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Neighbourhood Plan

UB Neighbourhood Plan Update 26th. April 2018

Neighbourhood Plan

VISION STATEMENT ‘To improve the quality of life for those who live in the Villages of Upper Beeding, Small Dole and Edburton by improving and developing the physical environment, developing an inclusive community and enhancing work and leisure opportunities, whilst protecting the historic elements and open spaces of the Parish’

Objective 1 To protect the character, qualities and identity of the landscape setting of the Parish and maintain the distinctive character of the settlements. Objective 2 To support the role of Upper Beeding as a local shopping centre with increased commercial activity, visitors and tourism whilst protecting the character of the High Street. Objective 3 To support the provision of new and improved community, sports, leisure and educational facilities for a wide range of parish needs and to reinforce a shared identity and purpose. Objective 4 To secure the future of the existing employment uses within the Parish and plan for their growth to serve and support the local economy. Objective 5 To plan positively for new housing to meet local needs, in particular for elderly downsizers, that are sympathetic to the scale, topography and character of the Parish and that will not have a detrimental impact on the setting. Objective 6 To develop a green infrastructure plan for the Parish that will improve accessibility for pedestrians, cyclists and safe routes to school and for better links to Bramber and Steyning. To provide access to, and enjoyment of the SDNP as a recreation and leisure amenity. Objective 7 To ensure the built environment, natural environment and areas of biodiversity are protected and enhanced for future generations. This includes protecting areas of open space. Objective 8 To support South Downs National Park Authority in the future planning of the Cement works.

The Pre-Submission Neighbourhood Plan Strategic Objectives

UB Neighbourhood Plan Policies

Policy 1 Spatial Plan for the Parish Policy 2 Housing Allocations Policy 3 Land east of Pound Lane, Upper Beeding Policy 4 Land at southern end of Oxcroft Farm, Small Dole Policy 5 Land at Greenfields, Henfield Road, Upper Beeding Policy 6 Riverside Caravan Park, Upper Beeding Policy 7 Land at Valerie Manor, Henfield Road, Upper Beeding Policy 8 Design Standards for New Development Policy 9 Community Facilities Policy 10 Employment Sites and Supporting Businesses Policy 11 Local Green Spaces Policy 12 Broadband

Non Statutory Community Aspirations

• Consider additional parking improvements and enforcement to increase safety levels for children,

pedestrians and cyclists and improved access for buses and school children.

• Improve access to Hyde Lane from the High Street, Upper Beeding and look at widening the road to

reduce congestion.

• Cycle Lane between Upper Beeding and Small Dole.
• Cycle and pedestrian crossing on the A283 to provide safe crossing on the South Downs Way.
• Improved footpaths and bridleways, notably Windmill Hill, access between Upper Beeding & Small

Dole and the Upper Beeding side of the river to Dacre Gardens.

• Review the state of the bus shelters and the need for one by Small Dole post office.
• Provide improved road safety measures on the A283 on the approach to Dacre Gardens and a

recognised road crossing from the Dacre Gardens side of the A283 to the river side and bus stop.

• Reduce the speed limit to 30mph in those areas of the Parish that are currently designated at 40mph.
• Redevelopment of the sports hall and improvement of the storage/ changing and toilet facilities on

the Memorial playing field for better utility and appearance.

• Create a riverside park along the deeper section of the riverbank by Adur View, extending to the

Dawn Crescent footpath.

• Enlarge the public orchard planting in the Hyde Street open space and possibly Priory field,
• Provide outdoor gym equipment if a suitable location can be found.
• Create a new youth space for the parish.
• Protect from demolition the old school buildings and place the buildings on the community asset

register.

• Protect the loss of existing local retail units including public houses.
• Supporting Green Tourism initiatives to enable local employment opportunities.
• Supporting the redevelopment of garage blocks when they become available for affordable housing.
• Consider sites/buildings to be added to a non-designated list of local listed buildings and heritage

assets.

UPPER BEEDING / SHOREHAM CEMENT WORKS ( SITE10) SITE RECENTLY PURCHASED BY STEVE DUDMAN FUTURE YET UNKNOWN

Community Aspirations for Shoreham Cement Works

• Create a South Downs Visitor Centre with parks, camp site, shops, cafe, youth

hostel, stables, and cycle centre.

• Create a sports centre to include: gym, ice skating, ski slope, swimming pool, rock

climbing, water sports, zip wire, mountain boarding, skate boarding, fun games.

• Music centre / studios & practice venue
• Housing - sheltered, social, affordable, market and high specification
• Working zones for businesses to accommodate existing but in greener

environment.

• Business zone for start-ups, little pods for new businesses to network.
• Bus museum and artefacts/ cement works museum & heritage centre
• Wild life centre and sanctuary for birds, fish & plants. Utilising the river.
• Education & innovative centre for arts, science & technology. – build the skills

required for the local area, to include residential and study facilities for students of all ages.

• House a number of businesses specialising in green energy, companies for research

and manufacture

• Tree top restaurant built in keeping with the country side sourcing its food from

local companies but affordable to all.

• Self-sufficient power infrastructure and sewage works to serve immediate and local

communities.

• Art gallery bringing local artists in to sell their painting and their artefacts.
• Riverside hotel & leisure facilities with jetty.
• Promote businesses offering skilled and semi-skilled employment opportunities for

the local community

• Pump reservoirs.
• Exhibition & Conference Centre, Bike city.
• Vineyards & Winery, Amphitheatre.

• AECOM Housing Needs Assessment resulted in identifying a need for 213

dwellings, or 15 dwellings per year over the Plan Period of 15 years (rounded).

• Due to the environmental and planning constraints in the parish, it is unlikely that

the housing needs figure set out in the AECOM Housing Needs study will be achieved.

• The impact of new housing on areas of flood risk, the landscape setting of the

South Downs, the open countryside and other matters cannot be underestimated.

• Despite encouraging landowners to come forward during the call for sites

exercise, less than 20 sites were submitted.

• From that list, only 9 sites were assessed by AECOM. This is a very small pool of

sites to work with and a hard task to locate suitable sites to accommodate 213 dwellings.

• In all of sites allocated within the Neighbourhood Plan, the yield is proposed

towards the upper end of the range given by AECOM in order to maximise the sites for development whilst protecting the character of the parish.

• In terms of density the average is approx. 30 houses per hectare but does depend
• n the site and could be more or less.

Housing Needs, Call for Sites and Site Allocations

Neighbourhood Plan

Some Sites Identified for Development in UB

SITES RECOMMENDED BY THE PC TO GO FORWARD IN THE NP ARE:

Site Ref. Location/description Site area (ha) SHELAA Ref. NP Recommendation Current land use Site 1 Strip of Land, Smugglers Lane 0.66 SA055 Developable Agriculture, grazing Site 2 Land East of Pound Lane 1.09 SA483 Developable Agriculture, grazing Site 3 Little Paddocks 2.17 SA488 Developable Agriculture, grazing, Site 4 Greenfields, Henfield Road 0.32 – Developable Highways depot Site 5 Oxcroft Farm, Small Dole 1.31 – Developable Farm, agriculture Site 6 Valerie Manor 0.44 – Developable * Greenfield Site 7 Church Farm adj.to Caravan Park 0.56 SA629 Not Developable Greenfield , scrub Site 8 Riverside Caravan Park 0.22 – Developable ** Static Homes Site 9 W of Henfield Road, Small Dole 2.32 – Not Developable Agricultural, residential * With SDNP Support ** With EA Support

All Landowners or their Representatives have been updated on the recommendations and advised that further meetings will be set up with them once the Draft NP has been published.

Upper Beeding Neighbourhood Plan Proposed Local Green Spaces

Ref 2: Hyde Street Green Ref 3: Pepperscombe Lane Ref 4: Priory Fields Green Ref 5: St Peter’s Green & Floodplain Ref 7: Saltings Field Ref 12: Small Dole Playground

NEXT STEPS to DELIVER the NP

• Waiting for HDC to complete Healthcheck on Draft NP, some feedback already provided but

may not be completed until early May.

• Amend Draft NP on HDC’s recommendations and agreement of Consultant, NP Team and PC
• Publicise start of NP Consultation with the Community, other Statutory Consultees (WSCC,

SDNP, HDC, Southern Water , Natural England, Historic England, Environment Agency etc.) This will hopefully be by the end of May.

• Consultation is a minimum 6 week period where all consultees have an opportunity to record

any comments / make representations on the Plan

• The Draft Plan will be available on our website, hard copies will be placed in public buildings

and there will be sessions held in UB and SD where members of the NP Team will be available to explain the Plan in more detail , dates TBC.

• The consultation process will be undertaken (by UBPC) in accordance with Neighbourhood

Plan Regulations

• All comments will be reviewed by the NP Team & PC and possible changes made to the Draft

before being submitted to HDC. HDC will review and carry out its regulation 16 consultation – also a minimum of 6 weeks.

• An independent Examiner will be commissioned by HDC to undertake an examination of the

plan against the Basic Conditions. All representations will be sent directly to him/her for consideration and he/she will produce a report which will hopefully recommend the plan proceed to referendum (possibly with modifications in order to meet the basic conditions).

• The Examiner will recommend if the plan should proceed to referendum but the final decision

will be with HDC. The examination and referendum will be arranged by HDC.

• Referendum could be late 2018 but more likely early 2019