Further Updates to Manydown Outline Planning Application
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January 2019 Introduction: shaping a place, creating a community further updates to Manydown outline planning application Introduction Further consultation on the outline planning application for up to 3,520 new homes on the northern part of Manydown has started. The consultation by the planning authority, part of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, is on additional information and amendments to the application. These have been submitted in response to feedback from earlier planning consultations in March 2017 and July 2018. The changes are being proposed by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council, as the owners of a joint long lease on the land. Comments from residents submitted to the local planning authority in response to its consultations were considered by the councils alongside feedback from previous engagement activities to inform the further amendments to the application and the additional information submitted. The consultation comes before a planning decision is made, proposed to be in spring 2019. Subject to securing outline planning permission, preparation work is anticipated to start on site in early 2020. Updates to the outline planning application Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council, as the applicants, have produced this booklet of fact sheets to give an overview of the proposed updates, explaining where you can find out more and providing more information on the areas which were of most interest to residents as part of the previous planning consultation. It provides a summary of the proposed updates to the application on the following topics: 1. movement in and around Manydown, including highways, public transport, walking and cycling 2. heritage and conservation 3. biodiversity and ecology 4. landscape and open space 5. retail impact To find a detailed overview of all the proposed amendments and additional information on the application see the covering letter via the council’s planning webpage at www.basingstoke.gov.uk/manydownplanning To find further information on the original application proposals and changes made in July 2018, see the project website planning page at www.manydownbasingstoke.co.uk/proposals/factsheets. This includes information on other key topics including the main access junctions, the local centres, the mix of new homes and affordable housing, Gypsy and Traveller pitches, schools, the country park, sewerage and drainage. Get in touch Call: Freephone 08081 683 600 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.manydownbasingstoke.co.uk What the proposals include 3,200 new homes, up to a maximum a main street through the site linking a range of community buildings of 3,520, with a mix of different types the A339 and the B3400, creating an to provide meeting spaces and and sizes – for sale, for rent and attractive street with dedicated cycle venues for different affordable homes to rent and to buy and footpaths activities public open space, including business and safe and well-signposted two primary schools natural green space, formal commercial uses cycle routes supporting and land for a including space for the wider cycling sports facilities, allotments secondary school shops, cafés, restaurants strategy for the borough and play areas and offices open green spaces for people to enjoy, a new country park with mature a local footpath network as well as trees planted along streets and historic woodlands, meadows supporting the concept of and areas that can support a variety of and farmland, with a visitor hub ‘walkable neighbourhoods’ natural habitats, are part of the vision including a café, education spaces, so that homes are in walking for creating an attractive community produce and activity gardens and a where people want to live distance of a centre with woodland-themed play area local facilities What an outline application covers and the next steps Outline planning permission establishes the principle of developing the site, such as the type and size of development and the infrastructure to be provided. It does not provide a detailed layout of the infrastructure and the detailed design of buildings, roads and spaces. This is with the exception of the four main access junctions, which are shown in more detail. If approved, outline permission is the first step in four stages of an approvals process and would be followed by the submission of a series of high level strategies and frameworks, which set more detailed key principles to guide the overall development of the site, for example for layout, land use, character and appearance. This will be followed by the submission of more detailed planning documents for each phase of development, including information on the delivery plan for the phase, the number of homes to be delivered and the design guidance for that phase. These documents for each phase would then be a consideration when the subsequent detailed planning applications within each phase are determined. These detailed applications, known as ‘reserved matters’, would include the exact locations of the streets, community facilities and houses and their sizes, styles and design. You will have an opportunity to comment on these detailed proposals as the phase and ‘reserved matters’ detailed planning applications are developed. Get in touch Call: Freephone 08081 683 600 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.manydownbasingstoke.co.uk The illustrative masterplan The illustrativeT Illustrative masterplan Masterplan (shown below) forms part of the outline planning application. It is only provided to demonstrate how the principles established in the outline application could be interpreted and should not be considered as the final layout. Rooksdown Northern A339 Neighbourhood Park Wootton St Lawrence The Country Park The Country Park hub Link to Country Park Winklebury Roman Road ‘The Green’ The Country Park Square - The eastern centre as focus of activity for retail and community uses Winklebury Way Secondary Primary school site school site Central Neighbourhood Park providing an open space for new and existing communities Main Street designed Primary to provide an school site attractive environment Green buffer creates Western centre Worting Village soft transition to and southern gateway built up area Worting Road Landscape buffer B3400 extends along Playing Fields Worting Road. Buckskin Mother’s Copse Railway Line Land to be developed Southern in the last development N 0 500m 1km Neighbourhood Park phase, allowing for further studies of Land safeguarded for a the alignment of the potential future railway potential rail crossing crossing ©TIBBALDS REVISION JULY 2018 Land at Manydown, Basingstoke MSD1R: Design and Access Statement For the latest on the consultation on the updates to the outline planning application, visit the borough council’s i planning pages at www.basingstoke.gov.uk/manydownplanning Get in touch Call: Freephone 08081 683 600 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.manydownbasingstoke.co.uk Movement: highways, public transport shaping a place, creating a community and walking and cycling Background As a significant new development in Basingstoke it is important that the highways impact of Manydown has been considered as part of the outline planning application process. Comprehensive transport modelling, which evaluates current needs and predicts likely future effects and needs, has been used to assess the likely impact on principal roads and examine how traffic would re-route in response to the new development at Manydown. In July 2018, the designs for the main access junctions for Manydown were updated and were subject to a further consultation by the local planning authority. In response to the updated submission the highways authority requested further clarification on a number of technical points about the transport modelling. Further work with the highways authority over the last few months to address the points raised has resulted in the development of a Movement Strategy for Manydown and further updates to the Transport Assessment and Public Transport Strategy. The planning authority is now carrying out further consultation on these updates. The analysis has considered the key movement corridors to and from the site from the perspective of both new trips and the impacts on existing travellers on the local transport network. The updated assessment outlines additional technical work that has been undertaken and proposes changes to the highways mitigation package for Manydown in response to comments from the highways authority. Movement Strategy To support the growth of the Manydown site and mitigate its impacts on the local area, a balanced approach has been taken. This includes new and upgraded highways infrastructure alongside giving greater emphasis to having a frequent and high quality public transport system and good cycle and pedestrian links to give people alternatives, encouraging people to make more sustainable transport choices. Therefore, the Movement Strategy considers existing travel patterns and seeks to provide not just mitigations for highway impacts but also realistic and attractive options for walking and cycling and public transport. The proposals look to provide a wide range of travel choices to, from and through Manydown while respecting the existing residents of Basingstoke and the nature of the area. To read the full information see the following outline planning documents on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s website at www.basingstoke.gov.uk/manydownplanning