North West Bicester Supplementary Planning Document
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Appendix 1 North West Bicester Supplementary Planning Document INTERIM DRAFT May 2015 Appendix 1 Foreword North West Bicester will be a neighbourhood unlike any other in Bicester - a development that demonstrates the highest levels of sustainability. Residents who move to North West Bicester will be making a lifestyle choice to live in efficient modern homes built to the highest environmental standards with excellent access to the town centre, public transport and adjoining countryside. The site offers a unique opportunity to bring about a sustainable large scale development as part of the extension of the existing town with a comprehensive mixed use scheme designed and constructed to the highest environmental standards, bringing a mix of homes, offices, shops and easily accessible open space. The development at NW Bicester will make a significant contribution to meeting the District’s need for more homes and jobs as set out in the Local Plan, including the delivery of affordable housing. A series of new places will be created, adding to the quality of and integrating with the existing town. The layout is based on the landscape framework of existing field boundaries defined by hedgerows. The proposals will take at least 20 years to complete and will help trigger the transition to a low carbon community across the town. They present an exciting opportunity to build a new form of sustainable community within Cherwell District and to extend the benefits of this community to the existing town of Bicester. Councillor Michael Gibbard Lead Member for Planning Appendix 1 Contents 1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 2. Site Context........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9 3. Vision and Objectives...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 4. Development Principles.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 5. Design and Character Areas..........................................................................................................................................................................................................52 6. Delivery..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55 Appendix 1 List of figures Fig. 1 Supplementary Planning Document timetable.....................................................................................................................................................5 Fig. 2 Supplementary Planning Document structure chart.......................................................................................................................................6 Fig. 3 Bicester context plan clp proposals map...................................................................................................................................................................8 Fig. 4 Site location plan.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9 Fig. 5 Historical map of Bicester 1885.....................................................................................................................................................................................10 Fig. 6 Landscape character area......................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Fig. 7 Homes South of Lords Lane..................................................................................................................................................................................................12 Fig. 8 Topography..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13 Fig. 9 Flood risk.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13 Fig. 10 Walking accessibility from Bicester town station............................................................................................................................................14 Fig. 11 Site analysis plan ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................15 Fig. 12 Eco Bicester Vision ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Fig. 13 North West Bicester Spatial Framework: Land use ..................................................................................................................................17 Fig. 14 North West Bicester Spatial Framework: Landscape ..............................................................................................................................41 Appendix 1 Appendix Appendix I: Hedgerow buffer and Masterplan ..................................................................................................................................................................58 Appendix II: Summary of consultation responses............................................................................................................................................................63 Appendix III: Cultural Wellbeing Strategy................................................................................................................................................................................71 Appendix IV: Landuse...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................73 Appendix V: Connections........................................................................................................................................................................................................................74 Appendix VI: Landuse with principle connections..................75 Appendix 1 1.0 Introduction 1.1 This Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) expands upon Policy Bicester 1 of the Cherwell Local Plan. A copy of Policy Bicester 1 is set out in full in Appendix I. The SPD provides further detail to the policy and a means of implementing the strategic allocation at North West Bicester (NW Bicester). It will be formally adopted upon adoption of the Local Plan. 1.2 In summary, when fully delivered, North West Bicester will provide: Up to 6,000 "true" zero carbon homes; Employment opportunities providing at least 4,600 new jobs; Up to four primary schools and a secondary school; Forty per cent green space, half of which will be public open space; Pedestrian and cycle routes; New links under the railway line and to the existing town; Local centres to serve the new and existing communities and Integration with existing communities Background 1.3 In 2009, the site at NW Bicester was identified as having potential as an eco-town location in the Eco- towns Planning Policy Statement. It has subsequently been included in the Council’s development Strategy as Policy Bicester 1 of the emerging Cherwell Local Plan. Cherwell District Council (CDC) has worked with Oxfordshire County Council (OCC), Bicester Town Council and external partners including the private sector, Government departments and agencies to develop the proposals for large-scale development. In April 2014, the Government published its "Locally-led Garden City Prospectus" (Department of Communities and Local Government). In December 2014 the Government award Bicester Garden Town status. 1.4 This work has primarily focussed on creating an attractive development delivering the standards in the Eco-towns PPS but has also included wider objectives in delivering a town-wide approach to sustainable development and the transition to a low carbon community. Planning permission for the first phase known as "The Exemplar" was approved in July 2012 and construction commenced in April 2014 (planning application reference: 10/01780/HYBRID). This phase will provide 393 homes, green space, local centre and primary school. In