A vision for a new garden neighbourhood We hold an Option Agreement over two thirds of the southern allocated site at Beccles – which incorporates 720 of the proposed homes, as well as employment land, education facilities, retail and other complimentary land uses. The vision for the site is built on the principles of Garden Villages, which are an approach to urban development dating as far back as the 1920s with the creation of Welwyn Garden City. Today, garden villages, neighbourhoods and cities are defined by healthy living, associated community and employment areas and amenities that sustain communities to be self-sufficient. This site brings our decades of experience together, with our team having been involved in creating multiple 1,000+ home communities across the East Midlands and East Anglia regions. Extensive engagement with local communities The site is identified in the East Suffolk plan for a development of 1,250 new homes plus supporting infrastructure. Our outline planning application has been the subject of considerable pre-application discussion with the Local Planning Authority (LPA) and other statutory consultees over several years to address major environmental and infrastructure matters associated with the site’s master planning and development. We’ve also consulted with communities as recently as September 2024. While this delayed submission of the planning application, we saw as part of our development strategy, that these major issues should be resolved prior to submission of the outline planning application – to ensure an earlier and more informed determination once submitted. This is an example of navigating the planning system smartly, of knowing when and and how to submit your application in a manner that will give it the best chance of success. Delivering large-scale sites If approved, Phoenix Strategic Land is also in agreement to promote the commercial areas secured under the planning permission to a range of retail and commercial end users. This is a site that demonstrates the ability of our team to successfully manage large scale development through contracting, promotion to secure an allocation, and the problem solving that is so often a key requirement for major scale residential land promotion.