PUBLIC CONSULTATION WORKSHOP BBB VILLAGE HALL 10 NOVEMBER 2014 Neighbourhood Plan PUBLIC CONSULTATION WORKSHOP BBB VILLAGE HALL 10 NOVEMBER 2014

Neighbourhood Plan Process

Process to Date Workshops January 2014 Designated area status Issues Workshops Apr/May Content Consultations Environment / Housing Open Day/Housing Workshop

Overall Aim To provide for sustainable growth which enhances the traditional character and lifestyles of our communities.  

RVBC Context and Core Strategy ‘Less Sustainable’ Tier 2 No requirement for housing

Core Strategy states ‘ Development that has recognised regeneration benefits, is for identified local needs or satisfies neighbourhood planning legislation, will be considered in all the Borough’s settlements, including small scale developments in smaller settlements that are appropriate for consolidation and expansion or rounding off the built up area.’

Issues Workshops – concerns Sustainability of the community  Preservation and extension of amenities into the future Age distribution and lack of younger residents  

Issues Workshops – Proposed actions to address concerns Selective new housing  Housing provision in the countryside Housing for older residents  

RVBC Housing Needs Survey for Parish 427 Questionnaires  175 replies 47 indicated a housing need  

Types of potential development Settlements Define sites for small scale developments Countryside Define criteria for developments in the more isolated locations

Village Plan: Bolton by Bowland Two mixed sites for housing and development of local amenity  

Local Green Spaces NPPF Definition  3 existing and 4 additions  

Consultation with landowners Low Laithe Croft as 3rd ‘mixed’ site for ‘small scale development’?  

Numbers and Types of Housing RVBC ‘small scale development’ ; Up to 10?  30% affordable on sites of 5 or more 15% Housing for older residents of which 50% affordable  

Timescale 50 houses in current settlement area Total increase to 2028? Phasing? Number on each defined site  

Options No NP Rely on Core Strategy and NPPF NP with no growth of existing settlements NP with growth policy and conditions but no defined sites NP with 1,2 or 3 defined sites  Options 3 and 4 could define numbers, types and timescale by site and in total.