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Berinsfield Community Investment Scheme

The future of BerinsfieldWe listened to all the discussions and great ideas here in September about housing, transport, the village green and much more. We want to take these ideas forward and help deliver them on the ground.

We need your help to decide what to put into the Berinsfield master plan

We’re here today to…• feedback what you told us about Berinsfield’s issues, opportunities and your ambitions for the

village. Please pick up a Berinsfield factsheet

• ask which of the proposed options you want to see delivered – get more information from the

display boards.

Please choose the ideas you like best

• ask how much housing you would be happy to have built around the village to pay for these

improvements – the display boards show a range of possible scenarios.

What do you think is the right balance between improvements and housing?

Welcome

Berinsfield Community Investment Scheme

The 10 top issues for Berinsfield

What you said What we could do

1Green space and public areas (94 comments)

You want to see village green space protected and improved

You had lots of ideas about how to do this

A green space plan to include:

protection or enhancement of village green and other spaces

3 new ‘pocket parks’

3 better playgrounds

3 tree and shrub planting

See ‘Green space and public areas’ board for more information.

2 Better shops (37 comments)

You want to see better shops with more variety

Work with stakeholders to:

3 enable new shops

3 improve access to shops

3 improve appearance of shops

See ‘Shops’ board for more information

3New homes in a better setting (28 comments)

You want well designed new homes with the right facilities to support

the new and existing population

Detailed master plan to ensure:

3 well-designed homes

3 right types of homes for local people

3 homes well connected to village

3 well connected to new, improved community services and facilities

See ‘New homes’ board

4Parking and streets (22 comments)

You told us about streets with parking issues and problems

accessing your homes

Detailed master plan and:

3 better parking solutions

3 improved walking and cycle routes

3 pedestrian priority areas

See ‘Parking and streets’ board for more information.

5 New A4074 crossing (22 comments)

You want a safer crossing to the 114, X39 and X40 bus stops

We’ve already started!

Our consultants are designing a traffic light controlled ‘pelican’ crossing. We

expect to build it early in 2017

See ‘Buses and roads’ board for more information.

6 Local schooling and education (20 comments)

You want improved education facilities for all ages

Work with stakeholders to ensure the best possible education facilities and

services

This largely depends on how many new homes are delivered

See ‘Local schooling and education’ board for more information.

7Support for local services (16 local health care comments and 20

comments on other services)

Some services are at risk of closure and you want them protected

and supported

Develop a sustainable community hub to accommodate a range of local services.

We are already talking to local community groups.

The scale of this will vary depending on how many new homes are delivered.

See ‘Support for local services’ board

8Buses and roads (18 comments on buses and 13 on roads)

Main concern expressed was about lack of public transport and need

for traffic calming through the village

Work with the community to explore long-term solutions for better public transport

for the village.

Traffic calming and improving the entrance to the village.

See ‘Buses and roads’ board for more information.

9Sports and leisure centre (11 comments plus significant feedback

during previous consultations)

You like having a sports and leisure centre in the village and would

like to see it improved or replaced

Provide a new sports and leisure centre for Berinsfield.

This largely depends on how many new homes are delivered.

See ‘Sports and leisure centre’ board for more information.

10Jobs and skills (comments from local community groups)

Residents need better access to jobs. Support and training to help

people into work was identified as a key issue

Support local business’s ambitions to grow, providing new training opportunities

for local people.

See ‘shops’ and ‘education’ board

Berinsfield Community Investment Scheme 3

What are Pocket Parks?

Pocket parks are, typically, small areas of landscape that can provide a very broad range of activities and environmental enhancement. The principal is to offer multiple, local spaces for residents (in addition to the larger, central spaces), which can provide a location for: things to happen; children to play; people to meet; and to create variety and interest in different parts of the village.

Green space and public areasYou want to see village green space protected and improved. We can work with you to agree a green space plan that will protect and enhance key green spaces and public areas. We can fund improvements to these areas from new housing development.

We could deliver:

• improvements to footpaths and pedestrian routes

• new and improved cycle routes

• new ‘pocket parks’

• more active use of existing spaces e.g. new play

equipment, seating and activities for all ages

• tree planting

• improving views of open spaces and adding

character

• more allotments, orchards and food growing

opportunities

• improved lighting in public spaces and paths

Depending on the extent of any new development in the areas adjacent to the existing village, there are likely to be additional opportunities to provide improved pedestrian and cycle access to the surrounding countryside including new footpaths and cycle paths; wildlife zones and picnic areas.

The plan shows some potential locations for new pocket parks within Berinsfield. The blue circles show a 200 metre radius around the proposed parks., which is about a 3

minute walk.

The plan shows the existing areas of green space in Berinsfield. It also indicates pedestrian links around the village. We can examine this network of links and spaces and try to maximise the potential benefits that they offer to residents.


You told us about streets with parking issues and problems accessing your homes. We could use funds raised from new development to agree a programme of improvements to public garage and parking areas.

The sketches show how an area of under-utilised garages could be removed to create additional car parking. The idea has added benefits in allowing improved access to the adjacent houses as well as creating a more attractive street scene.Potentially the storage space that is lost by the removal of the garages could be compensated for in other purpose-built structures.Any changes of this sort would need to be discussed and agreed on an individual basis with the residents affected.

Parking and streets

before after

Changes to the garaging will provide additional car parking spaces. This could allow some of the on-street parking to be improved and the streets enhanced with measures such as home zones similar to the illustration here.

Berinsfield Community Investment Scheme 5Better shopsYou want to see better shops with more variety. We could allocate more space in a masterplan for retail development. We could also improve the environment around existing retail areas

A larger population of residents would:

• support more and a greater variety of shops and commercial

floor space

• increase viability of local businesses

• provide an opportunity for more events such as pop-up

markets or shops

• increase local employment opportunities

• and support local employers and entrepreneurs

The arcade of shops on Fane Drive are in poor condition and are detrimental to the character of the area as well as not

providing a good choice of shopping opportunities for residents.

Depending on the number of new homes, it may be possible to support a Tesco Express or

similar as well as cafes and other store types

Berinsfield Community Investment Scheme 6Local schooling and educationYou want improved education facilities for all ages. We can plan for new and additional educational facilities. The more new housing in Berinsfield, the greater the need to plan for additional school capacity.

Depending on the number of new homes that you support through this process, we could:

1. Improve the Abbey Woods Academy by refurbishing the

current buildings

2. Deliver a new primary school – this would need to be for 2

classes per year or 3 classes per year depending on the

number of new homes

3. Build an ‘all-through’ school – this would allow local children

from 4 to 16 to go to school in the village

All-through schools provide a way of delivering secondary school facilities without the number of pupils that might normally be needed to fill a standalone secondary school.

For each of the options above we would also improve access to training and education for working age residents, working with

existing locally based support providers.

Heyford Park All-Through Free School (Oxfordshire)

Adult education opportunities


We are aware that several existing community facilities in the village are in poor physical condition and – in some cases – at risk of closure. You told us that residents’ needs are not being met in the village and that you are already travelling to other villages and towns nearby for some important facilities and services.

New housing in the village could fund a new home for these services or provide funding to improve their current premises. The Council is already in discussion with local community groups to explore how this could work. Ideas include:

• providing a community hub with different types of facilities

(depending on the scale of new development supported)

• potentially seeing several services and facilities (including a

café) ‘co-located’ in one building

• helping to retain current services and facilities that are

important to residents

• helping to reduce running costs and encourage more co-

operation between different community groups

Support for local services

Community Centre at Hampton (Peterborough)Carterton Community Centre

Paper and Cup (London)Community Diner (London)


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Proposed 3m widefootway extension

Existing footway closed off toencourage use of signal facility

Bus shelter

Dragons teeth marking to enhanceawareness of speed reduction

Red coloured road surface dressing featureto enhance awareness of speed alteration

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Lighting column

Drain

Manhole

Signal pole

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Pedestrian crossing and trafficcalming

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Existing gateway feature uponentering Berinsfield

Vehicle actuation Speed assessment loops On crossing detection Improved lighting

Puffin crossing

FANE DRIVE

New A4074 crossingYou want a safer crossing to the 114, X39 and X40 bus stops. We’ve already started!Our consultants are designing a traffic light controlled ‘pelican’ crossing. We expect to build it early in 2017.

We will work with the Parish Council and other local community groups to find alternatives to the loss of bus services. The potential to find solutions will be enhanced by any increase in the number of people living in Berinsfield.

As part of any new development we will consider the capacity of the main access road to Berinsfield and how the junction to the A4074 works.

Buses and roads

New A4074 crossing design


You have a sports centre in the village and would like to see it improved or replaced with a new facility.

The Abbey Sports Centre was built in the 1960s and currently offers a 35-station gym, swimming pool, a 4-court badminton hall and a wide range of classes and activities.

We could fund and plan for a new sports and leisure centre in or around Berinsfield. If a new centre was built the existing one would be kept open until the new one was ready.

Sports and Leisure Centre

Windrush Leisure Centre

Hough End Leisure CentreGrimsby Leisure Centre


You told us• There aren’t enough smaller homes (1 and 2 bedroom) for

younger people wanting to move to their first home

• People with larger families are overcrowded because there is a

shortage of larger homes (4 bedroom and above)

• Some older people would like to stay in the village but move to

a smaller home, ideally without stairs

What new homes could offerWe have reviewed the feedback and identified a range of housing types which could be included in any proposals. Examples of new homes which could be provided for different groups include:

1. A family who currently lives in a social rented home in the

village but has outgrown it

• Houses with 4 or 5 bedrooms

• Let at social or affordable rents

2. A younger person currently living at home with their parents

but wanting their own home

• 1 bedroom apartments or 2/3 bedroom homes shared by

2/3 people

• Let at social or affordable rents

3. A couple wanting to buy their first home but who cannot afford

to buy on the open market

• Shared Ownership (part buy, part rent) or Starter Homes

• 1, 2 or 3 bedroom flats or houses

4. An elderly person downsizing to smaller accommodation but

still able to live independently and not requiring care

• 1 or 2 bed single level homes

• Over 55’s accommodation, allowing independent living but

with support available if required

5. An elderly person requiring care and support whose current

property is not suitable or does not allow easy access to

support services

• Extra Care accommodation

• 1 or 2 bed single level home

6. People looking to buy their own home who are interested in

building it themselves.

• Self-build homes, where a plot is purchased and

assistance will be given to you in designing and building

your own home

• 2, 3 or 4 bed homes with the plot purchased at market

value and “sweat equity” is earned through building the

home.

InfrastructureAny new development will include the necessary infrastructure to address any current deficiencies as well as creating the required additional capacity. For example new power supply, drainage and transport access.

New homes in a better setting

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4 5 6

Charts showing existing tenures and post development tenure

Berinsfield Community Investment Scheme 11ScenariosThere is the potential to deliver all ideas and improvements for Berinsfield, but we need new housing to fund them. You will have your own views on how much housing you feel is appropriate.

The table below gives an idea of the number of homes needed to support each improvement. On the next board, we have grouped individual improvements to show how they could be packaged together. We would like you to tell us which package you like the most, or if you have your own ideas, to share those with us.

You may feel that you do not want any new housing at all. If that approach were to be selected, it is much less likely that village improvements could be delivered or sustained.

A4704 Crossing

Green and open space

Parking and streets

Small Scale Community Hub

Additional Community Hub Provision

2 Form Entry Primary School

3 Form Entry Primary School

4 Form Entry Primary School(s)

All Through 5 Form Entry School

Small Scale Retail Offering

Medium Additional Retail Offering

Large Additional Retail Offering

Sports/Leisure Centre

Scenario A: 500 - 600 Dwellings

Scenario B: 750 - 900 Dwellings

Scenario C: 1,500 - 1,700 Dwellings

Scenario D: 1,900 - 2,100 Dwellings

Berinsfield Community Investment Scheme 12ScenariosScenario A: 500 - 600 new homes• Green space and public areas - including public open space

improvements, street trees and pocket parks (100-120 new

homes approximately)

• Parking and streets - including car parking and garage

improvements (100-120 new homes approximately)

• New small scale community hub - including community hall,

library and children’s centre (140 new homes approximately)

• Primary School Refurb and increase to 2FE (160 new homes

approximately)

Scenario B: 750 – 900 new homes• Green space and public areas - including public open space





• Provide new community hub - including Health Centre (200

new homes approximately)

• Provide 1 new 3 FE primary school (340 new homes

approximately)

• Would generate viability for small additional retail

Berinsfield Community Investment Scheme 13ScenariosScenario C: 1,500 - 1,700 new homes• Green space and public areas - including public open space





• Provide new community hub (200 new homes approximately)

• Provide 2x new 2FE primary schools (640 new homes

approximately)

• New Sports and Leisure Centre (560 new homes approximately)

• Would generate viability for medium additional retail

Scenario D: 1,900 - 2,100 new homes• Green space and public areas - including public open space





• Provide new community hub (200 new homes approximately)

• Provide new all-through 5FE school (1000 new homes

approximately)

• New Sports and Leisure Centre (560 new homes approximately)

• Would generate viability for large additional retail

Berinsfield Community Investment Scheme 14Scale of new developmentMuch more detailed planning work would need to be done before the location of any development could be agreed, but this diagram shows the approximate size of potential new development under the different scenarios.

The current population of Berinsfield is approximately 2800 people in 1100 homes. If 1000 additional homes were built this would result in a new, total population of approximately 5300 people. If 2000 additional homes were built this would result in a new, total population of approximately 7900 people.

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Berinsfield Community Investment Scheme 15Council CommitmentsSouth Oxfordshire District Council objectivesWe want to deliver as many as possible of the community facilities, services and environmental improvements that you have asked for. To do this we also need to make sure the right amount of housing is delivered at the right time.

Because of what you told us in September we now aim to…

• provide a safe, traffic-light crossing to the A4704 bus stops by early 2017

• protect and improve Berinsfield’s central green space

• improve or in some cases replace local community facilities finding ways to

3 provide a new leisure centre and a new community hub

3 provide new and better education facilities

3 improve shops and retail offer

3 help support local services in the long-term

3 improve local transport options

• prepare detailed plans to improve public spaces

3 improve parking, walking, cycling, playing and relaxing

3 work with grounds maintenance providers to tidy up footpaths and hedges

3 improve the play area at the top end of the village

• provide new and replacement housing development

3 offer the kinds of housing tenure that people in the village want and need

3 offer new housing first to local people and people with strong connections to the village

3 deliver good quality designs that integrate fully with the existing village

• link new development with jobs and training opportunities for local people

3 make sure new jobs and training are provided while new developments are being built

3 make sure new jobs and training opportunities continue into the future We will talk regularly with as wide a range of local people as possible to get the best ways forward as we develop the detail of a masterplan and delivery program

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