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APPLICATION DOCUMENT | 3.3 PLANNING AND DELIVERY STATEMENT Author: Quod www.otterpoolpark.org February 2019 APPLICATION CONTENTS 1.1 Covering Letter 1.2 Planning Fee 1.3 Planning Application Forms inc. Certificate C & Agricultural Certificate 2.1 Design and Access Statement (DAS) 2.2 Parameter Plans for approval 2.3 Phasing Plans for approval 2.4 Illustrative drawings in support 2.5 Accommodation schedule 3.1 Guide to the Planning Application 3.2 Development Specification APPLICATION DOCUMENT 3.3 Planning and Delivery Statement 3.4 Housing Strategy (including affordable housing strategy) 3.5 Statement of Community Involvement 3.6 Economic Statement 3.7 Retail Impact Assessment 3.8 Cultural Strategy 3.9 Community Facilities Delivery Strategy 3.10 Transport Assessment 3.11 Energy Strategy 3.12 Sustainability Statement 3.13 Health Impact Assessment 3.14 Minerals Assessment 3.15 Outline Site Waste Management Plan 3.16 Framework Travel Plan 3.17 Flood Risk Assessment and Surface Water Drainage Strategy 3.18 Outline water cycle study 3.19 Governance Strategy 3.20 Utilities Delievery Strategy 3.21 Environmental Statement PLANNING AND DELIVERY STATEMENT OTTERPOOL PARK FEBRUARY 2019 Quod Ingeni Building, 17 Broadwick Street | London Contents 1 Executive Summary ________________________________________________________________ 1 2 Introduction ______________________________________________________________________ 4 Planning strategy ______________________________________________________________________ 6 3 Vision ___________________________________________________________________________ 7 Environmental ________________________________________________________________________ 7 Social _______________________________________________________________________________ 7 Economic ____________________________________________________________________________ 7 4 Background ______________________________________________________________________ 8 Garden cities and towns ________________________________________________________________ 8 Housing need _________________________________________________________________________ 9 Otterpool Park Site - strategic location for growth ___________________________________________ 10 5 Site ____________________________________________________________________________ 12 Site location _________________________________________________________________________ 12 Site character and land uses ____________________________________________________________ 13 Planning History _____________________________________________________________________ 14 Conservation Areas ___________________________________________________________________ 15 Heritage Assets ______________________________________________________________________ 15 6 Consultation _____________________________________________________________________ 16 Pre-Application Technical Meetings ______________________________________________________ 16 Place Panel Meetings _________________________________________________________________ 16 Public consultation ___________________________________________________________________ 17 Stage one engagement - December 2016 __________________________________________________ 17 Stage two engagement - June/July 2017 ___________________________________________________ 19 Stage three engagement - June 2018 _____________________________________________________ 19 Design responses _____________________________________________________________________ 21 Conclusion __________________________________________________________________________ 21 7 Planning Context _________________________________________________________________ 22 Background _________________________________________________________________________ 22 National ____________________________________________________________________________ 22 Development Plan ____________________________________________________________________ 26 Other Material Considerations __________________________________________________________ 33 8 Otterpool Park - Proposed Development ______________________________________________ 38 9 Planning Issues___________________________________________________________________ 39 Quod | Otterpool Park | Planning and Delivery Statement | February 2019 Principle of Strategic Development _______________________________________________________ 39 Provision of housing __________________________________________________________________ 40 Amenity ____________________________________________________________________________ 44 Employment ________________________________________________________________________ 48 Retail ______________________________________________________________________________ 51 Transport ___________________________________________________________________________ 52 Heritage and archaeology ______________________________________________________________ 55 Green infrastructure __________________________________________________________________ 59 Blue infrastructure and flood risk ________________________________________________________ 65 Sustainability ________________________________________________________________________ 67 Socio economics _____________________________________________________________________ 69 Waste______________________________________________________________________________ 71 Minerals ____________________________________________________________________________ 72 Design _____________________________________________________________________________ 74 Conclusion __________________________________________________________________________ 75 10 Delivery Statement _______________________________________________________________ 76 a) Housing Delivery ___________________________________________________________________ 76 b) Infrastructure Delivery ______________________________________________________________ 77 c) Pattern of Development _____________________________________________________________ 77 d) Conclusions _______________________________________________________________________ 80 11 Planning Obligations ______________________________________________________________ 81 Emerging Section 106 Heads of Terms ____________________________________________________ 81 12 Conclusion ______________________________________________________________________ 86 APPENDIX 1 – OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION BOUNDARY PLAN _______________________________________ 88 APPENDIX 2 - OFMA PLAN _________________________________________________________________________ 89 APPENDIX 3 - SCHEDULE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND USES IN THE OFMA _________________________________ 90 APPENDIX 4 - OFMA PLANNING HISTORY SCHEDULE ___________________________________________________ 91 APPENDIX 5 OFMA KEY CONSENTS PLAN _____________________________________________________________ 92 APPENDIX 6 - SCHEDULE OF PRE-APPLICATION COMMENTS AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONDED TO _______ 93 APPENDIX 7 PLANNING POLICY SCHEDULE ____________________________________________________________ 94 APPENDIX 8 - SCHEDULE OF STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE ______________________________________________ 95 Figures and Tables FIGURE 5 - 1 EXTRACT FROM APPLICATION RED LINE BOUNDARY PLAN (OPM (P)101Q)_______________________ 12 FIGURE 6 - 1 AVERAGED SCORING OF CONSULTATION THEMES ___________________________________________ 18 TABLE 9.1 HOUSING DELIVERY RATE (OTTERPOOL PARK HOUSING STRATEGY, JANUARY 2019) ________________ 41 TABLE 9.2 INDICATIVE UNIT MIX (OTTERPOOL PARK HOUSING STRATEGY, JANUARY 2019) ____________________ 42 Quod | Otterpool Park | Planning and Delivery Statement | February 2019 TABLE 9.3 INDICATIVE TENURE MIX (OTTERPOOL PARK HOUSING STRATEGY, JANUARY 2019) _________________ 43 TABLE 9.4 DIRECT EMPLOYMENT AT OTTERPOOL PARK (DRAFT OTTERPOOL PARK ECONOMIC STRATEGY, NOVEMBER 2018) ________________________________________________________________________________ 49 TABLE 9.5 EDUCATION NEED AND PROVISION AT OTTERPOOL PARK ______________________________________ 70 TABLE 10.1 INDICATIVE PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT ___________________________________________________ 77 Quod | Otterpool Park | Planning and Delivery Statement | February 2019 1 1 Executive Summary 1.1 This Planning and Delivery Statement (PDS) is submitted in support of an outline planning application (OPA) for a new settlement at Otterpool Park in the west of the Folkestone and Hythe District (FHD), Kent. It is submitted on behalf of Cozumel Estates Ltd. The application is submitted in association with Folkestone and Hythe District Council (FHDC), as Cozumel Estates Ltd and FHDC are joint promoters of Otterpool Park. 1.2 The garden community approach provides an opportunity to create an innovative, resilient and inclusive community that will stand the test of time. Planning at scale offers the chance to think holistically about how a place will function, and to understand what mechanisms need to be delivered to help turn a vision underpinned by the Garden City Principles into a flourishing place to live, work and visit. 1.3 The site is allocated for development in the FHDC Regulation 19 Core Strategy Review (Submission Draft, January 2019). It is a site of strategic importance, contributing significantly towards meeting the District Council’s identified housing need. 1.4 Outline planning permission is sought for the following, with all matters of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved: • Up to 8,500 new homes across a range of types, sizes and tenures; • Commercial and community development (including a health centre and