Presentation to Cabinet 21 February 2017 Anna Rose, Service Director - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Draft Plan:MK Presentation to Cabinet 21 February 2017 Anna Rose, Service Director – Growth, Economy & Culture

Purpose of the briefing • Introduce Draft Plan:MK – why it is being prepared and what it contains. • Provide some context for the plan and explain why more development is needed. • Explain the principles that will guide how that new development comes about. • Describe how everyone can get involved in the consultation on Draft Plan:MK. 2

Draft Plan:MK • Draft Plan:MK contains the preferred strategy for meeting the Borough’s development needs until 2031. • Informed by comments from earlier consultations and background evidence studies. • Once adopted, Plan:MK will replace the Core Strategy and the MKLP. • This is not the final plan and further consultation will follow. 3

What Draft Plan:MK includes 4

Context for Plan:MK NPPF and Planning Practice Guidance • Government wants councils to have up to date local plans that deliver growth. • Local plans should meet the area’s objectively assessed development needs. • Without a 5-year housing land supply, key policies considered out of date. Having an up to date plan in place is the best defence against unplanned development and ‘planning by appeal’

Context for Plan:MK Emerging work on: • MK Futures 2050 Commission report and projects. • Cambridge-MK-Oxford growth corridor (National Infrastructure Commission, Interim Report, Nov 2016). Plan:MK to be reviewed within 5 years to respond to these emerging plans and strategies and changes to the planning system nationally (e.g. Housing White Paper).

MK Futures 2050 Commission – “Making a Great City Greater” • Commission of local people and independent experts • Benefits that Inclusive Growth could bring: c.400,000 people by 2050 • Recommended Six Big Projects to help address the big challenges facing the city over the coming decades • Commission’s report unanimously supported by Full Council in July 2016 • Now working to deliver the projects through the MK Futures 2050 Programme

MK Futures 2050 Commission - The Six Big Projects Project 1 – Hub of Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford corridor (incorporating work on the Strategy for 2050 ) Project 2 – A new university for Milton Keynes Project 3 – Learning 2050 Project 4 – Smart, Shared, Sustainable Mobility Project 5 – Renaissance: CMK Project 6 – Milton Keynes: The Creative and Cultured City

Cambridge-MK-Oxford corridor NIC Interim Report, November 2016: • Local authorities working in partnership to deliver a joined up strategy linking infrastructure and homes • Enhanced east-west transport links • A strategy for homes and cities Autumn Statement, 2016: • £27m development funding for Expressway • £100m to accelerate delivery of E-W Rail western section 9

Cambridge-MK-Oxford corridor • MKC has stated a preference for route B (20 Dec 2016) • Full Council - 11 January 2017: Draft Plan:MK should fully incorporate the NIC’s recommendations. 10

Why progress Plan:MK now? • Commitment to early review of Core Strategy • Replace out of date policies • Reflect changes to national policy • Allocate more land to ensure a 5- year housing land supply • Strengthen neighbourhood plans • Improve certainty 11

Why do we need more development? • Births exceeded deaths by an average of 2,150 over the period 2005-2015 • Milton Keynes incoming population from UK & abroad averaged 1,700 people per year over the same period • This means that we need to deliver: – around 1765 new homes per year – in total that means 26,500 new homes over the plan period of 15 years • Homes already planned – 19,725 • Homes to be delivered in new allocations - at least 6,775 (Strategic Housing Market Assessment, 2017)

Why do we need more development? “Milton Keynes is an economic success and a “great place to do business in the UK ” . ” MK Futures 2050 Commission report, 2016 Maintain economic growth by meeting needs for • 124 ha. of employment land up to 2031 – 94 ha. for warehousing – 21 ha. for office development (mainly, but not exclusively in CMK) – More large employment sites to provide more flexibility to accommodate large employers (2015 Milton Keynes Employment Land Review)

Eastern Expansion Area 2,247 homes to date 4,040 when complete Western Expansion Area Logistics and distribution at 192 homes to date Magna Park 6,550 when complete (in 2031) Central Milton Keynes 2,337 homes to date 4,650 when complete Strategic Land Allocation 3,045 homes when complete Western Flank Total from major developments 1,431 homes to date 8,539 homes to date 3,144 when complete 25,250 homes when complete

26,500 East of the M1 PLAN:MK PROPOSED Future site for post ALLOCATIONS 2031 or three years post 2016 of undersupply Total from proposed allocations 7,600 homes Overall Target 2016-2031 26,500 additional homes South East Growth Area 1,000 homes after 2026 Central Milton Keynes 1,500 additional to existing commitments Urban Capacity 3,500 homes from brownfield sites, regeneration and infill Rural Settlements Land at Eaton Leys 1,000 homes through 600 homes neighbourhood plans

Development Principles • Principles of city will continue e.g. linear parks and preference for grid roads • Protection of natural and historic environment • Plan will provide for necessary infrastructure including schools & health • Maintain infrastructure funding • New development areas could include district centres and some employment

Consultation and Next Steps • 12-week consultation from March-May 2017 • Opportunity for everyone to comment Next steps: • Proposed Submission Plan - further publicity by end 2017 • Submission – spring 2018 • Examination – summer 2018 • Adoption – end of 2018 17