Warwick District Local Plan Report of Public Consultations
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Warwick District Local Plan Report of Public Consultations 2012 Local Preferred Options (Part 2) 2013 Local Plan Revised Development Strategy 2013/14 Village Sites and Settlement Boundaries May 2014 1 Contents Page No. 1 Introduction 3 2 Consultation Representations: Statistics 4 Table 1: Preferred Options 2012 4 Table 2: Revised Development Strategy (2013) 5 Table 3: Village sites and settlement boundaries (2013/14) 6 3 Petitions 7 4 Preferred Options (Pt 2) 8 Spatial Portrait, Issues and Objectives 9 Local Plan Process 13 PO5 Affordable Housing 14 PO6 Mix Communities 17 PO7 Gypsies and Travellers 20 PO9 Retail and Town Centres 23 PO10 Built Environment 32 PO11 Historic Environment 35 PO12 Climate Change 40 PO13 Inclusive, Safe and Healthy Communities 45 PO14 Transport 48 PO15 Green Infrastructure 56 PO16 Green Belt 64 PO17 Culture and Tourism 74 PO18 Flooding and Water 77 4 Revised Development Strategy 81 RDS Introduction, Process and Strategic Vision 81 RDS1: Interim Level of Growth of 12,300 homes 90 RDS2: Categories to meet level of growth 107 RDS3: Broad Location of Development 110 RDS4: Overall Distribution of Development 135 RDS5: Sites to be allocated for development 146 RDS6: provision for 22.5 hectares of new employment land 153 RDS7: Location of new employment land 158 RDS8: Sub-Regional Employment Site 162 Strategic Development Site: South of Warwick and Whitnash (Whole Area) 164 Infrastructure Requirements for Sites south of Warwick and Whitnash 175 Strategic Development Site: Lower Heathcote Farm 178 Strategic development Site: Former Sebern Trent Sewage Works 181 Strategic Development Site: Myton Garden Suburb 183 Strategic Development Site: South of Gallows Hill 186 Strategic Development Site: West Warwick Gates 189 Strategic Development Site: Woodside Farm 190 Strategic Development Site: Whitnash East (south of Sydenham) 193 Strategic Development Site: Fieldgate Lane /Golf Lane 195 Infrastructure Requirements for Whitnash and South of Sydenham 197 Strategic Development Site: Red House Farm 198 Strategic Development Site: Thickthorn 198 Infrastructure Requirements for Thickthorn 203 District-wide Transport Mitigation Proposals 204 5 Village Sites and Settlement Boundaries 214 2 Appendices Appendix 1 - Preferred Options Distribution List 264 Appendix 2 – Revised Development Strategy Distribution List 269 Appendix 3 – Villages Consultation Distribution list 277 1. Introduction 1.1. This Report of Public Consultation has been prepared to provide a summary of the representations made in relation to the following consultation: 2012 Local Plan Preferred Options (part 2) 2013 Local Plan Revised Development Strategy 2013/14 Village sites and settlement 1.2. The outcomes from these consultations have been used to help to shape the Draft of the Warwick District Local Plan. 1.3. It should be noted that Part 1 of the Report of Public Consultation for the Preferred Options was reported to Executive in May 2013 as part of the process for considering the Revised Development Strategy. This Part 1 report addressed the following aspects of the Preferred Options: Preferred Level of Growth Broad Location/Distribution of Growth Preferred Options for Development Sites Housing Policies Economy Policies 1.4. The Preferred Options Report of Public Consultation Part 2 covers the representations made in relation to policy areas such as Retailing and Town Centre, Climate Change, Transport and Green Infrastructure. 1.5. The tables in Section 3 of this report summarise the representations received on a range of topics and sites along with the Council’s responses to these comments. 1.6. Full details of the representations received in relation to the consultations are available on the Warwick District Council website: Preferred Options: http://warwickdc.jdi- consult.net/ldf/viewreps.php?action=submitsearch&repid=&docid=23&searchtype=Option RDS:http://warwickdc.jdi- consult.net/ldf/viewreps.php?action=submitsearch&repid=&docid=32&searchtype=Option 3 1.7. Appendices one to three list organisations that the Council invited to make representations to the Preferred Options, Revised Development Strategy and Villages consultations respectively. This includes specific and general consultation bodies in accordance with regulation 18 of the Local Plans Regulations 2012 and other organisations. In addition, to these lists the Council considered it appropriate to notify individuals who wished to be kept informed of Local Plan consultation stages and previous respondents. 2. Consultation Representations: Statistics 2.1. The tables below provide an overall statistical summary of the representations received. It should be noted however that the planning system does not place weight on the quantity of responses received in relation to a site or an issue, but rather gives weight the strengths of the arguments put forward. Local Plan Consultations: Statistical Summary Table 1: Preferred Options 2012 Element No. of Reps % % Other comments Support Object Introduction, process, vision, objectives 153 37 63 etc PO1: Level of Growth 506 3 97 PO2: CIL 207 75 25 PO3: Broad location of growth 356 65 291 Location/Distribution of new housing 78 19 81 Sites Brownfield Sites (Warks College; 43 56 44 Leamington Fire Station; Former Ridgeway School; Riverside House; Myton Garden Suburb 200 16 84 South of Gallows Hill/West of Europa Way 220 1 99 North of Milverton 577 1 99 Blackdown 505 1 99 Whitnash East 27 22 78 Woodside Farm 96 3 97 Red House Farm 11 55 45 Warwick Gates Employment Land 15 33 67 Loes Farm 214 1 99 Fieldgate Lane/Golf Lane 22 36 64 Thickthorn 83 24 76 Category 1 Villages 109 26 74 Largest response from Hampton Magna and Radford Semele. 4 Category 2 Villages 232 23 77 Most responses from Norton Lindsey (70). Also a 112 standard letters from Norton Lindsey Policies Housing (excluding Gypsies and Travellers 198 41 59 Gypsies and Travellers 53 43 57 Economy 90 23 77 Retailing and Town Centres 74 51 49 Built Environment 69 35 65 Historic Environment 69 52 48 Climate Change 78 35 65 Inclusive, Safe and Healthy Communities 58 47 53 Transport Policies 224 26 74 Green Infrastructure 111 55 45 Green Belt Policies 210 12 88 Culture and Tourism 50 64 36 Flooding and Water 35 51 49 Total 4973 21 79 Table 2: Revised Development Strategy (2013) Element No. of % % Object Other comments Reps Support Introduction, process and vision 186 16 84 RDS1: Interim Level of Growth 332 2 98 RDS2: Categories to meet level of growth 38 16 84 RDS3: Spatial approach for broad location 624 38 62 RDS4: Broad location of growth 146 24 76 Sites Brownfield Sites (Station Approach; 29 59 41 Leamington Fire Station; Former Ridgeway School; Riverside House; Villages (all together) 444 10 90 Hampton Magna 155 Kingswood 64 Barford 43 B Tachbrook 44 Employment land requirement 64 8 92 Location of employment land 21 14 86 South sites (whole areas) 183 3 97 Myton Garden Suburb 29 3 97 South Gallows Hill 21 19 81 West of Warwick Gates (former 9 56 44 employment land) Lower Heathcote Farm 19 16 84 Former Sewage Works 15 20 80 Grove Farm 21 5 95 Woodside Farm 24 21 79 Whitnash East 28 11 89 5 Fieldgate Lane 21 0 100 South sites infrastructure 6 50 50 Red House Farm 12 75 25 Thickthorn 72 14 86 including employment land Sub-regional Employment Site 41 10 90 Transport mitigation proposals 154 9 91 Employment Area Option 1 (s of Gallows 4 0 100 Hill) Employment Area Option 2 (n of Gallows 5 80 20 Hill) Total 2658 18 82 Table 3: Village sites and settlement boundaries (2013/14) Element No. of % % Object Other Reps Support comments Context and Revised Dev Strategy 202 12 88 Green Belt and exceptional circumstances 160 11 89 Overall approach 56 16 84 Site selection methodology 71 10 90 Village Boundaries -overall approach 22 50 50 Sites and settlement boundaries Baginton Options and Sites 19 42 58 Baginton settlement boundary 3 67 33 Barford Options and Sites 49 45 55 Barford settlement boundary 8 25 75 Bishops Tachbrook Options and Sites 43 44 56 Bishops Tachbrook settlement boundary 7 14 86 Burton Green Options and Sites 155 38 62 Burton Green settlement boundary 18 44 56 Cubbington Options and Sites 72 22 78 Cubbington settlement boundary 4 25 75 Hampton Magna Options and Sites 409 1 99 Hampton Magna settlement boundary 123 0 100 Hatton Park Options and Sites 145 13 87 Hatton Park settlement boundary 15 27 73 Hatton Station Options and Sites 119 13 87 Hatton Station settlement boundary 52 2 98 Hill Wootton Options and Sites 30 13 87 Hill Wootton settlement boundary 8 0 100 Kingswood S Options and Sites 137 47 53 Kingswood settlement boundary 20 60 40 Leek Wootton Options and Sites 175 23 77 Leek Wootton settlement boundary 25 20 80 Radford Semele Options and Sites 406 20 80 Radford Semele Settlement Boundary 12 17 83 Shrewley Common Options and Sites 26 23 77 Shrewley Common settlement boundary 5 20 80 Former Aylesbury House Hotel 7 43 57 6 Oak Lea Farm, Finham 5 100 0 Total 2658 18 88 3. Petitions The following petitions have been received during the consultations: Subject Text of the petition Number of signatories Preferred Options 2012 Opposition to The undersigned express their strong objection 2036 development in to any development on the Green Belt between the Green Belt North Leamington and Old Milverton North of Leamington Opposition to We, the undersigned oppose the planned 238 building on Loes construction of 180 homes on the Loes Farm site Farm north of the Woodloes Revised Development Strategy 2013 Opposition to We, the undersigned, object to the revised Local 69 revised housing