IDP-designed scheme sits 1km north of the village of Overton
An outline planning application has been submitted for up to 400 homes on a former paper mill site in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Overton Paper Mill was first developed in 1922 by Portals Paper Limited (Portals), a company that was producing paper for bank notes for 101 separate governments by the 1960s.
The mill closed in 2022 due to a lack of global demand for its products and following the termination of a contract with its largest customer Basingstoke-based De La Rue - the Bank of England’s currency printer.
Portals, alongside Land Investments Projects Limited, has proposed a mix of one and two-bed flats as well as three, four and five-bedroom houses, with three-bed homes making up 45% of the split.
This mix also includes homes to meet local affordable housing requirements, according to the design and access statement for the IDP-designed scheme.
The brownfield site sits 1km north of the village of Overton, straddling Overton Station and split by the West of England Main railway into two land parcels.
It was previously allocated for development within the Basingstoke and Deane consultation draft local plan.
The scheme’s consultation period is currently open and will run until 2 May.
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