Draft Planning Guidance Public Meeting 16 July 2019 This evenings - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Princes Risborough Expansion

Public Meeting 16 July 2019

Draft Planning Guidance

• Introduction
• The policy position
• The Capacity Plan
• The Delivery Plan
• Questions

Agenda

This evenings meeting…

Live applications

New Local Plan

“In 2033, Princes Risborough will be a modern, green and accessible market town - with a safe and vibrant community, that strongly reflects its historic roots, rich cultural heritage and special landscape setting within the Chiltern Hills.”

New Local Plan

Area of comprehensive development

New Local Plan Concept Plan

Vision ‘a high quality, vibrant and locally distinctive expansion of the town that will complement and enhance the existing town and respond sensitively to the environmental qualities of the surrounding area.’

Policy PR6 New Local Plan

The existing place

Objectives

Green buffer to retain separate identity of Longwick & surrounding villages Environmentally sensitive homes that meet housing needs Integrate with the town through high quality pedestrian & cycle links Knitted together by green and blue infrastructure New relief road Green heart centred

• n the Crowbrook

New community infrastructure

Urban Design Framework

• Housing areas
• Green spaces
• Local centre
• Schools
• Relief road
• Streets
• Walking routes
• Cycle routes.

Green Infrastructure

Longwick Gap Strategic Open Space Crowbrook Corridor Green Lanes Neighbourhood Open Space SuDS, woodland and hedgerows

Footpaths and Cycleways

Character Areas

• Design approach
• Building types
• Heights
• Materials
• Street character
• Parking
• Boundary treatments
• Landscape and open

spaces

Risborough Town Risborough Spine Risborough Village Risborough Rural Local Centre

Local Centre

Character trait: Building height 3-4 storeys Settlement pattern 35-40 dph Street pattern Formal arranged as a square Style/ approach contemporary Roof arrangements flat or single pitch roof Building materials neutral, muted colours Parking arrangements parking in square, rear or in parking courts Boundary treatments Kerbs, walls/ railings Surface materials high quality block paving/ resin bonded gravel

Local Centre

Risborough Spine

Character trait: Building height 3-3.5 storeys along relief road (2.5-3 elsewhere) Settlement pattern 35-45 dph Street pattern Formal Style/ approach contemporary with traditional references Roof arrangements Flat or pitched roof Building materials more vibrant colours informed by PR context Parking arrangements frontage parking courts, on plot or on street Boundary treatments walls, railings

Risborough Town

Character trait: Building height 2-3 storeys Settlement pattern 30-40 dph Street pattern Formal Style/ approach ‘of this time’ references to local town character Roof arrangements pitched roof Building materials natural and/or local colours and matt finishes Parking arrangements frontage, on plot, on street Boundary treatments walls, railings Surface materials tarmac, resin bonded gravel, tegula type paving

Risborough Village

Character trait: Building height

• max. 2.5 storeys

Settlement pattern 30-35 dph Street pattern Informal perimeter block Style/ approach ‘of this time’ references to local village vernacular Roof arrangements pitched roof Building materials natural and/or local colours and matt finishes Parking arrangements

• n plot, on street

Boundary treatments hedges, railings Surface materials gravel, tegula type paving

Risborough Rural

Character trait: Building height

• max. 2 storeys

Settlement pattern Below 30 dph Street pattern looser less formal, grouped around courtyards Style/ approach rural, agricultural, pitched roof Roof arrangements pitched roof Building materials natural and/or local colours and matt finishes Parking arrangements

• n plot, within

courtyards parking Boundary treatments hedges, 5 bar farm fences Surface materials gravel, tegula type blocks

Streets and Roads

Relief Road

Streets and Roads

Bus Route

Connects

• Stations
• Town centre
• Medical centre
• Local Centre
• Sports Hub
• Longwick

Delivery…

Delivery

Technical work and engagement

Key strands

• Drainage Strategy
• Capacity Plan work
• Traffic modelling of different phases of development
• Engagement with Education and Health
• Viability Appraisal
• Work to secure HIF and progress scheme delivery

Delivery: Traffic modelling

Urban Design Framework

Phase 1

• 553 homes
• Southern road links (Picts

Lane to PREA via Sumitomo)

• Picts Lane/ Shootacre

Lane junction (interim improvement)

• Summerleys Road/

Station Road junction and new rail bridge

• Contributions to education
• First school provided as

part of phase 2

2018/19 – 2026/27

Phase 2

2022/23 – 2027/28

• 653 homes (total after phase 2

– 1206) Early

• Wades park underpass
• Sportsman roundabout

improvement

• Relief road south
• First Primary School
• Strategic Open. Space/sports

hub Later

• Relief road/ Longwick Road

junction

• Relief road north
• Relief Road/ Lower Icknield

Way junction

Phase 3

2027/28 – 2033/34

• 1273 homes (total after phase 3 –

2479) Early

• Grove Lane junction and new

bridge

• Culverton link/ Wycombe Road

junction

• New bus route
• Local Centre
• Second Primary School

Later

• Widening of the B4009
• A4010 traffic management

measures

• Town centre public realm

improvements

Land ownerships and development parcels

• Multiple ownerships
• Only main ones/options

are shown

Delivery Assurance

PREA and HIF scheme

– Multiple ownerships involved. – Delivery easier with a collaborative approach. – But… – Important:

• for delivery
• for Homes England

– December 2016 resolution – Options – Comprehensive approach but not necessarily a comprehensive CPO

Key Infrastructure

Next Steps

In parallel

• Decision on HIF from Homes

England….T&C’s…

• Local Plan Inspector’s report

expected before the end of July - adoption

• Planning applications and

appeals

• Delivery work on the Southern

Road Links

• Ongoing engagement, including

with developers

• Deadline for responses 21 July
• Consider responses
• Seek Cabinet approval by end of

the year

SPD and Collaboration

Questions…

Thank you

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John Callaghan Team Leader (Infrastructure and Projects)

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