East Basildon High Level Development Framework
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Basildon HLDFs East Basildon Development Framework 27/09/2017 Pell Frischmann East Basildon Development Framework 27/09/2017 High Level Development Framework REVISION RECORD Report Ref: A13304/VAA EAST BASILDON HLDF Rev Description Date Originator Checked Approved 0 Draft Report 30/03/2017 H Rowlinson S Hooley A Twyford 1 Final Report 30/06/2017 H Rowlinson S Hooley A Twyford 2 Final Report REV A 14/07/2017 H Rowlinson S Hooley A Twyford 3 Final Report + Addendum 27/09/2017 S Hooley A Twyford S Hooley This report is to be regarded as confidential to our Client and it is intended for their use only and may not be assigned. Consequently and in accordance with current practice, any liability to any third party in respect of the whole or any part of its contents is hereby expressly excluded. Before the report or any part of it is reproduced or referred to in any document, circular or statement and before its contents or the contents of any part of it are disclosed orally to any third party, our written approval as to the form and context of such a publication or disclosure must be obtained Prepared for: Prepared by: Basildon Borough Council Pell Frischmann The Basildon Centre 5 Manchester Square St. Martin’s Square London Basildon, Essex, SS14 1DL 1 East Basildon Development Framework 27/09/2017 High Level Development Framework CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 5 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................ 5 1.2 OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................... 5 1.3 EAST BASILDON HLDF PURPOSE ................................................................. 7 2. PLANNING POLICY ................................................................................................... 8 2.1 CONTEXT ........................................................................................................ 8 2.2 NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK (MARCH 2012) ..................... 8 2.3 DRAFT LOCAL PLAN (JANUARY 2016) .......................................................... 8 2.4 HOUSING AND ECONOMIC LAND AVAILABILITY ASSESSMENT (HELAA) 10 2.5 NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING .................................................................... 10 2.6 BASILDON BOROUGH PLANNING OBLIGATIONS STRATEGY SPD .......... 10 2.7 POLICY H13 PROPOSALS ............................................................................ 11 2.8 POLICY E8 PROPOSALS .............................................................................. 11 3. ANALYSIS OF THE SITE ......................................................................................... 12 3.1 LOCATION AND SURROUNDING AREA ....................................................... 12 3.2 NORTH BENFLEET PLOTLANDS (PLOTLANDS STUDY 2015) .................... 13 3.3 LAND OWNERSHIP ....................................................................................... 16 3.4 ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE ASSETS .................................................. 16 3.5 ECOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 17 3.6 LANDSCAPE AND TOPOGRAPHY ................................................................ 22 Topography .................................................................................................... 22 Landscape ...................................................................................................... 24 3.7 FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE ...................................................................... 29 3.8 HIGHWAYS AND ACCESS ............................................................................ 31 Policy .............................................................................................................. 31 Existing Highway Access ................................................................................ 33 Pedestrian Accessibility .................................................................................. 33 Public Transport .............................................................................................. 34 3.9 INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICES AND UTILITIES ......................................... 35 Utilities Summary ............................................................................................ 35 3.10 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................................................... 37 Early Years and Childcare Provision ............................................................... 37 Primary School Provision ................................................................................ 37 Secondary School Provision ........................................................................... 38 4. DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ..................................... 39 4.1 CONTEXT ...................................................................................................... 39 4.2 KEY CONSTRAINTS ...................................................................................... 39 4.3 KEY OPPORTUNITIES .................................................................................. 39 5. HIGH LEVEL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK EVOLUTION .................................. 41 5.1 VISION ........................................................................................................... 41 5.2 DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES ....................................................................... 42 Environment ................................................................................................... 43 Planning .......................................................................................................... 43 Design ............................................................................................................ 44 Infrastructure................................................................................................... 44 5.3 HLDF OPTIONS ............................................................................................. 46 Open Space Requirements ............................................................................. 47 2 East Basildon Development Framework 27/09/2017 High Level Development Framework EB Development Framework Option 1 ............................................................ 47 EB Development Framework Option 2 ............................................................ 49 EB Development Framework Option 3 ............................................................ 51 5.4 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ................................................................... 52 5.5 DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK EVALUATION ............................................. 53 6. PREFERRED HIGH LEVEL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ................................. 55 6.1 FRAMEWORK CONCEPT .............................................................................. 57 Burnt Mills Extension ...................................................................................... 57 Pitsea Extension ............................................................................................. 57 Strategic Open Space Gap ............................................................................. 57 Bowers Gifford Extension................................................................................ 58 Education and Leisure Hub ............................................................................. 58 6.2 EDUCATION PROVISION LOCATION ........................................................... 59 6.3 PREFERRED HLDF TRAFFIC IMPACT ......................................................... 59 Mitigation ........................................................................................................ 61 7. DELIVERY ............................................................................................................... 63 7.1 DEVELOPMENT DELIVERY .......................................................................... 63 7.2 PHASING ....................................................................................................... 63 7.3 PLANNING OBLIGATIONS ............................................................................ 64 7.4 NEXT STEPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................... 64 8. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.................................................................................. 67 1. HLDF ADDENDUM: BG & NB PARISH COUNCIL ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS ... 70 Appendix A – Stakeholder Presentation Appendix B – GL HLDF Land Use Budget for Option 1, 2, 3 Figure 1-1: East Basildon (EB) study area ............................................................................ 6 Figure 2-1: Sites H13 and E8 in the Draft Local Plan Policies Map extract .......................... 11 Figure 3-1: The current extent of North Benfleet Plotlands (Plotlands Study 2015) ............. 14 Figure 3-2: Potential development sites and flood risk (Plotlands Study 2015) .................... 14 Figure 3-3: Proposed North Benfleet Plotlands boundary (Plotlands Study 2015) ............... 15 Figure 3-4: Land Ownership ................................................................................................ 16 Figure 3-5: Ecological Survey Site 12 /northern part of the site, LUC, January 2016 ........... 18 Figure 3-6: Ecological Survey Site 13 /southern part of the site, LUC, January 2016 .......... 19 Figure 3-7: Ecological Survey Site