Abbey Barn North & South North South Lucy Bellinger Lead - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Abbey Barn – North & South

North South Lucy Bellinger Lead Richard White Rob Harrison Deputy Sarah Nicholson

Principal Development Management Officers

Agenda

Overview of the reserve sites story Abbey Barn South

• Owners and developers
• Site overview and constraints

Abbey Barn North

• Owners and developers
• Site overview constraints

What else?

Overview

• 1954 – Original GB designation in

Bucks

• 1972 – Major extension of GB (incl

around HW – and SM)

• But other RSs remained as White

Land

• So have been in the plan for decades
• High Wycombe Area Local

Plan April 1989

• Wycombe District Local Plan

July 1995

• (Deposit Local Plan December

1998)

• Adopted Wycombe District

Local Plan to 2011

• Core Strategy 2008 - Policy

CS8

• (DSA Update Consultation

2009)

• (Local Plan Options 2014)

Core Strategy Policy (2008)

• Policy CS8:

– Reserves these sites as locations for meeting future development needs – All necessary infrastructure to be provided before release, incl transport solutions

Bringing things up-to-date

• Post-NPPF and NPPG landscape much altered

the balance of decision-making

• Five-year supply assessed against emerging

OAN rather than existing targets

• So WDC no longer has 5-year supply!
• Local Plan to set new target – but scale of

challenge + complexities of DtC means too lengthy a process to deal with RSs

• So vulnerable to planning applications for RSs
• But wanted to keep control – Cabinet

decision to release sites

Cabinet decision

• Planned release of Reserve Sites
• Doesn’t solve housing supply issue – but helps

provide a defence at appeals

• Preparation of development briefs to shape

planning applications –

– So local people can be involved in process – Best opportunity to secure quality and appropriate infrastructure – Liaison Groups, Infrastr Grp + community eng’t

• Cabinet decision process – site visits, decision,

call-in + scrutiny, reaffirmed decision

Infrastructure issue

• Issue raised in call-in – call for Infrastructure

Plans prior to release

• But such work would be part of LP process
• Some infrastr work already carried out eg

traffic modelling

• Cannot require new dev’t to deal with

existing infrastructure issues but only to address impacts of new development

• By releasing sites, can look at strategic impacts

collectively

• Key role for Infrastructure Group

Key technical reports

• Local Plan Options Report 2014
• Supporting technical reports

– Landscape Assessment of Strategic Sites – Strategic Sites Assessment Report – High Wycombe Area Transport Study – Sustainability Appraisal – Other technical work by developers, incl Ecology Reports

• Historic plans and reports

• Delivery and Site Allocation

Development Plan Document.

– DM11 (Green Networks and Infrastructure) – DM12 (Green Spaces) – DM13 (Conservation and Enhancement of Sites, Habitats and Species of Biodiversity and Geo-diversity Importance) – DM14 (Biodiversity in Development) – DM16 (Open Space in New Development) – DM18 (Carbon Reduction and Water Efficiency) – DM19 (Infrastructure and Delivery)

• National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

Abbey Barn South

• Key constraints/issues:

– Woodland ride=Designated Green Space – Accessibility and traffic issues – Coalescence of HW and FH

• Planning history:

– Always been excluded from GB + AONB – Proposed allocation for mixed- use housing (200 homes) and employment in 1998 Deposit LP but then dropped in 1999 Size: 33ha Ownership: Lord

• Carrington. Berkeley

Strategic has option on the land.

Abbey Barn North

• Key constraints/issues: Ecology

(important grassland as well as trees, shrubs and woodland); topography; access; landownership Size: 11.3ha Ownership: The Cain Family; WDC; Andrew and Carol Rogers; Persimmon Homes.

What else?

• Planning in a Nutshell - Training session at WDC Council

Chamber on Tuesday 10th February, at 7-9pm.

• Overview of the planning system for members of the Liaison

Groups, including:

• The legal framework
• Plan-making, decision-making and implementation
• Plans and policies
• General principles
• Implications of plans
• Different policy areas, e.g. housing, transport
• Community engagement

What else?

• This group – site specific issues
• The infrastructure group – townwide issues
• Public workshops
• Pre-application discussions with the developers
• Planning briefs
• Planning applications
• Planning Committee

Thank you for listening.