LAND EAST OF WATFORD ROAD, Crick, Northants

Welcome to Manor Oak Homes’ public consultation website for our proposed new development at land east of Watford Road, Crick in Northamptonshire.

Our Vision: Manor Oak Homes are pleased to announce we will shortly be submitting a planning application for a development of 41 quality new homes including market and affordable housing  and public open space on land east of Watford Road, Crick in response to the recent housing needs survey.

The Proposed Development

The proposed development will seek to deliver an attractively designed new residential scheme of 41 new homes comprising a range of house types, sizes and tenures that exactly meets the requirements of the recent housing needs survey. The Concept Masterplan has been sensitively designed to respect the surrounding settings and provide a landscape led approach to the development:

• Up to 41 homes, 51% of which will be affordable (a mix of Social Rent and Shared Ownership).
• Provision of safe vehicular and pedestrian accesses to the Site from Watford Road and Boathorse Lane.
• A mixture of 1 & 2 Bedroom flats, 2 to 5 Bedroom houses, with up to 22% of proposed houses suggested as bungalows.
• Dwellings to be a mixture of 1 and 2 storey in height, with some single storey dwellings accommodating rooms in the roof on the western land parcel.
• Meandering, tree-lined streets permeate the scheme, accessed via a new junction on Watford Road.
• Pedestrian routes run through the site, linking Watford Road, Boat Horse Lane and providing access to the services and amenities within Crick village.
• Existing high quality trees and hedgerows retained and reinforced with additional planting and maintenance buffers.
• Landscape-led scheme with green spaces providing play area and opportunities for relaxation & recreation and creating a natural setting for dwellings.
• Provision of a Local Area for Play (LAP) on Village Green open space.
• Views toward heritage assets within Crick retained.
• Outward facing perimeter block structure creates strong frontage and provides natural surveillance to spaces.
• Attenuation basins located at low points within each land parcel.
• Dedicated area of land to provide habitat improvement and create Biodiversity Net Gain.
• Appropriate levels of car parking with on-plot, frontage and overlooked courtyard parking areas. Ample visitor parking provided throughout the scheme.

Public Consultation

Stakeholder engagement is a key part of the development process and we are interested to hear residents’ views, ideas and concerns.

Manor Oak Homes and Armstrong Rigg Planning are pleased to confirm a public exhibition at Crick Old School to showcase draft proposals for 41 new homes on land at Watford Road to meet the recently surveyed housing needs of the village. Here you will be able to discuss all aspects of the proposals with members of the development team and provide feedback on our proposals.

The exhibition will be at the following dates and times:

Exhibition and presentation at Crick Old School:

Friday 26 September, 4pm-8pm. 

Car parking available at Crick Village Hall, Bucknills Lane. 

For those unable to attend the consultation event detailed above, a copy of the exhibition boards will be made available at Crick Village Hall as well as on this webpage below after the pubic exhibition.

Exhibition open to visitors at Crick Village Hall:

Monday 29 September, 4pm-7.30pm; 

Wednesday 30 September, 8am to 11am;

Thursday 1 October, noon-3pm. 

For the avoidance of doubt, the development team will not be present at the Crick Village Hall Exhibition.

Data Protection: all contact details and comments will only be used expressly in connection with this consultation.

Next Steps

This consultation exercise precedes the submission of a planning application to West Northamptonshire Council which will seek permission for 41 new dwellings along with access and associated infrastructure.

Residents in close proximity to the site should receive a formal invitation to respond to the application from West Northamptonshire Council upon the submission of the application. Any response you make will be made available to Manor Oak Homes accompanied by Officer advice explaining how we should address any issues raised.