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NE IGHBOURHOOD D EV E LOPMEN T P LAN

PU B L IC M E E T I NG

THU RSDAY 1 0 T H OCTOBER 2 0 1 3

COLWALL NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

First public meeting in March –

Announced intention to prepare Neighbourhood Plan

Start consultation with community

This one is to present;

Feedback from March and

the Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Assessment

CHANGES TO PLANNING SYSTEM

Old System New System

Regional Spacial Strategy National Planning Policy

Framework

Herefordshire Unitary

Development Policy

Herefordshire Local Plan

Colwall Neighbourhood

Development Plan

Village Design Statement Village Design Statement

Parish Plan Parish Plan

Landscape Character

Statement

Landscape Character

Statement

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

• Why have one?

• Opportunity to influence future development

• Retain our Settlement Boundary

• Help protect our environment

• Influence where development takes place

• Gives us more say over how money is spent (CIL)

• No alternative

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN AREA

= COLWALL PARISH

FEEDBACK FROM MARCH 2013

NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT

• problems in ‘Shared Housing’ and ‘Affordability’,

• retain all the shops

• retain residential base.

• more attention to colour, texture shape, height, profile, position and size of buildings

• smaller developments in keeping with the village of 1, 2 and 3 bed, no 3 storey

• small, low to medium density minimize their visual impact

• have rural style, minimise the feel of urban streets

• more housing in the village for young families, no more retirement flats,

• edge of settlement should have a lower density of housing and not housing estates.

• more affordable and social rented housing in the village

• should meet the highest BREEAM standards,

• provision for small scale workshops

• more provision for recreation and social interaction

• protect existing shops, licensed premises or business units from conversion

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FEEDBACK FROM MARCH 2013

SETTLEMENT BOUNDARY

• don’t develop land adjoining Brook House / Brookmill Close as floods

• avoid village being annexed to the nearby town

• be ever mindful of the AONB, keep "green rural views" , protect green spaces

• protect expansion of school facilities,

• undesirable that the village should become ‘fatter,

• existing settlement boundary should not be changed

• develop land in Mill Lane, develop next to the village hall.

• no development along Old Church Road

• take into account of the narrow, and/or steep, road access

• some very limited building and would be welcome

• loosen the settlement boundaries to include hamlets

• protect orchards, Colwall Green and other areas of high wildlife value

• no development to the south west of the railway line

• infill behind the Winnings, village hall and between Colwall Green and railway.

• develop ‘hamlets’ eg Cummins, Flapgate, Chance’s Pitch and Petty France.

FEEDBACK FROM MARCH 2013

OTHER

• refer to Landscape Character Assessment in local plan

• designate Colwall Green as a Site of Special Scientific Interest

• extend conservation area to cover Colwall Green and orchards behind the housing front

• existing footpaths be actively preserved and maintained

• increase services/infrastructure to match population increase

• make more imaginative use of green space in the village

• encourage cycling,

• trees to be a key landscape feature of the village,

• reinstate the Village Tree Warden

FEEDBACK FROM MARCH 2013

HIGHWAYS

• parking along Colwall Green is a serious problem

• pedestrianise the immediate area outside the school gate.

• sort out the large puddle opposite the Thai Restaurant.

• provide traffic calming measures particularly along Walwyn Road,

• increase pavement widths, particularly, around the junctions

• ban all permanent traffic lights and unnecessary street lights

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS

• Satisfy the ‘Basic Conditions’

• Have regard to national policy

• Contribute to sustainable development

• Be in conformity with local strategic policies

• Compatible with human rights & EU obligations

• Policies must be

• Justified and

• effective

• Consultation Statement

• Need to demonstrate have consulted adequately

HEREFORDSHIRE CORE STRATEGY

As Revised by;

Draft Core

Strategy Version

for Cabinet July 2013

Now at the Pre- Submission Publication Stage

HEREFORDSHIRE’S CORE STRATEGY

DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS

• 5,300 additional homes needed in Herefordshire by 2031

• Equates to about 130 extra homes in Colwall by 2031

• 27 provided already

• leaves 100 by 2031 or 51/2 homes per year

• Perhaps 40 can be provided inside Settlement Boundary

• extend the Settlement Boundary for remaining 60

• But where? and

• What about the impact on the landscape?

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HEREFORDSHIRE’S CORE STRATEGY

COLWALL HOUSING REQUIREMENT

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SIR SIMON JENKINS

CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL TRUST

a view of incomparable beauty

COLWALL PARISH

LANDSCAPE CHARACTER STATEMENT

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF

SETTLEMENT BOUNDARY

LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT

LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT GRANT

Part of the “Supporting Communities in Neighbourhood Planning Programme”

Funded by DCLG

Delivered by Locality in partnership with;Royal Town Planning Institute

Planning Aid England

Community Development Foundation

Urban Vision Enterprise

Eden Project

URS

DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF

SETTLEMENT BOUNDARY

LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT

Relates only to area around the Settlement Boundary

Only considered in relation to the landscape

• Builds on Landscape Character Statement and

• Preliminary Settlement Boundary Landscape Assessment

Carried out by;

• Carly Tinkler

• Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute

• A judge for this year’s Landscape Institute Awards!

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DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF

SETTLEMENT BOUNDARY

LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT

INSERT CARLY TINKLER

PRESENTATION ON THE

LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT

NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT

NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

• This consultation – open till 30th November 2013

• Next public meeting in the New Year to;• Feedback on this one

• Suggest what may be in the plan

• Ask for more comments

• Pre-submission consultation – legal requirement

• Submit to Herefordshire who;• Arrange independent examination

• Hold referendum

HOW TO RESPOND

• Preferred response is by email to colwallneighbourhoodplan@gmail.com

• Via our website (still being obtained)

• By letter to the Clerk

• No particular format required• Include name and contact• Explain your experience/knowledge

• Sell your idea• Justify

• Will be made public• Remember the AONB

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HOW TO RESPOND

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

INFORMATION

We have a website;

www.colwallneighbourhoodplan.org.uk

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

Question Time

Colwall Parish Council gratefully acknowledges the assistance of

The Malvern Hills AONB Partnership, WSP UK Limited

And the Department of Communities and Local Government