Rolleston-on-Dove NP - Submission Version

<strong>Rolleston</strong> on Dove Neighbourhood Plan
Allocation 1: Land at Knowles Hill
Source: East Staffordshire Borough Council Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment
4.52 This site totals 0.5 hectares. The site is considered particularly suitable to deliver housing
appropriate for older persons, which would need to fulfil the criteria in Policy H2. Therefore the
site is considered appropriate for 12 dwellings, all of which should be appropriate for older
persons’ accommodation.
4.53 The site could provide a range of dwelling types, provided that they were suitable for occupation
by older people. This is therefore likely to be mostly 1- and 2-bed properties. However,
depending on the mix, it would need to be ensured that sites coming forward later in the plan
period would not have to provide an unacceptably high number of housing units that could
address older persons' needs. By ‘unacceptably high’ it is meant that this requirement could
compromise the viability of these schemes. This is the reason why the plan seeks all of the
dwellings that are delivered on this site to be appropriate for older people.
4.54 Ultimately this will be a judgement for the local planning authority to determine whether the mix
of units on any proposed scheme at Knowles Hill would compromise the aim of Policy H2 to
ensure that at least 50% of the overall housing requirement is housing appropriate for older
persons’ needs.
4.55 The site is within the Conservation Area, so it will be important that the design of the
development is in keeping with the character of the Conservation Area. There are no heritage
assets that are near enough to the site to be affected.
4.56 The community felt that, where possible, any proposals should seek to retain the existing
property on the site. Whilst not listed, it is considered to have attractive features that represent
<strong>Rolleston</strong>-on-Dove’s architectural history.
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