EHDC W&B2

Part d - Chapter twelve - site allocations

W&B2 – Land at the Former Bordon Garrison LAA Reference Site Size (Ha) Existing Use Proposed Future Use Proposed Additional Homes

WHI-020 (part) 19.4 ha Employment Residential 115 additional homes

Site Description The site is located to the east of Templars Way (the relief road) and south of Budds Lane. It comprises land that is planned for redevelopment in accordance with the mixed-use hybrid planning consent for regenerating the former Bordon Garrison. A watercourse, the Oxney Drain, lies immediately to the east of the site. There are trees and established vegetation on the western and north-eastern boundaries.

The site is largely comprised of previously developed land that is occupied by employment uses. These are often businesses operating in the industrial, construction and storage & distribution sectors. They are based here temporarily, prior to the site’s redevelopment for housing in accordance with the hybrid planning consent. The land itself is relatively flat. It includes large numbers of warehouse-style buildings and areas of hardstanding, with relatively little green infrastructure.

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Biodiversity: recreational impacts on the Wealden Heaths European SPA & SAC sites would need to be appropriately mitigated.

On-going regeneration: development in the wider area that is associated with the hybrid planning consent (ref: 55587/001) will influence the layout of new housing as well as suitable access points and route connections.

Built form: increases to the height and massing of new buildings (to accommodate additional residential development) could have unsympathetic impacts on relationships between the site and the wider woodland context.

Green infrastructure: screening vegetation provides a sense of visual containment for northern parts of the site, as well as a sympathetic transition to woodland areas that are located to the west (beyond the relief road).

Transport: additional residential development has the potential to increase accessibility to services and facilities by walking and cycling modes within Whitehill & Bordon.

Transport: additional residential development on site will increase travel demands and parking requirements.

Flood risk: there are areas of surface water flood risks in both central and eastern parts of the site, especially in areas close to the Oxney Drain.

Minerals: as with all parts of the Whitehill & Bordon regeneration area, the site forms part of land that has been safeguarded for minerals extraction (soft sand/silica sand).

Built heritage: no designated constraints to development.

Summary of Reasons for Inclusion Planning permission for new residential development has been permitted on this site.

However, a more efficient use of this previously developed land may be possible, by laying out and designing new homes in ways that optimise the use of space whilst still providing a good standard of residential amenity. Additional residential development would be sustainably located, close to new services and facilities in the town centre and along Budds Lane, and within walking and cycling distance of natural greenspace. Impacts from increased building heights and massings could be mitigated by lower heights and densities on the site peripheries. The Oxney Drain could be used as the basis for a green corridor that could offer sustainable drainage solutions. Potential impacts on the Wealden Heaths Phase II SPA could be mitigated by new SANG, or existing facilities (depending on their capacity). Parking and public transport connections would need to be carefully considered in accordance with Local Plan policies. Prior extraction of mineral deposits could be undertaken to avoid the unnecessary sterilisation of resources.

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