Clay Cross

Derbyshire

Preparation of a residential led mixed use masterplan for an 80 ha (197.6 acre) site to the north of Clay Cross in Derbyshire. The project involved managing a multi disciplinary team of sub-consultants and co-ordinating the preparation and submission of two planning applications.

Location: Clay Cross, Derbyshire
Status: Outline planning permission for mixed use masterplan granted
Size: 980 residential units (54 dph), 29 500 sq m (317 535 sq ft) of employment (B1/B2/B8), 750 sq m (8073 sq ft) of retail and a 60 bed hotel
Scale: Urban extension

The key issues were:

• Need for a comprehensive design and access statement and supporting environmental statement in support of the planning application
• The provision of a new link road across the site that took into account topographical, landscape and ecological features
• The need to relocate and enhance local sports facilities to allow for residential mixed use development
• Ensuring that proposals for regrading the site would allow for comprehensive high quality development
• The provision of a new local centre at the heart of the development
• Negotiating section 106 requirements and assisting with the discharging of conditions
• Undertaking public consultation in order to achieve widespread support for the proposals from the local community