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A vision for Rye Common Village 8 August 2017 Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Frank Butler Farms Ltd Frank Butler Farms Ltd was a mixed farming • enterprise but as times and markets have changed so has the way we have farmed. We are now purely arable with the last of our dairy herds being closed down 9 years ago. We farm a mix of Wheat, Barley, Rape, Peas and • Beans. James and Jo Butler now run the day to day farming enterprise from our main yard and offices based at our Chosley site on the outskirts of Odiham. Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Contents 1. Rye Common in context 2. Contributing to Hart’s development needs 3. Our vision – a new garden village 4. Environmental opportunities and constraints 5. Community services and facilities 6. Phasing and delivery. Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Hart settlement pattern Extract from Draft Hart Local Plan Strategy and Sites 2011-2032 Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Rye Common Insert text Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Site context Insert text Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Site context Insert text Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Meeting Hart’s development needs 1600 to 1900 new homes • 4 hectares of employment land • Accommodation for rural small businesses – most in • demand Health facility • Scope for elderly/care accommodation • Local scale retail – not competing with district’s • primary retail centres 40% affordable housing • Mix of housing in Council’s control • Zone for self-build homes. • Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Our vision A new village celebrating the principles of the • Garden Cities movement A settlement of genuine identity and character • A rural destination • Investing in the rural area – better • connections, better access to the countryside A great place to live, work, play and learn • A settlement for Hart to be proud of • Frank Butler Farms Ltd

National Planning Policy Framework “The supply of new homes can sometimes be best achieved through planning for larger scale development, such as new settlement or extensions to existing villages and towns that follow the principles of Garden Cities” (para 52) Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Rye Common - A Garden Village for the 21 st century Insert text Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Illustrative master plan Insert text Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Character areas Insert text Frank Butler Farms Ltd

The Gateway - ‘Keeps Corner’ Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

’Oak Apples lane’ Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

‘The Wheelers Dell’ Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

The village centre Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

‘Funters Field’ Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

‘Beachampswood’ Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Space for supporting rural businesses Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Green infrastructure Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Housing densities Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Community facilities Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

A walkable village Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Managing traffic effectively Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Creating a sustainable garden village - Social, economic and environmental - Connecting people with the countryside - A new rural centre improving local access to key services and facilities - Accommodation for small-scale rural business - Pedestrian and cycle priority - Generous formal and informal green spaces - Integrating biodiversity - Holistic design - Scope for innovative building techniques and energy technologies - Future proofing Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Environmental constraints and opportunities -Flood risk Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Environmental constraints and opportunities - Landscape Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Environmental constraints and opportunities - Common Land Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Environmental constraints and opportunities - Thames Basin Heaths SPA Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Saved Policy NRM6 “Priority should be given to directing development to those areas where potential adverse effects can be avoided without the need for mitigation measures” Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Environmental constraints and opportunities - Local biodiversity • No statutory nature designations within site • Intensively farmed land • Opportunity for net gain in biodiversity • Incorporate hedges and woodland into master plan • Tree removal required for access from A287 • Brown’s Row and Rye Common East SINC • Potential compensation through net gain in tree planting and active management of SINC Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Environmental constraints and opportunities - Local biodiversity Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Connecting the rural areas Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Education and health Village Primary School (2 FE) • Part of the heart of the community • Financial contribution to Secondary education • Land for a new doctors surgery • Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Utilities and infrastructure Need to engage with key service providers • Opportunities to improve infrastructure in the rural • area Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Phasing through the Local Plan period and beyond Insert image Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Indicative timeline Local Plan/planning application phase – Years 1 to 3 • Site preparation/access – year 4 • Development commences (phase 1 housing and • SANG construction) Year 4/5 First completions (Year 6) • Village centre (Phases 2 to 4) (Year 6/7/8) • Employment, recreation, SANG completion (Phase 2) • (year 6/7) Residential Phases 5 to 9 (Years 9 to 15) • Frank Butler Farms Ltd

Benefits of a garden village at Rye Common - Land is available and in single control -Significant housing delivery -Control of housing mix -Control of design -Cater for all groups of society -Better connections for the rural area -Avoid settlement coalescence -Less harm to the TBHSPA = less mitigation -Support for rural businesses -Improve public access to the countryside -A settlement with genuine identity. Frank Butler Farms Ltd