LAND WEST OF BURLEY-IN- 1 A high quality housing and community development

Welcome to today’s exhibition which outlines our proposals to deliver a very high quality, We don’t just build houses, shops, schools and offices; we build communities. We make space for lives to flourish, for characterful development to the neighbourhoods to grow and for businesses to develop. west of Burley-in-Wharfedale. We build the amenities that turn an area from somewhere many people simply live, to a vibrant neighbourhood. Our We want to share our thoughts with you so we can approach puts placemaking and people first in order to deliver understand the issues that are important to you. sustainable, well-designed environments that meet local needs and aspirations. The proposals include a new primary school, Some of our recent projects include: allotments, play areas, green spaces and new homes Kirkstall Forge, for local people. £400m brownfield development including a new train station, 1,000 homes, offices, shops and leisure facilities. The team is here today to discuss the proposals Stamford, and Wales’ first conservation town in more detail and we are keen to understand We worked with Stamford Town Council to deliver a new your views. We have not yet submitted a planning sympathetic development of 400 homes and employment space. application but propose to do so shortly. Thame, historic Oxfordshire Town We worked collaboratively with Thame Town Council to deliver Please complete a comment form and provide your more than 400 homes as part of its Neighbourhood Plan input to inform the masterplan as it progresses. The site was first in the UK to receive planning permission having been allocated in a Neighbourhood Plan. More information can be found at:

www.sustainableburley.co.uk

“Thame Town Council has worked extremely hard for two years to ensure that the residents of the town have the best future possible. The cooperation which we have received from CEG has contributed significantly to the radical new approach of Neighbourhood Planning. The work we have done with them has been a refreshing and important part of the process”

MIKE DYER, THAME TOWN COUNCILLOR

Artists impression of the proposals 2 WHY NEW HOMES ARE NEEDED

The Times newspaper recently The Local Plan listed Burley-in-Wharfedale as • Council’s emerging Local Plan Core one of the top ten best northern Strategy provides a blueprint of where new development should go up to 2030 villages to live in, due to the • It presently identifies that at least 42,000 station, with direct services new homes will be required across the whole to Leeds and Bradford, and the district, with the main focus of this growth village’s attractive cottages and being in the main urban areas of Bradford terraces and good schools. • It presently identifies that at least 700 new homes, alongside community uses, will be The article highlights the average house price is required in Burley now almost £300,000 with detached homes of 3 – 5 bedrooms typically selling at £600,000 to £700,000. • It acknowledges that a ‘significant contribution’ of Green Belt land will be required to This is not the most affordable place for young accommodate this growth. people in Burley to stay and raise their families. To deliver at least 700 homes, the most The population is increasing and we are living sustainable option is through a development longer compounding the UK-wide housing which also delivers new community facilities shortage. As a result an ‘unassisted’ first-time buyer including a school. is now almost 40. Our planning application will detail the infrastructure, environmental protection and management which will be delivered alongside homes, new public/green spaces and a primary school. There will also be around £4million in New Homes Bonus from the Government, as well as developer contributions, to improve local infrastructure such as education, public transport, healthcare and open 3 THE SITE

Our proposals have been Environment formulated following a detailed • The masterplan has been informed by comprehensive ecological surveys analysis of the site. • The ecology of the site will be maintained and Location enhanced including providing a new biodiversity • The site is located to the north west of the village area adjoining Sun Lane Nature Reserve between the A65, Road and Sun Lane • Existing hedgerows, trees, ditches and • The eastern boundary adjoins the built up area of watercourses will be protected and enhanced Burley, with pedestrian routes to the main centre through active management and new planting • The site excludes a number of existing buildings, • The development will contribute to the protection including Black Bull Farm of the South Pennine Moors. • The site covers an area of just over 25 hectares of Landscape mainly agricultural pasture land. • We are retaining existing tree and hedgerow boundaries and providing new planting to further Water Management and Drainage assist in filtering views into the site • The masterplan has been informed by a site specific flood risk assessment • Woodland and vegetation along the slopes of the Wharfe Valley to the south and north filter views • The site naturally drains to two existing from the Moor, as well as the river watercourses on the site and is effectively separated from the floodplain by • Appropriate edge treatment is proposed to the A65 provide open space and a screening buffer to existing properties along the eastern boundary • Most of the site is shown by Environment Agency mapping as being located in Flood Zone • The western boundary will contain extensive 1 (low risk of flooding from rivers). landscaping to provide a new boundary to the village We will mitigate the risk of flooding through the implementation of a package of measures including: • We will work with the topography to ensure this development is sensitive to its setting. Aerial photograph of the site • Locating homes to the areas of lowest flood risk (as identified by the Environment Agency map) • Improving the watercourse on site so it can carry more water and allowing a landscaped buffer around this • Implementing a watercourse management plan to reduce the risk of any channel blockages. 4 TRANSPORT AND ACCESS LAND USE & LAND USE & FACILITIES FACILITIES

15 mins walk to the river RETAIL AND RETAILCOMMUNITY AND Footpaths and Cycleways 15 mins walk to the river Delivering an integrated Ghyll Royd School COMMUNITYThe village is home to a number of independent shops, pubs and • Designed as a walkable neighbourhood Ghyll Royd School The village is home to a number development that is accessible, ofcafés. independent These are shops, located pubs along and Main cafés.Street Theseand Station are located Road withalong a Mainhigh makes improvements to public • New bridleway across the site linking two existing Streetconcentration and Station found Road at the with junction a high routes concentrationof these two roads. found at the junction of these two roads. transport and minimises traffic Greenholme Mill Community facilities including the Burley-in-Wharfedale Library, • Network of green spaces, linear parks, footpaths GreenholmeGreenholme Mill Mill Community facilities including generation is at the heart of our theGrange Burley-in-Wharfedale Park Surgery, St. Mary’s Library, and cycleways throughout the site, links to GrangeParish Centre Park Surgery, and Queens St. Mary’s Hall,which proposals. connect towards shops and services and there is Parishare all foundCentre around and Queens the centre Hall,which of the arevillage all found on Grange around Road the andcentre Main of the potential to improve existing routes. villageStreet. on Grange Road and Main Primary access to the development will be taken Street. 10 mins walk to EDUCATION from the A65 to the north to minimise through the village centre 10 mins walk to Parking TheEDUCATION village has two primary traffic on local roads. the village centre Theschools village which has are two both primary within a 20 • Potential to make financial contributions towards Recreation Ground schoolsminute walkwhich of are the both site. withinThe closest a 20 A package of transport improvements is also secondary school is St. Mary’s in additional car parking in the village Ghyll Royd School minute walk of the site. The closest secondaryMenston which school is isaccessible St. Mary’s by in rail proposed. These are under discussion but could Ghyll Royd School Menstonor car. Prince which Henry’s is accessible Grammar by rail • The village’s facilities are within a 10 minute walk school in and Ilkley Grammar include the following: Burley-in-Wharfedale or car. Prince Henry’s Grammar Cricket Club schoolSchool inare Otley a 10 minuteand Ilkley car Grammar journey and the station is a 15 - 20 minute walk. Burley-in-Wharfedale Burley-in-Wharfedale Schoolfrom the are site. a 10 The minute Burley car Grange journey CricketCricket Club Club frombranch the of site. Bradford The Burley College Grange is located Bus Transport in the heart of the village. Road Improvements Burley Oaks branch of is located Primary School in the heart of the village. • Local bus services to divert through the site BurleyBurley Oaks Oaks • We are assessing local roads and junctions to PrimaryPrimary School School EMPLOYMENT • Enhance 962 service to link site to train station ascertain if / where we will need to invest in TheEMPLOYMENT village offers small scale, local Theemployment village offers opportunities. small scale, The local improvements employmentmajority of the opportunities. working population The • Increase frequency of existing bus services commute to Leeds and Bradford Burley and Woodhead majority of the working population Burley and (predominantly by car) with only throughout the day C of E Primary School commute to Leeds and Bradford • Our study will also identify other local issues BurleyWoodhead and Woodhead C of E around 7% being employed locally. 15 mins walk to (predominantly by car) with only CPrimary of E Primary School School Industry in the village is virtually relating to highways and parking and will identify the train station around 7% being employed locally. 15 mins walk to • Metrocards provided to new residents to Industrynon-existent in the with village the former is virtually measures to help remedy these. the train station Greenholme Mills converted into encourage good habits from day one. non-existent with the former Greenholmeretail units. Opportunities Mills converted for into retailsmall units.scale officeOpportunities development for are Travel Planning smallpresent scale via officeavailable development sites such areas Rail Transport presentBurley House. via available sites such as • Electric vehicle charging points Burley House. • It is understood that Arriva Rail North is seeking Land use and facilities to introduce new rolling stock so peak trains • Provision of a car club/cycle hub can be six carriages, with platform alterations • Personal travel planning for new residents – we can contribute funds towards these 24 Land West of Burley-in-Wharfedale Land West of Burley-in-Wharfedale 25 through a Travel Plan coordinator to encourage improvements 24 Land West of Burley-in-Wharfedale Land West of Burley-in-Wharfedale 25 sustainable travel. • Potential to improve cycle parking and car parking facilities at the railway station. 5 THE PROPOSAL

Characterful and sensitive A linear park along the Providing new areas of development respecting existing watercourses on children’s play space local character site

Vehicular access

Vehicular access

Enhance the existing 500 new homes, including Ensuring there is plenty of planting and landscaping affordable and starter open and green spaces on on the site to protect homes to help local young the site so this is a healthy, visual amenity, provide people access the housing welcoming and attractive new amenity space and ladder development opportunities for wildlife

Vehicular access

Providing new pedestrian Investment to improve local A primary school and cycleways, linking to bus services existing paths

A wildlife area Providing a buffer to Open space, community linking to Sun Lane Pedestrian / cycle access existing houses allotments and gardens Nature Reserve

Indicative masterplan 6 CHARACTER AREAS

Character Area 1: Main Street This will form the heart of the new neighbourhood and runs 6 the full length of the site, acting as the main gateway, linking to the rest of the development and the wider village. It includes 2 homes, green spaces and routeways leading to a vibrant and accessible community hub. 4 The built form will mirror the compact character of the existing

3 ‘Main Street’, extending this into the development site ensuring

1 a strong sense of continuity. The curved street layout has been designed to enhance visual interest through the creation

5 of new landmarks, views and terminal vistas along the main streets and from side streets. The key character objectives for the area can be summarised as follows:

Character Areas Urban Form Public Realm At this stage we are not seeking planning • Consistent building line to • Village Green for active and permission for a detailed layout. We create sense of enclosure passive recreation have however given lots of consideration • Tight knit and compact • Local square located on to how the site could be divided into layout the main route, adjacent to Illustration of Village Green, Main Street different areas to make it a well designed • Ridge lines running parallel the school which provides to the street, enhancing a meeting space and and characterful development. Pond linearity. slows traffic, providing prioritisation to the Our masterplan indicates that the Details and Materials site could be split into six individual pedestrian • Low pitch, hipped roof line character areas and we have shown • Tree planting to soften • Occasional gables used to two of these in detail over the next two boundary. create variety and terminate Buildings and Plots boards. vistas • Properties fronting closely • Local stone with slate roof onto footpath, with a small Village Green tiles Concept Layout front garden and low Main Street • Sash box windows and white levelstone boundary wall to doors separate front garden from • Stone chimney stacks. footpath Parking • Terraces and small cottages. • On street and small parking courts to the rear.

Main Street Character Area Local precedent 7 CHARACTER AREAS

Character Area 2: Landscape Corridor This area is defined by the landscaped greenway corridor which runs through its centre along watercourses with corridors of tree planting. This is a key component of the multi-functional green infrastructure network which preserves existing natural features, enhances biodiversity and creates new opportunities for interaction with nature and active recreation. It provides a new greenway between Sun Lane Nature Reserve to the south of the site and pedestrian links to the River Wharfe on the northern side. The built form will have a distinct character and acts as a buffer between the dense form of Main Street and the adjacent Countryside Edge area, which is more rural in character. The buildings fronting onto the green corridor will have a grand, formal character similar to elegant Victorian properties evident throughout the village.

Urban Form Public Realm • Consistent, formal building • Retain existing planting line. Recessed runs in • Additional informal planting terraces along corridor edge • Strong sense of frontage • Landscape corridor, along landscape corridor accommodating public • Medium density (20-35 dph) space, water attenuation Linear park along watercourse • High pitch roofline. facilities and areas for new planting. Local play Details and Materials area Buildings and Plots • Bay and sash windows • Large detached, semi- • Local stone and slate roof detached and terraces tiles Existing watercourse • Buildings set back from • Facing gables for emphasis street with small front • Double stone chimney stacks gardens on larger properties. • Dwellings front directly onto Main Street Parking open space • On plot in garages and on • Medium level stone wall or large driveways. hedge with painted iron gate to separate front garden from public realm.

Landscape Corridor Character Area Concept Layout Local precedent 8 EDUCATION

We know that local school places and capacity is an important issue and we have been liaising with the Local Education Authority as we have formulated our plans.

Primary Education Secondary Education We will deliver a new on-site primary school Discussions with Bradford Council have as part of the proposals. This will not only confirmed that the level of planned housing in accommodate children in this development, but Wharfedale is not sufficient to sustain a further also assist in alleviating any existing, or future secondary school. It is therefore the Council’s capacity issues. preference for financial contributions to be made to deliver on or off site expansion of existing We want an outstanding school designed to provision. inspire children and teachers. The Council has indicated that they would A quality built environment will have a positive require a contribution of around £1.2 million effect on children’s desire to learn. which in this case would be directed towards the The school would be: expansion of Ilkley Grammar School to allow it to accommodate additional pupils. Such a • Family friendly - delivered as an Academy contribution would allow the delivery of new in partnership with an established record of classrooms, amenity areas and wider facilities to operating ‘Outstanding’ schools. allow it to take on additional pupils, or contribute • Traditional with a ‘village’ feel towards a longer term investment in future expansion of the school. • Based on a broad and balanced curriculum with teaching strategies appropriate to the needs of each pupil • Innovative and energising in its design • Able to provide extracurricular holiday activities and other education, leisure and library facilities for the wider community. 9 DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY BENEFITS

Recreation and Open Space We are also committed to improving open space elsewhere in Burley-in-Wharfedale. We are open A significant area of the site will be devoted to to suggestions regarding where funding could be green spaces. provided. Our current ideas include: • Improvements to Sun Lane Nature Reserve • Improved children’s play facilities at Grange Park • A contribution towards to the cost of the project • Improving playing pitches and car parking at the Recreation Ground. Affordable Homes for Local People The proposals will deliver 150 affordable and potentially starter homes of a mix of size and tenure to help local people stay in the area.

Economic Benefits In addition to many community benefits and direct improvements to Burley-in-Wharfedale the proposals will also deliver other economic benefits. Landscape concept • Almost £4million of Government funds via This open space within the site would include: the New Homes Bonus would be given for investment into infrastructure to support £4M £10.5M • Recreation areas and children’s play areas housing growth in the area New Homes Bonus Total Gross Spend Payments by Residents • A village green • 62 construction jobs would be generated each year during construction phase of development • Linear and pocket parks interspersed within the and a further 93 jobs each year in the supply housing areas chain • Allotments (accommodating demand from the • The new residents would bring an annual spend existing 100 person waiting list) of some £10.5 million into the wider area, also • A Biodiversity/nature area near to the Sun Lane helping to sustain local shops and services. Nature Reserve and new school 155 JOBS 19 JOBS Each year in Created in • Playing fields for the new school. construction supply proposed school chain 10 ACCOMMODATING THE CORE STRATEGY HOUSING REQUIREMENT

Our proposals include 500 homes, alongside Such a ‘consolidated’ approach will mean that other “The supply of new homes can sometimes be best achieved through community uses and extensive open space. This will large sites in more vulnerable parts of the Green planning for larger scale development, such as new settlements or play a major role in delivering the 700 new homes Belt will not be required to be built on, as most of the identified for Burley-in-Wharfedale in the emerging balance can be accommodated on sites which are extensions to existing villages and towns that follow the principles of Bradford Core Strategy in a sustainable way. already coming forward. These are shown on Garden Cities” the adjacent plan. National Planning Policy Framework – Paragraph 52

KEY

Boundary of application

The Benefits of The Disadvantages of an FE ILKLEY / HAR R W VE a ‘Consolidated’ Approach Alternative ‘Dispersed’ Approach RI

• The ability to deliver new community • A larger number of smaller schemes will not GREENHOLME MILLS uses alongside new housing including the deliver a new primary school alongside the PLANNING PERMISSION SIGNIFICANT GAP FOR 92 HOMES A primary school, extensive public open space delivery of housing. This will place increased TO ILKLEY REMAINS 65 SUN LANE 500 HOMES AND M EXTENSIVE GREEN/ A NATURE IN S and play areas, allotments and community pressure on existing services and facilities OPEN SPACES RESERVE T R E gardens ET • Less delivery of affordable housing for local MALT SHOVEL HILL TOP GARAGE DEVELOPMENT • It achieves the critical mass required to people PLANNING PERMISSION OF 9 HOMES provide meaningful improvement to public FOR 6 HOMES transport provision and other local services • Likely to necessitate the use of a greater RAILWAY LINE PROVIDES E STRONG SOUTH / WESTERN N A number of less suitable sites in Green Belt GREEN BELT BOUNDARY L BURLEY HOUSE R PLANNING PERMISSION OO FOR 13 HOMES • It allows for the delivery of a mix of house and flood risk areas, and with poorer access M

types, sizes and tenures alongside the BRADFORD • Provides a less certain approach that local FORMER MOOR LANE CENTRE ROAD PROVIDES delivery of affordable housing for local DEVELOPMENT OF 37 HOMES STRONG EASTERN people housing needs will be met, and therefore GREEN BELT a less defensible position against future BOUNDARY • It focuses Green Belt release within the most planning applications for unwanted housing appropriate location whilst preventing less suitable releases which will have a greater • More cars travelling across the village.

BRADFORD ROAD impact on the strategic function of the Green AREA TO BE PROTECTED PLANNING APPLICATION TO PREVENT MERGER FOR 10 HOMES Belt WITH

Project Land West of • It provides certainty that long-term housing needs can be delivered and a defensible Title SHLAA Sites

position against future planning applications MENSTON for unwanted housing. Client CEG Date April 2016 Scale NTS N Accommodating 700 homes in Burley-in-Wharfedale Drawn by RT Drg. No IL50335-001 LE50335 Based upon Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. © Crown Copyright reserved. Licence number AL50684A 11 CONSULTATION – GET INVOLVED

The site offers a sustainable location for new housing, helping to ensure that the local economy remains vibrant and that there are enough homes for those who need them. Today’s event has been organised in order to show you how the development concept is progressing and the opportunities which could be delivered. We welcome your views at this stage, before our scheme is finalised. Get involved If you have any questions about the proposals please ask a member of the team at today’s event. The views of the local community are important to the design process and we would be grateful if you could complete a questionnaire and provide your comments and any ideas you may have. Please hand in your questionnaire today or post it back before 2nd May 2016 to Burley-in-Wharfedale Consultation, Beattie, 4 Church Walk, Leeds, LS2 7EG All of the exhibition materials can be viewed on our website :

www.sustainableburley.co.uk

You can also email: [email protected] or call: 0844 8425270 if you have any questions. Thank you.