Policy information sourced from Windsor and Maidenhead Local Plan

QP1 Sustainability and Placemaking

All new developments should positively contribute to the places in which they are located.

Larger developments in particular will be expected to:

  • Provide a harmonious, integrated mix of uses, where appropriate, that foster a sense of community, vibrancy and activity,
  • Contribute to the provision of social, natural, transport and utility infrastructure to support communities,
  • Be designed to facilitate and promote community interaction through the provision of:
    • walkable neighbourhoods; and
    • attractive public spaces and facilities and routes which encourage walking and cycling;
  • Create places that foster active healthy lifestyles;
  • Be of high quality design that fosters a sense of place and contributes to a positive place identity
  • Foster biodiversity and enhancement of green infrastructure;
  • Conserve and enhance the importance of the existing blue character of the Borough (including the River Thames and other watercourses)
  • Conserve and enhance the Borough’s rich historic environment

Proposals for sites bringing forward developments of 100+ net new dwellings, or 5,000 sq. m of employment or mixed use floorspace (outside of the three defined placemaking areas of Maidenhead Town Centre, South West Maidenhead and Ascot), will be expected to be in conformity with the adopted stakeholder masterplan for the site.

For more information please see the Local Plan