Overview
Transformation of former arable land, strategically located on Milton Keynes' eastern edge, into Brooklands, Broughton Gate, and Magna Park MK. We facilitated community and stakeholder engagement, secured local plan allocation, and obtained planning permissions, while also leading infrastructure planning and reserved matters negotiation for successful scheme implementation.
Project Highlights
Clients
Brooklands Consortium (Hallam Land, William Davis Limited, Alan Williams)
GLP
Places for People
AG Barr
Date
1999 - Present
Scale
Over 3,500 homes with supporting infrastructure, over 325,160m² of logistics and head quarters manufacturing space.
It’s been a pleasure to be part of this project since its inception, here in our home of Milton Keynes. Contributing to the transformation of the site and seeing the community taking root has been so rewarding. Our involvement has been extensive, encompassing concept through to detailed implementation. The site hosts everything from a dynamic 15-minute neighborhood to nationally important logistics and manufacturing opportunities, which has earned it numerous awards, Ministerial visits and recognition in Sport England's Active Design guidance.
Robert Purton, Partner, David Lock Associates
The Project
The former farmland which became the Milton Keynes Eastern Expansion Area has evolved significantly since our first commission to promote it through the planning process back in 1999. It is now an established, growing, and successful new community integrated into the city. Since the provision of initial advanced infrastructure in 2008 the scheme is now nearing completion, with the final phases of 500 mixed tenure homes under construction.
The Process
Navigating through the evolving planning system, our role developed from initial site promotion through to the implementation stages, securing the necessary detailed permissions for key physical, social and green infrastructure.
Our longstanding knowledge of the scheme and local area, combined with an understanding of the need for flexibility in bringing it forward over 25 years, has been key to sustaining the delivery of the development. Our proactive approach to planning expedited the delivery of crucial aspects for this scheme, including the commercial, logistics, and manufacturing elements, that suit the current and future needs of the occupants.