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2. YOUR DETAILS Name Paul Jobson Company/Organisation DLP Planning Ltd (if applicable) Address Telephone Email Status (please tick all that Owner of (all or part of) the site [ ] Land Agent [ ] apply Planning Consultant [ x ] Developer [ ] Amenity/ Community Group [ ] Local Resident [ ] Registered Social Housing Provider [ ] Other (please specify) [ ] If acting on behalf of Landowner / developer please provide client name and address details: I (or my client)… Is sole owner of the site [ ] Owns part of the site [ ] Do not own (or hold any legal interest in) the site whatsoever [ x ] If Owner/Part Owner, have Yes [ ] No [ ] you attached a title plan and deeds with this form? If you are not the owner, or own only part of the site, do you know who owns the site or the remainder of it (please provide details)? Does the owner (or other Yes [ x ] No [ ] owner(s)) support your proposals for the site? 2 8. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS If necessary, please continue on a separate sheet and attach to this form. Please see New Local Plan representations dated April 2018. Completed forms, site location plans and any supporting information (Title and deeds etc.) should be emailed to: [email protected]. 6 For and on behalf of RESPONSE TO SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL’S NEW LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION DOCUMENT Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston Prepared by DLP Planning Ltd Bristol April 2018 A5103P – Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston – April 2018 South Gloucestershire Local Plan 2018-2036 Consultation Document Response Prepared by: Annie Taylor BA (Hons) MPlan Planner Approved by: Paul Jobson BA Hons MTP MRTPI Director Date: April 2018 DLP Planning Ltd DLP Consulting Group disclaims any responsibility to the client and others in respect of matters outside the scope of this report. This report has been prepared with reasonable skill, care and diligence. This report is confidential to the client and DLP Planning Ltd accepts no responsibility of whatsoever nature to third parties to whom this report or any part thereof is made known. Any such party relies upon the report at their own risk. 2 A5103P – Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston – April 2018 South Gloucestershire Local Plan 2018-2036 Consultation Document Response Contents Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION 4 2.0 SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT 6 Core Strategy 6 Policies, Sites and Places Plan 6 Joint Spatial Plan 6 New South Gloucestershire Local Plan 6 3.0 REPRESENTATION ON THE OVERALL STRATEGY 7 The Proposed Spatial Strategy 7 Approach Towards Non-Strategic Growth 8 4.0 THE PROPOSED SITE 11 Constraints 11 Opportunities 11 Olveston Parish Housing Needs Survey (2016) 12 5.0 SITE SUITABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY 14 Green Belt 14 Sustainability 15 Transport and Access 17 Site Availability 18 Site Achievability 18 Site Deliverability 18 6.0 CONCLUSION 19 Appendices Appendix 1: Site Location Plan Appendix 2: Constraints Plan 3 A5103P – Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston – April 2018 South Gloucestershire Local Plan 2018-2036 Consultation Document Response 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 This consultation representation has been prepared by DLP Planning Ltd (DLP) on behalf of These representations are in response to the South Gloucestershire Council New Local Plan 2018-2036 Consultation Document and the associated evidence base and supports the promotion of land that have interests in at Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston 1.2 have not themselves previously promoted the site. However, Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston has been put forward by the landowner as a suitable location for housing as part of the Call for Sites exercise which took place in 2015 (Site Ref. SG000096). The site has also been promoted by the landowner through the West of England Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) process and was submitted to the ‘Towards the Emerging Spatial Plan Strategy’ Regulation 18 Consultation in November 2016 (Site Ref. SGJSPTESS100). 1.3 The site is within the Green Belt and just to the north of the current Olveston settlement boundary. It is anticipated to be capable of providing around 20-30 dwellings including affordable and market housing as well as securing the delivery facilities identified by the Parish Council and local community, such as a car park for the Primary School and an extension to the cemetery, as the existing cemetery is reaching capacity. 1.4 support the Council’s approach to the preparation of the SGLP in response to their commitment to plan for the increased levels of growth outlined in the emerging Joint Spatial Plan (JSP). However, there are a number of issues we believe the Council need to reconsider in order to make the plan sound, such as the overall housing number, the proposed housing distribution strategy and the use of Green Belt Assessment Stage 2. 1.5 support the identification of Thornbury as a Strategic Development Location (SDL). However they think it is important that the Council look to allocate sites for non-strategic development in the most sustainable locations so that they are not over- reliant on large sites coming forward and that the strategy proposed is the most sustainable possible. 1.6 Chapter 3 of this report sets out consideration of the overall SGNLP. 4 A5103P – Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston – April 2018 South Gloucestershire Local Plan 2018-2036 Consultation Document Response consider there to be significant questions surrounding the potential distribution strategies outlined in the Plan and whether these present the most appropriate locations for growth. 1.7 Chapters 4 discusses the constraints and opportunities for Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston in further detail, to illustrate that the site is largely unconstrained by absolute constraints. 1.8 Chapter 5 looks further at the benefits of the site. This Chapter covers the following: Community benefits of the site; Its contribution to the Green Belt; Sustainability of Olveston; Transport and Access; The Olveston Parish Housing Need Survey results; and The sites availability, achievability and deliverability. 1.9 A Site Location Plan, Constraints Plan and Landscape Plan have both been provided as part of this submission (see Appendices). 5 A5103P – Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston – April 2018 South Gloucestershire Local Plan 2018-2036 Consultation Document Response 2.0 SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT Core Strategy 2.1 South Gloucestershire adopted the Core Strategy in December 2013. The Council were committed to an early review by the end of 2018, this is taking the form of this New Local Plan 2018-2036. Policies, Sites and Places Plan 2.2 The Policies, Sites and Places Plan was adopted in November 2017. This Plan contains detailed planning policies to manage new development and allocate and safeguard sites for various types of development. Joint Spatial Plan 2.3 The JSP has undergone numerous stages of public consultation, the last being the Publication Plan consultation which took place from the 22nd November 2017 – 10th January 2018. The JSP was submitted to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for Examination on the 13th April 2018. New South Gloucestershire Local Plan 2.4 This current consultation is the second stage of consultation for the LP, the first stage was the New Local Plan Prospectus Consultation which ran between 12th January 2017 and 23rd February 2017. 6 A5103P – Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston – April 2018 South Gloucestershire Local Plan 2018-2036 Consultation Document Response 3.0 REPRESENTATIONS ON THE OVERALL STRATEGY 3.1 generally welcome the preparation of the SGNLP and whilst they are supportive they do have concerns over key components of the strategy which are considered lacking in terms of achieving a robust strategic plan which will deliver the most sustainable pattern of growth. The following sections look at the emerging Plan in detail. The Proposed Spatial Strategy 3.2 The strategy for new development in South Gloucestershire detailed in the SGLP is made up of 4 elements: 22,300 dwellings from the build out of the development planned for in the South Gloucestershire Core Strategy; 2,900 dwellings from maximising the use of brownfield land within the urban areas; 6,000 dwellings from five new SDLs (+500 dwellings) at Yate, Charfield, Thornbury and Coalpit Heath and the proposed Buckover Garden Village. The JSP also proposes a 1,000 dwelling contingency at land south of Chipping Sodbury which will only be released if it is demonstrated that housing provision is not being delivered at the levels being planned for; 1,300 dwellings from non-strategic sites in the rural areas (10-499 dwellings). The JSP also proposes a 500 dwelling contingency from non-strategic sites which will only be released if it is demonstrated that housing provision is not being delivered at the levels being planned for and where there would be no reasonable prospect of planned delivery being met otherwise. 3.3 The 22,300 to be delivered from the build out of planned developments in the Core Strategy includes the large new neighbourhoods at Patchway/Cribbs Causeway, Harry Stoke, Emersons Green, North Yate and Thornbury. However, when discussing non- strategic sites, the SGLP at Paragraph 2.29 states: “Historically Local Plans in South Gloucestershire have focussed on larger sites in a limited range of places, for example growth in Yate, Thornbury and at Filton Airfield. This has contributed to a reliance on relatively large sites, in a small number 7 A5103P – Land between Aust Road and Elberton Road, Olveston – April 2018 South Gloucestershire Local Plan 2018-2036 Consultation Document Response of places to meet the district’s need for deliverable homes, and directs the benefits of growth to a limited number of places.” 3.4 As stated previously in these representations, South Gloucestershire Council have a history of failing to meet housing targets and have not been able to demonstrate a five year supply of housing land for a number of years.