Consultation Statement

Consultation Statement Local Plan Consultation Document 2015 August 2016 Consultation Statement: Local Plan Consultation Document 2015 August 2016 Colin Haigh Head of Planning Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Council Offices The Campus Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL8 6AE Tel: 01707 357000 Fax: 01707 357285 E Mail [email protected] Contents Introduction 1 Statement of community Involvement 1 How we consulted 3 Targeted consultation 4 Other consultations 4 Participation levels 5 Summary of main issues and the Council’s response 6 Introduction 7 Part 1 Strategic Policies 10 Emerging Core Strategy 11 Policy CS2 Meeting the Needs for Growth 13 Policy CS2 Meeting the Needs for Growth – Housing 22 CS2 Meeting the Needs for Growth - Figure 1 – Housing Market Area 29 Policy Intention CS2a – Housing Target 30 CS2 Meeting the Needs for Growth – Employment 36 Policy Intention CS2B Employment Land and Job Growth 40 CS3 Settlement Strategy 43 Table 1 – Potential distribution of housing growth 53 Policy Intention CS3 58 CS4 Green Belt Boundaries and Safeguarded Land – CS4 and Policy Intention CS4 64 Movement Strategy and New Policy Intention Movement 80 CS19 Strategic Green Infrastructure and Policy Intention CS19 86 Spatial Policies and Spatial Policies Intention 90 Part 2 Sites 93 Section 10 Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn Garden City Housing and Table 4 94 10 Welwyn Garden City Site Pea94 Bridge Road East 100 10 Welwyn Garden City Site WGC1, Creswick 101 10 Welwyn Garden City Site WGC4, Panshanger Aerodrome 104 Site WGC5 and Appendix A finely balanced site 114 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Welwyn Garden City – Site WGC3, The Holdings, Cole Green Lane 122 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Welwyn Garden City – Site WGC6, East of Digswell Hill 123 10 Welwyn Garden City - Gypsy and Traveller Sites 124 10 Welwyn Garden City Gypsy and Traveller Sites and Site GTLAA06, Panshanger Aerodrome 126 10 Welwyn Garden City Table 5 - Sources of housing supply for WGC 129 10 Welwyn Garden City – Employment 131 10 Welwyn Garden City Town Centre Strategy, Figure 7 (Town Centre Boundary Map), Retail Frontages, Development sites in the Primary Retail Core, Welwyn Garden City Town Centre North133 10 Welwyn Garden City - Urban Open Land 135 10 Welwyn Garden City – Site Hal02, Land at Waterside 136 10 Welwyn Garden City – Site Hal03, Ratcliff Tail Lift Site 138 10 Welwyn Garden City – Site Hol19, Hyde Valley House & First House 139 10 Welwyn Garden City – Site Pan01, Land between Bericot Way and Waterbeach 140 10 Welwyn Garden City – Site Pan02, Land behind 1-17 The Poplars 141 10 Welwyn Garden City Site Pea08, Land adjacent to Ravenfield Road 142 10 Welwyn Garden City Site Pea24, St Michaels House and Day Centre, Holwell Road 143 Section 11 - Hatfield 144 11 Hatfield - Housing 147 11 Hatfield – Employment 150 11 Hatfield Town Centre Strategy, Definition of Town Centre Boundary and Sub Areas, Figure 21 (Hatfield Town Centre Boundary Map), Retail Frontages, Development Sites in the Primary Retail Core 151 11 Hatfield – Large Neighbourhood Centres and Small Neighbourhood Centres 152 11 Hatfield– Urban Open Land 153 11 Site HE23, Factory adjacent to Wellfield Road Depot 154 11 Hatfield – Site HS12, Garages off Garden Avenue 156 11 Hatfield – Site HS31, Garages off Hollyfield 157 11 Site HW12 Land North of Toms Field 158 11 Site Hat1 North West Hatfield 159 Appendix A - Finely balanced sites – remainder of Hat1, North West Hatfield 164 11 Site Hat 2 West of Hatfield 165 Appendix A Finely balanced sites – remainder of Hat2, West of Hatfield 171 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Hatfield – Site Hat3, West of Ellenbrook 172 Appendix A Finely Balanced Sites – Hatfield Site Hat4 Land south of Ellenbrook 174 Appendix A Finely Balanced Sites – Hatfield – Site Hat5, North of Roehyde 178 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Hatfield – Site Hat11, South of Hatfield 183 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Hatfield – Site Hat12, Nast Hyde Farm 185 11 Hatfield - Gypsy and Traveller Sites 186 11 Hatfield – Table 7 – Sources of housing supply for Hatfield 187 12 Woolmer Green 188 12 Woolmer Green – Housing 191 12 Woolmer Green Site WGr1, East of Great North Road 192 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Woolmer Green – Site WGr3, Land adjacent to 52 London Road 195 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Woolmer Green – Site WGr4, Land in front of 17 Twin Foxes 197 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Woolmer Green – Site WGr5, Land in front of 9 Twin Foxes 198 12 Woolmer Green – Employment 199 13 Oaklands & Mardley Heath - Housing and Table 10 - Summary Table – Oaklands & Mardley Heath Capacity 200 13 Oaklands & Mardley Heath– Site WE01, 52 Great North Road 202 13 Oaklands & Mardley Heath – Site WN11, 17 Canonsfield Road 203 13 Oaklands and Mardley Heath – Site OMH5, Land rear of 1-12 Great North Rd and Site OMH8, Great North Rd 204 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Oaklands and Mardley Heath – Site OMH7, Land at 22 The Avenue 206 13 Oaklands and Mardley Heath – Gypsy and Traveller Sites and GTLAA04, Four Oaks 207 13 Oaklands & Mardley Heath – Village Centre 210 13 Oaklands & Mardley Heath – Urban Open Land 211 Section 14 Welwyn 212 14 Welwyn – Table 12 - Summary Table – Welwyn Capacity 214 14 Welwyn – Site Wel3, School Lane 215 14 Welwyn – Site Wel4, Sandyhurst 217 14 Welwyn – Site Wel11, The Vineyards, Codicote Road 219 Appendix A Finely Balanced Sites – Welwyn – Site Wel1, Land at Kimpton Road 221 Appendix A Finely Balanced – Welwyn Consultation Point – Site Wel2, Land east of Welwyn Cemetery 223 14 Welwyn – Village Centre 225 14 Welwyn – Urban Open Land 226 Section 15 Digswell – Housing 227 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites –Digswell - Site Dig1, Land behind 2 New Road 228 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Site Dig4, Land at Digswell Road and Bessemer Road 233 15 Digswell – Village Centre 235 Section 16 Welham Green 236 16 Welham Green – Housing and Table 16 points 239 16 Welham Green – Employment – Site WeG4b – Marshmoor 244 16 Welham Green – Site WeG1, Welham Manor House 249 16 Welham Green – Site WeG2 – Welham Manor Grounds 252 16 Welham Green – Site WeG3 – South of Welham Manor 254 16 Welham Green – Site WeG6 – Skimpans Farm 257 16 Welham Green – Site WeG10 – Dixons Hill Road 262 Appendix A Finely Balanced Sites – Welham Green – Site WeG4a, Marshmoor 265 16 Welham Green – Gypsy and Traveller Sites 267 16 Welham Green – Site GTLAA01 – Foxes Lane 269 16 Welham Green – Site GTLAA02 – Highdene 271 16 Welham Green – Site GTLAA03 – The Willows 272 17 Brookmans Park 273 17 Brookmans Park – Housing 276 17 Brookmans Park – Table 18 Summary Table - Brookmans Park Capacity 279 17 Brookmans Park – Site BrP14, Land East of Golf Club Road 280 Appendix A Finely Balanced Sites Brookmans Park – Site BrP1, Land at Bell Lane 282 Appendix A Finely Balanced Sites Brookmans Park – Site BrP4, West of Brookmans Park 285 Appendix A Finely Balanced Sites Brookmans Park – Site BrP6, Land at Bluebridge Road 288 Appendix A Finely Balanced Sites – Brookmans Park – Site BrP12, Peplins Wood 17 291 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Brookmans Park – Site BrP2, Land North East of Great North Road 294 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Brookmans Park – Site BrP9, Friday Grove 296 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Brookmans Park – Site BrP10, Raybrook Farm 298 Appendix B Less Favourable Sites – Brookmans Park – Site BrP13, Land West of Golf Club Road 300 18 Little Heath 302 18 Little Heath – Housing 304 18 Little Heath – Site BPLH30 – Land to the rear of Builders Arms Public House 306 18 Little Heath – Site LHe1 – Land North of Hawkshead Road 307 18 Little Heath – Site BrP7, Land South of Hawkshead Road 312 18 Little Heath – Employment 319 19 Cuffley 320 19 Cuffley Housing and Table 23 Sources of housing supply for Cuffley 322 19 Cuffley – Site No02, 36 The Ridgeway and land to the rear 324 19 Cuffley – Site No10, Land west of St Martin de Porres Catholic Church 325 19 Cuffley – Site Cuf1, The Meadway 326 Appendix A Less Favourable Sites – Cuffley – Site Cuf4, Cuffley Hills Farm 329 Appendix A Less Favourable Sites – Cuffley – Site Cuf5 Land West of Northaw Road East 331 Appendix A Less Favourable Sites – Cuffley – Site Cuf7 Wells Farm 333 Major Developed Sites and Policy Intention on Major Developed Sites 335 Cemeteries 336 Cemeteries Site CEM01 337 Cemeteries Site CEM02 338 Part 3 Development Management Policies 339 Appendix C – Sites that failed the first SHLAA test 348 Appendices 350 Appendix A 351 Appendix B 359 Appendix C 362 Appendix D 363 Appendix E 364 Appendix F 365 Appendix G 367 Introduction Consultation on the Local Plan Consultation Document 2015 (LPCD 2015), the Sustainability Appraisal and the Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2015 (IDP 2015) took place between 23 January and 20 March, 2015. This statement sets out which bodies and persons were invited to make representations to that consultation under Regulation 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 as amended, how those bodies were invited to make such representations, a summary of the main issues raised by those representations, and how those main issues have been addressed in the Local Plan Proposed Submission 2016 in accordance with Regulation 17 of the aforementioned Regulations. Statement of community Involvement Welwyn Hatfield Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), adopted 3 December 2013, sets out how the Council will involve the community in plan-making and when considering planning applications. With regard to Local Plan preparation, the SCI explains when the Council will consult the community; how the Council will engage with them; and who the Council will involve. The SCI sets out the following activities relevant to preparing the Local Plan: Stage 1 – Prepare Plan What As a minimum, the Council will ensure that the Council comply with the will we relevant current planning regulations.

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