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An enhanced scheme to enable a higher percentage of affordable housing was submitted to Bracknell Forest Borough Council this week.
The outline planning application by English Partnerships and developers Taylor Wimpey, relates to the former RAF College site, now known as The Parks.
The application for 781 dwellings will bring the total number of units on the site to 1,150. The enhanced scheme would provide an additional 336 affordable homes and increase the total allocation of affordable accommodation to 437 homes.
Area director for English Partnerships, David Ashworth, said: "The enhanced scheme provides an opportunity to introduce higher quality specifications to the next stage and to ensure that there will be a 20% reduction in energy demand by using renewable energy through a variety of solutions. We plan to introduce homes which are affordable to purchase and economical to live in."
To date 104 homes at The Parks have been completed by Taylor Wimpey following Bracknell Forest Borough Council approval in 2003 to build 730 dwellings on the brownfield site.
Neville Stebbing, major projects manager for Taylor Wimpey, commented: “We want to provide Bracknell residents with the opportunity of living in a quality home whilst providing amenities for the wider community to enjoy. Additionally, through careful re-design, the enhanced application will provide accessible public open space."
The open space will include playing pitches, woodland walks, children’s play spaces, informal parkland and diverse ecological habitat for indigenous wildlife.
Local residents are invited to comment on the planning application by contacting Bracknell Forest Borough Council.
