A Garden Community is a planned new community which will be a sustainable and attractive place to live, work and visit for all.  

The principles behind a Garden Community is that it is infrastructure-led and this is something we are committed to. This means all the essential facilities and services – like schools, health services, roads and transport systems, and jobs – would all be available as the community grows.    

This is instead of the normal method of continually adding housing developments to our urban areas without the necessary infrastructure or only limited expansion of existing services and facilities. This approach detrimentally impacts our residents.  

Importantly, the Garden Community will not result in any additional new homes that would not otherwise be built in the area.  

To further develop the community feel, residents will have the chance to have a say on the management and maintenance of open spaces and other community facilities within the development.

Community engagement is key to any Garden Community which is why residents from existing settlements will also have the opportunity to have a say on key issues as development takes place.