Green light for 1,400 homes in South West Aylesbury

Plans to build 1,400 homes in South West Aylesbury have been approved by Buckinghamshire Council.

Proposals brought forward by Nexus Planning, on behalf of land promoter Gleeson Land and three local landowners, were initially discussed by the council’s planning committee at the end of March.

The committee decided that permission should be “deferred and delegated to the Director of Planning and Environment for approval subject to conditions and the satisfactory completion of a legal agreement”.

On Tuesday this week (26 May), agreement over S106 was reached and permission was formally granted for the scheme. 

The strategic residential development, which has been in the works since 2018, will deliver new homes alongside the South West Link Road, roughly 50ha of green infrastructure, a new primary school and a community building.

Nexus Planning says the scheme’s drainage strategy will also reduce flood risk for existing residents near the site.

The land on which the development will be built lies close to the route of HS2, which is currently under construction. The land is owned by three parties.

These are Antony Peverill Pearce, the Carrington family trust, and the Ernest Cook Trust, an educational charity focused on conservation which owns land across southern England.

Cooper Baillie was responsible for the scheme’s masterplan.

Adam Ross, Nexus Planning executive director, said: “I am really pleased to have been part of the team that has secured planning permission for this significant scheme at Aylesbury. 

“Schemes of this scale and nature are inherently complex, particularly given the evolving position on infrastructure delivery and the site’s relationship with the adjacent HS2 project.”