Housing Delivery in Lichfield District Relating to Tamworth Borough
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Tamworth Local Plan 1 Additional Information for the Inspector Housing Delivery in Lichfield District relating to Tamworth Borough 1 Lichfield District Local Plan: Strategy 1.1 The proposed submission Local Plan: Strategy provides detail on how Lichfield District will assist Tamworth in meeting their housing needs and the Housing needs across South East Staffordshire. The figure below summarises the key policies within the proposed submission Local Plan: Strategy (July 2012) as they relate to Tamworth Borough. Core Policy 1: The Spatial Strategy Lichfield District will deliver 8,700 dwellings between 2008-2028. A majority of development will be located in a number of key locations identified within the Local Plan including the North of Tamworth Broad Development Location. Land to the North of Tamworth will assist in delivering further homes, in part, to meet the needs arising from within Tamworth’s local housing market. However, the release of land to the north of the Anker Valley will be dependent on land being developed within Tamworth Borough first and key infrastructure being delivered within the Anker Valley. Approximately 12% of Lichfield District’s housing requirement (1000 dwellings) to be located to the North of Tamworth. Core Policy 6: Housing Delivery Broad Development Location: North of Tamworth – 1000 dwellings (50% to meet needs arising within Tamworth Borough) Delivery Timescales 2021-2028. Policy: North of Tamworth Delivery of 1000 dwellings by 2028. The development shall cause no coalescence within Wigginton village and shall not commence earlier than 2021 or prior to essential infrastructure being delivered within Tamworth Borough. 2 Memoranda of Understanding 2.1 Lichfield District Council has two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) which have relevance to Tamworth Borough. The above policies reflect the agreements within the MoU. The first MoU is between Tamworth Borough, Lichfield District and North Warwickshire Borough councils. 2.2 Through the MoU Lichfield District Council wanted to ensure that there was a good delivery rate in Tamworth and that the required infrastructure would be delivered prior to development coming forward within Lichfield District. The MoU states that land within Lichfield District shall be restricted to the broad development location to the north of the Anker Valley allocation to ensure a sustainable urban neighbourhood is delivered with appropriate infrastructure, phased at the right time. 2.3 The MoU states delivery of homes within Lichfield District to meet Tamworth’s needs will not commence until 2021 or until the necessary Tamworth Local Plan 2 Additional Information for the Inspector infrastructure has been delivered within Tamworth Borough, whichever represents the later date. 2.4 The second MoU is between Tamworth Borough, Lichfield District and Cannock Chase District councils. This MoU relates specifically to the ‘Southern Staffordshire Districts Housing Needs Study and Strategic Housing Market Assessment’ which was commissioned by the three authorities as part of a shared evidence base for their respective Local Plan processes’. The shared evidence base has been prepared under the Duty to Cooperate. 2.5 The MoU seeks to ensure that the identified housing requirement of 19,800 for the Southern Staffordshire Districts is delivered from 2006 - 2028 in the three authority areas as follows, whilst recognising a further 500 homes are delivered within North Warwickshire (as per the Tamworth, Lichfield and North Warwickshire MoU as mentioned above); Cannock Chase District – 5,300 Lichfield District – 9,5751 Tamworth Borough – 4,500 2.6 The MoU ensures that the strategy across the three Districts is delivered to be consistent with the evidence within the shared evidence base. The Strategy is explained in detail within the ‘Meeting Development Needs in SE Staffordshire 2006 - 2028’ document. 3 Distribution of Housing to meet Tamworth’s needs 3.1 As stated within the MoU and the proposed submission Local Plan: Strategy, development to meet Tamworth’s needs within Lichfield District will be restricted to the Broad Development Location identified within the Local Plan to the north of the Anker Valley allocation. 3.2.1 500 homes of the 1000 to be allocated within Lichfield District will meet the needs arising in Tamworth whilst assisting to deliver the overall Strategy for the Southern Staffordshire Districts as identified within the shared evidence base and agreed upon through the MoU. 3.3 The ‘Meeting Development Needs in SE Staffordshire 2006-2028’ document provides a trajectory of how the Southern Staffordshire Districts will meet their requirements between 2006-2028. This includes 874 dwellings completed within Lichfield District between 2006-2008, which are not included within the 2008-2028 plan period of the proposed submission Lichfield District Local Plan. 1 The proposed submission Lichfield District Local Plan: Strategy identifies the need to deliver 8,700 dwellings between 2008 and 2028. The Southern Staffordshire Strategy looks at a slightly longer plan period which incorporates 2006-2008. Within this time Lichfield District delivered 874 dwellings. With completions since 2006 and projected completions within the housing trajectory Lichfield District will deliver 9,575 dwellings between 2006-2028 with 8,700 of this total within the plan period of the Local Plan. Tamworth Local Plan 3 Additional Information for the Inspector 4 Closing Remarks 4.1 The MoU between Tamworth Borough, Lichfield District and North Warwickshire Borough highlights the efforts made to assist Tamworth in meeting the needs arising within the Borough. 4.2 This complements the joint approach taken to delivering housing growth across the South East Staffordshire Districts through a shared evidence base and a strategic spatial approach across the area. This is further strengthened by the MoU between Cannock Chase Council, Lichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council which provides certainty in the position of each authority and a commitment to continue cross boundary working. .