Proposed Residential Led Development on Land at Bailrigg Lane, Bailrigg

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL LED DEVELOPMENT ON LAND AT BAILRIGG LANE, BAILRIGG

PUBLIC CONSULTATION YOUR VIEWS MATTER TO US LOCATION PLAN

Thank you for taking the time to read this information leaflet regarding a proposed residential led development at Bailrigg. This consultation offers you the opportunity to let us know your views and thoughts as we continue to form our proposals. What you have to say means a great deal to us and can influence and shape the future of your community.

We appreciate that people who live within the immediate vicinity of our housing proposals may be concerned about matters such as increased levels of road traffic, loss of views and many other topics. In order to help address these concerns, we have put together a ‘your questions answered’ section within this leaflet and further information can be found on our dedicated website; the address can be found at the back of this leaflet.

WHO ARE GLADMAN?

Gladman is a family-run business with over 30 years of experience within the land and development industry. We are the most successful land promoter in the UK, obtaining planning permission on over 90% of the sites we promote. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2019

OUR APPROACH

Gladman recognises its responsibility to respect the character of the area and needs of the existing community, as well as providing housing for new and existing residents. We are also fully committed to delivering additional benefits to the local area wherever possible.

Your comments and contributions will be received without prejudice to your rights to comment on the planning application. By having your say, you will have helped shape the development’s design and, where appropriate, off-site improvements if planning permission is granted. ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY SD_001.1 Local Plan for Lancaster District – Part One: Strategic Policies and Land Allocations DPD A Local Plan for Lancaster District

2011-2031 WHY HERE?

Part One: Strategic Policies and Land Allocations DPD Submission Version Lancaster City Council is currently working on a new Local Plan that will set the framework for development in the area up to 2031. National planning May 2018 policy requires that, among other matters, the Plan must make provision for the full housing needs of the District. This is achieved through a combination of wider strategic policies, as well as site allocations and the identification of areas for growth.

The Council has been working and consulting on the Plan for several years and has now submitted the final version to the Government to be tested at Examination. The Plan identifies the need for an additional 12,000 new homes across Lancaster. It seeks to deliver these new houses on sites allocated in the Plan and in broad areas for growth.

One of these areas for growth is known as ‘Bailrigg Garden Village’, where the Council anticipate 3,500 homes will be delivered. Garden Towns and Villages are supported by the Government and are considered to be a way in which to comprehensively plan for the new homes and associated infrastructure that this Country so desperately needs. As the name suggests, Garden Villages are informed by a number of principles which seek to deliver landscape led new settlements with well linked green spaces an integral part of the design.

1 Submission Version May 2018 Strategic Policies and Land Allocations SC4 T3 Policies Map

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TC1.4 Publication Version - 9 February 2018 SC4 SC4 Halton-with-Aughton NPA Legend H1.4 SC4 Slyne-with-Hest Housing Delivery Morecambe NPA NPA Strategic Growth T3 EN8 H1 - Urban Housing

SG9,H1 H2 - Rural Housing T4 SC4 H3 - Heritage Led Housing Inset 4 - Morecambe Area Action Plan 5.3 TC1.12 EC Open Space/Recreation Provision T4 SG10 T1 T4 T3 SG9, SG9,H1 3 EC1.15 Infrastructure Requirement and Delivery for Growth EC2 5. ^_ SC4 C EC1.11 E T3 SG9,H1 SC4 The Economy & Employment 5.3 T4 SC4 EC T3 TC1.5 T4 EC1 - Established Employment Areas SC4

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EN6/7 - Higher and Further Education Sites SC4 T4 SC5 SG7,H1 EC7 EC1.11 T3 SG1 - Bailrigg Garden Village Broad Area of Growth SG8 TC1.6 SG15/EC5.5 - Heysham Gateway T4 E TC1.11

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SC4 3 Regeneration Priority Area T4

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3 SG16 - Heysham Nuclear Power Station EC4 . S 5 C2 C .1 E SG15 - Safeguarded Site for National Grid Infrastructure SC4 7 H1.5 T4 SC4 T4 T4 Development Opportunity Sites (DOS) SC4 T4 SC4 T3 T4 T4 Development Opportunity Sites (DOS) TC3.1 Recreation and Open Space DOS H3.1 5.4 EC The Natural Environment

EN5 - Open Countryside SC4 H1.2

EN6 - North Lancashire Green Belt SC5 .4 5 C Inset 2 - Lancaster City Centre EN7 - Local Landscape Designations E .4 5 SC4 C Key Urban Landscape E H1.3 DOS4, H1 H1.1 TC1.13 Urban Setting Landscape EN9

S 2 EN8 - Areas of Separation C2 . .1 DOS5 2 C SC5 S EN9 - Environmentally Important Areas SC4 EC 5.4 SC2.11 European* EN10.2 EN10.1 SG15 National*

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Regional* S 15 S SC4 SG G 15 S T4 Nature Reserve C 2 .1 EC6 8 H3.2 H5 EN10 - Grab Lane Preserved Setting Area T3 SC4 SC4 *# EN11 - Air Quality Management Areas EC1.6 SC4 TC1.8 The Historic Environment SC4 SG14 SG15 EN1 - Conservation Areas* 5 1 G T4 S SC4 EN2 - Designated Heritage Assets H1.7 EC1.8 (! Scheduled Ancient Monument* S

G 1 SC4 Registered Parks and Gardens* 5 SC4 SG14 T3 SC4 Sustainable Communities H6 SC4 SC4 SC1 - Neighbourhood Plan Areas* T4

SC2 - Local Green Space SG16 EC1.9 SC4 SC3 - Open Space, Recreation and Leisure EN9 5 EC1.13 1 EC1.10 SC4 - Green Space Networks G SC4 SC4 S ^_ SC5 - Recreation Opportunity Areas 5 EN9 1 SC4 G DM40 - Sustainable Settlements S

Transport, Accessibility and Connectivity T1.1 - J34 Park and Ride THE SITE EC1.7 T1.2 - Junction 33 Reconfiguration - Area of Search SC4 T2 - Cycling Network

Existing Cycle Route S G 1 The Site the subject of this consultation,H2.2 falls within the Bailrigg Garden 5 Aspirational Cycle Route DOS7, H2 15 VillageG Broad Area for Growth identified by the Council. The principle of T3 - Lancaster Canal S T3 SG2 residential development in this locationH2.3 is something that is supported by T4 - Public Transport Corridor the City Council in their emerging Local Plan. The delivery of this Site will Town Centres and Retailing SC4 SG1 make a significant contribution to meeting the City’s housing needs in a 5 SG15 +$ TC1 - Retail Hierarchy for Lancaster District sustainable location. TC3 - Future Retail Growth SG1/SG3 - Bailrigg Garden Village Broad Area of Growth The Site can accommodate approximately 750 of the 3,500 new homes Urban Boundary allocated in this broad area for growth. *Note: These designations are made separately to the Local Plan process and may SC4 be subject to change. The proposed development will include substantial areas of green open Note: These designations and boundaries may be subject to modification. space, including extensive networks of green wildlife and recreation corridors and more formal open spaces. The development will reflect Garden Village principles whilst also representing a sustainable urban extension on the

southern edge of Lancaster. SC4

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Scale: 1:11,000 Date: 08/02/2018 Note: Not to scale unless printed on 118.9 cm wide x 106.7 cm high paper. Map Produced by Lancaster City Council © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100025403. OUR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL

A residential led development to include:

• Approximately 750 new homes of varying sizes, types and tenures (including a proportion of affordable housing);

• Potential for a new local shop to serve new and existing residents;

• Significant areas of new publicly accessible greenspace in the form of a network of green corridors, together with boundary landscaping, areas of formal open space, dedicated dog exercise areas and new children’s play areas; and

• A sustainable drainage solution to manage surface water run off, through a carefully designed network of swales and attenuation basins.

AERIAL VIEW HOW COULD BAILRIGG BENEFIT?

The proposed development has the potential to deliver the following benefits:

• A high quality landscape setting which will be of benefit to both existing and future residents;

• New attractively landscaped public open space, including the provision of new footpaths and cycle links for residents to enjoy;

• Fully equipped play spaces to cater for a range of ages;

• On-site affordable housing to help those wanting to get onto the property ladder within your community;

• New high quality market and affordable housing to meet identified local housing need; and

• Provision of a new on-site shop to serve the everyday needs of new and existing residents.

We believe that a development should provide an opportunity to improve the range and quality of services that are available in Bailrigg. We would be very interested to hear your views on any additional services or improvements that would be of value to your community. Image © 2019 Getmapping plc © 2019 Google PROPOSED CONCEPT MASTERPLAN

The Concept Masterplan shows how the site could be brought forward and incorporates the constraints and opportunities identified through our initial assessments. This is not the final proposal for the site, and will be informed by the consultation responses we receive. ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY

2ha YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED… YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED…

Why this location? POST OFFICE Will existing shops and services be able to cope?

The proposed site forms part of the area for growth identified by Local businesses such as shops, supermarkets and public houses are the Council for the delivery of new homes to meet local needs. The likely to benefit from the additional custom that the development site is a highly sustainable location for new market and affordable £ will generate; therefore, boosting the local economy and ensuring housing and will enhance and support existing services and the future viability of these services. facilities. This consultation is an opportunity to shape how the proposal will progress and influence the growth of Bailrigg.

Will our roads be able to cope? Will it increase the risk of flooding? We conduct in-depth research into the risk of flooding and There are sometimes concerns associated with an increase in traffic mitigate any risk that is identified. All development is proposed as a result of a proposed development. Our specialist highways in ‘Flood Risk Zone 1’ which is identified as being at lowest risk consultants work with your local highways authority to ensure that of flooding. the development can be accommodated, taking into account any proposed improvements. Our surface water strategy is to ensure that no more water runs off the site post development than currently is the case. This will be Where necessary off-site improvements to the existing highway achieved through a network of swales and the creation of basins network will be agreed with the local highway authority and will be on site to hold surface water run-off, before controlling the release delivered as part of the development. of this water through into the existing water network. Access to the site is proposed from Hala Hill and a new road from Scotforth Road (A6), through the Health Innovation Campus (currently under construction). These are considered the safest and most appropriate locations to access the site and will be discussed with the local highways authority. What would this mean for the local economy?

After some preliminary research, taking into account the increase in What kind of housing will be provided? people working from home, the proposed development could lead to a significant boost in local spending and a potential reduction The proposed development will be a mix of sizes, catering for in commuter levels to surrounding employment areas. There is all members of the community. Alongside market housing, the an indication that the gross spending power of the new residents development will also provide a proportion of affordable homes, could be in excess of £20.2 million each year, a proportion of which which will allow those such as first time buyers greater scope to will be spent in the locality. remain in the area. The range of affordable homes, as defined by government, is expected to be shared ownership, discounted open market and rented homes. The exact mix of house sizes and tenures will be agreed in negotiation with your local authority housing team. YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED… WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

We are in the early stages of preparing a planning application for the site Will schools and services be able to cope? and this consultation is part of that process. We will carefully consider your responses and use these to finalise our proposals. Often people are concerned that the proposed new SCHOOL development will put pressure on the local services. As a A range of assessments and reports on matters such as ecology, heritage, result, financial contributions will be made where there is a flooding, highways and landscape will further help shape our proposals. need to increase capacity in these services, such as the local schools and GP surgery. There will be a further opportunity for you to make formal representations to the City Council once an application has been submitted and before a The need for and quantum of such contributions will be ascertained as the decision on the proposal is made. proposals progress through the application process. For example, if it is deemed the school does not already have sufficient capacity and planning permission is granted, a contribution will be paid to the local education authority to ensure that sufficient school places are made available through the provision of new classrooms. YOUR VIEWS ARE IMPORTANT TO US

You can keep up-to-date on our progress using our dedicated website which includes an online feedback form for making comments:

Submit your comments and find out more on our website: What impact will it have on our environment? www.your-views.co.uk/bailrigg We aim to enhance the environment as part of our proposal. Alternatively, contact us by email: [email protected] Green infrastructure, comprising new publicly accessible (please use “Bailrigg” as the subject line) greenspace and green corridors, equipped play areas and recreational paths are proposed on site. Or, write to us:

The land we are proposing to build homes upon is currently agricultural land and Your Views; Bailrigg is therefore home to relatively few species of plants or animals. It is accepted by Gladman House, wildlife experts that suburban gardens, balancing ponds and green spaces on new Alexandria Way, developments provide a home to a vastly greater range of wildlife and flora than any farmed field. The range of biodiversity will be greatly increased by our proposals. Congleton, Cheshire, A specialist ecology consultant has been appointed to survey the proposed site CW12 1LB for protected species. To ensure that we have comprehensively evaluated the site for ecology and wildlife, surveys will take place prior to the determination of the planning application. Whilst the additional surveys may identify that there Please note that all of the information we are providing to you in this document and are protected species on-site, the development proposals will provide adequate on our website is in draft form and will be refined and updated as part of the entire mitigation, and wherever possible enhancement, to ensure these species consultation exercise. Not only will our proposals be shaped by your responses, we are protected. also cannot be as knowledgeable as local people who have lived and often grown up in Bailrigg, so if we have made errors or omissions in our work to date we will be grateful for help in correcting these. www.your-views.co.uk/bailrigg

www.gladmanland.co.uk 01260 288800

Gladman consider all correspondence received and our response to the issues raised will be set out in a Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). As part of a planning application, Gladman submit to the Local Planning Authority a complete copy of all correspondence received (including any details such as your name, address and email where you have provided them). This ensures all your comments are available to the Council during the consideration of an application and shows who we have consulted. As the SCI forms part of the formal application documents, the Council may publish it online, subject to their own Data Protection policies. Should the application be the subject of an appeal, the same information will be forwarded to the Planning Inspectorate. If further consultation is carried out as part of the planning process, Gladman may use your details to make you aware of this and to ask for your views, but will not use this information for any other purpose.