Object

Representation ID: 49212

Received: 24/07/2012

Respondent: Hallam Land Management & William Davies Ltd

Agent: Marrons

Preferred option is to concentrate most development in or on edge of existing urban areas, described as most sustainable. Agree mostly with approach and broad strategy.
Consider that strategic expansion of Warwick/Leamington Spa, to south of two towns offers advantages over approaches to distribution of growth.
a. Such scales of growth provide better framework for the implementation of garden suburbs principles.
b. Levels of development proposed will secure viable provision of off-site infrastructure works necessary to proper planning of proposed schemes.
c. The proposals are of scale that would provide for viable on site local facilities/services.
d. Growth here avoids use of Green Belt:a key strategic
component of urban structure in northern parts of sub-region.
e. Information in SHLAA supports release of these sites.
"known" supply at 2011. includes existing commitments, small urban SHLAA sites and Windfalls. Number of small "windfall sites" will be developed for housing. Some of these identified in SHLAA.
Windfalls
On the basis of the advice in paragraph 7.20, assumed that windfall component of forward supply is:
a. Small Urban SHLAA sites 290
b. Other Windfall Housing sites 2,300
c. Total 2,590
In total windfall sites provide 24% of dwellings. New land required, is 27% (i.e. 10,800 less 1,224 commitments = 9,576. 2,590 ÷ 9,576 x 100).
Consider that above figures indicate "over reliance" on sites which have not been identified as available. Nor does evidence set out evidence to support that level of provision can be secured from previously developed
sites. Table 3 of SHLAA records completions on windfall sites 2001/2 to 2010/11. No breakdown between brownfield and greenfield sites or those which involved use of
urban garden sites. Does not therefore provide appropriate basis to suggest 2,590 new homes will come forward.
SHLAA identified sites capable of providing 13,385 dwellings (2014 - 2029) (Table
Four).
Plan requires 9,576 dwellings will need to come forward from requirement to be met from new sites. A figure of about 960 dwellings from unidentified windfall sites on
previously developed land would be appropriate.
Provision for new housing in District will have to rely substantially on allocation of land as urban extension sites. Paragraph 52 of the NPPF advises that supply of new homes can sometimes be best achieved through planning for larger scale development in form of extensions to existing towns. May then be appropriate to follow principles of Garden Cities.
This approach has clearly been followed by WDC. In so far as development proposals to south of Warwick/Leamington Spa are concerned and expressed previously,support this strategy.
ITotal of identified sites represents 20% or 1,374 dwellings more than "balance to be allocated" set out in Table 7.1. Flexibility allows,
inter-alia, for some sites to be removed, depending on response to consultation and any further evidence.
In the event of "additional allocations" not being required, it must fall to "Green Belt" sites to be removed from plan.
However, WDC will be aware that at recent Core Strategy Examinations, Inspectors have expressed concerns about the apparent lack of "flexibility" in the forward supply of
development land some flexibility be maintained. As the
Council have assessed this to be in the order of 20%, we would support this approach.
Proposed allocations
Clients' land forms part of south of Gallows Hill/West of Europa Way site. Defined in SHLAA; site reference W10. Development of this site is supported either as a part of proposed wider strategic urban extension or as a discrete development parcel, representing first phase site.
Council will be aware that Hallam Land Management and William Davis have undertaken background studies of the land in which they have an interest (site W10).Confirm that site is capable of delivering about 250 dwellings in first phase of plan period. Note that capacity of site will be influenced by application of Garden Suburbs principles. Anticipate that densities will be lower than those evident at Heathcote.