Please ask for: Antony Spouse Telephone: 01482 613712 Fax: 01482 614804 Email: [email protected] Text phone: 01482 300349 Date: Thursday, 16 January 2020
Dear Councillor,
Economy and Investment Overview and Scrutiny Commission
The next meeting of the Economy and Investment Overview and Scrutiny Commission will be held at 09:30 on Thursday, 23 January 2020 in Room 77 .
The Agenda for the meeting is attached and reports are enclosed where relevant.
Please Note: It is likely that the public, (including the Press) will be excluded from the meeting during discussions of exempt items since they involve the possible disclosure of exempt information as describe in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.
Yours faithfully,
Scrutiny Officer for the Chief Executive
Town Clerk Services, Hull City Council, The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA www.hullcc.gov.uk Tel: 01482 300300 Page 1 of 146
Economy and Investment OSC
To: Membership: Councillors Abbott, Brabazon (DC), Burton, Chaytor, Drake-Davis, Dunstan, Gardiner, Healand, Herrera-Richmond (C), Williams
Portfolio Holders: Councillor Brady, Leader of the Council Councillor Craker, Portfolio Holder for Culture, Leisure and Tourism Councillor Hale, Portfolio Holder for Economic Investment, Regeneration and Planning, Land and Property
Officers: Mark Jones, Director of Regeneration Malcolm Relph, City Economy Manager Antony Spouse, Scrutiny Officer (x5)
For Information: Reference Library (Public Set)
Public Set: Reference Library
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Economy and Investment Overview and Scrutiny Commission
09:30 on Thursday, 23 January 2020
Room 77
A G E N D A PROCEDURAL ITEMS
1 Apologies To receive apologies for those Members who are unable to attend the meeting.
2 Declarations of Interest To remind Members of the need to record the existence and nature of any Personal and Discloseable Pecuniary interest in items on the agenda, in accordance with the Member Code of Conduct.
(Members Code of Conduct - Part D1 of the Constitution)
NON-EXEMPT ITEMS
3 Minutes of the Meeting held on Thursday, 14 November, 2019 5 - 20 To approve the minutes as a true record.
4 City Centre and Local Plan Update 21 - 126 To update the Commission on the performance of the city centre and Local Plan.
5 Director of Regeneration Presentation 127 - 134 To update the Commission on any service, performance, strategy or policy issues that fall within the remit of the Commission.
6 Hull Truck Theatre - Annual Update 135 - 146 To receive the annual update from Hull Truck Theatre.
EXEMPT ITEMS
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Economy and Investment Overview and Scrutiny Commission
9:30 a.m. Thursday, 14 November, 2019, Room 77, The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU12AA
Present: Councillors Abbott, Burton, Chaytor, Drake-Davis, Dunstan, Gardiner, Healand, Herrera-Richmond (Chair), Pritchard (substituting for Councillor Drake-Davis) and Williams
In attendance:
S. Gamble, Head of 14-19 Learning and Skills, Employability, Skills and Participation, Hull City Council S. Tomlinson, Employability and Skills and Participation Lead, Employability, Skills and Participation, Hull City Council C. Howell, Provider Manager, Employability, Skills and Participation, Hull City Council S. Pashley, Principal, Ron Dearing UTC T. Chalmers, Executive Director Employment and Skills, Humber Local Enterprise Partnership J. Blesic, Assistant Director, Human Resources and Organisational Development S. Sloan, Head of Learning and Development, Hull City Council P. Holloway, Arts and Culture Manager, Hull City Council M. Martins, Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer, Freedom Festival Arts Trust A. Codd, Assistant Director, Economic Development and Regeneration, Hull City Council A. Spouse, Scrutiny Officer, Committee and Scrutiny, Town Clerk’s Service, Hull City Council
Apologies: Councillors Brabazon and Drake-Davis
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Minute Number Action to be Taken by 23 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST (a) Scrutiny Officer - AS
Councillor Dunstan declared a personal interest in Agenda Item 5 (Minute 26) in so far as he was a Council nominated Director on Kingstown Works Limited and in Agenda Item 6 (Minute 27) in so far as he was a Council nominated Director on Hull Culture and Leisure Limited.
Councillor Pritchard declared a personal interest in Agenda Item 6 (Minute 27) in so far as he was a Freedom Festival Arts Trust volunteer.
24 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, 17 (a) Scrutiny Officer - AS OCTOBER, 2019
The Scrutiny Officer submitted the minutes from the October meeting for consideration and approval.
Recommendations: Reasons for Recommendations:
Agreed:
a) That the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 17 a) N/A October, 2019, are agreed, and having been printed and circulated be taken as read and correctly recorded.
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25 POST-16 EDUCATION, LEARNING AND SKILLS (a -b) S. Gamble / T. Chalmers / S. Pashley (c -d) S. Gamble / T. Chalmers
S. Gamble, Head of 14-19 Learning and Skills, Employability, Skills and Participation at Hull City Council, S. Tomlinson, Employability, Skills and Participation Lead, Employability, Skills and Participation at Hull City Council, C. Howell, Provider Manager, Employability, Skills and Participation at Hull City Council, S. Pashley, Principal, Ron Dearing UTC and T. Chalmers, Executive Director Employment and Skills, Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (Humber LEP) attended for the item.
The Head of 14-19 Learning and Skills explained that the paper aimed to provide an overview of the current post-16 education, learning and skills landscape, including where we were as a City and what we needed to do to meet current and future workforce challenges.
The Executive Director Employment and Skills (Humber LEP) advised the Commission that the Department for Education had placed a requirement on all LEPs to establish a Skills Advisory Panel to produce local skills data and analysis. Each LEP had received £75k funding to support the process. The LEP had worked in partnership with the Council to develop the commissioning and tender process and a company had now been appointed to carry out the work. The first set of data dashboards had been produced for the region. The data had not thrown up any huge surprises but it was the first time all the data had been brought together under a single banner and presented in such a way. It was hoped that the skills providers would use the data to help shape skills and training provision.
The Employability, Skills and Participation Lead explained that the new Skills Advisory Panels (SAPs) were in essence morphing into the old Employment and Skills Boards. In terms of their remit they had been created to monitor workforce supply and demand within the local economy with a view to ensuring local labour market needs were being met.
The Commission discussed:
i. How much input the SAPs had from pre-16 providers and how the new data had influenced the development of the Industrial Strategy. The Executive Director Employment and Skills at the Humber LEP explained that the main focus was post 16 provision but the LEP did also work with schools. The SAP data sets ran to 39 pages most of which was available in the public domain. The data had been used to shape the ‘people chapter’ of the Industrial Strategy. The Employability, Skills and Participation Lead advised the Commission that the terms of reference for SAPs were prescriptive in terms of membership, and the membership included schools.
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ii. The future for the 40% of Ron Dearing UTC pupils who had not gone into full time apprenticeships. The UTC Principal advised the Commission that the majority of pupils’ who had not entered an apprenticeship had either gone on to university or into work. The links with their employer partners were what made the system so effective. iii. If other schools in the City could learn from the UTC’s approach. The UTC Principal felt it would be difficult to replicate elsewhere given the requirements of the education system and national curriculum. The UTC had been set up in conjunction with its employer partners and they continued to work with them across all areas. The curriculum included the core subjects required by the Department for Education but beyond that they worked with their partners to develop the other elements of the curriculum and the options for pupils. Pupils learnt the theory in the classroom and then applied that theory to real projects in conjunction with employee partners. Her relationship with the employee partners was just as important as her relationship with UTC management team. She felt it represented a culture shift other schools would have difficulty embracing. In practical terms employers had stopped moaning about the skills gap and done something about it. The Employability, Skills and Participation Lead explained that historically most secondary schools had a strong academic base, the development of UTCs allowed for a bit more freedom. Nationally, some UTCs had not done so well, including the UTC on the south bank. The Ron Dearing UTC had to be commended for its approach, including the level of integration and success to date. The UTC Principal explained that the school still had a strong academic base but it offered academic and applied learning with a strong technical element. None of the sixth form qualifications offered were anything less than A-Level standard. iv. Whether the qualifications offered in the City were meeting the demand of the local labour market. The UTC Principal outlined how they worked with partners to shape the curriculum as well as developing an understanding of the individual skills and strengths employers were looking for. v. If the UTC mapped where their pupils were coming from and if it was from all parts of the City, including more deprived areas? The UTC Principal advised the Commission that they took pupils from all the secondary schools in Hull as well as schools in the East Riding. Of their intake, 26% of pupils were eligible for free school meals. They also seemed to attract a lot of children who had been home schooled plus some students from pupil referral units. They were attracting a lot of bright pupils from a range of different backgrounds. The Employability, Skills and Participation Lead advised the Commission that all local authorities were required to write to the parents or guardians of year 9 pupils to outline their options. The UTC Principal explained that Hull City Council also allowed the UTC to write to parents directly in order to outline the UTC offer in more detail, something East Riding of Yorkshire Council did not
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vi. If the UTC was able to target schools they were not getting many pupils from. The UTC Principal explained that while schools were required to let the UTC in, the schools could dictate when the visits took place. She understood schools reluctance to encourage open access given the £5k premium attached to each pupil. vii. How closely the Council worked with schools. The Head of 14-19 Learning and Skills, Employability explained that it was not always easy to gain access to schools following the introduction of the academy system, but they did host events when invited to do so and they were working hard to build relationships. The Employability, Skills and Participation Lead highlighted the success of the ‘Skills Humber Event’ with next year’s event scheduled for March 2020. Last year’s event had been attended by 4500 young people. They were trying to promote careers advice and guidance as the quality of provision did vary. The event had to be commercial in order to pay for itself and ensure they could transport young people to and from the event. The City’s Bond Holders also attended. viii. The influence the Skills Advisory Panels would have at local level. The Executive Director Employment and Skills (Humber LEP) advised the Commission that the panels would produce market led intelligence for schools and providers to utilise.
ix. A query raised during the last update which questioned why more young people in Doncaster appeared to go into apprenticeships, and whether we had been able to identify the drivers for that. The Provider Manager explained that they had followed up the query with Doncaster Council but had not been able to identify an obvious answer. It may have just come down to the dynamics of the local economy. The Commission discussed whether the number of local academy schools might influence how many pupils went into apprenticeships and whether Doncaster was a recognised comparator authority for Hull. Members also queried whether Doncaster had a University Technical College? The UTC Principal confirmed that a Universal Technical College was currently under construction in Doncaster.
x. The relationship between the UTC and its employer partners. The UTC Principal explained how one of the employer partners had taken on 14 apprentices after working closely with the pupils over the course of two years.
xi. The lack of information around the take-up of the apprenticeship levy and the need to educate and support SMEs in utilising the levy.
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xii. If we knew how many of the 107 levy payers in Hull had accessed the funding to train and upskill staff. The Head of 14-19 Learning and Skills explained that they would be able to confirm how much was paid into the levy but they would not be able to confirm how much of that money had then been drawn down. The Executive Director Employment and Skills (Humber LEP) explained how the LEP would welcome more data. It was clear that some businesses did just view the levy as an additional tax. Some employers had maximised the levy or used the levy transfer (which allowed them to transfer up to 25% of their levy contribution to another company in the supply chain). The LEP was also working SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) to raise awareness regarding the levy. xiii. Who had overall responsibility for monitoring the utilisation of the levy? The Executive Director Employment and Skills explained that the Department for Education (and the Skills Funding Agency) oversaw the levy and that was why they were pushing the use of levy transfers. xiv. Support that was in place to help get young disabled people or young people with autism into employment. The Employability, Skills and Participation Lead explained that all local authorities now had a duty to promote supported internships and the Council had appointed an officer to work with young people and local businesses to facilitate that process. Provision had been put in place to help young people with their travel arrangements so they could become more independent. They were also working with the Humber Learning Consortium on a project that helped young people from the age of 18 onwards to improve the transition between further education and the world of work. The Executive Director Employment and Skills (Humber LEP) informed the Commission that the LEP had secured some European Social Fund monies to work with employers who wanted to attain ‘Disability Confident’ accreditation which aimed to increase businesses knowledge and understanding when it came to helping people who needed a bit of extra support. The UTC Principal described how the UTC took on a lot of highly talented children, many of whom were on the autism spectrum, which meant it was essential that they worked very closely with employers from an early stage to build relationships and breakdown perceived barriers.
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Recommendations: Reasons for Recommendations:
Agreed:
a) That the representatives from Hull City Council, Humber a) As per the minute Local Enterprise Partnership and Ron Dearing University Technical College, are thanked for attending and updating Members on the Post 16 Education Learning and Skills landscape, including the development of Skills Advisory Panels and key challenges moving forward.
b) The Commission also welcomes the success of the Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC) and notes b) As per the minute that there may be opportunities for other schools in the City to learn from the UTC’s approach.
c) The Commission continues to have concerns about how business views and utilises the apprenticeship levy, and c) As per the minute will continue to look at ways the Council and partners can encourage local businesses to maximise the levy.
d) That further to the above, the data on levy contributions d) As per the minute referenced at today’s meeting, is provided to Members, with a view to better understanding the total funding pot available to employers in the City.
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26 HULL CITY COUNCIL APPRENTICESHIP LEVY (EXISTING (a -d) J. Blesic / S. Sloan WORKFORCE)
J. Blesic, Assistant Director, Human Resources and Organisational Development and S. Sloan, Head of Learning and Development, Hull City Council attended for the item. The Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development explained that the team had done an excellent job in making sure the Council maximised the apprenticeship levy. The Council did not like giving money back to the Government. The levy was being used to benefit the workforce and help staff progress within the organisation.
The Commission discussed:
i. If there were any areas were the Council was not exploiting the opportunities provided by the levy. The Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development explained that the detail was in the planning, which took place on an ongoing basis. Courses such as the high value leadership programme had helped the Council spend the levy. The number of employees going through the leadership programme would fall over time and the apprenticeship programme would become more diverse. The Head of Learning and Development explained that the provider market was also becoming more diverse which represented a positive development.
ii. If it would be possible to split the figures for social worker degrees sponsored by Adults and Children services in future reports in order to provide a more rounded picture.
iii. Next steps in regard to utilising the levy. The Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development advised the Commission that it would be business as usual moving forward. The Head of Learning and Development informed Members that the Council was the top performing local authority in terms of utilising the levy. Some areas had struggled with the eligibility criteria and she believed there was a need for more flexibility within the system. They had to work really hard to get staff on certain courses, with some staff having to go on unrelated pre-qualification courses (such as maths and English) that were not covered by the levy.
iv. Gaps in apprenticeship provision. The Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development advised the Commission that there were some gaps in provision, including in Human Resources, but they were working closely with the University, Hull College and training providers to meet outstanding demand. The market was growing and more courses were coming online.
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v. The lack of progress in regard to occupational health therapist apprenticeships and whether there would be further opportunities to work with Hull College with a view to developing essential courses moving forward.
vi. The need to ensure the Council could utilise the apprenticeship levy across all of it services, such as Housing Services, which would mean encouraging providers to establish new courses.
vii. If the Council still ran its own graduate training programme. The Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development confirmed that graduate funding ceased in 2011. Legal Services did still run a very successful internship scheme.
viii. The need for future reports to highlight gaps in apprenticeship provision in order that the Commission could focus on those areas and lobby as appropriate.
Recommendations: Reasons for Recommendations:
Agreed:
a) The Commission welcomes the impressive performance a) N/a outlined in the paper and congratulates Human Resources and Council services on the way they have utilised the apprenticeship levy to support and upskill staff.
b) The Commission also notes that there continue to be b) As per the minute gaps in apprenticeship provision in the City and asks that Human Resources works with the appropriate Portfolio Holders to engage with Hull College, in an effort to address unmet demand.
c) That next year’s performance report highlights any c) As per the minute
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ongoing gaps in apprenticeship provision, so the Commission can explore those areas in more detail, and recommend or lobby for change as necessary.
d) The Commission also asks that next year’s performance d) As per the minute update differentiates between Social Care apprenticeships sponsored by Adult Services, and social care apprenticeships sponsored by Children’s services, in order to inform the discussion.
27 FREEDOM FESTIVAL ARTS TRUST – ANNUAL UPDATE (a) M. Jones / A. Burton / P. Curry
M. Martins, Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer, Freedom Festival Arts Trust attended for the item. He introduced the presentation and advised the Commission that the Trust wanted to continue delivering its unique message and connecting with younger people; the new chief executive would take up their post in February 2020; the Trust hoped to maintain the scale of the festival and continue to build capacity; the Trust wanted to be an national and international leader as well as an advocate for the City; the 2019 event had focused on human stories and older people, touching on subjects such as loneliness, identity and empowerment; the Trust aimed to promote community led projects; the Trust was keen to ensure the event remained family friendly with headline data showing 29% of attendees were children; the total audience figure for 2019 was 83,173 with a positive economic impact of £3.66 million; the Trust had decided against organising a large Saturday night show, putting resources into the daytime schedule in order to attract families; a lot of work went into engaging with young people and devolving power to them; core funding enabled the Trust to raise additional income; there was increased competition for funding nationally but the Trust was doing okay; the Trust was just in the process of preparing a four year Arts Council bid; production costs were a drain on the overall budget; security costs for 2019 were £55k; the Trust recognised that there were opportunities to work smarter but at the same time they did not want to compromise the event.
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i. Wheelchair access to Queens Gardens and other scheduled events. The Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer advised the Commission that one of the biggest challenges was working in public spaces, which included identifying and reserving spaces for disabled audience Members. The process was much easier for indoor events. The Trust was continually reviewing and working with other festivals in an effort to improve access and address environmental concerns.
ii. How the economic impact of the Freedom Festival on the City was calculated. The Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer explained that the figures were calculated by undertaking 700 interviews and liaising with local businesses. They had used the same methodology each year in order to produce comparison data. They would be able to circulate the final evaluation report in the near future.
iii. The Trust’s relationship with local businesses. The Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer explained that the Trust worked very closely with the BID. More work needed to be done to ensure local businesses knew the audience would be there but he felt the general level of awareness was improving.
iv. If there were opportunities to increase commercial income to support the festival programme. The Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer acknowledged the comments and explained that the Trust had perhaps been over considerate when it came to exploiting commercial opportunities in the past. They needed to get the balance right between supporting local business and generating commercial income for the Trust. The Commission agreed that there was a need to strike the right balance.
v. If more could be done to market the Freedom Festival. The Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer advised the Commission that it was difficult, funding was finite but they continued to explore options with partners through the Cultural Collisions forum.
vi. The success of the ticketed events, the fact that tickets had sold quickly and whether the Trust was happy with the public response. The Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer advised the Commission that it was another example of trying to strike the right balance, there had been some nervousness, particularly in terms of maintaining the Festival’s inclusivity, but in general they were happy with how the ticketing had worked and the public reaction.
Recommendations: Reasons for Recommendations:
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Agreed:
a) The Commission welcomes the annual Freedom Festival a) N/A Performance Update and congratulates the Trust on its tremendous work and plans moving forward.
b) That as soon as its available, the 2019 Freedom Festival b) As per the minute. evaluation report is circulated off agenda, so Members can better understand the breadth and impact of this year’s festival.
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28 DIRECTOR OF REGNERATION PRESENTATION (a -d) M. Jones / A. Codd
A. Codd, Assistant Director, Economic Development and Regeneration Hull City Council attended for this item. The presentation focused on sustainable enterprise; enterprise development; enterprise statistics; women in enterprise and engineering; youth enterprise; European structural and investment funds; Community Led Local Development.
The Assistant Director, Economic Development and Regeneration outlined the role of the Council and local partners in promoting enterprise in the City; explained that there were 8,295 units paying VAT or PAYE and a total of 6,055 businesses operating in the City; figures for 2017 showed 895 enterprise births at a birth rate of 13% (against 13.6% nationally) and 800 enterprise deaths at 11.6% (against 12.8% nationally); the net position for business births and deaths was better than both the national average and Yorkshire and Humber average.
Various programmes were in place with a view to supporting a greater number of women in enterprise and engineering, with two events held this year; women often faced different barriers to men and as a result bespoke support was necessary; the Peoples’ Panel had been used to identify key barriers; attitudes were starting to change and the Council was trying to play a part in that process; the Council was also working with employers to engage young girls and outline the opportunities offered by a career in enterprise or engineering.
The Youth Enterprise Team was working through the Making Changes for Careers Programme (MC4CP). The programme focused on 16 to 29 year olds and was looking to engage with 82 young people not involved with the labour market, with a view to helping 26 of them set up a business. Grants were available through the Youth Enterprise Bank and they could also access mentoring support. So far in 2019 the Youth Enterprise Bank had awarded 15 Test Market Grants to MC4CP participants, plus 6 grants to other young people setting up their own business (two of which were aged under 18).
In terms of European Structural and Investment Funds the Council was the accountable body for three European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funded business support schemes; the schemes offered a diverse mix of products; they were now approaching 1000 requests for
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support; a new business start-up ICT grant had been introduced in recent weeks; all three schemes were aimed at SMEs within the Humber region; the funding streams were due to cease in June and September 2021 respectively, but extensions had been applied for; a further ERDF grant application was at an advanced stage with a decision expected soon; if successful the funding would see the introduction of an energy efficiency business support scheme which would help Hull based SMEs introduce low carbon measures.
Community Led Local Development was funded through European Structural Investment Funds (ESIF) which consisted of the European Social Fund (ESF) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The funding was used to support people back into work, which was one of the key priorities outlined in the City Plan. The funding was focused on the most deprived areas of the City. Project proposals had been invited in January 2018 and January 2019, and had resulted in 29 projects being progressed to a value of £6 million. Roadshows to publicise the projects were scheduled to take place in 2020.
The Commission discussed:
i. The enterprise births and deaths data, if it was possible to break the data down by size and sector, and whether we were in a position to determine the overall value of the enterprise births and deaths to the local economy over the course of a year.
ii. How the enterprise birth and death figures for Hull compared to that of comparator authorities and whether there was anything we could learn from comparator data.
iii. Receiving the results of the People Panel Survey to a future meeting so the Commission could better understand the barriers faced by women wishing to pursue a career in enterprise or engineering and the level of support currently available.
Recommendations: Reasons for Recommendations:
Agreed:
a) The Commission welcomes the update on enterprise development, including the work that is taking place to a) N/A help women develop careers in business and
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engineering. b) The Commission would like to see more in-depth b) As per the minute enterprise data at a future meeting with a view to better understanding the dynamics of the local economy and how the City is performing in comparison to other areas of the country.
c) That the update also includes the findings from the c) As per the minute People’s Panel Survey, which sought to identify career barriers faced by woman with a view to offering appropriate support and advice.
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Briefing Paper for Economy and Investment Wards : St Overview and Scrutiny Commission Andrews and Docklands
23 January 2020
City Centre Update
Briefing Paper of the Director of Regeneration
1. Purpose of the Paper and Summary
1.1 This briefing note provides an annual update on the City Centre and Local Plan performance. The report summarises activity undertaken over the last 12 months to meet the Council’s ambition to deliver and maintain a prosperous and vibrant offer within Hull’s city centre.
2. Task and Finish Group: Vibrancy of the City Centre
2.1 The findings of the Scrutiny Task and Finish panel into the vibrancy of the City Centre were submitted to Cabinet on 28 October 2019. The recommendations to support the early evening economy proposed within the report were supported by Cabinet and the Council has implemented an action plan to achieve these outcomes. Highlights of progress to date include:
Objective: Continuing to work with local and regional transport providers to improve the current offer, particularly with regards to supporting the visitor evening and night time economy. Progress: Negotiations with Northern Rail have resulted in the addition of a new hourly train service between Hull and Halifax (calling at Leeds). This has increased capacity on the rail services connecting the city to the wider region.
Objective: Closer partnership working to ensure that the city centre remains a safe and welcoming place to visit. Progress: A Police pod has been installed outside the former BHS building and Hull BID has completed the roll out of an updated radio system for local businesses.
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Objective: Working with partners to develop and publicise the Visit Hull website in order to promote ‘what’s on’ and helping visitors to plan their visit. Progress: The Major Projects Place Team releases weekly updates with highlights of ‘what’s on’ which is circulated to all city centre stakeholders, including businesses via Hull BID. The highlights within the newsletter signpost traffic to information on the new Visit Hull website which contains full details on the upcoming city centre activities and events.
Objective: That the Council continues efforts to engage with city centre property owners to help them repurpose and remarket empty properties in the city centre. Progress: The Major Projects team is engaging with property owners and stakeholders within the City Centre Investment Group to encourage take-up of grants available under the Humber High Street Challenge Fund. These grants will fund the repurposing of vacant properties (further information on the scheme provided under the City Centre Investment section of this report). A new shop frontage guidance document for Whitefriargate has also been developed for consideration by the Council’s planning committee.
Objective: That the Council looks to exploit the public space in the new town with a view to increasing footfall and improving connectivity. Progress: The Major Projects team has included proposals within the Future High Street Fund bid to expand the existing city centre events programme and increase animation in the new public spaces around the Albion Square development (further information on the scheme provided under the City Centre Investment section of this report).
3. City Centre Footfall
3.1 Total footfall recorded within Hull city centre for 2019 was 36.2m. Year-on-year comparison recorded a slight increase in footfall between January and April 2019 compared to the same period in 2018 as well as a slight increase in annual total footfall on Jameson Street and Brook Street.
3.2 Benchmarked year-on-year data revealed that across the UK, total town/ city centre footfall decreased by 3.6%. Whilst challenging market conditions are adversely impacting all areas across the UK, the city has fared much better than the national average with year-on-year comparison showing that total footfall has only decreased by 0.4% in Hull city centre during 2019.
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4. City Centre Vacancy Rates
4.1 Overall city centre ground floor vacancy rates currently stand at 12.8% in 2019, falling from 13.5% in 2018. With overall vacancy rates across the North East and Yorkshire currently standing at 13.1%, Hull’s city centre vacancy rate is lower than the regional average.
4.2 Whilst the overall vacancy rate indicates that Hull’s city centre is healthier than other town/ city centres in the region, pockets of high vacancy exist in specific areas such as Whitefriargate. Following the closure of stores such as Bon Marché, Boots and Marks and Spencer during 2019, vacancy rates on Whitefriargate currently stand at 48%. This represents an increase of over 10% since 2018.
4.3 The high levels of vacancy on Whitefriargate are of concern and a number of complex issues including the historic status of buildings and fragmented land ownership mean that a coordinated approach is required to achieve a sustainable reduction in vacancy. The Council has already secured funding from Historic England the Humber LEP to regenerate Whitefriargate and is seeking further large-scale investment from national high street initiatives (further information on the scheme provided under the City Centre Investment section of this report).
5. City Centre Visitor Hotel Occupancy Levels
5.1 The number of months where hotel occupancy in Hull reached over 80% increased during 2019. Hull recorded its highest hotel occupancy rates in July 2019, with levels reaching 82%. This represented an increase of 3.5% when compared with data from July 2018 and is likely attributed to the record breaking attendance at Hull Pride and the hosting of the University of Hull graduation ceremonies in the Bonus Arena, where the larger capacity resulted in a higher number of guests attending.
5.2 Annual hotel occupancy figures for Hull during 2019 were down very slightly by 0.85%, although this reflects a national annual decrease in hotel occupancy levels of 1% as reported by Visit England.
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6.1 Events in the city centre have continued to grow in 2019 with the annual events calendar attracting in excess of 400,000 visitors. The Freedom festival alone attracted 100,000 people over the three event.
6.2 2019 saw some notable additions to the city centre events programme. These included:
• The Knife Angel sculpture, which was displayed for the first time in the region and attracted 31,000 visitors • The country’s first ever city centre Green Power electric car street race which attracted over 50 teams from around the region • Hosting one of the region’s biggest Pride events which drew over 40,000 attendees and saw 8,000 people take part in the parade which covered a 2.2 mile route through the city centre
7. City Centre Investment
7.1 The Council has a number of city centre regeneration projects which are being developed/ delivered as outlined below.
7.2 Albion Square development The project will deliver a new ice leisure offer as part of a mixed use development in the heart of the city centre. Asbestos removal is progressing after being halted by an unexpected asbestos find in the structural elements. A methodology has been agreed with contractors and is progressing as far as reasonably practicable before handing over to the demolition contractor who will commence the final removal under controlled conditions. As the mural has now been listed options are being explored with integrity of the structural components although the Asbestos Risk does not change.
Following the engagement of a Contractor in late 2019, significant progress is being made on the preliminary design, with investigatory survey continuing to the wider Albion site . Work is progressing on the planning application, noting the new requirements associated with the mural listing.
7.3 Whitefriargate Whitefriargate is a key site within the Hull Old Town Heritage Action Zone. Throughout 2019 the Council worked to develop bids to secure funding that will remove barriers to private investment on the street. A total of three projects are currently underway:
• Humber High Street Challenge: Following the development of a funding bid to the Humber LEP in early 2019, the Council launched the Humber High Street Challenge Fund grant scheme in October 2019. The project is using £1m of Local Growth Funding to provide grants to property owners
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Page 24 of 146 and businesses for up to 50% of the total costs of projects that will repurpose vacant and unused floorspace on Whitefriargate. When including private match, the scheme will deliver a £2m investment within the street. Fifteen applications have been submitted to date and the project team are working with applicants to progress proposals.
• High Street Heritage Action Zone: Following a successful application to Historic England in summer 2019, the Council submitted an outline delivery plan and a funding request for £1.75m in December 2019. Confirmation of the funding to be allocated is expected in by early Spring 2020. Proposals include a grant scheme to bring unused floorspace back into use at upper storeys along the street as well as delivering new heritage interpretation and a community engagement programme.
• Future High Street Fund: Following a successful expression of interest requesting up to £22m of funding to carry out large scale regeneration works to Whitefriargate, the Council submitted a draft business case to MHCLG on 15 January 2020. Following feedback from the funder, the business case will be further developed prior to the submission deadline of 30 April 2020. Proposals include the large scale conversion of vacant retail buildings to provide new residential accommodation, commercial office space, space for leisure/ cultural use and additional resources to expand the city centre events programme to include new activities in Whitefriargate and Albion Square.
7.4 River Hull East Bank Housing Plans for the site are currently being developed by the Council’s city wide lead developer with ongoing dialogue with planning colleagues. The current conceptual design proposals have also been through two Design Reviews (26/08/18 and 14/03/19) and the indicative plans for the scheme align with City Centre Design Guide (SPD13). Discussions with planning colleagues are broadly supportive of the high level proposals that have so far been developed.
The Council is continuing to work with Homes England to consider options for how land owned by Homes England could come forward as part of a wider scheme.
7.5 City Centre Public Realm Improvements to the city centre public realm commenced on 13 January 2020. The work will deliver improvements to paving on Brook Street, Prospect Street, Paragon Interchange, St Stephen’s Shopping Centre and Albion Square. The project also includes work to the steps and ramp to Hull’s Maritime Museum, improving accessibility in the city centre as well as the appearance of the built environment.
Mark Jones, Director of Regeneration
Contact Officer : Garry Taylor/ Alex Codd Telephone No. ext 5115/ 2387 Officer Interests: None
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APPENDIX A
AUTHORITY MONITORING REPORTS LOCAL PLAN AND PLANNING POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
April 1 st 2018 to March 31 st 2019
KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL
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1. Introduction
2. Local Plan Progress
3. Cooperation with Local Authorities
4. Economic Growth
5. Housing
6. City Centre and District, Local shops and Neighbourhood Centres
7. Education, Health and community facilities
8. Design and Heritage
9. Transport
10. Water Management
11. Open space and Natural Environment
12. Environmental Quality
13. Infrastructure and Delivery
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The National Planning Policy Framework requires the Council to set out strategic priorities for the area through its Local Plan. Monitoring is therefore being developed to reflect the strategic priorities currently identified through the Hull Local Plan 2016-2032 (formally adopted November, 2017). This is to review progress regards the implementation of policies set down in the aforementioned Local Plan. This report reflects the new policies developed and this will continue to be updated through an annual report.
1.2 It is a requirement on all Council’s to publish, at least annually, progress on the Local Plan and details of co-operation with neighbouring authorities and prescribed bodies in developing those plans, together with some specific details of housing supply and demand and details of community infrastructure delivery once it is in place. Those details will still be reported through this document.
1.3 It is useful to note the projected population figures for the city which show significant increase after previous years of decline.
Source Kingston upon Hull Data Library
1.4 In addition in order to review the Local Plan and its implementation it is necessary to view it within the context of the City as a whole. It should be noted that there have been significant changes in central government benefit regime, particularly the introduction of universal credit which is reflected in the tables below.
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Employment Hull (No) Hull (%) England (%) Apr 2017 - Mar 2018 122500 70.9 75.2 Jul 2017 - Jun 2018 121900 69.7 75.2 Oct 2017 - Sep 2018 123500 70.9 75.3 Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 127100 73 75.4 April 2018 - Mar 2019 123300 71.1 75.6
Unemployment Hull (No) Hull (%) England (%) Apr 2017 - Mar 2018 8200 6.3 4.3 Jul 2017 - Jun 2018 8400 6.4 4.2 Oct 2017 - Sep 2018 8200 6.2 4.2 Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 7800 5.8 4.1 April 2018 - Mar 2019 8500 6.4 4.1
Economic Inactivity Hull (No) Hull (%) England (%) Apr 2017 - Mar 2018 40200 23.9 21.4 Jul 2017 - Jun 2018 42600 25.2 21.4 Oct 2017 - Sep 2018 40100 23.8 21.3 Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 36900 21.8 21.3 April 2018 - Mar 2019 39100 23.1 21.1
Unemployment Benefit Claimants Hull (No) Hull (%) England (%) April 2018 6475 3.8 2.1 May 6415 3.8 2.1 June 6205 3.7 2.1 July 6120 3.6 2.1 August 6110 3.6 2.1 September 6130 3.6 2.1 October 6165 3.6 2.2 November 6235 3.7 2.2 December 6485 3.8 2.3 January 2019 6875 4.0 2.4 February 7035 4.1 2.5 March 7600 4.5 2.6
Further tables have been included breaking down employment and economically in active populations .
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1.5 Other tables included reflect various aspects of economic activity within the city’s economy and the population base.
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1.6 Also included from the Data Library are tables relating directly to economic activity.
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1.7 It is important to note other factors such as wages and people in training as part of the economic situation within the city as shown in the following tables-
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2 LOCAL PLAN PROGRESS
1.5 The programme for reviewing the Local Plan and supporting planning documents is set out in the Local Development Scheme (LDS) which is published on Hull City Council’s website. The Local Development Scheme is led by preparation of the new Hull Local Plan which acts as the delivery tool for key aspects of the Council’s City Plan. The Local Plan is supported by additional studies which have been commissioned to support its development. Alongside the Hull Local Plan are site specific or thematic development plan documents (DPD’s), a Statement of Community Involvement, Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD’s) and Area Action Plans. Progress is reported in the table below.
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Table 3: LDS
Document Consultationofon SA scope Issues Preferred Options Publication Submission of Secretary to State Examination Progress And Options Adoption Community December July 2017 January Infrastructure 2016 2018 Levy Local Plan December June Novembe 2016 2017 r 2017 Supplementa (see ry Planning See Table 4 for details Table Documents 2.1 (SPD) below) Joint 20 2008 Aut Winte Spring Summer Autumn On Waste 08 And 201 r 2018 2018 /Winter Target Plan 2012 7 2017 2018 And /2018 Evide nce Base d Repo rt Autu mn 2014 Joint Co Com Wint Late Early Early Late On Minerals mp p er 2016 2017 2017 2017 Target Plan 2008 201 3/ 201 4
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& May / Jun e 201 6
Table 4 SPDs
SPD Number SPD Title Status SPD1 House Extension Design Adopted January 2019 SPD2 Heritage and Archaeology Adopted January 2019 SPD3 Environmental Constraints Adopted May 2019 SPD4 SUDS/Living with Water Final consultation expires 2/12/19 then proceed to Adoption SPD5 City Centre Parking Strategy Adoption being finalised. SPD7 Residential Design Guide Final consultation expires 25/11/19 then proceed to Adoption SPD8 Advertisement Design Adopted January 2019 SPD9 Vitality and viability of centres Adopted January 2019 SPD10 Trees (Protection and Use in Development) Adopted January 2019
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SPD11 Protecting Open Space Adopted January 2019 SPD12 Ecology and Biodiversity Adopted February 2019 SPD13 City Centre Design Guidance Adopted October 2019 SPD14 The Strand/Brunswick House Development Brief On hold SPD15 Affordable Housing Consultation ended – proceed to Adoption. SPD16 Whitefriargate / Silver Street Shop Front Design First draft prepared. Subject to Guide informal consultation prior to submission to Planning Cttee & Cabinet.
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2. DUTY TO COOPERATE
2.1 A Duty to Co-operate Statement has been published and is referenced within the adopted Local Plan. This outlines how the City Council is co-operating with relevant local authorities and prescribed bodies.
2.2 Regular meetings are held with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council who attended the hearing sessions for the Hull Local Plan to support the council.
2.3 The Hull Living with Water Partnership covers Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire and both authorities are working together to meet the respective plans housing requirements and are reviewing our approach to take account of new housing projections.
2.4 The Council also works in partnership with the North Yorkshire district authorities, North Yorkshire County and East Riding of Yorkshire Council through the Directors of Development and Heads of Planning Group.
2.5 A significant amount of work also occurs across the 4 Humber Councils aligned to the Humber LEP. Such areas of common interest include flood management, economic development and habitat management.
2.6 The Council is also a bond member of the Humber Nature partnership and Hull and East Riding Nature Partnership.
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3. Economic Growth
Priory Park West
Policy 1
Economic Growth
1. A growing and competitive city economy will be supported through the identification and maintenance of a wide portfolio of sites that can accommodate demand for development of ‘B’ class uses within defined market areas of the city. Designated employment areas within the city will be the focus for a range of manufacturing, research and development, warehouse and distribution uses. Port of Hull
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2. Within the Port Area, as designated on the Policies Map, development proposals for port related uses will be supported to facilitate the continued operation and future growth of the Port of Hull. The major development needs associated with Green Port Hull will also be supported within the Port Area . Future use within designated employment areas 4. Within designated employment areas and on allocated employment sites, development of uses outside classes B1, B2 and B8 will not be allowed unless Extension of existing properties 6. Extension, remodelling and redevelopment of properties to allow expansion of existing B1, B2 or B8 businesses, or to accommodate new firms within designated employment areas will be supported, subject to detailed planning considerations
Employment Land Review Update of development and land supply – July 2019 4.1 An Employment Land Review (ELR) prepared by Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (NLP) was published by the Council in June 2014 and this established future land requirements for the Local Plan, as well as identifying an appropriate portfolio of sites to meet needs. 4.2 Since that time updates have been published through specific reports and also through the annual Authority Monitoring Report. A comprehensive report was published as evidence to support the Local Plan examination – ‘ECON004 Employment Land Review – Update Report March 2017’. These updates present a full picture of development activity and allow Local Plan policies to be monitored. The following paper provides update of development activity and supply as of July 2019. 4.3 The graph below illustrates development trends over the past 15 years on sites either allocated in the Local Plan or identified as new opportunities through the grant of planning permission. It is notable that development levels have increased over recent years since a low in 2012, although these are potentially skewed by single relatively large floorplate developments, including for example the new Arco building at Priory Park which makes up the entirety of recorded development on allocated or new sites at the 2019 survey. This was on allocated land (LP Site 2) adjoining their existing operation. In 2018 75% of floorspace represented development of the Energy Works on Cleveland Street.
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Development on allocated or other new sites 10.00 30,000
9.00 25,000 8.00
7.00 20,000 6.00
5.00 15,000
Area (ha) 4.00
10,000 Floorspace (sqm) 3.00
2.00 5,000 1.00
0.00 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Site Area 3.34 2.00 3.43 6.48 2.14 4.57 1.75 0.22 1.20 2.71 2.21 2.52 9.33 4.45 4.02 Floorspace 15,080 9,718 18,702 25,066 8,203 15,216 7,564 250 3,855 13,156 5,490 10,241 18,590 13,283 26,326
Site Area Floorspace
4.4 It is notable that 1.87ha of land allocated at Chapman Street (site 18) and 1.14 ha at St Mark Street (site 19) has been cleared and made ready for development.. Land at St Mark Street is pending determination of permission, due to be operated to supply Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) for the Energy Works.
4.5 Land at Neptune Street (site 7) has been expanded (3.72 ha) to incorporate the former AJK warehouses to the north of the originally allocated site, that are currently being demolished to allow assembly of a wider site. Outline permission for development of 12 business units is currently pending determination.
4.6 Permission is also pending for proposed development on two sites within Priory Park subject to resolution of junction improvements at the main entrance to the business park, as required by the Highways agency. Funding has been secured through LGF to enable improvements to proceed. These could provide 2,782 sqm of floorspace on 0.9 ha. Further land remains which could proceed following junction improvement.
4.7 The former Cavaghan and Gray factory site (site 5) (0.92 ha) is being refurbished following demolition of the former office building to the front
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elevation. This will be for an indoor Gokart track, but the property could be occupied for B use in the future.
4.8 In addition to the above schemes, at July 2019 full or reserved matters planning permission with potential for 6,593 sqm of floorspace to be developed on 1.7 ha of allocated or newly identified land remained extant, and therefore capable of immediate development.
4.9 A site of 0.34ha has previously been considered suitable for waste transfer / energy generation, off Freightliner Road.
Expansion of existing properties
4.10 Significant development has been recorded in the past survey year related to the expansion of existing operations. This is recorded separately from development of allocated sites or newly emerging development sites. They represent where development has taken place within the curtilage of existing properties, where space exists or through reconfiguration of existing external space or buildings. They represent an important source of floorspace and illustrate demand for development met outside of the normal supply pipeline of sites.
4.11 The largest proportion of floorspace developed has been within the Reckitt Benckiser estate with a 12,600 sqm 3 storey R&D building and a further 3,900 sqm extension completed. Extension of the closely related neighbouring Indiviour plant has also occurred providing 1,063 sqm. As for allocated and new sites these represent significant expansion schemes that have pushed completion levels up, and it not clear that there is immediate intension for similar scale schemes to come forward in the near future.
4.12 Construction of a second phase of development is underway at Cranswick foods, Sutton Fields to provide approx. 1,800 sqm of floorspace. Permission remains extant for a scheme for reconfiguration and expansion of the neighbouring Lazenby’s plant to provide 6,370 sqm. A proposal to expand Advanced Plastics, also on Sutton Fields, is currently pending decision. This would provide 1,160 sqm.
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4.13 Other full or reserved matters planning permissions could provide up to 2,628 sqm, but these are split between various smaller properties which will be subject to a number of different factors.
Expansion of existing properties 30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000 Area (ha) 10,000
5,000
0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Floorspace 13,390 0 3,329 9,653 1,760 12,010 5,490 10,317 838 2,344 9,903 3,807 2,611 19,595 21,035
Floorspace
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Port of Hull
4.14 The Local Plan designates the Port Area separately to general employment areas, recognising the specific development needs and opportunities that exist.
4.15 The Port of Hull Local Development Order (LDO) May 2017 grants outline planning permission for development on three sites at Alexandra Dock and Queen Elizabeth Dock, north & south. The LDO specifically covers uses for purposes associated with renewable industries.
4.16 The Reserved Matters permission for development by Siemens for wind turbine blade manufacture included the majority of Alexandra dock. The LDO for the site makes clear that within this site there is still capacity for up to 41,600m2.
4.17 Within the Queen Elizabeth Dock’s North and South there is capacity for 90,643 sqm and 58,500 sqm respectively.
4.18 Permission has been granted through reserved matters application under the LDO for extension of the Siemens manufacturing building, creating an additional 1,100 sqm of floorspace, to enable manufacture of larger blades.
Development of non-business uses within designated employment areas
4.19 There will continue to be circumstances where it is deemed appropriate for uses other than business ‘B’ use classes to be developed, either as new build or through change of use of existing properties. Local Plan policy provides an appropriate mechanism for determining this. A significant example was the development of a new headquarters and workshop for HETA through change of use of the former Eltherington Aluminium Window Factory on Dansom Lane from B1 to D1 use. While this use falls outside of the ‘B’ class uses specified within Policy 1(4) of the Local Plan, the use remains of an industrial nature with the company being involved in engineering training, including workshop based.
Employment Allocations The sites listed in Table 4.1 of the Local Plan are allocated for a range of uses within industrial and business uses under the Use Classes B1(b) (C) and B2 and B8.
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The following table updates the current position for these sites. Allocated sites – as Table 4.1 of the Hull Local Plan Publication Consultation Document 2016 -2032
Location Address Site Area (ha) Western Corridor 1 Priory Business Park. 5.02 3 Former Birds Eye factory site, Hessle 7.21 Road. 6 Land between Wassand Street and 0.63 Walcott Street, Hessle Road. 7 Neptune Street. 3.72* 8 St Andrews Dock. 4.39 Total 20.97 River Hull Corridor 9 Land west of Gibson Street 0.69 10 Land at Oxford Street / Swann Street, 0.78 Wilcomlee. 11 Land at Dalton Street 1.64 12 Land south of Foster Street, Stoneferry 2.06 Road. 13 Land at Foster Street, Stoneferry Road. 2.79 14 National Grid site, Clough Road. 13.5 15 Former Ameron Paint Factory site, 0.57 Bankside. 16 Land at Rix Road, Stoneferry Road. 4.93 17 Land at the eastern end of Bedford Street, 0.9 Cleveland Street. 18 Land at Chapman Street. 1.87 19 Land at St Mark Street. 1.14 20 Land on the south of Merrick Street, Hedon 0.4 Road Total 31.27 Eastern Corridor 21 Land at the corner of Hedon Road and 0.72 Mount Pleasant. 22 Land at Keystore, Earles Road, south of 0.51 Hedon Road. 23 Kingston Parklands Business Park, Hedon 4.63 Road 24 Former Norman Nicholson Box site, Hedon 0.31 Road. 25 Land west of Littlefair Road, north of 0.76 Hedon Road. 26 Land at Burma Driver, Marfleet Lane. 3.91 27 Land to the south of Hedon Road, south 0.43 east of Marfleet Avenue roundabout 28 Land west of Marfleet Lane (part of 0.87 Fenners factory complex) 29 Land at Elba Street (1251 Hedon Road) 1.99
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30 Land off Valetta Street, Hedon Road, 3.40 including former Seven Seas factory site 31 Land west of Somerden Road 9.51 32 Former Isaac Newton School site 3.17 33 Land north of Wyke Works, Hedon Road 1.66 34 Kingston International Business Park, 0.85 Hedon Road 35 Land on the eastern side of Somerden 2.61 Road, Hedon Road Total 35.33 Sutton Fields 36 Geneva Way (south side, east end) 0.76 37 Phase 4, Rotterdam Park, Rotterdam Road 0.38 38 Land at corner of Hamburg Road and 0.4 Rotterdam Road. 39 Land west of Stockholm Road. 1.44 40 Land next to Donaldson Filtration 1.52 Components factory, Stockholm Road. 41 Land on Oslo Road, at the corner of 0.15 Helsinki Road. Total 4.65 National Avenue 42 Land at the north side of Bontoft Avenue 0.35 Total 0.35 *includes expanded site resulting from demolition of adjoining AJK warehouses
4.20 In total sites in this table equate to 92.57 ha of land available to meet general employment development needs. This represents a reduction of 15 ha of land from that shown in table 4.1 of the Local Plan. This table includes sites where extant permission exists so these should not be double counted. It should be noted that a range of factors determine when or whether identified sites can come forward and therefore the table should not be interpreted to suggest this is in its entirety a ready supply of employment land. The plan seeks to allocate land to meet needs across the Plan period to 2032. It is also notable that sizes of sites range considerably from substantial areas of land to relatively small opportunities often identified through individual development schemes for which planning permission has been granted in the past.
4.21 In addition to the allocations referred to above the Kingswood AAP allocates 7.7 ha of land for employment development with remaining potential for a further 11.13 ha allocated for a mix of uses including employment, community or leisure facilities. One of these mixed allocation sites within the Leisure Park
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at Kingswood (0.37ha) has been developed for a food outlet. This updates table 4.3 of the Local Plan.
4.22 There is also 48.86 ha of land allocated at Queen Elizabeth dock in the port area but this is restricted to specific uses in connection with the renewable energy sector. Paragraphs 1.15 – 1.19 above outlines what capacity is available in the Port Area. The allocations in table 4.2 of the Local Plan remain the same.
4.23 A number of sites are allocated within the city centre for a mix of uses and there is intention within these that there will be an element of office development. Later phases of the C4DI @theDock scheme are commencing, and ARCO are set to build a new headquarters building at the Blackfriargate site following grant of planning permission in June.
4.24 Of land allocated within the local plan some are being used in whole or part for storage of mobile homes manufactured at neighbouring sites. These include the former Birds Eye site (3), land north of Wyke Works (33), and part of land off Elba Street (29) and off Valetta Street (30). Site 39, west of Stockholm Road, is being used for car sales / storage. While all of these sites host active uses these do not preclude their future development and so continue to be recorded as land with future development potential.
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5.Housing
Walker Street
Housing requirement.
5.1 Hull Local Plan Policy 3 contains a housing requirement of 620 net new homes per annum.
Policy 3 - Housing requirement and site allocations Housing requirement
1. The housing requirement for Hull is a minimum of 9,920 (net) new homes during the period 2016 to 2032 (620 dwellings per year) Housing delivery.
For the third year running, the delivery of net new homes has surpassed the Hull Local Plan’s annual housing requirement. Net and gross housing delivery during the Local Plan period is shown in Table 9.
The gross level of housing delivery for 2018 to 2019 of 918 dwellings reflects the continued high capacity for housing construction within the city. The net addition of
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The level of demolition for 2018 to 2019 was 225 dwellings (see Table 9 and Table 15).
Housing delivery within Kingswood has continued to contribute strongly to net housing, 248 homes, with delivery in both the Kingswood Parks development and within the north eastern side development by Hull City Council and partners ‘KSHP’. The joint consortium known as ‘KSHP’ consists of housing developers Keepmoat Limited and Strata Homes Limited along with affordable housing provider Home Group Limited and commercial property specialists Priority Space. The ‘KSHP’ development is set to deliver over 1,650 dwellings over its lifespan.
Historic delivery of dwellings between April 2006 and March 2016 is shown within Table 10.
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Table 9: Additional dwellings April 2016 to March 2019
2016 2017 2018 2016 Additional dwellings April 2016 to March 2018 to to to to 2017 2018 2019 2019
a Gross new build completions 723 1,280 734 2,737
Gross change of use to dwellings and conversion b 91 226 184 501 to dwellings
d Gross Additions (a+b) 814 1,506 918 3,238
Gross change of use from dwellings and e 14 24 9 47 conversion from dwellings
f Demolitions 176 141 225 542
g Net Additions (d-e-f) 624 1,341 684 2,649
h Net Housing Requirement (Local Plan) 620 620 620 1,860
Table 10: Historic dataset additional dwellings April 2006 to March 2016
Year Gross new Gross change Gross Gross change Demolitions Net build of use to additions of use from Additions completions dwellings and dwellings and conversion to conversion dwellings from dwellings
2006- 2007 691 162 853 48 295 510
2007- 2008 840 102 942 26 372 544
2008- 2009 483 176 659 24 375 260
2009- 2010 203 177 380 16 455 -91
2010- 2011 422 91 513 13 134 366
2011- 2012 512 69 581 0 100 481
2012- 2013 450 71 521 15 99 407
2013- 2014 520 70 590 15 100 475
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2014- 2015 798 151 949 16 193 740
2015- 2016 630 161 791 19 223 549
Housing Delivery Test
The Housing Delivery Test is an annual measurement of housing delivery in the area of relevant plan-making authorities. The Housing Delivery Test results are published annually by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The first Housing Delivery Test was published in February 2019. These results represented the housing delivery and housing requirement figures for the 3 year period April 2015 to March 2018.
The Housing Delivery Test is a percentage measurement of the number of net homes delivered against the number of homes required, as set out in the relevant strategic policies for the areas covered by the Housing Delivery Test, over a rolling three year period.
Housing Delivery Test = 165 % = 2,514 Total net Homes delivered (2015 to 2018) 1,523 Homes required (2015 to 2018)
It should be noted that within the Housing delivery test 2018-19 the homes required figure is a sum of published household projections (before 2017 they were published by MHCLG from 2017 onwards they are published by the Office for National Statistics)
Greater details of how the Housing Delivery Test is measured can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-delivery-test- measurement-rule-book
The Housing Delivery Test as detailed above for 2019 is due to be published in November 2019. Details of this will be published in the AMR 2019/2020.
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Housing Supply
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development; this includes supporting the Government’s objective of significantly boosting the supply of homes. It is important that a sufficient amount and variety of housing land can come forward where it is needed and that the needs of groups with specific housing requirements are addressed.
Local planning authorities should identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years’ worth of housing against their housing requirement. Local Plan Policy 3 (7) identifies the Council will ensure that a minimum 5-year supply of deliverable housing sites is available in Hull. Hull’s five year supply is detailed in the adopted Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032 and the 2019 SHLAA updates this, it identified 7.43 years of deliverable housing supply (five year supply) see Table 11.
Policy 3 Housing requirement and site allocations Housing site allocations 7. The Council will ensure that a minimum 5-year supply of deliverable housing sites is available in Hull.
The Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032 contains a trajectory illustrating the expected rate of housing delivery over the plan period. An updated projected housing trajectory is shown in Figure 12. This shows for the period 2016 to 2019 net housing delivery met the housing requirement identified within the Local Plan. It should be noted for the period 2017 to 2018 over 1,300 net new homes were delivered (over 1,500 homes gross), this period was somewhat of an anomaly including the completion of a number of key council extra care housing projects. The housing trajectory is projected to continue to deliver over the identified Local Plan housing requirement over the next five years and to then return to an average delivery rate around the identified Local Plan housing requirement.
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Table 11: Five year supply 2019-2024 as at 1 st April 2019 (SHLAA 2019)
Five year supply 2019-2024 as at 1 st April 2019
a Net Housing Requirement, in Dwellings, 2016 to 2032 (16 9,920 years) The housing requirement identified in the Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032.
b Annual Housing Requirement (a / 16 years) 620 The annual housing requirement identified in the Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032.
c Five year Housing Requirement (b * 5) 3,100 The annual housing requirement identified in the Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032 for a period of five years.
d Under-supply within plan period -789 Any level of under-supply identified within the plan period will be (over added to the five year housing requirement. The level of under- supply supply will be monitored within the annual Authority Monitoring for period Report. 2016- 2019) Note: Over-supply within the plan period is expressed as a negative value.
e A percentage buffer of the five year Housing Requirement to 155 provide a realistic prospect of achieving the planned supply and to ensure choice and competition in the market for land ((c+d)*5 % buffer)
f Five year housing requirement including any under-supply 2,466 and buffer (c+d+e)
g Five year supply (including windfall: 50 dwellings per annum ) 3,664 Hull City Council will update and publish annually its Strategic
Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). The SHLAA will identify the five year supply of housing sites that are suitable, available and deliverable. An assumption for the level of windfall will be identified and included.
h Five year supply ((g/f) * 5) 7.43 Five year supply expressed in years. Years
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Figure 12: Housing Trajectory 2016 to 2032.
Local Plan Net Housing Delivery 1400 1341 Projected Net Housing Delivery 1200
Local Plan Net Housing 1000 Requirement
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Housing delivery on Allocated Housing Sites
The Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032 Policy 3 Housing Requirement and Site Allocations Part 4 lists all sites allocated for housing shown on the policies map (Local Plan Table 5.7 to 5.10, 5.12 to 5.13). Part 5 details those housing allocations detailed in the Kingswood Area Action Plan (Local Plan Table 5.11).
Policy 3 Housing requirement and site allocations Housing site allocations 4. The sites listed in Tables 5.7 - 5.10, 5.12 and 5.13, and shown on the Policies Map, are allocated for housing development. 5. The sites listed in Table 5.11, and shown on the Policies Map, are allocated for housing development in the Kingswood Area Action Plan.
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5.12 The tables below detail progress within the Hull Local Plan and Kingswood Area Action Plan.
Local Plan Table 5.7: City Centre housing allocations (Delivery 2016 to 2019)
Housing Address 2016 2017 2018 Implemented Allocation to to to Reference Yes/No* 2017 2018 2019 6 13-25 George Street Yes 0 0 4 195 Fruit Market Site B Yes 0 0 8 24-28 Whitefriargate, Friary Chambers 383 Completed 0 21 (Upper Floors) 395 Essex House Floors 5 to 9 Completed 0 45 924 13-15 Savile Street (Upper Floors) Completed 5
Total 5 66 12
Local Plan Table 5.8: City Centre mixed use allocations with housing element. (Delivery 2016 to 2019)
Mixed Use Address 2016 2017 2018 Implemente Allocation to to to Reference d Yes/No* 2017 2018 2019 Albion Square including Kingston 56 1 Yes 0 0 House - Mixed Use Site 1 Fruit Market Site D - Mixed Use Site Partial PP 0 7 4 27 7 Yes
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Total 4 27 56
Local Plan Table 5.9: Newington and St Andrew's Area Action Plan housing allocations. (Delivery 2016 to 2019)
Housing Address Allocatio 2016 2017 2018 Implemente n to to to d Yes/No* Referenc 2017 2018 2019 e 44 Cecil Gardens, Hawthorn Avenue Completed 0 95 68 Scholars Gate, Spring Bank West Completed 105 101 367 Land east of Hawthorn Avenue Yes 13 77 16 Hawthorn Avenue, former Amy 370 Yes 64 72 57 Johnson School site. Total 182 345 73
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Local Plan Table 5.10: Holderness Road Corridor Area Action Plan housing allocations. (Delivery 2016 to 2019)
Housing Address Allocatio 2016 2017 2017 Implemente n to to to d Yes/No* Referenc 2017 2018 2018 e 31 Tower Grange Police Station Completed 0 0 18 Holderness Road 36 Land at former David Lister School Yes 0 16 21 172 Land to north east of 141 Marfleet Completed 0 11 18 Avenue 250 Old Methodist Hall, Durham Street Completed 2 2 322 Land west of Middlesex Road Yes 0 83 48 325 Land around Perivale Close Completed 55
326 Land at Ganstead Grove/ Exeter Grove/ Rimswell Grove/ Wyton Completed 67 Grove 327 Land north of Maybury Road (former Completed 0 39 16 Maybury School) 328 Land north and south of Portobello Road, south of Marfleet Lane, west of Completed 0 142 Bilton Grove. 329 Kedrum Road, Southcoates Lane. Yes 0 63 64 Total 124 356 185
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Local Plan Table 5.11: Kingswood Area Action Plan housing development capacity April 2016. (Delivery 2016 to 2019)
Housing Address Allocatio 2016 2017 2017 Implemente n to to to d Yes/No* Referenc 2017 2018 2018 e 58 KPDC - Kingswood Land parcel H17 Completed 29
KPDC - Kingswood Land parcels 60 Completed 48 58 9 H22 KPDC - Kingswood Land parcel to 101 Completed 0 20 front of Health Centre KPDC - Kingswood Land parcels 165 Completed 72 7 41/49b Total KPDC 149 85 9 KPDC - Kingswood Land parcels 63 Yes 53 52 17 2015 KPDC - Kingswood Land parcels 166 Yes 0 15 54 2016 KPDC - Kingswood Land parcels 167 Yes 0 0 33 2018 Total Wawne View 53 67 104 Kingswood Land Parcel Wawne View 59 Yes 0 0 42 41/19 (parcels 2004 & 2005) 67 & 72 Kingswood Land Parcel, Wawne Yes 0 14 68 & 129 View (Parcels 2007/8) Kingswood Land parcel, Wawne 92 View (Parcels 2006/ 2009/ 2010/ Yes 0 28 29 2011) Total Kingswood KPDC 0 42 139 KPDC - Parcel H18, Runnymede Avenue (Allocated in previous Local Completed 3 Plan - shown for completeness of 41/47 Kingswood totals) Total 205 194 252
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Local Plan Table 5.12: Other West Hull housing allocations. (Delivery 2016 to 2019)
Housing Address Implemented 2016 2017 2018 Allocation Yes/No* to to to Reference 2017 2018 2019 380 Beverley Road (former Mayfair 9 Completed 0 22 Cinema) 26 1-41 Sharp Street Completed 15
Former Newland Primary School, 30 Completed 0 14 22 Newland Avenue 46 50 Pearson Park Yes 9 0 0 Land Between Bishop Alcock Road 231 Completed 0 0 25 and Hotham Road North 232 Land at Bishop Alcock Road Completed 0 11 Amber Development, former 607 Completed 35 4 Boothferry Park, Boothferry Road West of No's 288-264 Pickering 659 Completed 7 21 9 Road 691 University of Hull, Cottingham Road. Completed 91
723 The Danes, north of Hall Road Completed 0 86 91 Harrison Park, Hall Road, Orchard 928 Completed 0 65 Park Total 157 223 147
Local Plan Table 5.13: Other East Hull housing allocations. (Delivery 2016 to 2019)
Housing Address Implemented 2016 2017 2018 Allocation Yes/No* to to to Reference 2017 2018 2019 Reckitts Recreation Ground, 117 Completed 40 Chamberlain Road Corner of Leads Road & Glebe 122 Completed 0 0 23 Road Land at former Viking Public House, 138 Completed 0 0 7 Shannon Road James Reckitt Library and adjacent 804 Yes 12 0 0 land, Holderness Road 807 Holderness Road, Franklin Street Yes 7 0 0 875 Redwood Glades, Leads Road Completed 0 156 917 Land west of Astral Gardens Yes 0 4 1 Total 59 160 31
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Windfall small sites historic delivery The NPPF defines windfall sites as sites not specifically identified in the development plan.
Housing delivery on small sites, for the period 2008 to 2019, was 519 dwellings (see Table 13). This is an average of around 47 dwellings per annum. The council considers that it remains realistic to assume that a supply of housing will continue to come forward from this small site source. Large site windfall delivery of housing in addition to small site windfall is detailed within Table 14.
Table 13: Small sites historic windfall delivery.
Year New Conversion Change of Totals Non Previously Build Use Previously developed developed land land 2008-09 24 44 19 87 2 85 2009-10 10 17 16 43 0 43 2010-11 5 10 12 27 0 27 2011-12 9 0 18 27 2 25 2012-13 17 8 21 46 4 42 2013-14 7 13 20 40 2 38 2014-15 6 15 32 53 5 48 2015-16 2 17 32 51 1 50 2016-17 5 6 22 33 0 33 2017-18 14 14 51 79 7 72 2018-19 14 2 17 33 4 29 Totals 113 146 260 519 27 519
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Summary of housing completions within Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032
Gross housing completions within Hull Local Plan and Kingswood Area Action Plan housing allocations accounted for around 88.4% of housing delivery (see Table 14) for the period 2016 to 2019. The remaining housing delivery was provided through windfall housing sites, both small and large.
Table 14: Total completions within Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032 Housing Allocations
Local Plan Table Completions Completions Completions Completions 2016 to 2017 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019 2016 to 2029
Table 5.7: City Centre housing 5 66 12 83 allocations Table 5.8 : City Centre mixed use allocations with housing 4 27 56 87 element. Table 5.9 : Newington and St Andrew's Area Action Plan 182 345 73 600 housing allocations. Table 5.10: Holderness Road Corridor Area Action Plan 124 356 185 665 housing allocations Table 5.11: Kingswood Area Action Plan housing 205 194 252 651 development capacity April 2016 Table 5.12: Other West Hull 157 223 147 527 housing allocations Table 5.13: Other East Hull 59 160 31 250 housing allocations Windfall sites - small and large 78 135 162 375 Totals 814 1,506 918 3238
Table15: Demolition 2016 to 2019
Demolition 2016 to 2019
Location 2016 to 2017 2017 to 2018 2018 to 2019
Ings Estate (H322) 45 75 60
Preston Road (H336) 131 62 165
Bransholme 0 4 0
Total 176 141 225
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Housing on brownfield land (Percentage of housing on brownfield land)
Developing previously developed (‘brownfield’) land in preference to 'greenfield' is a more efficient and sustainable use of land. The NPPF encourages re-using brownfield land and allows local authorities to set a target for this.
Policy 4 Housing regeneration and brownfield land housing regeneration
Housing on brownfield land 6 Over the plan period, at least 60% of new housing should be built on brownfield sites.
Housing delivery for the period :
• April 2018 to March 2019, 60.8% of new dwellings were delivered on previously developed land (PDL) , see table 16; • April 2016 to March 2019, 66.8% of new dwellings were delivered on previously developed land (PDL), see table 16. Table 16: Housing on brownfield land (PDL)
Year Gross dwellings Gross dwellings Gross total Percentage of delivered delivered on non dwellings gross dwellings on PDL PDL delivered delivered on (Brownfield) (Greenfield) PDL (Brownfield) 2016 to 2017 398 416 814 48.9 %
2017 to 2018 1,202 304 1,506 79.8 %
2018 to 2019 558 360 918 60.8 %
2016 to 2019 2,297 941 3,238 66.6 %
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Type and mix of housing.
The adoption of the Local Plan, on 23 rd November 2017, sought to provide a more aspirational and balanced housing offer to encourage people to live in the city. The Local Plan 2016 to 2032 identified a recommended mix of house sizes in terms of the number of bedrooms, for both market and affordable housing.
Local Plan Policy 5 Type and mix of housing
Size of homes
1 housing development should contribute to re-balancing the housing stock in Hull in the following ways:
a) at least 70% of new affordable housing should contain no more than 2 bedrooms (See table 18); b) on sites of 100 or more dwellings outside the city centre, at least 60% of new market housing should contain 3 or more bedrooms. (See table 17) Monitoring of Local Plan Policy 5 (1) recommending mix of house size is detailed within Table 18.1 and Table 18.2. Table 17: Policy 5 (1) a - Percentage of sites gaining permission where at least 70% of new affordable housing contains no more than 2 bedrooms for the period 2016 to 2018.
Period Sites gaining permission where at least 70% of new affordable housing contains no more than 2 bedrooms
2016 to Policy not applicable - Local Plan Adoption November 2017 2017
2017 to All applicable permissioned sites were in compliance with policy 5 (1) 2018 a. (Local Plan Adoption November 2017)
2018 to All applicable permissioned sites were in compliance with policy 5 (1) 2019 a except: Application 18/01009/RES. Salthouse Road. The erection of 108 houses following outline consent 13/01216/OUT. This application was approved with eleven affordable homes, five 2 bedroom dwellings and six 3 bedroom plus dwellings.
Note: AMR 2018-19 - this is based on the planning permissions approved in the specified period for housing development where at least 70% of the new affordable housing contains no more than 2 bedrooms . Policy not applicable until Hull Local Plan Adoption November 2017
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Table 18: Policy 5 (1)b - Percentage of new market housing sites with a capacity of 100 or more dwellings outside the city centre, containing at least 3 or more bedrooms.
Period Sites of 100 or more dwellings outside the city centre, at least 60% of new market housing should contain 3 or more bedrooms.
2016 to Policy not applicable - Local Plan Adoption November 2017 2017
2017 to All applicable permissioned sites were in compliance with policy 5 (1) 2018 b. (Local Plan Adoption November 2017)
2018 to All permissioned sites compliant with policy 2019
Note: AMR 2018-19 - this is based on the planning permissions in the identified period for housing development of 100 or more dwellings, outside the city centre, where at least 60% of new market housing contains 3 or more bedrooms. Policy not applicable until Hull Local Plan Adoption November 2017
Gross affordable housing completions.
In the reporting year 2018 to 2019, 373 affordable new homes were delivered, funded in whole or in part by the Homes and Communities Agency (all programmes except Help to Buy - see table 4.6).
Table 19: Supply of homes delivered by Homes England (All programmes except Help to Buy) 2016 to 2019.
Supply of homes delivered by Homes 2016 to 2017 to 2018 to England 2017 2018 2019 (All programmes except Help to Buy) 2016 to 2019. Affordable Rent 154 464 350
Affordable Home Ownership 0 14 22
Social Rent 0 0 1
Total 154 479 373
Market Housing funded by the Homes England 0 9 17 2016 to 2019.
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Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-1-april-2016-to-31-march-2017 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-1-april-2017-to-31-march-2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-1-april-2018-to-31-march-2019
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Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding.
Since 1st April 2016, the Government has required local authorities to maintain a register of people who want to build their own home. Authorities should then seek to identify suitable serviced plots of land to meet the demand for self-build and custom- build houses. The Government encourages local authorities to publish in their Authority Monitoring Report headline data on the demand for self-build and custom- build housing. The level of demand is established by the number of entries added to the register during a ‘base period’, as shown below in table 20. Planning permissions for dwellings with potential for delivery as self-build housing are shown in table 21.
Table 20: Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding demand.
Base Period Entries on Register
01/04/16 to 30/10/16 1 31/10/16 to 30/10/17 5 31/10/17 to 30/10/18 2 1/11/18 to Date 3 Total 11
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Table 21: Planning permissions for dwellings, 01/04/16 to 30/09/2019, with potential for delivery as self-build housing.
Planning Site of Potential New Build Proposal With potential for Reference Self-Build self-build delivery
Base Period 01/04/16 to 30/10/16 16/00558/FULL Land To The Rear Of Erection of 2 detached two storey houses with 230 And 232 vehicular access onto Clear View Close Saltshouse Road (resubmission of application ref 15/00112/FULL) Base Period 31/10/16 to 30/10/17
16/00686/FULL Land To The Rear Of Erection of 2 detached dwellings (revised Eglinton Avenue bungalow and garage position)
16/01259/FULL 271-273 James Reckitt Erection of 2 x three bedroomed two storey Avenue, HU8 8LG detached dwellings between Nos. 271 and 273 James Reckitt Avenue
16/01354/FULL Endike Hotel Erection of 4 dwelling houses with associated 485 Endike Lane parking, including erection of a detached HU6 8AQ double garage
16/01361/FULL 14 Cranbourne Street Erection of 2 and a half storey building to Land To Rear Of provide detached dwelling with attached Facing Berkeley Street garage HU3 1PP 16/01482/FULL Surreyville , Castlehill Erection of two dwellings (a pair of 2 storey 3 Road, Sutton-On-Hull bedroom houses), including access off HU7 4TX Castlehill Road
16/01486/FULL 18 Carden Avenue Erection of two storey dwelling house (revised HU9 4RT proposals).
16/01499/FULL 1 Batley Close 1. Erection of two 2 storey dwellings (terraced) HU9 4QX adjacent to 1 Batley Close; 2. Erection of single storey extension to rear of 1 Batley Close; 3. Provision of parking access spaces off Batley Close (to serve proposed dwellings). (Revised Proposals) 17/00137/FULL Land Between 28 & 32 Proposed 2 storey detached dwelling Wadsworth Avenue Proposed detached garage in rear garden. ( Revised Proposal )
17/00318/FULL Rear Of 12 Church Erection of 3 bedroom house with detached Mount (Coach House garage following demolition of former coach 14 Church Mount), house. Sutton-On-Hull
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Planning Site of Potential New Build Proposal With potential for Reference Self-Build self-build delivery HU7 4TJ
17/00533/FULL 355 Saltshouse Road Erection of 2 x 3 bedroom one and a half HU8 9HR storey dwellings within rear garden of 355 Saltshouse Road with vehicular access off Balham Avenue (Revised Resubmission) 17/00614/FULL 2 Louis Street Erection of 2no. two-storey two-bed semi- HU3 1LY detached dwellings
Base Period 31/10/17 to 30/10/18
17/00863/FULL Land Between No. 375 Erection of 4 three bedroomed houses ( 2 pairs And 385 Marfleet Lane. os semi-detached houses ) between No 375 and 385 Marfleet Lane, with access off Bessingby Grove. 17/01000/FULL 32 Etton Grove Erection of 2No. 3 bedroom 2 storey houses HU6 8JY with associated car parking, boundary treatments and landscaping (Revised resubmission). 17/01043/FULL 884 Holderness Road 1. Erection of detached bungalow (with HU9 4AA accommodation in roof space) with landscaping, fencing and other works. 2. Change of use from amenity land to garden. 17/01286/S73 11 Lowland Close Erection of a single storey dwelling ( with HU7 4YT bedrooms in the roof slope ) to south west of No. 11 - Revised design Application to vary condition no. 1 ( Approved Plans ) of approval 15/00667/FULL 17/01287/FULL 35 Grammar School Erection of 2 storey detached dwelling. Road HU5 4NX 17/01349/FULL Land Between No.8 Erection of 1 no detached dwelling ( revised And No.11 Louis Street resubmission ) HU3 1LY
17/01446/FULL Surreyville, (Land To Erection of two 3 bedroom semi-detached 2 East) storey house (with rooms in roof ) - Re- Castlehill Road submission of application ref. 16/01482/FULL Sutton-On-Hull for revised siting to provide improved access. HU7 4TX 18/00053/FULL 241 Cranbrook Avenue Erection of 2 storey end terrace house with HU6 7TX new vehicular access to front, off Cranbrook Avenue.
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Planning Site of Potential New Build Proposal With potential for Reference Self-Build self-build delivery 18/00341/FULL 75 Wellsted Street Erection of 1 x 5 bedroom House in Multiple HU3 3AQ Occupation (for 5 occupants) on land to the north of 75 Wellsted Street (REVISED DESCRIPTION) 18/00503/FULL 1037 Anlaby Road Detached building in rear garden to provide HU4 7PW self-contained residential accommodation.
18/00543/FULL Rear Of 74 Tween Erection of Detached Dwelling. Dykes Road
Base Period 1/11/18 to date.
18/00906/FULL Development Land Erection of one detached bungalow with off Adjacent To street parking to front. 31 Hainsworth Park HU6 8QQ 19/00086/FULL 69 Coltman Street Erection of 3 new self-build dwellings (revised HU3 2SJ resubmission)
19/00338/FULL Land East Of 261 Ings Erection of a 2 storey 3 bed detached dwelling Road, HU8 0NB and attached garage.
19/00451/FULL Land To The North Of Erection of two attached dwellings and The Lawns, The Lawns garages, with associated parking areas and Sutton-On-Hull landscaping. HU7 4QT 19/00818/OUT Vacant Land Erection of 2 bungalows with associated Immediately To East Of access (All matters reserved) Tern Grove/Drayton Close Junction 19/00819/OUT Land Immediately To Erection of 4 bungalows with associated The West Of Dunmow access (Outline application - all matters Close reserved)
19/00821/OUT Land North Of 163 Outline application for the erection of 3 Waveney Road bungalows with associated access (All matters HU8 9LZ reserved)
19/00822/OUT Land At Junction Of Outline Application for the erection of 4 Earsham Close And bungalows with associated access (All matters Waveney Road reserved)
19/00823/OUT Land At Beckington Erection of 3 bungalows with associated Close access (Outline application - all matters reserved) 19/00824/OUT Land To The North Of Outline application for the erection of 5 39 Bainton Grove bungalows with associated access (All matters HU6 8SZ reserved)
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Planning Site of Potential New Build Proposal With potential for Reference Self-Build self-build delivery
Site Of Former Soffham Outline application for the erection of 4 Farm Depot bungalows with associated access (All matters 19/00825/OUT Soffham Close reserved)
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Specialist housing. (Number of units of specialist housing).
Specialist housing provides for people with specific housing needs, particularly in relation to impaired physical and mental health, and old age. The need for specialist housing in Hull is likely to increase over the Local Plan period as there is an ageing population and relatively high levels of poor health. Residents in specialist housing are likely to need ease of access to services and facilities such as shops, buses, health and social care. Flood risk is a particular issue in locating and designing accommodation for vulnerable people. Specialist housing should be designed with particular regard to the needs of intended residents.
Completion of specialist housing in 2017 to 2018 included key projects in the extra care home sector situated in three strategic locations: The delivery of these
• Harrison Park – Orchard Park; • Cecil Gardens – Hawthorn Avenue; and • Redwood Glades - Leads Road. This extra care provision was within C3 use class and contributed to Local Plan housing requirement.
Table 21: Extra Care Provision.
Housing Address Local Completed 2017 to 2018 Allocatio Plan 2 Bed Extra n Table Care Referen ce
44 Cecil Gardens, Hawthorn Avenue 5.9 Yes 95
Harrison Park, Hall Road, Orchard 928 5.12 Yes 65 Park
875 Redwood Glades, Leads Road 5.13 Yes 156
316
Local Plan Table 5.9: Newington and St Andrew's Area Action Plan housing allocations. Local Plan Table 5.12: Other West Hull housing allocations Local Plan Table 5.13: Other East Hull housing allocations
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Housing space standards.
Research has found the UK to have the smallest average dwelling sizes in Europe. The Government recognises that this is an issue and has introduced nationally described space standards to help bring consistency across the country; the nationally described space standards are included within the Hull Local Plan, Policy 6.
Policy 6 Housing space standards
1. In Housing Market Value Zone 1, housing development is not required to meet the national minimum space standards.
2. In Housing Market Value Zone 2, housing development should meet the national minimum internal space standards, unless a detailed assessment of viability is provided by the developer and demonstrates that it is not viable to meet these standards.
3. In Housing Market Value Zones 3, 4 and 5, housing development should meet the national minimum internal space standards.
4. Conversion of a dwelling house into self-contained flats will only be allowed if the property has a minimum internal floorspace of at least 110m 2 before conversion.
New homes within Housing Market Value Zone 1 are not required to meet the nationally described space standards.
The Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032 target for Policy 6 is for 100% of new dwellings given planning permission within zones 2, 3, 4 and 5 to be compliant with the nationally described space standards.
For the three year period of the local plan, April 2016 to March 2019, Table x.x identifies the percentage of planning permissions for new dwellings subject to and compliant with policy 6 of the Hull Local Plan
Table x.x: Percentage of planning permissions for new dwellings subject to and compliant with policy 6
Percentage of dwellings Dwellings granted planning Year subject to and compliant permission subject to Policy 6 with Policy 6
2016 to 2017 N/A N/A
2017 to 2018 219 51.1 %
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2018 to 2019 201 71.6 % Policy not applicable until Hull Local Plan Adoption November 2017. New homes within Housing Market Value Zone 1 are not required to meet the nationally described space standards.
Houses in multiple occupation. (NOT adopted within the REPORT YEAR)
Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) are prevalent in parts of Hull, particularly the older inner areas. A concentration of HMOs can have a negative effect on the amenity of neighbourhoods and undermine the creation of mixed and balanced communities. In particular, a proliferation of refuse and recycling bins, limited parking, and a potential for excessive noise and disturbance can have an adverse impact on an area and its residents. However, HMOs are an important part of the housing supply, and demand is likely to increase as a consequence of welfare reforms and the difficulty many people are having in accessing mortgage finance.
Planning permission is normally required to change a single family dwelling to a shared house of 7 or more unrelated people (a large HMO). An Article 4 Direction can be introduced in a specific area to require planning permission for a dwelling to be occupied by between 3 and 6 unrelated people (a small HMO).
Policy 7 Houses in multiple occupation
3. An Article 4 Direction requiring planning permission for small HMOs for between 3 and 6 unrelated people, and/ or a limit on the number of HMOs allowed, will be introduced in areas of the city where family housing needs to be protected or a specific need for such measures can be evidenced.
Article 4 directions - Houses in multiple occupation (HMO)
On 9 October 2013 a direction was made under Article 4(1) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995, as amended, to remove permitted development consisting of a change of use of a building to a use falling within Class C4 (houses in multiple occupation), of the Schedule to the Town and country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 from a use falling within Class C3 (dwelling houses) of that Schedule.
The HMO Article 4 direction applies to a specific area being land in part of the Avenues, Pearson Park, Newland, Newland Park, Inglemire and Beverley Road areas. Planning permission is required for change of use from Class C3 to Class C4 and the area is shown on Map 5.3 the Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032.
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Further directions under Article 4(1) of the Town and country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 as amended were made (DATE) to include specific additional areas within the city including Beverley Road (south), Spring Bank, Anlaby Road through to Hessle Road (NaSA) area and Holderness Road corridor (west of Maybury Road). These Article 4 Directions, to ensure planning permission is required for change of use from Class C3 to Class C4 within a specified area (small HMO's) became effective on 8th August 2019.
Maps below show the boundaries of the new HMO Article 4 directions.
• Map y.y: Avenues, Pearson Park, Newland, Newland Park, Inglemire and Beverley Road areas - Article 4 Area • Map x.x: Newington and St Andrews - Article 4 Area • Map x.y: Spring Bank and Beverley Road South - Article 4 Area • Map x.z : Holderness Road Corridor - Article 4 Area Greater details of these and all Article 4 Directives can be found at: http://www.hull.gov.uk/planning/planning-applications/article-4-directions
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Map y.y: Avenues, Pearson Park, Newland, Newland Park, Inglemire and Beverley Road areas - Article 4 Area
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Map x.x: Newington and St Andrews - Article 4 Area
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Map x.y: Spring Bank and Beverley Road South - Article 4 Area
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Map x.z: Holderness Road Corridor - Article 4 Area
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Gypsy and Traveller pitches
There were no applications for Gypsy & Traveller sites between April 2016 and March 2019. For the Hull Local Plan 2016 to 2032, the Council undertook a Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment (GATANA) (2017). The Local Plan takes into account the revised national planning definition of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople (Planning Policy for Traveller Sites (PPTS), DCLG 2015). The Local Plan identifies a need in Hull for 15 pitches over the Local Plan period, with 3 of these meeting the new PPTS definition. The Local Plan identifies the need over different time bands within the 2016 to 2032 plan period, for both Travellers who do, and those who do not, meet the new definition, as shown in Table 1.1. Table 1.1 Gypsy and Traveller accommodation and pitch need (2016-32)
Meets new PPTS Does not meet new Total definition PPTS definition
2016-21 1 4 5
2021-26 1 3 4
2026-32 1 5 6
2016-32 Total 3 12 15
Source: Hull Local Plan
The city currently has 70 residential pitches on four sites at Bankside, Wilmington, Bedford Street and Newington (existing Gypsy and Traveller sites, as at 31 March 2016, are shown in table 1.2), but there are no transit pitches or sites. Table 4.7: Gypsy and Traveller Sites as of 31st March 2015.
Site L ocation Site A rea Site C apacity Own ers hip Priv ate or (hectares) (No. of Pitches) Local Authority
Bankside 1.1 27 Local Authority Wilmington 0.8 23 Local Authority Bedford Street 0.3 10 Local Authority Newington 0.2 10 Local Authority
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Custom and self- build housing.
Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding.
5.21 Since 1st April 2016, the Government has required local authorities to maintain a register of people who want to build their own home. Authorities should then seek to identify suitable serviced plots of land to meet the demand for self-build and custom-build houses. The Government encourages local authorities to publish in their Authority Monitoring Report headline data on the demand for self-build and custom-build housing. The level of demand is established by the number of entries added to the register during a ‘base period’, as shown below in table 20.
Table 20: Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding demand.
Base Period No of Entries on Register 1/4/16 to 30/10/16 1 31/10/16 to 30/10/17 5 31/10/17 to 30/10/18 2 31/10/18 to 30/10/19 4 Total 12
(Note that the base periods do not correspond with the reporting periods of the AMR.)
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J. Houses in multiple occupation- Relating to the above a table is attached which illustrates HMO’s within the designated Article 4 Direction ( as provided by Private Housing Environmental Protection).
No. of Applications of No. s refusals of No determined yet Not Planning Appeals Dismissed Planning Appeals Allowed CasesEnforcement NoticesEnforcement Served Enforcement Appeals received No of Approval of No 11 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
5.26 Vacant Buildings – A register is being held in respect of Vacant Buildings. The initial number of properties listed was 386. Subsequently properties have been and are being inspected to determine whether further formal action is required. Reports will be presented bi-annually to update members and the list will be added to/revised as necessary.
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6. City and District Centres
Queen Victoria Square
Policy 9
City Centre
Main town centre uses
1. The city centre as defined on the Policies Map will accommodate a full range of main town centre uses and necessary infrastructure to promote key objectives for economic growth and to make Hull a world-class visitor destination. The city centre will be the primary location for all town centre uses where these, by their scale and nature and either individually or cumulatively, will serve a catchment area including the city as a whole and the wider region.
Education
2. The city centre will accommodate educational (D1) uses in connection
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with Hull College, Trinity House Academy or other emerging educational establishments including the University Technical College, and needs for expansion or remodelling of facilities will be supported subject to detailed planning considerations and other policy objectives of the Local Plan.
Housing
3. Approximately 2,500 homes will be developed in the city centre over the plan period to meet needs and to promote a larger city centre resident population. Homes will be delivered on allocated housing sites, within allocated mixed use sites, and within upper floors of properties that make up the primary shopping area where these are not in retail use, and in locations that will not undermine the operation of main town centre uses that are critical to the function of the city centre.
Old Town
4. The Old Town of the city centre will support a range of main town centre uses where these are compatible with, and respect, the historic fabric and unique heritage importance of the area. Proposals which help raise the tourism and cultural profile of the Old Town or that will assist in increasing the long term vitality and viability of the area will be encouraged. The future of the Old Town area of Hull city centre will be informed by use of masterplans to influence the development of the area to secure its long term viability as a residential and business area as well as a key visitor destination.
Protecting the centre hierarchy and the vitality and viability of centres
The Hull Local Plan: 2016 to 2032 establishes a hierarchy of over 60 district, local and neighbourhood centres that act as a focus for shops, retail services, leisure opportunities and community facilities.
Policy 11 states that this hierarchy should be maintained, and to this end, planning permissions for new retail development should be directed towards the appropriate level of centre and its primary frontage (PF) or primary shopping area (PSA) in the first instance. The table below shows where new retail development has been allowed or existing retail use lost between April 2018 and March 2019. Results from this table include: • within the primary frontages of centres there was an overall net loss of 333.5 sqm of existing retail space (A1use);
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• within the primary shopping areas of centres 271 sqm of new retail development was approved, with a loss 376 sqm of existing retail space (again an overall net loss of 105 sqm); • for development in defined retail centres but not within the primary shopping area of these centres, approved proposals show a total gain of up to 888 sqm of retail development (A1use); and • 1,565 sqm of new retail development was granted planning permission outside of designated centre during the year to March 2019. The Local Plan also seeks to protect and enhance the vibrancy and viability of the city’s district, local and neighbourhood centres and ensure that new food and drink, drink establishments and hot food takeaway outlets are directed to the most appropriate locations. This includes restricting hot food takeaway development in places where older school children and young adults can routinely access poorer food choices.
An important element for maintaining and increasing the vitality and vibrancy of all centres, involves preserving a healthy diversity of uses within them, including non-retail uses such as banks, restaurants and public houses. These are complimentary to the primary shopping function of a centre and help attract people to, and stay longer in them. There is however, a need to maintain a balance between A1 shops and services and these non-A1 uses.
Policy 12 of the Hull Local Plan states that a high proportion of the ground floor frontage units should remain in A1 shopping use and sets out a threshold for each category of centre above which a planning application for a change of use from an A1shop to a non-A1 use will not normally be permitted. To monitor this policy the following Tables have been produced.
Table? - Amount of floorspace granted planning permission for a retail development or a change of use to or from an A1 shop unit
In/out of Type of development Address (including centre if Floorspace Date of Gain/loss of PF/ PSA applicable) decision A1 uses in PSA
In PF COU from A1 Class Use to 2 - 4 King Edward Street (City 349.5 sqm 04/04/18 Loss A1/ A3 Class Use (sui Centre)
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generis)
Out of PSA COU from A1 Class Use to 10 Dock Street (City Centre) 54 sqm 10/04/18 Loss B1/ B2 Class Use
Out of PSA COU from Art Gallery to retail 26 - 29 Humber Street, Fruit Market up to 248 12/04/18 Gain shop (A1), A2, A3, A4, (City Centre) sqm B1offices, D1 and D2 or a combination of these uses
In PSA COU from A1 use to mixed 20 - 22 Hepworth’s Arcade (City 51.4 sqm 08/05/18 Loss use as an alcohol distillery, Centre) shop and education workshop (sui generis)
In PSA COU from taxi office (sui 141 Askew Avenue (NC-39 Askew 60 sqm 23/05/18 Gain generis) to shop (A1 use) Avenue)
Out of COU from taxi office and land 168 Salthouse Road 35 sqm 01/06/18 Gain centre (sui generis) to retail use (A1)
Out of PSA COU to retail shop (A1), A2, 69 - 70 Humber Street, Fruit Market Up to 481 26/06/18 Gain A3, A4, B1offices, D1 and D2 (City Centre) sqm
or a combination of these uses
In PSA COU from dental practice (D1) 528 Holderness Road (LC – (A1 use 24/07/18 Gain to professional services (A2) Holderness Road (Faraday Street) only) 28 and shops (A1) sqm
Out of PSA COU from retail unit (A1) to 2 Land of Green Ginger (City 74.2 sqm 26/07/18 Loss tattoo studio (sui generis) Centre)
Out of COU from retail (A1) premises Unit 6 and 7, Oslo Road 264 sqm 08/08/18 Loss centre to restaurant (A3) and hot food takeaway (A5)
Edge of Demolition of public house Lord Charles Public House, 160 555 sqm 10/08/18 Gain centre and betting shop and Annandale Road development of a retail food store
In PSA COU from offices to flexible 4 - 6 Silver Street (City Centre) 183 sqm 16/08/18 Gain permission for A1 (shop), A2 (offices) or B1a (offices)
Out of COU of ground floor studio to Land east of Poor House Lane 144 sqm 22/08/18 Gain centre A1 commercial unit
In PF Construction of a retail pod Asda, Hessle Road (DC-2 Hessle 16 sqm 23/08/18 Gain Road)
Out of PSA COU from office to shop Warehouse 13, Kingston Street 58 sqm 23/08/18 Gain (City Centre)
In PSA COU from retail (A1 use) to 724 Anlaby Road (LC-6 Anlaby 65 sqm 29/08/18 Loss tattoo studio (sui generis) Road)
In PSA COU of part of ground floor Gough Chambers, 13 - 15 Savile 177 sqm 19/09/18 Loss (A1) to residential (C3) Street (City Centre)
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In PSA COU from approved retail unit Unit 3B, Land to the west of Wawne 93 sqm 28/09/18 n/a (not yet constructed ) to Road (LC-33 Wawne View) veterinary surgery (sui generis)
In PSA COU from vacant shop (A1) to The Money Shop, 21 - 23 Newland 83 sqm 19/10/18 Loss café (A3) Avenue (LC-24 Newland Avenue)
Out of PSA COU from ground floor vacant 21 Posterngate (City Centre) 109 sqm 26/10/18 Loss shop (A1 use) to cafe/bar (A3/A4)
Out of Construction of extension to Aldi, Henry Boot Way 504 sqm 01/11/18 Gain centre retail food store
In Construction of single storey UGO Stores, 630 Anlaby Road (LC- 112 sqm 04/01/19 Gain centre/edge retail unit (class use A1) 6 Anlaby Road) of PSA
In PSA COU from retail unit (A1) to 204 Newland Avenue (LC-24 136 sqm 10/01/19 Loss restaurant (A3) Newland Avenue)
Out of COU from car sales to 94 - 96 Calvert Lane 327 sqm 10/01/19 Gain centre convenience shops (A1use) and hot food takeaway (A5 use)
In PSA COU of first floor shop (A1 5 North Point Shopping Centre, 733 sqm 07/03/19 n/a – as not use) to a gym (D2 use) Goodhart Road (DC-5 North Point) ground floor shop unit
Out of PSA Construction of 2 detached 3 3 - 38 At The Dock, Queen Street 101 sqm 15/03/19 Gain storey buildings with retail (City Centre) (A1) at ground floor level and offices (B1a) above
Out of Proposed COU of ground floor Flowers from Botany Bay, 197 49 sqm 21/03/19 Loss centre retail unit to a 1bedroomed Anlaby Road apartment
Concentration of food & drink, drinking establishments and hot food takeaways The health and success of centres across Hull differs significantly. Some centres are robust and vibrant with good retailer representation and strong footfall rates, while others are showing some signs of decline, for example with higher vacancy rates and poorer environmental qualities. Within these less vibrant centres, the re-occupation of vacant units with alternative non- shopping premises such as cafes, restaurants, bars and hot food takeaways can bring benefits by bringing properties back into use and increasing the
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number of people using the centre. However the over-concentration of certain uses can also detract from the primary retail function of the centre and have a detrimental effect on its general attractiveness, local amenity and public nuisance. Therefore Policy 12 seeks to control the concentration of new food and drink, drinking establishments and hot food takeaway premises in centres. It is not intended to impose a blanket ban on the development of further A3, A4 and A5 uses within centres, rather it is guide intended to control developments in centres where there’s already evidence of detrimental impacts of such uses, or there might be, should the development take place. An over-concentration of A3, A4 and A5 uses will depend on the size of a centre, the potential for numbers of such uses to impact the centres overall function or on locally identified amenity issues.
Table ? - The number of existing A3/A4 and A5 uses in Hull’s city centre, district centres (DC), local centres (LC) and neighbourhood centres (NC) - as at
April 2019
Centre name No. of A3 - A5 units Percentage of No. of A5 units Percentage of in centre total units in centre total units
Hull City Centre (primary frontages) 19 8% 1 .4%
Hull City Centre (secondary frontages) 64 19% 9 3%
Hessle Road DC (primary frontages) 6 8% 2 3%
Hessle Road DC (secondary frontages) 13 9% 9 6%
Holderness Road DC (primary frontages) 1 2% 0 -
Holderness Road DC (secondary frontages) 18 14% 5 4%
Kingswood DC 5 19% 0 -
North Point DC (primary frontages) 4 6% 3 5%
North Point DC (secondary frontages) 1 14% 0 -
Anlaby Road LC 30 24% 18 14%
Annandale Road LC 3* 19% 3 19%
Beverley Road/Cave Street LC 12 18% 8 12%
Beverley Road/Cottingham Road LC 20 38% 10 19%
Beverley Road/Washington Street LC 10 23% 5 11%
Chanterlands Avenue LC 16 20% 8 10%
Cottingham Road/Hall Road LC 4 18% 3 14%
Endike Lane LC 7* 22% 7 22%
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Gipsyville LC 9 20% 8 17%
Grampian Way LC 4 31% 3 23%
Grandale LC 7 41% 6 35%
Greenwich Avenue LC 2* 12% 2 12%
Greenwood Avenue (West) LC 3* 18% 3 18%
Holderness Road/Faraday Street LC 8 24% 7 21%
Holderness Road/Morrison’s LC 6* 27% 6 27%
Ings Centre, Savoy Road LC 5 28% 3 17%
Kingswood Village LC 2 25% 0 -
Marfleet Lane LC 3 18% 2 12%
Newland Avenue LC 46 28% 15 9%
Orchard Park LC 5 23% 4 18%
Princes Avenue LC 31 41% 3 4%
Shannon Road LC 4 22% 3 17%
Southcoates Lane LC 7* 23% 7 23%
Spring Bank LC 20 19% 7 6%
Spring Bank West LC 10 22% 8 18%
Sutton Village LC 5 16% 2 6%
Tweendykes/Ings Road LC 3* 21% 3 21%
Willerby Road LC 5 25% 4 20%
Anlaby Road/ Anlaby Park NC 2* 22% 2 22%
Anlaby Road/Calvert Lane NC 1* 10% 1 10%
Anlaby Road/Coltman Street NC 3 18% 2 12%
Anlaby Road/East Ella Drive NC 1* 11% 1 11%
Askew Avenue NC 1* 14% 1 14%
Barham Road NC 5 50% 4 40%
Bethune Avenue NC 2* 40% 2 40%
Beverley Road/Melwood Grove NC 2* 20% 2 20%
Beverley Road/Riversdale Road NC 5 42% 4 33%
Beverley Road/Strand Close NC 4 25% 3 19%
Beverley Road/Sutton Road NC 2 22% 1 11%
Boothferry Road/Belgrave Drive NC 1* 10% 1 10%
Boothferry Road/North Road NC 1* 10% 1 10%
Bricknell Avenue NC 3* 43% 3 43%
County Road South NC 4 40% 3 30%
Dalsetter Rise NC 1* 25% 1 25%
Goodwin Parade, Walker Street NC 1* 10% 1 10%
Greenwood Avenue (east) 2* 24% 2 24%
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Holderness Road/Woodford 4 20% 2 10%
Hotham Road South 2 25% 1 13%
Inglemire Lane/Hall Road 3 33% 2 22%
James Reckitt Avenue 4 40% 2 20%
Preston Road Village - - - -
Priory Road - - - -
The Quadrant - - - -
Spring Bank West/Luton Street 2* 22% 2 9%
Victoria Dock 2 33% 1 17%
Wawne Road/Zeals Garth 2 40% 1 20%
Wold Road 7 44% 4 25%
* all units in the centre are hot food takeaways (A5)
The proximity of new hot food takeaways to secondary schools, sixth- form colleges and playing fields There is a growing body of evidence identifying the link between the number and ease of access to hot food takeaways, and the increasing levels of obesity in society. And in particular, how the availability of calorie-rich food sold in takeaways makes it harder for individuals to maintain healthy lifestyles and the hardest of all, for people in the most deprived areas of the country. The highest density of takeaways also tends to be in areas of highest deprivation. This is also the case in Hull, as the city has both a high density rate for existing A5 premises and high levels of deprivation (based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 score, Hull is the 3rd most deprived local authority in England). Recent government initiatives have recognised that “local authorities, through a wide range of functions are well placed to take action to help combat obesity and that the planning system is one area in which local government can act” although it is acknowledged that planning alone cannot tackle the issue of weight gain in the population, for example, the planning system is limited in what it can control in relation to existing takeaways, their business models or individual consumer choice. However local planning authorities can influence the location of new hot food takeaway outlets and in particular, follow Public Health England and NICE advice suggesting that they restrict the location of new A5 uses in certain areas, for example near schools.
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Therefore Policy 12 seeks to restrict new hot food takeaways opening within 400m of all secondary schools, sixth form colleges and playing fields. The policy intends that this restriction will help reduce the ease access to A5 use premises for younger people, especially in places they regularly visit. For those submitting a planning application for a A5 use anywhere in the city, a 400m buffer will be applied around the property in question to determine whether a secondary school, sixth-form college or playing field lies within it. In the case of a playing field, there is no exact definition of what a playing field is but in terms of this, the LPA will consider playing fields to be places on which sport is played and this will include all outdoor sports facilities and young people’s sports facilities. This definition will include football and rugby pitches, cricket grounds, baseball and rounder’s pitches, MUGA’s and skate board parks, for example. It should be noted that this definition of playing fields also includes playing fields at education sites although playing fields at primary schools will only be included if they are available for community use. The table below shows planning applications for a change of use to a hot food takeaway approved or refused between April 2018 and March 2019.
Table ? - Planning applications of change of use to a hot food Takeaway
Planning application Address Decision Reason for refusal/or and date of approval (i.e. not within decision 400m of an OSF)
COU from (A1) retail shop to (A5) hot food 199 Wold Road Refused - Over-proliferation takeaway 04/05/18 /adversely affecting local amenity/above the 20% threshold for HFT in centres
COU from retail (A1) premises to Unit 6 and 7, Oslo Road Permitted – Not within 400m of restaurant (A3) and hot food takeaway 08/08/18 OSF/Ed./YPF (A5)
COU from shop (A1 use) to hot food 314 Hessle Road Refused - Within 400m of Ed./OSF takeaway (A5) 20/08/18
COU from A1 to A5 (hot food takeaway) 138 Shannon Road Refused - Within 400m of OSF 23/08/18 /adversely affecting local amenity/above the 20% threshold for HFT in centres
COU from offices (A2) to hot food 10 Goodwin Parade, Walker Street Refused - Within 400m of OSF takeaway (A5) 10/09/18
COU from taxis office (sui generis) to hot Unit 5, Oslo Road Permitted - Not within 400m of food takeaway (A5) 06/11/18 OSF/Ed./YPF
COU from A3 restaurant to mixed use A3 Athena Gyros, 155 Newland Avenue Permitted - Within 400m of OSF but restaurant and hot food takeaway (A5) 28/11/18 applicate produced evidence that the bowling club in question currently has no members under 40
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COU to hot food takeaway (A5) 212 Newland Avenue Permitted - Within 400m of OSF but 20/12/18 as with the above application the bowling club in question states that currently it has no members under 40
COU from car sales to convenience 94 - 96 Calvert Lane Permitted - Not within 400m of shops (A1use) and hot food takeaway (A5 20/12/18 OSF/Ed./YPF use)
COU from shop (A1 use) to hot food Former Lloyds Beauty Salon, 27 Refused - Within 400m of Ed. takeaway (A5 use) 24//01/19 Jameson Street
Ed. = All secondary schools, or primary school with playing field available for community use OSF = Outdoor sports facility YPF = Young people’s facility
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7. Education, Health and Community Facilities
Trinity House Academy
Policy 13
Education, health and community facilities
University of Hull
1. Development and expansion of facilities at the University of Hull will be supported to enable it to fulfil its role as a key economic driver, particularly through research and development, and as a leading educational establishment
2. Development on existing open space areas within the University Quarter, as defined on the Policies Map, will only be supported where there is a clear strategy to enable re-provision elsewhere and there is a commitment to this, including secured funding, prior to any development taking place. Proposals will also need to demonstrate how they impact upon the significance of the various designated heritage assets around the
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campus. A masterplan will form part of the strategy to give clear spatial definition of proposals, and to guide development decisions.
3. Development of student accommodation within the University Quarter, and upgrading of student accommodation within the University Quarter and in adjoining areas, will be supported.
Education and schools
4. Development to create new schools or expand or alter existing schools, as designated on the Policies Map, will be supported where it does not conflict with other key planning objectives. Provision of community facilities, including for sports and within new schools, will be promoted and provision should be made to ensure these are retained and continue to be accessible for local communities.
Health
5. Development to create, expand or alter health facilities, including at Hull Royal Infirmary, will be supported where they do not conflict with other key planning objectives.
Encouraging and protecting new and existing community facilities
Development of new community facilities will be supported where they are located to best meet the needs of the anticipated users of the facility. Where the facility incorporates main town centre uses, then development should be subject to the sequential approach and consider relevant centres including within the City Centre, District, Local and Neighbourhood Centres. Other community facilities should consider centres where sites or properties are available, where they could promote linked trips and support the vitality and viability of centres, and where they would have an acceptable impact on the amenity of the surrounding area.
1. Extension of existing community facilities will be supported where it is of a scale appropriate to the location and use of the facility and would not have a detrimental impact on the amenity of the surrounding area.
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2. Development that would involve the loss of significant community facilities will not be supported unless it can be demonstrated that:
a. the site is no longer needed for community use, or the loss would not create or add to a shortfall in the provision of such uses within its locality;
b. the land or buildings in question are no longer suitable to accommodate the current use, and cannot be retained or adapted to accommodate other community facilities;
c. the community use is to be incorporated or replaced within a new development or redevelopment of the site; or
6. existing nearby community uses can be improved to accommodate the loss, or suitable alternative facilities are provided close by.
Education and Schools – 3 planning applications were approved relating to extensions to existing schools in the city. A purpose built childrens day nursery was also approved.
Community facilities – 2 planning approvals were made, which would, if implemented result in the loss of community facilities. However 5 were granted which would create opportunities for community facilities in the city.
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8. Design and Heritage
Old Town view
Policy 14 Design Development should demonstrate how its design supports the delivery of a high quality environment in Hull, particularly with regard to: a. the relationship between the development and the surrounding built form of the city in terms of: i. character ii. use and surrounding uses iii. layout and connectivity iv. setting and relationship to key heritage assets v. scale vi. massing
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vii. grain and density viii. architectural structure and enclosure ix. detailing and materials; b. encouraging active and healthy lifestyles; c. providing landscaping which retains natural features where possible; d. providing inclusive access; e. opportunities to promote public safety and minimise the risk of crime; f. the creation of inclusive public spaces which encourage community interaction through: i. inclusive design ii. active frontages iii. high quality public realm iv. appropriate soft and hard landscaping v. minimising the potential for anti-social behaviour vi. providing public art where appropriate; g. ensuring where development is proposed in the city centre, its design and landscaping complements the 2016/17 materials in the public realm. Where possible, this will involve the use of the same palette of materials. Development which does not meet these criteria will be refused.
Policy 15 Local distinctiveness 1. Development should promote local distinctiveness where appropriate, with particular reference to: a. improving access to and making effective use of the Port, the city’s waterfront and maritime assets along the River Hull and the Humber Estuary whilst taking account of flood risk; b. creating a network of landmarks in prominent or gateway locations to develop legible local references that distinguish parts of the city; c. encouraging contemporary architecture that respects the city’s heritage, creating positive and distinctive contributions to enrich the built fabric; d. the setting, character and appearance of Listed Buildings,
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Conservation Areas and other heritage assets; e. waymarking arterial routes; and f. ensuring proposals, including those on allocated sites, accord with any adopted masterplan, development brief or local development order. 2. Development of tall buildings (above 30m in height) in and around the city centre, as shown on the Policies Map, must demonstrate that: a. they would not harm the character or appearance of the city centre Conservation Areas which are characterised by their low rise nature; b. would not harm the setting of heritage assets; c. they would not harm the distinctive, historic skyline; d. there would be an acceptable impact on views and vistas across and within the city centre; e. they are providing a positive contribution to the skyline through a high standard of design.
Design & Heritage:
There are 475 statutory listed buildings (8 of which are classed as being at risk by Hull City Council), 225 buildings or groups of buildings which are locally listed, 26 conservation areas (2 of which are classed as being at risk by Historic England), 2 scheduled monuments and 2 registered parks.
At the end of the reporting period, officers (2no.) responded to 363 development management consultations requiring specialist design and/or heritage comments/input. 99.9% were responded to within 21 days.
Statutory Listed Buildings
There are 475 statutory listed buildings in Hull. No listed buildings were demolished or delisted over the reporting period.
In relation to the listed buildings at risk (8no.), quarterly updates continue to be provided to the Planning Policy Committee. Pursuance of compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) or acquisition through agreement continue with regard to the grade II listed George Lamb Memorial Chapel (GLMC), Lambert Street, and The Strand aka former Hull School of Architecture/Blundell Street School, Brunswick Avenue. The National Picture Theatre was acquired by Hull City Council through negotiation after the serving of a CPO. Following acquisition, a National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) stage 1 application was successfully submitted in late 2018. Submission of a NLHF stage 2 bid will be
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made end of May 2020. If the NLHF stage 2 bid is successful, funding will be unlocked to undertake work to the site to enable the repairs notice to be complied with and to allow the site opened up to the public. It is anticipated that following the restoration work, the management of the site will transfer to the National Civilian WWII Memorial Trust on the condition that a sufficiently robust business case and management and maintenance plan is drawn up by the organisation and approved by the Council and NLHF.
Locally Listed Buildings
The number of locally listed buildings stands at 225, down by 1 on the last reporting period. Nos.2050-52 Hessle Road, part of the old Sculcoates Cottage Homes, was demolished in 2018.
Conservation Areas
No new conservation areas have been designated over the reporting period. Two Hull conservation areas remain on the national ‘at risk’ register compiled by Historic England: Beverley Road and St Andrews Dock.
Beverley Road – To address the decline of the Beverley Road conservation area the City Council continues to deliver a townscape heritage scheme at the south end of Beverley Road. This is a five year scheme with its own dedicated officer. It was launched in October 2015 and is due to be completed in 2020.
The scheme is funded with a grant of just under £1.6million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, with additional funding provided by the City Council and the private sector.
The scheme covers the south end of the Beverley Road conservation area, between Queens Road and Free Town Way. This area was first developed in the early nineteenth century becoming one of Hull's first residential suburbs. It was designated as a conservation area in 1992. Unfortunately, in recent years, a number of the area's key historic buildings have fallen into decline and the conservation area is now on the national 'at risk' register (a list of nationally important historic sites that are currently considered to be at risk from damage or loss).
The funding will allow the City Council to offer restoration grants to owners of some of the key historic properties, to help them carry out much needed conservation repairs to the outside of their buildings. The scheme can offer grants to cover up to 70 per cent of the eligible conservation repairs. http://cityplanhull.co.uk/index.php/beverley-road/
St Andrews Dock – Only 4 vacant buildings remain standing within the conservation area. This includes the grade II listed Hydraulic Tower and
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Pump House (now at risk). New re-development proposals for the 4 buildings are expected in mid-late 2019.
Hull Old Town Heritage Action Zone (HOTHAZ)
This project was launched in March 2017 and will run until March 2022. The Hull Old Town Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) is a five year partnership between Historic England and the Council that will realign Hull’s economy with tourism, culture and heritage.
The project builds further upon both the success of Hull’s year as UK City of Culture 2017 and on the work that has already been carried out to date to repurpose Hull’s Old Town by maximising occupancy within the city’s historic core and by promoting Hull’s historic fabric and cultural assets.
The HAZ will involve close working with local stakeholders and partners to deliver a number of outcomes, but will primarily focus on Whitefriargate and developing the 16th Century South Blockhouse as a visitor attraction. http://cityplanhull.co.uk/index.php/oldtown/
Article 4 Directions
The number of Article 4 Directions remains at 22:
2 within the Garden Village conservation area;
11 (12*) within the Avenues & Pearson Park conservation area;
4 within the Boulevard conservation area;
4 within the Coltman Street conservation area; and
1* in an area surrounding and including Avenues & Pearson Park conservation area, Ella Street conservation area, Newland Park conservation area, Beverley High Road conservation area and parts of Spring Bank West conservation area, Princes Avenue conservation area, Beverley Road conservation area, Cottingham Road conservation area; Newland conservation area and Sculcoates conservation area.
The purpose of the Article 4 Directions is not to prevent development, but to allow an assessment of the merits of works which do not normally require planning permission on the Conservation Areas. Uncontrolled changes can have a cumulative impact on these areas. The table below shows that the majority of applications were approved, and this generally was arrived at through pre-application discussions with the Local Planning Authority to achieve an acceptable design.
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Area No. of No. of No. of Not yet Appeals applications approvals refusals determined Avenues 10 7 3 0 0 and Pearson Park
Garden 0 0 0 0 0 Village
Boulevard 4 3 0 1 0
Coltman 0 0 0 0 0 Street
There were 21 appeal decisions against refusals received during this year. Of these 7 had reasons for refusal relating to design/heritage (33.33%). Of these appeals 6 of 7 were dismissed (85.71%) and 1 of 7 was allowed (14.29%).
Scheduled Monuments
The number of scheduled monuments remains at 2. As part of the HOTHAZ, plans will be developed for the buried archaeological remains of the 16th Century South Blockhouse as a visitor attraction. Developing the South Blockhouse will create a new stepping stone between. http://cityplanhull.co.uk/index.php/oldtown/
Registered Parks & Gardens
The number of registered parks & gardens remains at 2. In relation to Pearson Park, in July 2017 a ‘Parks for People’ grant (worth £3m) was awarded by the HLF to Hull City Council (who is contributing an additional £800,000). As part of the proposals the grade II listed East Lodge (at risk) will be restored as part of the overall proposals for the Park. Delivery of the programme of works is expected to be completed in August 2020. http://cityplanhull.co.uk/index.php/pearson-park/
Urban Design
Preparation of city centre key sites Supplementary Planning Document : Since completion 3 of 12 sites granted planning permissions and 2 of 12 sites have planning applications imminent, whereas1site has had an application
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refused on design grounds (amongst others). Funded activity has facilitated 6 of 12 key city centre sites coming forward in the first 12 months of SPD.
Design Review panels : 4 funded design review panels have taken place East Bank X2, Albion Square and Myton Street Hotel/Earl De Grey. Of which 2 schemes now have planning permission.
Design skills training : 26X Councillor and 75X officer places delivered across 6X urban design training sessions: 1. Raising Design Standards; 2. Building For Life 12 X2; Streets design; Enlivening Empty Buildings; and Designing for Culture, Innovation and Tourism.
Residential design guide Supplementary Planning Document : SPD written, illustrated and subject of a six week public consultation. SPD is due for formal adoption as part of the Hull Development Plan in late 2019.
Hull Resilient City project : Urban design team ran a ‘Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Design Competition’ to bring forward best practice examples on water resilient design from across the world. An initial list of 44 entrants was shortlisted to 5 finalists from which a winning entry chosen. The competition gallery was supported by a media campaign and a successful public gallery displayed in Trinity Market.
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9. Transport 10. Policy 28 11. Classified Road Network 12. 1. Development adjacent to either the Classified Road Network, as shown on Map 10.1, or potential classified roads will: 13. a. traffic and the capacity of the road to meet predicted traffic impact resulting from the development; 14. b. include provision of safe and adequate vehicular, cycle, and pedestrian access to and from the site; 15. c. only be allowed direct access onto the Strategic Road Network or Classified Road Network or potential classified roads where it does not have an adverse impact on the intended purpose of the road in terms of traffic capacity and safety; 16. d. ensure that any junction or capacity improvements necessary to mitigate the impact of the development shall be completed before the occupation of the development; 17. e. demonstrate that it will not have a detrimental impact on the A63/ A1033 (Strategic Road Network) in terms of traffic generation and air quality; and 18. f. only be permitted new junctions or direct access onto the A63/ A1033 (Strategic Road Network) that: have the agreement of Highways England; are essential for the delivery of strategic planned growth as identified by the local plan; and can demonstrate that all appropriate current design standards can be achieved. 19. 2. New vehicle crossovers on to classified roads will only be allowed where they are acceptable in terms of: 20. a. safety implications of any proposed boundary treatments; 21. b. impact on the character of the surrounding area and streetscene including highway and garden trees; 22. c. materials used, particularly for hard surfacing and the need to complement adjoining footway;
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23. d. cumulative effect of crossings and front garden parking on the classified road; 24. e. amount of surface water run-off likely to be created; 25. f. drivers' visibility emerging from a frontage and the safety of pedestrians. 26. g. preventing drivers reversing from or on to the classified road network in the interests of pedestrians and other highway users' safety. Drivers must be able to turn within the site. 27. Consideration should always be given first to using alternative access points.
Priority: Provide a transport system that meets the needs of residents and businesses, and is safe, efficient and less polluting.
The adopted Local Plan aims to encourage sustainable travel through identification, protection and improvement of key transport routes, to exploit opportunities to widen transport choice, and to ensure new developments are as accessible as possible. The plan aligns with the Council’s Local Transport Plan to focus on promoting a sustainable transport system. The development management process can require some provision to encourage sustainable travel through planning conditions, for example cycle parking facilities. However, the intention through the monitoring report is to track notable developments to report on the contribution they make to sustainable development, with the aim of identifying positive aspects and areas which need to be improved.
Notable transport developments across the period were:
Highways
(i) Major improvements to the A63/A1033 Castle Street are proposed by Highways England. The plans include the grade separation of the Mytongate junction. The scheme seeks to improve access to the docks, relieve congestion, improve safety and reduce severance between the city centre and the waterfront area. The Development Consent Order application was submitted in September 2018 and public hearings were held in early June and July. The inspector is currently drafting his recommendations on the scheme and are due to be submitted to the Secretary of State by the end of the year. It is expected that the Secretary of State will make his decision on the scheme by spring 2020.
(ii) Work is continuing on the construction of the pedestrian / cycle footbridge over the A63 Castle Street and the bridge is due to be lifted into position in early November. It is anticipated that the scheme will be completed by spring 2020.
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(iii) In late summer Highways England completed highway improvement works to the A63 Roger Millward Way Roundabout.
(iv) Development work continues to progress the detail design of the highway improvement schemes on the Stoneferry Road Corridor. The improvements are being designed to improve safety, help reduce congestion and encourage sustainable travel along the corridor, especially at peak times. Works are anticipated to commence in autumn 2019 and are anticipated to be completed by autumn 2020.
(v) Detailed design work is ongoing on the development of a highway improvement scheme to address traffic congestion on Priory Way. The project involves widening sections of carriageway on Priory Way, Henry Boot Way and Saxon Way to improve the flow of traffic on this section of the network. It is currently anticipated that these works are to commence on site in the New Year, subject to completion of the final elements of the detailed design.
Passenger Rail
(i) A Strategic Transport Plan (STP) for the North has been published by Transport for the North (TfN). The STP sets out what transformational change is required, why, where and what needs to be delivered to support the wider growth aspirations of the Humber Region and more widely across the north of England.
(ii) Forming a part of the overall STP, the Council is working with TfN on the development of a Northern Powerhouse Rail network that will provide a step change in the level of rail connectivity between some of the North’s larger cities and economic centres. Two of the key corridors for improvement are Hull to Leeds (and onwards to Manchester) and Hull to Sheffield with proposals being taken through a business case process to develop infrastructure upgrades on the existing alignment to support additional services and faster journey times.
(iii) The Council has been working with TfN and the train operating companies to deliver improved rolling stock on the Hull services. Northern have already introduced a number of new units and Transpennine Express will be introducing refurbished units through the end of March 2020
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10. Water Management
River Hull
Policy 37
Flood Defence
1. Development adjacent to flood defences must not reduce their effectiveness, or prevent or hinder their future maintenance or improvement (including set-back). Proposals should include a minimum 8m easement to allow for access to flood defences, ordinary watercourses and main rivers, unless otherwise agreed with the regulatory body.
2. Improvement of the standard of flood defences will be supported. Where possible, development should be designed in such a way that improved flood defences can be incorporated into an enhanced public realm.
3. Development may be required to improve the standard of flood defence infrastructure if required to make the development acceptable (taking into account climate change), and where the improvements required are not
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already planned and funded by risk management authorities within an appropriate timescale.
Policy 38 Surface Water Storage and Drainage
1. Development of strategic facilities for the storage of water will be supported where they can be shown to improve the flood resilience of the city and are well designed.
2. Development which will reduce the effectiveness of any surface water storage operation or facility will be refused.
3. Localised surface water storage and drainage facilities will be supported.
10.1 The Local Plan emphasises the importance of flood risk within the city and this is reinforced by the fact that the word ‘flood’ occurs 219 times within the plan, which is more than the word ‘planning’ appears. Strategic Priority 10 relates to the climate and climate change, together with references to the importance of the city’s flood defences and the importance of keeping them maintained and improved.
10.2 As well as a Water Management chapter which includes policies on flood defences, surface water storage and drainage, sustainable drainage, addressing flood risk in planning applications, groundwater protection and green infrastructure, and the green network. Flood risk is also included in other policies throughout the plan, which cover traveller provision, local distinctiveness, energy efficient design and waterfront.
Policy 39
Sustainable Drainage
1. All development should incorporate sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) unless it has been demonstrated this is not technically or economically feasible. Major development should be accompanied by a Drainage Impact Assessment.
2. The Drainage Impact Assessment should account for the following:
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a. run-off rates for greenfield sites should not exceed 1.4 litres per second per hectare; b. run-off rates for brownfield sites should not exceed 50% of the current run-off rate; c. the on-site drainage system should be capable of storing water for the 1 in 75 year (1.33% annual probability) rainfall event; d. the site should be capable of storing the water from a 1 in 100 year (1% annual probability) rainfall event;
A 30% allowance should be added to the above requirements to account for climate change and to ensure that the development is safe for its lifetime.
3. The drainage system should be designed so that in the event of the system failing or the tolerances being exceeded, no surface water flooding is caused to habitable buildings on- or off-site.
4. Site layout should have regard to any relative flood risk within the site and any existing features which could support sustainable drainage on-site.
5. Sustainable drainage systems must be designed with regard to Source Protection Zones.
6. Applications should demonstrate how the long term maintenance of the sustainable drainage system will be assured.
10.3 During July 2017, the Hull and Haltemprice Living with Water partnership became established. This partnership consists of Hull City, East Riding of Yorkshire Councils, the Environment Agency and Yorkshire Water. The partners work together on a fresh approach to addressing flood risk, making use of more sustainable solutions, whilst working in harmony with the environment and providing wider benefits to the local community and economy. This includes access to green space, improved air quality and other biodiversity benefits. The objective of the partnership is to create a resilient city. This involves a behaviour change so communities take responsibility for their personal resilience. A large level of engagement is required to drive this culture change. Up to August 2019 the total engagement hours undertaken are: • 853 hours quality engagement (where people have made a pledge) • 377.5 educational hours • 11 events attended with Living with Water stand • 87 flood warning sign ups at events • 1911 hours total engagement
10.4 A joint Supplementary Planning Document has being produced for surface water drainage in Hull. This is a joint document with Yorkshire Water and Hull City council to acknowledge the unique situation in Hull where the majority of surface water run-off from new development discharges into the sewer system. An appropriate discharge rate has being agreed with both
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authorities will be requesting through the planning process. This will complement the push for above ground Sustainable Drainage.
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11. Open Space and Natural Environmental
Greening of central reservation – Sutton Park
Policy 44 Biodiversity and Wildlife Policies Map 1. Wildlife designations within the city boundary are shown on the Policies Map. This includes the Humber Estuary International Site (Ramsar, SPA, SAC and SSSI), Local Nature Reserves (LNR), and sites likely to qualify as Local Wildlife Sites (LWS). Allocations within the Kingswood area are made within the Kingswood Area Action Plan. European sites (Ramsar, SPA, SAC) 2. Development that may affect an existing or proposed European or Ramsar site should demonstrate through a Habitats Regulations Assessment that any impact will be acceptable. This will need to consider the impact of the scheme both on its own and in combination with other schemes that already
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have planning permission. Development will not be permitted if it is likely to result in a significant adverse impact unless there is an imperative reason of over-riding public interest. National sites (SSSI) 3. Natural England will be consulted on proposals for development that are likely to have an effect on a SSSI. Development that will have a negative effect will not normally be permitted, except where the benefits of development substantially outweigh both the impact on the site and any broader impacts on the wider network of National Sites. In such cases, compensation for the harm will be required. Local sites (LNR, LWS) 4. Development resulting in the loss or significant harm to a Local Wildlife Site or Local Nature Reserve will only be permitted if it can be clearly demonstrated there is a strong need for the development, and that there are no other appropriate locations for the development. Where loss or harm cannot be prevented or adequately mitigated, as a last resort, appropriate compensation for the loss/ harm must be agreed. 5. Until formally reviewed, an open space site will be afforded the same level of protection as a Local Wildlife Site if it meets the Council's LWS selection criteria. Protected species 6. Development adversely affecting a species protected by legislation will not be allowed. Promoting biodiversity improvements 7. Development should seek to achieve a net gain in biodiversity habitat commensurate with the scale of the development, and schemes will be supported where they: a. Conserve, restore, enhance or re-create biodiversity interests, particularly national Priority Habitats and Species and locally important habitat and species identified in the Hull Biodiversity Action Plan. b. Safeguard, enhance, create and connect identified habitat networks in order to: i. protect, strengthen and reduce fragmentation of habitats;
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ii. create a coherent ecological network that is resilient to current and future pressures; iii. conserve and increase populations of species; and iv. promote and enhance green infrastructure.
Hull has one priority habitat and 11 priority species or groups, as listed in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP). The priority habitat, the Humber Estuarine Saltmarsh and Mudflats, is part of the much larger Estuary Habitat Action Plan (HAP).
Open space and Natural Environment
Biodiversity and Wildlife Kingston upon Hull has a wide and diverse biodiversity. In particular, the estuarine environment supports a number of protected habitats and species, many of which are of national and international importance. Whilst the city’s most notable habitats and species are associated with the Humber Estuary, there are still a number of important habitats and species within the city’s boundaries. The Hull Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP), is in need of review, the 2002 plan identifies local and national priority habitats and species of importance within the city. It sets targets for their conservation and outlines mechanisms for achieving these targets. The current plan provides Action Plans for eight habitats and twenty five different species. Through the development of the Hull Local Plan the designation of ‘Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs)’ has been replaced by Local Wildlife Site (LWS). Sites have been designated as candidate LWS (cLWS) prior to ratification of the selection guidelines. LWS are identified and selected locally using robust, scientifically-determined criteria and detailed ecological surveys. LWS designation offers protection for areas of importance for wildlife and geology at a local scale complementing national and internationally designated geological and wildlife sites. There are 52 cLWS within the local authority boundaries identified within the Local Plan which are considered to be of local importance for biodiversity. Urban Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGS) are designated by the East Yorkshire RIGS Group and relate to buildings and monuments in the city that offer a geological education resource. Local Sites in Positive Management are covered by the National Indicator 160-00, the proportion of sites with positive conservation management. 23% of Hull cLWS are in positive conservation management. The Humber Estuary is the city’s only Site of Special Scientific interest (SSSI) it is also designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar an international designation for Important Wetlands. Bird usage along the Humber frontage (King George Dock and Victoria Dock to St Andrew’s Quay) is monitored as part of the local plan. Species of Importance encountered during these surveys are shown in the table below along with the location and month of peak count. Species Peak Month Location
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Count Shelduck 2 December Saltmarsh to the west of St Andrew’s Quay Mallard 21 January Albert Dock Curlew 7 December Green Port Hull Mudflats Redshank 8 February River Hull Turnstone 1 January Nelson Street Dunlin 120 February William Wright Dock Frontage Oystercatcher 2 November Green Port Hull Mudflats
New and Upgraded Playgrounds New George Street has seen the installation of a new playground to serve the needs of the local community. Longhill children’s play area has also been updated with the installation of new equipment. Playing Pitches Dane Park pitches saw drainage improvements to two pitches with through the Cottingham and Orchard Park Flood Alleviation Scheme. Allotments A new allotment site with 36 plots has been provide at Edensands Roads as part of the former Amy Johnson Development; public use and uptake has been good with 89% occupancy Policy 45 Trees Residential and commercial development and new trees 1. Three new trees of native species and local provenance will be required to be planted for each new dwelling (this excludes conversions and changes of use). A presumption that the trees will be planted as part of the development rather than off-site will apply when appropriate. The planting of new trees will be encouraged in new commercial development in appropriate places or within landscaping schemes wherever possible. Tree protection and replacement 2. Hull City Council will make Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) when necessary, in order to protect specific trees, groups of trees, or woodlands, in the interests of amenity and biodiversity. 3. The Council will not grant permission for the loss of or damage to a tree, group of trees or areas of woodland of significant amenity, biodiversity or historic value unless there is deemed to be an immediate hazard to public
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safety. 4. Trees protected by Tree Preservation Orders should be retained whenever possible, unless: a. They are dead, dying, diseased, or represent a hazard to public safety; or b. The Council's arboricultural officer deems the felling to be acceptable with regards to the Council's policy on urban forestry and tree management; or c. The benefit of the proposed development outweighs the benefit of their retention.
5. If felling is deemed acceptable by parts (3) or (4), then the planting of two replacement trees in an appropriate location will be required.
No developments involving the loss of trees were allowed on appeals that were refused under the planning policy, however there is one refusal, where one of the grounds to refuse was failure to make adequate provision on site for new trees and fails to make alternative provision off site or by way of a legal agreement contrary to policy 45 of the Local Plan. This refusal is subject to an appeal in progress . Whereas, as over 200 new trees were planted as part of new developments across the city, reflecting the City Tree Plan, objectives to ensure that Hulls remains rich and diverse in its tree heritage.
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12 Environmental Quality
Policy 49
Noise Pollution
1. Development which would site noise sensitive receptors in proximity to noisy uses or areas should demonstrate that there would be an acceptable level of amenity for end users. Where this has not been demonstrated, development will not be allowed.
2. Development of noisy uses should demonstrate that adverse impacts of noise can be mitigated and that there would be an acceptable impact on the amenity of surrounding land uses, including the Humber Estuary International Site.
1.1 Atmospheric /Noise and Light pollution- there are no records of applications refused under this policy. The matter will be monitored for future AMR’s and the policy will be expanded on within a Supplementary Planning Document.
Policy 48 Land Affected by Contamination 1. Development which: a. involves the development of land known or suspected to be contaminated; and/or b. would have a vulnerable end user; and/or c. could create a new pathway between a contamination source and a vulnerable receptor (including local, national and internationally designated wildlife sites and the groundwater aquifer) must be accompanied by an appropriate contamination assessment. Development will be supported where it has been demonstrated that appropriate mitigation can be carried out and will have conditions attached to
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require the appropriate works to be carried out.
1.2 Land affected by contamination- there are no records of any applications allowed or refused in respect of this policy. This area of policy will be monitored for future AMR’s and the policy will be expanded on within a supporting Supplementary planning Document.
13. Policy 51 Hazardous Substances Consent 1. Permission for Hazardous Substances Consent will be granted where it has been demonstrated that the level of risk to the surrounding community and environment is within acceptable limits and that the benefits from the use of the site outweigh that level of risk. 2. Development in proximity to a site with a Hazardous Substances Consent must demonstrate that regard has been had to the presence of the Hazardous Substances Consent and the design/ layout amended accordingly and that the benefits of the development outweigh the level of residual risk.
1 Hazardous Substances application was received.
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13 Infrastructure and Delivery
Policy 52 Infrastructure and Delivery
1. To ensure the delivery of infrastructure requirements, and to ensure the strategic and sustainability objectives of the Plan are met, the Council will: a. Support the provision of appropriate new infrastructure, including to mitigate and adapt to climate change, working with partner organisations and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council where necessary, to deliver the priorities of the Local Plan. b. Support measures to protect, enhance or improve access to existing facilities, services and amenities that contribute to business needs, quality of life of residents, and visitor requirements, including access to information and communication technologies. c. Facilitate the timely provision of additional facilities, services and infrastructure to meet identified needs, d. e. f. whether arising from new development or existing community need, including those of the emergency services and utilities, in locations that are appropriate and accessible. g. Seek additional infrastructure funding from European, national and local funding sources to enable development to come forward.
2. To facilitate the delivery of identified place-shaping infrastructure requirements in the city, new development will be expected to contribute through the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations, or successor regulations or guidance.
3. S106 Planning Obligations will be required where they directly relate to the nature and potential impact of development, taking account of material considerations, including viability of housing development.
4. The timing of provision of infrastructure and facilities will be carefully considered in order to ensure that appropriate provision is in place before development is occupied. An Infrastructure Delivery Programme will guide how infrastructure will be funded and over what time frames it will be delivered.
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S106
1.1 Planning contributions sought from the previous year (March 2018 to April 2019) have largely derived from a need to address open space deficits within existing housing areas, as well as meeting needs derived from areas where major change was anticipated in the Local Plan.
1.2 In terms of actual figures as at April 2019 £727K s106 funds was available for prospective open space/play provision projects relating to the place shaping theme. This funding is distributed in a way that relates to where development requires mitigation, as shown in the following tables 1 and 2. Table 1 - showing available s106 funds (£’000) by Area Committee, at April 2019
Wyke
West
Riverside
Park
Northern
Foredyke
East
0 50 100 150 200 250
Table2 - showing available s106 funds (£’000) by ward, at April 2019
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Ings Newington Central Marfleet Pickering Longhill Boothferry Derringham Drypool Orchard Park West Carr 0 50 100 150 200 250
1.3 There is a further anticipated potential for £4.8m based on 89 planning consents that remain live throughout 2018/19 period, although £3.6m of this is for Broadacre School at Kingswood, leaving £1.17m for other s106 planning contributions including £210K for Calvert Lane junction improvement and £21K for affordable housing. Table 3 provides more details in terms of how this relates to Area Committees. Table 3 – showing potential s106 funds (£’000) arising from planning consents by Area Committee, at April 2019 (excluding £3.6m for Broadacre School improvements)
Riverside
West
Park
Northern
Wyke
East
Foredyke
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
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1.4 In Hull there are requirements to make provision for local deficits in open space and play space provision. This is based on calculating the current and anticipated demand on existing open spaces that equates to a financial sum.
1.5 S106 funding is the consequence of legal agreements between the Council and developers/landowners, arising from particular development proposals requiring planning consent, although more latterly most of these are known as Unilateral Undertakings, where the developer has offered contributions in meeting Local Plan policy requirements. Financial contributions must be spent in accordance with restrictions set out in a legal agreement. Funds are normally related to the approved consented development. They are normally applied in cases where some form of mitigation is required to offset the impact of development.
1.6 In terms of delivery the following open and/or play space projects were committed by Area Committee decisions as at April 2019. These relate to areas of physical change in the Local Plan in the following ways: City Centre
1.7 In terms of ‘place shaping’ the City Centre has benefitted from considerable investment including £25m for public realm and lighting improvements that concluded in 2017 and around the time of the highly successful City of Culture events. This requires further support and continued expansion. Works are sought for improvements around the Rose Bowl and Queens Gardens in providing an attractive approach to the proposed new Yorkshire Maritime Museum.
1.8 The Council submitted a £25m bid for Future of the High Street Fund in bolstering Heritage Action Zone expenditure in protecting and making the most from the historic heritage of the Old Town. A significant portion of this will be to enhance Whitefriargate in addressing increased vacancy and in building on the successful transformation of the Trinity Market that now boasts a high quality street food market.
1.9 In terms of other infrastructure £18m has been sought for a pedestrian bridge across the A63 Trunk Road which is underway. The intention is to bring parts of the city centre together with its water frontage. This is complementary to a £392m scheme to improve the A63 Castle Street in providing a less congested road link between the port and the rest of the UK.
1.10 Planning obligation receipts within the city centre over the last year includes £165K from the Blanket Row housing development site.
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Although yet to be confirmed by Area Committee there is potential for this funding to be used toward temporarily improving the public realm at Portside Marina (on the former Pepe’s casino site). Kingswood
1.11 Historic receipts from planning contributions include £350K for use to improve sports facility provision at Bude Park in serving Kingswood residents and those living nearby. This involves new sports pitches along with enhanced parking provision. Current discussions involve working with the Football Association leading to further funding to enhance provision including possible artificial pitch and permanent changing room to serve growing demand for junior football and latent demand for other provision. Works to improve a small play area at Hamilton Park including £10.6K from planning contributions was also agreed in April 2018.
1.12 Planning consent was granted in April 2017 for further phases of housing development, west of Wawne Road. A new park is proposed as part of this, and details are required by planning condition. Broadacre Primary School is to be expanded in accommodating an anticipated rise in students, to be funded by £3.6m from s106 contributions, although triggers for payment are based on future phased housing completions.
1.13 As part of the initial outline consent renewed in 2004, there was a requirement in the s106 legal agreement to make a planning contribution toward public transport improvements serving the western development area. This amounted to around £330K to be paid on annual tranches, dependent upon phasing. The first instalments were agreed in May 2018 for improved services linking the retail park with bus services to the city centre.
West Hull – Newington and St Andrews
1.14 Significant s106 funds have been provided and targeted at open /play space improvements within these wards. West Park has recently been improved through planning contributions to improve adventure play, paddling pool and skate park (that total £859K) leading toward the KCOM Stadium along with further planned improvements in connection with the aviary that total £92.6K. New playing facilities have been provided on the former Riley College site. Hawthorn Avenue street scene has or will be improved using £720.5K s106 funds. In combination, these works lead to a much improved place for the local community in line with the former Area Action Plan proposals that now form part of the Local Plan.
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East Hull – Holderness Road Corridor
1.15 £916K planning contributions have been used to fund improvements in serving the wider eastern side of the city (combining Park and East Area Committee areas) including at East Park, for play equipment, cycle track and footpath improvements that total £62K. Gleneagles Park (Sutton) has been improved with a £175K contribution including new planting and playing surfaces alongside new landscaping to improve flood attenuation. Ings Public Open Space is also to be provided using £280K s106’s from 2 development schemes on Perivale Close and Saltshouse Road. A club house at Pelican Park has also been provided using £158K via a third party (Friends of Pelican Park). These elements were sought as part of regeneration proposals in the former Area Action Plan that now form part of the Local Plan.
1.16 Other projects where work is anticipated include details given in the table 4 below. Table 4 - Projects listed by Area Committee using s106 funding, at April 2019 PROJECT Ward Details S106 fund
EAST
Alderman Ings £6,999 Kneeshaw Park Barbara Robson Sutton Awaited £16,735 Park Ings POS linked to Ings New POS as part of new £280,157 drg RF12-059LO2A development outlined in planning agreements. Langsett Road Sutton Play equipment refurbishment £61,659 Playground completed. Gleneagles Park Sutton Remodelled play area including £175,154 kickabout and planting in addition to flood alleviation, although not within 1km of the source where development occurred at Leads Road – also completed.
Gleneagles Park Ings Gleneagles Park ug - fencing to £31,500 open space and dog walking area
Western Gailes Way Ings Western Gailes Way – completed. £69,751
FOREDYKE
Hamilton Park North Carr New 5 - a -side goals and planting £3,381
Hamilton Park - new North Carr TBD £10,625 play equipment
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PROJECT Ward Details S106 fund
Bude park West Carr Sports provision improvements, £349,654 improvements toilet and changing room NORTH
Shaw Park Orchard Improvements to park – £153,621 Park completed. King George V PFs University Extended footpath, new play £58,632 equipment and seating Courtlands Road Orchard New play equipment £61,235 Park Park Oak Road Playing Beverley Oak Road Playing Fields £1,399 Fields and improvements (£1399.20) Newland PARK
Brandsby/Lingdale Marfleet Provide upgraded play facilities £3,288 Park (T9491) and planting. Pelican Park club Holderness Club house provision required as £157,949 house (A9032) (but source part of the planning approval from within allowed on appeal – completed. Drypool) East Park Holderness Footpath and drainage £7,766 improvement to Ferens Bridge link – completed. East Park Holderness East Park play equipment – £40K completed. East Park cycle Holderness New and improved access routes £11,507.97 scheme and cycle stand/cover Hedon Road Marfleet Provision of benches, planters and £1200 Memorial garden litter bins. Lorenzo Way, St Southcoates TBD £153,568 Johns Grove and Mappleton Fields (A9049) Rosmead Street Southcoates TBD £33,267 play area and East Hull rugby pavilion Rustenburg Street - Southcoates Check on-site provision. former D Lister Primary School RIVERSIDE
Hawthorn Avenue Newington £720,493 Street scene and improvements Gipsyville Pickering Park Newington Works to paths and open space improvements and but also possible aviary in part £92,621 Gipsyville subject to confirming the variation of a legal agreement. WEST
Gower Park Pickering Play equipment £1,289
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PROJECT Ward Details S106 fund
Wymersely Road Derringham Play equipment £4,164 Park WYKE
Britannia House Central New Led lighting and features 14250
Pearson Park Avenue Improvements to bowling pavilion £22,242.65 (forming part of the HLF bid for Pearson Park improvements) Pearson Park Avenue New play equipment at Pearson £43,373 Park Pearson Park Avenue Development costs in making a £7,745 bid for National Lottery funding for total of £2.5m.
1.17 Future needs for urban greenspace are expected to increase as house building continues and residents move to Hull. Urban greenspaces are recognised as being important to attracting and retaining key workers. They are important as ‘green lungs’ and have health benefits, much needed in a built up place like Hull. They can have flood alleviation benefits. The Local Plan therefore seeks to protect current greenspace provision and attract investment in urban greenspace (and its maintenance) especially if this brings strategic benefits.
1.18 Other likely s106 planning contributions to be received stem from Local Plan policies requiring tree planting and affordable housing. Around £8,900 is currently expected from legal agreements agreed between April 2018 and 2019 for tree planting but the majority of this is from 2 proposals on Rawling Way and Saltshouse Road (£7.2K). A single scheme on Saltshouse Road is expected to provide 2 affordable housing units in addition to open space mitigations. CIL
1.19 The Community Infrastructure Levy charging schedule for Hull came into force on 1 January 2018. The intention was to raise levies from anticipated housing and retail development to be used to improve or provide pre-determined or planned ‘place shaping infrastructure’ that includes public open space and public realm works. New working arrangements in managing this fund have been put in place. Cabinet endorses major expenditure and Area Committees will receive updates similar in nature to the s106 tables, although it is likely that s106 will also continue. CIL differs from s106 planning obligations as it addresses infrastructure shortfalls. Funds can be combined in a way that addresses infrastructure gaps that have already been identified.
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1.20 New CIL regulations require consideration of anticipated levies. The current charging schedule requires a £60 per sqm charge relating to housing and other rates for retail in certain parts of the city. The income is also affected by the timing of development, with the larger elements associated with housing allocations in East Hull.
1.21 Since April 2018 10 development proposals have come forward that were CIL liable, although most of these also had s106 planning obligation requirements in mitigating impacts. No CIL funding has yet been received although a number of the consented schemes involve exemptions including for charitable or self build purposes. The details of CIL liable development involve the following: Table 5 - CIL related proposals and details Address and Description of CIL liability and application reference development exemption if appropriate (£) 261 Ings Road - Erection of single 9,480 18/00547/FULL dwelling Rear Of 74 Tween Erection of single 11,640 Dykes Road - dwelling 18/00543/FULL 347 Saltshouse Erection of 24 170,000 Road - dwellings 18/01299/FULL Land To The North Erection of 2 dwellings 15,600 x 2 dwellings Of The Lawns - 19/00451/FULL adj 28 Wadsworth Single dwelling 6,300 Avenue - 17/00137/FULL 709 Holderness Erection of single Self build exemption Road- dwelling 19/000745/FULL 108 Wold Road - Single dwelling 5,940 18/00692/FULL 2050-2052 Hessle 7 dwellings proposed Charitable exemption Road17/01183/FULL 80 Westlands Road Erection of dwelling Self build exemption - 18/00455/FULL Calvert Lane, east Outline consent for Appeal in progress side - residential use 17/01450FULL Total 234,560
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Hull City Council Authority Monitoring Report 2018 to 2019 Page 126 of 146 MARK JONES DIRECTOR OF REGENERATION
Economy and Investment Overview and Scrutiny Commission
23 rd January 2020
Page 127 of 146 State of Economy
1 The Alternative Claimant Count was introduced following the roll out of Universal Credit to give an estimate of the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits by modelling what the count would have been if Universal Credit had been fully rolled out since 2013 (when Universal Credit began) with the broader span of people this covers.
Page 128 of 146 Priorities for 2020
• Carbon Neutral Strategy for 2030 • Good Growth for Hull – microbusinesses – entrepreneurship – supply chain development • Visitor destination / cultural growth
Page 129 of 146 Carbon Neutral Hull
• Cabinet 24 th February 2020 • Consultation with business, public sector and residents next 12 months – Increase understanding of challenge – Case studies – Joint working potential • Establishment of Climate Change Team • Capital Programme delivering decarbonisation
Page 130 of 146 Page 131 of 146 Land Acquisition- Sustainable Development Demonstrator Site
• HCC recently acquired the 4.4 ha (10.78 acres) property on the west side of West Carr Lane, Sutton Fields for £2.95m • Vacant factory complex formerly occupied by McBride plc adjacent to Council’s Stockholm Road depot • Alleviation of vehicle movements and parking/storage on external areas at Stockholm Road depot and creation of new economic development • Potential to address the acute shortage of good quality development plots for employment use and help counter leakage of businesses • Demonstrator in terms of sustainable development and carbon neutral targets
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Page 134 of 146 Mark Babych, Artistic Director & Joint CEO Janthi Mills-Ward, Executive Director & Joint CEO
Page 135 of 146 VISION: A pioneering theatre with a unique Northern Voice, locally rooted, global in outlook , inspiring artists, audiences and communities to reach their greatest potential.
Page 136 of 146 A Community Hub
• High quality producing theatre, made in Hull
• Audiences - Increasing access to the arts
• Participation – Increasing engagement
• Growing talent
• Working in partnership
• Nationally and regionally recognised
• Ambition
Page 137 of 146 High Quality Work Made Here In 18/19 in Hull 10 new productions • A key regional theatre 2 co-productions • Presenting stories relevant to a modern Britain that resonate in Hull
• A producing theatre – The idea starts in Hull, is rehearsed here, costumes and set build all happen at the theatre
• Commissioning new writers - including 129 Visiting two local emerging female writers for Productions full main stage productions 389 Performances • Varied programme of visiting work.
Page 138 of 146 Audiences – Increasing Access to Last year… the Arts 70,971 people experienced our work in • Building relationships with local Hull. communities through our engagement 15,001 more people saw programme, Community Dialogues our work around the country. • A quarter of our audiences come from the lowest engaged audience segments.
• Opening up access at every opportunity - Audio Described and Captioned 5325 people performances for all home-produced took part in Community Dialogues productions 2543 people saw a pay • Live Streams of productions to those people what you can unable to physically attend the theatre (care performance homes, hospital wards).
Page 139 of 146 Participation – Increasing Engagement
• 7 Youth Theatre groups run weekly for those aged 7-25 (Over 100 Participants)
• Schools partnerships – PPA cover, professional development, problem solving, wider learning Last year… • RSC Associate Schools 12,018 people participated in • Act III over 55s theatre makers workshops, events • Learning disability groups and groups. • Opportunities to learn and perform • Improving confidence and creative thinking, supporting those disengaged, pathway to a career in the arts.
Page 140 of 146 Growing Talent
• Artist Development – Grow, supporting 76 artists through bursaries, space and mentoring
• Be Our Guest residencies - giving space, funds and support to develop new work
• Artist exchange with British Council and Sierra Leone
• Career development – Off Stage Choices, Apprentices, Technical Summer School.
Page 141 of 146 Working in Partnership
• Freedom
• Back to Ours
• Hull’s cultural strategy
• Children's University
• Contributing to the health and wellbeing of Hull’s communities
• Local Business
• Community groups
Page 142 of 146 Hull Truck Theatre Income Makeup
Fundraising Box Office 3% 40% Trading Subsidiaries 5%
Hires and Others 5%
Arts Council England Hull City Council 34% 13%
Hull City Council Arts Council England Box Office Fundraising Trading Subsidiaries Hires and Others
Page 143 of 146 Nationally and Regionally Recognised:
• White Rose Award winner – Gold for Arts & Culture (3rd time in the last 5 years) Silver for Accessible and Inclusive Tourism. UK Theatre Awards - shortlisted for Workforce Development and Digital Awards
• Proudly sharing the work of Hull across the country through co-productions and industry best practise projects.
• National press coverage
• Ambassadors for the city.
Page 144 of 146 Future Ambitions
2020 – Large scale community production including Hull Truck participants, community groups and local schools
2021 – Growing a learning theatre for those building a career in the theatre
2021 – Securing Arts Council England funding for the next 4 years to continue to grow and develop the theatre and the city
2022 – Celebrating 50 years of Hull Truck Theatre. Celebrating the theatres history and successes and building the work of the future.
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