Developer reveals 1,200-home plan on farmland site

Basic proposals to build a development of 1,200 homes on the outskirts of Reading have been revealed.

Developer Gladman wants to build the homes on land east of Emmer Green and Play Hatch, on the north-east edge of Reading on the Oxfordshire border.

The development could be made up of affordable homes, with a park and ride off the A4155 Henley Road, more than 8km of new footpaths and cycle routes and a new primary school.

Gladman has submitted a vision document outlining its proposed development for the 100 hectares of farmland to Reading Borough Council.

The document shows the development being delivered in two clusters, with the larger cluster to the south stretching from Henley Road to Caversham Park Village.

The northern cluster would contain an orchard and a country park, and would be connected to Peppard Road and Kiln Road.

Although the site is in south Oxfordshire, the proposal has been sent to Reading council by Gladman for acknowledgement.

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