Boreham Mead Custom Build Residential Project
Location
Land at Boreham Road, Warminster.
Acquired: 1963.
Size: 3.9 acres.
Challenge
- Land originally considered within flood plain.
- Establish principle of residential development.
Strategy
- Appointment of consultant team led by planning consultants.
- Full flood risk assessment.
- Detailed ecological surveys adjacent to SSSI and SAC.
- New highways access design.
- Geotechnical analysis.
- Identified as Frontrunner Project by Wiltshire Council in 2011.
- Full Neighbourhood Planning process commenced with Warminster Town Council.
- Self and Custom Build concept established for residential development.
- Outline planning application submitted December 2013.
Outcome
- Outline planning consent for 35 custom build residential units granted by the Secretary of State in July 2017, following an appeal and subsequent call in.