Crest Nicholson welcomes you to their public exhibition. On display are the emerging reserved matters plans for Highlands Farm, which is allocated in the adopted Joint Henley & Harpsden Neighbourhood Plan (JHHNP).

The reserved matters process is the second stage of planning. Crest Nicholson expects a decision on the outline planning application during July, which covers overarching principles such as site capacity and highways matters.

This reserved matters application now fills in all of the details, such as house design and the mix of house types.

In formulating these plans, Crest Nicholson has analysed the feedback gratefully received over several years of working with Harpsden Parish Council, Henley Town Council and local residents in bringing forward the JHHNP and the outline application.

Members of the project team are on hand to answer any questions you have. We also welcome any further feedback, which will be carefully considered in the finalisation of the plans.

Masterplan

Welcome

About Crest NicholsonCrest Nicholson has an established reputation as a quality developer and is recognised as a market leader in the planning, design and construction of residential and mixed-use developments.

Their commitment to quality and sustainability has won recognition within the development industry, alongside numerous consumer, architecture and design awards, including the Next Generation 2015 Award for Sustainable Benchmarking and the rarely bestowed Building for Life Standard.

Masterplan

The masterplan below shows Crest Nicholson’s current intended site layout.

Masterplan

The access road leading from Greys Road past the existing houses.

The Village Green containing 2 junior football pitches which is adjacent to the community centre and changing facilities.

The SSSI.

The buffer zone to the SSSI.

The key building at the end of the access road and adjacent to the possible central square with an off-set green and feature tree acting in a similar way to the central place at Hambleden.

Enhanced woodland planting west of existing tree belt to screen the views into the development from the AONB.

Indicative location of the affordable dwellings.

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Lower density housing along the southern and western fringes of the development.

The community centre and changing facilities.

The commercial / B1.

“The Dell” with 2-storey housing, gable end onto the existing woodland.

Green links.

Green trim-trail link.

Existing oak tree preserved with 15m diameter root protection zone around.

Informal village square.

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DesignThe following images show some of the bespoke house designs that Crest Nicholson plans to provide on-site.

Crest’s design team have researched local themes and the character of surrounding villages, and used this knowledge to influence their design proposals.

66 of the dwellings (40% of the overall development) will be affordable, including intermediate values and social rent. The proposed mix of the housing is:

• 6 one-bedroom flats• 36 two-bedroom flats• 26 two-bedroom houses

• 37 three-bedroom houses• 41 four-bedroom houses• 20 five-bedroom houses

Indicative streetscene

Indicative sketch of business space design

Indicative design of flats

The housing mix that Crest is applying for follows consultation with the local community, dialogue with South Oxfordshire District Council and local market research.

Landscaping

1 Creation of formal tree lined boulevard - park drive character with existing native hedge.

2 Creation of village square in ‘Hambledenesque’ style with central Oak tree.

3 Signature building as visual end stop. 4 Reinforce planting of mixed native hedge to western

boundary with infill hedge and trees. 5 Creation of large village green with a mixture of amenity

and sports usage. 6 Southern part of village green and the emerging site

green grid will be planted and positively managed to promote bio-diversity in accordance with NPPF and targets set by the Chilterns and Dipslope Conservation Target Area (CTA).

7 Creation of a series of interlinking green corridors to provide a site wide green grid that links to the wider context as a fully ‘plugged-in’ strategic landscape.

8 Planting of mixed native woodland copse to provide robust landscape buffer and screening.

9 Proposed community centre. 10 Creation of buffer planting to provide additional screening

from AONB. Planting predominantly native. 11 Existing boundary reinforced with additional landscaped

buffer. 12 Preservation and enhancement of the SSSI/Scheduled

Monument.

Proposed development cells

Potential development cells

Green grid

Existing vegetation

Proposed planting of native trees

Ecologically enhanced areas

Swales & attenuation ponds

Positive frontage and views over Village Green

Highlands Farm is unique as a dilapidated brownfield site within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

The development of the site therefore offers an important opportunity to enhance the AONB. The map below shows the landscaping strategy that Crest intends to implement.

Filtered positive viewsthrough existing vegetation

Mitigated views fromAONB

Proposed trodden earthinformal paths

Elements of natural trimtrail logs & stacks etc

Village centre

Community centre

SSSI boundary

HighwaysA detailed Transport Assessment was submitted with the outline application, which Oxfordshire County Council (the local highways authority) has deemed acceptable.

Extensive archaeological surveying has been undertaken by Crest Nicholson in consultation with Richard Oram, Oxfordshire County Council’s Planning Archaeologist.

Crest is committed to identifying and protecting the archaeological value that the site holds, above and beyond the Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM) to the north of the site.

A Conservation Management Plan will be implemented to see this SAM protected and managed

as never before.

Archaeology

This means that highways is not a major part of the reserved matters application, as the relevant authorities have already deemed the highways impact and proposed mitigation as acceptable.

As part of the outline application, the following package of transport measures has been agreed

with the relevant authorities and will be provided as part of the development:

Henley Transport Strategy

Crest Nicholson remains committed to supporting the aims and outcomes of the Henley Transport Strategy. This includes in relation to any future plans relevant to the Greys Road junction.

• Footway extension on Greys Road to link Highlands Lane to the existing pedestrian network

• Improvements along the existing Peppard Lane bridleway in the form of resurfacing and installation of way-finding and directional signage

• Improvements along the route to Valley Road Primary School in the form of resurfacing and installation of dropped kerbs

• Traffic calming measures and other enhancements to Highlands Lane in the vicinity of existing houses

• Traffic calming measures on Gillotts Lane in the form of three priority buildouts

• Financial contribution to bus service provision

Proposed Gillotts Lane mitigation The site’s transport context

Benefits

Improvements to Gillotts LaneTraffic calming measures for Gillotts Lane

An attractive developmentSuiting the local aesthetic and improving the appearance of this brownfield site

Improved access to the AONBAlongside new planting and biodiversity

Financial contribution to local areaSecured for Henley and Harpsden through JHHNP

Protect green fieldsBest use of brownfield site

New playing pitchesProviding recreational facilities for Henley & Harpsden

Affordable homesHelp Henley & Harpsden meet their housing needs

New community centreA much needed facility to benefit the community

How the development can benefit the whole community of Henley and Harpsdenin the future.

Next steps

Thank you for attending our exhibition. Crest strongly encourages you to provide your feedback, all of which will be carefully considered in the finalisation of the scheme.

How you can comment:

Timeline

Estimated completion of construction

Feedback

ContactIf you have any questions or would like any further information, please contact Krystian at Curtin&Co:Phone: 0207 399 2287Email: krystiang@curtinandco.comWrite: Krystian Groom, Curtin&Co, 299 Oxford Street, London W1C 2DZ

Submission of Reserved Matters application

Estimated determination of Reserved Matters application

Estimated start of construction

August 2016 2018-19November 2016 Early 2017

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