Why here?

Introducing Terborne Villagers

LEISURE SPORTS, PLAY, CONNECTIVITY SOCIAL

3 PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY

FACILITIES

FOOD, MEDICAL, SOCIALISING

UTILITIESDIGITAL, WATER, ELECTRIC, HEATING ENVIRONMENT VARIETY OF HOMES

ECONOMICJOBS EDUCATION STUDIO’S, UNITS, WORKHUBS

DELIVERING A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO THRIVE

Healthy People High Value Environment Destinational Commerce

Terborne will only be a successful place if people want to live and work there. Hence, the vision and design of Terborne puts people at the heart of our thinking. Whether people have always lived in the area or moved from elsewhere, Terborne provides a compelling and attractive place to live or work based around the three pillars of sustainability; social, environmental and economic.

Terborne will exemplify how a well designed village can promote healthy lifestyles within a high value built and green environment interspersed with community facilities and enterprise. Terborne will be a village for all; an inclusive community ensuring a wholesome cross section of society. The page opposite illustrates some of Terborne’s likely villagers and why they chose to live here or what they value in the village.

LOCALS STAYING IN AREA

Young Professional (21) FELIX Linda Retired (65)

Finished college in Braintree and wants to stay in local area. Got job at Stansted Business Park. Terborne provided affordable accommodation with terrific public transport to Stansted. Also the gym and cricket club is second to none. Wanted to stay in local area but down size with friends close at hand with added benefits of community, health and local facilities to enjoy. Terborne delivers in all respects, plus she has discovered so many clubs to join.

NEW COMERS

Ezola

Database Professional (38)

Wanted to relocate from Bishops Stortford to give her family more space and opportunities to be healthier and active in a contemporary village. Terborne has a great forest school, community events and so many cycle routes to explore that they never get bored

Business Owner (29)

Mohamed was looking for a more sustainable place to live and work. He is an owner of a small IT Environment Business previously living in London. Terborne provided a great range of live-work units that meant he could set up an office that is mega energyefficient set within beautiful surroundings.

MOHAMED

TEENAGER & CHILD

Lilly and her Dad moved to Terborne after her parents divorced. Lilly loves how she can explore Boxted Wood glimpsing herds of deer whilst gathering her thoughts but then go meet her friends at the community cafe for a salted caramel latte. It truly is the best of both worlds.

Lilly

Secondary School Student (16) DILLON

Primary School Student(10)

Dillon and his family moved to Terborne in a house next to Boxted Wood. He loves using the mountain bike track nearly everyday with his friends. He wants to be an Olympic champion.

Understanding Place The Challenges & Opportunities

Landscape Features

ANDREWSFIELD AERODROME

Boxted Wood is such a valued local landmark. I’m glad it’s being looked after

STEBBING GREEN Boxted Wood

The lake is such an impressive feature for the village. Its a popular place to visit B1256 Stane Street

A120 Blake End Road

River Ter BLAKE HOUSE FARM

Woodland

Ancient Woodland

Watercourses/water bodies

Environment Agency Flood zone 3

Environment Agency Flood zone 2 Landscape Features

The site has a number of distinctive landscape features that contribute to its unique character including Boxted Wood, the River Ter, numerous water bodies and field boundary trees.

The site is located upon gently rising clayland plateau at approx 75-80m AOD (Above Ordnance Datum). Boxed Wood in the north is located upon higher ground at approx 80-85m AOD whilst the River Ter crossing the southern part of the site is around 70-75m AOD.

Boxted Wood is a major asset to the site with opportunities for recreation and leisure within it, as well as ecological enhancement. Importantly, parts of Boxted Wood are designated as Ancient Woodland, which requires a minimum 15m

Large scale arable fields edged by field drain and standard trees

buffer around it as well as consideration of public access to minimise adverse impact. Despite Boxted Wood being designated as Ancient Woodland, the trees within the wood are relatively young being less than 100 years old with various mixes of coniferous and deciduous trees. There are great opportunities to manage the woodland to improve its ecological value, its economic value (i.e. woodland craft, forest school, scout camping, lumber, coppice etc.) and its social value (walks, cycling, hides to watch nature, play, art trails etc.).

The River Ter in the south of the site features as a small brook, almost mistaken as a field drain, that is sourced at Stebbing Green. Opportunities to enhance the river channel for ecology should be explored. Sustainable drainage features, such as attenuation basins could be located in the south of the site feeding collected water into the River Ter at greenfield rates. The river is liable to flooding with parts of the south of the site identified by the Environment Agency’s risk mapping as Flood Zone 2 and 3 with medium to high risk, where development should be avoided. Opportunities should be explored whether flood alleviation could be delivered within the site to help protect communities downstream.

A large lake, just under 4ha in area, was created in the 1980’s in the south of the site adjacent to the River Ter, which is now used for private fishing. This lake is a significant feature of the site and opportunities to open views to the water body, deliver leisure and recreation on

Pond located along field boundary south of Boxted Wood surrounded by self sown vegetation.

the water (i.e wild swimming, fishing, triathlons etc.) and enhance biodiversity along the margins of the lake should be explored to make this feature a destination in its own right.

Between the wood to the north and the river to the south are a number of large scale arable fields either demarcated by ditches, hedgerows, hedgerow trees and/or tree belts. Field boundaries should be retained wherever possible to maintain existing wildlife corridors and carbon capture and designed into streets and public spaces.

Interspersed across the site are a number of ponds, typically found along field boundaries. These ponds are important to retain and should be used to create village greens around them, typical of the local area.

Boxted Wood with mix of management from standard trees to the left and coppiced woodland edge to the right.