Map shows where 26,000 houses could be built in Swindon
Swindon Borough Council has come up with a draft new Local Plan after something of a false start in 2022.
The plan envisages that nearly 26,000 homes will be built between now and 2044, and most of them will be built in five 'strategic housing allocations' shown on the map in purple.
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(Image: Swindon Borough Council) They are the Wichelstowe development which is already well in progress, the New Eastern Villages to the east of the A419, which could see as many as 9,000 of the total built, an increase in the Badbury Park area, in the corner formed by the M4 and the A419, at the Kingsdown allocation south of Blunsdon and a large allocation expanding Tadpole Garden Village northwards.
The plan also shows a desire to create, or bring back, a lot more housing to central Swindon.
The new plan shows there could be 4,300 flats and houses built in the town centre, with 1,358 allocated to land north of the Railway Station and 1016 for the Brunel Quarter including the area now occupied by the tented market and until recently by the House of Fraser store.
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The total allocation for the New Eastern Villages is now 9,389, and Kingsdown has 1,847 homes set to be built there, with another 1,620 set for Wichelstowe and an allocation for 513 north of Tadpole Garden Village.
Although not shown on the map, East Wroughton is also a strategic allocation with space for 1,027 homes.
Outside of the strategic allocations, there are significant numbers of homes planned for the regeneration of Marlowe Avenue at 976 and 814 for Pipers Way.
The map also shows areas designated as zones of non-coalescence.
The largest is the zone running along the southern border of the NEV, designed to stop Swindon's growth swallowing up Wanborough, and also a smaller area between the expanded South Marston and Rowborough NEV and the planned developments south of the A420.
Wichelstowe and Wroughton will be separated by a non-coalescence zone, as well as the M4, and one is allocated between the south of Broad Blunsdon and the northern edges of the Kingsdown allocation.
(Image: Swindon Borough Council) The map also shows the existing and planned public open green spaces, with a notable lack of open spaces in North Walcot, Gorse Hill and Stratton St Margaret. Nature reserves like Coate Water, Barbury Castle and Sevenfields in Penhill are shown in a brighter green with a darker border.
The council's cabinet has endorsed putting the new draft plan out to public consultation for six weeks from September 1 – a decision that must be confirmed by the full council.
Council leader Councillor Jim Robbins said: 'This is an important piece of work setting out the development of Swindon. It's important to get both cross-party support and to put it out for consultation after the summer break.'
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