Kirdford Neighbourhood Development Plan - South Downs National ...

Kirdford NDP
• The provision of a central boulevard providing a hammerhead and future
adoptable vehicular access to the recreation space to the north of the site in
the ownership of the Parish Council.
• Sufficient cycle and footpath linkages to the village commercial hub in line
with policies elsewhere in this Plan; and
• A scheme of landscaping, including a presumption towards the retention of
the existing mature trees around the edge of the site, in keeping with the
rural edge-of-settlement character of the site.
Piecemeal development on the site will not be supported. Any application should
provide for a phased development using the entirety of the site that seeks to provide
the sustainable delivery of housing over the Plan period. An appropriate phasing Plan
that responds to both immediate and future need should be included in support of
any planning application.
Any proposal should be respectful of the rural setting of the site whilst seeking to
make the most efficient use of the land. Any proposal should also be in line with the
relevant open space, access, parking and design standards along with the other
relevant policies set out elsewhere within the development Plan.
Reasoned Justification
Allocation of land for sustainable development is supported by the NPPF, as is the need to
address deliverability. The Proposal Map 1 was developed during NP workshops attended by
the landowner's development agent. The landowner and agent indicated a desire to work in
partnership with the KP – CLT group in order to address the requisite detail design and financial
feasibility of the sketch scheme, to bring forward the development over the first 10 years of the
Plan period. The scope, timing and volume of the phasing will be determined by local housing
need, site layout and financial viability. The KP – CLT have committed to assist with initial
funding for the Feasibility Studies and in association with a local housing provider, provide
general funding for the social housing element of the scheme.
Discussions with the landowner and their agent have been maintained since the development
of the Proposals Map and a short list of local housing providers is being developed. CLT grant
applications are pending the formal submission of the Plan.
Proposal 2 – Develop Lands to the southeast of Townfield as a new
Village Social & Recreational Hub
Objective and Intention
A major community social objective is to improve social integration in the village, provide
sustainable recreation facilities and establish a social centre. Proposal Map 2 illustrates a
scheme to combine all Parish sports activities (releasing existing land for alternative use), and
develop a new Village Hall/club house/community centre/medical day clinic/changing facilities
and warden's flat, along with an element of new housing. The location is critical, as it places the
social activity below the existing cluster of social housing in the village. Currently it is
segregated from the main village activity. The scheme also provides access to the rear of
Townfield and Cornwood, enabling those properties to create parking, garaging and workshops.
This mitigates a parking problem in the existing residential area (Proposal 16) and releases a
Brownfield site for a housing redevelopment scheme (Proposal 15). This proposal also releases
the existing Village Hall site for housing redevelopment (Proposal 14).
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