Presentation by Jonathan Ashcroft & Mike Saunders.

1. Proposed Process and timeline to write NDP

2.  Agree Scope of NDP and then for each issue/policy area
 Understand interaction with SDC Core Strategy and other
legislation where relevant
 Use other NDPs for reference and best practice
 Gather evidence to justify policy / proposals
 Draft NDP

3. Draft scope document circulated for agreement covering:
• Housing
• Environment
• Infrastructure and Transport
• Employment and Business
• Adjoining Areas
 Go through area by area but have we identified all the relevant
issues? Are there ones identified that are not seen as a
priority?
 Need clear initial remit agreed by Steering Group

4.  Priorities for new homes in terms of number, tenure and size?
 Need for and priority given to affordable housing for rental and
owner occupation?
 Potential sites for new housing and their constraints?
 Criteria for selecting sites and how far do we go to propose
preferred sites
 Phasing of new housing over the period to 2031?
 Policies around the development for unused farm buildings
and for brown field sites?
 Policies covering style, scale and materials for new housing?

5.  What aspects of our environment do we value and is there
currently sufficient protection?
 Should there be further policies in the NDP aimed at
strengthening their protection? Areas include
– Key woodlands
– Wildlife sites
– Trees and hedgerows
– Historic buildings
– Views from the T-i-A church
– Waterways
– Footpaths
 Are there aspects of the Tanworth village centre, which is a
Conservation Area, that need tackling e.g. Traffic Management;
The Green; Historic character etc.?
 Proposals aimed at protecting and enhancing Earlswood lakes?

6.  Capacity of utility and other services constrain the amount or
location of new development?
 Policies around provision of public services?
 Traffic management issues to be addressed?
 Provision of rail services to the Parish – Frequency of service
and facilities at stations?
 Proposals for improved bus services?
 Policies to promote and protect cycling?

7.  Basis of the local economy and what do local employers and
businesses want from the NDP?
 Proposals that could help (or constrain) local
employers/businesses as now?
 Policies to promote or constrain potential business
expansion?
 What local amenities do businesses rely on and do we need
proposals to amend in future?

8.  What are the likely effects of possible developments in areas
adjoining the Parish and are there any policies that the NDP
could have that would mitigate those effects?
• Business expansion at Portway and Blythe Valley;
• Housing developments at Dickens Heath and Cheswick
Green;
• Development near Gorcott Hill;
• A potential parkway railway station in the Parish

9. Policies and proposals must be consistent with SDC Core
Strategy policies. For example
• Green Belt
• Policies for Strategic Local villages
• Areas of Special landscape value
• Affordable housing
• Biodiversity
Can not develop NDP in pure isolation
Note: SDC Core Strategy may change following Inspector’s report

10. There are already many examples of good and bad NDPs agreed that we can
use for structure and content:
• Chaddersley Corbett – Rural Community washed over by Green Belt (but
rather lengthy)
• Ascot and Sunningdale – Separate communities keen to maintain own
identity and very comprehensive
• Gnosall – Particularly strong on environmental issues
• St Minver – Two parishes joining together to produce NDP
• Adderbury – Rural community with significant expansion to larger
surrounding conurbations
 Useful examples that Working Groups can use to draft content, policy and
proposals

11. To be robust and therefore adopted, policies and proposals must be
sufficiently evidenced and verified:
• Community wide surveys
• Other legislation
• Infrastructure surveys / traffic counts
• Census data
• Use of examples of similar issues experienced by other Parishes
e.g. Whitlocks End Railway station
• Site specific face to face surveys
• Issue specific public meetings
• Site reviews

12. Examples of possible outcomes
• New development must be small in scale (Chaddesley )
• Proposals for more car parking for the Co-op will be supported(Woodcote)
• Proposals for sm. scale affordable housing on exception sites will be
supported(Woodcote)
• 50% of new homes will be suitable for older people
• The height of new residential buildings to be no more than two storeys high
(Adderbury)
 Look to Working Groups to develop initial policies and proposals and draft
supporting evidence for consultation

13. Significant effort required to draft and evidence NDP
Need to consult on draft NDP around end of 2015 to submit to SDC early in 2016
Further process and scrutiny likely to result in referendum mid to late 2016
Survey results obtained
Structure of plan agreed
1st Draft NDP
Finalise NDP for submission to SDC
Dec-15
Referendum
Dec-16
Draft ToR Agreed
Key policy proposalsEvidence gathering and policy development
Mar-15
Agree strategy for consultation
Agreed NDP for Consultation
Jun-15 Sep-15 Jun-16