Policy information sourced from the Biggleswade Neighbourhood Plan
BRD1: Residential Development
- For residential development within or adjacent to the defined Town Centre, the type, mix and character of accommodation should include:
- urban forms of housing, such as town houses (terraced houses) or low-rise apartments;
- a mix of accommodation that reflects the typical demographic of Town Centre dwellers, including provision of one and two-bedroom units and accommodation suitable for the elderly.
- For residential development on suburban housing sites, the type, mix and character of accommodation should include:
- creation of garden suburbs or garden villages, with a variety of housing combinations (detached, semi-detached, terraces, bungalows, apartments) together with provision of gardens, green spaces, trees, hedges and other green infrastructure;
- a mix of accommodation that includes family houses, units for first-time buyers or people looking to downsize and housing suitable for the elderly.
- All new residential development must have access to external green amenity space in the form of private gardens or shared private space or public space in close proximity to the scheme or, where this is not possible and where practical, balconies of sufficient size to accommodate planting.
- Affordable housing and First Homes provided to meet the requirements of Local Plan policies and Planning Practice Guidance should be designed as an integral part of each development and be tenure blind.
- Where there are planning reasons to provide affordable housing outside of the site, it should be provided as close to the site as possible and within Biggleswade, so as to meet local need.
- The layout of new housing estates should have front courts or gardens to separate the highway, in the interests of residential amenity and safety.
- All new dwellings must have screened storage space for bins and recycling.
- All new dwellings must include secure, covered cycle and scooter storage, as required by Policy BTM1.
For more information, please visit the Biggleswade Neighbourhood Plan