First plans in for Lillibrooke
Maidenhead: Access application for 225-home development
A long-awaited plan for a major housing development in Woodlands Park has arrived – with an application for a maximum of 225 homes now submitted to the council.
The site is earmarked in the Borough Local Plan (BLP) for up to 300 homes, open space and sports pitches. It is made up of about 16 hectares of agricultural land and woodland.
Woodlands Park Business Park and Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice are located to the south.
The plans by Berkeley Strategic Land Limited are outline – with just access to be considered at this stage.
Nonetheless, the company has given some indication of what else it plans to do on the land bordered by Woodlands Park Avenue and Woodlands Park Road.
It is calling this new site ‘Lillibrooke,’ in light of the fact that the site is an original part of the Lillibrooke
Manor’s estate.
The exact number of homes, the home types and tenure will be determined through future planning applications.
Delivery of the residential homes is anticipated to start in June 2025.
The submitted plans ask the council to consider the new vehicular access off Woodlands Park Road and emergency access off Woodlands Park Avenue, plus pedestrian and cycle access.
The primary access into the site will be from Woodlands
Park Road. Emergency-only access will be provided off Woodlands Park Avenue with restrictions in place.
Visibility at the junction of the two roads will be improved for increased safety.
There is ‘an opportunity’ to improve the existing bus stops, following the rerouting of bus route 7, ‘to encourage sustainable travel’.
There is also an opportunity to provide new footpaths and cycle paths which connect to the existing network, creating links to nearby facilities, the countryside and Ockwells Park.
One feature outlined is a wildlife corridor incorporating marshy wetland ponds, habitats for wildlife and boardwalks. Plans say ‘many homes’ will look out across woodlands, wetlands and green spaces.
W To see all current plans, enter reference 23/00834 /OUT into the Borough’s planning portal at: rbwm. gov.uk/home/planning/find -planning-application