rushcliffe borough council local plan update richard mapletoft planning policy manager february 2015

Rushcliffe Borough Council

Local Plan UpdateRichard Mapletoft

Planning Policy Manager

February 2015

Local PlanRushcliffe

• What stage the Local Plan (Part 1: Core Strategy and Part 2: Land and Planning Policies) is at

• Identify the Core Strategy’s major development proposals

• Identify other key policy requirements

• What’s next for Part 1 (Core Strategy) and Part 2 (Land and Planning Policies)

Rushcliffe Core Strategy (Local Plan Part 1)

• Main strategic part of the Local Plan. Includes key policies and development proposals to 2028

• Requires a minimum of 13,150 homes between 2011 to 2028 (774 per annum)

• Will increase Rushcliffe’s housing stock from 47,350 in 2011 to 60,500 in 2028 (28% increase)

• Draft plan examined by a Planning Inspector, including public hearings in July 2014

• December 2014 – Planning Inspector found plan ‘sound’. Plan then adopted by the Borough Council on 22 December


Legal Challenge

• Legal challenge from Barton in Fabis Parish Council received on 29 January

• Parish Council seeking to have the Core Strategy quashed, on the basis that NPPF Green Belt policy has been inappropriately applied

• Will be heard in the High Court in London, probably within the next few months

• Aligned Core Strategies of Browtowe, Gedling and Nottingham City Council also challenged (by Calverton Parish Council). Due to be heard by the High Court on 24 March


Rushcliffe – great place, great lifestyle, great sport

Member WorkshopStrategic allocation – land south of Clifton

Local Plan Requirements

• 3,000 new homes (all to be delivered by 2028)• 20 hectares of employment• Up to 30% affordable housing. Gypsy and traveller pitches• Neighbourhood centre - retail, education, health and other

community facilities• Significant open space provision


Member Workshop

• Outline planning application received July 2014• Up to 3,000 homes • 20 hectares employment • Infrastructure: neighbourhood centre; 2,500m2 of retail; 2 primary schools;

new community park

Planning application – land south of Clifton


Member WorkshopStrategic allocation – Melton Road, Edwalton


• 1,500 new homes (to be delivered by around 2026)

• Up to 4 hectares of employment generating development

• Up to 30% affordable housing

• Neighbourhood centre

• Community Park


Member Workshop• Outline planning permission for 1,200 homes

granted in 2009 but scheme unlikely to be implemented

• Fresh full planning applications being received, including Bovis Homes – for 388 homes, received June 2014

• To guide this and other anticipated planning applications a ‘Development Framework Plan’ is being prepared

• Main role of Framework to identify how each application contributes to ‘site-wide’ infrastructure.

• To be published in February 2015 for consultation

Planning applications – Melton Road, Edwalton

Bovis Homes – 388 homes


Member Workshop

• 2,500 new homes by 2028 and up to a further 1,500 homes post 2028

• 20 hectares of employment development

• Up to 30% affordable housing. Gypsy and traveller pitches

• Two new direct accesses onto A52

• Open space provision

• Neighbourhood centre – retail, education, health and other facilities


Strategic allocation – land east of Gamston/north of Tollerton


Member WorkshopStrategic allocation – land north of Bingham

Around 1,000 homes and 15.5 hectares of employment development (has planning permission, but development not started)


Member WorkshopStrategic allocation – Former RAF Newton

Around 550 homes and 6.5 hectares of employment development (has planning permission, but development not started)


Member WorkshopStrategic allocation – Former Cotgrave Colliery

Around 470 homes and 4.5 hectares of employment development (has planning permission and development started)

Plus new housing on the edge of main villages:

East Leake – minimum 400 homes (already planning permission for around 700 homes)Keyworth – minimum 450 homes Radcliffe on Trent – minimum 400 homes Ruddington – minimum 250 homes

•Specific locations for development yet to be identified

•Allocation of sites through Neighbourhood Plans prepared by parishes or by Borough Council in Part 2 of the Local Plan



Other key Core Strategy policies – Policy 8 Housing Size, Mix and Choice• Affordable housing targets:

• Core Strategy requires affordable housing on sites of 5 homes or more

• However, recent national policy changes mean affordable housing cannot be asked for on sites of 10 homes or less

– Core Strategy strategic sites Up to 30%

– West Bridgford, Rushcliffe Rural, Radcliffe and Compton Acres

30%

– ‘Leake’, Keyworth and Bingham 20%

– Cotgrave 10%


Other key Core Strategy policies – Policy 4 Green Belt

• Policy 4 (Green Belt) identifies that the following villages will be inset from the Green Belt:

• At present, these villages are ‘washed over’ by the Green Belt

• Inset boundaries will be created through Part 2 of the Local Plan

Bradmore Plumtree Bunny Newton Cropwell Butler Shelford Gotham Upper Saxondale


Next stages…

Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies

• Issues and Options – Summer 2015

• Preferred approach – Winter 2015

• Examination of draft plan – Summer 2016

• Adoption by Council – Winter 2016


Questions?

rushcliffe borough council local plan update richard mapletoft planning policy manager february 2015

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