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<strong>Core</strong> <strong>Strategy</strong> <strong>Options</strong>Environment: Preserve the Green Belt, especially down the Waterloo Valley, create morefacilities for walkers and cyclists within the existing built up area as well as creating more accessinto the countryside, and improve recycling.Youth and education: Concerns about the 2-tier/3-tier debate and the future of the existingschools, possibility of a school site being used for affordable housing, life long learningopportunities, youth café/meeting place and safe routes to school.Infrastructure: Concerns about the volume and speed of traffic through the village, support toretain the bus service through the village and seek information relating to the need for moreemployment opportunities.9.48 Issues and <strong>Options</strong> Consultation – Corfe Mullen Focus Group (2008)9.49 HousingWe should recognise local identity.Do not want 700 houses in one location.Houses should have enough space within them, and have sufficient gardens, to allow for normalfamily life.Density should be 25 – 30 dwellings per hectare.Shortage of specialist housing for the elderly and disabled.Issues of gradient across the village.Safe walkways need to be built into the scheme.9.50 Lockyer's SchoolRaised many issues over the future of education provision in Corfe Mullen and that a strategicdecision is needed in order to logically consider school sites and provision.Mixed opinion/open minded about moving the School from its current site.If the school is relocated, the original school building is seen as important to the village andshould be preserved.The site could be used to give a heart to the village.There could be a joint use of the existing Recreation Ground playing fields with the school tofree up land for development.9.51 The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment9.52 This was carried out in 2008 and 2009, and considered how many homes could be builtwithin the existing built area of the Corfe Mullen. It identified that 130 new homes could be providedover a 15 year period, although this assessment will have to be revisited in the light of the CoalitionGovernments recent announcements on 'garden grabbing' and densities.Consideration of <strong>Options</strong>9.53 The following considers further options for new housing which includes land within the existingSouth East Dorset Green Belt.9.54 The Council, before the Regional Spatial <strong>Strategy</strong> was revoked, engaged a firm of consultantsto prepare master plans for the three urban extensions proposed in East Dorset as part of its evidencebase to inform the <strong>Core</strong> <strong>Strategy</strong>. This work has been amended to reflect the abandonment of theRegional Spatial <strong>Strategy</strong>. The consultants have now been asked to identify reasonable optionsfor the provision of new homes at the Main Settlements in the District, taking into account:The environmental impact.The impact on the purposes of the Green Belt.Infrastructure capacity, including access.166September 29th, 2010 Christchurch and East Dorset Council Meetings <strong>Core</strong> <strong>Strategy</strong> <strong>Options</strong>

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