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Appendix B Stroud District Local Plan Review Issues and Options Paper September 2017 Agenda Item 9 Appendix B Appendix B Development Services Stroud District Council Ebley Mill Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 4UB The Planning Strategy Team 01453 754143 [email protected] visit www.stroud.gov.uk/localplanreview Agenda Item 9 Appendix B Appendix B Contents Local Plan Review 1 1. Key issues 4 3. Future growth strategy 20 Issues and Options Paper 1.1 Economy 5 3.1 Future growth strategy 21 What is this document about? 1 1.2 Affordable housing 6 3.2 Gloucester’s fringe 24 How can you get involved? 2 1.3 Environment 7 3.3 South of the District 26 Events and exhibitions 3 1.4 Health and wellbeing 7 3.4 Our towns and villages: 28 “Parish clusters” 3 1.5 Delivery 9 settlement hierarchy 3.5 Our towns and villages: 30 settlement boundaries 2. Needs 10 3.6 Our towns and villages: 31 2.1 Local economy and jobs 11 broad locations and 2.2 Our town centres 14 potential sites 2.3 A local need for housing 17 2.4 Local green spaces and 19 community facilities 4. Evidence and information 66 4.1 Background studies 66 4.2 Image credits and other 67 sources Agenda Item 9 Appendix B Appendix B Local Plan Review | Issues and Options paper What is this document about? What is our programme? The Stroud District Local Plan identifies the We want to build in to the timetable plenty of housing, employment, retail and community time to discuss issues, options and proposals Issues and options consultation Autumn 2017: development that is required to meet local needs with local communities. Setting a realistic An opportunity to discuss emerging issues and up until 2031. It sets out the strategy for timetable upfront helps to provide certainty identify ways of distributing and managing distributing development within the District and for the future. There will be ongoing future development needs. policies for protecting and conserving the natural engagement with organisations, but the main Preferred options consultation Autumn 2018: and built environment. public consultation activities will be... We should know much more about quantifying The District Council is now starting the process of development needs by this time and about reviewing the current Local Plan. This consultation future preferred options and alternatives. paper starts to highlight some of the main issues Final draft plan consultation Autumn 2019: A we will need to address as part of the review. final chance to check that we have the right draft plan in place. Why are we starting the The current Local Plan Pre-submission consultation Autumn 2020: The formal stages of making representations on review now? the plan. The Government wants all local authorities to Modifications Summer 2021: Consultation on review their local plans every 5 years. Although any proposed modifications to the plan the current Plan was approved in November 2015, an early review will ensure that it remains up-to- Adoption: It is anticipated that the new Local date and meets future needs for the 20 year Plan will be adopted by Winter 2021/22. period 2016-2036. Plans can take up to 5 years to produce and so it is important that we start now. Agenda Item 9 STROUD DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN REVIEW | ISSUES AND OPTIONS 2017 Appendix B Page | 1 Appendix B How can I get involved? The purpose of this issues and options Direct communication... We will be emailing consultation is to understand:- agents, developers, key stakeholders, local interest groups and members of the public who Which issues relating to the places you live, How can you make comments? have expressed an interest in being kept informed. work or visit in Stroud District are of particular Throughout this document, we pose a number of concern to you today? Individual groups... We are particularly interested questions, to help focus feedback. You do not in making contact with groups and individuals who Are there matters that are likely to grow in have to answer every question. Please quote the are often under-represented in consultation importance over the next 20 years? question(s) you are answering in any events, such as community groups and young correspondence. You can submit your feedback What are the options for addressing them? people. We will be holding bespoke meetings to directly to us via our online survey. Alternatively, capture views. Please contact us if you know of a We want people to engage early on in the process you can return your comments to us by email or group that would like to get involved. so that responses can be fed into the next stage of by post. Documents... This document and background the review of the Local Plan. Submit your comments via our online documents can be accessed through our web survey, or download a response form: This issues and options consultation will involve: pages www.stroud.gov.uk/localplanreview. You www.stroud.gov.uk/localplanreview Public exhibitions... We are holding nine public can view paper copies at the following locations: [email protected] exhibitions around the District during the Parish council offices open to the public @ consultation period. This will provide an Public libraries opportunity to chat to officers working on the Stroud District Council offices, Ebley Mill Local Plan Review The Planning Strategy Team Local Plan review. Time and venue details can be The Tourist Information Centre at the Stroud District Council found on the following page. Subscription Rooms, Stroud Ebley Mill Town and parish council meetings... We will be If you have any queries or suggestions relating to Stroud GL5 4UB meeting with groups of neighbouring town and the consultation please contact the Planning Please respond by the closing date of xx parish councils to discuss issues across different Strategy team on [email protected] or December 2017. parts of the District. phone the team on 01453 754143. Agenda Item 9 STROUD DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN REVIEW | ISSUES AND OPTIONS 2017 Page | 2 Appendix B Appendix B How can I get involved? | Events and exhibitions We are holding drop-in sessions and exhibitions around the District during October and early Severn Vale Gloucester fringe Stonehouse cluster Cotswold cluster Frampton Village Hardwicke Village Stonehouse Town Painswick Town Hall, November. You will be able to chat to officers Hall, The Street. Hall, Green Lane. Hall, High Street Victoria Square. Thursday 9th Nov. Thursday 26th Oct. Saturday 4th Nov. Tuesday 14th Nov. working on the Local Plan review and find out 3pm – 6.30pm more about the issues affecting Stroud District. 3pm – 6.30pm 3pm – 6.30pm 9.30am – 12.30pm Arlingham, Fretherne-with- Hardwicke, Haresfield, Stonehouse, Standish, Painswick, Bisley-with-Lypiatt, Copies of all the documents we have published Saul, Frampton on Severn, Harescombe, Brookthorpe- Eastington, Frocester, Leonard Miserden, Cranham, Whitminster, Moreton with-Whaddon, Upton St Stanley, Kings Stanley Pitchcombe in connection with this consultation will be Valence, Longney, Elmore Leonards available to view and you’ll be able to pick up consultation response forms too. Stroud Valleys Berkeley cluster Stroud Sub Rooms, Berkeley Town Hall, There will be a public event in each of these George Street. Salter Street. th Saturday 28 Oct. parish ‘clusters’. You can come along to any Thursday 2nd Nov. 9.30am – 12.30pm one of these, but we are hoping that this 3pm – 6.30pm Stroud, Whiteshill & grouping will help us to build up a picture of Berkeley, Ham & Stone, Ruscombe, Randwick, Alkington, Hamfallow, Hinton, Cainscross, Rodborough, the particular issues and options that most Slimbridge Brimscombe & Thrupp, Chalford, Woodchester, concern different parts of the District. Minchinhampton, Horsley, Nailsworth Parish clusters Cam & Dursley Cam Parish Council Office. The current Local Plan is built around Thursday 16th Nov. Wotton Cluster 3pm – 6.30pm Wotton-Under-Edge a series of eight ‘mini visions’ for Town Hall, eight distinctive parts of the District. Dursley Methodist Hall, Market Street. Castle Street. Saturday 21st Oct. Look out for the colour coding in this th Saturday 11 Nov. 9.30am – 12.30pm consultation document, which aims 9.30am – 12.30pm Wotton-Under-Edge, North to help flag up issues and options Dursley, Cam, Coaley, Stinchcombe, Nibley, Kingswood, Alderley, that are of particular local relevance. Uley, Nympsfield, Owlpen Hillesley & Tresham Agenda Item 9 STROUD DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN REVIEW | ISSUES AND OPTIONS 2017 Page | 3 Appendix B Appendix B 1. Key Issues 1.1 Economy 1.2 Affordable housing 1.3 Environment 1.4 Health and wellbeing 1.5 Delivery Agenda Item 9 STROUD DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN REVIEW | ISSUES AND OPTIONS 2017 Appendix B Page | 4 Economy... Appendix B Providing for a sustainable and vibrant economy that 1. Key issues works for all 1. Continuing to provide for job opportunities across the The preparation of the current Local Plan involved the identification of a series district, with a focus on knowledge based industries, of key issues, challenges and needs, which the Plan seeks to address. Many of environmental technologies, engineering and manufacturing, creative industries and high quality social care. those issues remain of relevance today. However, challenges and needs change over time and priorities for action can change too. 2. Rebalancing and regenerating the existing employment stock to secure modern office premises with business support The purpose of this consultation is to understand which issues are of particular services and freehold small industrial sites. concern to you today in Stroud District, and which matters are likely to grow in importance over the next 20 years. Are there new issues emerging that we 3. Addressing the high level of daily commuting out of and into need to take account of in preparing the next Local Plan? the district, particularly out commuting to Bristol, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Swindon.
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