Controversial plans for up to 400 homes and a new primary school in Bourne End have finally been submitted.

After delivering hundreds of leaflets to residents in the area back in February, Catesby Estates has now submitted a planning application for new houses and a one-form entry primary school, as well as a multi-use games area, parkland and children’s play area on Hollands Farm.

The developers say 48 per cent of the new homes they hope to build will be affordable housing, while there will be around 6.5 hectares of formal and informal green spaces, sports pitches and biodiversity areas.

The work will also include “enhancements” to existing junctions around the site, as well as new footpaths, cycleways and better public transport routes.

The junction improvements would be made at the Cores End Road roundabout and at the Hollands Farm entrance on Hedsor Road and a new street linking Hedsor Road and the northern boundary of the site – which will eventually connect to Cores End roundabout – will also be built.

At the moment, the plans are only at “outline” stage, so how the houses on the site will look has not yet been revealed.

But Catesby Estates say they want to “limit the impact of the development on the surrounding landscape”, provide a public rights of way network through the site and public access to the orchard at Hawks Hill.

They want a north/south bus route in one or two directions through the site, new footpaths and cycleways and will possibly look at what vehicle or pedestrian access they could provide to the site in Millboard Road and Princes Road.

They also plan to make contributions at Little Marlow Lakes Country Park.

Hollands Farm is a former Green Belt site that was earmarked in the Wycombe District Local Plan for around 467 homes.

A field adjoining Hollands Farm, known as Jacksons Field, is owned by a different developer and there are plans for 75 new homes there.

Keep Bourne End Green, the campaign group set up to fight applications for hundreds of new homes in the village, said they will be reviewing the plans before commenting further, but said it appears that there have been no modifications to the proposals despite a public consultation.

Catesby Estates caused a stir back in February by launching a public consultation just one day after Buckinghamshire Council’s consultation on the site’s future ended.

At the time, Buckinghamshire Council said they “regret” that the developers sent out letters to residents “without our agreement”, adding: “The two consultations are entirely separate.”

To view the full plans and comment on them, go to the Wycombe area planning portal at www.wycombe.gov.uk using reference 21/06215/OUT.