Cheeseman's Green & Waterbrook AAP
The Cheeseman’s Green & Waterbrook Area Action Plan ( AAP )
forms part of Ashford’s Local Development Framework. Cheeseman’s
Green is identified in ABC 's Core Strategy (policy CS5) as
an urban extension site which should be planned to accommodate
around 4,300 dwellings and at least 1475 additional jobs in the
combined area by 2021. After 2021, there is potential for a further
2,200 dwellings and at least 750 jobs. As such, the
AAP
will set out the development
framework for the mixed-use urban extension area at Cheeseman's
Green / Waterbrook and establish policies for residential,
employment and infrastructure development within the area.
The site has some existing planning consents which will be taken
into account as part of the
AAP
masterplanning process, as well as
some constraints which are capable of being overcome in order to
allow development to proceed. A key part of the
AAP
process will be the production of a
masterplan for the development of these areas, to which development
proposals will be expected to accord.
Progress
Initial preparation for the
AAP
is underway. The Council issued an
Issues and Options Report for public consultation in
June 2009 for a period of 8 weeks (ending on 3rd
August 2009). Representations in relation to the Issues
and Options report can be viewed through the Council’s consultation
portal. The Issues and Options Report will form the basis of
developing a credible evidence base which will see the Council
produce a Publication version of the Cheeseman’s Green &
Waterbrook
AAP
by the end of
2010. Responses to the Publication Version will be considered when
preparing the final Submission version of the
AAP
in Spring 2011 with subsequent
adoption by late Summer 2011.
Background Documents
In conjunction with the preparation of the
AAP, a Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
has produced which assesses the economic, social and environmental
constraints of the proposed urban extension. Copies of the report
have been sent to the ‘Statutory’ bodies which include Environment
Agency, English Heritage and Natural England for consultation.
Contact Details
For further information on the Cheeseman’s Green &
Waterbrook Area Action Plan, please contact Charlotte
Brooks-Lawrie on 01233 330638 or email the Policy
Team.
This webpage was updated on
2/18/2010