South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Policies, Sites and Places Plan - Regulation 18 Consultation (2015)

The information below relates to a Regulation 18 consultation carried out between November 2015 and January 2016. This consultation is now closed. The latest June 2016 version of the Proposed Submission PSP Plan can be viewed here: www.southglos.gov.uk/PSPpublication

Representation made in respect of the Regulation 18 Consultation (November 2015) are now available to view here.

Sites and information submitted as part of Call for Sites element of the consultation are now available to view here.

 

South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Policies, Sites and Places (PSP) Plan 

Regulation 18 Consultation (November 2015)

(Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012)

 

The Policies, Sites and Places Plan (PSP Plan) is the final document in completing the South Gloucestershire Local Plan. The Local Plan currently comprises the Joint Waste Core Strategy (adopted 2011) and the Core Strategy (adopted 2013). The PSP plan will update and replace the previous South Gloucestershire Local Plan (adopted 2006) and Minerals & Waste Local Plan (adopted 2002) and will guide future planning decisions in the district.

 

November 2015 consultation

Further to the council’s update in October 2015 (see www.southglos.gov.uk/policiessitesandplaces), representations are now being invited on the next stage of the Council’s Policies, Sites and Places Plan (PSP Plan).

The council needs to take steps to ensure more homes are built in South Gloucestershire over the next 5 years that meet people’s needs. Currently the shortfall over the next 5 years is around 1,500 dwellings and this consultation sets out the process by which the Council will aim to address it.

The objective is to make housing allocations that will support sustainable development and which can genuinely be built over the next 5 years to meet the growing demand. To achieve this the Council needs to identify sites over and above those allocations in the Core Strategy, including within the rural areas.

The council is also taking this opportunity to make available for comment an update to policy PSP38 (Internal space and accessibility standards for new dwellings) of the PSP Plan.

 

Consultation documents

A consultation document has been prepared which sets out the methodology proposed to consider locations and sites suitable and available for allocation in the PSP Plan. It contains a number questions to aid your reply. A Call for Sites response form is also available to be completed in the case where a site is being promoted for allocation in the Plan.

The consultation paper, together with all the necessary forms are available to download below:

Call for Sites

  • Call for sites response form

(N.B. Even if you have supplied information previously please use this opportunity to demonstrate how your site could contribute to addressing the current shortfall by completing the response form)

Revised Policy PSP38 (Internal space and accessibility standards for new dwellings)

 

Evidence Base documents 

A number of other evidence base documents have been published alongside the Regulation 18 Consultation document. These are:

How to make representations

The council would like to know what you think about the 'Consultation documents' for the period from 20 November 2015 until close of business on 8 January 2016.

The Council's preference is that representations be made online, using the Council’s internet based consultation system.

If this is not possible, representations should be sent, using this response form (Word version), to the following:

  • By e-mail: PlanningLDF@southglos.gov.uk
  • By post: Strategic Planning Policy and Specialist Advice Team, South Gloucestershire Council, Environment and Community Services Department, PO Box 299, Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 0DR.

Comments on the revised policy PSP38, should sent, using this response form (Word version), to the e-mail or postal address provided above.

If you wish to make comments in relation to any of the 'evidence base documents', these should be submitted to the addresses above, stating clearly which document you are referring to.

All representations must be received by no later than close of business on 8 January 2016.

The information collected as part of this consultation will be used by the Council in accordance with the data protection principles in the Data Protection Act 1998. The purposes for collecting this data are: to assist in plan making; and to contact you, if necessary, regarding the planning consultation process. Some of the data may be made public as it will form part of the evidence base used to inform the creation of planning policy documents. The above purposes may require public disclosure of any data received on the response form, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Viewing the documents

Copies of the consultation documents will be available between 8.45am - 5pm Mondays to Wednesdays and 8.45am - 4.30pm Thursdays and Fridays, at the following Council One-Stop Shops:

  • Thornbury Library, St Mary Street, Thornbury, BS35 2AA
  • Yate, Kennedy Way, BS37 4DQ (access via West Walk)
  • Kingswood Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood, BS15 9TR
  • Patchway Hub, Rodway Road, Patchway, BS34 5PE

Electronic copies will also be available at all South Gloucestershire libraries. A list of all the libraries, including information on opening hours is available on the Council’s website at www.southglos.gov.uk/libraries

 

Drop-in event

A public drop-in event will also be held on Monday 14 December 2015 in Committee Room 2 at Kingswood Civic Centre from 4pm – 8pm. Officers from the Strategic Planning Policy Team will be on hand to answer any questions on the consultation paper, supporting documentation or any other questions you may have on the PSP Plan.

 

Town and Parish Council Event

An event was held for Town and Parish Council on 1st December 2015, the presentation slides are available below:

The event covered the Policies, Sites and Places Plan; and the Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) and Joint Transport Study (JTS). Further information on the JSP and JTS can be found here: www.jointplanningwofe.org.uk.

 

 Local Green Space Designation

Updated information regarding Local Green Space (LGS) Designation is now available on the Council’s website at www.southglos.gov.uk/lgsd15.

 

Next steps

In line with the revised timetable, the Council will consider all responses and suggested allocations to the Regulation 18 consultation paper and bring forward a revised Proposed Submission Policies, Sites and Places Plan for formal public consultation (in line with Regulations 19, 20 and 35 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012) in the summer 2016.

All representations made during the summer 2015 consultation on the Proposed Submission version of the PSP Plan (dated March 2015) available at www.southglos.gov.uk/PSPpublication. All of the comments received will still be taken into consideration and put to the Inspector as part of the examination next year. The Council will write to all respondents asking for confirmation that they still wish their comments to be considered by the Inspector, therefore avoiding the need to re-submit the representations again.

 

If you would like any further information, please contact the Strategic Planning Policy Team at PlanningLDF@southglos.gov.uk and on 01454863464.

 

This consultation has now closed and we are analysing the results, which will be published here in due course.

Timeline

  • Opened
    20 Nov 2015 at 17:00
  • Closed
    8 Jan 2016 at 23:59

Consultation Documents

Details

Consultation Topic
  • Planning policy & strategy
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