Agenda item

Comments made were in relation to Scrayingham. It was noted that the village post office is situated within a private dwelling. The village is also subject to flooding and lacks a proper sewage system. The River Derwent in that section has a Special Area of Conservation – an international biodiversity designation. It was considered that development at such a settlement would raise concerns with Members.

 

Item 6: Any other Business

Members agreed further meetings to be held on Monday 13 June which would focus on the scope and timing of the plan review, with a start on the consideration of the principle of the approach to the distribution of development, and Wednesday 29 June (later changed to the 7 July), in order to discussion the Distribution of Development in more detail (such as a potential settlement hierarchy, Local Needs Occupancy and Primary residency and other policies which influence housing delivery).

Members discussed advertising the review of the Plan, and ensuring that we are making people aware of these sites. And it was agree that it would be timely for us to reinvigorate the advertising of the sites. It was also noted that we should make it clear that these are not planning applications and that not all these sites will come forward. Members also suggested that we need to make it clear what we are looking to achieve in this review.

It was also mentioned that there is still a lot of work to do with the time frame. Officers then suggested that we are now planning to go to agree publication in January of next year, aiming to publish the Plan before the new council forms.

Officers also advised Members that we are working on the basis that Members want to influence development in Ryedale with a pragmatic approach to get a review done as timely as possible. There is still a new expectation for the new Council to create a new plan within 5 years from vesting and in the meantime there will need to be a steer from the Shadow Authority in terms of how it wants to treat current local plan reviews. Irrespective of this uncertainty the work being undertaken to date will inform a future plan-making

 

Meeting Closed 20:07

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annexe Site information

Easthorpe

Site 295 – Land at Easthorpe

Site area (ha):

0.8

Yield info:

0 (employment site)

Policy considerations:

Site is entirely within AONB but not within a conservation area or any development limits. There is one Grade II listed building within the existing established business park, whilst Coneysthorpe Banks Wood is a nearby Site of Important Nature Conservation.

 

Bulmer

Site 299 – Land east of Grange Farm, Bulmer

Site area (ha):

5.89

Yield according to submission:

123

Current number of dwellings in village:

88

Policy considerations:

Site is entirely within AONB whilst the western-most section of the plot is in the conservation area. There are a number of VIUAs in the village but none within the plot. It is outside development limits. Bulmer Mire Site of Important Nature Conservation is within the parish but not in close proximity to the site. 11 listed buildings proximal to the site, including the Grade I listed church.

Other considerations:

Very low flood risk in terms of fluvial and groundwater; small area of surface water flood risk which is mitigatable.

Services:

Church, village hall, bus stops

 

Coneysthorpe

Site 297 – Land at Rye Hills

Site area (ha):

0.8 hectares

Yield info:

0 (employment site)

Policy considerations:

The site is entirely within the Howardian Hills Area of outstanding natural beauty, but lies outside of a conservation area, with Coneysthorpe being the nearest. There is a scheduled ancient monument approximately 215 metres from the site, to the north – known as Round Barrow. The boundary of the Castle Howard Historic Park and Garden is located roughly 20 metres to the east of the site, so the site does not fall within this designation, but relatively close to it.

Services:

Church and village hall at Coneysthorpe

 

 

Slingsby

Site 298 – Land north-west of Slingsby

Site area (ha):

6.15

Yield according to submission:

50

Current number of dwellings in village:

320

Policy considerations:

Site is not inside AONB. Outside but abutting development limits and conservation area. Adjacent to scheduled ancient monument, Slingbsy Castle. The sports field, within the site, is designated as a play area. Adjacent to VIUA to the north of the site, which includes Mowbray Oak ancient tree. The Vale of Pickering is an historical landscape so there are potential archaeological sensitivities.

Other considerations:

Northern-most section of the site is within Flood Zones 2 and 3 due to Wath Beck, but vast majority of the site is very low risk – including surface water and groundwater risk.

Services:

Church, bus stops, primary school, pub, village hall. The Estate has proposed to bring back a local shop and has also offered land for school expansion.

Site 301a, b and c – Land south of Slingsby

Site area (ha): (total)

9.76

Yields according to submission:

208 (cumulative total)

Current number of dwellings in village:

320

Policy considerations:

Sites are entirely within AONB. Outside development limits but abuts a section of the conservation area. A scheduled ancient monument, an Iron Age barrow, is on the north side of the B1257 proximal to 301c. A further monument is some distance south of the sites, Linear Dikes within Slingbsy Banks Wood. Sites also proximal to a recently allocated site which has outline planning permission; Land at The Balk. Slingbsy Bank verges, proximal to the site, are a Site of Important Nature Conservation. Public Right of Way (Centenary Way) within Site 301a.

Other considerations:

All types of flood risk are very low; gravity drainage a possibility due to topography.

Services:

Church, bus stops, primary school, pub, village hall. The Estate has proposed to bring back a local shop and has also offered land for school expansion.

 

Ganthorpe

Site 296a – Land at Ganthorpe

Site area (ha): (total)

0.8 hectares

Yields according to submission:

17 units

Site 296b – Land at Ganthorpe

Site area (ha): (total)

5.51 hectares

Yields according to submission:

73 dwellings

The following Information applies for both sites A and B.

Current number of dwellings in village:

14 dwellings

Policy considerations:

Both sites fall within the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are no listed buildings present on either development site, the nearest is Manor Farmhouse and Railings, which is Grade II Listed, approximately 86 metres to the east. Both sites lie outside of a Conservation area, the nearest Conservation Area is Terrington – approximately 1.6 km to the west. This is also the same in terms of development limits, there are none established for Ganthorpe.

Other considerations:

In terms of Flood risk, an assessments was provided by Castle Howard indicating that both sites are entirely within Fluvial Flood risk Zone 1, which is the lowest – with surface water flood risk seen as ‘at very low’ risk. Again the ground water flood risk is seen as low, with no indication of groundwater risk.

In terms of ecology, there are no statutory protected sites within 2km, nor are there any non-statutory protected sites on or immediately adjacent the site.

Services:

Ganthorpe as a hamlet does not have any services at present. In this instance members were presented with the figures for Terrington – in which it was established that they have a number of existing facilities, including bus stop, church, village hall, village shop, café, primary school, Tea Room, Post office, surgey, sports field.

It was also noted that in information submitted by the estate they have suggested developing a new off-road cycling and walking route linking Ganthorpe and Terrington.

 

 

Welburn

Site 300a – Land to the East of Welburn

Site area (ha): (total)

4.66 hectares

Yields according to submission:

98 dwellings

300b  - Land to the East of Welburn

Site area (ha): (total)

4.06 hectares

Yields according to submission:

85 dwellings

The following information applies to both sites

Current number of dwellings in village:

At present there are 238 dwellings within Welburn.

The total combined indicative yield for both proposed sites is 178.

Policy considerations:

There are no listed buildings on the two development sites, but there are a number of listed buildings within the village, 18 in total. The nearest is Chanting Hill Farmhouse a Grade II Listed property approximately 44 metres to the west. There is then The Grange, which is approximately 47 metres to the south, to the name the closet two.

Both sites fall outside of the Welburn Conversation Area and the Development Limits of the village.

Sites A and B are within the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The nearest statutory protected sites are over 1km to the East comprising SSSI and SAC sites. There is no apparent direct connectivity to these from the proposed development site and habitats on site would not support species associated with them.

Other considerations:

Welburn is considered to have a fluvial flood risk of low, Flood zone 1. The vast majority of the site is at low risk of flooding, with only one small and localised area potentially at a high risk of surface water flooding. This section of the land is in the most north westerly corner of site 300a. The flood risk assessment submitted suggests that the site is not constrained by surface water flood risk, and that the localised area of high surface water risk would be allocated for strategic landscaping only.

The straight diagonal line running through the middle of the site and continuing off to the north east is an existing footpath that Castle Howard intend to retain.

Services:

Bus stop, Church, Village Hall, Primary School, Pub, Café.