Little Aston Neighbourhood PlanWorking Groups launch event

17th June 2013

How the Working Groups will work• Working Party has to be a minimum

of 4 (including the lead person)• Working Party members are either

residents, have a business, own a property or own land in the parish– Any exceptions need to be agreed by

Steering Group• Each Working Party is responsible for

its own secretarial services

So how do we produce a Plan?

What does a sustainable Little Aston look like in

15-20 years’ time?

What should the Vision be?We table a paper version of the vision contained in the 2011 Lichfield Rural Planning Workshops for discussion/debate:• Little Aston will maintain its role as a distinct and stable community offering a high

quality local living environment and a range of local services and facilities. The essential qualities of the Conservation Area will be recognised in all potential change. Improvements to the Conservation Area will be made where resources allow, in particular to maintain and renew tree cover and to achieve a more cohesive and integrated physical environment.

• The range of shops, services and facilities will be maintained and enhanced and higher priority given to the needs of pedestrians and cyclists.

• Community recreation, social and play facilities will be renewed to be of a physical form, distribution and quality appropriate to current needs.

• New housing development in Little Aston should be limited to the replacement of existing properties within the limits of the settlement and infill development at densities appropriate to the character of the area.

So how do we produce a Plan?

1. What are the issues we want to address?

2. What evidence do we need?3. What are the possible options for

addressing each issue?4. What is the preferred option for

each issue?

Evidence gathering• Know your baseline – audit what is here today

• Look at what has happened in the past– Planning permissions, take-up of new

development• Workshops, debates• Talk to the experts– Estate agents, local providers–We can help with technical stakeholders

Some ‘rules’• You cannot propose policies which

simply say ‘no’ to development• Proposals have to be ‘deliverable’• You have to have the landowners of

sites in the plan on board

What the Local Plan says• No housing target• Acknowledge importance of Little

Aston Hospital to local economy• Little Aston a ‘Key Rural Service

Centre’– Shops, services, employment and

community facilities to meet the needs of the local community

Any Questions?

Working Groups – we ask people’s views on the groups and the mix of issues

Environment Community Housing TransportOpen spaces

Education Affordable housing

Traffic

Design Health Mix Non-car movement

Energy Shops SitesRecreation

The issues for the Working Groups

Housing• Are there particular

types of housing that need to be provided?– Affordable– Size

• What should new housing look like?

Transport• Can we improve traffic flow through

the community?• How can we address ‘severance’

issues?• How can we increasing walking and cycling?

Community

• Should we provide new community facilities?

• Can we create a ‘centre’ to the community?

• Do we need to improve the leisure offer?

• How can we protect/ensure our shopping areas thrive?

Environment• How do we best

preserve and enhance our environment?

• Do we need to protect green spaces from development

• What sources of energy should be provided by new development?

Next Steps• Get together with your fellow Working

Group members– Introduce yourselves– Start kicking some thoughts around– Appoint a lead

• Arrange your first formal meeting• I will arrange for each group member

to have a Support Document

Process1. Working Groups identify key issues2. We hold a public event to ask the

community about ‘their Little Aston’– Present and refine issues

3. Ongoing work on evidence gathering

4. Workshop with Working Groups to consider solutions– There will be many cross-cutting issues

Timeline2013 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

NP LaunchWorking Party launchPUBLIC EVENT - Your ShenstoneWPs work on issuesWP WORKSHOP - cross-cutting issuesWPs identify optionsPUBLIC EVENT - Options

2014 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov DecWPs work of preferred optionsPUBLIC EVENT - emerging NPWPs work on policy formulationPRE-SUBMISSION CONSULTATIONPUBLICITY STAGEEXAMINATIONREFERENDUMNP ADOPTED

And after the NP is adopted?• The first 12 months are crucial• A number of projects– Engage with stakeholders– Draw up delivery plan– Commence actions– Get the projects ready to deliver

Dave MorrisLittle Aston Neighbourhood Plan lead

Tel: 0121 353 3257 or 07821 614424Email: davemorris@supanet.com

Chris BowdenNavigus PlanningTel: 01206 700260

Email: chris@navigusplanning.co.uk