Issue 45 Dollar Sites and Proposals

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Contents Page - Issue 45 - Dollar Sites and Proposals

1. Schedule 4

2. Representations

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024)

Marion Marsden (CLDP025)PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018a, CLDP018b, CLDP018c)Keith Duncan (CLDP027, CLDP027a, CLDP027b, CLDP027c,CLDP027d)Stuart Geddes (CLDP049)Mr & Mrs Jenkinson (CLDP066)Dollar Community Council (CLDP077g, CLDP077m, CLDP077ab,CLDP077ac, CLDP077ad, CLDP077ae, CLDP077af, CLDP077ag,CLDP077ah)Alan Farningham for Harviestoun (CLDP084, CLDP150)Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd. (CLDP151)The Governors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164)

Brian Hutchison (CLDP169)

3. Supporting Documents

CD001 Scottish Planning Policy (February 2010)CD012 Planning Advice Note 2/2010: Affordable Housing and Housing

Land Audits (August 2010) (Paragraph 55)CD022 Designing Places - A Policy Statement for Scotland (2001)CD023 Designing Streets - A Policy Statement for Scotland (2010)CD031 Clackmannanshire Local Plan 1st Alteration - Housing Land

(October 2011)CD032 Clackmannanshire Local Development Plan Main Issues Report

(January 2011)CD033 Clackmannanshire Local Development Plan Main Issues Report

- Information Pack (January 2011)CD062 Review of Green Belt in Clackmannanshire (August 2012)CD071 Decision Notice 07/00460/OUT [attached]CD074 Decision Notice 10/00251/PPP [attached]CD090 Dollar Community Masterplan (May 2014)CD091 Dollar Burnside Environmental Enhancement Project report

(February 2013)CD094 Data Ducting Infrastructure for New Homes Guidance Note

(2008), DCLGSD07 PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018a, CLDP018b, CLDP018c) -

Covering Letter [attached]SD08 PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018a, CLDP018b, CLDP018c) -

Representation [attached]SD09 PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018a, CLDP018b, CLDP018c) -

Proposed Boundary Change [attached]SD38 Alan Farningham for Harviestoun (CLDP084) - Further

InformationSD40 Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd.

(CLDP151) - Map [attached]


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Issue 45 Dollar Sites and Proposals

Development Plan

reference:

H46 - Dollar Settlement Expansion(page 155)H47 - Dollar Golf Club, Dollar (page156)S13 - Dollar Settlement ExpansionCommunity Sports Facility (page

157)S14 - New Dollar Cemetery (page157)B19 - Devon Road (page 157)T27 - A91 Corridor (page 157)

Reporter:

Body or person(s) submitting a representation raising the issue(including reference number):

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024)Marion Marsden (CLDP025)PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018a, CLDP018b, CLDP018c)Keith Duncan (CLDP027, CLDP027a, CLDP027b, CLDP027c, CLDP027d)Stuart Geddes (CLDP049)Mr & Mrs Jenkinson (CLDP066)Dollar Community Council (CLDP077g, CLDP077m, CLDP077ab,CLDP077ac, CLDP077ad, CLDP077ae, CLDP077af, CLDP077ag,CLDP077ah)Alan Farningham for Harviestoun (CLDP084, CLDP150)Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd. (CLDP151)The Governors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164)Brian Hutchison (CLDP169)

Provision of the development

plan to which the issue relates:

Dollar Sites and Proposals

Planning Authoritys summary of the representation(s):

H46 - Dollar Settlement Expansion

Impact of Development in General/Allocation Process

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024) Ask if Clackmannanshire really needsmore housing, why put it here and are concerned about the potential loss ofboth amenity and property value.

Marion Marsden (CLDP025) Has a number of concerns regarding the

proposed development. Will result in urban sprawl in east Clackmannanshireand deface the beautiful and environmentally diverse countryside. Theproposed development would totally destroy the atmosphere and communityspirit of Dollar, which would become far less attractive for tourism, ceasing tohave an identifiable character and merging with the other facelessdevelopments in the county. The development is not required. Social housingand sheltered housing for an ageing population are the kinds of housing mostrequired and this site is not suitable. There are more suitable sites in townsand village centres, which do not require greenfield development. By buildingmulti storey car parks (and charging for parking to reduce unnecessary travel),


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more space could be freed up for housing in town-centres. The centres ofsome of the Hillfoots towns are empty and derelict and could be improved toprovide suitable housing.

Stuart Geddes (CLDP049)questions the process for the allocation of the sitein the Proposed LDP. At what point was the site added to the LDP? Neitherthe 1st Alteration of the Local Plan (Housing Plan) (CD031) nor the 2011 Main

Issues Report (CD032 & CD033) make any reference to this site, whichrepresents a substantial potential expansion of Dollar. If the site was includedin neither of these documents, what form of consultation was undertaken withresidents before adding this to the draft LDP? Who decided to make such asubstantial alteration to the previously agreed site boundaries?

Why were residents consulted on a transport proposal that is developercontribution dependant (cycle path extension to Blairingone), but not informedof the significant potential change to our surroundings by the expansion of thearea to the south and east of Dollar proposed for housing?

When such substantial changes to a settlement are proposed, why was no

local presentation made? To my knowledge, the Community Council has hadno contact with residents directly affected by these proposals, so anycomments they may have made are unlikely to be representative. Iunderstand that residents of the Dollarfield Farm development objected quitestrongly to any suggestions that arable land to the south of Dollar be allocatedfor housing, yet I can find no mention of these objections in the availabledocumentation.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077g) Accept that there is a need forprovision of a large number of new houses and that housebuilding has thepotential to deliver economic benefits and make a positive contribution toDollar and Clackmannanshire. Therefore accept in principle the LDP housing

allocation (H46) in Dollar.Generally welcome the Development Requirements for Environmental Assets,to which we would add the following:

High quality development required to reflect the qualities of the adjacentDollar Conservation Area.

Brian Hutchison (CLDP169) The LDP states an overall priority for brownfielddevelopment and a need for affordable and single person housing. It alsodescribes dominant migration patterns to be towards the west and south ofthe Council area. To his reading these priorities do not support the LDPallocation and Masterplan proposal of large greenfield expansion to the east

of Dollar, principally for inwards migration. The Community CouncilMasterplan suggestion of an additional 150 houses above the LDP 350 targetbe allowed to accommodate smaller/affordable housing is further misplacedas even the LDP target must assume an appropriate housing mix.

Dollar Community Masterplan

PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018a) Are broadly supportive of theproposals in the LDP and the Masterplanning approach.


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PPCA for Mrs K Stewart(CLDP018b)Suggest changes to the boundary ofthe site in the LDP to accord with those of the Community Masterplan.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ab)The Dollar Community Masterplan(CD090) has not been completed at time of writing and Dollar CommunityCouncil will send a separate letter indicating the level of support for its variousproposals from the Community Council and the community of Dollar.

Strongly in favour of applying agreed masterplan, design-led principles andframework to the housing allocations in Dollar and anticipates that thecommunity masterplan will demonstrate more sustainable densities within astructure based on the objectives of Designing Places (CD022) andDesigning Streets (CD023).

Generally welcome the Development Requirements for Creating SustainableCommunities, but suggest an addition to the wording.

Alan Farningham for Harviestoun (CLDP084) Supports the extension of thesettlement boundary at Dollar proposed in the 'Community Masterplan' which

includes an area larger than that in the Proposed LDP. Support is also givento the Proposed Plans suggested masterplan/development brief approach tothe entire proposed urban expansion area. This should ultimately provide foran approved Supplementary Planning Guidance framework documentspecifying land uses, a design code, infrastructure provision, phasing anddeveloper contributions against which future planning applications will bedetermined.

The Dollar Community masterplan (CD090) which this land forms an integralpart of, has not yet been finalised and is to be the subject of a publicconsultation exercise between Monday 27 January and Friday 14 February,2014 inclusively. In this regard, although wholly supportive in principle,

Harviestoun would wish to reserve its position on the detail of the masterplanuntil the public consultation exercise has been completed and full accounttaken of the responses received/recorded.

Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd. (CLDP151)Supports the allocation of land for development to the east of Kellyburn, whichforms part of Proposal H46, the extended settlement boundaries identifiedthrough the Dollar Community Masterplan (CD090), which are in excess ofthose in the Proposed LDP, and the Proposed LDPs suggestedmasterplan/development brief approach to the proposed settlementexpansion. Suggests that the masterplan should provide for an approved

Supplementary Guidance framework document specifying land uses, a designcode, infrastructure provision, phasing and developer contributions, againstwhich future planning applications will require to be determined.In order to facilitate a softer landscape edge to Dollar on approach from theeast, there is a need for an extended landscape structure along the top north-eastern section of the towns settlement boundary fronting the proposedbusiness use south of the new gateway roundabout on the Muckhart Road.

The Governors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164) Support the proposedexpansion of Dollar identified by the Council's Proposed LDP, H46.It is noted,


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however, that the boundary of H46 on the land east of Devon Road dissectsthe area [open field] on which the full extent of a Sports Academydevelopment is proposed and therefore it is suggested that the settlementboundary to this area be adjusted to follow the south boundary of the field,along which there exists a line of mature trees. This is also important toestablish a defensible inner boundary to the proposed Green Belt for Dollar.Support a Masterplan approach, given the scale of proposed expansion of the

town over the next 20 years, to protect and enhance the distinctive characterof the town.

Brian Hutchison (CLDP169) Supports the principle of a planning frameworkto control development and welcome the new community/sports facilitiesproposed within the Draft Dollar Masterplan (CD090), but has seriousconcerns about the scale, extent and location of the proposed core housingdevelopments within it which flow from the LDP.

The draft Dollar Masterplan (CD090) takes as given that 354 new houses areto be built in Dollar, within and by extending current boundaries, over theperiod of the Clackmannanshire LDP. Indeed it suggests a further 150 houses

above that target. I do not agree with this basic assumption.

The Masterplan (CD090) describes proposed developments in three mainphases, with major community enhancements of sports and school facilitiesshown in the later phases after the construction of around 300 new houses inPhases 1 and 2. It also describes design codes and infrastructure provisionintended to ensure an overall high standard of integrated development. Thesports/community proposals would undoubtedly benefit the community.Concern about these actually being delivered.

Housing

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024)The town has a need for new housing, butfor very specific needs, small, single-storey, easy-maintenance housing withsafe, level access to the town, not properties in the 500,000 to 1m+ pricerange way out of town.

Theres plenty of housing to attract families and young people availablealready, family properties simply arent selling in the town at present. Thereare more than 20 properties for sale between 100,000 and 400,000 as at 30December 2013. Developers just want to build more high value houses aimedat the parents of children at Dollar Academy.

Alan Farningham for Harviestoun (CLDP150)This formal representation issubmitted on behalf of Harviestoun in support of an allocation of land forresidential purposes at Kellybank on the north side of the Muckhart Road,Dollar which forms part of a much larger housing led, mixed-use proposal toexpand Dollar as articulated by Proposal H46 Dollar Settlement Expansionon Page 155 of the Proposed Plan. The subject land at Kellybank which isphysically and visually well contained, does not constitute prime agriculturalland and, is not affected by any specific landscape or ecological designations,compares favourably when assessed against the effectiveness criteria setout in Paragraph 55, Page 17 of Scottish Governments Planning Advice Note


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2/2010 Affordable Housing and Housing Land Audits (CD012). In commonwith all other proposed development land within Dollar, the site is currently thesubject of education, water and drainage constraints. However, it isanticipated that the required infrastructure can be provided at reasonable costto allow development to proceed.

Brian Hutchison (CLDP169) While the 354 number is stated in the Council

LDP, it is not supported by any specific argument. It is proportionately muchhigher than expansion proposed for other settlements in Clackmannanshire,and would I believe detract from longer standing Council priorities ofpromoting other developments, arguably in areas of greater social andenvironmental need. The Council has, correctly in my view, made much of itssuccess in promoting the new Forestmill settlement, the realisation of whichmust be jeopardised by offering developers the option of substantialdevelopment sites in an expanded Dollar.

Community Facilities

Mr & Mrs Jenkinson (CLDP066)This latest plan again proposes gross over-

development of additional housing stock without corresponding provision ofancillary supporting infrastructure. This has been said previously in relation toearlier broad-scale development plans and it is concerning to note that thislatest plan does not address such issues and similarly lacks appropriateprovision of infrastructure.

The Strathdevon primary school itself would become increasingly overloadedbut the development plan fails to provide adequate provision for extension orduplication. Similarly, the plan makes inadequate provision for expansion ofthe existing medical services.

Accordingly, the introduction of further new housing around Dollar would be

not only harmful for the village but also, the new residents would not find thefacilities in the village adequate for their needs and requirements.Furthermore, the quantity of proposed new housing at Dollar is grosslydisproportionate to the size of the existing village, compared with thatproposed for the other Hillfoots villages.


The LDP mentions a potential extension tothe primary school but what about the health centre? All services, butparticularly sewerage, are already overstretched; Any developers proposal forany part of the land surrounding Dollar which does not include fully fundedsolutions to all these problems should be rejected.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ac) Generally welcome theDevelopment Requirements for Creating Sustainable Communities, to whichwe would add the following:

Provision of community orchard sites in accordance with Green Networkprinciples, potentially linked to the primary school.

Generally welcome the Developer Contributions, to which we would add thefollowing:

Contributions required to address educational issues for primary school andcommunity centre (secondary school contribution should be appropriate to


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centre/Bridge Street, regeneration of the Burnside.

Contribution to new roundabout proposed on A91. Contribution to the re-alignment and safety improvements on A91 between

Dollar and Tillicoultry.

Employment

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024) Much of the employment potentialmentioned for the area seems to revolve round the completion of thedevelopment itself. In the absence of employment lots of new houses simplymeans lots more cars setting off for Edinburgh, Glasgow, Falkirk, Stirling andPerth every morning, and lots more children having to commute longdistances for secondary schooling.

Mr & Mrs Jenkinson (CLDP066) The plan provides no opportunity foremployment in Dollar and hence the occupiers of any new houses would bemainly commuters. Most would commute by car to distant workplaces causingnuisance, congestion and pollution with no gain for Dollar as a community.

Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd. (CLDP084)Theneed for sites to be allocated within the masterplan for proposed businessuses at Devon Road and Muckhart Road in order to help provide a catalyst forjob creating opportunities is fully supported as an important part of a housing-led, mixed-use masterplanned approach to Dollars future expansion. Therealisation of these elements of the plan are however very speculative innature and will be wholly reliant on market conditions and interest.

Green Belt

Marion Marsden (CLDP025) The Council expresses elsewhere in the PDLPits commitment to preserving greenbelt, yet a greenbelt around Dollar hasnever been agreed by the Council, in spite of repeated requests from localresidents to demarcate the eastern and southern boundaries of the settlementby the Kelly Burn and old railway line respectively.Stuart Geddes (CLDP049) How exactly does this proposal enhance thegreen belt as suggested? This statement must be justified.

Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd. (CLDP151)Consider the proposed extended settlement boundaries to be consistent withthe Scottish Governments Green Belt policy objectives to form robust, longterm defensible boundaries aimed at accommodating planned settlementgrowth.

The Governors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164) We note the importance ofapplying Green Belt policy guidance in relation to the proposed settlementboundary to the east of the town, where the Proposed LDP establishes anarbitrary inner green belt boundary across the middle of fields rather thanalong recognisable defensible landscape features. In this location there is asmall stream and tree belt which might form the inner green belt boundary.


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Pollution, Loss of Habitat and Prime Agricultural Land

Marion Marsden (CLDP025) Building on the proposed site would increasecar use and air pollution, and noise and light pollution. Some of the proposedareas are rich in bio-diversity, including home to bird species on the red andamber endangered lists, and this would be reduced by the building. Othertargeted areas are prime agricultural land, which should be preserved.

Converting what is currently green field into urban park is likely to reduce itsenvironmental value, as the use of chemicals, cutting back trees, interferenceand disturbance will almost certainly decrease bio-diversity.

Some mature trees and all the hedges have already been felled in the currentdevelopment at Lovers Loan, destroying nesting sites and feeding grounds forsong birds. The new development and accompanying road, industrial andsports facilities would entail destroying more mature trees, a loss of habitatwhich cannot simply be replaced by planting new trees.

Keith Duncan (CLDP027b) I believe the field between Lower Mains andDollar is prime agricultural land (in accordance with the relevant MacCaulay

maps) and would therefore be classed as a 'Medium Constraint Area' underthe LDP. I have not been able to fully confirm these but would appreciate if theCouncil could review this.

Flooding

Marion Marsden (CLDP025) The area is subject to flooding and furtherbuilding is likely to exacerbate flood problems. Even if measures are taken tocontrol flooding in the immediate vicinity of any new building, the excess waterwill just appear elsewhere, flooding fields or other housing in its place.

Keith Duncan (CLDP027)Page 90 and Policy EA9 states that "Applicationsfor development on land which the Council considers to be at risk of flooding,or which the Council considers are likely to increase the risk of floodingelsewhere must be accompanied by a Flood Risk Assessment carried out inaccordance with the principles outlined in the Water SG".Further it is stated that:"Permission will not normally be given for development on greenfield sites andundeveloped/sparsely development localities which are at risk of flooding, orwhich would increase the risk of flooding to either existing development or toLDP sites".

Taken into account the above and also the high amount of rainfall in recent

months and recent years, I don't believe a Flood Risk Assessment has beenprepared? If one has then could you please forward a copy?

Other Infrastructure

Keith Duncan (CLDP027d) If this development does go ahead, will theCouncil commit to arranging mains gas and ideally cable telecommunicationsfor the Lower Mains area?

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077m)As the main settlement in this area


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the large increase in households in East Ochils would increase demand forand pressure for services in Dollar which would likely require inwardinvestment from Clackmannanshire Council, in addition to developercontributions. The Community Masterplan in support of the existingCommunity Plan will define the level and form of additional facilities andinfrastructure required.

H47 - Dollar Golf Club

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ad) Developer contribution from theconversion of the Dollar Golf Club clubhouse (H47) should be used for theintroduction of interpretation on the Burnside as part of the Burnside Project.

S13 - Dollar Settlement Expansion Community Sports Facility

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ae)The Community Sports Facility isof great interest and the community masterplan will be the most appropriatemechanism to articulate how it could sit with housing proposals, Green Beltand other interests, including access to the town centre. It will be essential for

this facility to be open to the community, and desirable to prescribe anappropriate level of community access in advance.

The Governors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164) Dollar Academy hasparticular interest in the opportunity to include high quality outdoor and indoorsports facilities on land to the east of Devon Road and identified in theProposed LDP, S13 - Dollar Settlement Expansion Community Sports Facility.

S14 - New Dollar Cemetery

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077af) S14, New Dollar Cemetery andSports Pitch has sited the sport pitch in a low-lying waterlogged position.

Dollar Community Council supports a more suitable position be found for itthrough the community masterplan.

B19 - Devon Road

PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018c) It is suggested that Proposal B19identified in the Local Development Plan should be subsumed into the widermasterplan for the area. This will allow such uses to be formally confirmedthrough the Local Development Plan led process.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ah) Dollar Community Council will

comment further on Proposal B19, Devon Road when the communitymasterplan has been completed, which will have a framework for furtherbusiness opportunities.

T27 - A91 Corridor

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ag) T27, A91 Corridor improvementsare welcomed, although the proposed new roundabout on the A91 should besubject to the community masterplan and as a developer contribution asdevelopment proceeds in the area.


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Keith Duncan (CLDP027c)It is unclear from the Dollar maps what transportimprovements T27, T33, T35 & T37 are.

Modifications sought by those submitting representations:



John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024)Are seeking a reduction in the number ofadditional houses proposed for the town and the protection of existing accessto formal and informal paths.

Marion Marsden (CLDP025) Believes these plans should be abandoned.Suggests building multi-storey car parks in towns to free up brownfield sites.Suggests development be directed to the other Hillfoot towns.

Stuart Geddes (CLDP049) Seeks alterations to site H46 to represent what

has previously been discussed on and agreed.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077g)Accept the need for provision of alarge number of new houses and the principle of the LDP housing allocation(H46) in Dollar.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077) Request an addition to theDevelopment Requirements for Environmental Assets:

High quality development required to reflect the qualities of the adjacentDollar Conservation Area.

Brian Hutchison (CLDP169)Does not request any modifications, but raisesconcerns over the allocation of greenfield land over brownfield, the shift inemphasis from providing housing in the west and south of the Council areaand the ability of the development to deliver the types of homes required, i.e.affordable and single person housing. Concerned over the CommunityCouncil/Masterplan suggestion of an additional 150 houses above the LDP350 target to accommodate smaller/affordable housing as the LDP targetmust assume an appropriate housing mix. The Council Main Issues Report(paragraph 3.22) (CD032 & CD033) also stated that sites which would resultin ribbon development along the A91 to the east of Dollar were not favoured.The current allocation/development proposals would be such a markedreversal of this sustained commitment over many years to preserve the

settlement footprint from lateral creep and to resist persistent pressure fromlandowners/developers that they should be resisted and challenged by theCommunity Steering group rather than actively promoted.


PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018b) Are broadly supportive of theproposals in the LDP and the Masterplanning approach, but with limitedchanges requested. It is considered that the current Proposal T35 (Dollar toVicars Bridge Cycle Route) is arbitrary in respect of its route as it sets the


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southern boundary of the development/masterplan allocation. It is suggestedthat the proposed southern and eastern boundaries of the allocation areadjusted to follow relevant field boundaries or other identifiable features on theground. This may slightly increase the size of the allocation but will alsoprovide a defensible boundary on the ground that makes logical sense in landuse planning terms. It will also add a degree of flexibility to developmentlayout and housing numbers. The proposed cycle route may still follow the

same alignment as shown in the Local Development Plan Proposed Plan butwould be incorporated within the development rather than creating an edge toit.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ab)The Community Council trust theCouncil will find the Community Masterplan (CD090) relevant to the LDP andthat it can be embedded into planning policies and supplementary guidanceso as to shape a strong vision for Dollars future. This growth should beguided by the Dollar Community Masterplan (CD090) and Community Councilresponse. Also request that the LDP boundary between the settlementexpansion boundary and the Green Belt be realigned consistent with thecommunity masterplan.

Generally welcome the Development Requirements for Creating SustainableCommunities, but would request the wording below is added. DollarCommunity Council would also like to help identify and prioritise communitybenefits.

Phasing plan tied to developer contributions required.

Alan Farningham for Harviestoun (CLDP084)Supports the extension of thesettlement boundary at Dollar proposed in the 'Community Masterplan'(CD090) which includes an area larger than that in the Proposed LDP andsuggests that the Proposed Plans masterplan/development brief approach tothe entire proposed urban expansion area should ultimately provide for anapproved Supplementary Planning Guidance framework document specifyingland uses, a design code, infrastructure provision, phasing and developercontributions against which future planning applications will be determined.

Although wholly supportive in principle to the Dollar Community Masterplan,Harviestoun would wish to reserve its position on the detail of the masterplanuntil the public consultation exercise has been completed and full accounttaken of the responses received/recorded.

Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd. (CLDP151)Supports the allocation of land for development to the east of Kellyburn, which

forms part of Proposal H46, the extended settlement boundaries identifiedthrough the Dollar Community Masterplan (CD090), which are in excess ofthose in the Proposed LDP, and the Proposed LDPs suggestedmasterplan/development brief approach to the proposed settlementexpansion. Suggests that the masterplan should provide for an approvedSupplementary Guidance framework document specifying land uses, a designcode, infrastructure provision, phasing and developer contributions, againstwhich future planning applications will require to be determined.

In order to facilitate a softer landscape edge to Dollar on approach from the


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east, there is a need for an extended landscape structure along the top north-eastern section of the towns settlement boundary fronting the proposedbusiness use south of the new gateway roundabout on the Muckhart Road.

The Governors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164) Support the proposedexpansion of Dollar identified by the Council's Proposed LDP, H46.It is noted,however, that the boundary of H46 on the land east of Devon Road dissects

the area [open field] on which the full extent of a Sports Academydevelopment is proposed and therefore it is suggested that the settlementboundary to this area be adjusted to follow the south boundary of the field,along which there exists a line of mature trees. This is also important toestablish a defensible inner boundary to the proposed Green Belt for Dollar.

Brian Hutchison (CLDP169) Supports the principle of a planning frameworkto control development and welcome the new community/sports facilitiesproposed within the Draft Dollar Masterplan (CD090), but has seriousconcerns about the scale, extent and location of the proposed core housingdevelopments within it which flow from the LDP. The draft Dollar Masterplan(CD090) takes as given that 354 new houses are to be built in Dollar, within

and by extending current boundaries, over the period of theClackmannanshire LDP. Indeed it suggests a further 150 houses above thattarget. I do not agree with this basic assumption.

Concerned that there is a real danger that the commitment of developers tothe community/infrastructure would wane after completing a large proportionof their commercial programme. Also that the measures available to theCouncil/planning authorities to ensure that the whole Masterplan would becompleted to the standards envisaged may be insufficient in range andstrength of enforcement to deliver the vision being promoted, which in itselfwould compromise the unique character of Dollar.

Housing

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024)Suggest the type of new housing the townneeds is for very specific needs, small, single-storey, easy-maintenancehousing with safe, level access to the town, not properties in the 500,000 to1m+ price range way out of town.

Brian Hutchison (CLDP169) The 354 number stated in the Council LDP isnot supported by any specific argument. It is proportionately much higher thanexpansion proposed for other settlements in Clackmannanshire, and would Ibelieve detract from longer standing Council priorities of promoting other

developments, arguably in areas of greater social and environmental need.The new Forestmill settlement must be jeopardised by offering developers theoption of substantial development sites in an expanded Dollar. Raisesconcerns over the ability of the development to deliver the types of homesrequired, i.e. affordable and single person housing.


Mr & Mrs Jenkinson (CLDP066)This latest plan again proposes gross over-development of additional housing stock without corresponding provision of


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ancillary supporting infrastructure. This latest plan does not address suchissues and similarly lacks appropriate provision of infrastructure. TheDevelopment Plan fails to provide adequate provision for extension orduplication of the primary school. Similarly, the plan makes inadequateprovision for expansion of the existing medical services. Furthermore, thequantity of proposed new housing at Dollar is grossly disproportionate to thesize of the existing village, compared with that proposed for the other Hillfoots

villages.


The LDP mentions a potential extension tothe primary school but what about the health centre? All services, butparticularly sewerage, are already overstretched; Any developers proposal forany part of the land surrounding Dollar which does not include fully fundedsolutions to all these problems should be rejected.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ac) Generally welcome theDevelopment Requirements for Creating Sustainable Communities, to whichwe would add the following:

Provision of community orchard sites in accordance with Green Network

principles, potentially linked to the primary school.Generally welcome the Developer Contributions, to which we would add thefollowing:

Contributions required to address educational issues for primary school andcommunity centre (secondary school contribution should be appropriate tothe predicted additional number of pupils generated by additional housingas the feeder school is not in Dollar).

Contribution required to public art e.g. interpretation for the Burnside, asidentified on the Burnside Feasibility Plan.

Potential to contribute to projects to support the aims and objectives of theOLP.

Contribution required towards the construction of the new Dollar Golf Clubclubhouse (Proposal S12).

The Governors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164) Within the proposedexpansion there is the opportunity to re-establish residential schoolaccommodation to serve increased interest from boarding pupils.

Transport

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024) There should be a requirement ondevelopers to retain as many existing walking routes as possible.

Marion Marsden (CLDP025) The "improvement" of roads will simply lead tomore, faster traffic. Traffic calming and speed cameras would be a moreappropriate solution to traffic problems.

Keith Duncan (CLDP027a)Can the Council include provision for car parkingin an amended LDP, please?

Mr & Mrs Jenkinson (CLDP066)If new volume-housing is to be built aroundDollar, it would be desirable that local shops and businesses should benefitfrom increased trade. However, they cannot attract additional custom without


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adequate parking space.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ac)Generally welcome the DeveloperContributions, to which we would add the following:

Contributions towards a new town centre car park, enhancement of towncentre/Bridge Street, regeneration of the Burnside.

Contribution to new roundabout proposed on A91.

Contribution to the re-alignment and safety improvements on A91 betweenDollar and Tillicoultry.

Employment

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024)In the absence of employment lots of newhouses simply means lots more commuting and more children having tocommute long distances for secondary schooling.

Mr & Mrs Jenkinson (CLDP066) The plan provides no opportunity foremployment in Dollar and hence the occupiers of any new houses would bemainly commuters. Most would commute by car to distant workplaces causing

nuisance, congestion and pollution with no gain for Dollar as a community.

Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd. (CLDP084)Despite the latitude afforded under Policy EP4 Non-Employment GeneratingUses on Existing or Allocated Business Sites within the emerging ProposedLDP, there requires to be a flexibility written into the Dollar Masterplan and/orfuture accompanying Development Brief which specifically allows anyidentified business sites to accommodate alternative land uses in the eventthat a future employment generating use is proven to be neither commerciallyor economically viable.

Green Belt

Marion Marsden (CLDP025) The Council expresses elsewhere in the PDLPits commitment to preserving greenbelt, yet a greenbelt around Dollar hasnever been agreed by the Council, in spite of repeated requests from localresidents to demarcate the eastern and southern boundaries of the settlementby the Kelly Burn and old railway line respectively.

Stuart Geddes (CLDP049) How exactly does this proposal enhance thegreen belt as suggested? This statement must be justified.

The Governors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164) We note the importance of

applying Green Belt policy guidance in relation to the proposed settlementboundary to the east of the town, where the Proposed LDP establishes anarbitrary inner green belt boundary across the middle of fields rather thanalong recognisable defensible landscape features. In this location there is asmall stream and tree belt which might form the inner green belt boundary.


Marion Marsden (CLDP025) Building on the proposed site would increasecar use and air pollution, and noise and light pollution and reduce bio-


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diversity. Other targeted areas are prime agricultural land, which should bepreserved. The new development and accompanying road, industrial andsports facilities would also entail destroying more mature trees, a loss ofhabitat which cannot simply be replaced by planting new trees.

Keith Duncan (CLDP027b) I believe the field between Lower Mains andDollar is prime agricultural land (in accordance with the relevant MacCaulay

maps) and would therefore be classed as a 'Medium Constraint Area' underthe LDP. I have not been able to fully confirm these but would appreciate if theCouncil could review this.

Flooding

Marion Marsden (CLDP025)Even if measures are taken to control floodingin the immediate vicinity of any new building, the excess water will just appearelsewhere, flooding fields or other housing in its place.

Keith Duncan (CLDP027)Taking into account the high amount of rainfall inrecent months and recent years, I don't believe a Flood Risk Assessment has

been prepared? If one has then could you please forward a copy?


Keith Duncan (CLDP027d) If this development does go ahead, will theCouncil commit to arranging mains gas and ideally cable telecommunicationsfor the Lower Mains area?

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077m) An increase in households wouldincrease demand for and pressure for services in Dollar which would likelyrequire inward investment from Clackmannanshire Council, in addition todeveloper contributions.


Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ad) would like to see a developercontribution from Proposal H47, Dollar Golf Clubhouse conversion tointerpretation on the Burnside as Part of the Burnside Project.


Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ae) support the delivery of theCommunity Sports Facility through the Masterplan and agreeing the levels of

community access in advance of its planning and construction.

The Governors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164) identify their interest in theCommunity Sports Facility, but do not request any modifications to the LDPother than boundary changes as discussed above.


Dollar Community Council (CLDP077af)S14 has sited the sport pitch in alow-lying waterlogged position. Dollar Community Council supports a more


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suitable position be found for it through the community masterplan.

B19 - Devon Road

PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018c) It is suggested that Proposal B19identified in the Local Development Plan should be subsumed into the widermasterplan for the area. This will allow such uses to be formally confirmed

through the Local Development Plan led process.

T27 - A91 Corridor

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ag)The proposed new roundabout onthe A91 should be subject to the community masterplan and as a developercontribution as development proceeds in the area.

Keith Duncan (CLDP027c)It is unclear from the Dollar maps what transportimprovements T27, T33, T35 & T37 are.

Summary of responses (including reasons) by Planning Authority:



Representations varied from those who accepted the scale of developmentproposed, and indeed sought an increase in the size of the site and housenumbers [Dollar Community Council (CLDP077g)], through those whoagreed with the principle, but felt the size of the site and house numbersshould be reduced [John and Alison Mayes (CLDP024), Stuart Geddes(CLDP049) and Brian Hutchison (CLDP169)] to those who simply did notwant to see any development at all [Marion Marsden (CLDP025)]. ScottishPlanning policy requires the planning system to identify a generous supply ofland for the provision of a range of housing in the right places, includingaddressing the need for affordable housing. While other areas inClackmannanshire have seen significant growth over the last 20 years, therehas been comparatively little growth in Dollar and the East Ochils area. Thishas resulted in a shortage of affordable and smaller homes in these areas.The Spatial Strategy of the Proposed LDP therefore seeks to address this byallocating sites in these areas which have traditionally experienced very lowlevels of new housebuilding. Dollar Community Council have recognised andembraced these proposals as being beneficial to the long term planneddevelopment of the town. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.

Building multi-storey car parks in towns to free up brownfield sites [MarionMarsden (CLDP025)] would be out of character with the small, traditionaltown centres and is likely to be prohibitively expensive, requiring the financeto be recovered through charging for parking, thus driving people out of thetown centres. The idea of directing development to other Hillfoots towns isaccepted and there are a number of sites identified in the other towns andvillages, particularly where there has been limited building in the past andwhere the infrastructure to support development is either in place or can beprovided. The Council is still required to find more land to try to meet the


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housing supply figures and therefore land has been allocated in Dollar for thereasons identified in the Proposed LDP. No changes are therefore soughtto the LDP.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077) request an addition to theDevelopment Requirements for Environmental Assets to require a "Highquality development required to reflect the qualities of the adjacent Dollar

Conservation Area.". The expansion area is not actually adjacent to theConservation Area, and is of a scale that it will be important to consider thelandscape setting of the town itself, from all views and directions and not justin relation to the Conservation Area. No changes are therefore sought tothe LDP.

Brian Hutchison (CLDP169)raises concerns over the allocation of greenfieldland over brownfield and the shift in emphasis from providing housing in thewest and south of the Council area. Despite the Councils industrial heritage, anumber of the brownfield sites have been re-developed, and others areidentified through the LDP. It is therefore necessary to allocate somegreenfield sites in order to try to meet the housing supply figures. No changes

are therefore sought to the LDP.

Brian Hutchison (CLDP169) also quotes the Council's Main Issues Report(paragraph 3.22) (CD032 & CD033) as stating that sites which would result inribbon development along the A91 to the east of Dollar were not favoured andthat the current allocation/development proposals would be a marked reversalof this commitment. At the time the Main Issues Report was prepared, a muchsmaller allocation of housing was proposed in Dollar. Following the publicationof the MIR and the subsequent support for a larger expansion, at least fromthe Community Council, the context of these sites has changed and they havenow become part of a larger, phased and planned development, rather thansmaller, individual, piecemeal proposals. No changes are therefore soughtto the LDP.


Brian Hutchison (CLDP169) Support for the principle of a planningframework to control development and welcoming the new community/sportsfacilities proposed within the Draft Dollar Masterplan is noted. Concerns aboutthe scale, extent and location of the proposed core housing developmentswithin it which flow from the LDP are addressed elsewhere. Concern over thecommitment of developers to deliver the community/infrastructure andensuring that the whole Masterplan would be completed to the standards

envisaged would be addressed by legal agreements and conditions as far aspossible. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.

Alan Farningham for Harviestoun (CLDP084)Having reserved its positionon the detail of the masterplan until the public consultation exercise has beencompleted and full account taken of the responses received/recorded,subsequent representations were received and these have been incorporatedinto this Schedule 4. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.


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Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ab), Alan Farningham forHarviestoun (CLDP084) and Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWGProperty Ltd. (CLDP151) wish the Community Masterplan (CD090) to beembedded into planning policies and supplementary guidance so as to shapea strong vision for Dollars future and guide growth, ultimately specifying landuses, a design code, infrastructure provision, phasing and developercontributions against which future planning applications will be determined.

While the Community Masterplan is a commendable piece of work into whicha lot of effort has clearly gone, it is not considered appropriate to adopt it aspart of the LDP, or as Supplementary Guidance. As a starting point, theMasterplan will be a very valuable tool, however there are a number of issuesincluding ground conditions and environmental assessments which it is notconsidered have been covered in enough detail to allow the Council toformally adopt the Masterplan. It is also very detailed in certain areas, e.g. theDesign Code, and lacking information in other areas, e.g. business andemployment opportunities. It is therefore considered that there are too manyuncertainties to allow the Masterplan to be adopted and that some flexibilityand scope for review over time is required. It is clear that the community willhave strong inputs into the planning process for the expansion of Dollar and

this is to be commended. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.

PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018b), Dollar Community Council(CLDP077), Alan Farningham for Harviestoun (CLDP084), AlanFarningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd. (CLDP151), TheGovernors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164) request that the boundaries ofthe Dollar Settlement Expansion in the LDP are amended to reflect those ofthe Community Masterplan (CD090) through extensions of the site to the eastand south. It is not considered necessary to amend the southern boundary assports pitches could be an acceptable use outwith, but adjacent to thesettlement boundary. SPP (CD001) states that outwith the city regions, theLocal Development Plan should establish the need for a green belt, identify

specific boundaries and set out the policy for future development within itincluding the identification of appropriate uses. Policy EA8 of the ProposedLDP states that recreational uses may be permitted in green belt areas. Anexample of this can be seen in the Clackmannanshire LDP where a site to thewest of Tillicoultry which lies within the green belt is proposed for an extensionto existing playing fields within the settlement boundary (Proposal S09). Wesupport the provision of sports facilities/playing fields as part of theCommunity Masterplan (CD090). However, to amend the settlement boundaryto the south could lead to pressure for residential development. Therefore, it isconsidered that instead of amending the boundary, that a specific allocationfor open space and related facilities could be allocated outwith the settlement

boundary should the Reporter be minded.The proposed extension of the siteto the east does seem more logical and follows more identifiable boundarieson the ground than those in the Proposed LDP. Should the Reporter beminded to accept the proposal for the eastern part of the site boundary, thiscould be amendedaccordingly.

Although highlighting the need for an extended landscape structure along thetop north-eastern section of the towns settlement boundary fronting theproposed business use south of the new gateway roundabout on theMuckhart Road, no modifications are proposed to the LDP. The LDP requires


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the production of a strategic landscape framework which would address this. Ifit is being suggested that the site should be increased in size to accommodatesuch structural planting, this is not accepted. The proposed site is of sufficientsize to allow structural planting to be created, or the existing plantingstrengthened, indeed there is a requirement for "existing mature trees andlandscape planting to be retained and incorporated into the development.".

Plan submitted by Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd. (CLDP151)

Dollar Community Masterplan (May 2014)


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Dollar Community Council (CLDP077)The request for an additional bulletpoint to the Development Requirements for Creating SustainableCommunities is noted, however a bullet point with exactly the same wording "Phasing plan tied to developer contributions required" is already included inthe text at this section. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.

Housing

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024)andBrian Hutchison (CLDP169)suggestthat the type of housing which will be provided will not provide for the type ofpeople who most need it.

Strategic Objective 4 of the Proposed LDP includesreference to "allocating a range of appropriate sites and dwelling types..." andthe Development Requirements for the site require the submission of "detailsof house numbers and sizes". This information will be discussed with theCouncil's Housing staff to ensure an appropriate range of housing in terms ofnot only type and size, but also tenure are made available through thedevelopment. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.

Brian Hutchison (CLDP169)queries the total house numbers. While the LDP

considers the demand for housing in the future, based on projections, it doesnot allocate these proportionately through the existing settlements. Issuessuch as previous levels of development, infrastructure capacity, landscapecapacity, etc. all have a bearing on the best locations to direct new housing to.Identification of sites at Forestmill, Dollar and Muckhart demonstrate a slightchange in emphasis from concentrating growth in the south and west ofClackmannanshire to looking to the east, taking advantage of infrastructurecapacity and improved transport links and directing development away fromareas affected by infrastructure, landscape and greenbelt constraints. Nochanges are therefore sought to the LDP.


Mr & Mrs Jenkinson (CLDP066), John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024), DollarCommunity Council (CLDP077ac)andThe Governors of Dollar Academy(CLDP164). There are clearly a number of community facilities andinfrastructure issues to be considered when proposing a settlement expansionof this scale and these are being looked at through ongoing discussion aroundthe Masterplan. The developer contributions require contributions to addresseducational issues and the Council's Education Services and FacilitiesManagement are involved in more detailed discussions about the proposals.NHS Forth Valley have also contacted the Council with regard to developercontributions to health facility improvements. These would fall under

"Community Facilities" in the Development Requirements for the site.Contributions are also required to public art and, while these are still to bedetermined, it may be that some monies could be directed to the interpretationof the Burnside as suggested. Although the development requirements forCreating Sustainable Communities mentions provision of allotment sites, itdoes not mention community orchard sites as such. If the Reporter is sominded to recommend that such a reference is included the LDP could beamended. The provision of boarding school facilities would be a matter for theAcademy, however future iterations of the Masterplan could consider thescale and location of such facilities.


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Transport

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024), Marion Marsden (CLDP025), KeithDuncan (CLDP027a) and Mr & Mrs Jenkinson (CLDP066) A TransportAssessment is required which will address a number of the transport concernsand identify solutions to be implemented either as part of the settlementexpansion or enabled by it. Improvements to specific junctions have been

identified in the LDP on the advice of the Council's Roads and TransportationSection. Reference is also made in the LDP to the requirement for paths,enhancements to active travel networks and the provision of safe routes toschool, all of which will evolve along with the proposals. No changes aretherefore sought to the LDP.

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ac) Suggest the development couldcontribute towards a new town centre car park, however, there are verylimited opportunities to create a new car parking are of any size in the existingtown centre. It may be that parking within the development area, but close toand linked well with, the existing town centre might provide the best option.The Transport Assessment could also contribute to informing this. No

changes are therefore sought to the LDP.

Employment

John & Alison Mayes (CLDP024) andMr & Mrs Jenkinson (CLDP066)Aspart of the mixed use development, the LDP requires the provision ofemployment opportunities. It is hoped that these proposals will be progressedfurther in the next iteration of the Masterplan. No changes are thereforesought to the LDP.

Alan Farningham for Harviestoun and AWG Property Ltd. (CLDP084)It isconsidered that the inclusion of a requirement for employment land is

important to provide opportunities for those living in Dollar to work close tohome and improve the sustainability of the development. The precise type,size, location and delivery of the employment uses is still to be determinedand, if thoroughly researched and targeted, should ensure that it is taken up.As stated, Policy EP4 'Non-Employment Generating Uses on Existing orAllocated Business Sites' may allow sites identified through themasterplanning process to be developed for alternative uses in future, butonly if they have been properly assessed through the planning system. Itwould be premature at this stage to suggest that employment sites could notbe delivered as part of the settlement expansion. No changes are thereforesought to the LDP.

Green Belt

Marion Marsden (CLDP025), Stuart Geddes (CLDP049) and TheGovernors of Dollar Academy (CLDP164) Following a review of Green Beltsin Clackmannanshire (CD062), the green belt at Dollar was actually extendedaround the southern and eastern edges, directing long term development, aspromoted in the SPP (CD001), to the Dollar settlement expansion area. Thisextension, and long term direction shows the Council's commitment to greenbelt and green belt extensions where necessary. Where the green belt has


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been designated around Dollar the LDP expects enhancements includingimprovements for recreational access and biodiversity. The suggested greenbelt boundary alteration to the south of the allocated site is not accepted forthe reasons given in the 'Dollar Community Masterplan' section of thisSchedule 4. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.


Marion Marsden (CLDP025) and Keith Duncan (CLDP027b) The Councilmust allocate land to meet housing demand within its geographicalboundaries. The location of these housing sites is influenced by a number offactors including infrastructure, constraints and landscape capacity. Air, noiseand light pollution would be affected in whatever area was designated for newdevelopment. Biodiversity can be protected to a certain extent by building onbrownfield sites, however the majority of those in Clackmannanshire haveeither been developed or are allocated for development, therefore we mustlook to some greenfield release to meet the housing land requirements. Thecompact nature of Clackmannanshire means that Dollar is only 7.5 miles fromthe main town of Alloa and it is hoped that increased levels of development in

the east of Clackmannanshire will lead to improved public transport servicesas demand rises. Poor public transport has frequently been raised as an issuein the eastern areas of the Council during consultations. As can be seen onthe Proposed LDP Designated Sites map, none of the proposed developmentsite is prime agricultural land. Detailed design proposals will identify whatexisting trees and features can be retained and incorporated into thedevelopment and what ones may need to be removed. Generally the Councilfavours the retention of mature trees where possible when consideringplanning applications, indeed there is a requirement for the site that "existingmature trees and landscape planting to be retained and incorporated into thedevelopment.". The development requirements for Environmental Assetsidentify a number of biodiversity issues and enhancements which will need to

be incorporated into the development which should compensate for the loss ofany existing biodiversity. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.

Flooding

Marion Marsden (CLDP025) and Keith Duncan (CLDP027) Policy EA9Managing Flood Risk and the relevant sections of SPP (CD001) detail theCouncil's approach to development proposals and flood risk management andthe details that required to be taken into account to ensure that developmentproposal are free from flood risk and do not increase the probability of floodingelsewhere. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.

The development requirements clearly define that development proposals willrequire to be accompanied by Flood Risk and Drainage Assessments. Thesehave not yet been prepared, however SEPA did not raise any concerns whichwould suggest that this area could not be developed because of flooding. Nochanges are therefore sought to the LDP.


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Keith Duncan (CLDP027d) and Dollar Community Council (CLDP077m)The provision and extent of mains gas would be at the discretion of thedeveloper and is not something which the planning system could influence.Policy EP8 'Telecommunications Development - Additional Information' doesask developers to "...consider the guidelines published by the Department for

Communities and Local Government (2008), Data Ducting Infrastructure forNew Homes: Guidance Note and demonstrate how these have beenintegrated into their proposals. If the Council feels that the proposals wouldnot contribute to the Governments vision for greater deployment of nextgeneration broadband, the developer may be asked to revise theirproposals.". It is recognised that developer contributions would becontributions and that the Council would also need to invest in providinginfrastructure and facilities in the area. No changes are therefore sought tothe LDP.


Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ad) There is a current planningpermission for this conversion which does not contain any requirement fordeveloper contributions. Dollar Community Council were consulted on theapplication and made no request for developer contributions. The ProposedLDP does include a requirement for developer contributions from theSettlement Expansion to the new Dollar Golf Club clubhouse, educationalissues and public art. Contributions to interpretation on the Burnside as Part ofthe Burnside Project could therefore be considered as part of any public artcontribution should any future planning applications be made. No changesare therefore sought to the LDP.


Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ae) Details of the proposedCommunity Sports Facility should be pursued through the continued evolutionof the Community Masterplan, along with any agreements regarding its use.No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.


Dollar Community Council (CLDP077af) S14 is the proposed DollarCemetery and S11 relates to a new playing field at Lover's Loan. Both ofthese proposals were part of planning permission 07/00460/OUT (CD071).

When the Dollar Community Masterplan commenced and it was consideredthat there may be scope for a larger settlement expansion and thatopportunities to relocate these facilities may arise as part of this. While it hasbeen established that it will be unrealistic to change the location of theproposed cemetery, it may be possible that a more suitable position could befound for the playing field through the community masterplan process. Nochanges are therefore sought to the LDP.


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PPCA for Mrs K Stewart (CLDP018c) Site B19 was the only employmentsite identified in Dollar in the adopted Local Plan and had planning permissionin principle for 4 live work units granted in 2010 (10/00251/PPP) (CD074). Thesite was therefore carried through into the Proposed LDP. Planningpermission in principle lapsed in November 2013, just after the Proposed LDP

was published. Proposal H46, the Dollar Settlement Expansion, identifies theneed for employment opportunities and this was reflected on the plan by thelate addition of a circle, B23, identifying that employment opportunities wouldneed to be included in the expansion area, but not identifying exact locationsor sites. These were to be determined through the progression of the DollarMasterplan (CD090). If the Reporter is so minded they may wish to removethis allocation and allow the employment provision to be incorporated into theDollar Masterplan process.

T27 - A91 Corridor

Dollar Community Council (CLDP077ag) and Keith Duncan (CLDP027c)

Junction improvements will be informed by the Transport Assessment,reflected in the masterplan and funded by the site developers. The precisenature of the proposals under T27 will be informed by the TransportAssessment. No changes are therefore sought to the LDP.

Proposal T33 to upgrade the Devon Way to "commuter standard" is anaspiration of our Transport Planning Department and would entail the laying ofa sealed surface along the Devon Way, with associated drainageimprovements and potentially widening at some points to avoid the potentialfor collision if there are two parties travelling in opposite directions. The routewould be for walkers and cyclists. No changes are therefore sought to theLDP.

Proposals T35 and T37 are also aspirational and have been flagged upinitially through the Local Development Plan process for comment. Theproposals may involve the improvement and promotion of existing roads,paths, core paths and former railway lines. No details such as path type,width, lighting, etc. have been looked into in detail yet. No changes aretherefore sought to the LDP.

Reporters conclusions:

Reporters recommendations: