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Bramley Neighbourhood Development Plan 2011 - 2029 SUBMISSION June 2016 Bramley Neighbourhood Development Plan 2011 - 2029 CONTENTS 5 DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS 6 NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN POLICIES • How much new development • Housing • Evaluation of development options • Assets of Community Value FOREWORD • What kind of development • Design • Where should new development go • Rural environment ATTRIBUTIONS • Transport • Employment PREFACE BY STEERING GROUP GLOSSARY OF TERMS 1 INTRODUCTION • Purpose of the Neighbourhood Plan • Scope of the Neighbourhood Plan • The Neighbourhood Plan process 2 ABOUT BRAMLEY • A short history of Bramley • The nature and character of Bramley • Community views on Bramley • Main issues 3 THE FUTURE OF BRAMLEY • A Vision for Bramley • Aims and Objectives 4 POLICY CONTEXT • Background • National policy • Sustainable development • Local strategic policy APPENDICES Appendix A: Appendix F: List of Evidence and Sources Evaluation of Transport Effects on Bramley in the Prospect of Further Development. Appendix B: Summary of Community Consultation Appendix G: Bramley Transport Traffic Hazards Appendix C: Bramley Village Character Assessment Appendix H: Additional Local Evidence Base Appendix D: Vista Views and Important Landscape Views Appendix E: Trees, Woodland, Hedgerows, and Local Green Spaces Prepared for Bramley Parish Council by FOREWORD Neighbourhood Plans derive from the the support of the Bramley Parish Council, residents preferred access to many of the Government’s determination, through using the views of the residents of Bramley new dwellings. The plan will also provide the the Localism Act, to ensure that local Parish and has been brought together Parish with the opportunity to access 25% of communities are closely involved in the by specialist neighbourhood planning the Community Infrastructure Levy to improve decisions that affect them. consultants, Urban Vision Enterprise CIC. facilities and the infrastructure, projects being Financial support has been provided by the identified by the Parish Council in conjunction nationwide community support organisation, with the Borough to improve community In February 2013 Bramley Parish Council Locality and through the Community Rights facilities, services and the local environment applied to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Programme, Groundwork UK. The Bramley to ensure that the quality of life of existing Council for the Parish of Bramley to be an Neighbourhood Planning Steering Group has residents is improved and that future agreed Neighbourhood Planning Area. consulted with and listened to the community generations continue to enjoy an excellent Once accepted, then the Parish Council on a wide range of issues that will influence quality of life. agreed that a Neighbourhood Planning the well-being, sustainability and long- Steering Group be set up including Parish term preservation of this rural community. Council Members, Community volunteers, Every effort has been made to ensure that Business people from the Parish and Land the views and policies contained in this Malcolm Bell Owners. The agenda, to establish a vision for document reflect those of the majority of Bramley Parish through the Neighbourhood Bramley residents. Plan which delivers the local communities Chair Neighbourhood Planning needs and aspirations but at the same time Bramley Parish Councillor being in accord with the Borough Councils Once the Plan has been made, following a emerging Local Plan 2011-2029, now in the favourable local referendum, the Bramley Submission stage. Neighbourhood Plan will form part of the development plan and become, with the Borough Council’s Local Plan, the starting The Neighbourhood Plan is a statutory point for deciding where development should document that will be incorporated into the take place and the type and quality of that Borough planning framework, and must be development , ensuring that development used by Basingstoke and Deane Borough is sympathetic to, and improves the look Council (B&DBC) to determine planning and feel of, the village and in line with applications. The Neighbourhood Plan has the Boroughs Allocation procedure, gives been produced by local residents, with ATTRIBUTIONS Bramlet Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Consultants Malcolm Bell, Chair, Parish Councillor Stella Scrivener, Planning Aid Antony Durrant, Vice-Chair, Parish Councillor Philip Turner, Planning Aid Bruce Ansell, Parish Councillor Mick Downs, Urban Vision Enterprise CIC, Plan Louise Hayling, Resident. preparation and advice throughout. Christopher Flooks, Resident Mark Fessey, AECOM, Strategic Environmental Assessment Report George Zaidmann, Resident Peter Hayes, Resident Basingstoke and Deane Borough Officers Fausta DiMascio, Resident Part Time:- Edward Rehill, Principal Planning Officer, Basingstoke and Deane Christopher Wright, Web Design and Maintenance Emma Betteridge, Planning Policy Officer, Basingstoke and Deane Karen Readman, Resident Keith and Pilar Owen, residents Malcolm and Lucy Knowles, Residents Henrietta Pullan, Resident Sharon Lane, Resident James Hare, Stratfield Saye Estate Management Printing of Material Ian Crossley. Green House Graphics PREFACE Bramley Neighbourhood Development further opportunity for expansion. Pressure by the Portfolio Holder of the emerging Local Plan (“Bramley NDP”) started out in early on medical practice, and sewage and Plan and the Planning Officer. 2013. In the Basingstoke & Deane Borough drainage. Council (“BDBC”) draft Local Plan Bramley • Lack of facilities particularly compared In December 2015 SS5 of the BDBC Local was allocated “approximately 200” houses with other larger villages (e.g. only 1 small Plan was amended to read “at least 200” to be met through Policy SS5 Neighbourhood village shop, 1 pub, shortage of recreational houses for Bramley. Since the NDP process Planning. The figure appeared to be derived facilities and network of footpaths & cycle began, the number of houses with planning from a local housing need of 72, which paths). permission approved on sites bordering the computed to approximately 200 allowing for • Lack of station and shop parking causing village boundary currently stands at 315 (not a 40% affordable housing ratio. congestion in nearby roads. including the approved Razors Farm or the • The need to protect the rural aspect of proposed Cufaude Farm development, both The Steering Group was tasked by Bramley Bramley under threat of being eroded after within Bramley Parish). This far exceeds the Parish Council to produce a Neighbourhood decades of development. commitments that Bramley needed to make Plan that was in accord with the Local Plan under the draft Local Plan SS5 policy or the • Community feedback indicated that and expressed the views of the community amended Local Plan. gained through consultation. Through the majority did not want further housing extensive community consultation and data development because of the detrimental analysis, Bramley NDP identified the main impact on quality of life and the serious The conclusions drawn from all the work issues facing the village: lack of infrastructure improvements that during the NDP process is that the current have resulted from previous housing infrastructure in Bramley is insufficient to • Excessive increase in housing over the developments. support further expansion unless addressed in last 30 years (198% increase 1981-2011 line with further development. compared with 53% & 39% for Whitchurch & Overton (2 comparable large villages). Physical constraints to development include • High levels of traffic from through traffic the road network i.e. one main road through This Neighbourhood Plan through and traffic circulating the village centre the village onto which the majority of traffic consultation, analysis and research expresses (c. 3,300 per day) and the impact on the converges which is bisected at the centre by the views of the local community to achieve restricted road network/ infrastructure. a level crossing, plus flooding issues; sewerage the Vision for Bramley and will be a key part Reliance on cars, poor bus service. and drainage constraints; lack of further of the statutory development plan which suitable sites for development . BDBC will use as the basis for making decisions • Level crossing over the main C road affecting Bramley Parish in the years to 2029. through centre of village with barrier downtime c. 30 minutes per hour causing Planning approval was granted for 200 congestion and pollution for pedestrians and houses on Minchens Lane site which met the Bramley Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group other car users. housing allocation for Bramley through SS5 • Primary school at breaking point with no neighbourhood planning policy, confirmed 1 INTRODUCTION 1.01 In 2012 the Localism Act came into force, enabling local communities in England to take the lead in planning how their own neighbourhoods will develop. Many communities around the country have seized this opportunity to influence the future of their areas. Bramley Parish Council has produced a Neighbourhood Development Plan for Bramley in order to shape the future development of the village. 1.02 The Neighbourhood Area is the area that will be covered by the Neighbourhood Plan. The Bramley Neighbourhood Area, which is the same as the area defined by the Bramley Parish boundary, was designated by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council on 22 March 2013. The Borough Council’s decision empowers Bramley Parish Council to produce a Neighbourhood Plan for the Parish of