{"id":1275,"date":"2013-10-24T19:58:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T18:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wp-ra.org.uk\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2013-10-24T19:58:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T18:58:44","slug":"views-from-the-north-cheshire-green-belt-group-on-cwac-local-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-ra.org.uk\/?p=1275","title":{"rendered":"Views from the North Cheshire Green Belt group on CWaC Local Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Belt Information Loop ………..<\/strong>\u00a0protecting Cheshire’s rural heritage and charm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local Plan<\/b><\/p>\n

Local planning authorities must prepare a local plan which sets planning policies in a local authority area, this includes setting house building targets<\/span>. \u00a0This is the plan which will inform all future planning applications over the next few years \u2013 it is important therefore that it is as accurate as possible. \u00a0The present position is that the Plan is in \u2018draft form\u2019 and is out for public consultation.<\/p>\n

Including the\u00a0supporting reports, the Plan is over 1000 pages\u00a0, took 4 years to prepare, cost\u00a0hundred of thousands\u00a0\u00a0 and unfortunately is presented in such a way\u00a0that the average person will find it difficult to understand.<\/p>\n

To summarise though,\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0CWaCC are proposing to build 22,000 houses across Cheshire West over the next 20 years (5,500 of these in Chester). \u00a0However … population projections from the Government (DCLG) indicate this figure across the Borough should be only\u00a0\u00a010,000\u00a0. \u00a0The Council, in\u00a0proposing to set\u00a0these much higher than needed housing targets,\u00a0are suggesting we are going to have a great flurry of growth and the generation of 14,000 new jobs over and above finding work for the current 22,000 currently unemployed in the Borough. \u00a0Dreams of a megalomaniac \u2013 wonder who that might be?\u00a0 Incidentally, the\u00a0 plan \u00a0 fails\u00a0 to take into account all the empty homes and the sites where there is already planning permission but the houses have not been built yet\u00a0\u00a0.\u00a0over 6,000\u00a0(this incidentally is because nobody can afford to buy them!)<\/p>\n

As I think everybody must know by now … the impact of setting housing targets above practical achievable levels will\u00a0encourage the release of\u00a0\u00a0more and more\u00a0countryside\u00a0,\u00a0\u00a0 unnecessarily for development \u2013 the developers will go for this type of land first because it is cheap to buy (although a lot of Chester\u2019s Green Belt \u00a0already has options already on it from the big builders) and it yields the biggest profits.\u00a0 Land like this should ONLY go as an absolute last resort when everything else has been used up.<\/p>\n

It is vital that as many people as possible get involved with it \u2013 and there is a page of the Council\u2019s website where you can have your say! [LOCAL PLAN REPRESENTATION<\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n

THERE IS A DEADLINE<\/b> to get in your representations \u2013 this is the\u00a01st November. \u00a0\u00a0Unlike some Council surveys however, where people wonder whether their views are ever read, all representation received for this will have to be personally presented to the Government\u2019s Planning Inspector who will look at it.<\/p>\n

Our \u00a0conclusion is that this plan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0is \u00a0a confidence trick\u00a0 to release certain parcels of land across the Borough\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The way the plan is constructed serves to confuse and\u00a0there is no trail on how these figures have been arrived at. Interestingly the ruling group have pushed this not fit for purpose draft forward<\/p>\n

Somewhere in\u00a0\u00a0our\u00a0 Authority there seems an obsession with promoting the interests of developers rather than a balanced approach to include the views of the community for a reasonable number of new dwellings\u00a0 to be developed,\u00a0 based upon actual need.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Through a trick of\u00a0presentation of the figures\u00a0\u00a0they\u00a0have\u00a0\u00a0attempted\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0say\u00a0 that there is a shortage of\u00a0\u00a0building\u00a0land in Chester thus\u00a0requiring the \u00a0release\u00a0\u00a0of \u00a0a tranche of\u00a0\u00a0valuable\u00a0GREEN BELT to the south of the city by Wrexham Road. This is\u00a0\u00a0a nonsense.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0T\u00a0he council have identified over 42,000 (units) without\u00a0\u00a0fully\u00a0\u00a0counting windfalls\u00a0\u00a0which on average account for a further 300 dwelling pa<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
SHLAA<\/td>\nOverall\u00a0\u00a0housing\u00a0capacity<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Years<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Total<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Capacity<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

8393<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

9569<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

8911<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

12400<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

39,273<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Total incl\u00a0\u00a0others<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

8745<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

10449<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

9791<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

13280<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

42,265<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Brownfield<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

5649<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

3706<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

3469<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

5743<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

18,592<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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In addition to the Wrexham Road Green Belt, another tactic\u00a0to grab more Green Belt land is the inclusion of a 5th park and ride scheme at Mannings lane \u00a0in the Transport Strategy\u00a0.This is\u00a0land in-between the Zoo\u00a0\u00a0P\u00a0&R and Sainsbury’s P& R. The case for this has not been proved. We ask the question why would someone in the Authority be so keen as to want this Green Belt land releasing<\/p>\n

Ask your self the questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who has an interest in this Mannings Lane land ?… It is owned by Mannings Lane Development. I understand the Bells have a 12.5% holding each in this company<\/p>\n

Likewise ask yourselves about the ownership of the Wrexham Rd Green Belt site ? Who owns the land ? Have the boundaries and one or two fields added or changed recently? Are there any options out on part of this land?<\/p>\n

CWaC\u00a0consultation\u00a0on the plan has been inadequate, if not illusionary.\u00a0 We cannot see where any of the \u00a0views previously expressed\u00a0\u00a0by the community\u00a0have fully materialised in the plan.<\/p>\n

Under Localism, the Plan should embody the wishes of the community People have expressed views for low development, the retention of the \u00a0Green Belt and the countryside and to\u00a0optimise developments\u00a0on City and Town regeneration\u00a0on brown field sites<\/p>\n

ALL of this\u00a0has been pushed aside with the figures skewed so that it appears we have to build\u00a0\u00a0an unsustainable number of houses\u00a0on the Green Belt and countryside<\/p>\n

This plan does not follow the Governments planning guidance procedure, it is subjective\u00a0and has no objective basis for recommending building 22,000 houses in the Borough<\/b><\/p>\n

Our guess is that very few of those consulted,\u00a0if anybody, specifically understands the detailed workings of how they came up with their figures.\u00a0 The trail is difficult to follow, \u00a0it is as if\u00a0\u00a0it has been constructed to deceive \u2013 in fact\u00a0I challenge any councillor who voted for this to explain how the figures in the local plan have been constructed \u2013 I bet they can\u2019t!<\/p>\n

Increasingly it is becoming obvious to many that the whole \u2018emerging\u2019\u00a0plan has been written\u00a0\u00a0with a slant for\u00a0property speculation,\u00a0 ignoring the views of the\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0local community<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want a say on the local plan what you need to do is is\u00a0\u00a0complete a representation form<\/p>\n

Representation Form<\/strong>\u00a0 details found at …..<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk\/PDF\/Publication%20Draft%20Local%20Plan%20Representation%20Form.pdf<\/strong><\/a><\/address>\n
\u00a0Representations must be submitted directly to Cheshire West and Chester Council by 5pm on Friday 1 November 2013.<\/b><\/address>\n
Printed and PDF representations can be submitted by email to\u00a0 spatialplanning@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk<\/a> or by post to:<\/address>\n
\u00a0Spatial Planning<\/address>\n
Cheshire West and Chester Council<\/address>\n
The Forum Offices<\/address>\n
Chester<\/address>\n
CH1 2HS<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
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