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Wealden’s Local Development
Framework Draft Core
Strategy
Councillor Roy Galley
Portfolio Holder for Planning &
Development
Consultation
Issues and Options consultation– 2007
Exhibitions & drop in sessions
Early Parish Plans/ town masterplans
Parish planning conference
Joint LSP/LDF workshop
Parish Panel
Parish Clerks’ Seminar
Consultation ( cont’d)
Spatial Development Options – July 2009
Exhibitions and drop in sessions
Development of Parish bridging templates
Parish Planning Conference
Parish Panel
Joint LSP/ LDF workshops
WDC Member workshops
Evidence
Various Studies:
•Flood Risk, Housing Market, Land availability,
Viability, Retail, Employment, Landscape,
Demographics
Consultation
•Issues and Options 2007, Spatial Development
Options 2009, LSP events, Infrastructure
providers and statutory bodies, Parish templates,
Town Masterplans
•National and Local Guidance and Strategies,
Planning policy Statements, Sustainable
Community Strategy
Evidence (cont’d)
•Infrastructure Delivery Plan
•Sustainability Appraisal
•Background papers-various
Strategy Development
Revocation of South East Plan – housing and
employment targets and replacement policies
need to be justified
LDF Sub July 2010 agreed to seek to Balance
strategic needs of the District, with capacities,
constraints and the aspirations and needs of
local communities
Strategic Housing Need
•Completions WDC 1998-2010 ( 21yrs ) - 9023
dwellings - 429 dwelling per annum
Pop. increase –14,788
•Office Nat.Stats PROJECTIONS –2006-27 (21yrs)
Population increase –16,200, Household increase
14,800
•ESCC trend based projection –2006-26
Population increase –16,934, Household increase.
–11,459, increase in dwelling 11,910
Local Issues
•Land availability
•Accessibility of Settlements
•Environmental Constraints – Landscape and
biodiversity
•Availability of Employment Land
•The need to increase economic growth
•Housing need, including affordable housing
•Infrastructure capacities
•Regeneration
•Aspirations of Town Masterplans, and Parish/
Town responses to consultation
WCS 2 Distribution of Housing Growth 2006-2030
Settlement
Committed
New
Total
Allocation
2006 to
2030
Uckfield
742
1000
1742
Hailsham/Hellingly
1645
1300
2945
Polegate and Willingdon
565
700
1265
Stone Cross
42
650
692
Crowborough
632
300
932
Heathfield
292
160
452
Adjacent to Tunbridge
0
120
120
Rural Villages
971
455
1426
Total
4889
4685
9574
Wells (Frant Parish)
Hailsham/
Hellingly Area
Strategy
Uckfield Area
Strategy
Polegate and
Willingdon and
Stone Cross Area
Strategy
Crowborough
Area Strategy
Heathfield Area
Strategy
8,000
2026
2029/30
2028/29
2027/28
2026/27
500
2025/26
600
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
2018/19
2017/18
2016/17
2015/16
2014/15
2013/14
2012/13
2011/12
2010/11
2009/10
2008/09
2007/08
2006/07
Housing Trajectory
800
700
Projected completions
on greenfield sites
Projected completions
on brownfield sites
400
300
200
100
0
WCS4 Strategic Development Areas
•SD1: Land to the west of Uckfield
•SD2: Land at East Hailsham
•SD3: Land at North Hailsham
•SD4: Land at Polegate/ Willingdon
•SD5: Land at Dittons Road, Polegate
•SD6: Land at South East Stone Cross
•SD7: Land at North East Stone Cross
•SD8: Land at Pine Grove, Crowborough
•SD9: Land at Jarvis Brook, Crowborough
•SD10:Land at South East Crowborough
•SD11: Land at North West Heathfield
•SD12: Land Adjacent to Tunbridge Wells, in the
Parish of Frant
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
/11 /12 /13 /14 /15 /16 /17 /18 /19 /20 /21 /22 /23 /24 /25 /26 /27 /28 /29 /30
Projected completions
3558
Uckfield urban
extension (SD1)
1000
East Hailsham urban
extension (SD2)
600
North Hailsham urban
extension (SD3)
Crowborough - urban
area (SD8 - SD9)
700
140
South East
Crowborough urban
extension (SD10)
160
Land at Polegate/
Willingdon (SD4)
700
Stone Cross urban
extensions (SD6 SD7)
Heathfield urban
extension (SD11)
Tunbridge Wells
urban extension
(within Frant Parish
SD12)
Villages
650
160
120
455
Figure 9:
Growth potential of rural
settlements and where
development boundaries
will be retained
Note: Development boundaries for
Uckfield, Hailsham, Polegate and
Willingdon, Stone Cross,
Crowborough and Heathfield are
retained
Development of settlement
classification
Issues and Options 2007 – retention of
development boundaries ?
Suggested settlement classification –2007
Proposed rural settlement classification– 2009
WCS6 Rural areas strategy
Development boundaries will be retained at:
Forest Row, Hartfield, Groombridge, Wadhurst, Mayfield,
Frant, Buxted, Herstmonceux, Ninfield, Pevensey Bay,
Horam and Alfriston
Villages :Proposed scale of additional housing to be
allocate up until 2030
Wadhurst – 70 additional dwellings
Frant Village – 20 additional dwellings
Herstmonceux – 70 additional dwellings
Ninfield – 50 additional dwellings
Horam – 100 additional dwellings
Maresfield – 50 additional dwellings
East Dean – 10 additional dwellings
Berwick Station – 20 additional dwellings
Framfield – 25 additional dwellings
Boreham Street – 10 additional dwellings
Ripe – 10 additional dwellings
Selmeston – 10 additional dwellings
Upper Dicker – 10 additional dwellings
WCS7 Effective provision of Infrastructure
The release of land for development will depend upon there being sufficient
capacity in the existing local infrastructure to meet the requirements
generated by the proposed development. Where development would create the
need to provide additional or improved community facilities, services and
infrastructure to mitigate its impact, a programme of delivery must be agreed
with the relevant infrastructure providers which will ensure that these
improvements are provided at the time they are needed. These may involve
coordinating contributions from the development with other investment
streams. This approach will ensure that the necessary improvements can be
completed in a timely manner to support growth.
Arrangements for the provision or improvement of infrastructure to the
required standard will be secured by planning agreement/ obligation, or by
condition attached to the planning consent or by any other appropriate
mechanism.
The adequacy of infrastructure provision in Wealden will be the subject of
regular review with infrastructure providers as part of the ongoing work on the
Infrastructure Delivery Plan. This will include health, transport, utility services,
and education providers and will be reported as part of the LDF monitoring
arrangements in the Annual Monitoring Report.
WCS 9 Rural exception affordable housing
In exceptional circumstances, planning permission may be granted
for small scale affordable residential development in rural areas
outside development boundaries in order to meet an identified
local housing need among those people unable to compete in the
normal housing market.
Suitable sites will be located within or be well-related to a
settlement which either provides reasonable access to local
services and facilities, or has good accessibility to larger
settlements nearby which provide a range of services and facilities.
The scale of the proposed affordable housing development should
be appropriate in relation to the size of the settlement and sites
should not be isolated or intrusive within the landscape. Sites
developed under this policy will be subject to controls on the
occupancy of the housing to ensure it continues to provide
affordable homes which address local housing needs in perpetuity.
The affordable homes will be managed by an approved Registered
Provider.
Timetable
LDF Sub Committee – 19th Oct. 2010
Parish Conference – 3rd Nov. 2010
Joint meeting of PCN/S –10th Nov. 2010
Cabinet – 24th Nov 2010
Full Council 1st Dec. 2010
Submission Feb/ March 2011
Representations – 6 weeks
Examination _ summer 2011
Adoption – early 2012
Any questions ?