Local Plan and SHELAA Review - Chiseldon Parish Council

All the latest updates on the Local Plan and SHELAA (Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment) Review.

Local Plan Review Proposed Submission Draft

14/01/2020

The council has prepared a Draft Local Plan to guide and control development in the Borough to 2036.

It sets out:

Proposed options for meeting the housing and employment needs of the Borough
Draft policies to guide decision making on planning applications

A formal period of consultation is being undertaken in which the views of residents and other interested person are sought on the Draft Plan prior to its submission for independent examination .

To read the documents and make a comment go to the consultation page on the SBC website at : www.swindon.gov.uk/localplanreview

Comments can also be e-mailed to: forwardplanning@swindon.gov.uk or posted to: Forward Planning, Swindon Borough Council, SN1 2JH.

Paper copies can be viewed at Swindon Borough Council Reception and Swindon Council Libraries.

Comments must be received by 5pm Friday 31 January 2020.

Swindon Borough Local Plan Review Proposed Submission Draft – Public Consultation

19/12/2019

The Town Clerk has received the following from the Service Manager of Planning Policy:Swindon Borough Local Plan Review Proposed Submission Draft – Public Consultation

As you are aware, the Local Plan Review is underway. The Council is consulting on the Draft Swindon Borough Local Plan for the period to 2036 and relating to the whole administrative area of Swindon Borough. The reviewed Plan proposes a range of strategies (including site allocations) to provide sufficient housing and employment sites to meet the Borough’s future needs. It also includes draft development management policies to guide decision making on planning applications submitted to the Council.

Please could you forward this notice to all your parish councillors. It would also be helpful if you could encourage your parishioners to get involved in the consultation, to view the documents and to submit their comments. Posters for parish noticeboards will be sent out in the internal mail but you may also wish to use your parish websites and/or social media. From Tuesday 17^th December 2019 the documents can be viewed on our consultation portal which can accessed at: https://swindon.objective.co.uk/portal/. Paper copies of the documents will also be available at SBC Reception, Wat Tyler House, Beckhampton Street and these libraries: Central Swindon, North Swindon, West Swindon, Highworth, Wroughton and Parks.

The consultation begins on Tuesday 17^th December 2019 and continues until 5pm Friday 31st January 2020.

Comments should be submitted using the on-line consultation portal available from the website above. Comments can also be sent by e-mail to forwardplanning@swindon.gov.uk or by post to Planning Policy, Swindon Borough Council, Wat Tyler House, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JH but should respond to the questions posed by the Local Plan Emerging Strategies Summary Report.

Chiseldon Parish Council response to Swindon Borough Council on SO432 for Badbury Sept 2019

27/09/2019

Download the as Chiseldon Parish Council response to Swindon Borough Council on SO432 for Badbury Sept 2019 a PDF

Travel Plans Supplementary Planning Document: Drop-in Consultation sessions

23/09/2019

Swindon Borough Council proposes to update its travel plans guidance for developers and is now seeking feedback during the six-week consultation period.

The aim of the draft document is to provide consistency across future developments in Swindon and will strengthen powers to ensure that travel plans get implemented robustly over the long term. This will in turn benefit the local residents and businesses by reducing congestion, fewer parking problems, and encouraging the use of sustainable modes of transport.

We invite you to a drop in consultation session on Tuesday 1st October 2019 where you can discuss the proposals with officers ahead of submitting your views to the consultation. To book onto one of the sessions, please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/travel-plans-supplementary-planning-document-spd-consultation-tickets-71483510103.

The consultation period runs until Monday, 14 October 2019. The document may be revised as a result of the consultation.

For further details, or to view the document and respond to the consultation, visit:
https://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20019/consultations_engagement_and_surveys/1040/draft_travel_plans_supplementary_planning_document_spd_consultation

Chiseldon Parish Council response to Swindon Borough Council - Local plan review consultation

19/09/2019

Download the as Chiseldon Parish Council response to Swindon Borough Council – Local plan review consultation a PDF

SHELAA guidance:

19/09/2019

The inclusion/exclusion of a site from the SHELAA/Local Plan is neither a guarantee that a site moves forward to a formal planning application nor does it prevent an application from coming forward.
Even if removed, it does not prevent the developer from making one or repeated attempts at gaining planning permission.
Even if included, it is not a guarantee that planning permission will be granted – see http://www.chichester.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=22528 (Church Lane, Birdham in the Chichester Harbour AONB). Paras 66, 67 and 68 discuss the inclusion of that site in the SHELAA and the inspector gives “little weight to the fact that the site is identified in the SH[E]AA”. In this instance, the appeal was dismissed by the inspectorate and planning permission refused. While not binding on other planning applications, it gives an insight as to how the SHELAA is viewed in the decision making process, particularly where sites outside of an AONB are identified and have not yet been developed.
In consultations such as the local plan review, Chiseldon Parish Council count as one representation only, so our comments have the same/similar weight to any comments that any other resident makes. As such, we would always recommend that all residents who hold an interest in a consultation make their own comments directly to the relevant party (in this case SBC, being the planning authority).
In formal planning applications, we are a statutory consultee and can make comments to SBC. Again, these hold similar weight to that of a single resident (so we would again ask residents to comment directly to the planning authority, SBC) but in addition we can give advice on what we feel would make a planning application more palatable to the community – e.g. design/facilities etc. This advice/guidance may not necessarily be followed, as the ultimate decision maker is Swindon Borough Council.
A resident making a better or stronger argument than the Parish Council may find that their comment(s) hold more weight in the planning decision making process.

Government's Statutory and Non statutory consultees to a planning application

23/07/2019

Statutory and Non statutory consultees to a planning application

Supplement Swindon Borough Local Plan Review 2nd Regulation 18 Consultation Preferred Emerging

11/07/2019

Download the as Supplement Swindon Borough Local Plan Review 2nd Regulation 18 Consultation Preferred Emerging a PDF

Meeting held on Tuesday 5th March

05/03/2019

The site identified as SO432 in Badbury (shown on the map link below) was discussed at a meeting on Tuesday 5th March, arranged by Ward Cllr Gary Sumner at Liddington Village Hall. Around 30 local resident’s attended along with the potential developer, and a Chiseldon Parish Cllr, to find out more.
The current draft proposal is for a development of 16 houses, with 50% made available for affordable housing. The remainder would be 3 and 4 bed detached properties.

Opinions were shared on the suitability of using this area for a new development, and ideas were also suggested on how to make such a development (if it went ahead) the most appealing to the surrounding Hamlet of Badbury.

Items such as:

Material used in the build
Orientation of the properties with the road
Car parking
Garden size
How to guarantee affordable homes for local people
Building works traffic mitigation

Ideas for speed calming through the area were also discussed as part of this potential plan.

Any comments you wish to make about this proposed development can be emailed to forwardplanning@swindon.gov.uk, gary@ridgewayvillages.co.uk and please do CC the Chiseldon Parish Clerk on clerk@chiseldon-pc.gov.uk. Comments will be kept on file at SBC for the official consultation due in Summer 2019.

It should be noted that sites in green on the SHELAA do not guarantee a planning application will be approved, and sites in red on the SHELAA do not stop a developer from submitting a planning application. Any site would need to submit a planning application which would be discussed on merit by SBC and all consultees using current legislation and guidelines.

A further meeting is to be held to review the drawings with the suggestions given.

Swindon’s Borough Council’s latest publication on the SHELAA procedure

19/02/2019

Swindon’s Borough Council’s latest publication on the SHELAA procedure

Appendix Appeal Decision at Church Lane Birdham

14/02/2019

Download the Appendix Appeal Decision at Church Lane Birdham as a PDF

SHELAA public Q&A

06/02/2019

Download the SHELAA public Q&A as a PDF

SHELAA Final Report Feb 2019

01/02/2019

Download the SHELAA Final Report Feb 2019 as a PDF

Council removes Chiseldon Site from SHELAA

21/12/2018

View the latest from SBC on the SHELAA document here: Council removes Chiseldon Site from SHELAA

Confirmation from Rebecca Davies from the North Wessex Downs AONB on their position of the Hodson Road site for potential development

19/12/2018

Confirmation from Rebecca Davies from the North Wessex Downs AONB on their position of the Hodson Road site for potential development: “Is if an application were to be submitted to SBC for 30-40 houses on the Hodsons Road site and the developer could demonstrate special circumstances then the NWD AONB would not object to the principle of development and would be open to discussions with the developer or SBC on detailed design, layout and landscaping.”