Site Allocations Plan Leeds Local Plan
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Site Allocations Plan Leeds Local Plan Council’s response to Inspectors Actions arising from hearing sessions held 9th July to 3rd August October 2018 Contents Page Actions Week Commencing 9 July 2018 1 Actions Week Commencing 16 July 2018 3 Actions Week Commencing 30 July 2018 6 Main Modifications 8 List of Appendices Appendix 1 – Sustainability Appraisal Addendum – SA of Identified 11 Sites (relating to Question 16 Week Commencing 16 July 2018) Appendix 2 – Update of EX2c Update of Planning Status of Identified 84 Sites (relating to Question 18 Week Commencing 16 July 2018) Appendix 3 – Plan of East Leeds Orbital Route in relation to HG2-119 125 (relating to Question 20 Week Commencing 16 July 2018) Appendix 4 – Statement of Common Ground East Leeds Extension 127 (relating to Question 21 Week Commencing 16 July 2018) Appendix 5 – Inclusion of Additional Land within the Green Belt 132 (relating to Question 27 Week Commencing 16 July 2018) Appendix 6 – Nether Yeadon Conservation Area Appraisal (relating to 146 Week Commencing 30 July 2018 Aireborough Question 3) Appendix 7 – HS2 Proposals in relation to site HG2-179 (relating to 173 Week commencing 30 July 2018 Outer South Question 1) Appendix 8 – Scrutiny Board report and minutes for 21/12/16 (relating 175 to Week commencing 30 July 2018 Outer North East Question 1) Week Commencing 9 July 2018 1. Council to consider wording for Main modification to Policy BL1 to clarify that any SAP review will be completed by March 2023. As a consequence of the Inspectors Post-Hearing Procedural Note (EX72a) this is no longer considered to be a necessary action. 2. Provide note on UDP housing sites where work not yet commenced together with explanation why the Council remains confident the sites will come forward. The Council has provided this information – see EX45. 3. Provide list of Identified sites in each HMCA where planning permission has expired and that are situated in the Green Belt including expected capacity. The Council has provided this information – see EX65. 4. Submit further Addendum to HRA Screening Determination Clarification Note (EX35). The Council has provided some information on this – see EX35b – and is progressing further assessment (to follow) in light of Inspector’s Post Hearing Note, October 2018. 5. Statement of Community Involvement – Council to provide further information on the work of the Neighbourhood Planning Team with the Neighbourhood Forum Groups. The Council has provided this information – see EX42. 6. East Leeds Extension – Council to outline planning history of site. The Council has provided this information – see EX46. 7. Council to ensure no site requirements omitted on individual sites arising from Infrastructure Background Paper updates. The Council confirm there are no site requirements omitted. However, in updating the Infrastructure Background Paper there are some instances where site requirements have been amended. See table of Main Modifications to follow. 8. Provide copies of Development Plan Panel reports / Scrutiny Report (where summaries of site selection process explained). The Council has provided this information – see EX66. 1 of 199 9. Add Leeds Inclusive Growth Strategy (including Digital Communications Strategy) to evidence base. The Council has provided this information – see EX49. 10. Provide copies of judgements referred to (to be provided by Friday 20 July 2018). The Council has provided this information – see EX39a to i. 2 of 199 Week Commencing 16 July 2018 11. Council to consider wording of a Main Modification, should the Walton Neighbourhood Plan be made following a referendum, to address the identification of sites in the Neighbourhood Plan that would be within the proposed Green Belt extension, if the SAP were to be found sound in this regard. Walton Neighbourhood Plan was Made in October 2018. A modification to the Plan in regard to this has been made. See table of Main Modifications to follow. 12. Provide copies of judgements referred to during Matter 6 session [to be given EX39 reference]. The Council has provided this information – see EX39a to i. 13. Provide minutes of Strategic Planning (Duty to Co-operate Meeting(s)) where extension to Green Belt discussed. The Council has provided this information – see EX50. 14. Provide minutes to Development Plan Panel Meeting of 16 December2014. The Council has provided this information – see EX48a. 15. Provide background to UDP Policy RL1. (to be provided by Friday 27 July 2018) The Council has provided this information – see EX47. 16. Carry out SA of identified sites where pp expired or UDP allocations not implemented (including EG1 and EO1 sites). (Timescales to be confirmed in note to Inspectors) w/c 23 July 2018 The Council has carried out further consultation on an SA of these identified sites from 14th August until 11th September 2018. 34 representations and 2 late representations were received. The consultation material alongside a summary of the consultation responses is provided at Appendix 1. 17. Consider Main Modification to delete / withdraw MX2-30. See table of Main Modifications to follow. 18. Up-date EX2c with the most up to date information at April 2018 (for HG1 sites where planning permission has expired and UDP sites) See Appendix 2 and in relation to UDP sites, EX45. Modifications proposed in Appendix 2 shall follow. 3 of 199 19. Consider Main Modification to allocation MX2-9 to clearly indicate what education provision is required. The Council has considered this, but do not propose a modification in this regard. Site requirements for education provision are deliberately non-specific so as to allow for flexibility in considering actual education needs at the time of dealing with specific planning applications. As the Updated Infrastructure Background Paper (EX51) explains “All the circumstances, at the time the school provision needs to be brought forward, will need to be appraised afresh” (paragraph 3.7) and “This approach should ensure the authority is not left with a strategic shortfall of provision, but proposals will only be brought forward where the demand is confirmed” (paragraph 3.9). 20. Provide plan to demonstrate the location of East Leeds Orbital Route in relation to HG2-119. See Appendix 3. 21. Provide details (in SoCG with Johnson Mowatt) of planning proposal being prepared on land in East Leeds Extension area. See Appendix 4. 22. HG2-168 & HG2-169 (OSW) – clarify relationship with implementation of site requirements and the adjacent Kirklees area See table of Main Modifications (Outer South West) to follow. 23. HG2-153 – consider Main Modification to site requirements relating to public right- of-way and traffic calming measures. See table of Main Modifications (Outer South West) to follow. 24. Provide clarification in relation to public footpath(s) within sites HG2-204 & HG2-206. See table of Main Modifications (Outer West) to follow. 25. Consider Main Modification to provide clearer sign-posting to drainage requirements. See table of Main Modifications to follow. 26. Clarify current position on site and site capacity expressed in planning permission on HG2-72. There is no current planning application or permission on site HG2-72, Tyersal Court, Tyersal, Outer West HMCA. Capacities in the Plan Paragraph 2.42 of the Plan (CD1/1) explains that ‘The capacities listed in the Plan against 4 of 199 each site use a standard methodology used for the Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)…The approach estimates the potential housing capacity of a site by applying a standard density multiplier to the net area of the site. The density multiplier varies according to the location of a site, a higher multiplier being applied to City Centre sites to lower in more rural locations. The capacities can only be an indication of what could be achieved on a site – when a detailed planning application is submitted, this may be higher or lower, depending on the specific details of the application.’ The Council has checked that this site is correctly categorised in line with the approach to the rest of the Plan. For clarification the site falls within an area where a density of 30 dwellings per hectare has been applied. School extension land provision The Council has applied a standard, consistent methodology to calculate the land required for school extensions. For sites where a one form entry extension is required to an existing school to provide a two form entry school, 0.84ha has consistently been applied to sites as a reserve area for the extension. However, the Council recognises that its methodology may underplay the potential capacity of sites as it applies a 75% net developable area calculation before land for schools is accounted for. To that end, the capacity for HG2-72 is proposed to be modified as follows: Calculation used for HG2-72 Therefore, in the case of site HG2-72, the calculation was: 2.89 (total site area) x 30 (dph) x 0.75 (net developable area of 0.75 is assumed, to allow for provision of greenspace etc) = 65. From a capacity of 65, 25 is deducted for the school provision (0.84 x 30 = 25), resulting in a broad capacity of 40. Revised Calculation proposed for site HG2-72 The Council propose to revise the calculation, to take the area needed for school provision off from the total site area at the start of the calculation, to ensure a net capacity figure for the site overall results: 2.89 – 0.84ha required for school extension = 2.05. 2.05 x 30 x 0.75 = 46 The Council therefore propose a main modification to the Plan to amend the capacity of HG2-72 from 40 to 46 (modifications to follow). The Council will apply the same revised methodology to similar sites, where this occurs, and propose modifications (to follow) accordingly.