WHINNEY CARR

Plan of site

Lancaster

WHINNEY CARR 

Residential development opportunity for c. 1,000 homes in the early stages of preparation.

The site falls within a wider Broad Location for Growth which benefits from designation in the adopted Local Plan.

Key Stats

  • c. 1,000 new home are proposed.

  • 106 acres of land is owned or controlled by Peel Land.

  • Overall scheme acreage of c. 120 acres.

  • The site sits close to the historic City of Lancaster

  • The site includes a geological feature known as a Drumlin – a mound dating back to the Ice Age which is located in the centre of the site. The Drumlin creates an opportunity to create a vantage / viewing point in the centre of the site, which will be surrounded by open space and green corridors which will permeate throughout the whole site – creating a special, attractive, sustainable and nature rich development location.

  • Priority to pedestrians and cyclists and will

  • provide access to proposed bus priority route and cycle superhighway along the A6 corridor.

Sustainability

  • Adoption of key sustainability principles in both layout and housing design

  • Priority given to pedestrians and cyclists

  • provide access to proposed bus priority route and cycle superhighway along the A6 corridor.

  • Key wildlife and landscape features are proposed to be retained and enhanced.

  • The proposed homes will have high standards of energy efficiency (utilising the latest technologies) and sustainable build.

  • Sustainable drainage designs will be adopted to manage surface water drainage, with likely benefits in terms of reducing flood risk in the wider area.

  • The scheme will include attenuation ponds which will provide valuable new habitat areas, set in attractive open space areas.

  • The scope for a local Heat Network to serve the development is being explored with Peel Energy.