Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries

The JPC accepts that given the emerging WDC New Local Plan it seems that we must accept a share of the district-wide growth even though this is grossly in excess of our identified and measured immediate local needs. If the district wide numbers are at the levels currently indicated and if the numbers required to be accommodated within Barford remain as currently indicated then the JPC accepts that the proposed sites (1- Wellesbourne Rd garage site, 2 - Former Sherbourne Nursery site and 3 - Land off Bremridge Close) are the only realistic options available within the parish capable of satisfying these numbers. Acceptance of this situation is also recognised in the rapidly emerging Barford Neighbourhood Development Plan.

These sites and these numbers must be seen as the absolute maximum that this JPC will accept and in the event that district-wide numbers should be reduced we would expect to be consulted on how our numbers should be proportionately reduced to reflect such change. The JPC is not prepared to accept any increase in these plan led numbers for the forthcoming New Local Plan period.

Also, in the event that current pending applications are successful we would expect that these would be fully taken in to account when computing our numbers.

Whilst recognising all the benefits and issues related to "phasing" the JPC wishes to reflect the local electorate's clearly expressed wish that these developments should at least to some degree be phased over the whole plan period.

We would be expecting significant s.106 or CIL contributions to be negotiated for each of these (and any other) sites and for these contributions to be categorically Barford specific - in particular we would expect contributions to education to be directed to both Barford School and our follow on secondary schools and we would be looking for contributions towards improvements to the Barford Bypass junctions which are causing considerable concerns and numbers of accidents and would be made worse by increased development in the village.

We would expect note to be taken of our recent Housing Needs Surveys and the mix of housing provided to be matched to our demographic and current needs. Specifically we will not accept the "standard developer mix" which is primarily aimed to maximise their profit, but require a mix to meet our needs, our electorate's aspirations, our ageing demographic and which will maintain and preferably enhance the community spirit which currently exists.

We would also be expecting site specific designs to complement our Barford Conservation Area and will not be prepared to accept standard, off-the-shelf developer boxes and layouts.