddards Lane, Sherfield-on-Loddon05VISUAL CONTEXT

Aerial plan with site boundary and viewpoint locations

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The site is situated at the western edge of Sherfield-on-Loddon village and comprises of one field currently under arable use. Consequently it is lacking in any significant vegetation cover or other internal features of value. The site boundaries are well contained by existing features: Goddards Lane forms the southern site boundary. Goddards Lane is narrow, sunken and enclosed by hedgerows with occasional trees. The historic farm complex at Carpenter’s Farmhouse, off Goddards Lane abuts the site’s south western boundary.

Modern residential development situated by Goddards Close, Bow Drive and Bulls Down Close abut the eastern site boundary and includes bungalows as well as two storey properties.Trees and scrub along the Bow Brook corridor are situated adjacent to the site’s northern site boundary An established field hedgerow with a few mature trees forms the western site boundary.

PHOTO VIEWPOINT 2: View from existing properties off Bow Drive

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Goddards Lane, Sherfield-on-Loddon06HISTORIC CONTEXT

Historic Maps

Identified in the historic mapping, the surrounding area of Sherfield-on-Loddon appears unchanged until 1969. The 1969 map records the addition of residential properties to the western edge of the site boundary. Further residential estates along the north edge of Sherfield-on-Loddon can be seen in the 1981 map along Bulls Down Close. The 1981 map also records the presence of further dwellings to the east off Northfield Road.

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The site is sustainably located with good access to the village centre and existing community amenities. The plan and key below show a range of existing local services and facilities that are within 400m, 800m and 1200m, 1600m and 2000m (5, 10, 15, 20 & 25 minute walking distance) of the site. There are bus services that call at Basingstoke, Lychpit, Chineham, Bradford Abbas, Bramley, Silchester and Tadley. A bus stop is located in close proximity to the site along Goddards Lane. There is also a free school service bus from the village to Bramley.

FACILITIES

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Indicative Drainage Pond: 0.10Ha

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4.16Ha) Up to 95 dwellings @ 23dph

Application Boundary: 6.66Ha

Proposed Equipped Area of Play: 0.04Ha

Proposed Unsurfaced Pathways

Proposed Tree Planting

Proposed Landscape Buffer

Potential Footpath Link

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Goddards Lane, Sherfield-on-Loddon09THANK YOU

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