Stafford Road Corridor Area Action Plan

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Part FiveGetting Involvedand Next StepsProviding Your CommentsThe Council have developed an Engagement Strategy toprovide an overall plan to ensure the wide range ofinterests in the area (including local communities,businesses and developers) can influence thedevelopment of the AAP. A detailed engagementprogramme for the Options Report consultation will bedeveloped with the Local Neighbourhood Partnershipsin the area. The Wolverhampton LDF website will containmore information on this, as well as highlightingarrangements for any consultation events.Your views are crucial to help shape the futuredevelopment of the area. We will then be able to identifythe detailed changes that need to take place and howthey can be managed effectively. A summary of thepolicy options contained in the Options Report can befound in Appendix A.We would like your comments to the questionsand issues raised in this Options Report by 19thOctober 2012.We would prefer for you to submit your comments on theOptions Report by filling in the response form which canbe accessed from www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/ldf. Weare also happy to receive your comments in other ways.You only need to give answers to questions you wish toreply to. Contact details are provided below:E-mail: planning.policy@wolverhampton.gov.ukPhone: 01902 555638Minicom: 01902 555554Planning PolicyRegeneration and EnvironmentWolverhampton City CouncilCivic CentreSt Peter's SquareWolverhampton WV1 1RPPlease note that all comments will be treated aspublic documents.Next StepsMilestoneDateOptions Report September –October 2012Publication of February 2013AAP DocumentSubmission of AAP March 2013to Secretary of StateExamination of the AAP Summer 2013by the Secretary of StateAdoption of the AAP March 201466Options Report for the Development of the Stafford Road Corridor
Appendix ASummary of Policy OptionsPolicy Area1 Delivering High Quality and Local EmploymentOpportunities.Options• Employment Land – no significant options as need tosafeguard employment land, and identifyemployment development opportunities / investmentareas. Amount of employment land is linked to PolicyArea 4 options.• Offices - No options – will only address if lack ofcapacity in City Centre.• Waste Management Facilities.1. Allocate sites specifically for new waste managementfacilities.2. Identify which employment development sites arealso considered suitable for new waste managementfacilities.3. Identify employment areas where we would prefernew waste management facilities to be located.Policy Area2 The Stafford Road Corridor Transport Strategy.Options• No significant options – sets out measures andinterventions needed to improve the transportnetwork in the AAP area, and to support newdevelopment, based on what is realistic, affordableand deliverable.Policy Area3 Meeting Shopping and Service Needs at ThreeTuns Centre and the Neighbourhood Centreat Goodyear.Options• Three Tuns Centre.1. Provide a positive planning policy framework tosupport improvements to Three Tuns Centre.2. Identify a detailed package of improvements,potentially including a long term redevelopment site,which could become a catalyst for the regenerationof Three Tuns.• Goodyear Neighbourhood Centre.1. Identify the Neighbourhood Centre as a District/LocalCentre within the Core Strategy Centres hierarchy tofacilitate development.2. Recognise the Neighbourhood Centres future role inmeeting small scale local needs for shopping /services in accordance with policy CEN6 of the CoreStrategy.Policy Area4 Delivering Sustainable Levels of Housing.Options• Housing.1. Low Intervention, which does not meet housingtargets (approx. 1,250 homes).2. High Intervention which delivers housing more in linewith housing targets (approx. 1,500 homes).• Limited Development on Fowlers Playing Fields - toadd further housing capacity to Option 1 or 2.Policy Area5 Facilitating the Improvement of Park Village.Options• No Options – policy facilitates the improvement ofPark Village as established through the NRA process(which also assessed a number of options).Policy Area6 Strengthening Local Character and Identity.Options• Conserving and Enhancing the Historic Environment.1. Adopt the buildings and areas identified in the HLCas having heritage significance and townscape valueto formally recognise that their protection andenhancement should form an importantconsideration throughout regeneration.2. As option 1, and also identify measures to guide thefuture management of these assets in key locations,such as where they relate to development sites, or ifthey are in gateway locations.• Creating a Higher Quality and More Distinctive PublicRealm.• No options as the AAP needs to promote publicrealm improvements and high quality design at keylocations to improve the experience and image of theCity.• Encouraging Distinctive Development in KeyLocations.1. Prepare design policy guidance for all the emergingdevelopment opportunity sites identified in the planas a guide for developers.2. Prepare design policy guidance for emergingdevelopment sites in key locations (e.g. gateways)and sites which have been identified as having pooror very poor townscape quality, to promoteredevelopment and enhancement throughoutthe area.3. Provide limited policy guidance which enablesdevelopers to use information derived from the HLCOptions Report for the Development of the Stafford Road Corridor67
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