Report on the Arbourthorne and Wybourn, Skye Edge and Manor Park Masterplans Joint Report of Executive Director, Neighbourhoods and Community Care and Executive Director Development, Environment and Leisure. CONTENTS 1. Purpose of Report 2. Introduction 3. The Masterplan Process 4. Key areas of change 5. Financial implications 6. Asset Management 7. Delivery arrangements 8. Products and tools to assist owner occupiers 9. Equal Opportunities 10. Environmental Implications 11. Recommendations APPENDICES Appendix A1 and A2 – Maps showing the Arbourthorne and Wybourn/Manor Park/Skye Edge Study and Key Intervention Areas. Appendix B – Summary of Masterplan Proposals Appendix C – Summary Table of Outputs Appendix D – Diary of Consultation Events Appendix E1 - Arbourthorne Masterplan Questionnaire Appendix E2 - Summary of Arbourthorne Question 1 Responses Appendix E3 - Summary of Arbourthorne Comments Appendix F1 – Wybourn/Manor Park/Skye Edge Questionnaire Appendix F2 – Summary of Wybourn/Manor Park/Skye Edge Question 1 Responses Appendix F3 – Summary of Wybourn/Manor Park/Skye Edge Comments Appendix G - Results of Individual Consultation on Arbourthorne Fields Proposals. 1 1.0 Purpose of report This report seeks: 1.1 To present, update and seek Cabinet approval for the Arbourthorne, Wybourn, Skye Edge and Manor Park Masterplans. 1.2 To present the results of the public consultation about the Masterplan proposals. 1.3 To have the Masterplans adopted as a material consideration in the planning process and to incorporate relevant proposals in the emerging Sheffield Development Framework (SDF). 1.4 Authority to develop detailed plans for key areas in line with the framework of the Masterplan, and in close consultation with local communities. 1.5 Authority to develop plans for Phase 1 of the Arbourthorne Fields proposals, by seeking a delegation to the Head of Housing Strategy, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, to negotiate the principles of an agreement with GPs at Northern Avenue to relocate to the site at Errington Avenue, and so facilitate development of a new GP surgery as part of the local service centre. 2.0 Introduction 2.1 In February 2004 the City Council appointed LDA Design to produce Masterplans for Arbourthorne and Wybourn (including Skye Edge and Manor Park). The Masterplan work was funded by Transform South Yorkshire (TSY), the housing market renewal pathfinder, and was one of the “early win” submissions for Housing Market Renewal funding. It aimed to analyse the causes of housing market weakness and develop strategic interventions to address those weaknesses and enable the development of attractive, sustainable neighbourhoods. Maps showing the Arbourthorne and Wybourn/Manor Park/Sky Edge study areas and indicating the key intervention areas are attached as Appendices A1 & A2. 2.2 The work was the subject of extensive consultation at all stages, and was steered by a group comprising officers, local members and community representatives. The consultation process is described at Paragraph 3 below, and the outcomes of the consultation are summarised in Appendices E and F. The process involved local exhibitions and meetings, postal surveys and home visits. Residents potentially affected by demolition proposals, were offered the opportunity to either attend specific meetings and/or have an individual home visit to discuss the proposals in detail. The views of local people and other stakeholders were taken account of in the production of options and proposals, which now form the Masterplans presented here. 2 2.3 It is perhaps worth noting here that not all of the proposals which were consulted on have been carried through to the final Masterplan, two examples of this are a) - the draft Masterplan contained a proposal to demolish some 62 properties in the Southend Road area of Wybourn known locally as “the aeroplane” and replace them with 60 town houses fronting Manor Lodge Park and b) a proposal to develop houses to the rear of Harborough Avenue fronting Corker Bottoms which would have required the demolition of some 4 houses to provide an access route to the proposed development. In both instances following the consultation exercise and an internal review of the impact of the proposals it was agreed that these particular proposals should be omitted from the final Masterplan and the affected residents have been informed accordingly. 2.4 The earlier draft Masterplan also contained proposals relating to the Arbourthorne part of Manor Top however it was clear from this early consultation that it would not be sensible to make any proposals for part of Manor Top in isolation from the rest of Manor Top and indeed the wider Manor and City Road areas. 2.5 In view of this it has been agreed that two further Masterplans, funded by TSY, should be commissioned which although separate will run in parallel. One of these will cover the Manor Top area and the whole of City Road down to and beyond the Parkhill development. Whilst the second will cover the Manor Area essentially from Manor Top down to the Parkway. At this stage it is anticipated that the Masterplanning work will commence in May of this year with a view to a final report being produced by December 2005. 2.6 The Masterplans will provide a strategic framework for investment, planning and development in Wybourn, Arbourthorne, Manor Park and Skye Edge over the next decade. Delivery of the Masterplans over time will help meet the City Council’s Housing Strategy “Housing for Sheffield”, and help fulfil the strategic aims of the City Council’s “Closing the Gap” strategy. 2.7 These Masterplans will complement and support the Masterplanning exercises and transformational changes that have or are taking place in the adjacent neighbourhoods of Norfolk Park, Manor and Park Hill. As indicated above further Masterplanning exercises that include the City Road/Manor Top and Manor are to be commissioned and the recommendations should be available to be presented to Cabinet at the start of next year. This will ensure that City Council’s strategic aims and objectives can be applied to the whole of the South Sheffield ADF area consistently and are “joined up” across local interventions. 3 2.8 The proposals include a combination of remodelling existing residential areas, supporting the delivery of decent homes, and replacing obsolete properties with new high quality buildings. Existing and further cleared sites will be used to drive a transformational change in quality, range and type of housing available. The improvement of key streets and strategic open space will help improve the attractiveness of the areas. The Masterplan framework also seeks to improve the links between housing and transport infrastructure. The proposals will complement other planned and existing regeneration activities, such as work with the Green Estate Company, and Manor and Castle Trust at the Manor Lodge heritage site. 2.9 12 significant ‘areas of change’ are proposed, and described in detail in paragraph 4. 2.10 In total the proposals will remove approximately 666 properties, create around 1,250 new homes, create a new ‘village centre’ in Wybourn and facilitate the development of the Sure Start/Children’s Centre. The re- development of Early Years provision in Wybourn will be subject of a further Cabinet report. They will also enable the development of a new GP surgery as part of a community ‘hub’ in Arbourthorne. These new developments will offer high quality buildings in strategic locations in South Sheffield and so help consolidate the area as a neighbourhood of choice. 2.11 The proposed changes will be phased to commence over the next ten years. Priority sites have been identified for early interventions within the period 2005-9. The Masterplan envisages that during this period further development work will continue to refine the longer term options and scale interventions appropriately. Table One within Paragraph 4 below outlines the key intervention sites, and the indicative timetable for implementation with further details being given within Appendix B. 2.12 There is much more detailed work to be done to develop plans within the framework of the Masterplans. Approvals for detailed proposals will be brought to Cabinet for consideration over time. 2.13 The proposals in the Masterplans will complement other investment activity such as decent homes investment and proposed stock transfer in the areas. 3 The Masterplan process 3.1 Masterplans provide a planning and design brief for specific sites, but take account of relevant national/local planning policy and guidance, particularly policies regarding affordable housing and green space provision. They assist in providing a cohesive approach to the development of larger areas. The adoption of the Masterplan by the City’s Cabinet as a material planning consideration will mean that Arbourthorne, Wybourn, Skye Edge and Manor Park will be identified 4 as a “regeneration area” in the Sheffield Development Framework and the redevelopment sites will therefore be identified as priority sites in the City Sites Document, used to manage the release of development sites. 3.2 The study process involved a staged approach consisting of Stage 1: an audit of baseline conditions, including a physical appraisal of the study areas and analysis of the strategic frameworks within which the Masterplan must sit. Stage 2: The production of Masterplan options. These options were presented to the local and wider communities during June and July 2004. Stage 3: Production of draft Masterplans, including the production of the overall draft spatial framework plans and the more detailed development briefs for key neighbourhoods, including draft implementation plan, phasing and indicative funding strategy. This draft was presented to the local and wider communities during January and February 2005. Stage 4: Final reports. Revised Masterplans following feedback from consultation, which forms the Final Masterplan report, a copy of which will be made available both in the Members Library and via the City Council’s Website.