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Shepway Local Development

Framework (LDF)

Core Strategy for planning

Scrutiny 13th December 2011Scrutiny 13th December 2011

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Contents1. Introduction

• Overview – progress and key features.

• Key cabinet resolutions to date

• Timescale for Core Strategy submission/examination in agreed LDF

• National policy/ plan soundness

• Submitting the Core Strategy

• Summary of public engagement.

2. Representations received: summaries– Key organisations

– Towns/parishes

– Comprehensive objections

– Site representations

3. Recommendations to Cabinet

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Overview - Progress to Date

• Issues and Options consultation winter 2008

• Preferred Options consultation process –

June/July 2009

• Site specific consultations – Autumn 2010• Site specific consultations – Autumn 2010

• Cabinet Agreement of Core Strategy Proposed

Submission document and period for public to

make formal representations – July 2011

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Overview: Plan’s Key Features

• Target for amount of development:– 8000 new homes and 20ha of new employment 2006 to 2026,

– to provide economic and social development balanced with environmental and infrastructure capacity.

• Strategy for main areas for new development:– Towns and villages (settlement hierarchy)

– Strategic sites – Folkestone Seafront, Shorncliffe Garrison, Folkestone Racecourse (major land allocations)Folkestone Racecourse (major land allocations)

– Broad locations – Sellindge, New Romney

• Guide for planning applications:– Affordable housing, residential type/size, green infrastructure, rural and tourism growth, water and coastal management policies

– Area policies for Folkestone Town Centre, Hythe and New Romney.

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Cabinet 13th July 2011

Report C/11/16

• Approved Shepway LDF Core Strategy

proposed submission document

• Agreed that it was ‘sound’

• Noted process for making any significant • Noted process for making any significant

changes

• Agreed that a public participation process be

undertaken – 29th July to 23rd September 2011

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Cabinet 2nd November 2011

Agreement of Local Development scheme with

timetable for Core Strategy

• Submission to Planning Inspectorate – January

2012

• Pre hearing meeting – within 6 weeks of • Pre hearing meeting – within 6 weeks of

submission

• Examination in Public – May 2012 (14 weeks)

• Inspectors report issued - September 2012

• Adoption – Nov/Dec 2012

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National Policy and Soundness

• Core strategy produced against a changing policy/legislative background.

• Many changes introduced increase the need for local plans.

• NPPF to consolidate existing guidance – draft published July 2011: Adoption expected April published July 2011: Adoption expected April 2012.

• Draft NPPF assessment in Appendix 2– Further work being undertaken by Planning Advisory Service

– Additional check using soundness ‘toolkit’

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What must be submitted to the

Planning Inspectorate?

• Shepway LDF Core Strategy document.

• All representations received from the public in the period to comment on the 2011 document, and a summary of the issues arising

• Evidence base, including: • Evidence base, including: – Sustainability Appraisal and Habitat Regulations Assessment.

– Technical studies and site-specific info.

• Documents on consultations:– LDF Statement of Community Involvement (2007)

– Core Strategy Statement of public engagement.

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Summary of Public Participation 2011

•29th July to 23rd September 2011– Core Strategy and supporting documents available on-line, public libraries, local Council offices across the District

– Adverts in local press at different stages in the process

– 800 letters sent out, plus reminder emails etc– 800 letters sent out, plus reminder emails etc

– Individual meetings with town and parish councils (plus general meeting on 12th

September 2011)

– Presentation to KCC Cabinet

•Representations now processed and available on-line or in hard copy

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Statement of Engagement

To be submitted with Core Strategy document

and to include :-

• How the public was involved

• Number of organisations and individuals who

made representations. (Approximately 160 sets made representations. (Approximately 160 sets

of representations with just under 1000

comments).

• A summary of the main issues raised.

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Summary of Representations

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Key Stakeholders/ Organisations

Kent County Council - General support with specific amendments requested and agreed, not requiring significant changes.

Neighbouring Local Authorities – Broad support with a request for cross boundary delivery mechanisms being clarified.mechanisms being clarified.

The Environment Agency – Overall support subject to minor clarification in relation to water efficiency and flooding.

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Key Stakeholders/Organisations

English Heritage – Broad support subject to

amendments to ensure sufficient weight is

placed on the protection of historic assets.

Natural England - Detailed comments, clarified

through further discussion that will be used to through further discussion that will be used to

develop a revised green infrastructure policy

(CSD4)

Primary Care Trust (NHS) – Overall support,

document sound.

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Key Stakeholders/Organisations

Water supply companies – Support for the water supply measures from Veolia

Southern Water – Concern over a lack of policy on waste water infrastructure to be addressed through amendment to supporting text.through amendment to supporting text.

Kent Police – Comments seek further detail on crime and disorder implications and can be addressed through additional referencing within text.

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Key Stakeholders/Organisations

Highways Agency – General support, issues being addressed through update of traffic model and clarification

Homes and Communities Agency – Support the Core Strategy and welcome the Sellindge masterplan process, and approach to supporting masterplan process, and approach to supporting affordable housing delivery.

Chamber of Commerce – Support proposals.

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Town and Parish Councils

Number of representations focussing on issues

of local concern with fundamental objections

from :-

• Lympne Parish Council – Concern over the

development within western part of proposed

strategic corridor, but interest in a strategic corridor, but interest in a

Neighbourhood Development Plan

• Lydd TC – Insufficient long term vision for Lydd

• Stanford Parish Council – substantial objection

to Folkestone Racecourse.

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Comprehensive Objections to ‘soundness’

Some representations objected to all or most of the Core Strategy: Protect Kent, Kent Downs AONB, wildlife charities, SECN, plus certain landowners not featured in the document.

•Coverage of environmental/flood protection policies

•Operation and provision of green infrastructure policy details and protection/enhancement of European details and protection/enhancement of European habitats.

• Justification of overall housing target and affordable housing provision.

• Process: Insufficient community engagement

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Comprehensive Objections to ‘soundness’

•Definition and purpose of the strategic corridor: to inform strategy.•Also, landowner comments e.g. Lympne Lympne (objections to omission of Former Lympne Airfield as an allocation), Hythe and others dealt with below.

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Sites Representations

Objections on

infrastructure/

delivery grounds,

and its

sustainability as a

community •Stanford Parish

Council –

Folkestone Racecourse

Council –

substantial

objection to Policy

SS8 which

promotes

development of

Folkestone

Racecourse.

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Sites Representations

Folkestone Racecourse

Additional land put forward (often on the basis of site access opportunities)

– Holiday Extras seek inclusion of adjoining land within the allocation and revised access arrangements.arrangements.

– Site to north west of railway/Stone Street put forward as an alternative.

– Alternative employment/housing allocation (700 homes) on land to SW of M20 J11.

– Small site extension proposed to south of A20.

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Sites Representations

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Sites Representations

Objections from

residents on

infrastructure/

delivery grounds,

including on

proposed transport

Risborough Barracks

proposed transport

improvements

•Amendments put

forward by MoD in

response•No additional land put

forward.

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Sites Representations

Some comments

on future of

port/rail use

•No additional land

put forward but

comment by

Viscount

Folkestone about

Folkestone Seafront

Folkestone about

connectivity with

town centres

through their land to

the north.

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Sites Representations

New Romney

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Alternative Sites

New Romney

• Comments on level of housing development in the town/ Romney Marsh and flood risk

• Landowner comments (although only a broad location proposed):– RM Potato Company site – revised approach to – RM Potato Company site – revised approach to delivery, timing and infrastructure contributions

– Expansion of broad location to south/west of Ashford Road.

– Expansion of broad location to west of Cockreed Lane.

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Sites Representations

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Alternative Sites

Sellindge

• Comments on the delivery of the policy (infrastructure and community benefits v. level of development).

• Landowner comments (although only a broad location proposed):location proposed):– Eastward focus of broad location sought.

– Expansion to west of broad location sought.

– Two additional parcels identified outside the broad location.

– Policy changes within core area.

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Recommendations to Cabinet.

• Agree the primary matter arising from public representation process raise no fundamental issues of plan ‘soundness’.

• Non – material changes to be made by Head of Planning Services in consultation with Cabinet Member for Planning.

• Agree submission of Core Strategy to the Secretary of • Agree submission of Core Strategy to the Secretary of State.

• Note NPPF compliance and test of soundness processes.

• Agreement of process for minor changes at EIP

• Note representation made on Proposed Submission document