Summaries of proposals

Summary of findings: general

1.5.9% rise in the population in the period 2001-11

2.1.6% rise in the net number of new dwellings (563 now)

3.26 new homes built over last 15 years (to 2013) and 16 rebuilt

4.91 of our 563 households are non-market

5.Further housing is needed for those with a local connection

6.Non-market housing should be mixed with market housing

7.More provision for retired people is needed

8.Hamlets mix has changed: more “trophy” houses, fewer small cottages

9.Planning system seen as skewed towards those building larger houses

10. Infrastructure is stretched: sewers, roads, broadband, flood defences

11.Visual aspects of the village must be maintained

Summary of findings: facilities

1.Village centre: can we add to its great success with something for the young

2.School: improved parking

3.Surgery: allow for increased footprint

4.Shop: becoming a community resource

5.Recreation ground: to be protected by the Plan

6.Footpaths, bridleways and cycle routes are important and need protecting and developing


7.Allotments and a village orchard would be great assets

Aims of the Plan

1.Maintain a balanced Parish with an incremental rise in population to sustain our dynamic community and develop local amenities and facilities further

2.Provide for movements between property types – e.g. older people vacating larger houses to allow young families to move in

3.Provide a mix of new housing to maintain the existing balance of private sector to non-market, including demanding of the housing associations that they develop their considerable housing stock in the village, some of which is sub-standard for the 21st century

4.Sustain the hamlets


5.Utilise brownfield sites: greenfield only permitted in very limited situations and for small numbers of units

Proposed Policies

1.Allow 30 new housing units over 15 years; brownfield sites to provide 18-25 of these

2.No more than 6 units on any one development

3.Rural exception (greenfield site) allowed for retirement homes

4.Rural exception site allowed for mix of non-market and market units, plus community assets (e.g. parking for facilities, allotments etc.)

5.Non-market housing supported in “distributed” manner by S106 or similar provisions; hamlets to contribute to this too

6.No development to be connected to the sewers until SW has made further progress on over-pumping needs

7.No large-scale wind or solar power facilities: domestic scale projects supported; future community projects provided for, subject to a vote

8.Roads: Egbury Road to be reformatted to improve safety

9.New developments in SMB and Stoke must provide off-street parking and contribute to a broadband fund


10.No change to SMB settlement boundary: no further greenfield sites

Sustainability Statement

•Our chief aim in addressing sustainability is to foster a sustainable and mixed community as follows:

Sustain and support the families, individuals and groups who have contributed over many years or even over several generations to the benefit of the community to remain here in retirement, and/or to allow the next generation to stay in the Parish

Allow a mix of incomers to the Parish


Housing to be built over the 15-year period in incremental stages, as the Parish does not support developments of more than a handful of units in any one location

Conclusions

•The Plan aims for an evolution of the Parish, with a modest rise in population; we will not become a small town

•The mix of the village’s housing stock should shift slightly to allow for more provision for retired people

•A balance of market and non-market; the latter distributed not clustered

•The village centres (SMB and Stoke) cannot sustain much new development; brownfield sites are the focus and the hamlets contribute

•Developments will be small-scale: no large changes

•The Plan seeks to develop our amenities and facilities


•The Plan is proactive and allows us to defend what we value