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PLANNING THE FUTURE OF SEVENOAKS DISTRICT Alan Dyer Planning Policy Manager Sevenoaks District Council Presentation to Sevenoaks Society 7 October 2009

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PLANNING THE FUTURE OF SEVENOAKS

DISTRICT

Alan Dyer

Planning Policy Manager

Sevenoaks District Council

Presentation to Sevenoaks Society

7 October 2009

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Sevenoaks Urban Area

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The Approach

The plan proposes that future development will be located in existing urban areas

Whilst continuing to protect the countryside.

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Key Issues

• Housing Provision• Housing Needs• Employment Land• Town Centres• Design and Conservation• Sustainable Development• Infrastructure and Open Space

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Housing Provision

We have been set a requirement of 3,300 dwellings (2006-2026) for the District equivalent to an average of 165 dwellings per annum.

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How does the District Housing Provision compare?

Dartford 867 pa

Gravesham 465 pa

Maidstone 554 pa

Sevenoaks 165 pa

Tandridge 125 pa

Tonbridge and Malling 450 pa

Tunbridge Wells 300 pa

Wealden 550 pa

Bexley 345 pa

Bromley 485 pa

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Past Completion Rates

2008/09 290

2007/08 261

2006/07 145

2005/06 406

2004/05 254

2003/04 184

2002/03 215

2001/02 143

2000/01 183

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What we must do

If we did nothing and dealt with applications as they came in we would probably meet the requirement without building in the Green Belt. But:

• We would not be promoting development in the most suitable locations and on the best sites

• Government requires us to shown how and where the requirement will be met

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Assessing the Housing Supply

Includes:

• Completions• Commitments• Potential Development Sites• Broad Locations• Windfalls

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Assessing the Housing SupplyDistrict Sevenoaks

Completions 692 119

Commitments 1,366 743

Total 2,058 862

Potential Sites 948 329

Small Sites 525 140

Overall Total 3,531 1,331

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Affordable Housing• Housing to meet the needs of

people who cannot afford to buy or rent on the open market

• Aims to increase provision in response to need

• Requires affordable housing in smaller schemes (down to 5 Units)

• Allows for small scale schemes on the edge of villages to meet local need

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Housing size and type• More older people and more

single person households• Future housing should reflect

needs of the changing population – case for more smaller units.

• Supports higher density development in accessible locations close to services and facilities provided local character is not damaged.

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Employment Land• Requires well-located

employment land to be retained

• Supports redevelopment to meet modern needs

• Some new provision in town centres and at Swanley

• Priority to business and tourist use in conversion of buildings in rural areas

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Sevenoaks Town Centre

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Sevenoaks Town Centre

We need to maintain the vitality and viability of the centre and protect its historic character.

• Retail Study Update shows capacity for limited growth in the long term

• Scope for development of land west of Blighs Meadow

• Waitrose redevelopment• Longer term opportunities east of the High

Street

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Design and Conservation• Requires development to

be designed to a high quality

• Respond to distinctive local character

• Safeguards District heritage

• Detailed guidance to be developed at a local level including Character Area Appraisals and Parish Plans/Village Design Statements.

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Sustainable Development• Promotes sustainable design and construction• Promotes greater use of renewable energy• Supports measures to reduce reliance on the car• Avoids development in areas liable to flood• Requires sustainable drainage and measures to

reduce water consumption in new developments• Requires air quality impacts to be assessed.

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Infrastructure and Open Space

• Services and facilities needed

to support new development

• Requires new development to

provide or contribute to

additional requirements

• Open space, sport and

recreational facilities of value

to the community will be

retained.

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The Core Strategy Timetable

Preferred Options Consultation

Early 2009

Publication of the Submission Plan

January 2010

Representation Period (6 weeks)

January/February 2010

Submission April 2010

Examination July 2010

Adoption Late 2010

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Other Development Plan Documents

Allocations DPD Identifying specific sites for development

Development Control DPD

Detailed development control policies – replacing detailed policies in the Local Plan

Supplementary Planning Document

Detailed guidance to support Development Plan Policies

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Questions?