Agenda Item 11 Report PC 20/21-51
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Agenda Item 11 Report PC 20/21-51 Report to Planning Committee Date 10 June 2021 By Director of Planning Title of Report Making of the Boxgrove, Bramber, Henfield, Upper Beeding and Stedham with Iping Neighbourhood Development Plans Purpose of Report To make the Boxgrove, Bramber, Henfield, Upper Beeding and Stedham with Iping Neighbourhood Development Plans part of the South Downs National Park Authority’s (SDNPA) statutory Development Plan Recommendation: The Committee is recommended to: 1) Note the outcomes of the Boxgrove, Bramber, Henfield, Upper Beeding and Stedham with Iping Neighbourhood Development Plan Referendums; 2) Agree to make the Boxgrove, Bramber, Henfield and Upper Beeding Neighbourhood Development Plans part of the Development Plan for that part of the Parish within the South Downs National Park. 3) Agree to make the Stedham with Iping Neighbourhood Development Plan part of the SDNPA’s Development Plan for the parish of Stedham with Iping. 1. Introduction and Summary 1.1 This report to Planning Committee is a combined report for the making of five Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDP): Boxgrove, Bramber, Henfield, Upper Beeding and Stedham with Iping. Once made, there will be a total of 36 made NDPs in the National Park. 1.2 Boxgrove Parish Council, Bramber Parish Council, Henfield Parish Council, Upper Beeding Parish Council and Stedham with Iping Parish Council are the ‘qualifying bodies’ with the responsibility for preparing the their individual NDPs: Boxgrove Neighbourhood Development Plan (BNDP) Bramber Neighbourhood Development Plan (BNDP) Henfield Neighbourhood Development Plan (HNDP) Upper Beeding Neighbourhood Development Plan (UBNDP) Stedham with Iping Neighbourhood Development Plan (SINDP) 1.3 Table one below sets out when each NDP was designated by the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) and by the other Local Planning Authority (LPA). 169 Table one: Main dates and NDP summaries NDP Designation Designation Qualifying Plan Local NDP Date Date (other body Period Planning Lead (SDNPA) LPA) Authorities Boxgrove 14/03/2013 04/12/2012 Boxgrove 2017- Chichester Chichester Parish 2029 Lead Council Bramber 26/02/2013 15/02/2018 Bramber 2018- Horsham Horsham Parish 2031 Lead Council Henfield 10/12/2013 31/01/2014 Henfield 2017- Horsham Horsham Parish 2031 Lead Council Upper 12/12/13 12/2013 Upper 2018- Horsham Horsham Beeding Beeding 2031 Lead Parish Council Stedham 01/08/2013 N/A Stedham 2018- Chichester SDNPA with Iping with Iping 2033 Lead Parish Council 1.4 Four of the NDP’s in this report; Boxgrove, Bramber, Henfield and Upper Beeding are split between the SDNP and a neighbouring LPA. In this case Chichester and Horsham District Councils respectively. When a neighbourhood plan is partially within the National Park but the main settlement is within another LPA, the other LPA will be the Lead Authority. This means they will take responsibility for key milestones such as the Regulation 16 consultation and sourcing the examiner. With these NDPs the SDNPA will be a statutory consultee. 1.5 Stedham with Iping NDP is wholly within the SDNP and therefore was led by officers at the SDNPA. 1.6 Table two sets out the key milestones for consultations, examination, decision statement and referendum. 1.7 Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government updated the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations on all referendums in March 2020. Part 3 Regulation 13 stated that any NDP referendum that would take place during the relevant period affected will be held in May 2021. These regulations have now been superseded and the five NDPs in this report were able to go to referendum on Thursday 06 May 2021. 1.8 The Boxgrove NDP, Bramber NDP, Henfield NDP, Upper Beeding NDP and Stedham with Iping NDP’s are now part of the Development Plan and the SDNPA are required to take a decision to formally ‘Make’ the Neighbourhood Plan within eight weeks of a successful referendum, unless to do so would breach, or would otherwise be incompatible with any EU obligation or any of the Conventions Rights (within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998). 1.9 It should be noted that the Rogate and Rake NDP will proceed to referendum on 01 July 2021, subject to any changes in the Covid-19 guidance from Government. 1.10 The referendum version of the Plan can be found here. More information on this plan will follow in July’s half-yearly NDP update to Planning Committee. 170 2. Background and Key Milestones Table two: Consultation, Examination and Referendum dates Neighbour- Regulation Regulation Independent Date of Date of Date of hood Plan 14 16 Examiner receiving Decision Referendum Consultation Consultation Examiner’s Statement report Boxgrove 20 September 27 April – 8 Chichester January 2020 July 2020 6 May 2021 – 1 November June 2018 District 2017 Council appointed Mr SDNPA SDNPA Tony Burton comments comments Bramber 21 September 16 March – 18 Horsham July 2020 August 2020 6 May 2021 – 2 November May 2020 (9 District 2019 weeks) Council appointed Mr SDNPA SDNPA Andrew comments comments Ashcroft Henfield 7 June – 26 8 November – Horsham May 2020 June 2020 6 May 2021 July 2019 19 December District 2019 Council SDNPA appointed Mr comments SDNPA Andrew comments Ashcroft Upper 25 June – 13 15 February – Horsham December January 2020 6 May 2021 Beeding August 2018 5 April 2019 District 2019 Council SDNPA SDNPA appointed Mr comments comments Andrew Ashcroft Stedham 5 April – 17 30 November SDNPA October January 2020 6 May 2021 with Iping May 2018 – 1 February appointed Mr 2019 SDNPA 2019 Nigel McGurk comments SDNPA comments 2.1 If a Neighbourhood Area is split between both the SDNP and a neighbouring LPA then both Authorities must designate the area. The dates that each plan were designated are set out in Table 1. Stedham with Iping was only designated by the SDNPA, as the Neighbourhood Area is wholly within the SDNP. Maps of the designation areas are attached as Appendix 1 to this report. At pre-submission stage of the Boxgrove, Bramber, Henfield, Upper Beeding and Stedham with Iping NDPs offers made comments to the plans that were signed off under delegated authority. It was then the role of the Qualifying Body as to whether to include these comments when updating the NDP for Submission to the LPA (Regulation 15). 171 Boxgrove NDP (2017-2029) 2.2 Boxgrove village sits to the East of Goodwood House and north of the A27, within Chichester District. The plan covers four distinct villages; Boxgrove, Halnaker, Crockerhill and Strettington. 2.3 The BNDP covers, but is not limited to: environment and heritage and the protection of trees and hedgerows, renewable and low carbon energy, development in conservation areas, dark night skies, landscape, historic environment and a Policy on the SDNP. At Regulation 16, officers commented on a discrepancy in the settlement policy boundary along with comments on development on agricultural land and protection of trees and hedgerows. This Plan was written when the SDLP had no yet been adopted. Bramber NDP (2018-2031) 2.4 Bramber village sits to the west of the River Adur and is home to Bramber Castle. The majority of the parish itself is within the SDNP, with the majority of the built up area to the north being within Horsham District. 2.5 The BNDP covers, but is not limited to: location of development and the built up area boundary, character and design of development, energy efficiency, protection of flora and fauna, green infrastructure and protection of local green spaces. The Plan also mentioned the protection and the opportunities of the Adur River Corridor and protection of locally significant views, several of which in and out of the National Park. At Regulation 16 officers commented on referencing the SDLP where applicable, and the setting of the National Park. The issue of informal parking on Bostal Road was reiterated (as it was previously mentioned at Regulation 14). The examiner suggested that discussions take place with the SDNPA on this matter. Henfield 2.6 Henfield village sits within Horsham District, with a small section to the south within the SDNP. The Hendon Neighbourhood Development Plan (HNDP) allocates 270 new residential dwellings, agreed by Horsham District Council (HDC). None of the four allocated sites are within the SDNP, or nearby to the National Park Boundary. However, external lighting and Dark Night Skies are mentioned as a criteria to all of the Housing Allocation Policies. 2.7 The HNDP covers, but is not limited to: housing and employment allocations, local amenities and community infrastructure, green infrastructure, biodiversity and local green spaces. At Regulation 16, officers supported the spatial strategy of the HNDP, and references to Dark Night Skies. One final comment was made to reference the full title of the adopted SDLP. Upper Beeding 2.8 Upper Beeding village sits within Horsham District, to the east of the River Adur. The plan covers the two villages of Upper Beeding and Small Dole (a small part of which is within Henfield parish). A majority of the parish itself is within the SDNP, with the two main settlements of the parish to the north. The Strategic site of Shoreham Cement Works (SDLP Policy 56) is within the Parish. The Upper Beeding Neighbourhood Develeopment Plan (UPNDP) notes this site as importance to the village. The UBNDP allocates 109 new residential dwellings, agreed by HDC. 2.9 There are four sites allocated in the UBNDP (Policy 3, 5, 6 and 7). Three of these sites are wholly within Horsham District, however Land East of Pound Lane (Policy 3) and Land at Greenfields (Policy 5) are nearby and adjacent to the SDNP boundary. At Regulation 16 officers welcomed the reference to the landscape-led masterplan and inclusion of views to Policy 3.