The Hollies, Off Aldermaston Rd 0.74 Acres of Residential Land in Basingstoke RG24 9LY

The site is of irregular shape and relatively flat. It is bound to the perimeter by fencing and vegetation. Historically, The Hollies was occupied as an outpatient facility by the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust as a part of the adjacent Parklands Hospital. It was acquired by Homes England in 2018 which has subsequently demolished buildings and associated foundations to a depth of 3m with excavations backfilled and a small area of hard standing also remaining. Services are understood to have been isolated to the boundary of the site. Currently access to the site is from Aldermaston Road to the east.
The Hollies sits under the planning jurisdiction of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council with Hampshire County Council as the highway authority. A planning consent was granted in early 2020 for 21 flats including 40% of units as affordable homes with all matters reserved apart from the vehicular and pedestrian access to the site which benefits from detailed approval under reference 19/02449/OUT. The access previously consented shows an extension to Graphite Close from the north west of the site changing to a shared surface material with a 2 metre footway on the northern side of the road, which has a dropped kerb and tactile paving as it enters the site. The design proposes to close off the current vehicle link between the site and the Ambulance Station access road with a walking route remaining to the north of the site and the A340. As the consent was for a fully flatted development, CIL payments would not be required under Basingstoke and Deane’s Charging Schedule albeit a number of contributions and obligations were agreed through a S106 agreement. The planning permission has now expired.