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Wealden District Council Local Development Framework Strategic Sites Development Plan Document Background Paper Chapter 5 Stone Cross 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 5 Contents SDA 6: Land to the East and South East of Stone Cross and SDA 7: Land to the North of Stone Cross 5.1 Introduction 289 5.2 Area of Interest 290 5.3 Land Availability 290 5.4 General Characteristics of the Stone Cross area, common 292 to all sites within SDA 6 and SDA 7 5.5 Strategic Infrastructure Requirements for Stone Cross 295 5.6 Additional Local Infrastructure requirements to support the 296 development of sites within SDA 6 and SDA 7 5.7 Site Appraisal - Site A - Land at Friday Street 298 5.8 Core Strategy Objectives 302 5.9 Opportunities 305 5.10 Constraints 306 5.11 Additional infrastructure requirements to support the 307 development of SDA 6: Land at Friday Street - Site A 5.12 Sustainability Appraisal Summary 307 5.13 Guiding Principles for Site A - Land at Friday Street 308 5.14 Site Appraisal - Site B - South of Rattle Road, Stone Cross 310 5.15 Core Strategy objectives 313 5.16 Opportunities 315 5.17 Constraints 316 5.18 Additional infrastructure requirements to support the 317 development of SDA 6: South of Rattle Road - Site B 5.19 Sustainability Appraisal Summary 317 5.20 Guiding Principles for Site B - South of Rattle Road 318 5.21 Site Appraisal - Site C - Land North of Rattle Road 320 5.22 Core Strategy objectives 323 5.23 Opportunities 325 5.24 Constraints 326 5.25 Additional infrastructure requirements to support the 326 development of SDA 6: Land North of Rattle Road - Site C 5.26 Sustainability Appraisal Summary 327 5.27 Guiding Principles for the development of Site C - Land 328 North of Rattle Road 5.28 Site Appraisal - Site D - Land to the North of Dittons Road 330 and North of Barn Close 5.29 Core Strategy Objectives 333 5.30 Opportunities 335 5.31 Constraints 336 5.32 Additional infrastructure requirements to support the 337 development of SDA 7: Land to the north of Dittons Road and north of Barn Close - Site D 5.33 Sustainability Appraisal Summary 337 5.34 Guiding Principles for Site D - Land to the north of Dittons 338 Road and north of Barn Close 5.35 Site Appraisal - Site E - Land off Hailsham Road and 340 Peelings Lane. 5.36 Core Strategy Objectives 343 5.37 Opportunities 345 5.38 Constraints 346 5.39 Conclusion re the development of SDA 7: Land off 348 Hailsham Road and Peelings Lane - Site E 5.40 Site Appraisal - Site F - Land south of Dittons Road 349 adjacent to Golden Jubilee Way 5.41 Core Strategy Objectives 352 5.42 Opportunities 354 5.43 Constraints 355 5.44 Additional infrastructure requirements to support the 356 development of SDA 7: - Land south of Dittons Road adjacent to Golden Jubilee Way - Site F 5.45 Sustainability Appraisal Summary for Site F 356 5.46 Guiding Principles for Site F - Land south of Dittons Road 357 adjacent to Golden Jubilee Way 5.47 Site Appraisal - Site G - Dittons Nursery 359 5.48 Core Strategy Objectives 363 5.49 Opportunities 365 5.50 Constraints 365 5.51 Additional infrastructure requirements to support the 366 development of SDA 7: Dittons Nursery - Site G 5.52 Sustainability Appraisal Summary 367 5.53 Guiding Principles for Site G - Dittons Nursery Site 367 5.54 Options for the development of SDA 6 & SDA 7 at Stone 369 Cross 5.55 SA of Options for SDA 6: Land East of Stone Cross and 376 SDA 7: Land North of Stone Cross Strategic Sites Strategic Development Document Land at Stone Cross SDA 6: Land to the East and South East of Stone Cross and SDA 7: Land to the North of Stone Cross 5.1 Introduction 5.1.1 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. 5.1.2 This background document relates to Strategic Development Area 6: Land to the East and South East of Stone Cross and Strategic Development Area 7: Land to the North of Stone Cross, which have been identified in the Submission Core Strategy as being suitable for the development for up to 650 homes with SDA 6 (Land to the east and south east of Stone Cross) allocated provisionally around 220 homes and SDA 7 (north of Stone Cross) allocated provisionally 430 homes, with flexibility between SDA 6 and SDA 7, as to how this provision is met. 5.1.3 Our SHLAA 1identified sites providing a wide range of opportunities within and on the edge of the settlement of Stone Cross. The Proposed Submission Core Strategy seeks to enhance the role of Stone Cross as a service centre serving the local community and surrounding area and supporting the wider economic growth and regeneration of the south Wealden and Eastbourne area. 5.1.4 This document provides a general introduction to the Strategic Development Areas (SDAs); highlights the land which is suitable, available and achievable for development; outlines the relevant Core Strategy objectives and provides a summary of the sustainability appraisal in relation to each site; provides a comprehensive appraisal of each site - opportunities and constraints and known infrastructure requirements and identifies guiding principles for each site. For SDA 6 and SDA 7, individual site appraisals are carried out with the opportunities and constraints identified with a sustainability appraisal carried out for each site. 5.1.5 In order to determine the most appropriate distribution of growth for the area, the options for development are considered across the whole of Stone Cross. This allows comparison of all sites, and consideration of all the available 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 6: Stone Cross East and SDA 7: Stone Cross North - SSDPD Background Paper - December 2011. 289 options. From this assessment a number of alternative options for the development of SDA 6 and SDA 7 have been put together. 5.2 Area of Interest 5.2.1 SDA 6 and 7 are both shown in relation to the area of Stone Cross in Figure 10.1: SDA 6&7 Stone Cross Core Strategy Strategic Sites Context Plan. SDA 6 is located to the east of Stone Cross and comprises four key sites, one at Friday Street, one to the north of Rattle Road and two to the south of Rattle Road. 5.2.2 The SDA 6 differ markedly in topography and landscape character. All of the land is greenfield and most in agricultural use (grazing) or used for equestrian grazing, with a small element of brownfield land within the site in the form of agricultural buildings which now house B2 type uses. 5.2.3 The sites fronting Rattle Road (north and south of Rattle Road) are within 10 minutes walking distance of the services and facilities provided within Stone Cross. Stone Cross is classified in the Core Strategy as a Service Centre providing a range of services and facilities, serving predominantly the local community and the wider rural area. However, the sites have good accessibility to the wider range of services and facilities available within Eastbourne. The remaining site - Friday Street, is within 15 minutes walking distance of the services and facilities provided at Langney shopping centre, on the edge of the town of Eastbourne. The Rattle Road north site includes a small proportion of brownfield land in the form of residential properties. 5.2.4 SDA 7 relates to sites located in the north and west of Stone Cross and comprises four sites in total, two to the north of Dittons Road, one to the south of Dittons Road and one to the east of Hailsham Road. 5.2.5 The four sites all vary markedly in topography and landscape character. Three of the sites are greenfield and currently in agricultural use (grazing). The fourth site is a brownfield site (in part) currently in use as a plant nursery/garden centre with a small golf course and a residential property included within the site. 5.2.6 All sites are within 5 -15 minutes walking distance of the services and facilities provided within Stone Cross. Stone Cross is classified as a Service Centre providing a range of services and facilities, serving predominantly nearby communities and the wider rural area, and with good accessibility to the wider range of facilities and services in Eastbourne. 5.3 Land Availability 5.3.1 The land considered as part of SDA 6 and SDA 7 has been drawn from the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) which was carried out as part of the evidence base to the Local Development Framework.