Assessment of Neighbourhood Plan policy options Policy W4 – Dwellings appropriate for the needs of older people Policy Options: Option A: To have an NP policy which seeks to ensure that development provides a greater proportion of the dwellings suitable for older people, addressing an evidenced need in Warnham. Option B: To have no NP policy, covered by HDPF Policy 16 Policy Options 1/Env – Cside/ natural beauty 2/Env – Biodiversity 3/Env – Landscape setting 4/Soc - Housing 5/Econ - Employment 6/Env – Heritage/ landscape 7/Soc - Health 8/Soc – Movement 9/Soc – Utilities/ Services 10/Soc A 0 0 0 ++ 0 0 +? 0 0 0 B 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 Preferred Policy Option: A Summary and conclusion: No negative sustainability impacts are expected to result from this policy. Having a local policy ensures that the identified housing needs of Warnham are specifically delivered. Warnham has a growing ageing population and this policy will help to ensure that suitable housing is provided across the area to address the specific needs of this group;
visual and environmental impact. Existing housing to the north of the site is at a level lower than Bell Road. In this respect some existing housing could be partially overlooked at the front of properties but the distance to new housing and potential planting will limit this effect. The site owner has expressed an interest in developing large homes on sizeable plots which does not meet the policy requirement for a mix of mainly smaller dwellings. WN05/ WN19 Warnham Glebe land n/a This site has now been granted planning permission. WN06 Land at Westons Farm -? 0 - + 0 -? 0 - 0 0 This greenfield site is close to the village although not within or adjacent to the BUAB as it is severed from it by the A24. Access would be from A24 at a location with poor alignment and visibility, and a high incidence of traffic accidents. There are some listed buildings on the edge of the site. Warnham village has developed within the constraints of surrounding hills. It is fundamental for development in the village to be sustainable in terms of visual impact: that building should not encroach on the surrounding skyline. This was reinforced by the recent appeal decision at Tuggles Plat. The SHELAA assesses the site as not currently developable. WN07 Land from Knob Hill to A24 - - - + 0 - 0 0 0 0 The site is extensive and incorporates WN03. The site adjoins the village BUAB and hence has potential but the site topography would result in existing properties, including many listed buildings, being overlooked. Significant visual impact of development. Local opposition to the site. SHELAA assesses the site as too large for development on the village boundary. WN08/ WN15 Land at Northlands Cottages n/a This site has now been granted planning permission (DC/16/2401). WN09 Land east of Kingsfold - - - + 0 0 0 0 0 0 This greenfield site is in a rural part of the parish remote from facilities and therefore deemed unsustainable. It is a very extensive tract of land and development would have a significant impact on the landscape, environment. The scale of the potential development is
impact of permitting it, or refusing it, upon the local economy; the cost of, and scope for, developing elsewhere outside the designated area, or meeting the need for it in some other way; and any detrimental effect on the environment, the landscape and recreational opportunities, and the extent to which that could be moderated.” Paragraph 132: “When considering the impact of a proposed development on the significance of a designated heritage asset, great weight should be given to the asset’s conservation. The more important the asset, the greater the weight should be. Significance can be harmed or lost through alteration or destruction of the heritage asset or development within its setting. As heritage assets are irreplaceable, any harm or loss should require clear and convincing justification. Substantial harm to or loss of a grade II listed building, park or garden should be exceptional. Substantial harm to or loss of designated heritage assets of the highest significance, notably scheduled monuments, protected wreck sites, battlefields, grade I and II* listed buildings, grade I and II* registered parks and gardens, and World Heritage Sites, should be wholly exceptional. The Plan should ensure that development does not have a detrimental impact on any heritage assets and should seek to ensure that development actively conserves the asset. The Waste (England & Wales) Regulations 2011 To encourage/ensure waste arises/is dealt with further up the waste hierarchy. Divert waste disposal away from landfill. Target of 50% of household waste to be recycled. Plan must have regard to the amended waste hierarchy. Policies and objectives should where possible encourage waste to have recovery value. The Plan should discourage landfilling of waste. UK Climate Change Act 2008 The Act introduced a statutory target for reducing carbon emissions. Target of reducing carbon emissions by 80 per cent below 1990 levels by 2050, with an interim target of 34% by 2020. Planning can make a contribution to mitigating and adapting to climate change by influencing the location, scale and character of development. The plan should include policies / objectives that contribute towards achieving lower carbon emissions and greater resilience to the impacts of climate change.
The Natural Environment White Paper (The Natural Choice) 2011 Mainstreaming the value of nature across society by: • facilitating greater local action to protect and improve nature; • creating a green economy, in which economic growth and the health of our natural resources sustain each other, and markets, business and Government better reflect the value of nature; • strengthening the connections between people and nature to the benefit of both; and • showing leadership in the European Union and internationally, to protect and enhance natural assets globally. The process identifies the need to develop a set of key indicators to track progress The Plan should consider how it can best contribute towards highlighting the value of nature and ensuring that it is protected and enhanced. Biodiversity 2020: A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services To halt overall biodiversity loss, support healthy well-functioning ecosystems and establish coherent ecological networks, with more and better places for nature for the benefit of wildlife and people. These outcomes will be delivered through action in four areas: • a more integrated large-scale approach to conservation on land and at sea • putting people at the heart of biodiversity policy • reducing environmental pressures • improving knowledge A series of priority actions have been identified to deliver the four identified actions. The Plan should consider how it can best contribute towards protecting and enhancing ecological networks.
affordable this would give an allocation to Warnham of 31 to 55 from this assessment can be taken as the lower figure i.e. 31. 3 HDC/ AECOM Para. 102 Home growth since 2011 HDC records show that 12 homes were developed in the period April 2011 to March 2016. Projecting this growth rate to 2031 provides a growth figure of 37. Historic parish growth rates provide little guidance on future housing needs to be accommodated in the NP. Low 4 Action in rural Sussex Local affordable housing needs A survey was undertaken for the NP mainly to identify the local need for affordable housing i.e. those with family or employment connections to the parish. This showed a total need for 22 units but local transfers to new affordable housing would release 7 units. The net increase is 15 units. HDPF Policy 16 requires 20% to 35% of new developments to be affordable. Total number of homes to provide affordable housing: 43 to 75 The survey provides relevant local data but at a specific time. Short listed sites will enable 35% affordable to be realised and hence the housing need from this assessment can be taken as the lower figure i.e. 43 Medium 5 HDC/ AECOM Para. 103 Home growth 2001 to 2016 Combining the records 2001 to 2011 (below) and growth to 2016 (3, above) gives growth rate over a longer period and this leads to a future need of 110. Historic growth trends vary widely depending on the time span considered and hence cannot be used with confidence. Low 6 Census/ AECOM Para. 101 Home growth 2001 to 2011 Records of housing growth 2001 to 2011 in Warnham parish shows 106 homes. Applying this growth rate to the period 2017 to 2031 provides a figure of 148. Figures record growth in the parish rather than the village of Warnham where growth will be focussed in accordance with policy. Growth of the village will be constrained by Low
site availability. No logic to assuming village growth will be unlimited and continue at historic rates. 7 Strategic Housing Market / AECOM Para. 91 Objectively Assessed Need Projections of the growth in housing needs are based on a national forecast and local employment growth. A district requirement of 12720 units is identified. Warnham’s share: 1.6% of 12750 = 204 (See Note 1) The SMHA is a district wide assessment that does not take account of local circumstances i.e. the prior allocations of the strategic sites in the HDPF and the settlement hierarchy. Low 8 DCLG /AECOM Para. 99 Household Projections Dept. of Communities and Local Govt. produce forecasts of household growth. The projected total for Horsham district in 2031 is 66854. This leads to an allocation to Warnham of 218 homes. (See Note 1) The SMHA is a district wide assessment that does not take account of local circumstances i.e. the prior allocations of the strategic sites in the HDPF and the settlement hierarchy. Low Note 1. In AECOM’s analyses, gross figures have been reduced by 12 to take account of dwellings built in the parish between 2011 and 2016. However, these may be considered as individual windfall sites, not part of planned development meeting the specific allocations of the HDPF, and are excluded in the assessment of gross figures included in the table. Key Column Housing need assessment Weighting Data sources 1 30 High HDPF (Local Plan) – ‘fair share’ of at least 1500 2 31 Medium HDC Housing Waiting List (at 35% affordable) 3 37 Low HDC Home growth since 2011 4 43 Medium AirS Warnham affordable housing needs (at 35% affordable) 5 110 Low Home growth 2001 to 2016 6 148 Low 2011 Census - home growth 2001 to 2011