Professor John Punter - The 2006-26 Cardiff Local Development Plan and the City Region - at #cdf2016 08102013
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Presentation by Keynote speaker Professor John Punter at the joint Cardiff Civic Society/Institute of Wales #CDF2026 event held at the Royal College of Music and Drama, Cardiff 8 October 2013. The event was organised to promote debate about Cardiff's Local Development Plan (LDP). Transcripts and videos from the event are available at http://www.cardiffcivicsociety.org. For details email vice-chair@cardiffcivicsociety.org
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Professor John Punter - The 2006-26 Cardiff Local Development Plan and the City Region - at #cdf2016 08102013
- 1. )( #CDF2026 Final view of Cardiff’s LDP Cardiff Civic Society Cymdeithas Ddinesig Caerdydd 1Wednesday, 9 October 13
- 2. )( #CDF2026 John Punter School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff University The LDP and the City Region 2Wednesday, 9 October 13
- 3. The 2006-‐26 Cardiff Local Development Plan and the City Region Demographics, housing need, brownfield/greenfield? organic growth or new communi9es? planning and design objec9ves, sustainability? John Punter School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff University Cardiff Civic Society : 11th October 2013 3Wednesday, 9 October 13
- 4. ‘the evidence does not support the contenFon that the brownfield only strategy will deliver the number of houses and the amount of employment land required. Nor will it deliver family or affordable homes or the range or type of employment land and premises’ 2009 4Wednesday, 9 October 13
- 5. 2013 Plan addresses housing shorOall • City of 345,400: 1.4 million within 45 minutes drive • 78,000 commute into city daily: has 32% SEWales jobs • 3,500 pa pop. increase 2001-‐2011; + 45,000 by 2026 • New plan proposes 41,400 homes: 40,000 new jobs • Plan retains 10% flexibility to allow for more • Public opposi9on intense in affluent northern suburbs 5Wednesday, 9 October 13
- 6. Housing need • 9,700 on housing wai9ng list: require 3,855 affordable units pa for 5 years: 535 pa via s106 predicted! • Li^le family housing since Pontprennau (2003) • Apartment boom 2000-‐2008: buy-‐to-‐let/leave • City’s economic ambi9ons demand housing support • Housing affordability crisis especially family housing • Cardiff has exported its housing to Vale/RCT/Caerphilly • Unsustainable: Valleys will benefit from those seeking cheaper housing and from be^er regional transit 6Wednesday, 9 October 13
- 7. Brownfield or greenfield? • New plan s9ll has 40% brownfield: Bay, centre etc • Greenfield offers more family/affordable housing • Sustainable urban extensions are the key concept • Compact, mixed use & tenure, quality public transport-‐ served, walkable, green, energy efficient, sustainable • Housing diversifica9on policies need strengthening • Compact city the most sustainable regional op9on 7Wednesday, 9 October 13
- 9. Masterplanning principles • Masterplanning: site specific frameworks for major sites: 10 key principles; LPA briefs-‐-‐developers’ masterplans • High density transport corridors/sub centres • Public transport served, ac9ve travel-‐-‐walk/cycle • Local centres with commercial/community facili9es • Sustainable/dis9nc9ve design/integra9on with exis9ng residen9al. • Green corridors, biodiverse, heritage protected • Resource efficient-‐-‐energy/water/waste 9Wednesday, 9 October 13
- 11. Right plan but uncertain Fmes • Needed to be produced in 2006 to provide direc9on • Infrastructure needs-‐-‐CIL,s106, CSH all devalued by the recession • Mortgage availability crisis and housebuilder cau9on • Housebuilders already indica9ng their inten9on to reduce contribu9ons • Sustainable neighbourhoods demand higher quality design: more protec9on of greenspace and biodiversity, but higher net densi9es • Transit, energy efficiency, green infrastructure all cost more • Awai9ng WAG’s Help-‐to-‐Buy Cymru announcement • Concern that the plan does liVle for exisFng neighbourhoods • Need policies on residenFal consolidaFon and diversificaFon: reinforcement of local centres with community and commercial services 11Wednesday, 9 October 13
- 12. Deposit Plan Proposals Map 12Wednesday, 9 October 13