Fresh plans for 380 new homes set to be built in Little Chalfont have been revealed by developer the Hill Group.

The company has outline planning permission to demolish all existing buildings on land in between Lodge Lane and Burtons Lane and construct a mix of new properties.

It has now provided further details of what its new housing estate ‘Little Chalfont Park’ will look like in a new ‘design code’ submitted to Buckinghamshire Council this month.

The 82-page document sets out the appearance of new buildings, roads, paths, cycleways and open spaces on the land, part of which was formerly occupied by Little Chalfont Golf Club.

Plans include a mix of affordable rent, first homes, shared ownership, and private sale properties, with some buildings up to 3.5 storeys high.

There will also be a single-form entry primary school, sports and play facilities, a community centre, a health surgery, and a local convenience store, according to the Hill Group.

The ‘vision’ section of the design code reads: “The homes range from one-bedroom apartments to five-bedroom houses, accommodating a broad spectrum of people and lifestyle needs

“This range ensures that the community is accessible and appealing to singles, couples, families, and larger households.”

The new houses include 152 affordable homes (40 per cent), with 80 for affordable rent, 34 for shared ownership, and 38 one-bedroom first homes discounted to 70 per cent of their market value.

Meanwhile, a retirement village of up to 100 homes is planned, as well as a care home for 60 residents and 15 ‘custom-built’.

The Hill Group also sets out the layout of green spaces in its design code, including the retention of a central area of ancient woodland in Stonydean Wood, which will be surrounded by a 30m buffer zone.

A landscape plan contained in the larger document also shows, communal orchards, growing areas, wetland and grassland planting, a wildlife pond, street trees and other greenery.

In terms of street lighting, the design code says that LEDs must be used, and lights pointed downwards in order illuminate public spaces without causing light pollution.

Other sections of the document set out the specific features of some of housing, including for example that front lawns must measure a minimum of 3m by 3m and that bins must not be stored within garages.

‘Little Chalfont Park’ was originally refused planning permission by the council in April 2022 due in part to the ‘significantly detrimental’ impacts the plans would have had on the landscape.

Officers said the benefits of the scheme taken together ‘do not clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt’.

Some 1,100 individual letters of objection to the plans were also received from the community, along with 110 letters of support.

However, plans to build the 380 new homes were granted permission on appeal by the Planning Inspectorate in March 2023.

The inspector said the benefits of the updated plans presented to him ‘would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the harm’.

He wrote: “The appeal scheme would make a substantial contribution to addressing the authority’s chronic under supply of housing land.”