East Riding Local Development Framework Allocations Development Plan Document - Potential Sites Consultation Part 1: Explanatory Text and Site Schedules May 2010 Potential Sites Consultation - Allocations Development Plan Document 1 Introduction 4 The Allocations Development Plan Document 4 The East Riding Local Development Framework 4 Sustainability Appraisal 4 What happens next? 5 How can I get involved? 6 2 Consideration of Sites 8 Where have the potential sites come from? 8 Where do we need to allocate land? 10 How much land do we need to allocate? 11 What are the considerations for allocating land? 18 3 Potential Sites for Allocation 24 The potential sites plans 24 The schedule of sites 24 The status of sites presented in this document 26 Responding to the sites included on the maps 26 4 Schedule of Sites 30 Appendices Appendix A 32 Potential Sites Consultation - Allocations Development Plan Document East Riding of Yorkshire Council Potential Sites Consultation - Allocations Development Plan Document 1 Introduction East Riding of Yorkshire Council 3 Potential Sites Consultation - Allocations Development Plan Document The Allocations Development Plan Document 1.1 The Allocations Development Plan Document (DPD) is an important part of the East Riding Local Development Framework (LDF). When adopted, it will allocate pieces of land (sites) for specific uses, including for housing, employment, retail, open space and transport. 1.2 This Potential Sites consultation is the first step in preparing an Allocations DPD. It presents site allocation options for you to consider. It is split into two parts - this document being Part 1, which includes a set of site schedules - and Part 2, comprising a set of maps outlining potential sites in various locations in the East Riding. 1.3 The Allocations DPD aims to allocate sites throughout the East Riding in order to deliver the vision, objectives and planning policies set out in the Core Strategy, and to address the needs of the local community. However, it will not allocate any sites in the area covered by the Bridlington Town Centre Area Action Plan. The Area Action Plan will allocate sites in this area. In addition, it will not allocate any sites for waste management or minerals development as the Joint Waste DPD and Joint Minerals DPD will deal with these issues respectively. The East Riding Local Development Framework 1.4 The Local Development Framework, or LDF, is the name for the portfolio of documents that together will provide the framework for managing development and addressing the key planning issues within the area. When the individual documents - known as Development Plan Documents (DPDs) - are adopted, they will guide investment decisions and will be used to determine planning applications. The East Riding LDF comprises five DPDs: Core Strategy Allocations Bridlington Town Centre Area Action Plan Joint Minerals (prepared with Hull City Council) Joint Waste (prepared with Hull City Council) 1.5 A number of Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) will also be prepared, covering detailed policy matters, such as affordable housing, that will add further guidance to the Core Strategy's policies. 1.6 Once complete, the LDF will replace the existing plans prepared under the previous planning system, including the Joint Structure Plan for Hull and the East Riding, and the four Local Plans of the former boroughs of Beverley, Boothferry, East Yorkshire and Holderness. Sustainability Appraisal 1.7 A Sustainability Appraisal (incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment) must be undertaken for all DPDs to assess their potential economic, environmental and social impacts. At this Potential Sites stage, a draft Part 2 Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report and a draft Sustainability Appraisal Site Assessment Methodology (SASAM) have been produced for consultation. 1.8 The draft Part 2 Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report provides a review of relevant plans and programmes and baseline data relating to the LDF. It sets out a number of sustainability objectives that the proposed allocations will be assessed against. The draft SASAM updates the existing Housing Site Assessment Methodology and will be used (when finalised) to carry out 4 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Potential Sites Consultation - Allocations Development Plan Document an appraisal of all of the considered sites -not just housing. As well as getting feedback on the Potential Sites, we would also like to receive your comments on these documents. Details of how to respond are set out on the next page. Appropriate Assessment 1.9 Appropriate Assessment is required to assess whether the DPD could have a potential significant impact on internationally designated nature conservation sites. The site designations that are subject to appropriate assessment are listed below: Special Protection Areas (SPA) for rare, vulnerable or migratory birds under the EU Birds Directive Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) for other flora, fauna and habitats of Community interest under the EU Habitats Directive Sites that are being considered for designation as a SPA or SAC. These are known as Potential SPAs (pSPA), and Candidate SACs (cSAC) Ramsar sites, which are wetlands of global importance, listed under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. 1.10 At this potential sites stage of the DPD, no Appropriate Assessment work has been carried out, as we need a clearer idea of which sites will be allocated. The process will start at the next stage of the DPD’s development where preferred site allocations will be presented. What happens next? 1.11 The responses to this document will be considered in producing a Preferred Sites document, which is due for consultation in early 2011. The Preferred Sites consultation will set out, with reasoning, which sites the Council considers suitable for allocation and why other sites were not considered suitable or necessary. A Publication version of the DPD will follow which will be a document that the Council considers to be the final DPD. An examination by a planning inspector will follow in mid 2012. Subject to the inspectors findings the document is then adopted by the Council in early 2013. The full process of preparing the DPD is set out in Figure 1. Figure 1 The Allocations DPD process Preferred Potential Publication Submission to Examination Adoptation Sites Sites Secretary of State Consultation 1.12 The production of the Allocations DPD is an important step towards producing an adopted Proposals Map, which will show allocations made in all DPDs adopted by the Council including the Joint Minerals DPD and Joint Waste DPD). 5 Potential Sites Consultation - Allocations Development Plan Document How can I get involved? We are keen to hear what you have to say. We will be holding a number of exhibitions and ‘surgeries’ during the consultation period to publicise the Allocations DPD and accompanying Sustainability Appraisal documents and address any queries or concerns. You can view this document in libraries, Customer Service Centres and on our website. You may also request a hard copy (for which we have to make a charge to cover our printing and postage costs) or a copy on CD by contacting us by telephone or email. We would prefer you to tell us what you think by filling in our questionnaire, which is available in libraries, Customer Service Centres, online, or on request from us. The consultation period runs from Tuesday 4th May until Monday 12th July 2010. For the latest information about what’s going on where and when, please visit our website. Our contact details Address: Forward Planning, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Room FS32, County Hall, Beverley HU17 9BA Telephone: 01482 391750 Email: [email protected] Website: www.eastriding.gov.uk/planning/ldf Seeking independent advice and support Planning Aid provides free, independent and professional advice on planning issues to community groups and individuals who cannot afford to pay a planning consultant. Yorkshire Planning Aid also provides a programme of community planning, training and education activities. Planning Aid contact details Address: Yorkshire Planning Aid, The Studio, 32 The Calls, Leeds, LS2 7EW Telephone: 0113 204 2460 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.planningaid.rtpi.org.uk For general planning advice contact the Planning Advice Helpline: Telephone: 0870 850 9808 Email: [email protected] 6 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Potential Sites Consultation - Allocations Development Plan Document 2 Consideration of Sites East Riding of Yorkshire Council 7 Potential Sites Consultation - Allocations Development Plan Document Where have the potential sites come from? 2.1 The sites presented in this document have come from a wide variety of sources including those submitted as land bids, undeveloped allocations in the existing Local Plans and recommendations arising from various LDF evidence base documents (such as the Employment Land Review and others described below). 2.2 For a number of years, the Council has been encouraging landowners, agents, and other organisations to submit land bids so that their land can be considered for allocation through the LDF. Some of the sites were submitted for a particular use whilst others did not specify any potential use for the land. 2.3 The existing Local Plans also contain a number of undeveloped allocated sites and the Joint Structure Plan for Hull and East Riding (JSP) identifies a number of 'strategic sites'. As such there are