Upnor Road Public Consultation April 2020 ESQUIRE DEVELOPMENTS 1. WELCOME Thank you for your interest in this virtual public exhibition about the land at Upnor Road, Upper Upnor. We apologise for not being able to meet you in person as originally intended and hope you understand that this is the most suitable option available if we are to be responsible and take social distancing seriously. The health of local residents and our team must come first. The aim of this virtual public exhibition is to introduce us – Esquire Developments – and to provide more detail about our proposals for the land at Upnor Road. We hope most of your questions will be answered here and we would welcome your feedback to [email protected] or complete the online comments box. www.consult-esquire.com ESQUIRE DEVELOPMENTS 2. WHO Who we are Esquire Developments is a multi-award winning medium- sized housebuilder based in nearby Longfield and was established in 2011 by two friends. We have forged an excellent reputation, concentrating our focus within the local area and completing a number of renovations and new build projects in that time. We now employ 17 people and build a combined total of around 100 high quality and bespoke new homes a year. Using innovative design, superior materials and skilled craftsmanship, we provide homes that are distinctive and complement their unique surroundings. Those surroundings are important to us too. We give homes the space they deserve so We already have a proven track record that families can enjoy their property inside in Medway, having added homes to and out. communities in Cliffe and Hoo St Werburgh. We are currently building at sites in Chattenden, Cliffe Woods and Rainham, which are also proving very popular with a number of off-plan sales. We are also part of a local SME Network, a group of small-to-medium housebuilders that work together to identify sites to provide a contrast to larger housebuilders and help bring greater diversity in the quality of housing offered across Medway, Maidstone and Swale. ESQUIRE DEVELOPMENTS 3. WHERE We are proposing to N develop approximately Wainscott 75 homes, including 19 Lower Upnor affordable homes (25%), on 5.2 hectares of land Wainscott at Upnor Road, Upnor. primary school The land runs adjacent Frindsbury Lawn Tennis to Castle Street and is a f o o t p a t h Club Frog short walk from Upper Island Pond Greenfields Upnor, Wainscott and A 2 8 9 Bootfair U P N O R R O A D BUS STOP Upnor Medway City Estate. UPCHAT ROAD Castle BUS STOP UPCHAT ROAD Ordnance C A ST L E STPlantation U P N O R R O A D Upper Upnor BERWICK WAY - A289 f o o t p a t h Conservation Area f o o t p a t h Royal School of Military River Medway Engineering Whitewall Creek Wastewater Treatment Works Saxon Shore Way f o o t p a t h Whitewall Medway Tunnel Creek Chatham Medway City Industrial Estate 36 Site in immediate context ESQUIRE DEVELOPMENTS 4. WHY Local housing need HOUSING COMPLETIONS IN MEDWAY There is a national housing crisis in the UK. Too few homes have been built to meet the demands of population growth and as Year Homes built Homes required Difference a result house prices are high, meaning people struggle to get 2014/15 483 1,000 -517 onto – or even up – the housing ladder. To help resolve this, the 2015/16 553 1,000 -447 Government is committed to delivering 300,000 new homes per annum across the country by the mid 2020s, as well as bringing 2016/17 642 1,000 -358 forward assistance such as Help to Buy schemes. 2017/18 680 1,000 -320 2018/19 647 1,683 -1,036 To achieve this national housing target, In addition, Medway only has enough the Government requires all local supply for a further 2.93 years. Total 3,005 5,683 -2,678 authorities to meet a local minimum The Government requires all local housing target. This number is decided authorities to show at least 5-years using the Government’s Objectively worth of supply. The council is therefore Assessed Housing Need calculation. not currently meeting its past or future RATIO OF MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE TO MEDIAN EARNINGS For Medway Council, the figure is housing requirements. currently 1,683 dwellings per annum As a result, the National Planning Policy Ratio increase – or 30,294 homes created between 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Framework applies a ‘presumption in 2013-18 2019 and 2037. favour of sustainable development’ to Nos % The target is to be achieved through help address the shortfall. the Local Plan process, which will Medway Council’s under supply in eventually identify housing sites to Medway 6.24 6.30 6.90 7.93 8.28 8.67 2.43 38.9 housing means that over the last five meet this number. However, Medway years the average cost of buying Annual last adopted a Local Plan in 2003. 0.51 0.06 0.60 1.03 0.35 0.39 – – a home in Medway has risen from change This means it has not kept up with its £181,838 to £243,927 – that’s an housing requirements. increase of more than 34 per cent. In Kent 7.82 8.36 8.81 9.53 10.23 10.48 2.66 34 In 2018/19, only 647 homes were terms of the affordability ratio, in the South built in Medway, meaning there was last five years Medway’s change is 8.26 8.56 9.13 9.76 10.25 10.38 2.16 26.1 East a shortfall of 1,036 homes in that one almost double the national average. year. For the last five years the total England 6.76 7.09 7.52 7.72 7.91 8.00 1.24 18.3 shortfall is at least 2,678 homes. ESQUIRE DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC 5. BENEFITS Development of this site will not only assist CONSTRUCTION JOBS COUNCIL TAX NEW HOMES BONUS in meeting the required housing target, but will lead to a number of economic benefits, both during and after construction, as PER ANNUM OVER 1 YEAR outlined here. DIRECT INDIRECT GVA 62 60 £18.5M £159K £148K over construction period In addition to these Economic Benefits, a Section 106 Financial Agreement will require us to mitigate against some impacts on ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE RESIDENT RETAIL & LEISURE EXPENDITURE NEW BUS STOP / Community Infrastructure. This could include POPULATION & RESIDENT GVA ENHANCEMENTS TO BUS SERVICE contributions towards school expansion, improved doctors or other services such as libraries. This is likely to be a significant sum (six figures) and payment is made to Medway Council who then either implement the agreed schemes or pass the contribution on to 3rd parties, for instance the Primary Care Trust. Once payments are made (usually at the start of construction), we have RESIDENTS ECONOMICALLY IN EMPLOYMENT GVA PER ANNUM PER ANNUM ESTIMATED AT ENHANCED / NEW OFF-SITE 180 ACTIVE 93 £4.3M £1.7M £130K* FOOTPATHS ESTIMATED AT no control over how or when the contribution 96 £100K* is spent, but it must be spent on the identified This figure is derived from an assessment of the avg. job type in infrastructure. Medway and how that job type contributes to the economy *subject to final s106 agreement ESQUIRE DEVELOPMENTS 6. WHAT NOTES: Esquire Developments N Do Not Scale. There are a number of Report all discrepancies, errors and omissions. Verify all dimensions on site before commencing any work on site or preparing shop drawings. 2.7m All materials, components and workmanship are to comply with the ROAD relevant British Standards, Codes of Practice, and appropriate existing constraints and UPNOR manufacturers recommendations that from time to time shall apply. For all specialist work, see relevant drawings. This drawing and design are copyright of Clague LLP opportunities that shape Registration number OC335948. how the layout can come Rev Date Description 3.7m forward. 3.0m Stone UPNOR ROAD +3.5 m 11.9m +13.0 m Track Drain 2 These include: Track 4 1 20.1m 4 19.5m UPNOR ROAD 8 3 1. Not building over existing sewers; 1 3.4m 10 2. Maintaining appropriate distances to 2 5 adjacent residential properties; LOOKOUT 6 11 18 3. Responding to the topography of the 13a Track Drain FB 20 4.0m site which slopes towards the valley +4.0 m 15 floor 2 Ordnance Plantation UPNOR ROAD 3 25 4. Not locating buildings in the Flood El Sub Sta 29 30 Zones; 6 37a CASTLE STREET 39 LOOKOUT 5. Respecting the proximity of the 1 3 32 Project Title Woodland which is a Site of Special Proposed Residential Development 4.5m +12.5 m Land at Upnor Road 4 49 Path (um) Scientific Interest (SSSI); +4.0 m Upnor Hillside Cottage Stone Drain 6. Providing views into and out of the Tower Hill House 2 6 site and; 6 Drawing Description 1 Site Constraints Plan 7. Ensuring the proximty of houses Stone to the Sewage Treatment Plant is 2 Scale Drawn by Stone 1:1000 @A1 JS 1 +11.5 m considered Drain 5 Date Checked by 7 April 2020 TWM Whitewall Creek Sewage Treatment Works +5.0 m Stone 62 Burgate, Canterbury Kent CT1 2BH 01227 762060 1 Kinsbourne Court, Luton Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire Al5 3BL 01582 765102 8, Disney Street Tanks London SE1 1JF 0203 597 6112 CANTERBURY LONDON HARPENDEN 0 10 20 30 40 50 100m Drawing Number Revision Proposed Residential Development, Upnor Road, Upnor Scale 1:1000 29414A / Constraints - ESQUIRE DEVELOPMENTS 7.