1. Draft Babergh Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan
THE NEW LOCLA PLAN PROVIDES STRATEGY FOR FUTURE GROWTH, UP TO 2036, OF BOTH DISTRICTS, SETTING OUT WHAT AND WHERE DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE PLACE

2. Joint Local Plan – Four Objectives
Housing: Deliver the right type of homes Balance housing & employment
Economy: Encourage business growth Ipswich as a key economic driver
Environment: Protect and enhance Development outside flood areas
Health: Provide necessary infrastructure Prioritise investment Support communities
THE LOCAL PLAN IS A HUGE DOCUMENT; ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO COVER EVERYTHING IN A SHORT MEETING, SO WE ARE FOCUSSING THIS MORNING ON THE HOUSING REQUIREMENT AND HOW THIS AFFECTS LITTLE WALDINGFIELD

3. Housing Requirement Required by Gov’t to set strategic priorities
Babergh assessed needs = 7,820 homes (355 homes / year)
A possible contingency could be included
Babergh ‘Called For Sites’ to help meet housing need
Three sites now identified in Little Waldingfield
IT IS ESTIMATED THE UK MUST BUILD 250,000 HOMES A YEAR, BUT WE ARE ONLY BUILDING ABOUT HALF THIS FIGURE.
BABERGH GIVE NO NUMBERS FORANY POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY

4. Little Waldingfield Sites
THE LITTLE WALDINFIELD SITES ARE (1) BEHIND LONG BARN; (2) OPPOSITE GROVE AVENUE & WOOD HALL; AND (3) BEHIND ENNISKILLEN.

5. Site SS0875 – Behind Long Barn
For residential development
Possibly between 8 and 10 homes
NOTE: THE OUTCOME IS LIKELY TO BETHE LOWER NUMBER, BUT POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE THE HIGHER NUMBER

6. Site SS0874 – Opposite Grove Avenue
For residential development
Possibly between 12 and 23 homes
NOTE: THE OUTCOME IS LIKELY TO BETHE LOWER NUMBER, BUT POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE THE HIGHER NUMBER

7. Site SS0545 – Behind Enniskillen
For residential development
Possibly 8 homes
IT APPEARS THAT 8 HOMES WERE NOTIFIED AND ‘AGREED’ BY BABERGH

8. Consultation Questions – Settlement Hierarchy
Key Services
Recognise key facilities / services only, or
Use a weighted scoring system recognising relationships to higher order settlements, key services and supporting services
Ranking of Settlements
Functional Clusters (e.g. Ipswich)
Towns (Sudbury) and Core Villages (GW)
Hinterland villages (LW) and Hamlets
TO HELP ANSWER THE QUESTIONS: (1) WHERE IS MOST HOUSING NEEDED / GOING TO BE BUILT, AND (2) HOW BMS DETERMINE THIS.
THE BMS INITIAL THE KEY SERVICES PREFERENCE IS OPTION FOR 2

9. Consultation Questions – Spatial Distribution
BHD1 County Town Focussed %
BHD2 Market town / rural area balance 15%
BHD3 Transport corridor focussed %
BHD4 New settlement focussed %
The (%) Impact upon Hinterland Villages (LW)
1) THE CURRENT BABERGH LOCAL PLAN SPLITS NEW HOUSING GROWTH 60/40 BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL LOCATIONS
2) THE NEW JOINT LOCAL PLAN PROVIDES NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR HINTERLAND VILLAGES
3) BUT REMEMBER, THESE PERCENTAGES ARE JUST AVERAGES, FOR SOME TOWNS / VILLAGES THE FIGURE WILL BE HIGHER, AND FOR OTHERS LOWER

10. Consultation Questions – Housing Types
The district preference is to require a mix of housing, including accessible dwellings and bungalows for the elderly, on developments above 10 dwellings. There is also a preference to require affordable housing on sites above 10 dwellings.
1) BABERGH WILL SUPPORT ‘MARKET HOUSING’ ON RURAL EXCEPTION SITES ‘WHERE NECESSARY TO BRING THE SITE FORWARD’
2) RURAL EXCEPTION SITES ARE SMALL SITES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN PERPETUITY
3) LASTLY WE ALL KNOW THAT DEVELOPERS OTEN COMPLAIN SO OFTEN CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGETS ARE NOT ACHIEVED.

11. Consultation Questions – Rural Growth
Local plan preferences
Hinterland Villages
Review current defined boundaries and
Have criteria based approach to enable proportionate development
For Hamlets
Have criteria based approach to enable infill development
1) THE NATIONAL POLICY IS FOR DEVELOPMENT TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN A WAY TO REDUCE THE NEED TO TRAVEL, HELP SUSTAIN RURAL AREAS AND SUPPORT RETENTION OF EXISTING SERVICES.
2) FOR BABERGH, DEVELOPMENT ON A NUMBER OF SITES HAS NOT PROGRESSED AS QUICKLY AS EXPECTED. WHICH MIGHT HAVE A FUTURE IMPACT

12. Landscape, Heritage & Design
Landscape Options
The preference is to remove local landscape designations and apply a criteria based policy
Heritage Asset Options
Identify types of assets to be considered as non designated heritage assets
Maintain protection of non designated assets
NON-DESIGNATED ASSETS ARE NOT DEFINED WITHIN NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY, BUT ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE THOSE IDENTIFIED ON A ‘LOCAL LIST’.
BABERGH MID SUFFOLK AIM TO PROVIDE A CONSISTENT APPROACH FOR LOCAL LISTS ACROSS BOTH DISTRICTS.
HISTORIC ENGLAND: LOCAL LISTS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN BUILDING AND REINFORCING LOCAL CHARACTER AND DISCTINCTIVENESS IN THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT.

13. Where To find more information?
Search for ‘Joint Local Plan’
Visit plan home page at:
Visit plan consultation pages at:
Visit evidence pages at:
Visit Sudbury ‘drop-in’ session Thursday 12th Oct
TIMETABLE: CONSULTATION ENDS 10/11.
FURTHER PUBLICATIONS OVER WINTER 2017/18 AND SUMMER 2018; PUBLIC EXAMINATION OVER WINTER 2018; ADOPTION OF PLAN IN SPRING 2019

14. Joint Local Plan consultation
Any Questions?
YOUR COUNCIL WILL REPLY TO THIS CONSULTATION, GIVING CONSIDERATION TO VIEWS EXPRESSED TODAY.
COUNCILLORS MAY ALSO INDIVIDUALLY REPLY, AS SHOULD ALL RESIDENTS WHO WISH THEIR VIEWS TO BE KNOWN BY THE DISTRICTS