THE CALDERDALE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

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THE CALDERDALE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
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• Ian Thompson

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What is SPATIAL PLANNING?

• Spatial planning is a process of place shaping
  and delivery. It aims to
• produce a vision for the future of places that
  responds to the local challenges and
  opportunities, and is based on evidence, a sense
  of local distinctiveness and community derived
  objectives, within the overall framework of
  national policy and regional strategies
• translate this vision into a set of priorities,
  programmes, policies, and land allocations
  together with the public sector resources to
  deliver them
• create a framework for private investment and
  regeneration that promotes economic,
  environmental and social well being for the area
• coordinate and deliver the public sector
  components of this vision with other agencies and
  processes eg LAAs
• create a positive framework for action on
  climate change and
• contribute to the achievement of Sustainable
  Development.

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BACKGROUND

• Fundamental changes introduced by the Planning
  Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
• Planning no longer land use focussed but
  spatial
• Calderdale completed its Replacement UDP in
  August 2006, and is now undertaking initial work
  necessary for the new Local Development Framework
  as the spatial plan is called
• Regional Strategies
• Regional Spatial Strategy
• Regional Economic Strategy
• Leeds City Region
• Manchester City Region

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ADVANTAGES OF SPATIAL PLANNING TO COUNCILS AND
LSPs

• Spatial planning underpins the wider corporate
  strategy of the council and LSP in that it
• brings together a very wide range of different
  services, since most require land to operate, so
  it can help to support the co-ordination of
  services
• ensures that strategies can be based on the
  communitys views and obtain community buy-in
• ensures that other strategies can be fully
  cognisant of and play their part in respect of
  issues such as public sector assets, flooding,
  waste management and transport
• can assist in providing the evidence base for,
  and monitoring of, other strategies and
• is a major means of engaging with the private
  sector.
• Spatial planning plays a central role in the
  overall task of place shaping and in the delivery
  of land, uses and associated activities.

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THE CORE STRATEGY

• Every local planning authority should produce a
  core strategy which includes
• (1) an overall vision which sets out how the
  area and the places within it should develop
• (2) strategic objectives for the area focussing
  on the key issues to be addressed
• (3) a delivery strategy for achieving these
  objectives. Sets out what development is
  intended to happen where, when, and by what
  means it will be delivered. Locations for
  strategic development should be indicated on a
  key diagram and
• (4) clear arrangements for managing and
  monitoring the delivery of the strategy.

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Infrastructure

• Core Strategy supported by evidence of physical,
  social and green infrastructure needs drawing
  on other strategies and investment place in the
  Local Authority and partner organisations
• The planning process and hence Core Strategy
  will identify -
• Infrastructure needs and costs
• Phasing of development
• Funding sources
• Responsibilities for delivery

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How it all Hangs together
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WHAT ARE WE DOING? (1)

• Evidence Base and Survey Work -
• Spatial Atlas (publication Sept/Oct 2008)
• Employment Land Review (publication July 2008)
• Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment
  (publication Feb 2009)
• Retail Needs Study (publication Sept 2008)
• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (publication
  July 2008)
• Settlement Hierarchy (consultation underway on
  methodology)
• Green Belt Review(consultation underway on
  methodology)
• Accessibility Modelling of the District
• Mini-Review of Regional Spatial Strategy
• Call for Sites front-loading of sites
• INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIT ASSESSMENT

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WHAT ARE WE DOING? (2)

• AWARENESS RAISING AND CONSULTATION
• Targeted awareness raising with BME Communities
  (July 2008)
• Using the 4 Area Forums September /October
  2008
• Parish Councils during autumn 2008
• LSP Delivery Partnerships during July 2008
• Joint Visioning LSP (SCS) and LDF during autumn
  2008
• Town Teams and other community events autumn
  2008

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TIMETABLE FOR THE CORE STRATEGY

• Issues and Options Consultation including
  front-loading and visioning - Autumn 2008
• Developing Refined Options - Consultation
  spring/into summer 2009
• Submission Document Consultation - December 2009
• Public Examination - September 2009
• ADOPTION April 2010

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Community Strategy/ LAA Themes
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Community Strategy/ LAA Themes
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OPTIONS GENERATION

• Between now and mid Autumn
• Generated a number of deliverable options
• Test these under SA/SEA/AA
• Need new ideas and possible options to deal with
  futures that we are given Eg
• HIPPERHOLME GROWTH POINT
• HARTSHEAD MOOR NEW TOWN
• PEPPERPOT DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT
• MERGE NORTHOWRAM SHELF
• EXPAND NORTH HALIFAX
• PUT THESE OPTONS OUT FOR CONSULTATION and for
  GENERATION OF OTHER OPTIONS in the AUTUMN

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QUESTIONS?