Local Plan Publication Version (2 nd ) January 2019 The - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

South Oxfordshire District Council Local Plan Publication Version (2nd) January 2019

• What have we done since we last spoke to

you?

• Key changes to the Local Plan
• Strategic Allocations explained

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The presentation

What have we been doing?

• Council was a signatory to the Oxfordshire Housing and

Growth Deal

• Making suggested changes following Local Plan

consultation in October 2017

• National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF2) 2018
• Changes in circumstances e.g. Oxford to Cambridge

Expressway and the progression of adjoining Local Authorities’ plans

• Updating the evidence base

– A key example is the Site Selection Background Paper, prepared in response to Council decision to reassess potential strategic allocations

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Local Plan Key changes

General changes

• Approach to Oxford city’s unmet

housing needs

• Extended plan period to 2034
• Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal

implications

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Site Selection Background Paper

Fifteen potential sites to assess:

• 1. Berinsfield
• 2. Chalgrove airfield
• 3. Culham
• 4. Grenoble Road
• 5. Harrington
• 6. Land off Thame Road, North Weston
• 7. Land South of Great Western Park
• 8. Lower Elsfield
• 9. Northfield
• 10. Oxford Brook University, Wheatley
• 11. Palmers Riding Stables
• 12. Playhatch
• 13. Reading Golf Club
• 14. Thornhill
• 15. Wick Farm

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Potential Strategic Allocations

• Initial assessment exercise to filter sites

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Potential Strategic Allocations

• Nine out of fifteen potential sites were then assessed in

greater detail

• The detailed appraisal work led to the proposal to include

the following sites in the Local Plan.

• Includes all of the previous draft Local Plan’s proposed

allocations

• Excludes Harington and Thornhill

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Chalgrove Culham Northfield Grenoble Road Land North of Bayswater Brook (Wick Farm/Lower Elsfield ) OBU Wheatley Berinsfield

Key Policy Changes - Spatial Strategy

Clarity provided on how we will deliver growth Science Vale and sustainable settlements (towns and larger villages) remains principal focus Key Diagram included

Key Diagram

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Housing

Key Policy Changes - Housing

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Housing need & requirement Housing supply Towns & villages Affordable housing Density

Key Policy Changes - Housing

Housing need & requirement

Starting point

“Standard method” – Annual figure of 556 homes (2016 projections), or 627 homes (2014 projections)

Uplifting need

Consider: Growth deal, infrastructure, unmet need 775 homes a year, plus Oxford city’s unmet housing need of 4,950 homes

Housing requirement

No further uplift or reduction – 22,775 homes in plan period

Housing

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22,775 homes

Housing need & requirement

POLICY

STRAT2

Key Policy Changes - Housing

Housing supply

4,364 houses built 11,362 allocated or with permission } 15,726

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7,049

POLICY

H1

Key Policy Changes - Housing

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Housing supply

7,049

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New strategic allocations 10,375*

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New neighbourhood plans 1,018

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New housing in Nettlebed 46

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Windfall development 1,300 * In the plan period – 14,400 in total

POLICY

H1

Key Policy Changes - Housing

Housing supply

Strategic Sites

Site In plan period Total size (if different) Bayswater Brook 1,100 Berinsfield 1,600 1,700 Chalgrove 2,025 3,000 Culham 1,850 3,500 Grenoble Road 1,700 3,000 Northfield 1,800 Wheatley OBU 300

POLICY

H1

Key Policy Changes - Housing

Housing supply

Windfall

2011 to 2018: 147 homes a year completed on average 2018 to 2034: 100 homes a year completed on average

POLICY

H1

Key Policy Changes - Housing

Towns and villages

Market towns

Market town Outstanding for Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) Henley on Thames 156 Thame 363 Wallingford

POLICY

H3

Key Policy Changes - Housing

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Market town Outstanding for NDP Benson Berinsfield Chalgrove Chinnor Cholsey 27 Crowmarsh Gifford Goring on Thames 233 Sonning Common 108 Nettlebed Watlington Wheatley Woodcote 131

Towns and villages

Larger villages

POLICY

H4

Key Policy Changes - Housing

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POLICY

H8

500

Towns and villages

Smaller villages

Key Policy Changes - Housing

Affordable housing

Key changes:

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New threshold inside the AONB

• f 5 homes

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50% requirement on edge of Oxford

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Tenure mix now specifies the amount of social rent

POLICY

H9

Housing

Density

Key changes: Now a strategic policy – meaning neighbourhood plans will need to adhere to it Introduces new density standards as follows

POLICY

STRAT12

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Density Sustainable transport hubs and urban centres

Didcot Reading Oxford 70 Dwellings Per Hectare

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Density Market Towns

Henley Thame Wallingford 50 Dwellings Per Hectare

POLICY

STRAT12

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Density Larger Villages

45 Dwellings Per Hectare

POLICY

STRAT12

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Density Smaller villages & other locations

40 Dwellings Per Hectare – Smaller villages 35 Dwellings Per Hectare - other locations

POLICY

STRAT12

Housing

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Density

Net Density 54 dph

Churchill Crescent, Sonning Common

Housing

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Density

Net Density 81 dph

Niagara Road, Henley

Housing

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Density

Net Density 71 dph

East Street, Thame

Housing

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Density

Net Density 66 dph

St Mary’s Street, Wallingford

Housing

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Density

Net Density 47 dph

Westfield Road, Benson

Key Policy Changes – Employment and Retail

Employment

Uplift to address the extended plan period to 2034 Previously 35.9 hectares updated to 37.5 hectares Monument Business Park allocation New Primary Shopping Areas to reflect National Policy change No requirement for Strategic Site Allocations to provide for comparison needs floorspace (Bulky goods)

Retail

Key Policy Changes - Transport/ infrastructure

• New TRANS 1a Policy - reflects Oxford to

Cambridge Arc

• Changes to TRANS 3 to reflect latest position on

strategic transport/ highway schemes

• Changes to TRANS 2/4/5 to reflect new NPPF
• Changes to INF1 and INF4 policies to reflect last

consultation

Transport / infrastructure - Evidence Update

• Transport evidence base updated using

Oxfordshire strategic model with OCC

• Each site will have Transport Assessments at

application stage (Trans 4/5)

• Number of development scenarios tested, with

last scenario including all local plan sites and proposed/ planned mitigation schemes

• Work has helped identify strategic infrastructure

for sites- reflected in local plan policies and Infrastructure Delivery Plan

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Strategic Allocations

Berinsfield

Grenoble Road

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Chalgrove

Culham

Northfield

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Wheatley

Land north of Bayswater Brook

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Proposed allocation to deliver approximately 1,100 homes

Consultation

• Six-week consultation period

7 January to 5pm 18 February 2019

• Planned submission on or before 31 March

2019

• Using new intuitive consultation software;

‘Smart Survey’

• Reference copies of the plan available at 25

locations across the district

• 11 drop-in events in main towns and close to

strategic sites

• Please help us promote our events –

posters / social media / spread the word!

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Drop-in events

Didcot, Cornerstone Arts Centre Thursday 17 January 3pm – 7pm Henley Town Hall Saturday 19 January 10am - 2pm Wheatley, The Merry Bells Village Hall Monday 21 January 3pm - 7pm Culham Parochial School Wednesday 23 January 4pm - 8pm Sandford-on-Thames Village Hall Thursday 24 January 3pm - 7pm Berinsfield Church Hall (Fane Drive) Tuesday 29 January 3pm - 7pm Wallingford, Ridgeway Community Church Saturday 2 February 10am - 2pm Thame Town Hall Tuesday 5 February 10am - 2pm Chalgrove Village Hall Thursday 7 February 4pm - 8pm Horspath Community Hub Saturday 9 February 10am - 2pm Oxsrad Sports and Leisure Centre, Marston Monday 11 February 4pm - 8pm

Questions?

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