FAQs

The site comprises 88.5 hectares of agricultural land to the north of Bratton, Telford and forms the majority of a wider allocation in the emerging Telford and Wrekin Local Plan Review.

The site is adjacent to existing residential built development to the south. The boundaries of the site are defined by the A442 to the east, the B5063 to the west, existing residential development to the south and open countryside to the north.

Bratton Green is a proposed new neighbourhood to the north of Bratton and Shawbirch, Telford. It forms part of a wider site identified in the new Telford & Wrekin Local Plan to meet local housing need over the next 15 years, in line with government housing targets.

Bratton Green will deliver a new neighbourhood of high-quality net zero carbon ready family and affordable homes, a new primary school, a local centre with a range of community facilities and 2ha of employment space. All set amongst extensive green public open spaces, with a focus on delivering fantastic new outdoor recreation facilities and significant biodiversity enhancement.

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Local Plans are the key documents through which local planning authorities set out a vision and framework for the future development of the area, engaging with their communities in doing so. Local Plans address needs and opportunities in relation to housing, the local economy, community facilities and infrastructure. The Local Plan provides a degree of certainty for communities, businesses and investors, and a framework for guiding decisions on individual planning applications.

Local planning authorities, such as Telford & Wrekin Council, have a statutory responsibility to maintain an up-to-date Local Plan, and national policy indicates that Local Plans should be regularly reviewed, with the expectation this is done at least every five years.

The current adopted Telford & Wrekin Local Plan 2011 – 2031 was adopted in January 2018. With the extant Local Plan now having fallen out of date. Telford & Wrekin Council is in the process of adopting a new Local Plan for the period 2020-2040, in which Bratton Green is proposed as an allocation to meet future growth.

Since work on the Local Plan Review was started, the Government has published a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Published in December 2024, the new NPPF has significantly increased housing targets for Telford & Wrekin. It is therefore important that sites that have been identified as being suitable to meet future housing needs are delivered in a timely manner. Progressing an outline planning application for Bratton Green alongside the process of adopting the Local Plan Review, will enable the delivery of new homes and employment spaces from an early stage in the plan period, ensuring the Council can demonstrate housing delivery.

The emerging outline proposals for Bratton Green being prepared by Bloor Homes would provide:

Up to 1,500 high-quality, energy efficient net zero carbon ready family, accessible and affordable homes
Affordable housing will be included as part of the mix of homes, providing an opportunity for those on lower incomes and first-time buyers to secure a home of their own in Bratton
Opportunities to provide a varied housing mix including accessible homes and bungalows.
The provision of Specialist Older People’s Housing
A new three-form-entry primary school
A local centre at the heart of the development, offering a range of community facilities and mobility hub
Extensive new outdoor recreation facilities including sports pitches and supporting infrastructure
A focus on providing high-quality green space and biodiversity enhancements
A network of landscaped walking and cycling routes on land that has previously been inaccessible to the public
Extensive landscape planting to significantly increase tree cover across the site, contributing to the vision for Telford and Wrekin to become a Forest Community by 2040.
2ha of employment space
A package of local highways improvements
Significant investment to support local infrastructure, including healthcare, education, sports and leisure, etc.

The planning application being prepared for Bratton Green will be an outline planning application. This type of planning application sets out the broad principles of development, such as concept layout, infrastructure and access arrangements. Details such as house types, architecture etc would be subject to subsequent further planning applications for each phase of the development (called Reserved Matters planning applications). These would involve further consultation with the community.

At this stage, a mix of high-quality, net zero carbon ready homes is envisaged, in a range of styles and tenures. This would include family homes, affordable homes, accessible homes that are adaptable to the changing needs of residents, bungalows, and specialist older people’s accommodation. We would welcome your feedback on the types of homes you would like to see prioritised.

Affordable housing will be included as part of the mix of homes, providing an opportunity for those on lower incomes and first-time buyers to secure a home of their own in Bratton.

It is anticipated that the housing mix at Bratton Green will include accessible homes that are adaptable to the changing needs of residents, as well as bungalows. Specialist older people’s accommodation is also proposed to be located close to the community hub, ensuring older members of the community have easy access to facilities.

Up to 2ha of employment land (Use Class E) is proposed to the east of the Bratton Green site, accessed off a proposed new roundabout to enable ease of access and ensure related employment traffic is not routed through the residential areas. It is envisaged that the employment development will consist of low-density E Use Class to protect the amenity of residents. The massing and design of the buildings would be carefully considered to ensure they are appropriate to the nature and location of the uses.

At the heart of Bratton Green will be a community hub (local centre), featuring a new primary school, potential spaces for local convenience retail as well as other community facilities. Specialist older people’s accommodation is also proposed to be located close to the community hub, ensuring older members of the community have easy access to facilities.

Use the feedback questionnaire to let us know the types of community facilities you would like to see delivered within the Local Centre if possible.

In line with the draft allocation in Telford & Wrekin Council’s Local Plan Review, a new three-form entry primary school will be delivered in the heart of Bratton Green, close to the local centre. This will ensure that the needs of the new community are met without increasing pressure on existing primary schools. Alongside the provision of this new primary school, funding will also be generated to expand secondary school provision in the local area, and this will be determined in consultation with the local education authority through the outline planning process.

Along with other new sustainable communities proposed in the Local Plan, Bratton Green will contribute to the delivery of a new secondary school within the proposed Wheat Leasows new sustainable community.

The provision of healthcare services to support the development at Bratton Green will be determined in consultation with the local NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The creation of a strong connection to nature is essential to developing an enduring community and forms an important focus of the emerging vision for Bratton Green. The health and wellbeing of the residents will be at the heart of the neighbourhood, with an extensive network of green spaces and a significant increase in tree cover across the site.

The extensive landscaped public open spaces proposed at Bratton Green will retain and enhance the site’s existing landscape features where possible. A linear park is proposed east to west through the neighbourhood, off which a more natural open space will be provided along the existing watercourse through the site. The northern end of the site will provide a significant amount of the sustainable drainage features which will be incorporated into the landscaping, providing an attractive recreational route for residents, rich wetland habitats, as well as a buffer to the surrounding countryside. Alongside the retention of existing trees and woodland, there will be significant tree planting across the site, including tree lined roads where appropriate. The site will also accommodate the provision of allotments. The site will provide several play areas positioned around the site within landscaped greens to enable access for all residents within a short walk.

New sports pitches in the north-east section of Bratton Green will provide an important recreational facility for the new neighbourhood and wider community. This is in addition to new pitches and playing facilities that would be provided at the new primary school.

The sports and recreation area will be well connected with the active travel network within Bratton Green. Final mix of provision will be determined alongside consultation with local people and in collaboration with the local authority to ensure they balance with the needs of the community, however our illustrative masterplan proposals envisages a mix of adult and junior pitches and courts. There is also the potential to provide clubhouse/changing facilities which could also serve wider community uses. We would welcome feedback from the community as to the types of sports pitches and courts you would like to see provided.

No, the site at Bratton Green is currently dominated by intensively farmed arable land, which is of low ecological value. The vast majority of habitats of higher ecological value, including woodland, hedgerows, broadleaved trees, tree lines and watercourses, will be retained as part of the proposals, buffered and incorporated into green infrastructure and enhanced with significant additional tree planting. This will deliver a significant increase in tree cover across the site, contributing to Telford & Wrekin’s vision for the Borough to become a Forest Community by 2024.

Along with formally managed amenity habitats, the establishment of additional new habitat is proposed to enhance biodiversity, including water features, wildflower and tussock forming grassland, native species scrub planting, new native species woodland planting, native broadleaved tree planting, new native species rich hedgerow planting, and much more, which will benefit biodiversity and be managed in the long term. As such, it is considered that the scheme will achieve at least a 10% net gain to biodiversity.

The Environment Agency (EA) Flood Map for Planning demonstrates that the majority of the site to the west and east is located with Flood Zone 1, and as such is deemed to be at the lowest risk of fluvial flooding. However, the site does contain areas at medium to high flood risk, and this has been appropriately considered through the Local Plan Review within the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA).

The site will include a number of drainage basins which will be incorporated into the green infrastructure strategy, making attractive features within the open spaces. These will be combined with swales to provide a comprehensive, effective and multi-functional sustainable drainage solution for the site. In addition to managing drainage, these features also deliver biodiversity enhancements through the creation of new habitat features.

A Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Strategy will be submitted with the planning application.

The connectivity of the site will be maximised through provision of a series of access points that prioritise connectivity by sustainable modes (walking, cycling and public transport) and provide safe and suitable connections to the wider transport network. This includes three vehicle access points onto B5063, and two onto A442. These access points will be designed in accordance with relevant local and national design guidance and to accommodate all vehicles that will access the site.

Pedestrian and cycle access will be provided in multiple locations along the eastern, western and southern frontages to enhance the permeability of the site and connect into off-site active travel networks, including the Silkin Way. This will provide connectivity to existing residential areas and local facilities within 2km of the development, including Shawbirch Local Centre, Shawbirch Medical Centre, Costa Coffee and St Peter’s C of E Academy, complementing the facilities that will be provided on-site.

The on-site layout has been designed to facilitate the routing of buses through the development, with stops at regular intervals. These services will enhance connectivity from the site to key local destinations such as Telford and Wellington and may take the form of revisions to existing services and/or new services. A series of active travel (walking and cycling) routes will be provided across the development to facilitate high quality, direct connections for pedestrians and cyclists between key on-site facilities. This will include a mixture of footways and segregated cycle tracks on primary streets, off-road routes with shared footway/cycle ways and on-carriageway cycling along quieter residential streets. All on-site pedestrian and cycle infrastructure will be designed in line with relevant local and national guidance.

A review of off-site pedestrian and cycle infrastructure will be undertaken as part of the outline planning application, in line with local and national guidance and requirements of Active Travel England. This will focus on the key desire lines to/from the site to existing local facilities, residential areas and employment opportunities, as well as adjacent Sustainable Community sites identified in the Local Plan. As part of the access proposals, improved crossing infrastructure will be provided on the B5063 to provide connectivity onto the Silkin Way, a key route for pedestrians and cyclists to/from Wellington.

A comprehensive assessment of the pedestrian, cycle, public transport and vehicle trips generated by the development will be undertaken as part of the outline planning application.

This will include an assessment of the impact of the additional vehicle trips on the local and strategic highway network undertaken in consultation with the local highway authority (Telford & Wrekin Council) and National Highways. As part of this assessment, mitigation measures for locations where the development is forecast to have a significant impact on the transport network or highway safety, will be identified. The findings of these assessments will be contained within a Transport Assessment.

A Travel Plan will also be prepared for the development, setting out a range of measures to support and encourage the use of walking, cycling and public transport alongside monitoring and management mechanisms.

We are at the very earliest stages of the planning process, with an outline planning application being prepared. It is envisaged that an outline application for the site will be submitted during the summer of 2025. For a development of this scale and importance, the process of then determining the planning application could take until towards the end of 2025, possibly into 2026. If outline planning permission is received at that point, we would then need to start preparing Reserved Matters planning applications for the first phases of the development. Assuming the first Reserved Matters planning applications are submitted in mid-2026 and determined later that year, it could be envisaged that work on the first phases could commence in early 2027, with further phases coming forward over subsequent years. We would expect that the development would be completed by 2040.

We want to understand the views and aspirations of people in Bratton, Shawbirch and the surrounding areas to help us shape the emerging proposals. This will ensure our plans are designed to best meet the needs and aspirations of the growing community. We are carrying out in-depth consultation with the community before submitting an outline planning application for Bratton Green.

We have created a purpose-built consultation website – www.bloorhomesbrattongreen.com.

We are also holding a drop-in exhibition of the proposals in the local community. This will take place as follows:

Thursday 22nd May 2025
Admaston Community Centre, Wellington Road, Admaston, Telford, TF5 0BN
2pm – 6:45pm

Once the planning applications are submitted there will be a further opportunity for you to have your say when Telford & Wrekin Council carries out their own Statutory Consultation on our plans.