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Shropshire Local Plan Review - Preferred Scale and Distribution of Development
Introduction
The ‘Preferred Scale and Distribution of Development’ Consultation Document is
available on the Shropshire Council website at: http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/get-
involved/local-plan-review-preferred-scale-and-distribution-of-development/
The Consultation runs from Friday 27th October 2017 to Friday 22nd December 2017.
This questionnaire has been provided to allow comment on the ‘Preferred Scale and Distribution
of Development’ Consultation.
We advise you read through all the information provided in support of this consultation prior to
starting your response. We would also suggest that you have a copy of the ‘Preferred Scale and
Distribution of Development’ Consultation Document available to refer to as you work through
the questions.
Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be
subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information legislation
(primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Data Protection Act 1998 and the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004).
Once completed, this questionnaire can be submitted by:
Email to: planningpolicy@shropshire.gov.uk
If submitting your own response, please enter your last name in the subject field;
If submitting a response on behalf of a client, please enter their last name in the subject field.
Post to: Shropshire Council, Planning Policy & Strategy Team, Shirehall, Abbey
Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6ND
Shropshire Local Plan Review - Preferred Scale and Distribution of Development
Respondent Information
1. Please provide the following information about yourself:
Please note: we cannot accept anonymous responses.
Your Name:
Company Name (if relevant):
Position (if relevant):
Address:
Post Code:
Phone Number(s):
Email Address:
2. If you are responding on behalf of a client, please provide the following information:
Client name:
Client address:
Client postcode:
Client phone number(s):
Client email address:
Carole Warner
Welshampton and Lyneal Parish Council
Parish Clerk
Orchard Cottage, Rowe Lane,
Welshampton, Ellesmere
SY12 0QB
01948 710672
clerk@welshamptonandlyneal-pc.gov.uk
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Shropshire Local Plan Review - Preferred Scale and Distribution of Development
Level of Future Growth
3. Do you agree with the preferred housing requirement proposed for Shropshire of 28,750
dwellings between 2016 and 2036 (1,430 dwellings a year), identified in Section 2 of the
Consultation Document?
Yes
No
Don't know / no opinion
Please use this space to make any comments about this:
4. Do you agree with the preferred employment land requirement proposed for Shropshire of
305 hectares between 2016 and 2036 (15.25 hectares of employment land a year), based on
the concept of ‘balanced’ employment and housing growth, identified in Section 3 of the
Consultation Document?
Yes
No
Don't know / no opinion
Please use this space to make any comments about this:
Shropshire Local Plan Review - Preferred Scale and Distribution of Development
Distribution of Future Growth
5. Do you agree with the preferred spatial distribution of the proposed housing and employment
requirements, which has an ‘urban focus’, identified in Section 4 of the Consultation
Document?
‘Urban Focus’ responds directly to the County’s Economic Growth Strategy and specifically reflects
the objective to prioritise investment along strategic corridors and growth zones, utilising existing road
and rail connections. It seeks to broadly distribute development across the County in the following
manner: Strategic Centre (Shrewsbury) - around 30%; Principal Centres - around 24.5%; Key Centres
- around 18%; Rural Areas - around 27.5%. (These centres are listed in Q6).
Yes
No
Don't know / no opinion
Please use this space to make any comments about this:
In response to the Issues and Strategic Options consultation the Parish Council preferred moderate growth.
In response to the Issues and Strategic Options consultation the Parish Council preferred significant growth.
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6. If you have any comments on any of the settlement strategies provided within Appendix 3 of
the Consultation Document, please use this space to make them:
Strategic Centre
Shrewsbury
Comments:
Principal Centres
Bridgnorth
Comments:
Ludlow
Comments:
Market Drayton
Comments:
Oswestry
Comments:
Whitchurch
Comments:
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Key Centres:
Albrighton
Comments:
Bishop’s Castle
Comments:
Broseley
Comments:
Church Stretton
Comments:
Cleobury
Mortimer
Comments:
Craven Arms
Comments:
Ellesmere
Comments:
Highley
Comments:
Much Wenlock
Comments:
Shifnal
Comments:
Wem
Comments:
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Shropshire Local Plan Review - Preferred Scale and Distribution of Development
Development in Rural Areas
The information which informs Questions 7-11 of this Questionnaire is provided within
Section 6 of the Consultation Document.
7. Do you agree with the proposed ‘Community Hubs’ identified within Table 3 of the
Consultation Document?
Yes
No
Don't know / no opinion
Please use this space to make any comments about this, including references to services
and facilities; broadband; employment; or public transport links available within a settlement
where relevant*:
*The methodology used to identify Community Hubs, including a summary of the services and
facilities; broadband; employment; or public transport links available within each settlement is
summarised within the Hierarchy of Settlements Document available at:
http://shropshire.gov.uk/planning-policy/local-plan/local-plan-partial-review-2016-2036/
8. Do you support the proposed policy for managing development in ‘Community Hubs’?
Yes
No
Don't know / no opinion
Please use this space to make any comments on this proposed policy:
9. Do you think any additional ‘Community Clusters’ to those identified in Table 4 should be
formed? Or any of the existing ‘Community Clusters’ identified in Table 4 removed?
Yes - added
Yes - removed
No
Don't know / no opinion
Please use the space to make any comments on Community Cluster(s).
Please also use this space to specify the Community Cluster(s) you feel should be added
or removed and any community support you are aware of for this proposal:
No opinion - the Parish Council does not consider it should give an opinion as to the whether the Community
Hubs identified are correct. It is for the Parish Councils concerned to comment on the designation given to their
communities.
No opinion - the Parish Council does not consider it should give an opinion as to the whether the proposed
policies will manage development in Community Hubs. It is for the Parish Councils concerned to comment on the
proposed polices.
The Parish Council has no opinion on other Clusters, the decision to have development or not should rest solely
with the relevant Parish Council. Welshampton and Lyneal Parish Council has consulted residents through its
newsletter, Parish Meeting and individual meetings and has community support for its decision to withdraw as a
Community Cluster and become Countryside following adoption of the Local Plan 2016 - 2036.
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10. Do you support the proposed policy for managing development in ‘Community Clusters’?
Yes
No
Don't know / no opinion
Please use this space to make any comments on this proposed policy:
11. Do you support the proposed approaches to managing residential and non-residential
development in the wider Countryside?
Yes
No
Don't know / no opinion
Please use this space to make any comments on this proposed policy:
12. Please use the space below to make any further comments on this Consultation:
Once completed, this questionnaire can be submitted by:
Email to: planningpolicy@shropshire.gov.uk
If submitting your own response, please enter your last name in the subject field;
If submitting a response on behalf of a client, please enter their last name in the subject field.
Post to: Shropshire Council, Planning Policy & Strategy Team, Shirehall, Abbey
Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND
The Parish Council considers the proposed policies too vague and they do not give assurance that development
will be controlled. Although the policies state up to 3 dwellings per site, there are no restrictions to the number of
sites within a community.
The Parish Council is unable to comment without seeing the final worded policies.