Planning

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Planning Expansion

• Bow Brickhill Presentation 17 February 2005
• The Milton Keynes Local Plan
• The MKSM Sub-Regional Strategy
• The South East Plan
• The Milton Keynes 30 Year Sustainable Growth Plan
• David Hackforth
• Head of Planning Transport
• Milton Keynes Council

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Background to growth proposals in around MK
Policy
Studies
Milton Keynes South Midlands Study -
Identified capacity for 71,000 homes and jobs to
2031 September 2002
RPG9 identified MK South Midlands as a
potential growth area March 2001
MK Local Plan timeline to 2011. First
expansion beyond DA - committed land for 22,720
dwellings. October 2002
Milton Keynes and Aylesbury Growth Area Study -
Detailed review of capacity and infrastructure
requirements to 2016 May 2003
Sustainable Communities Plan Identified MKSM as
one of 4 Growth Areas based on findings from the
September 2002 study February 2003
MK 30 year Sustainable Growth Plan MKPC
commissioned study to develop a new Master Plan
for MK March 2005
MKSM Sub-Regional Strategy Consultation on ODPM
proposed changes October 2004
National
Regional
South East Plan New Regional Spatial Strategy
for S.E. England January 2005
Local
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Milton Keynes Local Plan

• Public Inquiry July 2003 June 2004
• Inspectors Report Part 1 - deals with strategy
  city expansion areas
• Considered by Cabinet 18 October 2004
• Agreed by full Council 14 December 2004
• Part 2 report deals with all other objections
• Report to Cabinet on 15 March 2005
• Full Council on 12 April 2005
• Proposed Modifications on deposit for 6 weeks
  May/June 2005

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Key Issues in Part 1 Report

• Plan should provide for more dwellings to 2011
• New Strategic Reserve areas to show where growth
  will go after 2011
• Reduce forecast of housing completions in CMK
• Delete Area 10.4 from Western Expansion Area
• Substitute Area 11 south of Stony Stratford
• Allocate Strategic Reserve in Eastern Expansion
  Area for development
• Allocate Stantonbury Park Farm for development
• Reclassify Hanslope as a Selected Village
• Delete Policy S11 (Areas of Attractive Landscape)
  and the designations in the Plan

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Decision on the AAL recommendation

• Reject the Inspectors recommendation retain
  Policy S11 AAL designations
• Regional/sub-regional recognition of AALs
• Policy S10 gives insufficient landscape
  protection
• Inconsistent approach to AALs in Bucks by
  Inspectors
• Inspector relied on draft PPS7 final version
  changed
• Countryside Agency concerns
• Landscape character study required

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Key Issues in Part 2 Report

• Policy D4 (sustainable construction)
• Policy NE3 (nature conservation)
• Policies KS6 KS6a (Wolverton)
• Policy H4 (affordable housing)
• Policy H11 (low impact dwellings in the country)
• Site BB1 (Bow Brickhill housing site)
• Sites HP1-HP5 (Hanslope housing sites)
• Sites OM41, 42 90 (housing sites in the city)
• Sites OM77-OM79 (housing sites in Olney)
• Policies PO3-PO6 (planning obligations)

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Bow Brickhill what the Inspector said

• Supported Councils approach to the principle of
  deciding on limited housing development in
  villages based on views of Parish Councils
• But where there is support for limited housing
  development, the choice of sites should be on
  planning grounds
• Recognised that decisions between sites in small
  settlements are finely balanced
• In Bow Brickhill he recommended a different site
  to that in DV2 (Rushmere Close rather than Blind
  Pond Farm)

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Implications

• The Council is not bound to accept the
  Inspectors recommendations but must have
  strong planning reasons to reject
• If the Cabinet accepts people can object (or
  support) decision at the Proposed Modifications
  stage
• If the Cabinet rejects people can support (or
  object to) decision at Proposed Modifications
  stage
• The Council must consider objections (and the
  possible need for a second Inquiry) before
  adopting the Plan

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MK South Midlands Sub-Regional Strategy

• Proposed alterations to RPG covering
• East of England (RSS14 in preparation)
• East Midlands (RPG8)
• South East (RPG9)
• Purpose
• Clear, agreed long-term spatial vision for
  Sub-Region to 2021 and beyond
• Guidance on scale, location timing of
  development associated infrastructure
  delivery mechanisms needed to achieve sustainable
  communities

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MK South Midlands Sub-Regional Strategy
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MKSM Sub-Regional Strategy Spatial Diagram
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Strategic Policy 1 Locations for Growth
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Spatial Framework for Milton Keynes Growth Area
Milton Keynes should accommodate an additional
44,900 dwellings over the period 2001-2021.
Figures include any housing arising from MKs
growth and provided in Aylesbury Vale or
Mid-Bedfordshire after 2011. This will be phased
as follows
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MK 30 Year Sustainable Growth Plan

• Shaping Milton Keynes Future
• Project commissioned by MK Partnership Committee
• Consultation on draft project brief
• Clear direction for growth over next 30 yrs
• Holistic, integrated approach
• Partnership working with MKC other LAs
• Will inform South East Plan and Local Development
  Frameworks

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MK 30 Year Sustainable Growth Plan - Objectives

• Work jointly with MK Council others to progress
  growth in MK as part of the overall growth
  strategy for the MKSM sub-region
• Provide an integrated 30-year spatial framework
  for MK growth within context set by MKSM
  Sub-Regional Strategy South East Plan
• Translate vision objectives in RSS SRS, MK
  Community Strategy MK Long Term Economic Vision
  into practical solutions to guide MK growth
• Within framework provided by RSS SRS, provide
  strategic direction for preparing MK adjoining
  LAs Local Development Frameworks

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MK 30 Year Sustainable Growth Plan - Objectives

• Clarify the direction of growth for MK over the
  next 30 years define the urban growth boundary
• Set principles for how sustainable growth can
  succeed in MK surroundings
• Establish a framework for more detailed
  site-specific master-planning of expansion areas
• Identify progress key actions and priorities
• Engage with key stakeholders
• Build on MK Local Plan other background studies
  strategies already in place

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