Wycombe District Council Draft Local Plan Proposed Site Allocations Policies Summary of responses to consultation – June-August 2016 Table of contents Site Policy: HW4 – Abbey Barn North ................................................................................... 3 Site Policy: HW5 – Abbey Barn South and Wycombe Summit .............................................. 6 Site Policy: HW6 – Gomm Valley and Ashwells .................................................................... 9 Site Policy: HW7 – Terriers Farm and Terriers House ......................................................... 17 Site Policy: HW8 – Land off Amersham Road including Tralee Farm, Hazlemere ............... 22 Site Policy: HW9 – Land to the rear of Hughenden Road, High Wycombe .......................... 34 Site Policy: HW10 – Glynswood, Green Hill, High Wycombe .............................................. 36 Site Policy: HW11 – Horns Lane, Booker, High Wycombe .................................................. 39 Site Policy: HW12 – Land off Penn Road, Hazlemere ......................................................... 44 Site Policy: HW13 – Leigh Street, Desborough Area, High Wycombe ................................. 53 Site Policy: HW14 – Former Bassetsbury Allotments, Bassetsbury Lane ............................ 55 Site Policy: HW15 – Wycombe Airpark, High Wycombe ...................................................... 57 Site Policy: HW16 – Land Adjoining High Heavens Household Recycling Centre, Off Clay Lane .................................................................................................................................... 63 Site Policy: HW17 – Cressex Business Park, High Wycombe ............................................. 65 Site Policy: HW18 – High Wycombe Town Centre – Former Local Development Order Area ........................................................................................................................................... 66 Site Policy: HW19 – Land at Queensway, Hazlemere ......................................................... 67 Site Policy: MR6 – Seymour Court Road, Marlow ............................................................... 69 Site Policy: MR7 – Land North of Oak Tree Road, Marlow .................................................. 72 Site Policy: MR8 – Globe Park, Marlow ............................................................................. 100 Site Policy: BE1 – Slate Meadow, Bourne End and Wooburn ........................................... 103 Site Policy: BE2 – Hollands Farm, Bourne End and Wooburn ........................................... 113 Site Policy: BE3 – Land off Northern Heights, Bourne End and Wooburn ......................... 125 Site Policy: RUR1 – Land South of Finings Road, Lane End ............................................. 133 Site Policy: RUR2 – Land between Chalky Field and Marlow Road, Lane End ................. 136 Site Policy: RUR3 – Land off Ellis Way, Lane End ............................................................ 140 Site Policy: RUR4 – Land Adjoining Sidney House, Lane End .......................................... 143 Site Policy: RUR5 – Land off Simmons Way, Lane End .................................................... 144 Site Policy: RUR6 – Little Marlow Lakes Country Park ...................................................... 145 1 Site Policy: RUR7 – Land at Thame Road/Off Bar Lane, Longwick ................................... 147 Site Policy: RUR8 – Land at Rose Farm, Longwick ........................................................... 150 Site Policy: RUR9 – Land off Thame Road, South of Chestnut Way Junction, Longwick .. 154 Site Policy: RUR10 – Land at RAF Walters Ash ................................................................ 156 Site Policy: RUR11 – Land off Clappins Lane, Naphill ....................................................... 158 Site Policy: RUR12 – Land south of Mill Road, Stokenchurch ........................................... 162 Site Policy: RUR13 – Land to the rear of Stokenchurch Business Park ............................. 166 Site Policy: RUR14 – Uplands Conference Centre ............................................................ 168 2 Site Policy: HW4 – Abbey Barn North Respondents: Rail Future Thames Valley (DNLP 1164) A & C Lewis (DNLP 0981) Woodland Trust (DNLP 2777) Wycombe Wildlife Group (DNLP 2608) O Witney (DNLP 0075) G Wiseman (DNLP 2706) Aylesbury Clinical Commissioning Group (DNLP 2712) South Bucks District Council (DNLP 2698) Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) (DNLP 2714) J Robinson (DNLP 2971) Savills (Thames Water) (DNLP 2682) R Farmer (DNLP 1960) Historic England (DNLP 1798) S Young (DNLP 2199) Armstrong Rigg Planning (Abbey Barn Holdings SA) (DNLP 2444) Persimmon Homes (DNLP 2433) R Coombs (DNLP 0118) A Paine (DNLP 0092) Environment Agency (DNLP 2857) Number of Representations: 19 Objection: 2 Support: 4 Comment: 13 Summary of issues/comments: Supporting: Delivering Homes Site is one of WDC’s reserve sites, and is therefore supported for residential development. Green Spaces Support for delivering green infrastructure in development. Objecting: Infrastructure Local primary schools oversubscribed, school expansions and improvements essential for growth. Site access on a steep hill and on difficult terrain. Highways Road network unable to support growth, especially when combined with the Abbey Barn South development. Significant traffic issues during peak rush hour. 3 Flooding Surface flooding at east end of Deangarden Rise already an issue, new development would increase this by increasing surface runoff Density Low housing density used by WDC at HW4 (5.5 to 8.2 dwellings per hectare) is preventing WDC from meeting its housing need. Commenting: Infrastructure Installation of a bridge over the railway seen as essential. Funding should be made available for the refurbishment of Lynton House to enable the NHS to maintain a GP presence in the east of Wycombe. Ensuring that WDC works with neighbouring authorities to ensure that developments on the fringes of High Wycombe infrastructure requirements do not impact adversely upon neighbouring authorities under the Duty to Cooperate. Currently water mains which supply the area are close to capacity. Developer will be required to produce an impact study of the existing infrastructure and assess the need to upgrade water supplies with water provider. Any bridge over the Back Stream should be designed to be clear spanning. Unclear exactly where this would be located. Highways Ensuring that sufficient development is put in place to ameliorate the A40 in light of the impact HW4 will have on the principal arterial road in the area. Formation of a new junction at Kingsmead Road to ensure suitable access is achieved. Green Spaces Ensuring there is no loss or deterioration of the woodland margin of Deangarden Wood by maintaining a 15 meter buffer between the development and the woodland. Mitigate the loss of any young woodland by ensuring that net tree cover is increased. Ensuring that adequate ecological assessments are carried out in line with the requirements of the NPPF. Developer is committed to the retention of calcareous grassland, a priority habitat as defined under section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act. Conservation The Buckinghamshire Historic Towns Project should also form part of the evidence. High Wycombe is an important historical environment with 136 listing entries on the National Heritage list for England. The Historic Environment Record and the Buckinghamshire Historic Landscape Character Assessment should be consulted for non-designated assets, and the 4 Councils Conservation and Archaeological advisors should be consulted for their comments. No designated heritage assets on this site. Other Site can sustainably supply more homes than the Local Plan has allocated for it. 5 Site Policy: HW5 – Abbey Barn South and Wycombe Summit Respondents: A Paine (DNLP 0092) J Treadwell (DNLP 0665) RPS CgMs (Hambledon Land Ltd) (DNLP 0686) B Hunt (DNLP 1079) K Edwards (DNLP 1193) Little Marlow Parish Council (DNLP 1318) A Selman (DNLP 1784) Historic England (DNLP 1798) S Young (DNLP 2199) Wycombe Wildlife Group (DNLP 2608) Savills (Thames Water) (DNLP 2682) Chiltern & South Bucks District Council (DNLP 2698) G Wiseman (DNLP 2706) Chiltern & Aylesbury Vale Clinical Commissioning Groups (DNLP 2712) Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) (DNLP 2714) Woodland Trust (DNLP 2777) Kemp & Kemp LLP (Berkeley Strategic Land Ltd) (DNLP 2785) Flackwell Heath Residents Association (DNLP 2830) J Robinson (DNLP 2971) Number of Representations: 19 Objection: 2 Support: 1 Comment: 16 Summary of issues/comments: Supporting: Ecology/Biodiversity Removal of the ski slope infrastructure is supported. Recreation of the chalk meadows/grassland & open mosaic scrub habitat is supported. Connectivity of Deangarden and Keephill Woods is supported. Retention of the landscape features is supported. The approach of preserving the site’s Green Infrastructure by restricting development to the arable fields is supported. The redevelopment of the Summit site will give the opportunity to improve the management of Deangarden Wood and the formalisation of public access. Design/Tenure Mixed use housing, including affordable housing is supported. Distinct architectural character of pockets of development is welcomed. 2 - 2 1/2 storeys should generally be the maximum height. Character areas to give a sense of