Planning for the future of our district

Core strategy optionsPresentation to C4B Associates

February 2010

What this presentation will cover

• Why produce a Local Development Framework (what is it ?)

• Key Issues for us to address

• Development Requirements

• Options we have assessed

• How did we assess the Options

• What we concluded

• Options for consultation

• How we will consult

• What happens next

Why produce an LDF (what is it)?

• A statutory function for districts and unitaries only

• Sets out the ‘blue print’ for how our district will develop

• Responding to community priorities and needs

• Dealing with local challenges – affordable housing, traffic congestion

• Delivering our role in wider partnerships – eg Canterbury Partnership

A new approach to plan preparation – options

Creating a Vision

• Strategic vision to 2026 – local partnership’s work and South East Plan• Focus on Canterbury city as Regional Hub• Creating sustainable communities – development in accessible areas,

meeting housing needs, protecting and enhancing open space

• Developing the economy – encouraging inward investment and promoting opportunities for business, making the most of opportunities from local education institutes

• Enhancing the appeal of our district for visitors and residents alike – culture, retail, sport and leisure

• Improving our green economy – sustainability of our developments, encouraging business involved in environmental technology

• Infrastructure linked to new developments (tackling congestion)

Economic Development approach

• 40 hectares of business land to be allocated (includes Little Barton Farm)

• Little Barton Farm (as Local Plan); or alternatively provision of similar amount of business land (possibly in smaller mixed use sites) at Canterbury

• Policy to support extensions of current sites

Core Policies relating to Economic Development

• Protection and management of existing sites and clusters

• Allocation of new sites and floor space + delivering mixed use developments

• Support for knowledge-based businesses (environmental technologies: research and development: high tech manufacturing: cultural and creative industries)

• Support for delivery of digital infrastructure

District housing requirements to 2026

10,200 (from South East Plan, majority to be at Canterbury)

 

Existing housing supply (already agreed /allocated sites and planning consents) ……… 6,184

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Leaving residual requirement ………. 4,016(Number of houses to be found)

 

District housing requirements to 2026

Potential breakdown of the remaining 4,016 houses 

Urban sites within the towns Canterbury 1000Herne Bay/Whitstable 500) ………. 1,500

Outside Urban Areas ……… 2,516(District wide)

 

Overall 70% (of the 10,200 homes) on brownfield sites

Which development options have we looked at?

Option 1 – Infill in the city centre. This is likely to deliver approx. 1000 units (and is applicable to all options)

Option 2 – Within urban boundaries of Canterbury and coastal towns. This is likely to deliver approx 1500 units in total

Option 3a – Canterbury - urban extensions (dispersal)Option 3b – Canterbury - urban extension (single site)Option 3c – Canterbury - urban extensions (supplemented by

development at Herne Bay)

Option 4 – Herne Bay and Whitstable - urban extensionsOption 5 – Larger well serviced villages around Canterbury

(possible extended village option)Option 6 – Dispersed across district

(urban areas and villages)Option 7 – New (free-standing) settlement

Option 3a: Canterbury – urban extensions (dispersal)

Option 3b: Canterbury - urban extension (single large site)

Option 3c: Canterbury – urban extensions (supplemented by development at Herne Bay)

Option 4: Herne Bay and Whitstable - urban extensions

Option 5: Larger, well-serviced villages around Canterbury (possible extended

village option)

Option 6: Dispersed across district (urban areas and villages)

How did we assess them ?

• Performance against government policy and South East planning framework

• Sustainability Appraisal (social, environmental, economic factors)

• Market Feasibility Assessment - the need to capitalise on developments to provide infrastructure

• Conclusions from previous Inspectors’ Reports and Development Appraisals (eg: “Greater Sturry”)

• Other key studies ongoing – TransportAssessment, Flooding

What we concluded

• Most appropriate options, for further testing and consultation, is a mix of the following,

- Option 1: infill in city centre- Option 2: within urban boundaries of Canterbury, Herne Bay

and Whitstable- Option 3c: large urban extension at Canterbury and limited

development around Herne Bay- Option 5: Minor infill in larger, well served rural villages

this would be our ‘menu’ from which we would (after consultation) choose the preferred option - to go forward to next stage

Options for consultation

Why south and west Canterbury ?

• Best fit with SE plan – at or adjacent to urban centres– reinforces role of regional hub

• Good access to facilities and work

• Sufficient scale to provide for future community , open space, social facilities

• Avoids constrained parts of City, on North and east side

• Avoids habitat designations / sensitive landscapes

Proposed Core Strategy timetable

Stage Date

Consultation: development options Jan/Mar 2010

Consultation: preferred option and core policies Autumn 2010

Consultation: Submission to Government version Summer 2011

Submission to Government Autumn 2011

Examination Early 2012

Inspector’s Report Summer 2012

Adoption 2012

What happens next ?

Any Questions ?