Kingsbrook (AGT6), Aylesbury

AYL05: Kingsbrook (AGT6), Aylesbury Size (hectares) 306.6ha Allocated for (key development and land use requirements) a) 2,460 homes b) 10ha employment c) Two primary schools d) A neighbourhood centre Construction of the southern section of the Eastern Link Road (North) with safeguarding of land for future duelling if required and the rural section of the Stocklake Link Road a) Green Infrastructure b) A major wetland park c) Flood alleviation scheme/sustainable drainage. d) Community facilities e) Play areas. f) Land for a secondary school, sports pitches and allotments g) Town-wide flood defences h) Health facilities i) Public art j) Improvements to the canal towpath Proposals should comply with the following criteria: a) Provision for land for at least 2,460 dwellings at a density that takes account of the adjacent settlement character and identity. b) Provision of land, building and car parking for two primary schools and land for a secondary school c) Existing vegetation should be retained where practicable, including existing woodlands and hedgerows. Existing public rights of way need to be retained and integrated into the development within safe and secure environments as part of a wider network of sustainable routes, to directly and appropriately link the site with surrounding communities and facilities. d) Proposals must retain and enhance existing habitats where practicable, including the creation of linkages with surrounding wildlife assets. A new wetland park should be provided. e) The development should be designed using a landscape-led approach including consideration of the long-distance views of the AONB as well as of potential landscape visual impact from the AONB. f) Provision for public transport into the town and to surrounding areas. g) A flood alleviation system benefitting the wider community and provision of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) will be required to reduce pressure on the existing drainage network. h) Provision and management of 50% green infrastructure to link to other new development areas and the wider countryside. This should incorporate recreation and sports facilities, public open space, play areas, allotments and orchards, sustainable drainage, nature reserves and ecological enhancement areas, education/interpretation facilities, and attractive pedestrian and cycle routes to the town centre. i) Provision of on-site health facilities and community buildings j) Provision of and contribution to infrastructure as appropriate. k) A traffic calming scheme to the village of Bierton Implementation Approach: An illustrative masterplan was submitted as part of the outline panning application granted in 2013, a strategic design code and area design codes have been approved, to guide the comprehensive development of the site. Three villages already have reserved matters approved planning applications. Construction is already under way to develop the site in accordance with the planning permissions, the approved development brief and principles within Policy D1 and any subsequent supporting Garden Town. Design should take account of the over-arching Garden Town principles (policy D1) and details within the Aylesbury Garden Town Framework and Infrastructure guidance document to ensure comprehensive development. ‘Kingsbrook, Aylesbury’ is a major urban extension on the eastern side of Aylesbury on 306ha of land between Bierton and the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal. 6.282 Outline planning permission was granted in December 2013 for 2,450 homes, 10ha employment land, a neighbourhood centre, two primary schools, construction of the Eastern Link Road (northern part) and the Stocklake Link Road (rural section), green infrastructure including a major wetland park, associated community facilities and support infrastructure including an expanded electricity substation and flood defences. Construction for Land to a new secondary school to the north of the site has been constructed. A further application (22/03289/APP) has been approved for 21 dwellings (an additional 10 dwellings provided in lieu of health facilities as part of the local centre). Total dwellings to be provided from this site are 2460. 6.283 The housing development is based on the principle of creating three villages within the overall framework of the site. As of March 2025, reserved matters have been approved for all the site with 1,922 dwellings complete and 538 dwellings remaining to come forward. Key elements of transport infrastructure including the Eastern Link Road and Stocklake Link have been complete. 6.284 The site is expected to be complete by 2028. The status of the three villages is as follows: a) Village 1 Canal Basin development – complete b)Village 2 - Oakfield – detailed permission for 492 dwellings (14/03486/ADP) and is now complete. c) Village 3 - Canal Quarter for 1,097 dwellings – i. Phase 1 for 228 dwellings (18/01153/ADP) is now complete. ii. Phase 2a for 383 dwellings (19/01732/ADP) is under construction. iii. Phase 2b for 110 dwellings and the neighbourhood centre (19/02983/ADP) under construction and complete d) Phase 3 for 212 homes (20/00740/ADP) approved and implemented.Village 4 - Orchard Green – detailed permission for 861 dwellings (15/01767/ADP) and under construction e) Phase 4 for 164 dwellings and the employment area (19/04426/ADP) approved and implemented19/02983/ADP under construction and nearly complete. 6.285 The site is located immediately to the east of Aylesbury. It extends from Oakfield Road in the west and to the south runs to the Grand Union Canal with a small area of the site extending to the other site of the canal towards Broughton. To the east is Aylesbury Golf Centre (driving range) as well as open countryside/agricultural fields. To the north lies the village of Bierton with the application site joining the A418 to the north-east. There is an existing substation towards the centre of the site which is excluded from the red edge but a series of overhead power cables that are within the site. The land prior to development was entirely in arable cultivation. Ground levels on-site vary from approximately 87m above ordnance datum (AOD) to 78m AOD. 6.286 There are settlements with different identities and settings to be reinforced – Bierton, Broughton, Hulcott and the edge of Aylesbury. 6.287 Significant remodelling of the flood zones on the site took place with mitigation measures as part of the outline planning application. Most of the site is drained via Broughton Brook, an EA designated ‘main river’ watercourse which is a tributary of Stocklake Brook. The Stocklake Brook watercourse drains the northern catchment area of the site as well as the Broughton Brook catchment. The area immediately to the south of the Grand Union Canal (GUC) is part of the Aylesbury Flood Alleviation Scheme (AFAS) and drains into Bear Brook, which runs south of the site adjacent to the southern side of the GUC. 6.288 The site has numerous flora and fauna, and a comprehensive scheme of ecological enhancements was required as part of the planning permission. 6.289 The site includes some heritage assets including historic routes of way. Most hedges and historic routeways across the site will be retained within the development. The Grand Union Canal runs to the south of the main areas of development and has several listed and nonlisted bridges along this stretch.