Agenda item

Report of the Chief Planner and the Corporate Director for Development and Growth.

Paul Tansey, Senior Planner, introduced the report highlighting the following:

(a)  the Local Plan Part 1 was adopted in 2014 (the Core Strategy). Part 2 is the Land and Planning Policies Document (LAPP) and has already had 3 previous rounds of consultation and this consultation is on changes to the previous draft. The consultation period is from 29^th September to 10^th November;

(b)  there is very little material change in this draft, with the main focus remaining sustainable development and provision of family housing;

(c)  this round of consultation is focussing on the changes made between this and the previous draft so comments should ideally relate to the changes. Comments made on previous drafts will be carried forward;

(d)  the LAPP includes 5 sites for 550 dwellings in Clifton and 18 sites for 2,000 dwellings in the Meadows, meaning that over a quarter of the sites in the city are in this area;

(e)  sites where major changes have been made in this draft are:

·  Riverside Way- deleted due to existing viable use;

·  Sturgeon Avenue- changed to exclude existing care home and the number of dwellings reduced from 77 to 40-60;

·  Green Lane, Fairham House- changed to reflect recent planning permission for retail and residential;

·  former Fairham Comprehensive- changed to add scope for employment uses;

·  Broadmarsh Centre- changed to include 50-100 ancillary dwellings;

·  Island Site- changed to include a school in the range of acceptable uses, and to clarify that retail provision should be provided in a range of units;

·  Iremonger Road- dwellings increased to 100-150;

·  Cattle Market- changed to exclude a school, and the number of dwellings changed from 65 to 50-80;

·  Meadow Lane- changed to clarify the requirement for family housing and the number of dwellings reduced from 400-500 to 280-320.

(f)  a number of other sites have had changes to the number of dwellings, which is to better reflect council priorities or as a result of consultation.

The following comments and suggestions were made by Committee Members and Community Representatives during the discussion which followed:

(g)  it is disappointing that office use was not found for the Riverside Way site, and that it has been used for retail instead as it is a very well-connected location;

(h)  a tram line through the waterside area to Gamston would benefit the area. Indicative future routes have been safeguarded in the plan;

(i)  residential development at the Iremonger Road site should make use of the location adjacent to the canal, with dwellings facing the canal and access provided;

(j)  the Clifton West site should be accessed from Fox Covert Lane;

(k)  the Clifton Bridge Inn Public House site should be redeveloped for elderly accommodation

(l)  the slip road off the A453 could be widened onto the Sturgeon Avenue site as the road requires improvement;

RESOLVED to note the Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies document (revised publication version) and the accompanying Policies Map changes will be published for representations, and the period for making representations ends on 10 November 2017.