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Consultation Statement Hambleton Local Plan March 2020 Hambleton...a place to grow 1 Introduction 3 Purpose of Consultation Statement 3 Statement of Community Involvement 4 Key Stages of Local Plan Production 4 2 Pre-Issues and Options 6 Local Plan partial review 6 Scoping of key issues for new Local Plan 6 Duty to cooperate meetings 7 3 Call for Sites 18 Introduction 18 Site assessment methodology 18 Key stages of the site assessment process 18 Approach to consultation 19 The Response 19 4 Duty to Cooperate 20 Forums for duty to cooperate 20 Member to member duty to cooperate workshops 21 Duty to Cooperate and the Statement of Common Ground 22 5 Issues & Options 23 Sustainability Scoping Report 23 Approach to consultation 23 Consultation events 24 The Response 25 Issues raised at public consultation events 25 Issues raised at parish council meetings 31 Summary of key issues from public events and parish council meetings 37 Response to the consultation documents 39 Summary of key issues from the consultation documents 52 Addressing issues raised 54 Hambleton Local Plan Consultation Statement - Hambleton District Council 1 6 Preferred Options 55 Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulation Assessment 55 Approach to consultation 60 Consultation events 67 The Response 68 Issues raised at parish council meetings 68 Summary of key issues from parish council meetings 71 Response to the consultation documents 72 Part 1 - Policies, Vision & Objectives 72 Summary of key issues from the consultation documents 85 Part 2 - Potential Development Sites 91 Addressing issues raised 296 7 Alternative Sites and Local Green Space Designation 297 Approach to consultation 297 The Response 297 Bedale area 298 Easingwold area 309 Northallerton area 319 Stokesley area 322 Thirsk area 330 Addressing issues raised 335 8 Pre-Publication 336 Approach to consultation 336 The Response 337 Addressing issues raised 340 9 Publication of the Local Plan 341 Introduction 341 Soundness 341 Legal compliance 342 The Response 342 Whole Plan 342 Introduction and Background 343 Vision and Spatial Development Strategy 344 Supporting Economic Growth 354 Supporting Housing Growth 356 Supporting a High Quality Environment 367 Infrastructure and Community Services 369 Environmental and Resource Management 372 Allocations 372 Appendices 388 Submission 388 2 Hambleton Local Plan Consultation Statement - Hambleton District Council 1 Introduction Purpose of Consultation Statement 1.1 The Hambleton Local Plan will replace the suite of documents which currently comprise the Hambleton Local Development Framework (LDF), Core Strategy (2008), Development Policies (2008) and Allocations (2010). Once adopted it will become the Development Plan for Hambleton and will be used in the determination of all planning applications. The Local Plan will include planning policies and land allocations that will guide the development and use of land in Hambleton up to 2035. 1.2 This Consultation Statement complies with the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 and the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) ‘Influencing the Local Plan and Planning Policy’ adopted by the Council in July 2013. 1.3 Regulation 18 of the 2012 Regulations requires the local planning authority to: i. notify relevant organisations or individuals about the intention to prepare a plan, ii. invite comments on what the plan should contain. 1.4 This Consultation Statement sets out how the Council has undertaken public and stakeholder engagement in preparing the Local Plan. The Council recognises the importance of engaging with the local community from the outset of the Local Plan process and this document provides an overview of the following: Who was invited to make representations; How they were invited to do so; A summary of the main issues raised;and How these issues have been addressed in the Local Plan. 1.5 Regulation 22(c) of the 2012 Regulations require a statement to be produced which sets out: i. which bodies and persons the local planning authority invited to make representations under regulation 18; ii. how those bodies and persons were invited to make representations under regulation 18; iii. a summary of the main issues raised by the representations made pursuant to regulation 18; iv. how any representations made pursuant to regulation 18 have been taken into account; v. if representations were made pursuant to regulation 20, the number of representations made and a summary of the main issues raised in those representations; and vi. if no representations were made in regulation 20, that no such representations were made. 1.6 The purpose of this document is to fulfil the above requirements. The statement will be submitted to the Secretary of State alongside the Plan (and other documentation) for Examination. Hambleton Local Plan Consultation Statement - Hambleton District Council 3 1.7 This Consultation Statement explains the development of the Local Plan and how the Council has engaged with members of the public and stakeholders throughout the process in line with the SCI (2013). The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires planning authorities to produce a SCI which sets out how they will consult as part of the production of plans and in considering planning applications. The Local Plan has been prepared in accordance with the SCI which was adopted in July 2013 and can be seen on the Council's website. Statement of Community Involvement 1.8 The Hambleton Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) sets out how we intend to involve participants in the planning process. Part 3 of the SCI refers specifically to the production of the Local Plan and other policy documents. The following guiding principles apply to the Local Plan consultations and we will: communicate clearly about what is being consulted on; make it easy for you to get involved; coordinate with other departments; avoid consultation overload; consider ideas and comments fairly; make sure your involvement is meaningful and effective; learn from our mistakes; share information and provide feedback; and make information available. 1.9 Throughout the Local Plan process, the Council has engaged with the full range of consultees identified in the SCI and applied the various consultation methods as required. These include: sending letters and emails to consultees; issuing press releases and placing statutory notices; making documents, news and information available on the Council's website; supporting consultations with questionnaires to enable responses; holding one to one meetings and discussion groups; facilitating workshops; holding public exhibitions; and using social media. Key Stages of Local Plan Production 1.10 The key stages of plan production are set out in the SCI and this Consultation Statement demonstrates that the preparation of the Local Plan has complied with the provisions set out in the adopted SCI. 1.11 At the Publication Draft stage, in line with the Regulations representations will be invited in respect of soundness and legal compliance of the Local Plan. 1.12 The Consultation Statement provides detail on each of the key stages of Local Plan production as set out in the table below: 4 Hambleton Local Plan Consultation Statement - Hambleton District Council Table 1.1 Key stages of Local Plan production Stage Dates Pre-Issues and Options Consultation Summer 2013 to December 2015 Local Plan partial review – scoping workshops Summer 2013 Council agreed to proceed with a full Plan review 16th September 2014 Call for Sites opens 8th June 2015 Scoping of key issues for new Local Plan Summer 2015 Site Assessment Methodology presented to Housing December 2015 Market Partnership and consultation with statutory partners Issues and Options Consultation 11th January 2016 to 19th February 2016 Consultation on the Sustainability Scoping Report 11th January 2016 to 19th February 2016 Call for Sites closes 19th February 2016 Preferred Options Consultation 31st October 2016 to 12th December 2016 Consultation on Sustainability Appraisal of Preferred 31st October 2016 to 20th January 2017 Options Report Consultation on Habitats Regulation Assessment 31st October 2016 to 20th January 2017 Screening Report Consultation on Settlement Character Studies & Draft 31st October 2016 to 31st January 2017 Northallerton, Brompton & Romanby Landscape & Open Space Study 2016 (supporting documents) Alternative Sites and Local Green Space Designation 21st April 2017 to 2nd June 2017 Consultation Publication Draft including final SA July 2019 Submission of Local Plan November 2019 1.13 As identified in the above table, in addition to the key stages of Local Plan production set out in the SCI, the Council has also undertaken consultation on Preferred Options and consultation on Alternative Sites and Local Green Space Designation. Detail on all stages of Local Plan production are provided in the following sections of this document. Hambleton Local Plan Consultation Statement - Hambleton District Council 5 2 Pre-Issues and Options Local Plan partial review 2.1 Work on the partial review of the Local Plan began in Summer 2013 with a series of scoping workshops with Council members, parish councils, developers and local interest groups. A Cabinet report in October 2013 agreed the scope of the review and following this, evidence base work was commissioned and published on Affordable Housing Viability, Objectively Assessed Housing Need, Economic Development, Employment Land Review and Retail and Town Centre Uses. Further member