Following its allocation as a development site in the Local Plan, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council as landowners took forward the earliest planning stages, which included extensive community engagement, to set the main principles for the new community at Manydown.

Guided by the councils’ vision and principles for Manydown and shaped through extensive engagement with local communities, the main principles set for the new community through the early planning process include its type, size, the infrastructure to be provided and the vehicular accesses onto the B3400, A339 and Roman Road.

Combining the best features from Hampshire villages and towns with contemporary sustainable design based on ‘garden town’ principles, these main principles are:

Following the signing of development contracts, master developer Urban&Civic part of global charity the Wellcome Trust– leading on behalf of its partnership with Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council – is taking forward the planning of the new community.

For more information, see the website for the new community at Manydown.