MVDC Draft Local Pla lan Consultation. 13 th February 2020 – 8.00 pm Public Meeting hosted by Bookhams Residents’ Association
Peter Seaward Chairman Bookhams Residents’ Association
Agenda Explain the Plan Highlight Key Problems Questions and Feedback
• New plan needed every 15 years • Covers 2018 – 2033 • Last plan had 188 dwelling growth each year • This plan has 449 dwellings each year
Up to 850 new dwellings: • Green belt – 435 • Infill – 350 - 500?
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Five sites identified in Bookham: Site 1 – Preston Farm Site 2 – Bookham Fields Site 3 – Maddox Park Site 4 – Chalk Pit Lane Site 5 – Lower Shott Map credit: Richard Davey
Site 1- Preston Farm Draft Local Plan describes: • 250 new houses + 2 new traveller pitches (approx. 600-700 people) About the site: • Greenbelt, extending for several miles onto Bookham Common & across Effingham Common • Overlaps with Little Bookham Conservation Area • Flooding area • Site exit onto Lower Road • 250 metres from Howard of Effingham • Will extend current 29 dwellings already built and sit beside 295 – 350 new houses at current Howard site • 1 mile from Bookham train station, 2.4 miles from Effingham Junction train station. Map credit: Richard Davey
Site 2 – Bookham Fields Draft Local Plan describes: • 164 new houses + 2 traveller pitches (approx. 400-450 people) About the site: • Greenbelt, standing alone but divided by Leatherhead Road from several miles of further greenbelt • Site boxed in-between Lower Road, the Lorne, Rectory Lane and Leatherhead Road • Borders urbanisation along the Lorne and Lower Road • Site exit onto Guildford Road • 1.1 mile from Bookham train station, 2.6 miles from Effingham Junction train station Map credit: Richard Davey
Site 3 – Maddox Park Draft Local Plan describes: • 5 serviced residential (approx. 10-15 people) About the site: • Greenbelt, extending for several miles onto Bookham Common & across Effingham Common • Site among Maddox development and 200 metres from Little Bookham Street • Site exit onto Maddox Park • 300 metres from Bookham Common • 600 metres from Bookham Station
Site 4 – Chalkpit Lane Draft Local Plan describes: • 11 dwellings (approx. 25 – 30 people) About the site: • Greenbelt, extending for several miles onto an area of AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) then onto the North Downs • Site sit besides Leatherhead / Guildford Road, which would be main exit • Next door to Chalkpit Farm & Dobbe’s Garden Centre • 700 metres to Bookham High Street & 1,3 miles to Bookham Station & Common
Site 5 - Lower Shott Draft Local Plan describes: • Retail and/or healthcare/community floorspace plus 5 (net) dwellings About the site: • Shall retain a car park as part of the site • May force existing businesses to relocate
Draft Local Plan Impact on: • Education • Roads • Drainage • Health • Retail • Ecology
David Cox Education Lead Bookhams Residents Association
Potential Housing impact 2018 -33 School places for “The Bookhams ” Lit Little le Boo Bookham & Grea eat Bo Bookham Surrey County Council - Pupil Yield Factors Per 2+ bedrooms dwellings PRIMARY = 0.25 SECONDARY = 0.18 17
PRIMARY New Dwellings (incl estimated Infill) 2018 – 2033 • Bookhams a) 800 (GB 435 + Infill 350) = 267 dwellings per 5 year cycle. b) 935 (GB 435 + Infill 500) = 312 “ • School cycles are in 5 – 7 years • Additional places 267 houses x .25 (PYF) = 67 a) = 78 b) 312 “ Where will these additional places come from ?? 18
PRIMARY: Potentia ial mit itig igation fact ctors & is issues • Create some additional capacity in existing schools ? How much is there ? At expense of the attached nursery schools ? What extra build capacity is there at the local Infant / Junior schools ? Many are Academies. • Low birth years at present – Not throughout full period & impact of new families uncertain • Shift non local children east towards any additional capacity in Leatherhead i.e a new school? Will there be spare capacity ? - 134 additional places needed for GB sites in L’head . West – Effingham & Horsley extra homes = 70+ extra places. No capacity. • Will the build phasing match the 5 year cycle ? Unlikely so there will be spikes for which there may not be the matching resources • Will the densification concentration make things even worse ? 19
SECONDARY: New dwellings - 2018 -33 -HoE catchment area Location Est Total 5 yr phasing Add’l places Priority ranking for places Bookhams a) 800 267 48 5 b) 935 312 56 (incl Infill) Horsleys 500 167 30 1 (excl infill) Ockham 60 11 4 2 (excl infill) Effingham 300 100 18 3 (excl infill) OTHER + 4 ? ? TOTALs 1710 + 590+ 108 + 103 + 52 - PRIORITY over Bookhams children who can walk & cycle to HoE 20
The new HoE school: Oct 2022? • The proposed new HoE school is due to be completed for Autumn term 2022 • The PAN (Pupil Admissions Number) will be increased by 60 from 240 to 300. This equates to 2 x forms of entry. • This means the school will have an additional 300 standard secondary places across the whole education cycle i.e additional 60 Pan x 5 =300 i.e increase from 1600 to 1900 places. • The catchment area will be reviewed before the opening of the new school. May increase in size but will NOT include Wisley. • Up to 75% of the current school comes from the Bookhams. BRA have recently facilitated a meeting between MVDC & HoE. If new school delayed or does not happen = insufficient places: Tie break of Nearest Alternative School (regardless if places available) – k/a NAS 21
Priority over the Bookhams for HoE 48 48 – 56 addit itio ional l pla laces No new or r dela layed sc school Priority order under NAS 1. Horsleys 30 2. Ockham 4 3. Effingham 6 (excl enabling dev for new school say 100) TOTAL 40 More places than existing school has capacity for catchment. 10 in 2019 -20. Birth rate years rise not included . Priority 1 could consume the remaining capacity at the school thus excluding all other priorities. 22
Nearest alternative school (NAS) Therfield in Leatherhead Impact on Therfield capacity from Green belt sites excluding Infill:- Dwellings 5 yr phasing = net School places Ashtead 500 30 Fetcham 55 3 L’ head 1600 97 Total 130 (4.3 new FFE ?) Utilises all planned extra Secondary places in North Mole Valley ? The Bookhams children have a lower priority than all these locations as further away from Therfield where TIE BREAK is Distance from the school 23
Factors & issues to consider • Therfield is an Academy so is independent of SCC – will there be enough capacity if they agree to expand? Unlikely • If no new HoE School or delayed (moth ball threat) what happens to the Bookham villages? Children denied places at school to which they can walk & cycle. If no places at Therfield - find schools elsewhere within 1 hour coach journey. Carbon neutral to carbon positive. • Will HoE change the Admissions tie break of NAS and / or can this be challenged as SCC admit to problems administering it. OSA – BRA appealed re NAS TWICE and appeal refused. • Will the phasing match the 5 year cycle ? Unlikely so there will be spikes for which there may not be the matching resources 24
Factors & issues to consider (2) • Wisley development is on border of catchment – if delays to proposed school in that location - where do those children go? • HoE will try to find ways of not denying places to the Bookham Villages if it can, especially in the short term. • New HoE school will resolve the concerns & issue ONCE built as long as densification is not worse than outlined but development has wider impacts in terms of non education matters. 25
Key issues are: Are these figures less than reality due to the intended burden of densification falling on North Mole Valley ? Infant / Primary • Where will the extra 67 – 78 places come from ? • What are MVDC figures & basis of calculation ? • What is MVDC doing about it in the draft plan ? • Secondary • Will the new HoE school be built in time to avert our children being bussed elsewhere ? • MVDC needs to engage with HoE re impact on secondary places around the Bookhams prior to catchment review. 26
Michael Agius Vice Chairman and Infrastructure Lead Bookhams Residents’ Association
Brownfield Infill 350 +/- additional dwellings in Bookham will accentuate the highway and drainage problems already experienced on an ageing network. • The A246, Lower Road and South/North roads are already overloaded. Extra 700 +/- cars will only add to this. • The A246/Crabtree Lane traffic lights are already identified as a ‘hotspot’. • Between Young Street roundabout and Effingham traffic lights a series of pedestrian traffic lights and ever increasing side road junctions already cause major rush hour delays. This is only going to worsen with increased local traffic. • Drainage all flows south to north and is likely to aggravate problems experienced north of the A246 and Lower Road towards Bookham Common. Runoff from additional houses will only worsen the situation.
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