Mixed and Sustainable Development
- Up to 1,000 high quality homes
- A mix of family housing, properties for first time buyers and homes for the elderly
- Up to 40% affordable housing
- All buildings between two and three storeys – no high rise developments
- A density of 35 dwellings per hectare – lower densities on the edge of the site to ensure sensitivity to neighbouring countryside and residential areas
- In accordance with design principles specified in local, regional and national planning documents
- Improvements to Chiltern Way
- Substantial new woodland and hedgerow planting
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New Amenities
- A new local centre with provision for new retail and community facilities
- These may include a café, convenience store and crèche
- A new two-form primary school at the heart of the development, close to Cockernhoe
- New public transport links (more detail on the Transport and Access page)
- Community Hall
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Open Space and Play Areas
- Four new play areas
- Accessible areas of formal and informal open green space
- Allotment space
- Enhanced public access to Putteridge Bury
- New footpaths, cycleways and bridleways
- Existing ‘green corridor’ on edge of Luton to be supplemented with new open space and tree planting
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