Micheldever Station Market Town - The Facts

Micheldever Station Market Town will be a sustainable new town, located in central Hampshire. Without any need for public expenditure, it will help to satisfy unmet demand for housing in the county whilst providing for the physical and community infrastructure required by its 28,500 residents and its businesses.

  • Location: Micheldever Station benefits from a unique location on a main railway line, with an existing station, adjacent to inter-urban bus routes, surrounded by existing main roads with spare capacity. It will be very well connected by public transport to Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover. Existing tree belts and the topography of the surrounding land means that the new community will be assimilated into the surrounding landscape
  • Sustainability: All the housing, retail, commercial and industrial premises, schools and other buildings in Micheldever Station Market Town are planned and will be constructed to the highest environmental standards. The town will employ renewable and CHP technology, make very efficient use of water and effectively dispose of its waste. Awareness of energy efficiency and the wider environment will be promoted amongst residents and businesses. The new market town will be an exemplar in key areas of sustainable technology
  • Infrastructure and new homes: We plan to deliver a sustainable community of 12,500 new homes, including 5,000 affordable homes. Much of the physical infrastructure needed for the new market town already exists and the new physical and community infrastructure that is required can be delivered without recourse to public expenditure.
  • Design: The new community will be designed to reflect the traditional Hampshire Market Town idiom preferred by most of the county's residents revealed during widespread public consultation. Detailed plans include retail, commercial and industrial development as well as schools and community buildings which we forecast will provide around 16,000 jobs. The highest design and construction standards will be specified in the design guide, specifications, master plan and development principles documents and new and creative architecture in the town's housing and key public buildings will be encouraged
  • Deliverable: The land to be developed is in single ownership and the town can be delivered without complications and delays caused by land assembly.

To summarise, Micheldever Station Market Town has seven key advantages:

  1. Located on a railway line
  2. Good access to the strategic road network
  3. It makes a major contribution to meet the need for affordable homes in central Hampshire
  4. Located in an area where there is an absence of physical and environmental constraints
  5. Located outside the influence of major growth points
  6. Supports the principal economic drivers of the region
  7. All of the land needed for the new Town is managed by a single company

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