POTENTIAL changes to controversial plans for 4,000 homes north of Bracknell will be revealed in the coming weeks.

The latest version of Bracknell Forest’s local plan, which includes the proposal to create a huge residential development at Jealott’s Hill in Warfield, will be published in March.

Revisions to the project have been made following a consultation on the most recent version of the plan, which was unveiled in September 2019.

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Now another consultation on the plan — which contains the authority’s policies towards housebuilding, employment space, the town centre and the countryside up to 2036 — is being prepared for the coming months.

The consultation will be agreed after Bracknell Forest Council’s top team sits down to consider the updated plan on March 16.

Max Baker, Head of Planning at Bracknell Forest Council, said: “The public consultation is likely to run from March through to May depending on the exact start date.

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“Details of the consultation dates will be in the Executive report, and the publication version for consultation is currently being prepared for approval by the Executive.”

Any potential changes to the plan to build 4,000 homes at the site of multi-national chemicals company Syngenta at Jealott’s Hill will be unveiled in the latest version of the plan.

The proposal — which would also see a science park, schools and health centres built alongside the new homes all the way up to 2049 — has come under intense scrutiny since being formally unveiled.

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The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, parish councils, and local groups have all voiced concerns at elements of the plan.

And residents and pro-countryside campaigners submitted a petition against the proposal with more than 4,600 signatures at the end of last year. 

Despite this, council chiefs say the development of Jealott’s Hill will support jobs and economic development in the borough, while also boosting the supply of housing and providing infrastructure locally.

The submission version of the local plan was originally slated for summer 2020 but the coronavirus pandemic delayed its publication.

Other major developments within the plan could include any proposals for The Peel Centre, which the News understands is being considered as a mixed-use site for housing and retail.

Following the next consultation, the plan is likely to be submitted to an inspector by early summer 2021 and formally adopted by the council from late 2021 to early 2022.

Back in November 2020, BFC chief executive Timothy Wheadon said the plan was “very thorough” and “very well thought-through.”