Newton Longville Parish Council

PROPOSED 'BLETCHLEY WEST TMD' ON LAND NORTH OF THE RAILWAY LINE AND WEST OF WHADDON ROAD

On Tuesday 20/01/2026 the parish council was told by East West Rail (EWR) that Newton Longville was their preferred location for a Train Maintenance Depot (TMD) for the fleet of twenty 5-carriage discontinuous electric trains planned to operate the Oxford to Cambridge passenger services. Buckinghamshire Council, Milton Keynes City Council, our MP Callum Anderson, the landowners and Taylor Wimpey had only been advised the day before.

EWR had apparently started with 36 potential sites, reducing that down to a short list of 5. From that list, Newton Longville came out as the preferred option for the train maintenance depot with the name chosen as 'Bletchley West TMD'. Buckinghamshire Council and Newton Longville Parish Council have been provided with the report which explains the methodology used and the relative scores for the short-listed options.

The layout for the site has still to be confirmed but the allocated area, which is north of the railway line to the west of Whaddon Road, appears to fall 60% within the Newton Longville parish boundary and 40% within Mursley. At the Whaddon Road end it would be just over the other side of the road from the Salden Place development and around 800 metres from the start of the 30mph speed limit zone coming into the village.

So far EWR have provided two possible layouts for the TMD, but stress that there are other options within the same area so the design has still to be finalised. As below, Layout 1 puts the majority of the facilities close to Whaddon Road with the access track coming in from the west (Winslow end). Layout 2 is almost a mirror image, with the depot building and sidings at the Mursley end and the access from the east (Bletchley end).

Gladman application 24/01220/AOP | Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for means of access for the erection of up to 50 dwellings, with public open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage system (SuDS) and vehicular access point. | Land off Drayton Road, Newton Longville, Buckinghamshire.

Latest update 14/01/2026

We have been disappointed to learn today (14/01/2026) that Buckinghamshire Council still intend to delegate the decision on the Gladman application (land off Drayton Road on the corner with Westbrook End to the planning officer. Our Buckinghamshire Council ward councillor Jilly Jordan had intervened on our behalf, having made the original request for a call-in to the planning committee. We are now considering the options open to us and would encourage residents who are concerned about this unfortunate development to attend the next parish council monthly meeting on Monday 19/01/2026 which is in the Free Church (Bletchley Road) starting at 7pm. Jilly says she will be there for the start of the meeting and will be ready and willing to listen to your concerns. The parish council will then make a decision on what action or actions we wish to take on behalf of the village.

The officer report may be downloaded here or all the application documents may accessed on the Buckinghamshire Council (Aylesbury Vale) Planning Portal.

The next scheduled Parish Council meeting is due to be held on Monday 16th February 2026 at the Free Church at 7pm. There is a special meeting on Monday 26th January at the Free Church at 7pm, mainly to finalise the budget and precept, there will also be an update on the Gladman planning application and on East West Rail.