Consultation Draft Island Planning Strategy
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DRAFT ISLAND PLANNING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PLAN Published for public consultation November 2018 1 Foreword With a clear Corporate Plan and a number of key strategic documents, including an emerging Regeneration Strategy, the Isle of Wight Council is putting in place a suite of documents that allow us to respond to the challenges we face as an Island and be pro-active in identifying opportunities and solutions. Once it has been adopted the Island Planning Strategy will play an integral role in contributing to realising the vision the council has for the Island and facilitating growth. We need to respond to these challenges to ensure that sustainable development benefits as many people as possible. We have a growing and increasingly ageing population and whilst the majority of our communities enjoy a high quality of life, deprivation is evident in some areas. Making new housing affordable is a key challenge, and ensuring people have access to services and jobs, particularly in our rural areas, remains a priority. Yet, we have a rich, diverse and distinctive landscape, with communities of different sizes where people enjoy living and spending their leisure time. Through the Island Planning Strategy we want to make sure that the right scale and type of development takes place in the right locations at the right time. The policies proposed in this draft strategy will help make better places, where people want to live, work and play. It will help facilitate new jobs, new homes to meet the needs of our residents, new infrastructure and protect and enhance our special environments. Through the process of preparing this draft strategy and the Regeneration Strategy we have strengthened existing and developed new relationships with communities as well as businesses and other stakeholders. This has enabled us to produce a document that we think reflects the needs and aspirations of communities as well as the priorities of the Isle of Wight Council, and that stands the best chance of being successful through the independent public examination process. The Island Planning Strategy must be prepared in accordance with national planning policy, but be sensitive to locally identified needs and priorities. This draft strategy document builds on the work undertaken by the Planning department since 2012 and the area engagement undertaken by the Regeneration team. The draft Island Planning Strategy has been published for consultation - and we want to hear your views! The feedback we receive at this stage in the process will shape the strategy as we move forward into the more formal stages. So please do take this opportunity to let us know your thoughts. By working together, being innovative and being creative means that we can achieve sustainable development on the Isle of Wight that respects our historic and natural environment, provides the atmosphere for job creation and meet the needs of our communities. Councillor Barry Abraham Portfolio Holder for Planning and Housing, Isle of Wight Council Draft Island Planning Strategy Isle of Wight Council 1 Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 7 The Local Plan 8 Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment and 8 Habitats Regulation Assessment Background documents and other 9 plans and strategies Duty to Cooperate 10 This Consultation and Next Stages 11 Using the Island Planning Strategy 12 2. THE ISLAND AND THE 13 ISSUES WE FACE The Island 13 Housing 13 Economy 15 Transport 17 People 17 Environment 18 3. VISION, KEY DIAGRAM, AREA STATEMENTS AND 20 AREA DIAGRAMS Vision 20 Objectives 20 Key Diagram 22 Area Statements and Diagrams 23 West Wight Regeneration Area 23 Statement West Medina Regeneration Area 25 Statement Newport Regeneration Area Statement 25 East Medina Regeneration Area 26 Statement Ryde Regeneration Area Statement 27 The Bay Regeneration Area Statement 29 4. PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE 31 DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH Isle of Wight Council Draft Island Planning Strategy Contents Our Approach Towards Sustainable 31 Development and Growth Presumption in Favour of 32 Sustainable Development Priority Locations for Development 34 and Growth Developer Contributions 36 Managing Viability 38 Ensuring Planning Permissions are 39 Delivered 5. DELIVERING THE 41 HOUSING WE NEED Delivering the Housing We Need 41 Sites Allocated for Housing 45 Housing Allocations General 47 Requirements Planning for New Garden 49 Communities Maximising Infill Opportunities 52 Delivering Affordable Housing 53 Rural Exceptions Sites 56 Ensuring the Right Mix of Housing 57 Self and Custom Build 59 Planning for Gypsy, Traveller and 62 Travelling Showpeople Provision 6. SUPPORTING AND GROWING OUR 64 ECONOMY Supporting and Growing Our 64 Economy Employment Allocation at Pan Lane, 65 Newport Employment Allocation at Nicholson 67 Road, Ryde Employment Allocation at Somerton 68 Farm, Cowes Employment Allocation at Kingston 69 Marine Park, East Cowes Employment Allocation at 70 Lowtherville, Ventnor Employment Allocation at Sandown 72 Airport, Sandown Sustainable Economic Development 73 Upskilling the Island 75 Supporting the Rural Economy 76 Draft Island Planning Strategy Isle of Wight Council Contents Maintaining Employment Sites with 78 Water Access Future Proofing Digital Infrastructure 80 Supporting and Improving Our Town 81 Centres Supporting the Evening Economy 83 Supporting High Quality Tourism 84 The Bay Tourism Opportunity Area 85 Ryde Tourism Opportunity Zones 86 7. A BETTER CONNECTED 88 ISLAND A Better Connected Island 88 Supporting Sustainable Transport 92 Cross-Solent Transport 93 Supporting Our Railway Network 94 Electric Vehicle Charging Points 95 Parking Provision in New 96 Development 8. CREATING SUSTAINABLE, STRONG AND HEALTHY 98 COMMUNITIES High Quality Design For New 98 Development Improving Our Public Realm 100 Improving Our Health and Wellbeing 101 Health Hub at St Mary's Hospital 103 Facilitating Independent Living 104 Providing Annexe Accommodation 105 Delivering Locality Hubs 106 Facilitating a Blue Light Hub 107 Renewable Energy and Low Carbon 108 Technologies Lowering Carbon and Energy 110 Consumption in New Development Utility Infrastructure Requirements 114 for New Development Maintaining Key Utility Infrastructure 115 Providing Social and Community 117 Infrastructure Community-led Planning 119 9. HIGH QUALITY 121 ENVIRONMENT Isle of Wight Council Draft Island Planning Strategy Contents Conserving and Enhancing Our 121 Historic Environment Ecological Assets and Opportunities 124 for Enhancement Trees, Woodland and Hedgerows 126 Protecting and Providing Green and 127 Open Spaces Local Green Spaces 129 Protecting Our Landscapes and 130 Seascapes Preserving Settlement Identity 132 Isle of Wight AONB 133 Dark Skies 135 Managing Our Water Resources 136 Managing Flood Risk in New 138 Development Monkton Mead Catchment Area 140 Managing our Coast 142 Facilitating Relocation from Coastal 144 Change Management Areas Improving Resilience from Coastal 145 Flooding Managing Ground Instability in New 146 Development 10. DELIVERING, MONITORING AND 148 REVIEWING 1. APPENDIX 1 LIST OF 158 ALLOCATED SITES 2. APPENDIX 2 SITE SPECIFIC 164 REQUIREMENTS FOR ALLOCATED SITES 3. APPENDIX 3 ISLAND PLAN CORE STRATEGY 206 POLICIES TO BE SAVED Draft Island Planning Strategy Isle of Wight Council Contents . GLOSSARY 210 Isle of Wight Council Draft Island Planning Strategy 1 Introduction THE ISLAND PLANNING STRATEGY IN NUMBERS 2 new garden communities proposed 28 sites identified by 68 local communities policies designated as local green Almost 9,615 space new homes 30 planned for hectares allocated 1.3% for employment of the Island proposed uses over for residential and six sites employment new Dark designations Skies Park 1supported Almost miles of 8½ new cycle track proposed 1.1 The purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development. There are three dimensions to sustainable development: economic, social and environmental. These dimensions give rise to the need for the planning system to perform a number of roles: a social role – supporting strong, vibrant and healthy communities, by providing the supply of housing required to meet the needs of present and future generations; and by creating a high quality built environment, with accessible local services that reflect the community’s needs and support its health, social and cultural well-being; and an environmental role – contributing to protecting and enhancing our natural, built and historic environment; and, as part of this, helping to improve biodiversity, use natural resources prudently, minimise waste and pollution, and mitigate and adapt to climate change including moving to a low carbon economy. an economic role – contributing to building a strong, responsive and competitive economy, by ensuring that sufficient land of the right type is available in the right places and at the Draft Island Planning Strategy Isle of Wight Council 7 1 Introduction right time to support growth and innovation; and by identifying and coordinating development requirements, including the provision of infrastructure; 1.2 On the Isle of Wight balancing these three roles is often challenging due to the unique set of circumstances we experience. The Isle of Wight Council is setting a clear vision for the future of the Island through its Regeneration Strategy, and the Island Planning Strategy will be the document that sets out in land use terms how the council will achieve its vision. The Local Plan 1.3 To ensure that its planning policies are up-to-date,