Bloor Homes - Litttleborough Consultation

Community

The layout of the proposed neighbourhood and facilities will ensure that the site offers:

• A compact and well-designed layout providing recreation and exercise space for all residents within an easy walk.
• Connected green network easily accessible to all.
• Enhanced biodiversity by providing new trees, hedges, and other planting as part of a new green infrastructure network.
• On site school to avoid off site car journeys.

Water Management

The use of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) will help reduce the volume and rate of surface water runoff from the new neighbourhood. The drainage strategy will employ storage methods where viable such as ponds and underground tanks, to attenuate flow, remove pollutants, and ensure that runoff to existing watercourses is restricted according to the existing hydrology of the site. All SuDS elements will be sized to accommodate increased flows from potential future climate change.

Using permeable hard surfaces and attenuation ponds, the site-wide water management and drainage solution will avoid any increase in surface water run-off to the natural watercourses.

Movement

The movement strategy, where possible, will:

• Reduce on site carbon emissions through promoting low impact travel means i.e., pedestrian and cyclist movement.
• Provide sufficient convenient and safe facilities for walking and cycling within the site and into Littleborough town centre.
• Facilities to encourage cycling, such as road designs incorporating safe cycle routes and homes including cycle storage.
• Create a network of safe walking and cycle routes under good natural surveillance.
• Enable residents to use and enjoy space around homes whilst maintaining vehicular access using a ‘home zones’ approach.
• Incorporation of infrastructure for electric car charging provided through the neighbourhood

Waste

The approach to delivering a sustainable waste management system will begin by providing ample segregated waste storage space. External storage for recycled waste will be well considered and integrated into the building envelope or boundary condition to ensure an attractive solution to home-collection of waste for recycling.

Energy and Resources

• Commitment to comply with the Future Homes Standard, based on the best technology available at the time of delivery
• EV charging points and opportunities for e-bike hire
• Super-Fast Broadband (Enabling more Home Working and less reliance on cars for travelling to work)