Salford Core Strategy

Sustainable Regeneration Scrutiny

7 December 2009

Content of the presentation

• Progress to date and details of the consultation• Focus on housing issues in the Draft Core Strategy• Summary of some of the other proposals/issues

addressed in the Draft Core Strategy• Next steps

Role of the Core Strategy

• A vision for Salford in 2027 and a plan for how we’re going to deliver it

• Identifies broad scale and location of new development

• Will replace much of the UDP

• The Core Strategy will not:

- Allocate sites for development

- Provide very detailed guidance on specific issues

• Will help deliver the Sustainable Community Strategy

Developing the Draft Core Strategy

• October 2008: consulted on Issues and Options Report• Responses received suggested:

- No clear consensus for any of the four options

- Communities generally preferred Options 1 and 2

- Developers/landowners preferred Option 3/4 • April 2009: consulted on Alternative Options• Developed Draft Core Strategy taking into account:

responses to previous consultations, technical evidence and National/Regional Planning Policy

Draft Core Strategy consultation9 November 2009 – 15 January 2010

• 8 page feature in Life IN Salford (November)• Advert in Salford Advertiser (November)• Bus Tour and drop in events in (November/December)• Community Committees / Chairs meeting (Dec/Jan)• Professional stakeholder event • Salford West Board and Chapel St Business Group• Partners IN Salford Board Meeting• It’s Your Salford Facebook page re-launched (November)• Adverts on Salford City Radio (November/December)• Youth Council (January)

Overall housing requirement

• Net increase of 33,750 dwellings (2007-2027)

• Lower than Issues and Options figure of 38,600

• Still consistent with RSS and Growth Point

• Cannot reduce figure further

• Figure reduced by:– Scaling back the allowance for second homes ownership– Assuming lower household growth for 2023-2027

• Figures allow for reduction in vacancies to 3%

Distribution of housing

• Based on emerging Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment

– 50% in the Regional Centre

– 30% in the rest of Central Salford

– 20% in Salford West

• Reflects:

– RSS and regeneration priorities

– Differences in development densities

– Permissions and availability of previously-developed land

– Protection of greenfield/Green Belt land, and most existing employment areas

Greenfield housing site

• Looked at a range of greenfield and Green Belt sites suitable for family housing – appraised for their sustainability

• Only site proposed for release is 21 hectares greenfield land at Burgess Farm, Walkden – will deliver around 600 family houses

• Burgess Farm selected as it performs well on: - access to existing services and facilities - limited impact on openness and views - could support viability of Walkden town centre

Type of housing (1)

• 28%/72% split between houses and apartments overall, reflects: – Large % of dwellings in the Regional Centre (RSS)– Need to use land efficiently– Objective of maximising provision of houses where possible

and appropriate– 75% of region’s household growth forecast to be single person

• 52%/48% split outside the Regional Centre

Type of housing (2)

• Policy approach seeks to maximise family houses on individual development sites:– Recognises different roles of different areas– 90% in Salford West, Broughton Park/Higher Broughton,

Claremont, and northern part of Weaste and Seedley– 60% in rest of Central Salford outside Regional Centre– 20% in Ordsall Waterfront, Crescent, and Liverpool Street– 10% in western part of Salford Central– No minimum in rest of Regional Centre or town centres

Size of dwellings

• Policy approach for individual sites

• Apartments (net internal floor area)– Maximum of 10% less than 45 square metres– At least 50% should be 57 square metres or above– At least 20% should be 65 square metres or above

• Houses– At least 75% should be 82 square metres or above, and have

3 bedrooms– At least 25% in Broughton Park and Higher Broughton should

have 5 bedrooms or more where practicable

• Amenity space to relate to size/function of dwellings

Design of dwellings

• Strong emphasis on adaptability

• Require a minimum score against Building for Life questions of 16

• Score of 14 or 15 acceptable where location of site makes it impracticable to score higher

• Minimum 10% of dwellings should be wheelchair accessible

• Lifetime Homes – relying on incorporation into Code for Sustainable Homes

Affordable housing

• High level of need identified in various studies

• Difficult to deliver this scale of provision due to limited grant funding, viability and existing permissions.

• Target: 5,300 affordable homes

- 3,650 grant funding

- 1,650 planning obligations

• Viability assessment completed on selection of sites looking at development costs

• Different requirements in different parts of the city in terms of scale of provision (10% to 25%) and tenure

Other housing issues

• Delivering successful housing areas

• Short-term lets– Restrict use of new apartments as ‘hotel’ rooms

• Conversion and redevelopment of existing dwellings and gardens– More relaxed approach in Broughton Park and Higher

Broughton due to scale of population growth and limited development site availability

• Gypsies, travellers and travelling showpeople– Criteria-based policy; pitch requirement in RSS Partial Review

• Student housing– Focus around university campuses

Creating employment opportunities

• Planning for 500,000 sqm new office development in the Regional Centre and 150,000 sqm in the rest of the city:

• 125 hectares of new Industry and warehousing land

required: - Some of this met through infill, improvements to existing employment areas and existing planning permissions - Difficulties posed by lack of good quality available sites - Need to identify 50 hectares new land - Proposing 40 ha development at Barton (Green Belt) and 10ha at Cutacre, Little Hulton (greenfield)

Improving local shopping facilities

• The Draft Core Strategy identifies a range of measures to improve town centres:

- increased retail floorspace

- improved integration between areas of the town centre

- improved circulation, car parking & public transport links

- increased range of uses, development of evening and

visitor economy

• New town centre proposed at Salford Quays

• New local centres proposed at Charlestown, Chapel Street and Trafford Road

How is the Draft Core Strategy considering climate change?

• Location of development to reduce the need to travel

• Transport proposals to encourage use of more sustainable modes of travel

• Measures to minimise risk and impact of flooding

• Expansion of Green Infrastructure network

• Creation of a biodiversity heartland in Chat Moss and a presumption against any further peat extraction

• Supporting food production in Chat Moss

• Proposals for decentralised and renewable energy development

Planning for infrastructure

• Core Strategy will identify the major infrastructure improvements planned: new roads, upgrades to energy/water supply infrastructure

• Infrastructure Plan will analyse in more detail:

- Planned investment in infrastructure

- Existing standards and deficits

- Infrastructure needed to support new development

- How that infrastructure can be delivered

• Will need to work with infrastructure providers (HA, UU, Electricity North West etc) to explore delivery mechanisms

Major transport proposals

• Expansion of Salford Central and Crescent Stations• Improvements to Ordsall Lane Junction• New rail spur to Port Salford• Extension of the Metrolink to MediaCityUK• Leigh – Salford – Manchester Busway• New and improved highways – Broadway Link, Western Gateway

Infrastructure Scheme (WGIS), new crossing over the MSC at Irlam, M60/M62 hard shoulder running schemes, Crescent/Chapel Street ‘grand boulevard’

• Increased use of MSC for freight movement and water taxis• Moderate expansion of City Airport Manchester and its

designation as a conservation area

Next steps

• July 2010: Council approval of Core Strategy

• August 2010: Publication of the Core Strategy Comments invited over 6 week period

• November 2010: Submission to Secretary of State

• Feb – March 2011: Public examination

• September 2011: Adoption