Address: Land off Youngwood Lane, Nailsea, North Somerset

Gross Site Area: 7.17 Hectares

Net. Density: 11.43 Units/hectare (82 dwellings)

Client: Taylor Wimpey

Site forms part of the existing Youngwood Farmstead, located on the southern edge of Nailsea & provides an extension to the new & under construction Taylor Wimpey phases to the west. Future new development is also proposed to the east as allocated in the North Somerset Draft Local Plan.

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The site proposals have been informed by the site & context assessment undertaken, with development organised around the centrally located retained farmhouse & structure of open spaces, green corridors & spaces to incorporate the existing extensive tree cover, with areas of woodland & listed traditional orchard, hedgerows & water features. Provision of a reserved corridor for a future link road through the site from west to east to connect to the adjacent developments was a requirement. Opportunities for pedestrian/ cycleway links to existing networks & a sustainable drainage system have also been accommodated within the proposals.

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A total of 82 dwellings are proposed in a variety of house types, sizes & tenures, ranging from 1 bed apartments to larger 5 bed detached dwellings. Dwellings are, predominantly, 2-storey, in a mix of semi & detached forms, with a single apartment block at 2.5-storeys & located as a key ‘gateway’ feature at the southern access point. A lower housing density is proposed to provide development that is at a suitable scale & mass & is sensitively designed around existing features to ensure proposals respect & reflect the local and wider rural context.