The site extends to the A421 to the south and the A1530 and Broughton Brook to the west. The site comprises a total of 405 hectares. There are a number of existing uses within the area including business and employment land and farm buildings but the site is generally low-lying, relatively flat land in agricultural use.

For future development purposes the site has been split into different areas comprising Broughton Gate, Brooklands, Fen Farm and Eagle Farm.

The development will comprise approximately 4,000 houses, 80 hectares of employment land, school sites, community facilities and public open space. The main traffic route through the development will be in the form of a “city street”, which will serve small-scale commercial development. The city street will be a public transport route within which there will be bus prioritisation measures to ensure an effective bus service.

Outline planning permission for residential development at Broughton Gate was granted in July 2005 and Reserved Matters are currently being progressed. Development commenced in autumn 2007.

Outline planning permission was granted in May 2006 for employment use on land at Fen Farm and the first phase, which comprises a warehouse facility for The John Lewis Partnership, is now complete.

Eastern Expansion Area

Planning Documents

Development Frameworks

Download Eastern Expansion Area Development Framework as a PDF (4.57 Mb)

Development Briefs

Design Codes

Planning Applications

04/00536/MKPC - Broughton Gate
Development of 2,055 dwellings, together with primary school, community facilities, commercial centre (use class A1 & A3), open space and associated services and infrastructure (outline).
Status: Withdrawn

04/01069/MKPCO - Broughton Gate
Residential development of approx 1,400 dwellings and local play, mixed-use development, public open space, linear park and primary infrastructure including provision of three access points to the existing road network.
Status: Approved

04/01072/MKPCO - Fen Farm, Nova I
Construction of a logistics/distribution and manufacturing facility with ancillary primary highway infrastructure, the provision of structural landscaping and an extension to the Broughton Brook linear park with an ancillary off-line swale and an on-line ornamental lake.
Status: Approved

04/01244/MKPCO duplicate to 04/01072/MKPCO - Fen Farm, Nova
Construction of a logistics / distribution and manufacturing facility with ancillary primary highway infrastructure, the provision of structural landscaping and an extension to the Broughton Brook Linear Park.
Status: Withdrawn

04/01547/MKPC - Broughton Gate
Proposed bridge over Broughton Brook and extension of H7 Chaffron Way, comprising a new road, footpath and cycleway, a new bridge and associated works.
Status: Withdrawn

04/01587/MKPCO - Sibley Haulage Site
Demolition of existing haulage depot and dwelling and erection of 12 dwellings (outline permission).
Status: Refused

04/01588/MKPCO - Sibley Haulage Site
Demolition of existing haulage depot and dwelling and erection of 29 dwellings (outline permission).
Status: Appeal Dismissed

04/02254/MKPC - Broughton Gate
Erection of bridge over Broughton Brook and extension of H7 Chaffron Way comprising a new road, footpath and cycleway, a new bridge and associated works.
Status: Approved

05/01447/MKPC - Broughton Gate
Strategic infrastructure comprising spine roads and footways, cycleways, earthworks, flood alleviation scheme, strategic open space including linear park, traffic calming and access junctions.
Status: Approved

05/01768/MKPC - Cranfield Road, Wavendon
Temporary (three years) change of use to external storage of motor cars (no hard standing) land fronting Cranfield Road, Wavendon.
Status: Refused

06/00220/MKPC - Brooklands
Residential development comprising up to 2,501 dwellings, commercial centre, hotel, school sites, public open space and associated infrastructure-outline. Detailed application for construction of Brooklands public open space ridge on eastern boundary.
Status: Approved

06/00221/MKPC - Brooklands (duplicate application)
Residential development comprising up to 2501 dwellings, commercial centre, hotel, school sites, public open space and associated infrastructure-outline. Detailed application for construction of Brooklands public open space ridge on eastern boundary. Land at Brooklands, EEA
Status: Withdrawn

06/00222/MKPC - The Glebe
Logistical / distribution office and manufacturing development with structural landscaping and associated infrastructure.
Status: Under Consideration

06/00297/MKPC - Fen Farm, North of A421
Full application for advanced highway infrastructure, comprising four roundabouts, two spine roads with ancillary junctions, footways, redways and ancillary earthworks with swales.
Status: Approved

06/00333/MKPCO - Fen Farm, Nova II
Outline application for the construction of a logistics / distribution facility (up to 45,000 sqm of B2 / B8) with ancillary B1 office space, provision of structural landscaping, extension of linear park and provision of memorial park in Fen Farm, Nova II.
Status: Approved in Principle

06/00408/MKPC - Broughton Gate
Removal of condition 4 of planning permission 04/01069/MKPCO.
Status: Withdrawn

06/00415/MKPCO - Broughton Manor Business Park
Outline application for residential development comprising 72 units.
Status: Approved

06/00416/MKPCO - Broughton Manor Business Park
Outline application for residential development comprising 72 units.
Status: Withdrawn

06/00709/MKPC - Broughton Gate
Application to vary condition 20 [Noisy Site Works] of outline planning permission 04/01069/MKPO that authorises residential development of approximately 1,400 dwellings and local play, mixed-use development, public open space, linear park, and primary infrastructure including provision of three access points to the existing road network.
Status: Approved

06/00780/MKPCO - Brooklands
Creation of advanced ecological mitigation measures and ancillary terrestrial habitat for great crested newts.
Status: Approved

06/00947/MKPC - Broughton Manor Farm
Variation of condition 4 of planning permission 04/01069/MKPCO.
Status: Approved

06/01112/MKPCR - Fen Farm, North of A421
Reserved matters application for the proposed development of a warehouse with ancillary office accommodation, parking and landscaping at land at Fen Farm north of the A421 (Nova).
Status: Approved

06/01636/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 120 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works pusuant to outline application 06/00947/MKC, Broughton Gate, Parcel A.
Status: Approved

06/01698/MKPC - Fen Farm
Construction of water tank sprinkler system.
Status: Approved

06/01825/MKPC - Broughton Manor Farm
Erection of electricity sub-station and associated road access.
Status: Approved

07/00040/MKPC - Fen Farm
Erection of electricity sub-station and associated access.
Status: Approved

07/00119/MKPCO - Eastern Expansion Area
Construction of a new waterway arm totalling 6.5km in length, including routing through Willen Lake, over the River Ousel, canalisation of Broughton Brook and waterway terminus at Eagle Farm North, and provision of associated infrastructure including, bridges, locks, weirs and structural landscaping.
Status: Approved

07/00386/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 94 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works pursuant to outline application 06/00947/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcel J, land off Milton Road, Broughton.
Status: Approved

07/00729/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 137 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works pursuant to outline application 06/00947/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcel F, land off Newport Road, Broughton.
Status: Approved

07/00744/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 105 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works pursuant to outline application 06/00947/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcels H1 & H2, land off Newport Road, Broughton, Milton Keynes.
Status: Approved

07/00855/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 116 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works pursuant to outline application 06/00947/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcel D, land off Newport Road, Broughton, Milton Keynes.
Status: Approved

07/00862/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 88 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works pursuant to outline application 06/00947/MKPC for residential-led, mixed-use development (up to 1,400 dwellings) at Broughton Gate, Parcel B, land off Milton Road, Broughton, Milton Keynes.
Status: Approved

07/00924/MKPCO - Broughton Manor Business Park
Section 73 Application to vary condition 4 of outline planning permission (06/00415/MKPCO).
Status: Withdrawn

07/00935/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 107 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works at Broughton Gate, Parcels G1 & G2, pursuant to outline permission 06/00947/MKPC for residential-led, mixed-use development (up to 1,400 dwellings).
Status: Approved

07/01029/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 216 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works pursuant to outline application 06/00947/MKPC at Broughton Gate, Parcel K, land off Newport Road, Broughton.
Status: Approved

07/01382/MKPCO - Wavendon
Section 73 application to vary condition 10 attached to outline planning application 04/01072/MKPCO, at land at Fen Farm, Newport Road, Wavendon, Milton Keynes.
Status: Approved

07/01429/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 86 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works pursuant to outline application 06/00709/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcel C, off Milton Road, Broughton, Milton Keynes.
Status: Approved

07/01871/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 77 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works pursuant to outline application 06/00709/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcel E, off Milton Road, Broughton, Milton Keynes.
Status: Approved

07/02006/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 73 dwellings, including landscaping, car parking and associated works pursuant to outline application 06/00709/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcel L, off Newport Road, Broughton, Milton Keynes.
Status: Approved

07/02078/MKPCR - Fen Farm
Reserved matters application for development of a warehouse with ancillary office accommodation, ancillary circulation, parking, sustainable urban drainage system, and landscaping.
Status: Approved

08/00027/MKPCO - Fen Farm, Nova III
Outline planning application for the construction of large footprint employment accommodation (B8), an extension to Broughton Brook Linear Park and ancillary, landscaping, roads and infrastructure at land at Fen Farm, north of the A421 and east of the A5130.
Status: Under Consideration

08/00583/MKPC - Brooklands
Construction of Phase 1 Infrastructure including roads, ancillary junctions, footways, redways and ancillary landscaping.
Status: Approved

08/00639/MKPCR - Land at Fen Farm
Reserved matters application for warehousing with ancillary office accommodation (45,179 square metres) with ancillary circulation, maintenance buildings, associated sustainable urban drainage system, landscaping and parking.
Status: Approved

08/00758/MKPCR - Magna Park
Proposed vehicle-washer with screening and pump house, and fuel island with tank, all ancillary to the approved distribution centre use (John Lewis) at Magna Park, Fen Street, Wavendon.
Status: Approved

08/00879/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for 191 dwellings and associated roads pursuant to outline permission 06/00709/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcels I1 & I2, off Newport Road.
Status: Approved

08/01078/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Proposed re-plan (79 dwellings) of part of previously approved scheme for residential development and associated roads pursuant to outline permission 06/00709/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcel A, off Newport Road.
Status: Approved

08/01331/MKPC - Brooklands Meadows
Change of use from former agricultural land to a sustainable urban drainage system with ancillary roads, footpaths and landscaping at Brooklands Meadows Linear Park.
Status: Approved

09/00141/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Reserved matters application for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of 6 dwellings (plot nos 19, 27, 28, 35, 56 and 58) pursuant to outline permission 06/00709/MKPC at land off Watercress Way, Broughton Gate Parcels G1 & G2.
Status: Approved

09/00212/MKPCR - Magna Park
Vehicle washer with screening and pump house and fuel island with tank, all ancillary to the approved John Lewis distribution centre at Magna Park, Fen Street, (north of A421) Wavendon, Milton Keynes
Status: Approved

09/00308/MKPCR - Brooklands
Construction of 420 place primary school and 30 place nursery (Phase 1) with associated car parking, playing fields and landscaping at land adjacent to Newport Road, Brooklands, Eastern Expansion Area, Milton Keynes
Status: Approved

09/00604/MKPCR - Brooklands
Erection of foul water pumping station and ancillary vehicular turning area at land adjacent to Broughton Grounds Lane, Brooklands, Eastern Expansion Area, Milton Keynes
Status: Approved

09/00795/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Application for the approval of reserved matters to change the house type for 12 plots previously approved under consent ref. 07/00862/MKPCR: plots 3, 4, 31, 34, 40, 41, 69 and 81 (Rickford to Otford) and plots 32, 33, 75 and 76 (Gorsley to Farnell) pursuant to outline planning permission 06/00709/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcel B, off Watercress Way. Broughton, Milton Keynes.
Status: Approved

09/00860/MKPCR - Brooklands
Reserved matters application for the siting, design, external appearance, means of access and landscaping of Phase 1 Brooklands (Areas BM1 and FS1) comprising 214 dwellings associated with Outline Permission (ref no 06/00220/MKPCO) for residential led mixed use development (up to 2501 dwellings) at Land at Brooklands, to North East of A5130 and North West of Brooklands Farm, Eastern Expansion Area
Status: Under Consideration

09/00900/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Application for the approval of reserved matters for the substitution of 6 no. apartments (plots 1-6) and 2 no. townhouses (plots 80 and 81) previously approved under consent ref. 07/01029/MKPCR and to replace with 8 no. housing units pursuant to outline planning permission 06/00709/MKPC at Broughton Gate Parcel K, off Newport Road. Broughton, Milton Keynes.
Status: Approved

09/00966/MKPCR - Magna Park
Change to approved alignment of Crossley Drive East, Magna Park. Approval previously grantedas a reserved matter pursuant to outline planning permission ref no 04/01072/MKPCO
Status: Under Consideration

09/01029/MKPC - Brooklands
Erection of 3 No. 15m high (19.4m to tip of rotor) wind turbines within school Grounds at Brooklands Farm School Site, land adjacent to Newport Road, Brooklands, Eastern Expansion Area
Status: Withdrawn

09/01034/MKPCR - Magna Park

Reserved Matters Application for the construction of the River Island Distribution Warehouse (Class B8) with ancillary circulation, maintenance, parking, SUDs and landscaped areas at Land at Magna Park, North of the A421, Milton Keynes

Status: Approved

09/01115/MKPCR - Broughton Gate
Application to vary Condition 13-Location of Affordable Housing of reserved matters consent ref. 07/00729/MKPCR to relocate 13 no. affordable housing units from plots 63&64 and 75-85 (changing tenure from affordable housing to private housing) to plots 103-115 (changing tenure from private housing to affordable housing) with no proposed changes to the total number of affordable housing units on site (41 units) or to the external appearance or access of the plots from that previously approved at Broughton Gate Parcel F off Warwick Avenue, Broughton Gate, Milton Keynes
Status: Withdrawn

09/01185/MKPC - Brooklands
Construction of 74 dwellings with associated access, parking and sewers including local areas of play at Land adjacent to Tollgate Cottage, off A5130 Newport Road and Broughton Grounds Lane, Eastern Expansion Area, Milton Keynes
Status: Under Consideration

09/01631/MKPC - Brooklands
Erection of two electricity substations with a fibre optic intake unit and ancillary access at land at Brooklands, Eastern Expansion Area, Milton Keynes.
Status: Approved

09/01848/MKPC - Brooklands
Change of use of agricultural land to a Sustainable Urban Drainage System with formal playing fields, equipped play areas, ancillary landscaping, footpaths, vehicular access and safeguarded land for a canal at Broughton Brook Linear Park and Adjacent Land to the North, Brooklands, Eastern Expansion Area, Milton Keynes.
Status: Under Consideration

09/01916/MKPC - Broughton Gate
Retrospective application to vary Condition 8 of reserved matters consent ref. 06/01636/MKPCR requiring the achievement of ‘Secured by Design’ accreditation affecting 19 plots. At Broughton Gate Parcel A, Milton Keynes
Status: Under Consideration

09/02216/MKPC - Brooklands
Construction of the second phase advanced highway infrastructure including roads, ancillary junctions, footways, public squares and space for future ancillary landscaping and car parking at Land at Brooklands, North of Broughton Brook, West of the M1 Motorway and South of the A509
Status: Under Consideration

09/02273/MKPC - Brooklands
Installation of 2 No. Bio-Mass Boilers with associated wood pellet fuel pit and boiler flue at Brooklands Farm Primary School Site, Land adjacent to Newport Road, Eastern Expansion Area, Milton Keynes
Status: Under Consideration

09/02349/MKPC - Brooklands
Erection of two storey marketing centre within associated car parking and landscaping for a temporary period of 10 years at land at Brooklands, North-East of A5130 and North-West of Brooklands Farm, EEA, Milton Keynes
Status: Under Consideration

Press Releases

First phase of roads infrastructure gets the go ahead at Brooklands
Planning consent has been granted by Milton Keynes Partnership Committee for the first phase of roads infrastructure that will enable the delivery of 2501 new homes at Brooklands, the new community that is being developed in the Eastern Expansion Area.
30 July 2008

New linear park set to grow at Brooklands
Brooklands Meadows, the area that will create a new linear park and incorporate features to provide flood protection for the new community of 2501 homes in the Eastern Expansion Area, has been granted planning consent by Milton Keynes Partnership Committee (MKPC).
19 December 2008

Children's Play Survey

Help us decide on the design and location of new play spaces in Monkston Park by completing our online survey.

Milton Keynes Tariff contributes to low carbon living

The Milton Keynes Carbon Offset Fund, which enables older homes to improve their energy efficiency through subsidised loft and cavity wall insulation, has received its first contribution from the Milton Keynes Tariff.

Walton High reaches final of national competition to design a community of the future

A team of Year 9 and 10 students from Walton High in Milton Keynes has reached the national final of the ‘Developing Sustainable Communities’ competition and will be going to the Royal Institute of British Architects in London on 10 February to make a presentation to a panel of four judges.

Network Rail given the green light for National Centre at Milton Keynes

Plans to develop one of the most sustainable office buildings in the country were given the go-ahead.

National praise for Milton Keynes

Just weeks after being named a Candidate Host City in England’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup™ in 2018, Milton Keynes is in the national spotlight again being praised for coping with the credit crunch in a new report from independent thinktank Centre for Cities.

Welcome announcement of new London to Oxford rail route

The East West Rail Consortium welcomes the official launch of Chiltern Railway’s Evergreen 3 project by The Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis on Friday 15 January. The project will improve commuter journeys and help boost the economy.

Committee and Stakeholder Group meetings

Dates of the next committee and stakeholder group meetings can be found in the Diary.