A COMMUNITY LED PLAN FOR BISHOPSTONE?

Public Meeting – 18th October 2012

Programme

1. Welcome and Introductions2. Background – Mike Ash, Bishopstone Parish

Council3. A Community Led Plan for Bishopstone? –

Belinda Fowler,Community First4. Questions 5. Group Discussions6. Next Steps

The IssuesWhether: do we want to have a plan for Bishopstone – what are the consequences if not?What: if so, what type of plan:(a) one dealing with the physical environment (what

buildings or landscape should be conserved, where things might be built, what they are used for, what they look like) eg Neighbourhood Plan, Village Design Statement;

(b) one dealing also with wider issues of community concern (bus service, litter, broadband speed, traffic, employment, crime etc) eg Parish Plan?

How: who will do the work and how do we involve the whole community?

Background• The Broader Picture -

Development Plans – Salisbury District Local Plan–Wiltshire Core Strategy

• Why have a local plan - the Village Survey 2011.

Development Planning Basics

• Planning permission is required for: “The carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on or over land.”.– Includes the change of use of land and buildings.– There are exceptions – much of agriculture and forestry is not

“development”.– Some developments are automatically “permitted”.

• Local planning authorities must “determine planning applications in accordance with the statutory development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise”.

• The development plan must “set out the authority’s policies (however expressed) relating to the development and use of land in their area”.

Salisbury District Plan

NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN SYSTEM

Wiltshire Core Strategy• The Wiltshire Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD)

covers the whole of Wiltshire (excluding Swindon) and sets out the council's:– spatial vision,– key objectives, – overall principles for development in the County.

• South Wiltshire Core Strategy adopted 7 February 2012 – will be subsumed in Wiltshire Core Strategy.

• consultation on Submission Draft closed 2 April 2012• formally approved for submission by Wiltshire Council on 26 June 2012• submitted to the Planning Inspectorate on 10 July 2012 for the

purpose of initiating an independent public examination• further public consultation October/November 2012• examination - Winter 2012/13• adoption- Spring/Summer 2013?

Broad PoliciesLandscape• Development should protect, conserve and where possible enhance landscape

character.• Proposals for development within or affecting the Areas of Outstanding Natural

Beauty (AONBs), shall have regard to the relevant Management Plans for these areas.– Ensure that where new development is permitted it complements the special

qualities of the AONB and takes full account of the area’s setting and context;– Encourage local communities to identify local needs and assist in the

conservation and enhancement of local distinctiveness through the preparation and development of Parish Plans, Village Design Statements and other initiatives.

Heritage• Development should protect, conserve and where possible enhance the historic

environment.• Designated historic assets and their settings will be conserved, and where

appropriate enhanced, including:– iii. buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest and their

settings– iv. the special character or appearance of conservation areas and their settings.

Wilton Community Area

Policy for BishopstoneSubmitted Core Strategy:

“At the Small Villages development will be limited to infill within the existing built area. Proposals for development will be supported where they seek to meet local housing needs and/or employment, services and facilities provided that the development accords with all policies of the development plan and:i) respects the existing character and form of the settlementii) the proposal does not elongate the village or impose development in sensitive landscape areas, andiii) does not consolidate an existing sporadic loose knit areas of development related to the settlement.”

Revision October 2012: In the submitted strategy "infill” was defined as the filling of a small gap "only large enough for one dwelling" . It is now proposed to change this to "large enough for not more than a few dwellings, generally only one dwelling.  Exceptions to this approach will only be considered through the neighbourhood plan process.".

August 2012 - Village Design Statements to be a material consideration to be used in the determination of planning applications in the areas they cover.

So, if no local plan is prepared, any application for planning permission will be decided having regard to these criteria.

How will they be interpreted in the context of Bishopstone?

Bishopstone Village Survey 2011

• 67% response rate• 95% rely on use of a car• 43% over 65 years• 90% feel part of the community

BISHOPSTONE VILLAGE SURVEY 2011 - LIKES

• Countryside/ Landscape/Environment• Walks/Access to countryside• Peace and tranquillity • Close to Salisbury• Community spirit/active community• Friendly people• Varied village• Safe • Rural community with minimal new

development

BISHOPSTONE VILLAGE SURVEY 2011 - DISLIKES

• Lack of a village shop• No centre to the village• Speeding on main and side roads• Poor public transport • Social imbalances in village• Slow internet access• Poor mobile phone signal• Constant building which delays traffic• Not enough for youth/young children to do.

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BISHOPSTONE VILLAGE SURVEY 2011

HOUSING & PLANNING ISSUES YES NO

Will any member of your household need a house within the next 5 years ?

13 138

Is there need for additional “affordable” housing ? 73 72Would you be in favour of the preparation of a Parish Plan ?

121 15

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BISHOPSTONE VILLAGE SURVEYHow many new houses should be built

in Bishopstone ?

No new houses1 - 3 new houses4 - 9 new houses10+ new houses