Masterplan

Our ambition is to create a mixed-use urban regeneration site, with living neighbourhoods that combine homes, jobs, community spaces and high-quality public realm.

Saxonvale is a twelve acre brownfield site at the heart of Frome in Somerset. We aim to honour the site’s industrial and employment heritage which dates back hundreds or years, unlike many sites across the country, which have been lost to private, housing-led developments.

Our MAYDAY Masterplan

Our plan brings together homes, workspace for start ups and growing businesses, mixed use live and work units, heritage buildings, and public and cultural spaces.

All are connected with a pedestrian priority public realm, designed around people, rather than parking::

• Residential Areas
  • Hill Village Residential Quarter
  • River Gardens
  • East Residential Quarter
    
• Commercial Areas
  • Central Mixed Use Quarter
  • Commercial Zone
  • Historic Merchants Barton
    
• Community Areas
  • Riverside Park
  • Historic Merchant Barton
  • Commercial Zone
  • Central Mixed Use Quarter
  • The ‘Blue Way’ Bridge

View our planning application.

You can view submitted documents, consultee comments, details on our public consultation and our public engagement meeting on Planning Application.

Our policy-compliant, community-led masterplan for Saxonvale in Frome.

• A genuine, mixed-use, town centre extension that Frome deserves.
• 10,000+ sqm of employment space to generate the jobs that Frome needs.
• Target of 50% Affordable homes, well above the 30% policy requirement, and a partnership with Frome Community Land Trust (FACLT)
• Distinctive residential neighbourhoods
• Community-owned assets with any profits to be retained for the community of Frome.
• A master plan focused on sustainability.
• Preservation and reuse of historic structures and buildings.
• Placemaking design and imaginative green infrastructure, including rooftop gardens.
• Pedestrian priority, with parking hidden from view.