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Sustainability Appraisal of Options for SDA 1 Land at West Uckfield Wealden District Council Local Development Framework Strategic Sites Development Plan Document Background Paper Chapter 2 Uckfield January 2012 How to Contact Us Head of Planning and Environmental Policy Wealden District Council Council Offices, Pine Grove, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 1DH Website: www.wealden.gov.uk E-mail: [email protected] Telephone 01892 602007 Office hours Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm You may also visit the Hailsham Customer Help Point, Prospects House, 7-9 George Street, Hailsham, BN27 1AD between the hours of 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, to view Local Development Framework documents. If you, or somebody you know, would like the information contained in this document in large print, Braille, tape/CD or in another language please contact Wealden District Council on 01323 443322 or [email protected] Chapter 2 Contents SDA 1: Land West of Uckfield 2.1 Introduction 15 2.2 Area of Interest 15 2.3 Land Availability 15 2.4 Site Appraisal 16 2.5 Core Strategy objectives 25 2.6 Opportunities 27 2.7 Constraints 29 2.8 Strategic Infrastructure Requirements 30 2.9 Additional Local Infrastructure required to support the 31 development of SDA 1: Land to the west of Uckfield 2.10 Sustainability Appraisal Summary 32 2.11 Guiding Principles for the development of SDA 1: Land West of Uckfield 34 2.12 Options for the development of SDA 1 - Land West of Uckfield 36 2.13 SA of Options for SDA 1: Land West of Uckfield 43 Strategic Sites Area Based Background Document Chapter Two SDA 1: Land West of Uckfield 2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 This document forms one of the area based background documents to the Strategic Sites Development Plan Document (SSDPD). The SSDPD forms part of the Local Development Framework for Wealden District Council and provides greater detail about the development of strategic areas for growth across the District up until 2030, as shown in the Core Strategy. 2.1.2 This part of the Strategic Sites background document relates to Strategic Development Area 1: Land to the West of Uckfield 2.2 Area of Interest 2.2.1 The location of the SDA is shown in relation to the rest of Uckfield on Strategic Development Area 1: Land West of Uckfield (SDA 1), and is shown on Figure 5.1 - SDA 1 West Uckfield Core Strategy Strategic Sites Context Plan. The site lies to the south west of Uckfield Town Centre and east of the A22. 2.2.2 The site is bounded to the west by the A22 trunk road, with Bellbrook Industrial Estate to the north, residential development and recreation grounds (Victoria Pleasure Grounds) and an Ancient Woodland (Boothlands Wood) to the east. The A22/A26 roundabout and Lewes Road is located to the south of the site with two smaller areas of Ancient Woodland - Ridgewood Shaw located adjacent to the southern boundary and Ridgewood Bridge Shaw - along the south-east boundary of the site. 2.2.3 The majority of the site (84.65 hectares) is actively farmed for both arable and livestock grazing. Uckfield Town Centre is approximately 1.3 kilometres (0.8 miles) to the north east of the centre of the site. 2.2.4 The site is large with a range of character areas, with differing topography, views and relationship to the existing built form of Uckfield. Ridgewood Stream flows along the western boundary and through the southern part of the site. 2.3 Land Availability 2.3.1 The land available for consideration as part of SDA 1 has been drawn from the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment1 (SHLAA) carried out as part of the evidence base to the Core Strategy. The sites submitted through the SHLAA, have been assessed in relation to their suitability, availability and 1 Wealden SHLAA Report (March 2010) and Addendum Report to the Wealden SHLAA (October 2010) Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) - Wealden District Council SDA 1: Uckfield - SSDPD Background Document - November 2011 15 achievability for housing (i.e. whether given all considerations they can be developed). 2.3.2 This area of land comprises of two individual SHLAA sites with one of the sites comprising the majority of the land (approximately 80 hectares). 2.3.3 The sites are detailed in Table 2.1: Details of available land, below. Table 2.1: Details of available land within SDA 1: Land West of Uckfield Site Character SHLAA Location Greenfield/ Gross area Reference Brownfield/ area Previously (Hectares) Developed Land (PDL) 1 A - North 346/1410 Ridgewood Greenfield 80.80 ha B - Central Farm, C - South Lewes Road 2 B - Central 006/1410 Thorncrest, Part 2.13 ha Lewes Road Greenfield ** Part Brownfield Total 82.93 ha ** The brownfield element of this site relates to the inclusion of a residential property within the site. 2.3.4 The overall gross area of land submitted through the SHLAA for the two sites is approximately 83 hectares and indicated on Figure 5.2 - SDA 1 West Uckfield Land Availability Plan. The larger of the two SHLAA sites (Ridgewood Farm) comprises the majority of the land within the SDA (approximately 81 hectares). 2.4 Site Appraisal 2.4.1 A visual appraisal of the site surroundings is shown on the Figure 5.3 - West Uckfield Site Appraisal Adjoining housing 2.4.2 Housing is located to the north east (Bridge Farm Road) and to the south eastern boundaries of the SDA. Housing to the north east comprises two storey detached, semi-detached and terraced housing, built as part of a comprehensively planned residential development circa 1960's to 1980's. Housing to the south-east comprises linear development fronting Lewes Road. These dwellings were built predominantly between the 1950's and 1980's, although some dwellings date back to earlier periods (including a short terrace of Listed Buildings). This group of dwellings varies considerably in scale, design and density. SDA 1: Uckfield - SSDPD Background Document - November 2011 16 2.4.3 A row of detached dwellings, set within generous plots, front onto the existing Ridgewood Farm access lane, to the south-east of the SDA. These five dwellings vary significantly in scale and design with construction dating from the post war era to the1970's. Adjoining employment 2.4.4 Bellbrook Industrial Estate is located close to the north-western boundary of the site, to the north of the Uckfield Wastewater Treatment Works and to the north of the disused railway line and River Uck. The Bellbrook Industrial estate comprises 152 units, with the majority medium to large premises spanning a range of employment uses (business uses including office space, general industrial and storage and distribution). The industrial estate dates from the 1960's to the 1980's. 2.4.5 Employment is also provided in the retail and service sectors in Uckfield Town Centre, to the north east of the SDA. Current uses 2.4.6 The majority of the SDA (approximately 81 hectares) is currently in agricultural use (both livestock grazing and arable crops). The remaining part of the site (2 hectares) comprises a dwelling house set within a generous sized garden, part of which comprises of a former quarry. Current access to the site 2.4.7 Vehicular access to both of the sites is currently via an existing single width farm lane, accessed off Lewes Road close to the junction with Highview Lane. Vehicular access to the Victoria recreation ground (located adjacent to the northern part of the site) is via a narrow single track lane (Old Timber Lane), which provides access to the site via the public footpath network. 2.4.8 Pedestrian access to the site is via Public Footpath (No.10a) which extends from the High Street, across the Victoria recreation ground, through Boothland Wood and across the site to the A22 trunk road, and to the countryside beyond, although no facilities for crossing under or over the road exist. Whilst there is no current pedestrian access into the site from the north, pedestrian access to the Victoria Pleasure Ground (located adjacent to the site) is via both Old Timber Lane and also a pedestrian link into Forge Rise, to the north-east of the site. Local road networks 2.4.9 The A22 trunk Road flanks the western boundary of site, connecting onto a Class B road (B2101) at Bell Farm Road roundabout to the north west of the site. To the south west of the site, the A22 trunk road connects onto Lewes Road (unclassified southern approach road into Uckfield), the A26 trunk Road (towards Lewes) and A22 south bound (towards Hailsham). A class B road (B2101) is located to the north of the site (beyond the railway embankment, River Uck and Bellbrook Industrial Estate) and extends from the A22 trunk road SDA 1: Uckfield - SSDPD Background Document - November 2011 17 in a east/west direction into and through the town centre, thereafter heading eastbound towards Framfield and Heathfield. 2.4.10 With respect to local roads, Lewes Road is located to the east of the site and extends in a north and south direction, joining the A22/A26 Ridgewood roundabout to the south of the site and connecting to the B2102 at a traffic light controlled crossroads providing access to Framfield Road//High Street and Bridge Farm Road. Bridge Farm Road is located to north of the site which comprises a narrow, circuitous estate road. Open space 2.4.11 Despite the proximity and accessibility to open countryside, there is an overall deficit in terms of quantity, quality and accessibility of open space provision in the Uckfield area.
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