future of poole terry stewart chairman southern poole chairmens' group

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FUTURE OF POOLETerry Stewart

ChairmanSouthern Poole Chairmens' Group

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WHAT DO YOU WANT ?Concreted Development

or RetainedCharacter ?

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THREATS TO POOLE Council Plans 10,000 houses 16,000 Extra Employment SitesONE THIRD OF CENTRAL

POOLE TO BE RE-BUILT 10 MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT SITES 3.5 times size of the Old Town

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DESIGN ANDCHARACTER

ARE KEY

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POOLE BAY

Largest Windfarm in the World Up to 200 Off-Shore Turbines Costing £5 Million each Between Swanage and Isle of Wight 8 Miles Off Shore Developer owned by 42 Dutch

Councils and the French State

NAVITUS WASTE Turbines 1.6 times height of

Salisbury Cathedral Will be 656 feet high Charges 3 times as much for electricity

as from normal Power Station Only works 28% of the time Totally dependent on Subsidy from

YOU

POOLE'S SEAFRONT

Council needs £7M over 25 Years To pay for Infrastructure Upgrade :

refurbished toilets, sewerage, pipes, etc Funded by 2 hotels, new shops,

apartment blocks, Shore road complex, residential studios in Chines

About 500 New Beach Huts

Residents Support Plan

Strong Need to Upgrade Seafront infrastructure

Conserve the beautiful natural environment

Improve range of facilities to encourage year round visits

BUT worried about over commercialization and urbanisation

ALTERNATIVE FUNDING

Can use Community Infrastructure Levies from Developers

Levies for Canford Cliffs & Lilliput are double the level for rest of Borough

Building about 500 new Beach Huts will give large revenue stream over 25 years

HOTELS UNVIABLE

Haven Hotel Group results difficult 3 New Hotels planned for Town Thistle Hotel to be doubled in size. Haven Road hotel unsold after 3 years New Beehive hotel converting to

apartments

HEAVY BEACHFRONT CRIME

Some years over 100 Beach Huts are attacked or vandalised

Costs the Council £30,000 to repair Residential Studios will be more

vulnerable Bournemouth has CCTV = No attacks

1986 POOLE ACT

Council had forgotten about Act FOR SANDBANKS : No building higher than 2 storeys No erection higher than 10 metres Car park no larger than 1.5 hectares No build areas along car park Only beach huts and tents not brick

buildings

SEAFRONT SUSTAINABILITY PLAN

The Plan is not a definite Proposal Outline thinking over 25 years Asks for ALL residents' responses Splits Seafront into 6 Areas Each with different Character

AREA 1 : SANDBANKS

Keep Dune Landscape Boutique Hotel Row of Shops opposite current ones

with apartments over Apartment Block or 3 private houses 2nd storey on Pavilion 100 less car parking spaces Group of Beach Studios Water Taxi to new Pier Harbourside

Options at Sandbanks

SHORE ROAD

3 storey Complex – possibly 5 storey Including cafe on top floor Projecting over sand Reduce car parking from 97 to 56

spaces Build private apartments on public car

park 80 additional Beach huts Bike Hire Hut Additional cafe and shop units

Options at Shore Road

FLAGHEAD BEACH

Improve Entrance to Chine 24 new Beach huts No taller than 2 storeys high All ages play space Woodland Management Site of Nature Conservation

CANFORD CLIFFS BEACH

119 additional Beach huts Increased parking on Cliff Drive Beach Marquees & Sports Pavilion New house on West of Cliff Drive Beach Changing facilities New Restaurant/Cafe Beach residential Studios in Chine

BRANKSOME BEACH

Reduce car parking to 70 spaces 3 storey commercial/retail/watersports

hub 120 additional Beach huts Sky Cafe projecting over cliff behind

Canford Cliffs Library Toilets at promenade level Parking up Pinecliff Road ?? Space

BRANKSOME DENE

Hotel or larger Community Centre with new changing, toilets, showers

Kiosk projecting over the sand GO APE ropes in Chine 8 new Beach huts, 5 Beach Studios Additional food & drink outlets Woodland Management

NEXT STAGE

Formal Consultation has finished 300 responses received

– mostly objecting Summary of all responses issued

in December. In Spring a revised set of proposals

will be issued

POOLE'S BEACHESARE OUR KEY ASSETSPLEASE RETAIN THEIRQUALITY CHARACTER

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PLANS ARE UGLY Thistle Hotel demolished - New Double Size Hotel, Tower Blocks In Conservation Area Land Owned by Council Ugly hard,vertical,square-roofed 12 Storey Tower

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WEST QUAY ROAD

Next to Lifting Bridge Council wants 220 Flats Developer Proposes 400 5 Tower Blocks + 12 Storey Tower Ugly square, flat roofed design Meant to be compatible with Quay

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POOLE BUILD PROBLEMS Poole Old Town liable to Flooding 2nd Bridge = official Flood Escape Route No building until Bridge finished Gallahers refusing to pay infrastructure New Houses : No infrastructure funding No build until A31 dualled = 2016

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POOLE TRANSPORTCHAOS

Traffic Flows increase up to 24% 60,000 extra cars, 5,000 extra lorries & vans in conurbation Each new house = 4 trips per day Traffic Congestion Charging Increase in Air Pollution

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TOTAL CHANGE FORPOOLE

West Quay Road Total Development Railway Station moved North Sainsbury’s Car Park developed New Bridge over Railway 2nd Lifting Bridge Walkways = “St. Tropez of England” 1,600 households on Hamworthy Power Station Site

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EAST STOKE WINDFARM 4 Industrial Turbines – 410 feet High Taller than Salisbury Cathedral Next to Purbeck AONB Only 23% effective Needs Fossil Fuel Station Backup Birdkill Worry for Migratory Birds Next to Year-Round Scout Camp

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FIGHT TO PROTECTYOUR

QUALITY OF LIFEAND ENVIRONMENT

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NO DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL ASKED FOR

NEW TOWNSolely an Opportunistic

Developer

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HOUSING NUMBERS = IMPOSSIBLE

Facing Worst Recession since 1930 Lowest number of Housing Starts for

80 years Many Developers & Builders going Bankrupt 1,500 flats for Sale Poole &

Bournemouth : Not Selling Gallahers not building Power Station

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CPRE at RegionalPublic Inquiry

CPRE was only voluntary body to be invited to all 7 sessions of Inquiry

CPRE commissioned 2 Consultants Reports One was from ex-head of Regional Assembly Office

INQUIRY IGNORED ALL SUBMISSIONS

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3 MONTHS TO FIGHT Consortium of 6 Councils : Poole, Purbeck Bournemouth, Christchurch, County, East Dorset

+ CPRE + 7 Action Groups Massive Publicity Campaign Series of Protest Meetings Leaflets, Posters, Media Support Hard Hitting Response to Sec. of State

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RESULT : VICTORY

COUNTY & EAST DORSETOPPOSE

GREEN BELT HOUSES

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INDUSTRIAL TURBINE PROBLEMS

Danger to Migratory Birds & Bats Blades wider than Jumbo Wings Revolve at 170 MPH Noise for Village Communities 14 Other Green Energy Alternatives : Solar, Hydro, Tide, Wave, Biomass, etc Not Energy Efficient

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THREATS TO THE DORSET

ENVIRONMENT

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DORSET RICH IN BEAUTY

Over half County = Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty World Heritage Coast 145 Sites Special Scientific Interest 13,500 Listed Buildings 192 Conservation Areas 904 Scheduled Ancient Monuments 9 National Nature Reserves

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TOTAL HOUSING AVALANCHE

DORSET : 52,100

But Councils’ Admit :

Definite Drop in Air Quality Traffic Congestion Charging

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GREEN BELTSCPRE Pressure

Resulted in Setting upOf First Green Belts

In the 1950sPoole & Bournemouth Surrounded

By Environmentally Sensitive Areas

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PROPOSED MAJOR PROJECTS

Bournemouth Airport New Terminal For up to 3 Million Passengers Airport Link to Wessex Way Cost c£38 Million 2nd Lifting Bridge & Regeneration Cost c£46 Million Link Road Poole to A31 Cost c£80million Poole Port Improvements Cost £16 Million

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THREAT 2 : TRAFFIC

EXTRA ROADS CREATE EXTRA TRAFFIC LOW FUNDS FROM GOVERNMENT IMPACT OF CONTINENTAL JUGGERNAUGHTS MUST TRANSFER FREIGHT ONTO RAIL REDUCTION In AIR QUALITY

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LORRIES ON RURAL LANES

Lorries 100,000 times more damage to road surface Damage to Cottages, Gates, Walls, Roadsides Danger to Pedestrians & Cyclists Impact on Rural Villages HGV Lorries cannot pass

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PROPOSED DORSET WINDFARMS

Muston Down : 24 Turbines 420 feet high

Winterborne : 9 Turbines 340 feet high

Portland Harbour : 11 Turbines 330 feet high

Stoke, Purbeck : 4 Turbines 250 feet high

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THREAT 4 : TO WILDLIFE Threat to Dorset Heathlands & SSSIs Threat to Rivers and Ponds Stop over Extraction of Water Protect Hedgerows Protect Trees

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THREAT 5 : TOURISM Important to Dorset : £500M p.a. Limited Access to World Heritage

Coast Ugly Caravan Sites Seasonal Traffic Jams : Purbeck Problem of 2nd Homes Widespread Litter

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THREAT 6 : MINERALS & WASTE

Rubbish Dumps & Recycling Control of Landfill Sites Fly Tipping Toxins from Incineration Gravel Extraction Army Waste

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THREAT 7 : CLUTTER

Telecommunication Masts Overhead Electricity Pylons Large Advertising Signs Mobile Advertising Boards Too Many Traffic Signs Glaring Service Stations

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ROLE OF CPRE

National Negotiation with Government

Regional Representation County Branch Involvement 7 Local Dorset Groups – Monitoring Local Authorities Reviewing all Planning Applications

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QUALITY RURAL DORSET

ORCONCRETE JUNGLE

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REGIONAL GOVERNMENT DEMANDS

New : 53,000 Houses County only needs : 23,000 Houses Therefore : In Migration : 30,000 Households Meaning EXTRA : 45,000 Cars Since 1980 : 75% of all New Houses Bought by Inward Migrants

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BLIGHT OF NEW HOUSING Extra Traffic - Travel to Work Noise, Dust & Light Pollution Pressure on Existing Services Loss of GREEN BELT Pressure on Water Supplies Extra Waste Disposal

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DORSET POPULATION

GROWN BY HALF - IN LAST 50 YEARSNOW OVER 680,000MEANS 775,000 BY 2011

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THE RAPE OF THE

CHARACTEROF POOLE

Terry Stewart President Dorset CPRE

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COUNCILS’ RESPONSE TO REGION

Proposed Housing Numbers : Bournemouth : 18,300 Poole : 10,000 Christchurch : 3,900 Total Conurbation: 32,200East Dorset Green Belt : 3,000 Greater Conurbation : 35,200

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S. E. Dorset Transport Study £5 million study to justify Transport

Funding Traffic Censuses caused chaos Link from Port to A31 : Dual Gravel Hill ? Link from A338 to Airport Dual Bypass round Wimborne Flyover across Canford Bottom Improve Public Transport ?

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THREAT TO OUR AREA “Flat Creep” down residential streets E.G. Lilliput & Canford Cliffs Roads Flats allowed Lawrence Drive/Haig Av. Flat Approval sets Precedent Protected Trees removed Changes Character of our Area FOR EVER

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COMPLAINTS ABOUTPOOLE PLANNING

National Investigator Sir Michael Pitt CONCLUSIONS : No evidence of Corruption Breakdown in Relations between Council and Residents Need for Review Planning Process

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Sir Michael’s Recommendations

Major Effort to explain Planning Policy No Cabinet Member on Planning Com. Improve Planning Minutes Document Voting if differences Complete Comprehensive Review of

whole Planning Process

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IMPLEMENTING SIR MICHAEL New Planning Head : Stephen Thorne Residents Working Group meetings Group for Developers & Agents No Cabinet Members on Planning Planning Com. Vote simultaneously External Audit of whole Planning

Process

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DORSET LOSES TO REGION

Dorset Structure Plan abolished Region now does Planning Regional Spatial Strategy being

rushed to meet deadlines Government by Stealth – 80% of Public do not know exists. Power to Regional Bureaucrats