Milton Keynes Partnership is soon to decide on a bid for outline planning permission by developer Gallagher for 1,600 homes at Glebe Farm off Newport Road, south of the A421, and a further 840 homes to the east at Eagle Farm, alongside the M1.
Par
ish council chairman David Hopkins condemned the application – which at Glebe Farm alone would lead to four times the number of homes already in Wavendon – as premature and called for it to be thrown out.
Work on the reserved sites is not scheduled in the growth timetable for at least another four years.
City councillor Hopkins saw Gallagher as keen to get the green light on the massive scheme in case of an interim change of government and change of policy.
With huge development already underway on the east flank in and around Broughton, a pre-2011 start on the Wavendon sites could put intolerable pressure on local roads and other infrastructure. Milton Keynes Council would struggle to manage the process, he said.
"This development will bring the most significant change to Wavendon since Domesday Book.
"People have known it was coming – it was never 'if' but 'when'.
"Some view it with dismay, despair or resignation.
"Others think it could be good for the area.
"One thing is sure, that in my lifetime I will have seen us go from a sleepy backwater to something akin to a town."
The parish council is calling a public meeting at the end of this month
attended by representatives of the city council and Milton Keynes Partnership.
Warwick-based Gallagher has an enormous stake in the city, already leading development on the west flank, south of Stony Stratford.
The developer said: "The timing of the proposed new development will depend upon the date on which the Milton Keynes Partnership could grant planning permission.
"However, the strategic nature of the site means there are considerable lead-in times, and it is unlikely any housing completions will be achieved in less than one year if planning consent is granted."
