Our proposals
A vibrant and sustainable community
Our aspiration for the development at Badsell Farm is to create a vibrant and sustainable community that integrates into the local area, providing additional high-quality new homes and associated infrastructure that will benefit both existing and new residents.
Outline application boundary
Detailed application boundary- 1South Eastern Main Line
- 2A228/Maidstone Road
- 3Tudeley Brook
- 4Badsell Manor
- 5Paddock Wood
- 6B2017/Badsell Road
Key benefits
Key features
The submitted proposals will deliver a number of key benefits including:
- Approximately 520 new homes – 40% of these homes will be affordable.
- A health and wellbeing hub with up to 700sqm of space reserved for a healthcare facility and associated community uses.
- Tennis courts with parking provision as an extension to sports provision north of the site.
- Significant areas of open space including areas for play, wildlife and planting.
- Vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access to proposed sports provision north of the site.
- Sustainable modes of transport including a bus route to provide a new circular route through Paddock Wood and new walking and cycling links.
- A new edge to Paddock Wood in perpetuity that integrates development with the existing landscape features.
- Significant biodiversity net gain with new grassland, wildflower meadows and native species planting.
- Surface water flood resilience through flood betterment and a sustainable drainage strategy.
The site
Site masterplan
- 1Sports facility
- 2Western gateway
- 3Health and well-being community hub
- 4Tudeley Brook corridor
- 5Badsell Manor
- 6Southern gateway
- 7Link to Paddock Wood (eastern gateway)
- 8Eastern gateway
- 9Farmstead groupings responding to open countryside
- 10Landscaped western edge
- 11Water and bridges as arrival features
- 12Sinuous routes and wide verges along main street
- 13Gateway features frame The Causeway
- 14Landscaped tree-lined active link into Paddock Wood
- 15Farmstead groupings and orchards respond to heritage setting of Badsell Manor
- 16Sustainable drainage elements and connecting board walks respond to the western edge of the parcel
- 17Existing Gravelly Way stream and vegetation retained and a positively addressed informal footpath introduced
- 18Active links to the north to access schools and Local Centre
Multifunctional landscape
Ensuring every home is close to open space
Landscaping and green open space is at the heart of the proposals, ensuring every home is in close proximity to open space to help foster community cohesion and wellbeing for all to enjoy.
Red line boundary
Phase 1 boundary
Natural green space (includes existing trees, hedges, Root Protections Areas and associated buffers)
Amenity green space (includes footpaths and cycleways, and elements of the primary movement corridor)
Park and recreational grounds
Play space (children)
Play space (youth)
Allotments
Attenuation
Indicative alignment of primary movement corridor. To include swales and active corridor.
Movement and connectivity
Prioritising active travel
Two vehicular accesses into the Site will be created – one from Badsell Road and the other from Maidstone Road.
“The Causeway” will provide the principal vehicular route through the site connecting Badsell Road to Maidstone Road. It will form part of the proposed Paddock Wood circular bus route and will prioritise active travel through the use of a bus gate as the route crosses the Tudeley Brook.
Active travel
A network of pedestrian and cycle links are proposed to tie in with exiting Public Right of Way (PRoW) and to enable better connections into and from Paddock Wood and Five Oak Green. This includes:
- A new pedestrian and cycle link north of Badsell Road.
- A new link to the east connecting on to Fuggles Close.
- A north-south link will connect the site to the existing PRoW and further to the future railway crossing.
Public Right of Way
Proposed primary active routes
Proposed secondary active routes
Primary vehicular route
Bus only
Secondary vehicular route
Health and wellbeing
A shared sports vision
The Structure Plan for the strategic growth around Paddock Wood, including land in East Capel, identified a new sports hub on land to the north of this parcel together with land being promoted by Crest Nicholson to the north.
The sports provision will continue to be developed through ongoing engagement with stakeholders and adjoining landowners as part of the wider strategic growth proposals.
In accordance with the above, the site will provide car parking spaces for the sports facility together with cycle and pedestrian access to the proposed sports pitches, clubhouse and changing facilities within the north-western parcel located to the north of the site.
Health and Wellbeing Hub
A new Health and Wellbeing Hub (700sqm) is proposed alongside the sports provision to provide a healthcare facility in line with the adopted Local Plan.
Co-located with the sports provision, this area of the masterplan is envisaged to provide healthcare uses such as a doctor’s surgery or ancillary healthcare provision, subject to ongoing discussions with the NHS. There is also potential for a small café or similar complementary use within or adjacent to the Hub.
Sustainable drainage
Effective management of surface water
The proposals have been designed to effectively manage surface water. The system is robustly designed to manage severe weather that happens very rarely, such as a 1-in-100-year storm event and to account for climate change.
The proposals integrate a comprehensive flood mitigation strategy by combining natural landscape features with engineered solutions. This is being developed in close conjunction with Kent County Council as Lead Local Flood Authority and the Upper Medway Drainage Board.
Key measures include:
- Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) and attenuation basins to capture, control and release water generated on-site back to pre-development rates.
- Use of clear-span bridges across Tudeley Brook and drainage ditches to avoid culverting and reduce flood risk.
- Naturalised water meadows and wetlands to slow, store, and filter water flow.
- Enhanced green infrastructure to support biodiversity while improving resilience to surface water flooding.
Existing watercourses
Proposed surface water flow
Proposed attenuation basins
Proposed swales
Indicative area being considered for flood alleviation
Flood zone 2
Flood zone 3
Living in the landscape
Character that reflects the wider landscape
The character of proposed homes reflect their immediate and wider landscape setting and are underpinned by the following objectives:
- Active and healthy living
- Growing produce and community cohesion
- Embracing nature
