Whitehouse is a district and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

that covers a large new development area on the western flank of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. As the first tier of Local Government, its

community council A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain. In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. In ...

is responsible for the people, living and working in this area of Milton Keynes. It is bounded by Calverton Lane (the Monks Way (H3) alignment) to the north,

Watling Street Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main ...

(V4) to the east, Dansteed Way (H4) to the south and, , a hedgerow line to the west. The district covers (including open space) and is projected to have 4,400 homes and of employment land.

Origins

The ( greenfield) land it occupies was previously part of Whitehouse Farm, in Calverton, a rural parish that is now just outside of the

Milton Keynes urban area The Milton Keynes urban area or Milton Keynes Built-up Area is a designation established by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics. Milton Keynes has no statutory boundary: the 1967 designated area only determined the area assi ...

. In 2004, the Government decided on the further expansion of Milton Keynes and accordingly designated land on the eastern and western flanks for this purpose. Along with the adjacent parish of

Fairfields Fairfields is a district and civil parish that covers a large new development area on the western flank of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. As the first tier of Local Government, the parish council is responsible for the people who l ...

(and Broughton on the eastern flank), this is part of the implementation of that decision.

Electoral ward (Borough)

The Parish falls within the Stony Stratford Ward of the City of Milton Keynes.

Schools

There are currently two schools in the parish: Whitehouse

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and Watling Academy, a secondary school. A new primary school, Watling Primary, is due to open in the area in September 2023.

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