Adrian Fisher Head of Planning Strategy
CHESHIRE EAST LOCAL PLAN – Site Allocations and Development Policies Proposals for Disley Background – Local Plan Strategy
Green Belt Review
Safeguarded Land
Site Allocations Plan
Proposals for Disley
Timelines
Questions BACKGROUND – CHESHIRE EAST LOCAL PLAN STRATEGY
Adopted July 2017 – statutory development plan for the Borough
Looks ahead to the year 2030 LOCAL PLAN STRATEGY:
36,000 New Homes over 20 Years
380Ha of Employment Land
200 Ha Safeguarded Land
Supporting Infrastructure LOCAL PLAN - SETTLEMENT HIERACHY
PRINCIPAL TOWNS
Macclesfield & Crewe
KEY SERVICE CENTRES Alsager, Congleton, Handforth, Knutsford, Middlewich, Nantwich, Poynton, Sandbach, Wilmslow
LOCAL SERVICE CENTRES Alderley Edge, Audlem, Bollington, Bunbury, Chelford, Disley, Goostrey, Haslington, Holmes Chapel, Mobberley, Prestbury, Shavington and Wrenbury LOCAL SERVICE CENTRES:
3,500 New Homes
7 Ha of Employment Land
20Ha of Safeguarded Land
32,500 Homes
373Ha of Employment Land
180Ha Safeguarded Land
GREEN BELT REVIEW
The key Characteristic of Green Belt is its openness and Permanence
Green Belt is only Located around major cities
Green Belt should only be altered rarely – in Exceptional Circumstances
Last reviewed in 1980’s 2015 GREEN BELT ASSESSMENT
Divides the green belt into parcels
Assesses parcels against national green belt purposes
Helps inform site selection What is safeguarded land ?
• The National Planning Policy Framework requires that, when amending Green Belt boundaries, Local Planning Authorities should • 'where necessary, identify in their plan areas of safeguarded land between the urban area and the Green Belt, in order to meet longer-term development needs stretching well beyond the plan period'. SAFEGUARDED LAND IS PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPMENT UNTIL AT LEAST 2030
Council’s should also 'make clear that the safeguarded land is not allocated for development at the present time.
Planning permission for the permanent development of safeguarded land should only be granted following a Local Plan review which proposes the development ‘ AKIN TO HAVING SAVINGS IN THE BANK - READY FOR WHEN YOU NEED THEM
If there are future development needs in the coming years – housing, community facilities or maybe business – then safeguarded land will be drawn down to meet these.
This then Protects the remainder of the green belt for the long term. SITE ALLOCATIONS & DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DOCUMENT
‘Daughter’ Document to Local Plan Strategy
Provides more detailed Planning Policies and Proposals – including development for Local Service Centres
First Draft subject to consultation in September / October DISLEY DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS DISTRIBUTION OF SAFEGUARDED LAND Disley site selection
• Draft Disley Settlement Report [FD 29] July 2018 • Sets out the methodology/requirements for Disley • After accounting for recent commitments and completions ( 41) and disaggregating Cheshire East’s housing and safeguarded land requirements, Disley is required to find 41 dwellings and 2.82ha of safeguarded land. • Site selection methodology • Potential Sites are considered using a thorough iterative process, primarily considering non Green Belt sites and finally considering Green Belt sites, starting with those making the lowest contribution to the Green Belt. • All but one of the potential sites around Disley are in the Green Belt
DISLEY SITE OPTIONS Disley site selection
Non Green Belt site CFS199 Greystones Allotments was recommended as suitable for 11 dwellings in the SADPD Meeting the safeguarded land requirement • Site CFS29: Cloughside Farm, Lower Greenshall Lane (excluding Burymewick Wood) was recommended be included as safeguarded land in the SADPD as it made the lowest Green Belt contribution of all 16 Green Belt sites considered. • “Once the woodland area is removed from the site boundary, the site is 3.50 ha; larger than the 2.82ha safeguarded land required. However, mitigation and compensation measures ( a landscaped buffer to the Peak Forest Canal Local Wildlife Site) are likely to reduce the developable area if the site is required for development in the future. Consequently, it is appropriate to consider the full 3.50ha for safeguarding rather than attempt to divide the site further.” PROPOSED POLICIES FOR DISLEY NO EASY OPTIONS!
Welcome the feedback on safeguarded land
Recognise that all sites considered so far have drawbacks as well as advantages
Have to balance these drawbacks with the benefit of long term green belt protection
But process is very far from complete NEXT STEPS All Consultation comments will be evaluated and the Council will consider how the plans should be changed where appropriate
A Revised Plan will be published for formal Consultation next summer (after Borough Elections)
There will be informal discussion and liaison with the Parish Council prior to that. SITE ALLOCATIONS DOCUMENT WILL BE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION IN LATE 2019.
Independent Examination provides scrutiny and public checks and balances on all proposals QUESTIONS