Salden Chase
The expansion plans for Milton Keynes designated Newton Longville to be the centre of a large development district known for planning purposes as the "Southern Expansion Area" in 2004. However, the Planning Inspector's comment on the South East regional plan advised that the railway between Bletchley and Oxford just north of the village should mark the southern boundary of any expansion of the urban area.
In 2009 Buckinghamshire County Council proposed a new settlement called "Salden Chase", right up to the administrative county boundary. This will adjoin Milton Keynes at Far Bletchley and fit between the A421 road and the railway, thus preserving the railway as the southern boundary of (greater) Milton Keynes. For statistical purposes it will be part of the Milton Keynes urban area although it is in Aylesbury Vale.
The same plans propose a new Newton Longville railway station on the line when it reopens as part of the East West Rail Link proposal. The planning guidance for Sladen Chase also requires that provision be made for a new road connecting the A421 road at the Snelshall Street (V1) roundabout with the new A4146 road beside the West Coast Main Line railway. This will pass north-east of Newton Longville.
Following the 2010 United Kingdom general election, the new coalition government cancelled the outgoing Labour government's regional housing targets. The proponents of the development withdrew the application in March 2011; there are no other proposals for the area.
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