New reference number: 2.02h

SHELAA reference: WS044

Location: land to the north of Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds

Site area: 7.9 hectares

Preferred options indicative capacity: 120 dwellings

Site map

Policy and capacity considerations

1. Located to the south of the Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds railway line and north of Mount Road and comprises an arable field.
2. Site lies partially adjacent to the settlement boundary.
3. Deliver a 25 metre landscape buffer with the railway to the north.
4. Retain and enhance the existing boundary features with appropriate buffers
5. an appropriate landscaping buffer to countryside to the east will be a key consideration.
6. Provide new hedgerows to the western end of the southern boundary.
7. Ongoing discussions with infrastructure providers will establish and define infrastructure requirements generated by the site.

Site ma

Policy capacity and considerations

1. The site lies west of Rougham Road and comprises 15 hectares of land, which is identified in the existing St Edmundsbury Bury Vision 2031 for use as amenity public open space for informal outdoor recreation.
2. The site forms an important open area for both biodiversity and recreational access, which forms part of the Lark Valley corridor.
3. The area has potential to cater for informal recreation and habitat improvement, securing its future as publicly accessible open space for the benefit of the town as a whole.
4. Proposals will be supported that promote public access to the land for recreational use and the provision of a cycle route and footpath linking Rougham Road and cycle route 51.