Post by Iron Webbo on Dec 11, 2012 15:02:48 GMT
COUNCIL PLAN APPROVED
Master Plan for new Stadium site - approved by Braintree Council
At their meeting last (Monday) night, Braintree District Council met to consider a recommendation that the Master Plan for North-West, Braintree be approved as guidance in the determination of planning applications.
Braintree District Council's Core Strategy was adopted in 2011. It allocated land at North-West Braintree as a strategic growth location for housing and employment uses. It was proposed that the site could accommodate a minimum of 600 dwellings, 15 hectares of employment land, a new site for Braintree Town Football Club and a spine road linking Springwood Drive with Panfield Lane.
The area of land identified for Braintree Town Football Club is of a sufficient size to accommodate both our re-location and future needs. This would include sufficient space for the stadium and associated parking and facilities. It would be desirable for the stadium site to have a segregated access for away and home fans. The Master Plan indicates two entrances. In order to provide sufficient car parking on site it is estimated that between 300-400 spaces would be required depending on the ground capacity. Sufficient provision for parking for people with disabilities, cycles, motorbikes and coaches will also be required.
The Core Strategy stated that: "The development of the mixed use growth locations will be in accordance with Master Plans to be approved as supplementary planning documents by the Council." At their meeting on Monday evening, The Council voted in favour of approving the Master Plan.
In the future, the Master Plan will be used to determine any future planning applications for the growth location. Further work will continue between the Council, Highways Authority and the developer in order to bring this development forward in accordance with the phasing in the Core Strategy.
Chairman Lee Harding was delighted with the latest news: "We started talking with Braintree Council about our need for relocation as long ago as 2004 and approval of the Master Plan is a major step forward for our new stadium aspirations. The Council have put in an enormous amount of work to get this far and we really do now see light at the end of the tunnel. We may still be a few years away from kicking a ball at the new ground, but the coming months will see us working closely with The Council on both the design and funding of the new stadium."
Master Plan for new Stadium site - approved by Braintree Council
At their meeting last (Monday) night, Braintree District Council met to consider a recommendation that the Master Plan for North-West, Braintree be approved as guidance in the determination of planning applications.
Braintree District Council's Core Strategy was adopted in 2011. It allocated land at North-West Braintree as a strategic growth location for housing and employment uses. It was proposed that the site could accommodate a minimum of 600 dwellings, 15 hectares of employment land, a new site for Braintree Town Football Club and a spine road linking Springwood Drive with Panfield Lane.
The area of land identified for Braintree Town Football Club is of a sufficient size to accommodate both our re-location and future needs. This would include sufficient space for the stadium and associated parking and facilities. It would be desirable for the stadium site to have a segregated access for away and home fans. The Master Plan indicates two entrances. In order to provide sufficient car parking on site it is estimated that between 300-400 spaces would be required depending on the ground capacity. Sufficient provision for parking for people with disabilities, cycles, motorbikes and coaches will also be required.
The Core Strategy stated that: "The development of the mixed use growth locations will be in accordance with Master Plans to be approved as supplementary planning documents by the Council." At their meeting on Monday evening, The Council voted in favour of approving the Master Plan.
In the future, the Master Plan will be used to determine any future planning applications for the growth location. Further work will continue between the Council, Highways Authority and the developer in order to bring this development forward in accordance with the phasing in the Core Strategy.
Chairman Lee Harding was delighted with the latest news: "We started talking with Braintree Council about our need for relocation as long ago as 2004 and approval of the Master Plan is a major step forward for our new stadium aspirations. The Council have put in an enormous amount of work to get this far and we really do now see light at the end of the tunnel. We may still be a few years away from kicking a ball at the new ground, but the coming months will see us working closely with The Council on both the design and funding of the new stadium."
