Welcome to Binfield Village Protection Society.

'Binfield has always been a picturesque and pleasant place to live. Part of the attraction of Binfield is the close proximity to the peace and quiet of open countryside with views across unspoiled land. We hope this website will help you to understand more about Planning and Development in Binfield. In our pages you will find a helpful guide to making objections, plus information on a wide range of related subjects from Binfield History, thru' to maps, satellite photographs, and details of key local contacts.

UP TO 3,200 NEW HOMES FOR BINFIELD

Bracknell Forest Council have carried out a study of possible housing sites called a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment. The results have identified eight possible areas for extensions to existing settlements. Two of these are shown on the map and are referred to as possible locations for growth. If all eight potential sites were developed they could provide around 10,000 homes, which is nearly 6,000 homes more than required to meet government targets. This means that residents have a choice and can tell the Council through consultation, how and where Bracknell Forest should grow in the future.

More work needs to be done before any areas are allocated for development but two of the eight locations under consideration are in Binfield. Site 4 could provide 2,000-2,300 new homes on the land between Binfield and the A329m from Coppid Beech northwards. Option 5 replaces the whole of Blue Mountain Golf Course, Driving Range and Wyevale Garden Centre with 800-900 new homes.

Alarmingly, the Council’s preferred solution appears to concentrate almost all these new homes in what they call a “Northern Arc” of development to the north and north-west of Bracknell. Which really means building thousands of homes across Binfield and Warfield:

Unbelievably these 3,200 new homes are in addition to the hundreds already planned for Amen Corner and a further 1,700 proposed for Cabbage Hill, North Warfield.

If these new proposals are approved then we will lose our open spaces, our golf club, and many of the green fields surrounding our village. Our roads, schools and community will be overwhelmed by such massive new development.

Bracknell Forest is currently running a “public consultation” on these proposals from Friday 26th February until 5pm on Friday 9 April 2010. The Council is holding public exhibitions around the Borough where planning officers will be available to explain the issues in detail, the dates and venues for Binfield are:

Binfield Parish Council Offices on March 31st from 10am until noon.
Binfield Library on April 6th from 2pm until 5pm.

The Binfield Annual Parish Meeting will be discussing these proposals. The meeting starts at 8pm on March 25^th in the Memorial Hall. All Binfield residents and welcome, please come along.

Copies of the Consultation Documents and Questionnaire are available at the Parish Council Offices in Benetfeld Road, open 9:00-12:00 from Monday to Friday. Alternatively you can view or download all the documentation from the links below.

Binfield Village Protection Society is currently studying these proposals and we will publish our views and recommendations on this website as soon as possible. Our Alerts Subscribers and members will receive this information directly by email.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Click here to download the SA-DPD leaflet from Bracknell Forest Council.

Click here to access more information from Bracknell Forest Council's website.

SIGN-UP FOR PLANNING ALERTS

In this age of technology, it is no longer effective for BVPS to communicate with residents through public notices, letters and meetings. The planning process is moving quickly and it is usually only immediate neighbours who will be informed of a proposed new development and invited to comment. Often, the first the rest of us know about the new build is when the building actually starts.

Therefore, we want to introduce a fast way of alerting all Binfield residents to development threats to Binfield, to provide valid reasons for objecting (to part or all of the plans), and simple instructions on where you may quickly email short "letters" of objection. We believe that this is THE most effective way to alert Binfield residents of planning applications and to give you the opportunity to help object to inappropriate planning applications early in the process.

To make this work we need to log as many residents email addresses as possible. Please help us protect your village by emailing your name and address to alerts@bvps.org.uk. You can opt out at any time and your personal details will be kept strictly confidential and used only for this purpose. We really can't win without your support.

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