Where Are New Homes in Adwick-Le-Street-Woodlands Being Proposed Through the Emerging Doncaster Local Plan?
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Where are new homes in Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands being proposed through the emerging How many planning permissions already exist that will contribute towards the Towns’ Doncaster Local Plan? housing need? Some sites have already been built/approved for housing at the settlement as at the base date of the Local Plan (1st April 2015) and will contribute towards Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands’ housing requirement range of 255 - 820 new homes therefore. The largest of these sites (i.e. sites which could provide at least 5+ new homes) are identified as green outline sites on the map and summarised below in Table 1; these sites are proposed to be allocated. National policy states that planning permissions are assumed to be deliverable sites unless clear evidence to the contrary. There are also some smaller sites which have been built over the first 2 years of the plan period (1st April 2015- 31st March 2017) which are also being included in the overall numbers for Adwick- le-Street-Woodlands (but not shown on the map/summary table as they are too small to allocate). In summary, 478 of the 255 - 820 new homes have already been built or have planning permission already granted as at 1st April 2017. How much more housing needs to be identified at Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands? Given the supply of new housing from completions on small sites and existing permissions 5+ units (478 new homes) is above the bottom of the growth range target/requirement, then sufficient housing has been identified, although there is a need to consider whether it is appropriate to allocate towards the top of the growth range at the town which would require land for up to a further 342 new homes. What sites have been put forward to provide this additional housing by landowners/developers and which are being proposed to be supported/rejected through the local plan? There are a further 9 sites at Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands that have been considered through the site selection methodology process and shown on the map. A very brief summary of each, including why the site is either being proposed (identified on the map via an orange outline) or rejected (shown with a red outline) as a new housing site in the emerging local plan is provided in Table 2. Are there any other sites being proposed for housing at the settlement? At the time of writing, all of the sites submitted for consideration as housing sites at Adwick-le- Street-Woodlands have been assessed through the site selection process and there are no ‘late’ sites on file awaiting to be incorporated into the process. Where can I find more information about the site selection process? How many new homes are being proposed? This document provides a very brief summary of the evidence base that has informed the decisions on whether sites The emerging Doncaster Local Plan, and its supporting evidence base, has identified Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands as one should be supported or rejected. Further information and detail therefore can be seen through the Site Selection of 7 Main Towns in the borough. The Homes & Settlements consultation (March 2016) proposed a housing allocation Methodology & Results Report published alongside this consultation and available to view via: range to the town of 270 – 829 new homes over the plan period to 2032. The latest, and most up-to-date evidence base, www.doncaster.gov.uk/localplan now proposes a slightly lower range/ target for Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands of 255 – 820 new homes during this same I want to let the Council know now what I think about these proposals. How can I do this? timeframe. This engagement stage runs until Friday 26th October 2018. You can provide your comments and feedback to us via What are the main physical and policy constraints to growth at the Town of Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands? completing the Local Plan Draft Policies & Proposed Sites response form available to download via the following web-link: Flood Risk – National policy states areas at risk of flooding should be avoided where possible. According to the www.doncaster.gov.uk/localplan The response form provides all the relevant information for how you can return your Council’s Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (November 2015) areas of land to the north-east of Adwick-le-Street- comments to us or how you should contact us if you have any queries in respect to this stage, or any aspect of the Woodlands is at medium and high risk of flooding (Flood Risk Zones 2 & 3). However, the maps do not take emerging Doncaster Local Plan. account of the presence of flood defences and how they may reduce flood risk to the Town. Other sources of flood risk, such as surface water flooding, must also be considered. Green Belt – National policy only allows land to be taken out of the Green Belt in exceptional circumstances, for instance if the homes target for the borough or a specific town could not otherwise be sustainably achieved. Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands is surrounded by a tightly drawn Green Belt identified on the map via the green shading. Please note, these are the current boundaries as per the Unitary Development Plan and will need to be reviewed as part of the Doncaster Local Plan. Table 1: Completions & Existing Planning Permissions for new homes at Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands Adwick-le-Street development in an area of medium - high flood risk (flood risk Completions on small sites (1st April 2015- 31st March 2017 on sites of less than 5 units) Number of zones 2/3) and the site fails the flood risk sequential test. new homes 371 Ashwood House, 29 Rejected Housing Site – A 0.98ha site which could 3 Adwick-le-Street accommodate around 29 units. The land is brownfield and Site Ref: Site Name/Address: has a sheltered housing development situated on it. To the 648 Land At Fern Bank, Adwick Le Street, Doncaster 8 north and west lie residential units, with a park also situated 814 The Former Woodlands Hotel Carpark, Woodlands, Doncaster, DN6 7HS 11 north west of the site. To the south and east is agricultural 892 Ashwood House, Park View, Adwick Le Street, Doncaster, DN6 7DR 10 land. The site includes part which is now covered by planning 898 Land South Of Malton Way, Adwick Le Street, Doncaster, DN6 7FE 85 permission for redevelopment and has been implemented 944 Land On Part Of Former Brodsworth Colliery Site, Long Lands Lane, 343 (see site reference 892). The site area not covered by this Brodsworth, Doncaster permission includes medium rise existing sheltered housing which has recently had investment and improvements to the 961 Former Yorkshire Water Reservoir Site, Ridge Balk Lane, Woodlands, 12 stock undertaken and the site is not considered available for Doncaster redevelopment for the foreseeable future. 991 Land Adjoining 71/73 Bosworth Road, Adwick Le Street, Doncaster 6 415 Woodland View, Edwin 14 Proposed Housing Site - A 0.61ha square site with a potential Total new homes identified 478 Road, Woodlands capacity of 17 units. The site is brownfield and is surrounded on all sides: to the north and east lies housing, with a school Table 2: Proposed & Rejected Housing Sites to the south, and fire station to the west. The site is also Site Site Name/ Address: Potential Proposed to be supported or rejected through the within a short distance of the Great North Road. The site Ref: Number of new emerging local plan? previously consists of the former Woodlands View sheltered homes housing scheme. Around half of the western stretch of the 202 North of Long Lands 8 Rejected Housing Site – A triangular site of 0.27ha, with a site was demolished around 2013/14 and has had DMBC Lane, West of Roman potential capacity of 8 units. The land is brownfield and Cabinet approval in March 2017 to dispose-off for a Ridge, Woodlands currently has a joinery workshop located on it. To the east peppercorn rent to provide 11 units of affordable housing (2 lies land in the ownership of Yorkshire Water, followed by bed bungalows) via the Council’s preferred partner Housing residential properties. Woodland and grassland lies to the Association. There is also potential for a further 3 bungalows south, with allotments to the west of the site. Additionally, a on the site, but this has not yet been approved/confirmed. footpath runs alongside the east of the site. The site is a The site is not Green Belt and is not constrained by flood risk small corner part of a much wider Employment Site either and has successfully passed the flood risk sequential designation which adjoins undeveloped scrubland and test. The site forms part of the Council’s 5-Year Housing allotments (also part of the Employment Site). The site is not Land Supply covering the period 2017-2022, albeit for a Green Belt and is not constrained by flood risk either and has slightly lower capacity scheme of 14 dwellings (11 x 2 bed successfully passed the flood risk sequential test. The site bungalows + 3 further bungalows to be approved). An would be capable of accommodating 8 dwellings and would Inspector, as part of a Planning Public Inquiry in May 2017 help provide a good mix of site allocation size through for a site at Dunsville, Doncaster concluded that the site has bringing forward a small site which would help introduce a a realistic prospect of being delivered. The Sustainability wider range of developers, including smaller builders, into the Appraisal identifies that the site performs strongly against all area.