1. Local Plan Briefing
March 2016

2. What I will cover Reminder of the Inspector’s letters
Reminder of risks of not progressing the Local Plan
Coventry and Warwickshire MOU
The modifications
Housing requirement
Sources of housing supply
Broad locations of growth
Allocated housing sites, green belt changes, safeguarded land, education allocations, allocations for outdoor sports
Importance of master-planning and support for site delivery
Infrastructure update
Next steps
Further information

3. Correspondence from Inspector’s 2015
Inspector – 1st June 2015
Two main concerns
Allowance for windfalls
Unmet housing need arising in Coventry
Concluded that for these reasons the Plan is not sound and suggested that Plan should be withdrawn
Inspector – 26th October 2015
“on the basis of the further joint work recently undertaken, the commitments made by your Council in terms of meeting identified housing needs in full and the amended timetable for additional work, I am able to confirm that the examination is suspended until May 2016.”

4. Risks of not progressing the Local Plan
Risk that we will:
Lose appeals outside the Green Belt
Have difficulties in justifying and delivering infrastructure
Fail to deliver much needed development within the Green Belt
Miss opportunities for economic growth
Have increasingly out of date planning policies
Face government intervention in planning process: priorities could be authorities
Without a local plan in place
Which have not kept policies their plan up to date
where there is under delivery of housing in areas of high housing pressure

5. Consultation with Town and Parish Councils?
Extensive consultation during preparation stages
Once Plan submitted, the process is managed by the Inspector: it is for him to decide whether our modifications are sound
Requirement to progress fast (submit modifications by May)
Identify housing requirement (October)
Assessment of possible sites (Sept/Oct/Nov)
Establish overall distribution (Oct/Nov/Dec)
Confirm proposed sites and other amendments (January)
Approve proposals for consultation (February)
Opportunity for all to respond through consultation

6. Coventry and Warwickshire MOU
Coventry’s total unmet need = 17,800 ( ) or 890 dwellings per annum

7. Modifications (1) DS6 Housing Requirement
Submitted Plan indicated a requirement of 12,860 dwellings (714dpa) ( )
Now needs to be adjusted to
Take account of revised local need (Objectively Assessed Need = 600dpa)
Take account of redistribution = 332dpa
Proposed New Level Housing Growth = 932dpa or 16,776 dwellings 2011 to 2029

8. Modifications (2) DS7 Sources of Housing Supply
Supply needs to be adjusted to
Reduced windfalls allowance (was 2485, now 1134)
Ensure flexibility of supply (inspector's requirement)
Increase contribution towards Coventry’s shortfall from 108dpa in the submitted plan to 332dpa

9. DS7 Meeting the Housing Requirement
The housing requirement of 16,766 new homes between 2011 and 2029 will be met from the following categories:
Sites completed between April 2011 and March 2015
1483
Sites with outstanding planning permission at 1st April 2015
5161
An allowance for windfall sites between April 2015 and March 2029
1134
Small Urban sites
230
Consolidation of employment areas and canal-side regeneration
200
Sites allocated in this Plan
9,369
Total
17,577

10. Modifications (3) Broad Locations of Growth

11. Modifications (4) Allocated Sites
South of Coventry
H42
Westwood Heath
425
H43
Kings Hill
1800

12. Modifications (5) Allocated Sites
Kenilworth
H40
Crewe Lane, Southcrest Farm and Woodside Training,
640
H41
East of Warwick Road,
100

13. Modifications (6) Allocated Sites
North of Leamington
H44
North of Milverton
250

14. Modifications (7) Allocated Sites
South of Warwick, Leamington and Whitnash
H45
Hazelmere and Little Acre 75
 H46A
The Asps
900
 H46B
Gallows Hill
630

15. Modifications (8) Allocated Sites
New Village Allocations
H19
Baginton – Land north of Rosswood Farm 45
H47
Barford- Land south of Wasperton Lane 30
H48
Barford- Land south of Westham Lane
H49
Bishops Tachbrook - Seven Acre Close
H24
Burton Green - Burrow Hill Nursery
H50
Cubbington - Land east of Cubbington 95
H51
Hampton Magna - Land south of Lloyd Close
115
H27
Hampton Magna - South of Arras Boulevard
H28
Hatton Park - North of Birmingham Road 40
H53
Hatton Park - Brownley Green Lane 55
H29/H30
Kingswood - Meadow House and Kingswood Farm 10
DSNEW3
Leek Wootton - Former Police HQ
H52
Radford Semele - Additional Land at Spring Lane 60

16. Modifications (9) Master-planning and site delivery
Policy DS12 amended to ensure sufficient land is available for secondary education in Warwick and Kenilworth
Policy DS15 amended to require comprehensive approach to all strategic sites
Policy DS NEW1 added to require strategic and long term framework for area to south of Coventry
Policy DS NEW3 added to require master-plan for Woodcote House, Leek Wootton
Active support for major site delivery e.g through the Major Sites Officer

17. Infrastructure Delivery Plan
As a consequence of the new allocations included in the Local Plan (including the Asps/ Gallows Hill) further strategic infrastructure matters are identified in the IDP including the following key matters :-
Strategic Transport /Highway Improvements
Educational Infrastructure
Health related Infrastructure

18. Next Steps Consultation: representations on soundness
Until 22nd April
Focus on Table of Modifications and modified Policies Map
Consultation: Offer of face to face briefings
5th April (morning)
6th April (morning)
Telephone conversation any time
Collate consultation responses during April and May
Submit modifications and consultation responses to Inspector – late May, early June
EIP hearings
recommence in September or October
complete by Christmas
Inspector’s draft findings - late 2016
Further consultation on any further modifications – early 2017
Inspector’s final report
Council decision to adopt

19. More Information
Face to face briefings on 5th and 6th April New Local Plan Consultation Documents Evidence Base

21. Soundness NPPF (para 182) Test of Soundness
Positively prepared – the plan should be prepared based on a strategy which seeks to meet objectively assessed development and infrastructure requirements, including unmet requirements from neighbouring authorities where it is reasonable to do so and consistent with achieving sustainable development
Justified – the plan should be the most appropriate strategy
Effective – the plan should be deliverable over its period and based on effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic priorities
Consistent with national policy – the plan should be enable the delivery of sustainable development in accordance with the policies of the NPPF

22. Baginton and Barford

23. Bishops Tachbrook and Burton Green

24. Cubbington and Budbrooke

25. Hatton Park and Kingswood

26. Leek Wootton and Radford Semele

27. Strategic Transport / Highway Matters
500 car park and ride facility agreed within Asps site arrangements.
Europa Way Corridor – Parts 1 and 2 dual carriageway provision and key roundabout improvements (£1.6 million from Asps and Gallows Hill)
Dual carriageway links between A46 Thickthorn grade separated roundabout and Bericote signalised roundabout. Possible dualing required south of Bericote dependent on housing options.
A45/Kenilworth Road - Widening of the southern approach along with the optimisation of signals
A429 Kenilworth Road/ Stoneleigh Road/ Gibbet Hill Road - Widening and further capacity improvements
A452/Birches Lane (Kenilworth Gyratory) – Widening (including southern and western section of the gyratory) and increase to 3 lanes on the A452 westbound approach
Kenilworth Road/Westhill Road - Widening of the existing roundabout circulatory to two lanes along with all of the entry arms.
Lillington Avenue/ Lillington Road roundabout - Introduction of a segregated left turn from the A445 WB approach to, and general widening of, the Lillington Avenue / Lillington Road roundabout

28. Strategic Transport / Highway Matters
A452 east of Thickthorn Roundabout - Inclusion of A452 dual carriageway scheme
Kings Hill Lane - Improvements to junctions at each end (Stoneleigh Road signalised and minor widening at Green Lane Junction)
Stoneleigh Road - New access junction to potential Kings Hill site via Stoneleigh Road, two new access junctions onto Green Lane for the Kings Hill site
A46/Stoneleigh Road and Dalehouse Lane roundabout Implementation of a scheme which utilises the existing bridge for the southern section of a new grade separated priority roundabout.
Larger access junctions to the Kings Hill site via more significant junction arrangements.
Widening to two lanes for majority of Stoneleigh Rd eastbound between Kings Hill Lane and Dalehouse Lane.

29. IDP – Education related Infrastructure
Secondary Schools
significant contributions from allocations towards school solutions in Kenilworth/ South of Coventry
re-location of Kenilworth schools to Southcrest Farm.
Potential new schools at Kings Hill (depending on outcomes of joint assessment with Coventry)
A substantial level of funding (including from the Asps and Gallows Hill) and land have been secured to deliver expansion of school places south of Warwick and Leamington (expansion of Myton and Campion, plus the potential for a new school on secured land)
North Leamington School to be expanded
Primary Schools include
a new school at North Milverton,
significant contributions for a new primary school at Grove Farm ,
new schools at the Asps and Kings Hill
improvements to increase capacity at Budbrooke village school
Potential new school at Westwood Heath (depending on outcomes of joint assessment with Coventry)

30. Health Infrastructure
Acute / Hospital care
Additional £1.4m from the Asps / Gallows Hill secured (over and above £4.4m already secured from planning approval s)
other contributions will follow from other allocations
discussions / co-operation with South Coventry Healthcare providers about augmenting services in relation to south of Coventry sites (joint strategy)
GP services
Exact nature of further improvements under discussion with the CCG (the CCG are currently reviewing their approach)
£2.2m already secured from planning approval s. Significant contributions from the Asps and Gallows Hill agreed.