Peacock and Smith for D Morgan Plc Cheslyn Hay SHSID.Pdf
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
December 2019 NPPF 98 adding links. Blue infrastructure connecting with green infrastructure connecting into the site NPPF 2019 (ref para 138) 2018 SHELAA site refs: 116 & 131 where it has been concluded that it is necessary to release Green Belt land, plans should give first consideration to land which has been previously‐developed and/or is well served by public transport Landywood Station Communal wellbeing this community hub, Academy, Primary School, Leisure Centre, South Staffordshire District Council Local Plan is 600m from the housing site Spatial Housing Strategy and Infrastructure the community centre and library Delivery Consultation Response are 900m from the site 7 October ‐ 12 December 2019 Proposed Extension of Cheslyn Hay Host Settlement for Residential Development NPPF 96 Sport. Health and well‐being of communities. 1 of only 4 Leisure Centres in South Staffordshire 1 Front Cover – Tier 1 Settlement Cheslyn Hay Contents Page: 3 - Settlement Hierarchy Tier 1-5, Rural Services and Facilities Audit 2019 4 – Public Transport Access to Hospitals, Rural Services and Facilities Audit 2019 5 – Cannock Bus Network Map 6 – Cannock Town Centre Catchment Area 7 - Train Access from Landywood Station to the Chase Line ‘a vitally important route into Birmingham’ 8 - Strategic Transport Connections and Employment Sites 9 - Highways England New Northern Motorway Link Road M6 Toll/M6 to M54 10 - National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2019 11- Inspector’s Decision and Council’s Statement of Common Ground (initial September submission – Appendix 8) 12 - Summary 13- 45– Consultation response to 10 Questions 46- 52 - Following on from meeting with Officers email dated 1/11/19 Appendix 1 - Initial September submission Pages 1 – 82 All 10 questions as part of this consultation process, and the answer to each question are not mutually exclusive and the response needs to be read as a whole and with the entirety of this submission. The entirety is relevant to all 10 questions and the Council’s assessment of the SHELLA submissions. This is our first formal opportunity to counter the Council’s position that part of our submitted site (131) is not disassociated from the host settlement Cheslyn Hay and therefore the promoted site needs to be re-considered as a whole, (including 131). This consultation response is part of a formal procedure to provide the Council with the opportunity to reconsider the inclusion of site 131 as part of our promoted site (131, 116 and adjacent land. Appendix 1 initial September submission) as part of this public consultation. With regard to the disassociated point, para 5.8 of the SHELLA confirms that some sites which are disassociated from a settlement… will now be subject to more detailed investigation, to assess their capacity to provide deliverable/developable housing and employment sites through the Local Plan review. Footnote 4 on page 14 confirms that on a case by case basis, it may be appropriate to consider a site not directly adjoining a development boundary as a ’potentially suitable extension to a village/urban area where the site is a short distance from the host settlement and a legible pedestrian route and means of access to the host settlement can be demonstrated by the site promoter’. To assist the Council in carrying out a more detailed investigation an initial September submission 2019 was presented to the Council followed by an exchange of emails which are now presented between pages 46 – 52 of this consultation response. Further emails with the Council on this point are within Appendix 9 of the initial September submission. For More Information - Points of Contact Brock Ltd (a landowner) is within the D Morgan group of companies together with D Morgan PLC the site Promoter. Both companies are controlled by Denis Morgan and employ more than 225 people. D Morgan PLC www.dmorgan.co.uk New Hey, Chester Road, Great Sutton, South Wirral, CH66 2LS For further information contact Victoria Morgan [email protected] Peacock and Smith Chartered Town Planning and Development Consultants, 53 King Street, Manchester, M2 4LQ Gareth Glennon [email protected] 2 Rural Services and Facilities Audit 2019 (Page11) Para 4.9 States Perton, Wombourne, Brewood and Kinver were Main Service Villages in the previous 2012 Core Strategy. However, they performed less well in the revised settlement hierarchy than other settlements previously classified as Main Service Villages (e.g. Codsall/Bilbrook, Cheslyn Hay/Great Wyrley, Penkridge). As such, these four villages have been reclassified as Tier 2 settlements. This primarily reflects the lower level of access to employment opportunities available in Perton, Wombourne, Brewood and Kinver when compared to other Tier 1 villages, which is in part due to these villages’ lack of rail access. Tier 1 Settlements have the greatest access to employment, services and facilities and Tier 1 have the only access to a train Station to travel around the District and into the surrounding towns and cities. Access to a train Station, gives the best connectivity with sustainable travel. Cheslyn Hay/Great Wryley uniquely in South Staffordshire is the only location with access to the Chase Line (Landywood Station) which uniquely is the closest station to the West Midlands conurbation. From Landywood, Bloxwich is 7 minutes by train and to Walsall 13 minutes by train. Within the GBHMA Bloxwich/Walsall has a housing shortage.all to make it glook good yes, that’s it. Bloxwich/Walsall has exceptional public transport connectivity to Cheslyn Hay by train and by bus. Para E18 of the Sustainability Appraisal to the Local Plan makes it clear that Tier 1 Settlements have access to railway stations and Tier 2 settlements do not. Development proposals in Tier 1 Settlements would be excepted to locate new residents in an area with excellent access to rail services to travel around the District and into the surrounding towns and cities. The Greater Birmingham Housing Market Area – Strategic Growth Study, para 1.69 states, “for strategic development, the accessibility to public transport and particularly to the rail network, is a particularly important consideration within the wider sustainability of different development options”. 3 Cannock Chase Hospital New Cross Manor Hospital Hospital Bridgnorth Community Sandwell Hospital Hospital Russell Hall Hospital Corbett Hospital Plan taken from Page 19 – Rural Services and Facilities Audit 2019 Tier 1 settlements – Public Transport Access to Hospitals. Cheslyn Hay has the shortest journey time by bus and rail to a Hospital, taking 21-30 minutes compared to Codsall/Bilbrook taking 41-60 minutes and Penkridge taking 51-60 minutes. These other Tier 1 settlements are in a less accessible and less sustainable location, with significantly longer journey times to a Hospital (double), refer to Council’s colour coded key above. By Train on the Chase Line Landywood Railway Station is located on the Chase Line, and is just 1 mile from the promoted site. It takes 3 minutes to reach Cannock Railway Station from Landywood; Cannock Chase Hospital is 0.7 miles from Cannock train Station.Manor Hospital at Walsall is 0.6m from Walsall train Station and can be accessed via Landywood in just 13 minutes. Also using the Chase Line to Birmingham New Street a journey which takes 35 minutes, Birmingham Children’s Hospital the UK’s leading specialist paediatric centre is 0.6m from the train Station. By Bus Cannock Chase Hospital is close to Cannock Bus Station and Railway Station (3 minutes by train from Landywood). From the promoted site through Cheslyn Hay, the Cannock Bus Station can be accessed via the half-hourly 70 bus service which runs via the Hospital, and terminates at the other end of this bus journey at Wolverhampton. The NHS additionally run a free 15-minute mini-bus service between Cannock Chase Hospital and New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton. Manor Hospital, Walsall is accessible by bus; the 2-bus service terminates at Walsall Bus Station, 0.6 miles from the Hospital. Birmingham Children’s Hospital the UK’s leading specialist paediatric centre can also be reached from Cheslyn Hay via the X51 bus service. 4 Cannock Bus Network Map. Cheslyn Hay is on 2 core routes to Wolverhampton City and to Walsall Town Centre & Walsall Manor Hospital - from Cannock Town Centre. The proposed housing site is within the Cannock Town Centre Catchment Area 70, 71 to 1,2, 2E, X51 to Bloxwich and City of Wolverhampton Walsall Town Centres Metro Tram & Walsall Manor Hospital & Birmingham Children’s Hospital X51 Cannock Town Centre offering a choice of employment opportunities has the greatest range of facilities and services; Cheslyn Hay is in the catchment of the Town Centre, served by a regular bus service on two core bus routes, as shown above. The Town Centre is highly accessible from Cheslyn Hay with frequent bus services, demonstrating Cheslyn Hay’s sustainable credentials. Connections by bus are also available from Cheslyn Hay to Bloxwich, Walsall, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Metro Tram services. The Infrastructure Delivery Plan states that in rural areas, public transport is generally poor. Cheslyn Hay is not a rural area and is exceptionally well served by public transport and onward connections. The Cannock Town Centre catchment area does not include, Codsall/ Bilbrook or Penkridge. Compared to Cheslyn Hay, these other Tier 1 settlements are significantly less accessible by bus and have fewer employment opportunities, facilities and services accessible to residents. These other Tier 1 settlements are not comparable to the excellent connectivity to the Cannock Town Centre catchment area which Cheslyn Hay benefits from. They are therefore not as well connected and not as sustainable. This excellent bus network provides exceptional connectivity with sustainable travel, available from the promoted site to all members of society of all age groups both able bodied people and those that are less mobile many of whom may not have access to a car.