APPENDIX 1

Manydown Outline Planning Application Update July 2018 Planning application summary

• Phase 1 outline planning application – Submitted 1 March 2017 – All matters reserved, except for main points of access – Approximately 115 public comments in response to the application – Approximately 140 comments in total from the public and statutory consultees Statutory consultee Feedback

Statutory consultee responses

• Transport – detailed junctions and mitigation • Affordable Housing • Drainage • Heritage – Conservation Area setting • Capacity and Building Densities • Green infrastructure – ecology and landscape mitigation • Retail Impact Assessment • Health facilities Public feedback

Public and councillor/parish responses

• Majority from Winklebury and wards • Gypsy and Traveller provision- most frequently cited objection • General traffic concerns - A339 junction impact and loss of woodland, rat running through Winklebury and Rooksdown • Drainage – sewerage treatment and impact on Buckskin • Environmental concerns, lack of detail, noise and pollution Ongoing public consultation

• Drop-in event held in January this year in The Malls in gave residents a chance to hear more about the changes and ask any other questions, with over 600 people attending. This included updates on the revised junctions proposals and Gypsy and Traveller provision. Key updates – June 2018

• Updated description of development (up to 3,520) • Updated junction proposals for A339 and B3400 (no change to Roman Road/Winklebury Way junction) • Updated Affordable Housing statement • Reduction in building heights • Further clarity regarding Gypsy and Traveller provision proposals • Changes in response to NHCCG feedback on healthcare provision Highways A339 Junction

The proposals have now been changed from one large roundabout at the A339 to two medium-sized roundabouts, both with traffic lights. This is designed to improve capacity and the resilience of the junction to cope with rush hour traffic and encourage through traffic to use the A339 rather than cut through Rooksdown. It is now proposed that the B3400 road alignment to the west of the signalised B3400 Junction crossroad junction is changed, connecting with a new additional roundabout at the western edge of the site. The revised proposal improves the capacity and safety of the junction, following discussions with County Council, as the highways authority and allows for the speed limits on the B3400 to be reduced to 40mph. The design of the junctions allows for improved pedestrian and cycle connections from Worting and Oakley across the B3400 and into the new development at Manydown. Quantum, building heights and densities

Description of development updated to make it clear that the application is for 3,200 homes plus an allowance of 10% (up to a maximum of 3,520), as has been tested in the EIA.

Building Heights and Densities The scale of development has been amended in sensitive areas by reducing maximum building heights and bringing development in from the edges. Affordable Housing

Updated Affordable Housing Statement to be submitted in support of OPA on the following basis: Gypsy and Traveller provision

Development of key principles: • This one permanent residential plot for Gypsy and Traveller families would contain five ‘pitches’ and will not include temporary transit sites for Travellers passing through the area. • This permanent site will be well landscaped to create a residential feel and an attractive environment. • The location of the site is being carefully considered to ensure it works for both the existing and new residents and the Gypsy and Traveller communities. It will form part of the new Manydown community, on a suitable plot of land, likely to be within the outline application area, to the west or south of it. • The exact location depends on the final detailed layout and phases of building being agreed. as part of future more detailed planning applications. Other updates

• Education –reduction in the number of potential secondary school sites, from three to one. The preferred location for the secondary school site has been advised by HCC Education • Health - Following further feedback from the CCG land has been safeguarded for a health centre in the western centre (previously east) • Sewerage and Drainage – Further information on the proposals have been provided to the lead local flood authority in response to their objection • Retail impact – Further information has been provided to support the application as requested by the local planning authority • Visual impact – The least visually prominent location for the B3400 round-a-bout has been identified and the potential negative impacts on the strategic gap to be duly considered (signage and light columns). • Ecology - Mitigation measures have been re-visited on the basis of the revised B3400 road alignment • Open Space -The new A339 junction design allows for change to Northern Neighbourhood Park which is no longer dissected by the main street. Next Steps