1. Rushcliffe Borough Council
Local Plan Update
Richard Mapletoft
Planning Policy Manager
February 2015

2. Rushcliffe
Local Plan
What stage the Local Plan (Part 1: Core Strategy and Part 2: Land and Planning Policies) is at
Identify the Core Strategy’s major development proposals
Identify other key policy requirements
What’s next for Part 1 (Core Strategy) and Part 2 (Land and Planning Policies)

3. Local Plan Rushcliffe Rushcliffe Core Strategy (Local Plan Part 1)
Main strategic part of the Local Plan. Includes key policies and development proposals to 2028
Requires a minimum of 13,150 homes between 2011 to (774 per annum)
Will increase Rushcliffe’s housing stock from 47,350 in to 60,500 in 2028 (28% increase)
Draft plan examined by a Planning Inspector, including public hearings in July 2014
December 2014 – Planning Inspector found plan ‘sound’. Plan then adopted by the Borough Council on 22 December

4. Local Plan Rushcliffe Legal Challenge
Legal challenge from Barton in Fabis Parish Council received on 29 January
Parish Council seeking to have the Core Strategy quashed, on the basis that NPPF Green Belt policy has been inappropriately applied
Will be heard in the High Court in London, probably within the next few months
Aligned Core Strategies of Browtowe, Gedling and Nottingham City Council also challenged (by Calverton Parish Council). Due to be heard by the High Court on 24 March

5. Strategic allocation – land south of Clifton
Member Workshop
Local Plan Requirements
3,000 new homes (all to be delivered by 2028)
20 hectares of employment
Up to 30% affordable housing. Gypsy and traveller pitches
Neighbourhood centre - retail, education, health and other community facilities
Significant open space provision

6. Planning application – land south of Clifton
Member Workshop
Outline planning application received July 2014
Up to 3,000 homes
20 hectares employment
Infrastructure: neighbourhood centre; 2,500m2 of retail; 2 primary schools; new community park

7. Strategic allocation – Melton Road, Edwalton
Member Workshop
Local Plan Requirements
1,500 new homes (to be delivered by around 2026)
Up to 4 hectares of employment generating development
Up to 30% affordable housing
Neighbourhood centre
Community Park

8. Planning applications – Melton Road, Edwalton
Member Workshop
Bovis Homes – 388 homes
Outline planning permission for 1,200 homes granted in 2009 but scheme unlikely to be implemented
Fresh full planning applications being received, including Bovis Homes – for 388 homes, received June 2014
To guide this and other anticipated planning applications a ‘Development Framework Plan’ is being prepared
Main role of Framework to identify how each application contributes to ‘site-wide’ infrastructure.
To be published in February 2015 for consultation

9. Strategic allocation – land east of Gamston/north of Tollerton
Member Workshop
2,500 new homes by 2028 and up to a further 1,500 homes post 2028
20 hectares of employment development
Up to 30% affordable housing. Gypsy and traveller pitches
Two new direct accesses onto A52
Open space provision
Neighbourhood centre – retail, education, health and other facilities
Local Plan Requirements

10. Strategic allocation – land north of Bingham
Member Workshop
Around 1,000 homes and 15.5 hectares of employment development (has planning permission, but development not started)

11. Strategic allocation – Former RAF Newton
Member Workshop
Around 550 homes and 6.5 hectares of employment development (has planning permission, but development not started)

12. Strategic allocation – Former Cotgrave Colliery
Member Workshop
Around 470 homes and 4.5 hectares of employment development (has planning permission and development started)

13. Local Plan Rushcliffe Plus new housing on the edge of main villages:
East Leake – minimum 400 homes (already planning permission for around 700 homes)
Keyworth – minimum 450 homes
Radcliffe on Trent – minimum 400 homes
Ruddington – minimum 250 homes
Specific locations for development yet to be identified
Allocation of sites through Neighbourhood Plans prepared by parishes or by Borough Council in Part 2 of the Local Plan

14. Rushcliffe
Local Plan
Other key Core Strategy policies – Policy 8 Housing Size, Mix and Choice
Affordable housing targets:
Core Strategy requires affordable housing on sites of 5 homes or more
However, recent national policy changes mean affordable housing cannot be asked for on sites of 10 homes or less
– Core Strategy strategic sites
Up to 30%
– West Bridgford, Rushcliffe Rural, Radcliffe and Compton Acres
30%
– ‘Leake’, Keyworth and Bingham
20%
– Cotgrave
10%

15. Rushcliffe
Local Plan
Other key Core Strategy policies – Policy 4 Green Belt
Policy 4 (Green Belt) identifies that the following villages will be inset from the Green Belt:
At present, these villages are ‘washed over’ by the Green Belt
Inset boundaries will be created through Part 2 of the Local Plan
Bradmore
Plumtree
Bunny
Newton
Cropwell Butler
Shelford
Gotham
Upper Saxondale

16. Local Plan Rushcliffe Next stages…
Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies
Issues and Options – Summer 2015
Preferred approach – Winter 2015
Examination of draft plan – Summer 2016
Adoption by Council – Winter 2016

17. Rushcliffe
Local Plan
Questions?