J25 Strategic Employment Site Local Development Order Mary Crew, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

J25 Strategic Employment Site Local Development Order Mary Crew, PBA Paul Osborne, LHC 27 th February 2017 Peter Brett Associates LLP

Structure of the Session Part 1: • What is an LDO and how it works Part 2: • J25 Strategic Employment Site LDO Part 3: • Q&A / discussion Peter Brett Associates LLP

LDOs What? Why? • A grant of planning • Positive planning tool permission • Certainty of outcome • Experience at • Delivery focused Teignmouth, Oadby & • Proactive Wigston, Paignton • Contribute positively and Gloucester to Council strategies • PAS LDO Advice • Front loaded Note approach Peter Brett Associates LLP

Legal Requirements for LDOs Peter Brett Associates LLP

Process for adopting an LDO Peter Brett Associates LLP

Public Consultation • Strong proposals • Encourage buy-in • Involve local people Peter Brett Associates LLP

Part 2: J25 Strategic Employment Site LDO Project Programme 2017 March – Informal consultation May – Statutory consultation August – Submission of LDO Peter Brett Associates LLP

Policy Context • Core Strategy SS8 – Broad Location for Employment • Site Allocation and Development Management Plan (SADMP) –Issues and Options Consultation, Preferred Options (2013) • Draft SADMP 2015 - site not included due to implications re highway modelling Peter Brett Associates LLP

Strategic Location • The Site is attractively located for investors & businesses • M5 corridor - 30-45 mins from Bristol & Exeter • Good rail connectivity • Attractive for employees Peter Brett Associates LLP

Constraints – Flood Risk • Edge of site within Flood Zone 2 & 3 • Development will avoid flood plain • On-site attenuation & SUDs will ensure flood risk on site and downstream is not increased Peter Brett Associates LLP

Constraints – Access & Transport • SCC J25 proposals designed to increase capacity and reduce peak time congestion • J25 scheme also designed to accommodate housing and employment growth • A358 improvements Peter Brett Associates LLP

Constraints • Existing mature trees and hedgerows along existing field boundaries retained • Setting of development on surrounding communities – limited inter-visibility Peter Brett Associates LLP

Constraints • Existing Public Rights of Way incorporated. • Ecological constraints – potential to enhance ecological value • Overhead 11KV – to be re-routed or diverted underground Peter Brett Associates LLP

Opportunities • Cohesive masterplan with clear identity and character. • Existing green infrastructure and flood zone used as a basis for forming development Peter Brett Associates LLP

Opportunities • Potential landmark pedestrian footbridge linking Taunton and strategic employment site – improve wider connectivity • Gateway feature to announce arrival at Taunton along M5 corridor. Peter Brett Associates LLP

Opportunities • Encourage sustainable forms of transport. • Pedestrian and cycle links to connect the site with Taunton and the surrounding area • Bus connection and improved links with P&R Peter Brett Associates LLP

Opportunities • Cohesive strategic green infrastructure framework to inform development form • Retain existing trees and field boundaries • Legible circulation strategy with clear hierarchy of streets – provision of street trees Peter Brett Associates LLP

Opportunities • Improve biodiversity • Meadow planting • Open up existing watercourses to create new wetlands • Use of Suds and rain gardens • Amenity space for new workers and wider community Peter Brett Associates LLP

Opportunities • Development of a green campus • Connected ‘garden courtyard spaces’ within development plots Peter Brett Associates LLP

Opportunities • Encourage sustainable forms of development • Use of renewable energy sources • Use of green roof and green walls Peter Brett Associates LLP

Part 3: Q&A / Discussion Key Discussion points: 1. J25 - a positive statement for Taunton 2. Constraints & Opportunities 3. Key Design Principles Peter Brett Associates LLP