Consultation event on future housing in Holme on Spalding Moor

Holme on Spalding Moor Parish Council is to hold a consultation event at the Village Hall on 14th September 2010 between 3pm and 7.30pm. The event is to allow residents to opportunity to have input into potential sites for future housing developments in the village as part of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) Local Development Framework (LDF) Preferred Approach Core Strategy.

HOSM has been suggested for limited further development in the years leading up to 2026. At the beginning of 2010 the village had 25 dwellings that had received planning consent - but had yet to be built. The proposal is for 145 further dwellings being required in the years to 2026, and for these houses to be constructed between 2.9 and 4.8 hectares of land will be required.

11 possible sites have been identified in and around the village - totalling some 33.66 hectares; consequently there are choices as to which of the sites will be allocated for this future housing, and priorities as to the order in which the land is released (see map below).

HOSM Parish Council have been asked for their comments and priorities, and have decided to involve the village in the decision making process by holding a consultation with residents.

A larger scale map showing the suggested sites for HOSM can be seen by clicking here

Further details of each individual parcel of land can be seen by clicking here

Waste Recycling Group (WRG) have also been invited to the consultation event to talk to residents about the proposed windfarm at Gallymoor. More information on this proposal can be found by clicking here

It is hoped there will also be opportunity for residents to talk to other representatives about the ‘green community’.

Gilberdyke Consultation On Future Housing Requirements

Many thanks to all those Gilberdyke residents who attended the Parish Council’s recent consultation event on future housing provision, and the two proposed speed limit reductions in the village. Over 100 people called in during the day to look at the proposals and give their thoughts.

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) Local Development Framework (LDF) Preferred Approach Core Strategy suggests Gilberdyke be allocated limited further housing development in the years leading up to 2026.

At the beginning of 2010 Gilberdyke had 45 dwellings that had received planning consent - but had yet to be built. The LDF proposal is for a further 125 dwellings being constructed in the years to 2026, and between 2.5 and 4.2 hectares of land will be required for these houses to be constructed.18 possible sites have been identified in and around the village - totalling some 58.15 hectares; consequently there are choices as to which of the sites will be allocated for this future housing, and priorities as to the order in which the land is released. It is this that the ERYC is consulting with residents.

For a larger scale map click here
For details and sizes of individual parcels of land click here

It seemed that the need for some additional housing in the next 15 years was accepted in principle by most, with the old Railway Hotel site (GIL12 on the map) being the most favoured, with various other sites receiving different levels of support.

It was acknowledged by most that the only way that the old Railway Hotel site, which forms the eyesore at the entrance to the village when coming in by rail could be improved from its overgrown brick rubble strewn state, is for it to be developed. Although concerns were raised regarding the flood risk associated with the site.

The issue of general flooding was raised by a number of residents, with most of the questions surrounding the planned flood relief works to be carried out by ERYC working together with the Lower Ouse Internal Drainage Board and the Parish Council – all of which were answered.

There were a number of people commenting about the capacity of Gilberdyke Health Centre to accommodate more Gilberdyke residents, and also residents from neighbouring villages. This includes Newport where an additional 71 houses are also proposed over the next 15 years - in addition to the 14 that already have planning consent.

There were also comments regarding the parking outside the Gilberdyke Health Centre, and questions as to whether car-parking provision could be linked to the suggested new housing.

Questions were also raised regarding where the occupiers of new housing would work, and proposed industrial developments around junction 38.

The speed limits proposals received differing responses. The 20mph zone in the centre of the village was certainly popular and received a great deal of support, with the general feeling that speeding must be policed better than it is now, and numerous people requested that no speed humps are installed. The proposed reduction from 40mph to 30mph on the Main Road (B1230) received mixed views - just over half did not want to see any reductions, and of those that did, some wanted to see the speed limit extended westwards to the entrance to the Ings View Sports Field.

If you have any further comments or thoughts on the LDF Housing proposals please email: forward.planning@eastriding.gov.uk

Gilberdyke residents to have their say on future housing developments & proposed new speed limits

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) is consulting with residents about future housing development. This includes proposals for the number of new dwellings required in East Yorkshire villages and towns in the years up to 2026, and also identifies a number of possible sites for development in some Howdenshire villages including: Gilberdyke, Newport, North Cave, Bubwith, Eastrington and Holme on Spalding Moor

This is part of the ‘aptly named’ ERYC Local Development Framework (LDF) Preferred Approach Core Strategy.

The ERYC are consulting on which of the suggested sites are most suitable for development in the selected villages.

Gilberdyke has been suggested for limited further development in the years leading up to 2026. At the beginning of 2010 Gilberdyke had 45 dwellings that had received planning consent - but had yet to be built. The proposal is for 125 further dwellings being required in the years to 2026, and for these houses to be constructed between 2.5 and 4.2 hectares of land will be required.

18 possible sites have been identified in and around the village - totalling some 58.15 hectares; consequently there are choices as to which of the sites will be allocated for this future housing, and priorities as to the order in which the land is released.

Gilberdyke Parish Council have been asked for their comments and priorities, and have decided to involve the village in the decision making process by holding a consultation with residents. This is to be held at the Youth Club building (adjacent to the Memorial Hall) between 12noon and 7pm on Thursday 5th August 2010.

A map showing the suggested sites for Gilberdyke can be seen at:

http://easysite.eastriding.gov.uk/EasySiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=69077&type=full&servicetype=Attachment

My previous comments on future housing plans for Gilberdyke - as part of the Council's LDF consultation back in 2006 can be found at:

http://paul-robinson-howdenshire.blogspot.com/2006/11/does-gilberdyke-need-more-housing.html

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Proposed changes to Gilberdyke's speed limits

A proposal for reducing the speed limit on the B1230 (the Main Road) from 40mph down to 30mph is also being considered.

There is also a proposal to reduce the speed limit within the central part of the village down from 30mph to 20mph.

Each of the speed reduction proposals is out for consultation and the Parish Council is seeking the views of residents at the same event.

Please go along and have your say on these important issues.

Please Note

For housing numbers and maps showing potential sites in other East Riding towns and villages please go to:

http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/planning/forward-planning/local-development-framework/allocations-dpd/

Land West of Gilberdyke's Railway Hotel to be released for development

The land West of the Railway Hotel under water after normal rainfall

(Please note levels of houses in background)

There has been a rumour circulating for a few months that the land west of Gilberdyke's old Railway Hotel site has received planning permission and is being marketed as such. Needless to say this rumour is untrue…. for the moment that is.

Yesterday’s East Riding Mail carried a front-page story indicating that Greenfield land already allocated for building East of Sandholme Road and North of the railway station is to be released for development.

Unfortunately this is not quite true either, and I can confirm that all land East of Sandholme Road that was allocated in the Local Plan has already been developed.

BUT there is a small parcel of land North of the railway station that is to be released AND in addition land..... 'West of the Railway Hotel, Station Road' .....is only now to be released - if the proposals are approved.

Therefore Gilberdyke can probably expect a planning application for the Railway Hotel site and land to the West to be forthcoming.

All this as a result of Central Government imposing centralist targets on local councils for Greenfield development.

My thoughts on building on Greenfield sites and Greenbelt protection is broadly in line with Conservative Party policy - particularly in the area of strengthening local democracy and giving greater incentives to local authorities to build new homes with supporting infrastructure. Which in Gilberdyke's case would mean the community's voice being listened to, and improving the village infrastructure prior to/or at the same time as any further housing development.

Conservative Party Policy in this area is as follows:

Conservatives have pledged to scrap regional planning and the unelected regional assemblies.

• A Conservative Government will abolish the undemocratic and unwieldy tier of regional planning across England. This will include changing the law to scrap the Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs) and Regional Planning Bodies (currently the regional assemblies, soon to be RDAs).

Conservatives will return their powers to elected local councils.

• As a logical consequence of scrapping the regional plans, if the RSSs have already been implemented, we will allow councils to revise their local plans (‘Local Development Frameworks’) to undo the changes that the Regional Spatial Strategy forced on them. This will allow local communities to protect their local environment, and decide themselves the most appropriate level of development for their area.

National planning guidance will remain to provide a framework for local authorities – although such guidance will be amended in some ways. For example, we want to see greater powers for communities to protect neighbourhoods against ‘garden grabbing’

The Conservatives will be announcing in due course further proposals to strengthen local democracy and to give greater incentives to local authorities to build new homes with supporting infrastructure.

NEWPORT FACED WITH MORE HOUSING & INDUSTRY

Paul with Charlie Bayram in Newport

NEWPORT FACED WITH MORE HOUSING & INDUSTRY

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Local Development Framework for smaller settlements (LDF) document has identified the villages of Newport and Gilberdyke as ‘market villages’. The direct consequence of this is that over the next 10 to 15 years significant industrial and housing development will be directed towards our villages. The LDF consultation process takes very little notice of the views of residents or the Newport Village Plan, and appears to ignore completely whether important services and facilities in the villages can cope with increased development

Paul Robinson states, “The recent survey as well as the Newport Parish Plan established that many of you wish to see only limited (in fill) housing in the village, of those who wish to see further housing, many say it should be of an affordable type, to allow young people in the village the chance of their own homes, without having to move out of the community. However the combined impact of further development, in both villages, and the consequence of through traffic is highly significant and detrimental for Newport “.

Paul continues, “In Gilberdyke previous planning decisions seem to have been made without properly considering the consequences on important factors such as heavy traffic movements through both Gilberdyke and Newport from the industrial estate, and traffic congestion near the shops and the Health Centre. Further developments will compound these problems.

“This is probably the most important issue faced by the communities of Newport and Gilberdyke in recent times, and could have a serious detrimental effect on both communities over the next 10 to 15 years, and more. We need to send out a clear message to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council planners that enough is enough, and that there is no support from the local communities for the levels of development that the council intends to impose on us”.

“We must show planners that there is no consent to support their plans, and local people want to be part of local decision-making, and those in power who ignore this, do so at their peril”

“I am committed to ensuring that your voices are heard on this issue, we have to learn from the past where our voices have not be heard, and make sure that future developments do not impinge on those things that are important to us, and what we value as being part of village life.”

Gilberdyke opposes ERYC plans for further development

Some 460 Gilberdyke residents from over 350 households responded to the recent survey regarding the ERYC plans for significant housing and industrial developments in our community. 453 supported the Parish Council’s position, whilst only 7 residents did not.

The results and comments are to be passed on to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council as part of the consultation process.

“I would like to thank the number of people who took the time to respond and support the Parish Council, it's very reassuring, as this is probably the most important issue facing our community during the next 10 to 15 years. It sends out a clear message to the ERYC that enough is enough, and that there is very little consent for any further housing and industrial development in Gilberdyke until services and infrastructure are improved. It also shows that local people want to be part of local decision-making, and those in power who ignore this, do so at their peril”

“In the case of Gilberdyke, there have been many development planning decisions in the past that have left the community with many problems, some of which, especially heavy traffic movements, are shared with our neighbours in Newport. These will be compounded if the ERYC plans, as detailed in the LDF smaller settlements document go ahead. This issue will be high on the agenda for the recently formed joint working group, which consists of members of both Gilberdyke and Newport Parish Councils”.

Paul Robinson - Dec 2006

The full transcript of the Parish Council’s response can be seen at previous post "Does Gilberdyke need more housing"?