Another piece in the jigsaw of the New Eastern Village expansion zone could soon fall into place.

Members of Swindon Borough Council’s planning committee will meet next week to debate and decide upon a proposal by David Wilson Homes to build 320 houses at Foxbridge South village.

Foxbridge South is the most southerly of the villages making up the 8,000-home expansion to Swindon.

It will be sited to the east of the Southern Connector Road, which snakes for a mile and a half form South Marston to the Commonhead Roundabout. The village is bounded to the north by the Wanborough Road.

The application by David Wilson Homes shows areas of housing linked together but edged with green spaces and with the existing Liden Wood kept in the centre of the application site.

At the northern edge of the site will be a primary school and a pub. And there will be two children’s playgrounds and a country park.

The developers are keen that the new village works as a more established one would: “We think Foxbridge Village should encourage traditional village and community values; where people can get to know their neighbours, old or young; can share lifts to work or the local shops, use their community hub for summer fairs, jumble sales, and PTA catch-ups, can pause to say ‘hi’ as they pass by, feel they want to support and help each other, know their locality, its history and its place; and are proud to call it their home.”

This application is for outline permission, meaning details of the layout and design of buildings will have to be in another application and that would need approval before work starts, but some illustrations show trees and greenery to be a very visible part of the village.

Council officers have recommended that the committee approves the plan, subject to a section 106 agreement – detailing the contributions the developer will make to infrastructure improvement being settled.

The report to the committee members says: “The main public benefits resulting from the scheme are the delivery of a large number of houses. The proposal would significantly add to the local housing stock, including 48 affordable housing units and provide a local centre.

“There would be contributions towards the transport network and jobs would be created through the construction phase of the development, as well as some additional jobs in the local centre units.”

The committee will meet at 6pm on Tuesday, December 12 at the Civic Offices in Euclid Street.