Housing Delivery Changing Times or Business as Usual? A West of England Perspective

Housing Delivery Changing Times or Business as Usual? A West of England Perspective

Key challenges How to increase housing delivery rates whilst creating/maintaining quality living places? How to secure truly affordable housing when site viability is often marginal and government policy too focused on home ownership? Where should the divide be between public and private sector infrastructure investment? How to secure the best from both the public and private sectors in housing delivery?

West of England Consultation Joint Spatial Plan and Joint Transport Study

Scope of the JSP: A joint approach to strategic planning and transport issues: - 4 WoE authorities - JSP and JTS The JSP will be a statutory Development Plan Document that will provide the strategic overarching development framework for the West of England to 2036. The Identifying the number of new market and affordable homes and amount of employment across the West of England 2016-2036. Setting out the most appropriate spatial strategy for where this growth should be. Identifying the transport and other infrastructure that needs to be provided.

Current stage and timetable Nov 2015 Jan 2016 Issues and Options Consultation Autumn/Winter 2016 Towards the Preferred Spatial Strategy Consultation Current Stage reached: Regulation 18 Spring 2017 Consider response to consultation to inform publication plan Publication Plan (Final Draft Plan) Consultation Spring 2018 Submit to Secretary of State Examination by Planning Inspector Late 2018 Adoption

Issues and Options Consultation Preference expressed for retention of overall function of the Green Belt and/or in combination sustainable transport led.

Issues and Options consultation Feedback Infrastructure must be upgraded Brownfield sites used more were possible instead of building on the greenbelt The housing crisis is now so acute that all options should be open Change is needed to ensure developers build in a reasonable time frame The ideal plan will respect both the protection of the Green Belt and the requirement to focus on transport sustainability Must include services and improvements for transport otherwise no location is suitable the need for walking and cycling but also places that you can actually walk and cycle to. Better roads, railways and Bus services are essential

Reviewing the Key Evidence base 1. Employment Development Needs Assessment: Sufficient land to support LEP economic job aspirations to 2036 The housing target supports the planned job growth of 82,500 jobs between 2016-2036 (or 125,900 jobs between 2010-2036). Some 78,000 jobs distributed across the Enterprise Zone and Areas. 2. Strategic Housing Market Assessment: JSP Housing Target 2016-2036 Affordable homes-significant delivery challenges Aligns jobs and workers 3. Formulating the emerging Spatial strategy 4. Urban Living 5. Sustainability Appraisal 6. Green Belt assessment 7. Likely mitigations and infrastructure requirements

Homes needed currently planned and yet to be planned for 120,000 100,000 80,000 Housing Target up to 105,000 Yet to be planned for in the region of: up to 39,000 60,000 40,000 Already in our current plans and forecast: c.66,000 20,000 0 Housing Target

Scale of Delivery Challenge 100,000 105,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 32,200 Delivery gap- how do we deliver more affordable homes? 17,100 0 Housing Target up to 105,000 Affordable Housing need Current estimates of affordable delivery under current Government policy

Where to locate new development: strategic priorities Influenced by the consultation and evidence review: 1. Economic rebalancing-and addressing the needs of both Bristol and Weston-super-Mare. 2. Retention of the overall function of the Bristol & Bath Green Belt as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). 3. The environmental quality of the West of England is maintained and enhanced. 4. Strategic development should be in locations which maximise the potential to reduce the need to travel, or where travel is necessary, maximise opportunities to travel sustainably

Strategic Transport Improvement Emerging Spatial Strategy Urban Living Green Belt Strategic Employment Location Strategic Development Locations Motorway Council Boundary Railway line A Road

Transport Vision Corridor Key Features Ambition for core Light Rapid Transit network, plus MetroBus extensions and strategic cycling corridors Key enabling highway schemes and upgrades Core roles of Bristol Airport and Port Local rail improvements increased frequencies and new stations New motorway junctions, dynamic motorway management and A36/A46 link Bristol and Weston-super-Mare area packages Strong overlap with JSP emerging spatial locations, and transport packages to address impact of development sites

Transport Vision Commuting in the West of England in 2011 and 2036 How we commute now compared to Transport Vision forecasts Whilst growth in trips by all modes increase from 530,000 to 670,000, total car trips reduce overall

JTS Investment Programme Active Modes Bus and Rapid Transit LRT Rail Enabling Road Total 0.4 billion approx. 1.0 billion approx. 2.5 billion approx. 1.0 billion approx. 2.6 billion approx. 7.5 billion approx. (approx. 375 million per year over 20 years, outturn. Note: indicative, subject to validation (outturn prices) 15

Transport Vision Overall Package

Deliverability The transformational JTS is costed at 7.5bn. About a quarter of this also mitigates JSP Emerging Spatial Strategy development Pivotal role in supporting economic growth - will leave us well placed to compete with other core cities. West of England track record for building schemes, but need to do more Working with partners Highways England, Network Rail Lobbying for funding, and identifying opportunities for innovative funding Next stage - phasing and prioritisation of schemes a delivery plan

Joint Spatial Plan and Transport Study Consultation arrangements 1. Led by a engagement coordinator with UA teams. 2. Website - one site www.jointplanningwofe.org.uk which provides initial point of contact 3. Social media - digital platforms including animated video and interactive JTS Vision tool 4. Events and activities programme Launch event 8 th November 10.30am Watershed Bristol Stakeholder themed debates and workshops UA events

Joint Spatial Plan Place Making Principles Project Scope of a complementary piece of work. 1. Review of best practice in strategic place-making 2. How effective are Guidelines? how place-making principles could successfully be included in a strategic level document or not. 3. Review local practice. 4. Public health principles. 5. Identify the characteristics of WoE 6. Outline a route map of next steps.

Quality

A QUALITY HOUSING PRODUCT

Conclusion A clear statutory sub-regional Planning Framework Integrated Transport and Infrastructure Investment and delivery to support sustainable growth Focus on affordability and quality of place A more pro-active Local /Combined Authority role in delivery and place making