Milton Keynes

The study site

A public transport spine - City Street - is integral to both the study area and project site. The intention is to develop a new pattern of development to promote greater use of public transport, walking and cycling; reduce land take for major roads; and provide housing at a higher density.

The study site is primarily residential and includes the City Street, a community school and local park. The aim is to create an appropriate setting and community for a new Primary School with a strong presence onto the street and to develop an approach to urban design, which can be explored in detail at the project site.

The project brief

The project site is solely residential in use comprising a mixture of apartments, townhouses and semi-detached homes. It includes a section of the City Street along its western edge, an existing wildlife corridor that must be incorporated into a street, a lane providing pedestrian access to the street and two vehicular access points onto the city street.

The City Street is the key movement spine within the new part of the town, and must be designed as both a place for people and the movement of traffic. The highest density development of up to four storeys must front onto the city street with lower densities away from it. A variety of housing types for sale are to be provided.

Development of this site will form part of Phase 2 of the overall Western Expansion Area development and will likely commence in 2008/09.