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HSG5 Concept Plan Supplementary Planning

Document (SPD)Consultation Statement

April 2020

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HSG5 Concept Plan Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) Consultation Statement

1. Introduction

1.1 This statement is the ‘Consultation Statement’ for the HSG5 Concept Plan

SPD as required by the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning)

(England) Regulations 2012 (as amended). This statement sets out how the

public and other stakeholders were consulted on the SPD, key issues raised

by stakeholders in relation to the SPD and the Council’s responses to those

issues.

2. Background

2.1 The HSG5 Concept Plan SPD provides supplementary guidance to Borough

Plan Policy HSG5 – Hospital Lane. Paragraph 7.6 of the adopted Borough

Plan states that detailed site concept plans will be created for housing and

employment sites and adopted as supplementary planning documents to sit

alongside the Borough Plan. The HSG5 Concept Plan will therefore help

ensure co-ordinated delivery of the allocation and associated infrastructure.

The Concept Plan provides a visual representation of policy requirements to

inform the detailed masterplan to be submitted at the planning application

stage. The Concept Plan therefore shows proposed locations for residential

development, vehicular access points and other key infrastructure.

2.2 The Concept Plan also provides information on the site’s context including the

surrounding area, views, landscape, habitat and biodiversity, highways and

transport, local facilities, heritage, environment and utilities.

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3. Public consultation

3.1 The draft HSG5 Concept Plan SPD was approved for public consultation by

the Council’s Cabinet Member on 27th September 2019. Public consultation

was held from 14th October 2019 to 9th December 2019. All consultees on the

Council’s consultation database were notified of the consultation including

statutory consultees (such as adjoining Local Authorities), and other

consultees (such as individuals, developers and community groups).

3.2 Hard copies of the Draft SPD were made available at Nuneaton Town Hall

and the Bedworth Area Office. A press release was issued, the consultation

was posted on the Council’s Facebook and Twitter accounts and all

information was held on the Council’s dedicated SPD consultation webpage.

3.3 A number of drop in sessions were also held:

Nuneaton Academy: 16 October 2019, 5 pm to 7 pm

CHESS Centre: 24 October 2019, 5 pm to 7 pm

Goodyers End Primary School: 4 November 2019, 5 pm to 7 pm

Whitestone Community Centre: 7 November 2019, 5 pm to 7 pm

Horeston Grange Church: 11 November 2019, 5 pm to 7 pm

Bedworth Civic Hall: 15 November 2019, 3 pm to 5 pm

Nuneaton Academy: 19 November 2019, 5 pm to 7 pm

Hawkesbury Village Meeting Place: 21 November 2019, 5 pm to 7 pm

Bulkington Village Centre: 25 November 2019, 5 pm to 7 pm

St James' Church Hall, Weddington: 28 November 2019, 5 pm to 7 pm

Nuneaton Town Hall: 3 December 2019, 5 pm to 7 pm.

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3.4 Comments could be emailed to

[email protected] or posted to Planning Policy,

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, Town Hall, Coton Road, Nuneaton

CV11 5AA. A telephone number was also provided for those who wanted to

ask questions or seek further information.

3.5 Comments received during the public consultation along with the Council’s

response to those comments are set out in Table 1 below.

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mailto:[email protected]

Table 1: Comments received on the SPD and the Council’s response to those comments.

Ref Document name Paragraph Comments Suggested modifications

Officer Response

1001.3 HSG 5 Shows no proposed allotments. Using the allotment strategy there would be a requirement for 4 plots

Include allotments provision on the concept plan

Where there is no provision on strategic sites themselves off site contributions will be sought to improve existing sites or to provide extra plots as existing sites

06b HSG 5 2.5.3 Para 2.5.3 states that: a number of guidelines for new development are suggested for HSG5: which includes: “… Consider a density of 40 dwellings per hectare as appropriate for this site, given its generally low visual prominence and existing urban context…”We believe that a density of 40 dwellings per hectare will considerably reduce the design and layout options which are available to create a high quality development, through good design and layout, and are not appropriate for an edge of settlement location bordering on to rural

Therefore, we urge modification of the relevant part of Para 2.5.3 to identify that the density should be reduced to 35 dwellings per net developable area to ensure the highest standards of urban design for a location of this nature as can reasonably be achieved.

40 dwellings per hectare is the starting point as it is set out in Policy HSG5. However, final densities can only be calculated following detailed masterplanning of the site, taking account all relevant constraints. Deviation from the 40dph would have to be justified at the planning application stage.

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farmland.303.11 HSG 5 The report states that

there is a high risk of flooding. Rapid run off and flash flooding will be increased with the additional 400 houses and connecting roads.

A flood risk assessment would need to be submitted at the planning application stage.

303.12 HSG 5 There is already congestion during the morning and evening on Hospital Lane, Goodyers Lane and Smorrall Lane. The planned development will put approx. 480 extra cars onto the roads.

A transport assessment would need to be submitted at the planning application stage.

303.13 HSG 5 Many children from Ash Green School walk along the existing roads which have very narrow paths.

Warwickshire County Council, as highway authority, will be consulted on any planning application as they have responsibility for traffic movement and highway safety.

303.14 HSG 5 The 2 AQMAs are in Nuneaton - no measurement of impact to Bedworth area air quality and the impact from increased housing.

Air quality is monitored for the Bedworth area, but air quality levels have not been breached to require designation as an AQMA. An Air Quality Assessment was undertaken for the

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Officer Response

Borough Plan. A detailed air quality assessment would need to be submitted at the planning application stage and that would be assessed by the Council's Environmental Health Officers.

335 HSG 5 3.4.10 Newdigate Primary expanded its Planned Intake Number (PAN) to 60 last year.This means it is already a two form entry school

This means that further investigation needs to take place around local Primary School Provision including that at Goodyers End Primary and Wheelwright Lane Schools

Noted

311.2 HSG 5 Total lack of imagination in concept plan. Just houses - no infrastructure, no parks, no wooded areas or playgrounds. There is nothing to improve the environment such a large development requires schools, shops, health centres etc. There is no suggestion of road improvements to an already congested

Additional environmental improvements as stated above. Industrial sites should be sited with easy access to the A444 or M6 and not adding more traffic to Bedworth Centre. Should not be built near schools and dwellings. Any

There is infrastructure proposed for the site, including walking/cycling paths, vehicular access points, etc.

There are also parks proposed for the site, shown as the informal and formal open space, which will include a playground.

The concept plan does

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Officer Response

environment. Industrial units will only make traffic problems worse. There seems little call for industrial units when so many are lying vacant and have been for some time.

The concept plan events were poorly advertised. The officials in attendance were unable to answer the majority of concerns merely stating "This is only a concept. The developers will put their own plans in place". So what use was the meeting and our opinions? Response form is poor and not user friendly.

developer should be required to make environmental improvements for the community.

propose a new primary school. The developer will be required to make environmental improvements.

318.2 HSG 5 A) Highway concerns:

1) Will all the new roads serving the housing development be cul-de-sacs or will there be a main feeder / through road?2) If a feeder road is to be accessed at or near

A1) There will likely be a main road providing access to all of the site, however this will be determined at the planning application stage.A2) Any potential access at Hospital Lane / Moat Farm Drive would be

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Officer Response

the Hospital Lane / Moat Farm Close junction, will it be necessary to install a mini traffic island?3) Has full consideration been given to the impact upon traffic levels, parking provision, etc. on Hospital Lane? This applies to both construction and post-construction phases.4) Parts of Hospital Lane are already quite narrow, especially when (for example) cars park on both sides of the road in the vicinity of Bede Village. Buses also use this route. Will the additional traffic generated by the new housing exacerbate the problem? Would any of the housing face directly on to Hospital Lane?5) Would consideration be given to providing additional dropped kerbs, so that more residents could park off the highway?6) Are the proposed

assessed at the planning application stage.A3) Our Strategic Transport Assessment has assessed the impact of the development on the road network.A4) Our Strategic Transport Assessment has shown that the effects of the development will be acceptable. Where the houses will face will be decided at the planning application stage.A5) This would be decided at the planning application stage.A6) The decision to retain the existing footpaths will be taken at the planning application stage. If footpath diversions are proposed footpath diversion orders will need to be made, however none have been made so far.

B1) The ecology of the site has been assessed, and there are currently no

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Officer Response

pedestrian/cycle connections to be in place of some of the existing well-used footpaths? Will any footpath diversion orders need to be made and, if so, has any public consultation taken place about this?

B) Trees and hedgerows:

1) The plans show some existing trees and hedgerows encompassed within the proposed footpath/brooksway routes, but some other hedges and mature trees appear to be omitted, e.g. to the west side of the Moat Farm buildings and continuing northwards. Has the volume/condition of the mature trees and hedgerows been properly assessed and will any proposed losses be offset by replacement planting?2) Have the impacts upon

proposed losses of trees or hedgerows; the omitted trees and hedgerows on the plan are simply the representation of the site provided by the Ordnance Survey maps we use, and do not indicate us proposing the removal of any trees or hedgerows.B2) An ecological assessment has been undertaken for the site. If there are any biodiversity losses as a result of development, the developers will have to carry out biodiversity offsetting in line with the Borough Plan.

C1) The Borough Plan sets out that a new on-site surgery or financial contribution to a new GP or expanded surgery in the western Bedworth area will be required, potentially expanding Goodyers End Medical Centre. If a new doctor's surgery is delivered on site, it will likely be within

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wildlife and biodiversity been assessed and mitigation considered for the potential habitat losses involved?

C) Proposed district centre

1) Will the existing Goodyers End Medical Centre be inadequate for the increased population? If so, will the proposed district centre include a doctor's surgery?

the district centre.

344.15 HSG 5 2.4.1 The report admits that flooding is a high risk. The addition of 400 houses and connecting roads will only increase rapid run-off and flash flooding.

Sustainability is a key word in the document yet the planning is not sustainable. It needs to make use of existing brownfield sites in the West Midlands and Warwickshire before increasing pollution , congestion and flooding in greenfield areas.

A flood risk assessment would need to be submitted at the planning application stage and

344.16 HSG 5 3.3.3 Hospital Lane, Goodyers Sustainability is a A transport assessment

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Officer Response

Lane and Smorrall Lane are heavily congested during the morning and evening rush hours.Many children from Ash Green School from walk along the existing roads which have very narrow paths. Based of the West Midlands average of 1.2 car ownership per home, the planned housing will put approximately 480 extra cars onto the roads

key word in the document yet the planning is not sustainable. It needs to make use of existing brownfield sites in the West Midlands and Warwickshire before increasing pollution , congestion and flooding in greenfield areas.

would need to be submitted at the planning application stage.

344.17 HSG 5 3.3.4 Hospital Lane, Goodyers Lane and Smorrall Lane are heavily congested during the morning and evening rush hours.Many children from Ash Green School from walk along the existing roads which have very narrow paths. Based of the West Midlands average of 1.2 car ownership per home, the planned housing will put approximately 480 extra cars onto the roads



344.18 HSG 5 3.3.5 Hospital Lane, Goodyers Lane and Smorrall Lane are heavily congested during the morning and

Sustainability is a key word in the document yet the planning is not


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evening rush hours.Many children from Ash Green School from walk along the existing roads which have very narrow paths. Based of the West Midlands average of 1.2 car ownership per home, the planned housing will put approximately 480 extra cars onto the roads

sustainable. It needs to make use of existing brownfield sites in the West Midlands and Warwickshire before increasing pollution , congestion and flooding in greenfield areas.

344.19 HSG 5 3.3.6 Hospital Lane, Goodyers Lane and Smorrall Lane are heavily congested during the morning and evening rush hours.Many children from Ash Green School from walk along the existing roads which have very narrow paths. Based of the West Midlands average of 1.2 car ownership per home, the planned housing will put approximately 480 extra cars onto the roads



344.2 HSG 5 3.6.5 The two AQMAs are in Nuneaton and there has been no measurement on air quality in the Bedworth area and the increase in urbanisation and car use will have a

Sustainability is a key word in the document yet the planning is not sustainable. It needs to make use of existing

There are various air quality monitoring locations in Bedworth, but there is no AQMA designated for Bedworth.

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detrimental effect. In addition the increase in housing will lead to more car use for school runs and commuting this leading to worsening air quality.

brownfield sites in the West Midlands and Warwickshire before increasing pollution , congestion and flooding in greenfield areas.

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