Burntwood Draft Neighbourhood Development Plan Second Discussion Draft, January 2016 1

Burntwood

Draft Neighbourhood Development Plan

2008 - 2029

Second Discussion Draft – January 2016

Vision

By 2029 Burntwood will be a positive, outward facing but internally connected and coherent community that is sustainable, successful, serves the needs of all its people and is open to opportunities and potentials that will continue to enhance and strengthen its position.

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Table of Contents

Public Consultation

1.0 Introduction and Background

2.0 Planning Policy Context

3.0 A Portrait of Burntwood

4.0 Key Planning Issues

5.0 Draft Vision and Objectives

6.0 Neighbourhood Plan Policies

7.0 Next Steps

Maps and Plans

Appendices

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PUBLIC CONSULTATION

This is a consultation document.

This first draft neighbourhood plan for Burntwood has been published for informal public consultation and your comments are invited until insert date.

A drop in event has been arranged for insert details and all are invited to come along and find out more about the plan.

Please use the representation form which will be provided at the event and is available on the Town Council’s website and return completed forms and comments to the tTown cClerk.

All comments received will be carefully considered by the Nneighbourhood Pplan Committee working group and Town Council and used to in form the next version of the Nneighbourhood Pplan, the Draft Neighbourhood Development Plan, which will be published for 6 weeks’ formal public consultation in XXX .

Thank you for your time and interest.

[To be added - an introductory summary and the vision statement]

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1.0 Introduction and Background

1.1 The Localism Act 2011 gives Town and Parish Councils new powers to prepare statutory neighbourhood development plans (NDPs) to help guide development in their local areas. Through neighbourhood plans, local people now have the opportunity to shape new development as planning applications are determined in accordance with the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The Lichfield Local Plan Strategy 2008-2029 (adopted February 2015) and the Burntwood Neighbourhood Development Plan (once made) will be part of the statutory development plan for the area. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is a material consideration in any planning application determinations. The steps in preparing at Neighbourhood Development Plan are set out in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1 Neighbourhood Plan Process

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1.2 Burntwood Town Council decided to prepare a NDP for the town on 7 November 2013. An application for designation as a neighbourhood area was submitted to Lichfield District Council on 18 December 2013 and the application was approved on 8 April 2014. The designated neighbourhood area is shown on Map 1 below.

Map 1 Burntwood Designated Neighbourhood Plan Area

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@Crown copyright and database rights [2015] Ordnance Survey 100055940 Burntwood Town Council (Licensee) License number XXXX

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1.3 Two initial open consultation events, “The Neighbourhood Plan Listening Events”, were held for local organisations on 13 th of December 2014 at Chase Terrace Technology College from 10am to 1pm and on the 26 th of February 2014 at the Burntwood Memorial Institute from 7pm to 9pm for all members of the public. Town Councillors invited local people to meet and find out more about the process and to listen to their ideas. Representatives of community groups, churches, service providers and police were in attendance.

1.3 A table showing a summary of comments submitted and their possible planning categories is provided on the Town Council’s neighbourhood plan web page (and provide in Appendix?) . In the summer of 2014, the Town Council established a Neighbourhood Plan Steering Committee and secured funding from the Government to support the preparation of the Neighbourhood Plan.

1.4 Once the Draft Plan has been finalised and approved by the Town Council, it will be published for 6 weeks’ formal consultation, before being amended and submitted to Lichfield District Council. Lichfield District Council will then publish the plan for a further 6 weeks before it is subjected to an examination and then referendum. If there is a yes vote at the referendum, then the plan will be made by Lichfield District Council and used to determine planning applications alongside the Local Plan Strategy, Local Plan Allocations (once adopted) and other material considerations including the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

1.5 In line with European legislation, there is a requirement for the Plan to be subjected to a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Screening Process which will determine whether a full Strategic Environmental Assessment is required. The SEA process is iterative and may lead to amendments in the plan as it is prepared to help ensure that any adverse environmental effects resulting from policies and proposals in the plan are minimised. The Screening Assessment is undertaken at an early stage on the emerging draft plan by Lichfield District

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Council, who will then consult with the Environment Agency, Historic England and Natural England to determine whether a full SEA is required. If a full SEA is required this will be undertaken by Lichfield District Council, or commissioned by the Town Council . Further information about this is available on the neighbourhood plan web page insert link and upload SEA docs. – Note - need to talk about this with LDC at an early stage – this is important due to proximity to Cannock Chase which is an SAC (European designated site) so may trigger need for a Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) and therefore a full SEA.

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2.0 Planning Policy Context

2.1 The current local planning policy framework for the neighbourhood plan area comprises the Lichfield Local Plan Strategy 2008-2029 adopted February 2015 1 and various supplementary planning documents and guidance. The Local Plan Allocations 2 is currently being prepared and work on the document has commenced with the call for sites.

2.2 National planning policy is set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 3 published in 2012. This sets out in paragraphs 6 and 7 that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, and that the planning system has to perform an economic role, a social role and an environmental role.

2.3 Neighbourhood planning is addressed in paragraphs 183-185:

183. Neighbourhood planning gives communities direct power to develop a shared vision for their neighbourhood and deliver the sustainable development they need. Parishes and neighbourhood forums can use neighbourhood planning to:

● set planning policies through neighbourhood plans to determine decisions on planning applications; and

● grant planning permission through Neighbourhood Development Orders and Community Right to Build Orders for specific development which complies with the order.

1 https://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/Council/Planning/The-local-plan-and-planning-policy/Local-plan/

2 https://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/Council/Planning/The-local-plan-and-planning-policy/Local-plan/Local-Plan- Allocations.aspx

3 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-planning-policy-framework--2

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184. Neighbourhood planning provides a powerful set of tools for local people to ensure that they get the right types of development for their community. The ambition of the neighbourhood should be aligned with the strategic needs and priorities of the wider local area. Neighbourhood plans must be in general conformity with the strategic policies of the Local Plan. To facilitate this, local planning authorities should set out clearly their strategic policies for the area and ensure that an up-to-date Local Plan is in place as quickly as possible. Neighbourhood plans should reflect these policies and neighbourhoods should plan positively to support them. Neighbourhood plans and orders should not promote less development than set out in the Local Plan or undermine its strategic policies.

185. Outside these strategic elements, neighbourhood plans will be able to shape and direct sustainable development in their area. Once a neighbourhood plan has demonstrated its general conformity with the strategic policies of the Local Plan and is brought into force, the policies it contains take precedence over existing non-strategic policies in the Local Plan for that neighbourhood, where they are in conflict. Local planning authorities should avoid duplicating planning processes for non-strategic policies where a neighbourhood plan is in preparation.

2.4 Neighbourhood plans also have to be in “general conformity” with strategic local planning policies set by Lichfield District Council. This plan has been to support this higher level planning framework. A summary document Planning Policy Background and Evidence Base Review has been prepared as a background document to the NDP. This notes the relevant national and local planning policies (adopted and emerging) and has been used to inform the draft policies in the Burntwood NDP. This document is part of the evidence base for the NDP and is vailable on the website insert link.

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2.5 Current strategic planning policy for the area is in the Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2009-2029 and the saved policies of the 1998 Lichfield District Local Plan. The Local Plan Strategy policies focussing on Burntwood are policies Burntwood 1 to 5. These seek to:

• Maintain Burntwood’sentwood’s role as a separate and freestanding community • Take account of the surrounding landscape, countryside, AONB and SAC • Deliver town centre and environmental improvements • Improve green infrastructure • Remove the St Matthews Estate from Green Belt • Improve the range of facilities in the area • Improve the transport network • Enlarge the town centre • Consider the future role of the Mount Road Industrial Estate through the Land Allocations Plan • Allocate Zone 5 of the Burntwood Business Park for Housing • Accommodate approximately 1,350 new homes

2.6 The spatial impact of these policies is shown in a Key Diagram (Map 2 below).

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Map 2 – Lichfield Local Plan Strategy Key Diagram

2.7 As well as national and Lichfield District planning policy, a key policy document informing the development of the Burntwood Neighbourhood Plan has been the Burntwood Town Strategy produced in 2011. This strategy set out a strategic approach for the future of Burntwood ’s’ communities, built from grassroots views about the strengths, challenges and priorities for the area. The vision from the strategy, the objectives and many of the proposed actions remain relevant, and have fed in to, the neighbourhood plan.

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3.0 A Portrait of Burntwood

3.1 The designated neighbourhood area (Town Council area) of Burntwood lies on the fringe of the West Midlands conurbation in the southern part of Staffordshire, approximately 9.5km (6 miles) to the east of Cannock and 7 km (4 miles) south west of Lichfield on the western edge of Lichfield District. The town is located between the A5190 to the north and the M6 toll road to the south.

3.2 Whilst being within Lichfield District, the area is, and many perceive the area to be somewhat marginal to Lichfield city, with its historic centre, and larger retail and service base.

3.3 The neighbourhood area includes the urban area of Burntwood, Chase Terrace , and Chase t Town and Boney Hay which is inset within the Green Belt; Chasewater Country Park which is part of an SSSI and sub-regional recreational resource; and St Matthews hospital, a major site in the Green Belt. The neighbourhood development plan area covers 1,580 hectares and the population of the area was 26,049 in the 2011 Census (Neighbourhood Statistics) 4, Figure 2.

Figure 2 – Burntwood Population (Source: 2011 Census)

4 https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/

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3.4 The settlement of Burntwood has evolved from its historic origins as a series of smaller mining communities which have coalesced over time and significant

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residential growth from the 1960s to the 1990s. This has led to Burntwood lacking a town centre EARLY HISTORY OF large or identifiable enough to cater for the needs BURNTWOOD’S of its population (which, at over 26,000 is SETTLEMENTS comparable to the population size in Lichfield Burntwood derives from City). There is a need to create an attractive and “Brendewood” – it has functional town centre, with associated been suggested this name derives from the burning environmental improvements, to help the of a heath in Cannock community develop a sense of cohesion, both Forest.

environmentally and socially. Boney Hay derives from the waste of le Brunehew. 3.5 The neighbourhood plan area is made up of a A plaque marking this can number of separate settlements. The "village" of be found on the Burntwood Heritage Trail. Burntwood is at the eastern end of the town and is the oldest part of it. It is relatively more affluent Chase t Town was formerly part of Cannock than other parts of the town, being more "rural" Chase. Chase t Town itself than other parts of the town, but also includes a developed from around 1850 along what is today number of 1960s and 1970s housing estates as Church RoadStreet , and well as the more recent Hunslet Road estate. was formerly known as Colliery Road, where a 3.6 In the north west of the town, built around the mine was situated at its terraced streets of a former mining village, built in West End. By 1867 the village had become known late 1880 and 90s is Chase Terrace. Around this as core easily identifiable and discreet 1960s and Chase tTown. 1970s estates (each with separate generic names As mining moved gradually e.g. Hollygrove estate, Redwood estate) have been northwards, so to oo did developed. More recently, the Larks’ Rise settlement and by 1870 Chase Terrace had housing estate, adjacent to the former opencast developed in to a village mine site, has been built. New additional dwellings north of Cannock Road and west of Rugeley Road. have also been built as infill, such as Stables Way

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that refers back to the historic name of the area around the junction with the A5190, known for many years as The Wooden Stables. The mining history of the town is reflected in its newest estates where streets were named after former collieries. This part of the town was also home to three abattoirs, now only one, who were significant local employers. Over recent years, the Chase Terrace area has also seen the extension and development of industrial estate linked to the opening of the town by-pass.

3.7 The name Chase Ttown was first recorded in 1867. The town was a coal mining village based around a coal pit struck by the Marquees of Anglesey in 1849. The No. 2 and No. 9 pits opened in the 1850's to the west of the village where Burntwood Rugby Club is now situated. Due to the increase in the mining industry in the area , housing was built around the High Street, Church Street and Queen Street for the miners. In 1865 St Anne's Church, the first Church in England with electric lights, was built and the village carried on expanding.

3.8 After World War 2 the vVillage began to expand creating the Oakdene Estate and in 1958 it became the largest council estate in Lichfield District. Even when the last mine closed in 1959 the village carried on expanding as it became an "overspill" area for people from throughout the West Midlands conurbation. During the 1970’ s the green land between Chase tTown, Chase Terrace and Burntwood was developed and the three villages joined. Today, there is little to show of the Mining industry that Chase t Town was built around other than the Chasewater Reservoir which provided water for the canals that transported coal into Birmingham and the Chasewater Light Railway which has been restored.

3.9 Boney Hay, west of Ogley Hay Road, began to grow in the late 19th century. The area derives its name from the Medieval waste of le Brunehew, and was known as Burnehey or Bornehay by the 16th century. By the 17th Century, Coney Lodge and

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Coney Mill existed in the north west of area on the heat h. In the early 1860's, small houses were built to accommodate miners who were working in local mines.

3.10 Today, Boney Hay consists of a mix t of social houses and privately owned houses with two, three and four bedrooms. There is also a primary school, a doctor's surgery, a number of different shops, two of public houses and a Working Mens’Club. Recently, a welcome community venue has been opened by Spark, a Community Interest Company, set up by a group of local parents in response to the closure of Burntwood's Children's Centre at Boney Hay and Springhill schools. Gentleshaw Common lies on one boundary of Boney Hay and Redwood Park on another.

3.11 The Burntwood neighbourhood plan area is set within the Green Belt, and is in close proximity to areas of high environmental significance, both ecologically and visually, including the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC) to the north, and Chasewater Country Park to the east. Many views expressed in the development of the Town Strategy supported the view that this setting gave Burntwood the benefit of being an accessible town with a countryside setting. And with scope to improve green infrastructure links in the area, potentially incorporating walkways and cycleways, to link the built and natural environment within the settlement and to the countryside beyond.

3.12 Due to the sensitivity of its setting, the local landscape, Green Belt, proximity to the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Special Area of Conservation (SAC) the options for new housing development are significantly limited within Burntwood. Thus, only one sustainable urban neighbourhood has been identified for strategic housing growth, which is covered in Local Plan Strategy Policy Burntwood 5: Land East of Burntwood Bypass SDA.

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3.13 Census 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics indicate that Burntwood had a slightly higher proportion of full time employees with 39.1% of 16-74 year olds in full time employment compared to 38.6% in Lichfield District and England. There was also a slightly higher proportion of part time employees at 15.3% compared to 14.6% in Lichfield District and 13.7% in England. In terms of occupations, a significantly lower proportion of Burntwood residents had professional occupations (13.2% of 16-74 year olds compared to 18.4% in Lichfield District and 17.5% in England) and a higher proportion had skilled trade occupations (15.2% compared to 11.7% in Lichfield and 11.4% in England).

3.14 The development of Burntwood from small mining communities to larger settlements has resulted in a wide mix of house types and styles: linear developments along main routes in to Lichfield and Cannock; older, terraced properties in the original village centres; post-World War II2 former Council estates; and more recent, suburban style private housing estates. In terms of tenure of housing, Burntwood, along with Lichfield District, has a relatively high proportion of households who own their property outright (37.9% in Burntwood, 38.7% in Lichfield and 30.6% in England). Households who own their own property with a mortgage or loan account for 39.4% of Burntwood households, compared to 36.9% in Lichfield District and 32.8% in England. The former Council housing stock was transferred to a registered social landlord, now called Bromford, they have a neighbourhood management approach to managing the areas in which their stock is found, and have designated the Summerfield and Oakdene Estates, two areas of relatively higher deprivation, for special community development support. House prices are also relatively cheaper compared with Lichfield.

3.15 Car ownership figures for Burntwood reflect the high levels of ownership in the District; only 14.0% of households in Burntwood have no access to a car or van compared to 13.6% in Lichfield and 25.8% in England, and 33.7% of households have 2 cars or vans in Burntwood compared to 35.1% in Lichfield and 24.7% in

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England. In terms of public transport, the nearest rail station is in Lichfield, therefore, bus ies the main source of public transport. Burntwood, Iincluding Chase Terrace and Chase Ttown is reasonably well served by bus links to Lichfield, Cannock and Walsall on weekdays. However, some parts of the area have less access to public transport, such as Boney Hay, and, overall Sunday services are poor.

3.16 As older forms of employment have disappeared, the local economy has had to develop and diversify in more recent times. The area now has a number of light manufacturing, warehousing and distribution uses that have sought to benefit from the good road access to both the wider West Midlands economy and further afield.

3.17 Many of the business parks and industrial estates developed since the 1960s have been consolidated as zones of the Burntwood Business Park.

3.18 Burntwood benefits from excellent links to the strategic highway network, including the M6 Toll and feeder roads, and, therefore, in one way, this accessibility helps to maintain existing and attract new businesses. But it also means that, given the relative proximity to the West Midlands conurbation, in terms of employment opportunities, Burntwood has higher levels of out- commuting to employment opportunities located elsewhere with only 31% of employed people living in Burntwood actually working in the settlement. This net-commuting is part of Burntwood’s new role as a feeder community for the conurbation

3.19 Due to the existing constraints in the availability of new land for employment and the need to improve existing employment areas, opportunities in terms of redevelopment and modernisation of existing sites and as part of proposals to redevelop the town centre, should help ensure that new jobs are created bringing with it environmental improvements.

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3.20 One of the biggest issues facing Burntwood is the scale and quality of retail provision. Burntwood centre, and the more local neighbourhood areas, provide a range of lower order shops and services. One of the key findings of the Town Strategy was that residents regularly commented on the lack of key High Street stores in Burntwood centre, and, overall that the area does not have the level of service provision one would expect in a town of over 26,000 people.

3.21 The proximity of the area to Chasewater, a major site of recreational and visitor potential, and further afield to Cannock Chase mean that there is, as identified in the Town Strategy, a modest opportunity to develop tourism to complement more established parts of the local economy.

3.22 Burntwood has two secondary level educational providers (Chase Terrace Technology College and Erasmus Darwin AcademyChase Town Specialist Sports College ). The area also has [figure to be inserted] primary schools.

3.23 The area has a wide range of community and sports facilities including Burntwood Memorial Institute, the former Mining College, churches, library, Burntwood Leisure centre, Chase Ttown Football Club and Burntwood Rugby Club. One area, again identified in the Town Strategy, where it was felt, provision was lacking was facilities for young people. There arealso a number of important open spaces, parks and play areas.

3.24 In terms of numbers, but not always quality, Burntwood is well-served by health and health related services. There 8 general practitioners (GPs), a dentist, pharmacy and optometrist. [Extract from Town Strategy: is this still relevant – “Following a recognition by the PCT that some current GP practices are cramped, overcrowded and in need of repair, and following widespread consultation, practices will be concentrated on two sites. One of these - the Health and Wellbeing Centre - will involve a major new build adjacent to the

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Leisure Centre, and incorporate opportunities for the provision of a wider array of services, health-recreation links and benefits, and community facilities.]

3.25 Burntwood has a number of natural and built heritage assets on the doorstep of the town. Chasewater Country Park lies to the south west of the built up area. This area once formed part of Cannock Forest and is likely to have been a landscape of woodland and heathland from the prehistoric period until the late 18th century when Chasewater canal reservoir was constructed to supply the local canal system with water. A pumping station was built adjacent to the reservoir to pump water into a canal feeder. The canal feeder was re-cut as the Anglesey Branch Canal, with a wharf and canal basin, in 1850 to service the nearby coal mines. The pumping station has since been demolished, but the branch canal, wharf and canal basin survive. Chasewater forms part of the Chasewater and Southern Staffordshire Coalfields SSSI.

3.26 There are 15 Listed Buildings in Burntwood neighbourhood area, including a Grade II* Conduit Head and the Church of St Anne, Chase Ttown. There are no conservation areas within the Plan area, but the different, former mining communities which have coalesced over time have a strong local identity, community spirit and associated heritage value, and this is something the Town Council would like to see supported and enhanced through the neighbourhood plan process.

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4.0 Key Planning Issues

4.1 The key planning issues for Burntwood, and for the Neighbourhood Plan to address, have been identified from by the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Committee from comments submitted at the listening events, previous studies such as the Town Strategy and to help support strategic planning policy.

4.2 The key issues the NDP should address are:

1. The Need for a Stronger Burntwood Town Centre and Maintaining Local Retail Provision

The principal planning issue for Burntwood is the need to define a town centre area which provides for the needs of its existing 26,000-plus population and also future residents. Town centre development should provide for a range of retail and community facilities set within an attractive environment. As well as Burntwood, there are a number of other more localised shopping areas, these should be protected and enhanced.

2. Strengthening Local Identity and Protecting Heritage Assets

The identity of the “old” villages should be reinforced through improvements to signage and environmental enhancements, and by protecting important local heritage assets. Navigating around Burntwood can be confusing and improvements in signage and networks of streets, roads and foot and cycle paths would assist with this.

3. High Quality Design in New Development

There is a need to consider design issues, particularly in relation to new housing, and to promote high quality design which reflects local distinctiveness and context. Adequate car parking should be provided as part of schemes.

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4. Improving Accessibility

There is a need to improve public transport, traffic management, car parking, connectivity and linkages and to improve pathways which link different parts of the town (statement needs strengthening to reinforce the need).

Proposals for improved access to Chasewater from Burntwood will be supported, and parking provision to enable such access.

5. Protecting and Enhancing Green Spaces

Green space should be protected. These include smaller, informal open spaces, particularly around terraces. Parks and open spaces (currently under negotiation for transfer from LDC to BTC).

6. Retaining and Improving Provision of Community, Leisure and Recreation Facilities

There are concerns about infrastructure and phasing. Ideally new retailing, community and leisure facilities should be provided ahead of proposed new housing development. Adequate medical facilities are required.

7. Protecting and Improving Access to the Surrounding Countryside

Much of the local countryside is already protected in planning terms through policy such as Green Belt. But this resource provides a semi-rural setting to the urban parts of the area and acts as a key area for informal recreation. Access to this resource, from the urban parts of the area, should be improved. In particular, the potential to link to and derive some economic benefit from opportunities such as Chasewater Country Park need to be developed.

8. Improving the Local Environment

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In a number of places, such as vacant sites, empty buildings, key routes and gateways the local environment needs improving.

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5.0 Draft Vision and Objectives

Vision

By 2029 Burntwood will be a positive, outward facing but internally connected and coherent community that is sustainable, successful, serves the needs of all its people and is open to opportunities and potentials that will continue to enhance and strengthen its position.

Objectives

To help us tackle the key issues we have identified and to achieve this Vision we have identified the following objectives for the Burntwood Neighbourhood Plan:

OBJECTIVE 1 – To strengthen and enhance Burntwood town centre

OBJECTIVE 2 – To protect and enhance neighbourhood shopping centres and local shops

OBJECTIVE 3 – To promote a cohesive, healthy Burntwood community with strong local identities

OBJECTIVE 4 – To support the development to of quality new housing and living environments that meets the community’s needs

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OBJECTIVE 5 – To conserve and enhance local heritage assets

OBJECTIVE 6 – To improve movement and accessibility around the area within a green environment

OBJECTIVE 7 – To retain and improve the provision of community, leisure and recreation facilities

OBJECTIVE 8 – To protect and improve access to the surrounding countryside

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6.0 Neighbourhood Plan Policies

6. 1 This section sets out the planning policies of the Burntwood Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP). These will be used to help determine planning applications in the town and so shape the future of the Burntwood as a place to live and work in, and to visit. The Draft Policies have been prepared by the Neighbourhood Plan Committeesteering group on behalf of the Town Council.

6.2 Neighbourhood Plans are required to be in general conformity with national and local planning policies. The Draft Policies have been prepared taking account of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 5 and local planning policies including the Lichfield Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 and the emerging Local Plan Allocations document.

6.3 Further information about the relevant aspects of these policies in relation to Burntwood Draft Neighbourhood Plan can be found in the published background document Planning Policy Assessment and Evidence Base Review provided on the neighbourhood plan website.

5 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-planning-policy-framework--2

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7.0 Burntwood Town Centre

OBJECTIVE 1 – To strengthen and enhance Burntwood town centre

7.1 The Lichfield Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 provides a supportive strategic planning framework for the provision of a new town centre for Burntwood, and this is identified by the Town Council as the principal planning issue for the neighbourhood Plan.

7.2 The existing range of services and facilities in Burntwood are insufficient to meet the needs not only of local residents (including those living in surrounding rural areas) but also businesses and visitors to the town.

7.3 Burntwood is a significant freestanding town with its own needs but at present, there are limited town centre, social and community facilities. The Spatial Strategy in the Local Plan recognises that needs in Burntwood are not being fully met locally, and this results in residents travelling to access employment, shopping and leisure opportunities. The completion of the Burntwood Bypass provides an enhanced opportunity for new investment in the town, helping to create more diverse local job opportunities. Fundamental to addressing many of the employment, public transport and other service deficiencies within Burntwood is the delivery of an expanded and enhanced town centre.

7.4 Burntwood town centre currently provides only a small percentage of the retail floorspace that is required to meet the needs of the local population. It is proposed that the town centre is further developed to meet local needs, in accordance with the previously described floorspace limits and within the town centre boundary. The existing town centre, based around Sankey's Corner, will be

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protected and enhanced, with redevelopment and/or visual improvements encouraged to help benefit the town centre as a whole.

7.5 Land for development should include the committed scheme to the west of Morrisons (16 retail units with a total floorspace of 9,406m2 on a 2.5ha site) and the Morrison's store extension. Any further development should take place on the 2.3ha Olaf Johnson site (to the north of Morrisons), where it is considered that a mix of uses (including cultural, leisure and residential uses), with safe and vibrant connections to the existing town centre, would be appropriate.

7.6 Office provision should be directed to sites within the town centre boundary to give further employment opportunities. With a new town centre, accessibility by foot to and around the centre itself will be improved. Proposals will be encouraged to promote and include provision on sustainable forms of travel. Office accommodation will need to be provided on a town first basis using a sequential approach.

7.7 SG insert any further background information about this issue. E.g. describe existing facilities, include photographs – what sort of development do you want to see? E.g. retailing, leisure facilities, offices, parking, accessibility, town square / public space etc.? What about design? What about linkages to other areas eg g housing, employment sites etc.? Open Space Assessment advises that “There are no civic spaces identified within Burntwood. However, support should be given to the creation of new civic spaces in the creation of an enlarged town centre at Burntwood should the opportunity arise.”

7.8 The extent of the town centre boundary is shown on Map 3 below (Map 14.1 in the Local Plan Strategy).

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Map 3 – Burntwood Town Centre Boundary

Draft Policy B1 - Burntwood Town Centre [Comment: To help implement the Local Plan Strategy and the commitments the Town Strategy the neighbourhood plan should have a policy for the town centre. This could cover the following…]

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Proposals for new development within Burntwood town centre (Map 2) will

be supported when they are for the following:

a) Large new retail development provided it does not exceed the levels identified in the Local Plan Strategy of 14,000 sq. m. of which 13,000 sq. m. should be for comparison goods; b) Development of small (less than xxxx sq. m.) retail premises; c) New leisure uses d) Change of use of particular types of use e) Bring back in to use vacant and empty units f) Encouraging offices and other services g) Development of new and enhancement of existing community facilities and social enterprises h) Protection of key shopping frontages i) New car parking j) Creation of a transport hub

[Comment: note all of the above will be strengthened if they are backed up by specific proposals or site specific proposals].

Relevant Local Planning Policies:

Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 Adopted 17 February 2015

Core Policy 1: The Spatial Strategy Core Policy 2: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development Core Policy 3: Delivering Sustainable Development Core Policy 8: Our Centres 31

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Policy Burntwood 1: Burntwood Environment Policy Burntwood 2: Burntwood services and facilities Policy Burntwood 3: Burntwood Economy

7.9 As well as seeking to support the expansion of the town centre by supporting the development of new uses a number of environmental improvements are identified and proposed through this neighbourhood plan in Policy B2.

Draft Policy B2 - Burntwood Town Centre Environmental Improvements [Comment: Again to help implement the Local Plan Strategy and the commitments the Town Strategy the neighbourhood plan should have a policy for specific environmental improvements in the town centre. This could cover the following…]

Within and around Burntwood town centre (Map 3) the following environmental improvements will be supported:

a) Temporary uses of vacant sites and empty property b) New planting and landscaping c) Improved signage on key routes and gateways d) Public realm and other improvements that improve the centre ’’s image

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e) Improvements to public transport, including creation of a public transport hub f) Public Art

[Comment: similar to B2 above, all of the above will be strengthened if they are backed up by specific proposals or site specific proposals].

Relevant Local Planning Policies:

Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 Adopted 17 February 2015

Core Policy 1: The Spatial Strategy Core Policy 2: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development Core Policy 3: Delivering Sustainable Development Core Policy 8: Our Centres Policy Burntwood 1: Burntwood Environment Policy Burntwood 2: Burntwood services and facilities Policy Burntwood 3: Burntwood Economy

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8.0 Neighbourhood Centres

OBJECTIVE 2 – To protect and enhance neighbourhood shopping centres and local shops

8.1 The historic development of Burntwood means that as well as Burntwood town centre there are four other neighbourhood centres that provide a range of local shopping facilities and other services.

8.2 Map 4 …. High Street, Chasetown; Map 5 ….. Burntwood Island Shops; Map 6 ….. Ryecroft Shops and not mapped Morley Road Shops

[To be inserted name of each area and short description]. [These also need Formatted: Indent: First line: 0 cm mapping].

8.3 To protect and enhance the valuable local facilities that these neighbourhood centres provide the following policies will be used.

Draft Policy B3 – Neighbourhood Centres

Within the four defined neighbourhood centres (see Maps 4, 5, and 6 below. A fourth neighbourhood centre is shown on the A5190?) the following will be supported:

a) Retention of key shops and services b) Development of new shops and services that serve a purely local need c) Temporary uses of vacant sites and empty property d) New planting and landscaping e) Improved signage on key routes and gateways

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f) Public realm and other improvements that improve the centre ’’s image g) Improvements to public transport and car parking h) Improvements to traffic congestion e.g. on Chase t Town High Street i) Public Art

[Comment: similar to B1 and B2 above, all of the above will be strengthened if they are backed up by specific proposals or site specific proposals]. [Note: With this policy it would also help if the three neighbourhood centres could be defined on the following maps:

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Map 4 - Chase Ttown

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Map 5 – Burntwood ? Junction of Chase Road and Cannock Road

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Map 6 – Parkhill Road

Relevant Local Planning Policies:

Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 Adopted 17 February 2015

Core Policy 1: The Spatial Strategy Core Policy 2: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development

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Core Policy 3: Delivering Sustainable Development Core Policy 8: Our Centres Policy Burntwood 2: Burntwood services and facilities Policy Burntwood 3: Burntwood Economy

8.4 [Are there isolated local shops and should these be protected?] Yes to be

discussed at a later date – Robinsons Butchers, corner of Rugeley Road/Spinney Lane, Boney Hay; Corner Stores, junction of Rugeley Road/Chorley Road, Boney Hay; General Store, junction of North Street/Chorley Road, Boney Hay; Eastgate Stores, junction of Eastgate Street/Princess Street, Chase Terrace; Newsagents on Chase Road, Burntwood.

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9.0 A Healthy Burntwood Community that Retains Local Identities

OBJECTIVE 3 – To promote a cohesive, healthy Burntwood community with strong local identities

9.1 One of the key features of sustainable development as defined in national planning policy is the role planning can play in facilitating social interaction creating healthy, inclusive communities.

9.2 The town of Burntwood today comprises several former settlements which have merged together over time. Modern-day Burntwood is an amalgamation of three villages - Burntwood, Chase Ttown and Chase Terrace (including Boney Hay) - each with separate origins. Burntwood is by far the oldest, recognised as a village in its own right by the 13 th Century. Chase t Town, and then Chase Terrace, developed during the mid-19 th Century to serve the local coal mining industry. The resultant cluster of settlement displays strong linear plan-forms, a characteristic of several mining villages on the Staffordshire coalfield. These settlements all have a strong individual identity and sense of community and there is a need to recognise the distinctive qualities of different areas within the Plan, and ensure that opportunities are taken to enhance these areas’ identities and to improve navigability around the town by foot, cycle and car. At the same, as recognised in the Town Strategy, it is also important to forge a strong common identity to the Burntwood area so that there is shared vision for the future of the whole area, and not just its individual parts, and to ensure that there are not conflicting and competing demand between the different communities.

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9.23 The Historic Landscape Character Assessments for Lichfield 6 identifies that Burntwood lies within BHECZ 11 – Burntwood (HECA 2i):

This zone once formed part of Cannock Forest which is likely to have comprised a woodland and heath land landscape since at least the later prehistoric period. It was mostly enclosed after an Act of Parliament was passed in 1861, although a small area to the south east was enclosed following an earlier Act passed in 1856. During the 19th century settlement began to expand across the zone. This began with the development of mining villages such as Chase t Town and Chase Terrace where the historic street system still reflects the earlier field system and some historic unlisted buildings survive.

The rural nature of the landscape did not survive long as two mining villages were laid out which respected the pre-existing geometric pattern of the landscape. The villages were known as Chase t Town by 1867, and Chase Terrace by 1870. A Grade II* listed chapel of ease, St Anne ’’s, was built in 1865 to serve the new community of Chase t Town.

The earliest known buildings are located on the eastern edge of the zone in an area which has probably been settled since at least the 16th century and which is generally known as Burntwood on historic maps. The early settlement pattern of Burntwood appears to be very dispersed in nature probably relating to its origins as squatter settlement upon the heath land.

Rake Croft on Rake Hill and The Burnthouse, on the Rugeley Road, both Grade II listed, are the earliest known buildings dating to the late 17th/early 18th century and the 17th century respectively. Christchurch in Church Road was built in 1819-

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20 probably reflecting the expansion of settlement by this period across the eastern part of the zone and beyond into BHECZ 7.

Settlement continued to expand during the first half of the 20th century along the new roads laid out in the 19th century around Chaset Town and Chase Terrace and along the Cannock Road which extended towards the eastern boundary of the zone. By the early 21st century housing development dominated the landscape of the zone leaving very little in the way of green space other than designated parks, playing fields and school fields needed to serve the burgeoning communities. Historic unlisted buildings survive in both Chase t Town, in and around the High Street, and at Chase Terrace, most notably around Princess Street, as well as in other small groups within the modern development. These historic buildings are the survivors from the mining villages developed in the 19th century and the associated street pattern in both villages survive well.

6.2.2 Insert what you want to achieve here. E.g. Ensure new development enhances local character and distinctiveness through design, materials etc., improving accessibility and signage, promoting interpretation of local heritage etc.

Note – this overlaps with design policies below – do you want to keep it to signage etc. or maybe take the design policy out of the housing section 6.3 and add it to this section?

Draft Policy B4 – Enhancing the Identity and Distinctiveness of Local Neighbourhoods

Development is required to enhance the distinctive local qualities of the different neighbourhoods within the town of Burntwood. This will be achieved by:

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1. Using appropriate local materials and high quality design within developments to promote local distinctiveness appropriate to the relevant local neighbourhood . For example, development in Chase town should use xx brick etc.

2. Use of signage, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment etc. to promote a sense of place clearly linked to the local neighbourhood

3. …insert any others eg g include historic buildings as above in a local list?

Relevant Local Planning Policies:

Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 Adopted 17 February 2015

Core Policy 1: The Spatial Strategy Core Policy 2: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development 33 Core Policy 3: Delivering Sustainable Development Core Policy 14: Our Built & Historic Environment Policy Burntwood 1: Burntwood Environment Policy Burntwood 2: Burntwood services and facilities

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10.0 Housing

OBJECTIVE 4 – To support the development to of quality new housing and living environments that meets the community ’’s needs

Promoting High Quality Design

10.1 Describe local built character eg materials, height, scale etc. Describe the housing areas in more detail. Explain that town has developed largely since the 1960s in a series of phases with much the housing types, styles etc reflecting current designs used across the UK at that time, which have not responded particularly well to local context etc. However new development proposals offer significant opportunities to provide development which is well designed and which is appropriate to Burntwood.

6.3. 12 The Lichfield Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 sets out in Policy Burntwood 4 Burntwood Housing that “Burntwood will play an important role in accommodating new housing, with approximately 13% of the District's housing growth to 2029 taking place here (approx.1,350 dwellings). Much of the new housing development (around 70%) will be located within Burntwood's urban area, with the remaining 30% to be accommodated within a Strategic Development Allocation to the east of the Burntwood Bypass (approx. 375 dwellings). The redevelopment of existing brownfield land within the settlement will be encouraged.” Policy Burntwood 5: East of Burntwood Bypass sets out criteria for the development of this sensitive area.

6.3.2 The Lichfield Residential Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document 2007 7 provides a range of design principles for new housing and these have been

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carefully considered, and where appropriate, brought forward into the design policies in the neighbourhood plan. This is important, as the neighbourhood plan will have greater weight in decision making than an SPD as it forms part of the statutory development plan for Burntwood, and SPDs are guidance documents. Please have a look at this document and pull out anything else you think is important and should be included in the policy.

Local Character and Distinctiveness

6.3.3 Burntwood lies within the Cannock Chase and Cankwood Character Area. The Residential Design SPD describes this as follows:

“This landscape region contains the historic and sizable settlements of Lichfield and Burntwood, which accommodate approximately two thirds of the District’s population, as well as Little Aston, Shenstone and Whittington. The original building forms common to this region are more usually found around its periphery than on the central plateau, now known as Cannock Chase, although this is much less apparent to the south due to industrialisation. In particular, a number of timber-framed buildings survive from the time when the forest’s wood was the dominant building material. Specific examples include cruck construction in Shenstone, probably dating from the 17th century; both sophisticated and simple examples of timber-framing at Longdon of this period and the rare survival of a squatter’s cottage in Upper Longdon, which demonstrates the growing social pressure on the forest ’’s lands at the time.

Later buildings in the region were in a strong red-coloured brick with plain clay tile roofs, as enclosure brought settlement closer to the central plateau. For example, farmsteads of the late 18th and early 19th centuries survive just beyond 20th century incursions near the village of Cannock Wood. Their low, two-story profiles are in sharp contrast to the more prosperous farms in the lower parts of

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the region. In the farmlands close to the western boundary, the winding lanes and isolated farmsteads are evidence of an older settlement pattern where the intensity of modern agriculture, and now the ever-present urban fringe influence, has resulted in a general urbanisation of the landscape.”

Draft Policy B5 Promoting High Quality Design and Local Distinctiveness in New Housing

New residential development must be of a high quality design and schemes will be required to demonstrate careful consideration of the following design principles:

1. Setting

The visibility of the site from other parts of Burntwood must be considered, including which areas of the site can be seen, and from where. This is particularly important if the proposed development will break the skyline.

2. Public Realm

Careful consideration must be given to the contribution the new development makes to the public realm. There should be a clear distinction between streets, and other publicly accessible spaces, and areas that are intended for private use.

New developments should create a designed sequence of spaces. New development must connect with and relate to the pattern of spaces already present.

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3. Accessibility

Layouts should incorporate traffic calmed streets and nodal points, with frequent changes of direction, and introduce a sense of enclosure. New vehicle and pedestrian route networks should be designed to link with routes and facilities adjacent to the site. A hierarchy of routes should be established.

Public transport, pedestrian and cycle routes should be incorporated in the layout wherever possible, especially where these can provide safe and convenient routes to schools and local shops. The potential to connect the new development to the existing settlement by carrying pedestrian and/ or vehicular routes through the site should be fully explored.

4. Site characteristics

Site boundaries formed of local stone, traditional brick, cast iron or hedge planting should be retained and repaired. Any proposed openings in existing boundaries should be kept to a minimum and salvageable materials used elsewhere on site. Entry points should be clearly defined and achieve good sight lines, dependent upon vehicle speeds and setting.

All trees, internal boundaries, water courses, structures and other features on the site should be identified and wherever possible, incorporated in the new design.

The aspect of the site should be considered and the ways in which the site contours and the remaining features are likely to produce areas of extensive shade or shelter. Advantage should be taken of sunny slopes in orientation of gardens and/ or main elevations. Exposed areas should be protected from wind, noise or intrusive views.

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Open spaces should be designed and located to satisfy their intended, specific function, such as toddlers play, older children ’s’s activities, sitting out, or visual amenity.

Mixed uses should be considered. Provision of small workspaces can be both in association with some house types and/ or grouped in courts. New shops and services will need to be visible from public routes, beyond the proposed development, if they are to be viable.

Opportunities for crime should be identified and design solutions incorporated to reduce opportunities for anti-social behaviour.

5. Frontages

Choice of frontage must be justified with reference to existing adjacent building patterns, but also the gradations of built form coverage proposed on site. This can range from compact to more open, and should provide a distinguishable hierarchy of space, reflected in a range of plot sizes.

6. Innovation and responding to local context

The use of building traditions of Burntwood to inform new design is encouraged. Up-to-date, or contemporary details, for example in window and door designs, or the use of robust, modern materials, are supported in new buildings. Height, scale and massing should respond to the local context and site layout should respect the existing grain of development of a neighbourhood or area.

7. Roofscape and Chimneys

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In conjunction with the suitable design of chimneys, dormers and gables, variation in ridgelines and pitches is encouraged to reduce the visual impact of a development. Traditional roof design in Burntwood is of duo-pitch, which tends to be low but relatively steeply pitched – a product of the narrow plan.

In terms of materials, plain clay tiles predominate, although later, less vernacular styles, of the Victorian period for instance, may use slate. On new development in historic contexts, plain clay tiles are preferred, but alternative roof coverings, as opposed to concrete tiles, are encouraged to complement modern designs. Barge-boards and soffits are not typical. The vast majority of eaves tend to be brick corbelled or, on some formal buildings, a rendered box cornice.

8. Elevations

Façades should be of simple articulation, with clear and uninterrupted surfaces. Modern details, such as fitting windows flush with the façade, without a brick or masonry sill, and with concealed lintels, are generally inappropriate. Limited use of plain render, red sandstone or Staffordshire blue brick helps to provide variety and accent.

9. Parking Standards

These are covered in this document – another SPD and Policy ST2 in the Local Plan Strategy. Please look at these and see if this is covered or if you want to add anything.

http://lichfielddc- consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/planning/sustainable_design_spd/sustainab le_design_spd_2?pointId=s1431960416407

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10. Local Distinctiveness

Development is required to demonstrate how designs enhance local character and distinctiveness. This will include consideration of: • The relationship between geology and materials, siting and function of buildings; • The relationship between topography and the townscape of a place; • The activities and patterns of land use related to local needs; • Inspiration from locally derived place names; and local culture and traditions.

Note – this overlaps with policies around local distinctiveness above – combine?

Providing a Range of House Types and Sizes and Affordable Housing

6.3.4 SG – describe existing housing types in Burntwood e.g. over provision of 3-4 bed detached houses? Look at census stats. Need for greater variety in house types and sizes etc.? The Housing Needs Study & Strategic Housing Market Assessment Southern Staffordshire Districts SHMA Update (May) 2012 8 identified in para 11.6 that “ In terms of housing size and type, there is a clear distinction between actual ‘need’, in terms of the minimum physical size needed to accommodate a household unit, and householder aspirations. The former suggests an increased need for smaller 1 and 2-bed apartments and bungalows, and also housing with care, to reflect the smaller household sizes and ageing population. However, this level of ‘need’ does not factor in aspirations and viability. The NEMS household survey indicated a clear preference for residents to live in larger, 3 or 4 bed semi-

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detached, bungalows and particularly detached properties, whilst an over- representation of smaller apartment schemes could be detrimental to the viability of many developments in the three districts.

11.7 Balancing the quantitative need modelling against residents aspirations, viability and the characteristics of the existing stock indicates the following house size requirement to 2028:

2 Lichfield: 5% 1 bed flat; 42% 2 bed flat/house/bungalow; 41% 3 bed house/bungalow; 12% 4 bed house.

Affordable Housing Need

6.3.5 The above study also identifies that “there appears to be particularly high levels of (gross) affordable housing need in Cannock, Rugeley, Lichfield and Burntwood .” Affordable housing targets of between 69% and 92% should be set for Cannock Chase, Lichfield and Tamworth. However, it will not be viable to provide the levels of affordable housing that the results of the housing needs assessment implies. The recommended affordable housing percentage split for social rent/afford rent/intermediate housing, based on the identified net requirements, is 65% social rented, 15% affordable rented and 20% intermediate tenure.

6.3.6 Housing Requirements of Specific Groups

The NEMS household survey results enabled an analysis to be made of the housing requirements of specific groups in need and those relevant to Burntwood are set out below:

1 Families with children : the proportion of families with children in unsuitable housing is significantly higher than for the average population in southern Staffordshire (particularly in Lichfield), primarily (and unsurprisingly) due to a

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requirement for larger houses with additional bedrooms. There is a very low vacancy rate of larger properties, which consequently turn over very quickly;

2 Older people : An analysis of PopGroup baseline data points to an ageing population in the period to 2028, with an increasing proportion of the population being aged 60 +. This has associated implications in terms of the requirement for housing provision to meet the requirements of older people. Reference has been made to the Staffordshire FlexiCare Housing Strategy, which provides a detailed assessment of requirements for extra care housing in Staffordshire. Older households are less likely to consider that their home is ‘unsuitable’. However, those who did generally stated that their house was either too large or too expensive (although perhaps surprisingly, small size was also a common issue). Many older people would prefer to remain in their family homes, but this may cause problems such as domestic care provision, mobility and accessibility issues.

3 Households with specific needs such as disabled people : there is a high demand for affordable housing from households with specific needs, particularly for bungalows which are particularly useful to most people’s needs and can be adapted easily to suit specific requirements. There is also a large demand for dwellings suitable for mentally impaired people, with a significant shortfall in Tamworth;

6 First time buyers and young people : there is a shortage of dwellings for younger people generally; with a significant demand for smaller properties especially from single parent families. Younger people are staying at home for longer before getting on the housing ladder. As a result, the age profile of waiting lists has extended. Young adults are staying in their parental home for longer, resulting in overcrowding. As a result, some people are unable to get the support and assistance they require when they stay at home. The relatively small rented sector in southern Staffordshire may restrict choice of private rented sector

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accommodation, with associated implications particularly impacting younger people who generally have a high propensity to live in private rented accommodation;

7 Key workers and service personnel : such households are more likely to consider that their home is unsuitable than on average. A range of reasons were given, which included their rent/mortgage being too expensive. They were particularly likely to cite that their existing home was too small .

Draft Policy B6- Providing a Mix of Housing and Affordable Homes

New housing schemes will be required to provide a mix of house sizes, types and styles to meet local needs.

Schemes will be required to contribute towards the following target mix for new housing in Burntwood: 5% 1 bed flat; 42% 2 bed flat/house/bungalow; 41% 3 bed house/bungalow; 12% 4 bed house.

In particular schemes should provide housing for the following key groups: • Families with children • Older people (including bungalows, flats etc) • Households with specific needs such as disabled people • First time buyers and young people

Affordable housing will be required on housing developments for 15 or more dwellings or sites of 0.5ha or more in size and in accordance with nationally

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set thresholds. A target of up to 40% of new dwellings (including conversions) will be sought as affordable housing.

Relevant Local Planning Policies:

Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 Adopted 17 February 2015

Core Policy 1: The Spatial Strategy Core Policy 2: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development 33 Core Policy 3: Delivering Sustainable Development Core Policy 6: Housing Delivery Core Policy 14: Our Built & Historic Environment Policy H1: A Balanced Housing Market Policy H2: Provision of Affordable Homes Policy BE1: High Quality Development Policy Burntwood 1: Burntwood Environment Policy Burntwood 4: Burntwood Housing Policy Burntwood 5: East of Burntwood Bypass

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11.0 Local Heritage

OBJECTIVE 5 – To conserve and enhance local heritage assets

11.1 [You could use this section of the plan to identify local heritage assets worthy of protection. These would be heritage assets not currently listed. They could be particular building or features e.g. date stones, name plates etc. Are there such features]

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12.0 Improving Accessibility and Protecting and Enhancing Green Spaces

OBJECTIVE 6 – To improve movement and accessibility around the area within a green environment

Improving Accessibility

12.1 There is a SG insert information about existing issues e.g. need to improve Formatted: Font color: Auto linkages between existing residential areas, recreational spaces, new town centre and employment opportunities. We need to Spell out what are the problems now? Need to reduce reliance on the private car for short journeys and encourage

walking and cycling as part of improving health and wellbeing ., Formatted: Font color: Auto

12.2 Burntwood is set within the Green Belt, and is in close proximity to areas of high environmental significance, both ecologically and visually including the Cannock Chase AONB and SAC to the north, and Chasewater Country Park to the east. There is scope to improve green infrastructure links in the area, potentially incorporating walkways and cycleways, linking the built and natural environment within the settlement and to the countryside beyond.

12.3 Suggest new and improved network of green routes, linking local facilities and residential areas, building on opportunities to be created through the proposed new town centre and large residential development east of Burntwood bypass.

`Insert map showing proposed routes

Draft Policy B7– Improving Local Accessibility

Schemes which enhance local accessibility will be supported.

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New development will be required to encourage walking and cycling through the provision of linkages and green routes to local facilities, the town centre and employment areas.

A network of proposed green routes is shown on Map XX above. These include: • Insert list • Burntwood Heritage Trail

Retain line of Walsall-Lichfield Rail link

Town Strategy mention an audit of routes was this completed?

12.4 SG to insert what you think are the local issues for Burntwood are here.

12.5 The Open Space Assessment, Lichfield District Council 2012 9 explains that “within Burntwood there is approximately 30ha of amenity open space on 45 sites ranging from 0.05ha in size up to 4.3ha at Church Street. Using 1.27ha as a minimum standard for amenity open space, at 2001 population level of 27,079 an additional 4.4ha would be required within the Burntwood area. Just to the south of the Burntwood bypass is Chasewater Country Park which is classed under the category of natural and semi-natural open space, although it fulfils a number of other functions including amenity and recreation. The Burntwood Town Plan (2011) ( what is this – any more useful info in it?) expresses a clear desire to see

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links to this multi-functional area of open space improved from the existing settlement. The assessment suggests that there is an overall lack of bins and benches present within identified amenity greenspaces. Opportunities to improve the quality of any site scoring below 40% should be explored whilst any additional potential to improve other sites through the addition of seating and bins should also be encouraged.”

12.6 The Open Space Assessment also identified that “in terms of play provision in Burntwood there are 6 equipped play spaces (including a site at Chasewater which is not within Burntwood itself) totalling 4,575sqm (0.45ha). This is approximately half the number of sites that are available in Lichfield City, despite Burntwood have a similar sized population. The provision is further reduced when the site at Chasewater is not included. The site at Chasewater is set apart from the main town and is considered a destination play area for users specifically visiting Chasewater and not within a 10 minute/480m walking distance of Burntwood residents.”

12.7 It is recommended that “t here are too few equipped playspace locations within Burntwood resulting in poor accessibility, resulting in over half the built up area lying outside a 10 minutes/480m walk time of an equipped playspace. Where possible, opportunities to create new spaces should be sought where development opportunities arise, particularly in areas not currently covered by an existing equipped playspace access buffer. With this in mind and given the nature of the exiting built-up form and limited opportunities for new sites arising from new development in these areas, consideration should be given to opportunities to provide equipment on other suitable greenspaces.”

12.8 The 2011 Citizens survey demonstrated that “there is still a feeling that greater provision and facilities for young people and teenagers is required across the District. The survey highlighted that residents of Burntwood in particular felt this was an issue in their area with 48% of respondents stating that there was not

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enough provision… within Burntwood, the lack of facilities for older children was raised. The Play Strategy concluded that local play areas were very important to local communities and children and whilst access to equipped play areas is desirable, access to larger, more informal outdoor open spaces is equally important, enabling opportunities for a more varied and better quality of play experience.”

12.9 Lichfield Local Plan Strategy Policy HSC1: Open Space Standards sets out that the District Council will support appropriate proposals that improve the quantity, quality and accessibility of green spaces, particularly where deficiencies have been identified. All open space, sport and recreation facilities identified in the Open Space Assessment will be protected and minimum standards set”. The minimum standards are set out in the Policy.

Insert Map showing existing areas of open space

Draft Policy B8 – Enhancing Local Recreational Facilities and Open Spaces

The following will be protected:

• The Scholars football field and Church Road car park • Burntwood Rugby Club and sports fields • St Matthews cricket field • Leisure Centre

Schemes to enhance and improve local recreational facilities and open spaces will be supported and encouraged.

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Where appropriate new development schemes will be required to contribute towards the following open space enhancements and provision:

All open spaces are in the ownership and are managed by Lichfield District Council.We understand that most areas are owned / managed by the Town Council.

Are there any other areas of open space that require protecting under the NPPF local green space protection?

6.4.10 The NPPF gives local communities powers to protect areas of local green space which have a special significance through paragraphs 76 to 78:

76. Local communities through local and neighbourhood plans should be able to identify for special protection green areas of particular importance to them. By designating land as Local Green Space local communities will be able to rule out new development other than in very special circumstances. Identifying land as Local Green Space should therefore be consistent with the local planning of sustainable development and complement investment in sufficient homes, jobs and other essential services. Local Green Spaces should only be designated when a plan is prepared or reviewed, and be capable of enduring beyond the end of the plan period.

77. The Local Green Space designation will not be appropriate for most green areas or open space. The designation should only be used:

● where the green space is in reasonably close proximity to the community it serves;

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● where the green area is demonstrably special to a local community and holds a particular local significance, for example because of its beauty, historic significance, recreational value (including as a playing field), tranquillity or richness of its wildlife; and

● where the green area concerned is local in character and is not an extensive tract of land.

78. Local policy for managing development within a Local Green Space should be consistent with policy for Green Belts.

Draft Policy B9 – Local Green Spaces

The local green spaces identified in Table 1 and Map 7 above are protected as local green spaces.

These are:

Insert list

New development which impacts adversely on the openness of these sites or adversely affects the attributes for which they were designated will not be acceptable other than in very special circumstances.

You could identify these on a Plan and protect them in a policy. We usually Formatted: Indent: First line: 0 cm suggest identifying them on a plan and then providing relevant justifications in a table. The list you have provided below could be assessed using the criteria in Table 1.

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1 Ironstone Road open space

2 Holly Grove and Kingsdown Estate

2 Kingsdown Estate

3 Larks Rise

43 Fair Lady Drive

54 Bleak House Drive

65 Land Oppositeopposite Redmore Close

7 Griffin Close

8 Chase Terrace Park & 8 Chase Terrace and Mineral Railway Line

910 Chauner Close

101 Railway Line Paget Drive

11 Viscount Road

123 St. Johns Church Yard

134 Duke Road

145 St Anne's Church Yard

156 Chasetown Memorial Park

16 Lawnswood Avenue

179 Birch Avenue

18 21 -22 Oakdene Road Open Space

1923 Hawthorne Road

2025 Oakdene Road/Bridge Cross

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216 Redwood Park

227 Chase View Park/Rochester Park

238 Spinney Close

249 Common View 3

250 Hunslet t Estate

2630 Squires Gate

2731 Burntwood Park/Elder Lane Park

2832 Birch Avenue/Baker Street

2933 St. Johns Church Yard

303 Church Farm Estate/Mease Avenue

313 Scholars Gate

32 3 Hudson Drive

33 South of Church Road

343 Lean Drive & Stour Close

354 Christ Church Cemet eary

364 Norton Lane Allotments

375 Glasscroft

385 St. Matthews Open Space

396 Coulter Lane

4037 Prince's Park

414 Littleton Way/Mavor Avnue

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PLEASE NOTE NOS RELATE TO A MAP

Jacks Wood Church Street

Biddulph Pool Cannock Road

Dennis Court St. Matthews

Woodlands Trust Park, Abnalls Lane

Plant Lane Open Space

All allotments

Melford Grange/Melford Rise

Corner Kingsdown e Road (Bird Sanctuary)

Leander Road next to no. 34 (national cycle network)

The Valley

Wernbley Way

Hilton Road

Corner Longfellow Road / Bells Lane

Oak Park on Chasetown/Hammerwich border

Piece of land 143 Hunslet t Road

Piece of land Wilkinson Close Corner

Open space opposite Wilkinson Close Open space just before Bramble Lane

Open Space Huntsman Gate

Open Spa cre just before Macadam Close

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Open Space opposite Telford Close Open Space just past Telford Close

Open space fork in the road Rake Hill (from Rugeley Road)

Open space between Bramble Lane & Rake Hill (includes 800 year old apple tree)

Keble Close off Highfield Road (open space)

Table 1 – Assessment of Open Spaces

Open close proximity to demonstrably local in character Space the community special to local community

Draft Policy B9 – Local Green Spaces

The local green spaces identified in Table 1 and Map 7 above are protected as local green spaces.

These are:

Insert list

New development which impacts adversely on the openness of these sites or adversely affects the attributes for which they were designated will not be acceptable other than in very special circumstances.

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Relevant Local Planning Policies:

Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 Adopted 17 February 2015

Core Policy 1: The Spatial Strategy Core Policy 2: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development Core Policy 3: Delivering Sustainable Development Core Policy 4: Delivering our Infrastructure Core Policy 5: Sustainable Transport Core Policy 10: Healthy & Safe Lifestyles Core Policy 11: Participation in Sport & Physical Activity Policy HSC1: Open Space Standards Policy HSC2 Playing Pitch & Sport Facility Standards Policy NR6: Linked Habitat Corridors & Multi-functional Greenspaces Policy Burntwood 1: Burntwood Environment Policy Burntwood 5: East of Burntwood Bypass

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Map X – Identified Open Spaces

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13.0 Community Infrastructure

OBJECTIVE 7 – To retain and improve the provision of community, leisure and recreation facilities

13.1 SG – set out issues with infrastructure - current concerns.

Community Infrastructure Levy

13.2 The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a tariff upon development which Local Authorities can opt to charge in order to raise funds to contribute to the delivery of infrastructure needs which arise as a result of new development in an area. Such needs can include new or expanded schools, sports and recreation facilities and improvements to the transport network for example. It should be noted that the amount of CIL raised will not cover all of the funding required, but will be part of a wider package of finance measures which will come from a range of sources such as grant aid for example. Lichfield District Council has recently completed the consultation on their Draft Charging Schedule (DCS). The Council is currently reviewing the comments received prior to moving forward to examination.

13.3 Neighbourhoods which have taken a proactive approach by drawing up a neighbourhood development plan, and securing the consent of local people in a referendum, will receive 25 per cent of the revenues from the Community Infrastructure Levy arising from the development that they choose to accept; whereas communities without a Neighbourhood Plan will receive 15 per cent of revenues from the CIL.

13.4 The Draft Charging Schedule is set out in Table 1 Schedule of Rates.

Table 1 – Schedule of Rates

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Use CIL Charge (per sq. m)

Market houses in lower value zone £25

(refer to Figure 1 and the list of wards on page 2)

Market houses in higher value zone £55

(refer to Figure 1 and the list of wards on page 2)

Supermarket £160

Retail Warehouse £70

Neighbourhood Convenience Retail £20

All Other Development £0

13.5 Burntwood is identified as falling within the Low Value Area: wards include: All Saints, Armitage with Handsacre, Boney Hay, Burntwood Central, Chase Terrace, Chase t Town , Fazeley and Summerfield .

Draft Policy B10 - Supporting New Infrastructure

Developer contributions from new development including Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and other sources of funding will be sought wherever possible to support the following improvements to local infrastructure .:

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Town Strategy mentions completion of two health centres did this take place?

Relevant Local Planning Policies:

Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 Adopted 17 February 2015

Core Policy 1: The Spatial Strategy Core Policy 2: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development Core Policy 3: Delivering Sustainable Development Core Policy 4: Delivering our Infrastructure Core Policy 5: Sustainable Transport Policy Burntwood 1: Burntwood Environment Policy Burntwood 2: Burntwood services and facilities Policy Burntwood 3: Burntwood Economy Policy Burntwood 4: Burntwood Housing Policy Burntwood 5: East of Burntwood Bypass

Draft Policy B11 – Retaining and Enhancing Existing Community Facilities

The following community facilities will be protected and proposals for their enhancement supported.

All schools All public houses All churches and church halls All scout & guide halls All health centres [including Greenwood House]

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The leisure centre All sports fields The Old Mining College Burntwood Memorial Hall and grounds The Youth Centre [Cherry Close] The library All existing car parks

Development that would result in the loss of these facilities will only be permitted when the facility is adequately replaced elsewhere within the neighbourhood plan area or the applicant can clearly demonstrate there is no longer a need for the facility.

Relevant Local Planning Policies:

Lichfield District Local Plan Strategy 2008 – 2029 Adopted 17 February 2015

Core Policy 2: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development Core Policy 3: Delivering Sustainable Development Core Policy 4: Delivering our Infrastructure Policy Burntwood 1: Burntwood Environment Policy Burntwood 2: Burntwood services and facilities

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14.0 Countryside

OBJECTIVE 8 – To protect and improve access to the open countryside

14.1 [This section of the plan could be used to

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15.0 Next Steps

15.1 The Burntwood First Draft Neighbourhood Plan has been published for informal consultation until the end of XX 2016.

15.2 The results of the consultation on the First Draft Plan will be considered very carefully and used to finalise and amend the Draft Neighbourhood Plan. This will then be published for a further 6 weeks’ formal consultation from XX to XX 2015 , revised further and then Submitted to Lichfield District Council. As well as a Basic Conditions Statement, a Consultation Statement will be published alongside the amended version of the Plan setting out how the representations received have been considered and used to influence and inform the content of the Plan.

15.4 Following this, the Plan will be subjected to an Independent Examination by a jointly appointed Examiner, to consider whether the Plan meets the basic conditions, and also any outstanding objections.

7.5 It is likely that the Examiner will recommend further (hopefully minor) changes, before the Plan is subjected to a local Referendum. A straight majority vote (50% of turnout +1) of those on the Electoral Register will be required, before the District Borough Council may “make” the Plan. The Neighbourhood Plan will then be used to help determine planning decisions in the Town alongside District and National Planning Policies.

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Appendices

Appendices E.g. Bibliography, Glossary etc.?

Results of community consultations?

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